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__label__wiki | 0.548077 | 0.548077 | The Two Greatest Logical Arguments for God’s Existence
This post first appeared on Kineti and is authored by Judah Gabriel Himango, one of Tabernacle of David’s teachers.
Summary: William Lane Craig, a leading defender of belief in God, says the most persuasive arguments for God’s existence are the Cosmological Argument and the Moral Argument. What are they? I explain below.
There is perhaps no greater living defender of faith than William Lane Craig. A trained expert in both philosophy and debate, he’s amplified the logical arguments for God’s existence in the public sphere: debating leading atheists, speaking at hundreds of universities, influencing millions of students, authoring dozens of books, most recently On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision.
Craig sat down for an hour-long interview with Ben Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew and prominent young political conservative:
At 7:59, Shapiro ask Craig what he thinks is the most convincing proof of God’s existence. In it, he first explains the Cosmological Argument:
Shapiro: What in your opinion is the most reasonable proof of God? What have you found to be the most convincing proof of God’s existence?
Craig: I think those are 2 questions. For me, my favorite argument for the existence of God, the one I find most compelling, is a version of the Cosmological Argument which goes like this:
Whatever begins to exist has a cause. (Something can’t just come into being from nothing.)
The universe began to exist. (We have both good philosophical and scientific evidence for the finitude of the past.)
Therefore, the universe has a cause.
When you do a conceptual analysis of what it is to be a cause of the universe, you arrive at a being which is an uncaused, beginningless, timeless, spaceless, enormously powerful, personal creator of the universe.
For anyone who’s followed Craig over the years, this answer was no surprise: he’s the leading proponent of the Kalam Cosmological argument, as defined above.
I want to examine that argument a bit and the usual objections to it before we move on to the 2nd argument.
Cosmological Argument part 1:
Whatever begins to exist has a cause
This first assertion, called the Causal Principle, is empirically true: everything we see in nature has a cause to its existence. That tree exists because a seed. The seed exists because the parent tree has DNA that instructs it to build seeds and release them. And so on. Ditto for inorganic matter like roads, rocks, stars, planets, and more.
The common atheist objection to this first step is, “Then what caused God?” If everything has a cause, then God has a cause; we haven’t solved anything. (There would have to be a thing or being which created God, and a being which created that being, and …)
Shapiro plays devil’s advocate and uses this exact objection at 10:11:
Shapiro: The [atheist biologist and author] Richard Dawkins comeback – the one you hear most frequently with regard to the finitude of time and the idea that everything has a cause – is, “Ok, well then, what caused God?”
Craig: It’s important to state the first premise correctly, Ben. It’s not “Everything has a cause.” It is, “Everything that begins to exist has a cause.” Something cannot come into being without a cause. But if something is eternal, never began to exist, there’s no need for a cause. So that objection to the argument is simply based on a misunderstanding of the first premise.
The problem with this objection is it’s a misstatement of the premise. The premise isn’t “Everything has a cause.” The premise is “Everything that begins to exist has a cause.”
This is an important nuance: everything that begins to exist has a cause. The corollary to this is the truism, “Things that are eternal do not have a beginning.” Thus, eternal things don’t have a cause.
And for the first half of the 20th century, scientists believed the universe itself was that eternal thing. That is, until scientific evidence arose during the 1960s showing that the universe definitely began to exist; it had a beginning. More on that in the next step.
A more sophisticated objection: “Why must we believe everything which begins to exist has a cause?”
One answer is, because that is what we observe in every circumstance and every measure of the natural world. We observe that there exists a cause for everything that comes into existence in the natural world. Science is the study and observation of the natural world; if we can’t theorize an idea which is observably true 100% of the time, then all our theories must be thrown out for lack of certainty.
Proponents of this objection rely on an earlier argument from 18th century philosopher David Hume that says “Effects without causes can be conceived in the human mind, and that which is conceivable in the mind is possible in the real world.”
But proponents of this objection often overlook that Hume himself agreed with the Causal Principle, stating in a letter in 1754, “But allow me to tell you that I never asserted so absurd a Proposition as that anything might arise without a cause.”
From everything we observe in the natural world, everything that has a beginning has a cause for its beginning.
The universe began to exist
The atheist physicist Stephen Hawking called this the most remarkable discovery of 20th century cosmology:
All the evidence seems to indicate that the universe has not existed forever, but that it had a beginning, about 15 billion years ago. This is probably the most remarkable discovery of modern cosmology. Yet it is now taken for granted.
-Stephen Hawking, physicist
For the early part of the 1900s, scientists believed the universe must be eternal. If it’s eternal, it had no beginning. And if it had no beginning, it had no cause for its existence. Problem solved!
But not all scientists were convinced. In the early 20th century, scientists theorized that if the universe did have a beginning, we’d see some evidence for that in the form cosmic microwave background radiation; an audible echo of the instant of creation.
And in 1964, American astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias discovered a faint background noise in the space between stars and galaxies. This was later confirmed as electromagnetic relic radiation, a corroboration of the instant the universe began. This discovery, for which Wilson and Penzias received Nobel prizes, overturned science’s understanding of the universe’s finitude.
Today, modern science affirms the universe had a beginning; this is well-accepted and not at all controversial.
Philosophically, it’s also on solid ground. Craig elaborates the problems with an eternal universe at 10:56:
Shapiro: Must we posit an eternal being? Or could we just have an infinity of regressive causes?
Craig: That’s the 2nd premise: the universe began to exist. There are deep philosophical problems with the idea of an infinite past. For example, how did we get to today if you had to go through an infinite number of prior events one at a time? That would be like trying to count down all the negative numbers one at a time ending at zero; an absurd task.
Moreover, we have remarkable scientific evidence from the Big Bang expansion of the universe, and the thermodynamic properties of the universe, which suggest the universe cannot be infinite in the past, but must have had a beginning around 13.8 billion years ago.
So I think that 2nd premise is very powerfully supported both philosophically and scientifically.
Therefore, the universe has a cause
Step 1 was an assertion based on observable reality: anything that has a beginning has a cause. Step 2 was a statement of scientific fact: the universe has a beginning. Step 3, the final step, arrives at a conclusion based on the previous 2 steps: since the universe had a beginning, and since everything that begins to exist has a cause, then the universe has a cause.
Since the universe can’t cause itself, the thing that caused it must be outside of the universe: immaterial.
Time, we believe, is a property of the universe. So the thing that caused the universe must be outside of time; timeless and eternal.
Timeless and eternal things don’t have a cause (see step 1). Thus, the thing that caused the universe must be uncaused.
Finally, whatever caused the universe to come into existence had to produce all the energy we now witness in the universe, for all of history. From the excitement of molecular particles to the eventual planets spinning in motion and stars bursting into flames: the thing that caused the universe must be extraordinarily powerful.
Cosmologists and philosophers are left with a remarkable question: what immaterial, timeless, eternal, uncaused, and extraordinarily powerful thing could create the universe?
The Moral Argument
Craig says the Cosmological Argument is his favorite and most compelling to him personally. But he says the argument that is most persuasive to students he speaks with is the Moral Argument for God’s existence. Craig explains at 9:00:
Craig: I find that with university students [the Cosmological Argument] is not the most convincing argument. You can ignore philosophical arguments for the finitude of the past, or even scientific evidence for the beginning of the universe. But the argument they find the most compelling is what I call the Moral Argument. It goes like this:
If God does not exist, then objective moral values and duties do not exist. (That is to say, in the absence of God, everything becomes socio-culturally relative.
Objective moral values and duties do exist. (There are some moral absolutes, some objective values and duties.)
This is an argument which is impossible to ignore because everyday you get up, you answer by how you treat other people, whether you regard them as having intrinsic moral value, or whether they’re mere means to be used for your ends.
The Moral Argument says that if God doesn’t exist, we should not see any absolute or objective moral values; it’s purely relative. What’s bad for you may be good for another: relative morality.
But, because we do see objective, absolute moral values in the world, objective morality exists, and if objective morality exists, then God exists.
Craig says this argument tends to hold more weight with most people, especially university students, because doing good (moral absolute good) is something every person grapples with each day.
One common objection to this argument is the idea that primitive moral values (e.g. protection of kin) are seen in other mammals, and therefore must be programmed in biologically; no God needed.
At 11:53, Shapiro raises this objection:
Shapiro: The other argument, the Moral Argument, in contravention of that: [there is] an argument made by [leading atheists] Dawkins, Harris, and evolutionary biologist Brett Weinstein that there is a certain sense of morality that is innate to mammals that you see even in species that are not our own. A sense of primitive altruism, a sense of kinship protection, for example. So is it possible that morality is embedded on a very basic level in behavior of mammals beyond the idea of an objection morality that we think about and enact? That it’s just embedded in the natural code?
Craig: This response [to the Moral Argument] is almost a textbook example of the genetic fallacy. The genetic fallacy is trying to invalidate a point of view by showing how that point of view came to be held. Even if evolution and social conditioning has programmed into us a certain set of moral beliefs, that does nothing to show that those beliefs are false. Indeed if moral values are gradually discovered rather than gradually invented, then our gradual and fallible apprehension of the moral realm no more undermines the objectivity of that realm than our gradual, fallible comprehension of the physical world undermines the objectivity of the physical realm.
In the absence of some defeater, it seems to me that we’re perfectly within our rights in believing that there is an objective realm of moral values and duties, just as we’re within our rights in believing there is a world of physical objects around us.
It’s worth clarifying: by “objective” morality, we mean something that is true, regardless of circumstance or the person uttering it. For example, “rape is immoral” is a statement of absolute morality; there’s not a case where rape is could be moral for you, but immoral for another. It’s always absolutely wrong (a sin) to do so.
Craig’s response in a nutshell is that when atheists claim there is no objective morality because we see primitive morality programmed into intelligent mammals, it does nothing to invalidate the claim of objective morality. Craig is saying that even if objective morality is gradually discovered by humans, or even shared on some level with mammals, objective morality still exists.
Humanity’s gradual discovery – rather than invention – of objective morality doesn’t invalidate objective morality. (By the same measure, says Craig, our gradual discovery of objective morality is just as valid as our gradual discovery of the natural world.) Even if some morality is pre-programmed biologically, that doesn’t invalidate the reality of objective morality.
(An anecdotal aside: preaching from Romans at my local Messianic congregation this year, I argued precisely this: that there is programmed into every human being basic morality. I believe the Apostle Paul makes that case in Romans 1. That basic or primitive morality comes biologically packaged doesn’t invalidate the existence of objective morality.)
Craig argues these two are the most persuasive logical arguments for God’s existence:
The Cosmological Argument
1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.
2. The universe began to exist. 2. Objective moral values do exist.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. 3. Therefore, God exists.
I personally find the Cosmological Argument most convincing, because step 1 is empirically true, step 2 is scientifically true, and step 3 is a logical conclusion from those assertions.
(Meanwhile, I find the moral argument more based in emotion and perception, even though it is likely true that without a moral root – God – then morality cannot be objective or absolute.)
Are these compelling arguments to you, fine reader?
Posted July 4th, 2019 by Judah in Uncategorized | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1087 |
__label__cc | 0.520794 | 0.479206 | muckraker Battle Over The Census
Top Excerpts From Bombshell Hearing On Census Citizenship Question
By David Kurtz
A collection of the most salient exchanges from Wednesday’s bombshell hearing in which the Justice Department reversed course and said it had been “instructed” to try to get the citizenship question back on the 2020 census:
The following exchanges are as they appear on the court transcript:
U.S. District Judge George Hazel: [T]his morning I saw a tweet that got my attention. I don’t know how many federal judges have Twitter accounts, but I happen to be one of them, and I follow the President, and so I saw a tweet that directly contradicted the position that Mr. Gardner had shared with me yesterday.
Josh Gardner, DOJ attorney: Your Honor … I’ve been with the United States Department of Justice for 16 years, through multiple Administrations, and I’ve always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the Court. What I told the Court yesterday was absolutely my best understanding of the state of affairs …
Gardner: The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position on this issue, just like the plaintiffs and Your Honor. I do not have a deeper understanding of what that means at this juncture other than what the President has tweeted. But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what’s going on …
Judge Hazel: I assume, although maybe I’m wrong about this, that the parties aren’t suggesting I can enjoin the President of the United States from tweeting things. Maybe you are suggesting that. But I will say my initial reaction to that is to have some concern.
Joseph Hunt, assistant attorney general for the civil division: We at the Department of Justice have been instructed to examine whether there is a path forward, consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision, that would allow us to include the citizenship question on the census. We think there may be a legally available path under the Supreme Court’s decision. We’re examining that, looking at near-term options to see whether that’s viable and possible.
Hunt: And so to the extent we can identify an option for that to work, if we continue to examine the decision and believe that we have a viable path forward to that work, our current plan would be to file a motion in the Supreme Court to request instructions on remand to govern further proceedings in order to simplify and expedite the remaining litigation and provide clarity to the process going forward.
Judge Hazel: If you were Facebook and an attorney for Facebook told me one thing, and then I read a press release from Mark Zuckerberg telling me something else, I would be demanding that Mark Zuckerberg appear in court with you the next time because I would be saying I don’t think you speak for your client anymore.
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__label__wiki | 0.910499 | 0.910499 | They’re Out There? Senators Got A Pentagon Briefing About UFO Sightings
TPM Illustration/Getty Images
By Cristina Cabrera
Cue the “X-Files” theme music.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), who serves as the Senate Intelligence Committee’s vice chair, and two other senators on Wednesday got a classified briefing from the Pentagon about UFO sightings, according to Politico.
“If naval pilots are running into unexplained interference in the air, that’s a safety concern Senator Warner believes we need to get to the bottom of,” Warner’s spokeswoman told Politico.
According to Politico, other briefings have been requested.
UFOs have been back in the news after the New York Times reported in May of some inexplicable observations made by Navy pilots.
The Times’ spooky details:
The strange objects, one of them like a spinning top moving against the wind, appeared almost daily from the summer of 2014 to March 2015, high in the skies over the East Coast. Navy pilots reported to their superiors that the objects had no visible engine or infrared exhaust plumes, but that they could reach 30,000 feet and hypersonic speeds.
The U.S. government publicly acknowledged that it was investigating UFOs in December 2017 through the Defense department’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.
Warner’s office did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1090 |
__label__wiki | 0.992937 | 0.992937 | 'Isis have an achilles heel - their old-fashioned manner of fighting'
Iraqi forces advancing towards Mosul
By Luke Dolan
Islamic State's key weakness lies in their "old-fashioned" manner of fighting, said the former director-general of a leading military thinktank.
Professor Michael Clarke,who previously headed up the Royal United Services Institute, spoke to Julia Hartley-Brewer as the battle for Mosul rages on.
A spokesman for the Iraqi forces revealed today that the soldiers have reached the outskirts of the city of Mosul and broken through Isis's front-lines forces, without any losses.
Professor Clarke said the jihadist group has a "clever" and"sophisticated psychological profile". But he said that when it comes down to physical fighting, they're remarkably old-fashioned because they use "light weapons" and other tactics that won't work against "a modern military force"
Listen to the interview above.
Mosul battle
Royal United Services Institute
Julia Hartley-Brewer | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1091 |
__label__wiki | 0.9192 | 0.9192 | Matthew Wright on his stalker: 'I don't want her to be nicked for it'
By Samantha King - @KingSamantha_
Matthew Wright has opened up about his experience of being stalked, revealing his wife Amelia had been left feeling "under threat" by the ordeal.
The talkRADIO host said it began "four years ago", and has since escalated, with the stalker turning up to a charity auction he hosted, live broadcasts of his afternoon radio show at Westminster, his workplace and even his home.
"Things started escalating from her thinking that I was looking at her in suggestive ways," Wright said.
"She started turning up at events where some of my better-known friends were and talking to them, and of course repeated visits to home."
The presenter, who recently welcomed his first child Cassady, said he now had "no choice" but to involve the police, despite not wanting the stalker "to be nicked".
"Amelia with a newborn baby feels really under threat from her. I don't feel physically under threat from her at all. I really don't want her to be be nicked for it," he said.
"I want her to get help, but the trouble is that mental health services are not what they once were, despite all the pledges of cash from government."
He added: "She has conjured up in her mind the notion that she and I have some kind of connection, some king of relationship."
Wright added that friends of the woman had tried to stop her, but to no avail.
"I've had people that know her intercede and say you really shouldn't keep pursuing this, it's really unfair on Matthew and his wife and the newborn baby and she says she's not going to hassle me anymore, and then she hassles me some more."
"You've got to be not quite the full ticket if you want to spend a lot of time with me," he joked.
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Matthew Wright | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1092 |
__label__wiki | 0.981753 | 0.981753 | Messaging Firm Line Partners With Two Labels To Launch A Music Streaming Business
Jon Russell @jonrussell / 5 years
Messaging app company Line is expanding into music streaming after it announced the launch of Line Music, a new venture backed by recording labels Avex Digital and Sony Music Entertainment.
The venture was first revealed in October, at Line’s annual event where it also unveiled global plans for its manga service and two new ventures for its games business. Now the business has been established, Line says it is preparing the groundwork to introduce “a new subscription-based music streaming service”.
Line Music, which is armed with 480,000,000 JPY (around $4 million), looks like being a global venture, although the company hasn’t revealed much information at this point:
LINE MUSIC Corporation is currently in the process of holding concrete discussions on how to best capitalize on the appealing content and experience developing music services possessed by both ADG and SME, as well as the global user base and experience developing and operating smartphone services boasted by LINE, in order to provide opportunities for users to be exposed to new music, and to further develop and accelerate the expansion of the music industry as a whole by creating all new ways of enjoying music in the smartphone era.
It added that it “plans to make further announcements when detailed information regarding the service is finalized,” so we’ll have to wait on more specific information.
Line is keen to expand from being a top messaging app (it has over 500 million registered users, and 170 million monthly active users) into an entertainment and services platform. It is hatching plans for a raft of services in Japan — including taxi booking and food delivery — and it is also set to introduce its mobile payments service worldwide soon.
Even though the company is still to really break out in the U.S. and most of Europe, Line is pushing hard to bring its value added services to global users. Line Pay, for example, is due to launch worldwide soon — according to a press release mistakenly dispatched to media last week — while Line has invested in games and stickers to lure new users in the West.
It has even set up a temporary ‘pop-up’ store selling its merchandising in New York.
Ultimately, it is unclear whether this strategy will help bring new users aboard its messaging app — that’s particularly under debate in the U.S., where Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Kik lead a competitive and congested market.
The competition is equally as strong in the music streaming space. YouTube just entered a field that already includes the likes of Google, Spotify, Beats, Pandora, Rdio and others.
Line, which is expected to reassess a potential IPO in 2015 having postponed a public listing this year, owns 40 percent of Line Music. Sony Music holds a further 40 percent, with Avex Digital taking the remaining 20 percent.
The company said it doubled its revenue in its latest quarter of business. Line reported that it made $192 million in Q3 2014, but it did not reveal a figure for net profit or loss. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1094 |
__label__wiki | 0.510975 | 0.510975 | Grow launches its app for socially responsible investing
Sarah Perez @sarahintampa / 3 years
Amid an increasing number robo-investors like Betterment, Stash, and Robinhood, a new San Francisco-based fintech startup called Grow is entering the fray to compete based on investment type, not only financial returns. While the app operates much like its rivals in terms of making it easier for novice investors quickly build their portfolios, its biggest differentiator is that it focuses only on environmentally sustainable, socially responsible companies with good governance.
This makes the app something that may appeal to younger users, who are typically more selective about where they choose to spend their money.
For example, Nielsen studies have found that the majority of millennials make sustainability a shopping priority. Grow aims to find out if they make it a priority when they begin investing, too.
The startup was founded by Head of Product Michael DeMaria, who has a background in finance, and CTO Anthony Randazzo. It’s led by CEO Doug Heske, a Bay Area finance vet who joined in March 2016.
To determine where to invest, Grow has developed its own proprietary database and analytics tool, Grow Analytics, to identify those investments that respect certain values, like environmental, social and governance, while also minimizing portfolio risk. It seeks out investments across sectors, industries and assets classes, too, in order to offer a balanced and diversified portfolio. That means you can use Grow as your primary robo-investing app, not as a supplemental product.
To use the app, you first tell it what sort of values you most care about – like the environment or social responsibility, for example. You can add money to Grow or schedule a monthly deposit to fund your account by linking your bank, then Grow will automatically invest in your personalized portfolio on your behalf.
You can see your investments’ growth right on the app’s homepage, displayed as a circle that shows both the present and future value.
To generate revenue, Grow charges 0.25% for management fees through the app. However, its business model also includes other means of generating revenue outside the app, as well. For example, Grow’s full service asset management arm, Grow Capital Management, charges management fees between .25% and .75%. Also, it licenses Grow Analytics to investment and research institutions for a monthly fee.
The app itself soft-launched back in February on the iTunes App Store for testing purposes and feedback with some 350 users. As of this week, a revamped and redesigned version went live, and is now available to everyone.
The startup has been self-funded up until last month, but is currently raising $3 million in seed funding in a round that’s only partially complete. So far, two major California-based family offices have committed capital.
Grow is a free download on the iTunes App Store. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1095 |
__label__cc | 0.527134 | 0.472866 | startups in India
Nikesh Arora
Masayoshi Son
All entrepreneurs have a strong sparkle in their eyes
As Masayoshi Son, founder of Japanese telecom and internet giant SoftBank reinvents his 35-year-old company, India is at the centre stage of his plans. Masa, 58, known to have seen several highs and the lowest lows in his more than three-decade long career, is betting on young, local entrepreneurs as he seeks to make Softbank truly global. Along with his lieutenant Nikesh Arora, SoftBank’s president & COO, Son sat down with Samidha Sharma to speak about why India excites him, the huge potential of the domestic market and why local founders have an edge over their global rivalsSamidha Sharma | TNN | January 17, 2016, 09:50 IST
As Masayoshi Son, founder of Japanese telecom and internet giant SoftBank reinvents his 35-year-old company, India is at the centre stage of his plans. Masa, 58, known to have seen several highs and the lowest lows in his more than three-decade long career, is betting on young, local entrepreneurs as he seeks to make Softbank truly global. Along with his lieutenant Nikesh Arora, SoftBank’s president & COO, Son sat down with Samidha Sharma to speak about why India excites him, the huge potential of the domestic market and why local founders have an edge over their global rivals
Startups in India have bloomed with minimal or no government help. Now that government wants to help, should we be happy or worried?
Best thing for a government to do is to eliminate obstacles like filing registrations, getting licences and so on… tedious steps slow everything down. I was amazed that the government arranged a meet where nine secretaries were on stage willing to be asked questions by startup people on how they can change the process. It was a very good move. Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader. Digital India is going to help these startups with lots of opportunities.
What’s been your most frustrating experience in dealing with Indian startups? How much of it had do with the government?
Snapdeal had to do a lot of registrations to bring in all the merchants.
Nikesh Arora elaborates: When you set up a national business, states have different regulations, processes, it becomes cumbersome. That needs to be rationalized.
Many processes were made when there was no technology, they need to be updated. For example, acceptance of digital signatures can help immensely in doing lots of paperwork.
Since 2014, headines have given way to caution on funding. The number of startups are growing. Founders were getting carried away with the money they were getting. You’ve seen multiple cycles. In the last 18 months, what’s changed?
Nikesh: The first phase of Indian startups is over. It was a lot of people pursuing the same ideas or variants of the same idea. In e-commerce, there were 500 companies. In the last year-and-a-half, there’s been a shakeup. There are a few clear leaders in each segment. If someone today comes up with a taxi-hailing or car-hailing business, you’d ask how it’d be different from an Ola or Uber. How would an e-commerce idea be different from Snapdeal or Paytm? There’s been a degree of rationalization. Now is the question of smart investing. It’s important they do it intelligently, create long-term value and a sustainable business model. That’s the phase we’re getting into.
You anointed Nikesh as SoftBank president and have talked about Softbank 2.0? How would that impact your India investments?
I’m lucky and happy I found Nikesh … I say that publicly. I’ve said Nikesh will be my successor. Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank. Before Nikesh we made investments as if it were my hobby. I was lucky, but luck cannot repeat unless we have an organisation and a system. That’s the stage we have to go to. In the last 10 years China was a great opportunity. Next 10 years India will be the world’s best opportunity. Nikesh happened to be Indian. That’s a good coincidence. I wasn’t looking for my successor to be Indian. But I think God is helping me, timing-wise and direction-wise. Going forward, we’ll be more aggressive in making investments. The last year gave us more confidence. We now have the organisation. We now have portfolio companies that can help each other. It’s a great start.
How has Nikesh changed Softbank?
He’s brought in international talent. Softbank was very domestic in Japan. We acquired Sprint, but that was just one core tele-corporation. We had no professional overseas… Nikesh has already hired very smart executives. We have a team. It’s great progress in the last 12 months.
Nikesh: One great thing I’ve enjoyed is that our debates increase our conviction. It makes us more bullish if we both agree, it makes us both question if one of us disagrees. There have been cases where we almost did something, but one of us was not sure and we said may be it isn’t a great thing to do. It is not hierarchical. It is not that we don’t do it if he disagrees. Sometimes when I disagree, we don’t do it.
Son: That is exactly the case. Before Nikesh, we never had this level of heavy thinking. I made decisions on instinct.
There’s a growing sense that there are several naysayers since Nikesh has come in. Your investors have marked down SoftBank shares. Is it because of the bets you’re taking?
Nikesh: Look at SoftBank’s share price activity. Three things are going on. One is the world’s general state. Since the year’s beginning, Nasdaq is down about 10%. Second is the over-weighted China and Sprint factor in SoftBank—$60bn-plus of our value is on Ali Baba, so when China catches a cold, we also sneeze. But that does not bother us. We are very long-term bulls of Alibaba and believe that in the long term it is a real business and it’s going to get bigger and bigger. Third is if we can turn Sprint around. Those are the factors. $2bn or $4bn is not enough either way to impact a company with an enterprise value of $150bn.
But which direction is Softbank headed?
Nikesh: Directionally, look at our investment in Snapdeal — they’ve raised money after that at two-three times the valuation. Ola has raised money eight times higher than the valuation at which we invested. Directionally, some of these companies have done reasonably well.
What do you do when the world doesn’t believe in what you strongly believe?
I don’t care much about how the world sees us. I’d rather care about the substance. We’re trying to make changes that are the solutions. Whenever there’s an issue, I like to go deep down. Sprint is almost like a startup to me. Every night I have a conference call with my engineers, and nowadays Sprint engineers are included — starting midnight till 2am, 3am. Sprint guys tell me this is the first year that Sprint engineers worked during their Christmas holidays, not because I forced them, but because they enjoyed it. Every time we quarrel, we’re very excited, focused. We had a very big disagreement eight months ago, big debate, palms on tables, yelling at each other, now we’re really working together, I’m very happy. It’s like war, mate. When we go to war, bonding’s stronger.
You won’t be making early-stage investments anymore? It was a surprise, given some of your best bets have come from such investments...
We’ll continue to invest, even if they are small, if it makes sense.
Nikesh: When (Son) invested in Jack Ma, as he said it was a hobby: he invested less than $20m. That investment is worth $45 bn now. We are much bigger now. If we make $10m- $20m sized investments, we would have to make lots of investments. To find the next Jack Ma, you’ve to take it from a hobby to the point of institutionalizing it. There are not many investors like us who’re willing to play the long-term — that gives us a better position. Also, by reducing intensity of our VC-activities, we’re able to partner with many VCs across the world. Masa (Son) has so many friends, they come to him and me and say would you like to invest in this company? If you are competing with them, they’d feel I don’t want to invest with them.
In 2014, you were looking to invest $10bn in India in 10 years. How much have you put in so far?
We said $10bn in 10 years. In one year we have invested $2bn, so we are outpacing and we would accelerate even more. Our solar investment will be big. If we do 10 gigawatts that alone is going to be $20bn.
What’s the rationale behind solar investment?
I knew nothing about electricity and had no interest in it. I was busy with the internet revolution. After the Japan earthquake four years ago, I cried so much because we felt responsible for the mobile network crashing. Our competitor network too crashed, but after ours’, because being government-owned they were supplied more power than us. Our network (provided) less connectivity than the competitor’s. I imagine less people would have died if our network was better. I was so angry with myself and I felt so guilty.
Japan is 30% nuclear energy dependent, which had to be reduced, and it can’t be too dependent on coal because of pollution. Renewable energy was the answer. We are the number one provider of renewable energy in Japan now. In India, there isn’t enough electricity. So maybe I can support India’s needs. That’s how we decided to go more solar. God is so kind, he has given so much sunshine to India. India has two times more sunshine than Japan or Europe.
What are the other themes you are tracking in India?
We may venture into wind energy. We have started some efforts in Japan but solar is more drastic in cost deduction. Solar can be placed in many places. Wind is limited to locations. The mixture of wind and solar actually makes a good combination.
What was it about Jack Ma that you found different?
He himself says “I’m not good at numbers, I can’t do programming. I don’t use the PC much, I don’t understand accounting.” When in high school, his maths was one out of five — he says that in public. When a guy can say something like that, he has confidence. He has the leadership, true leadership. If he tells you to jump into water, 100 will jump. He has vision, a philosophy. Even if he doesn’t know specific things, he can find enough people who know better about those things. He is the kind of guy who’ll have a million people follow him. In China, that kind of capability is very powerful. I saw his leadership: the guy can make it happen.
You believe in the long term strength of local entrepreneurs. Amazon and Uber have big presence in India. Do you still believe local champion will emerge?
In the next 10-20 years, there’s not much the global guy can have an advantage in, over the local champion. In fact, the local has the advantage of knowing local culture. Global guys cannot change their platform easily according to each market. They have benefit of scale but that becomes their weakness.
Will local entrepreneurs be able to execute?
They can execute as they’re very smart. Local entrepreneurs have more passion than vice presidents of global companies.
You have seen failure like perhaps no businessman has seen, and come out of it with a bigger success. The moment when you fail big, what do you tell yourself? What do you tell others whom you think you have failed?
I don’t make excuses. When the difficulty is big, I say I will solve. Even if everybody leaves, I’ll solve…as long as I can solve, I will revive. You can fail for many reasons. But once you try to make an excuse or accuse someone else, your mind stops thinking. I don’t allow myself excuses. Whatever the reason, it’s my responsibility.
What is the key difference between Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurs across different nationalities are closer to each other than they are to non-entrepreneurs of their own countries. Entrepreneurs whether Indian, Chinese, American or Japanese have a strong shine in their eyes. The shine and sparkle in their eyes is stronger than it is in other people.
Who’s the better entrepreneur between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?
Both of them are geniuses and supersmart. When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest; so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft. But in Steve’s case — I knew him well, we became good friends when he was struggling to turn Apple around — he then was interested in internet but not really focused on it. At the time, he had not introduced iPhone. But definitely he is the one I admire most. I started meeting him almost every month; he was so focused. He already had cancer and knew his life was limited. So he did not want to waste time and focused on the one thing that could change people’s lifestyles.
Anything he told you that stays in your head?
I gave him many ideas, he said no to most. He’d say many things and rule them out himself. He was a minimalist. One solution, one answer — he would cut out every noise and go for the best without any compromise.
He told me that the SoftBank logo was ugly and I must change it if I wanted to do business with him. I changed the logo (the current logo) and he liked it.
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The story of “The Connected Universe” actually begins in my early childhood when I received a series of Time Life books about space and the moon landings. I remember being utterly fascinated by space, our place in the Universe, and the idea that we were now not only able to peer into space with telescopes, but that we were actually able to go into space and explore, and that we had taken our first “few small steps”.
Fast forward three decades later when I would find myself becoming a part of a very ambitious “real world” space project to pursue the possibility of giant space-based solar powered satellites that could help harness the energy of the sun, 24 hours a day, supplying consistent “clean power” and ending the fossil fuel crisis on our planet. My work as a humanitarian filmmaker had me constantly searching for big ideas like this that could help improve our world.
I committed a decade of my life to this project, travelling the world and meeting with global leaders and astronauts: being a part of NASA think tanks and workshops about developing new possibilities in the commercial space field. I felt like I was living my greatest dream – involved with a space-based project that could help benefit humanity in extraordinary ways. I am the happiest when I am helping people and this seemed like the most profound way I could make a difference.
In 2008, the global financial crisis hit. It was a setback that was too great for our project to overcome. We had to close operations. Yet, my passion for space and making a difference continued to burn bright. I had pitched several space-related projects to the Discovery Channel. One of the ideas that I was totally fascinated with was that Einstein died believing his most important work was not accomplished – the search for a Unified Field Theory.
In 2008, I pitched a program to the Discovery Channel to examine the ideas that continue to build upon Einstein’s work, some from within the system and a few other very different ideas from outside mainstream thinking. Nassim Haramein was one of the people I was interested in, but at that time no significant advances had been made and there was no “third act” to the story… it was just “the search continues….”. So I kept my eye on the field to remain aware of any interesting developments.
In 2013, I heard that Nassim Haramein had proposed a new theory about the measurement of the charge radius of the proton. I flew to Hawaii to check out his work and felt that he was onto something with his approach. Here was a possibility to share Einstein’s vision and what it could mean to the world with a scientist who continued to pursue Einstein’s ideas! My decades of humanitarian film work inspired me to want to help people “connect to the science” in a way that could help them see the world in a new way. I wanted to show people how they could become more aware of the patterns of nature that created the world and the connection that they had to the stars, and that becoming more aware of this interconnection could help many feel differently about their life. I wanted to show people the importance of being willing to “think differently”.
This is where the production journey of the film began.
From the very beginning I wanted to make the film “special”. I wanted to do more than communicate information; I wanted to inspire – to touch people’s hearts and to help them “feel” the ideas presented in the movie. Great efforts were made to make the complex science relatable. We also wanted to make the subject matter cinematically compelling wherever we could. We wanted to create “visual poetry”. As a huge movie fan, I loved the line in the movie, “CONTACT”, when Jodie Foster’s character, a scientist, at a loss for words to describe the almost indescribable beauty of the Universe said, “They should have sent a poet.”
Poetic and cinematic presentation of science is extremely complex and also very costly and our funding fell short. Then an amazing miracle! We reached out to the world through crowdfunding and over 3,000 amazing people from 100 countries helped support our project. It is deeply humbling and very beautiful to have received this global support for what we certainly believe are important ideas. Thanks to the crowd funders’ incredible support, we were able to continue our journey . After almost 15,000 hours of work and many obstacles overcome, the film was finished and finally available to be shared with the world. The team and I are very excited for you to see the film. I hope watching it inspires you just as much as we have been inspired in the making of it.
by Daryl Bennett
Daryl Bennett has been composing award winning scores for film and television for over 27 years. Credits include Lost Solace, The Connected Universe, The Bleeding Edge, The Exhibition (Emmy award winner, Canadian Screen Award Winner) Nash – The Documentary, The Vetala, Kids In Jail, Voyage of the Unicorn, Outer Limits, Higher Ground, Engaged To Kill, Little Brother of War, Once In A Blue Moon, Decoys, Beggars and Choosers, The Entrance, and First Wave, among many others. He has won four Leo awards and has been nominated for a Gemini, a Canadian Screen Award, a Genie, and two Grammys.
Bennett’s career includes experience as a sound designer, audio post supervisor, film composer, film editor, associate producer, and director. He has worked on numerous feature films, television productions, documentaries, web productions, commercials, and corporate videos.
As a drummer and recording artist, Bennett’s success has enabled him to work with a wide range of artists and producers such as Ray Charles, David Foster, Andrae Crouch, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, Kenny G, Kenny Loggins, Powder Blues, and many more. He has also enjoyed numerous collaborations as a music producer and songwriter earning a Grammy nomination for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album with Andrae Crouch.
Between 1989-2000 he co-owned and operated Ferocious Fish Productions, a creative audio post production boutique located in Yaletown, Vancouver, where he produced well over a hundred hours of broadcast audio mixes. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1100 |
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Science at Emory: a Sustainability Project
Posted on June 24, 2019 June 29, 2019 / Posted in Green Labs at Emory, OSI News, Waste, Zero Landfill Waste
OSI Assistant Director attends the I2SL National Conference in Raleigh, NC in 2018.
As a nationally recognized leader in scientific education and research, Emory University has hundreds of teaching and research labs throughout its campuses. Beginning in the Summer of 2019, labs will now be included in Emory’s mission towards 95% landfill waste diversion. Launching in the Rollins School of Public Health in May 2019, Emory’s Laboratory Landfill Diversion program outfits labs with a full waste station and trains each lab member on how to properly dispose of laboratory waste. The new waste station includes: a white paper bin, a mixed paper bin, a plastics and metals bin, a glass bin, and a compost bin. More labs and divisions will join the Laboratory Landfill Diversion program over time. Kelly Weisinger, Assistant Director at OSI, has been integral in establishing the Laboratory Landfill Diversion program. Weisinger is also an active collaborator with I2SL, the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories, where she co-chairs the I2SL Landfill Diversion Working Group. Two members from the I2SL Landfill Diversion Working Group, Star Scott from UGA and Ilyssa Gordon from the Cleveland Clinic, were recently interviewed on sustainability in science.
By: Maggie Koerth-Baker from FiveThirtyEight under Meta-Science
Mauricio Urbina was trying to save the planet on the day he realized he was simultaneously destroying it. A biologist who studies the bodies of fish and other sea creatures, Urbina was working on a project to understand what happens to crabs that eat tiny particles of plastic waste thrown out by careless humans. But after one particularly long day in the lab, he looked down and noticed — he was a careless human. A lot of his tools were plastic and would be thrown out after a single use, contributing to the stream of waste packing landfills and polluting waterways. He was working on the solution, but he was part of the problem.
The process of doing scientific research — even the kind of research dedicated to environmental sustainability — isn’t always environmentally sustainable itself. But even as scientists try to make their profession more green, they’re finding themselves struggling with a problem that’s familiar far beyond the halls of academia: How do you live sustainably when the things you need to live are often, by their very nature, unsustainable?
Across the nation and around the world, scientific laboratories create an amazing amount of plastic waste, consume large amounts of water, create risks from hazardous chemicals and use significantly more energy than other buildings of the same size, said Star Scott, Green Lab Program coordinator for the University of Georgia.
The problem is big enough that it’s sometimes hard to wrap statistics around it. For instance, nobody knows exactly how much plastic waste is generated by labs. The experts I spoke to were unaware of any kind of comprehensive audit. But after his crab-induced revelation, Urbina tried to come up with an estimate. Extrapolating from the quantity of plastic thrown out by his own university’s biosciences department and the number of bioscience research facilities worldwide, he calculated that research could account for some 6 million tons of plastic waste every year — about 2 percent of all the plastics junked annually. And that’s just from biosciences and medical research alone.
Meanwhile, the physical building that a laboratory sits in consumes huge amounts of resources, including five to 10 times more energy than an office building. If half the labs in the U.S. reduced their energy use by 30 percent, it would be equivalent to more 840,000 households going dark, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s twice the number of households in the entire state of Delaware. That’s the scale we’re talking about. “[The scientists are] always blown away by their usage,” Scott said. “They can’t believe the energy, the water, the waste they’re generating.”
There are ways to reduce these impacts, of course. Scientists weren’t always reliant on plastics to do their research. Petri dishes, test tubes, the tiny suction droppers called pipettes — all of that stuff used to be routinely made from glass. After each use, these tools were washed or run through an autoclave, a box capable of sterilizing equipment with high heat. Urbina is an example of a researcher who has swung back toward using washable, reusable glass tools. He’s also training his grad students and undergrads in behaviors that seem obvious but that experts said aren’t done routinely in labs — like shutting off lights or closing air vents when they aren’t in use. Other sustainability programs promote the use of shelf-stable chemicals that allow scientists to store biological and genetic samples at room temperature, reducing the need for energy-sucking industrial freezers. Those changes matter, experts said.
At the same time, much of the waste creation and resource consumption in science happens for very good reasons. This isn’t a situation where you can trim the fat off and end up with a nice steak. The meat is too marbled for that.
Take the plastics problem, for example. While there are certainly labs like Urbina’s, where switching to glass is relatively easy to do, that shift gets harder the more crucial perfectly sterile equipment becomes to your process. Before she became the University of Georgia’s sustainability director, Scott worked in a plant ecology lab where her team threw out maybe 400 plastic test tubes every week. They wanted to reduce their waste but couldn’t get glass clean enough, reliably enough. Any impurity would alter the research.
Or think about the electricity use in labs, much of which comes from the energy-hogging freezers and the fume hoods that pull fresh air into labs and suck potentially toxic gases out. You could make the hoods smaller or use fewer of them, but when you make those choices, you’re making trade-offs with safety in an environment where toxic gases can be a real risk. As for freezers, there are some biological samples, like RNA, that basically have to stay extremely cold if they’re going to be useful. “The truth is that once you’re in the lab setting, there’s not a lot of choices,” said Ilyssa Gordon, a professor of pathology at the Cleveland Clinic and director of the medical center’s Office for a Healthy Environment.
In that way, science faces a microcosm of a larger problem. There really are some easy things we can do to save the Earth — turn off the lights in an empty room, eat a little less red meat, recycle. But those things don’t approach the full scale of the problem. And tackling that full scale, for real-real? Well, it becomes a mess, because the environmental damage we don’t like is deeply embedded in our lifestyles. Even simple-seeming changes like getting rid of plastic drinking straws turned out to be much more complicated when a series of attempted straw bans led to able-bodied Americans discovering that their disabled neighbors viewed the straws not as a waste, but as a necessity.
Scientists haven’t come up with a straightforward solution to this problem, but ongoing efforts to make science more sustainable have highlighted one key fact: Sustainability is an issue that affects the whole system of science — including the suppliers who make the tools and the scientists who use them. That means to fix the problem, scientists will have to work with manufacturers to encourage them to use more sustainable materials; they’ll have to coordinate with city recycling programs to make sure that the stuff they send to a recycling center is actually being recycled; they’ll have to rethink processes of research to see if there are other ways they could get the same results for less waste. You can’t make the lab sustainable without addressing all parts of the system outside the lab, Scott and Gordon told me, any more than you can save the world by changing how things work in only one household. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1104 |
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Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson speaks onstage during The Next Intersection For Hollywood with William Morris Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Nov. 9, 2015, in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Fast Company
Daily Dose: 8/10/16
Dwayne Johnson is not here for your petty games
By Clinton Yates @clintonyates
12:00 PMOn Tuesday’s podcast, Justin Tinsley talked about his experiences as someone who doesn’t know how to swim. You can also watch him learn to swim with Olympian Cullen Jones.
Dwayne Johnson is coming for necks. Considering his size and smarts, that’s not something you want if you’re working with him. The man formerly known as “The Rock” recently wrapped up filming of Fast 8, a franchise he joined back in 2010 with Fast Five. But in a lengthy social media post, he’s gone after a few of his male co-stars. This is extremely out of character for Johnson, who is largely considered an extremely nice and fun guy. ABC’s George Costantino breaks down exactly what he wrote.
In soccer tournaments, there’s a definite home-field advantage. In professional sports, it certainly matters to an extent. But when it comes to something as widespread as the Olympics, where the entire globe is descending on one country, one must assume the potential perks are probably dissipated. I feel like it might actually be harder, because you don’t want to let your countryfolk down while they’re there. FiveThirtyEight’s Stephen Pettigrew and Danyel Reiche break down how the the theory of home-field advantage works when it comes to the Summer Games.
We’ve established in this space that Donald Trump says a lot of really scary things. Between the Republican presidential nominee’s flippant use of insults on the campaign trail and the murky at-best foreign policy tactics he plans to employ, rhetoric is not his strong suit, even if he believes it to be. On Tuesday, however, things went to another level. (I feel like I say that every three days, which again, is terrifying.) He made a loosely ambiguous reference to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton getting assassinated at best. Yikes. VICE has the video.
I’m old enough to remember when Prince Fielder was 12 years old and hitting baseballs out of Major League ballparks. His past was an interesting one. Similar to his dad, Cecil, he was a man of larger carriage, playing first base and hitting bombs. But Fielder’s relationship with his dad soured, and one of the great father/son duo stories never really played out that way. Then, he went vegan, a move that shocked almost everyone. Then, he started getting injured all the time. Now, it appears his career is pretty much over. Sad.
Coffee Break: Even when you volunteer to help the police, you might get killed. That’s what happened to a 73-year-old lady in Florida recently, who was shot in what was supposed to be a simulation drill at a police academy. This accident is going to haunt a lot of people for a long time.
Snack Time: If you like Currensy Spitta and Wiz Khalifa, you know they’re great friends. They’ve made music together and generally are just funny dudes. They dropped another song together Tuesday, in their classic style.
Dessert: Into old hoops footage? Check out Allen Iverson vs. Kevin Garnett from their high school days.
All Day Podcast
Clinton Yates (left), Jill Hudson and Justin Tinsley host the All Day Podcast from The Undefeated. Photo by Nick Caito / ESPN Images
All Day Podcast: 8/9/16
Bow Wow’s retirement, R. Kelly being R. Kelly and a new segment, ‘Missed Connections with Miss Karin’
By Aaron Dodson @aardodson
5:18 PMFresh from last week’s National Association of Black Journalists convention, the All Day Podcast crew — host Clinton Yates, staff writer Justin Tinsley and senior style writer Jill Hudson — were back in action in the studio Tuesday to discuss a plethora of topics, as well as debut a new segment.
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It’s Water Week at the Undefeated, so for the next few days we’ll tackle the topic of water and swimming in black culture. In honor of the week, Justin wrote this piece on his near-death experience at the pool when he was a teenager. He goes into further detail about the story on the podcast, accompanied by thoughts from Clinton and Jill on what swimming has meant to them over their lifetimes.
The discussion heats up surrounding the topics of 29-year-old rapper Bow Wow’s retirement announcement and the news of 49-year-old R&B artist R. Kelly’s relationship with a 19-year-old woman. One member of the crew respects R. Kelly’s music, but can no longer listen to it given the artist’s perplexing past.
Last but certainly not least, a new segment titled Missed Connections with Miss Karin debuts this week, in which Undefeated copy chief Karin Berry reads entries from the “Missed Connections” section of Craigslist.org and provides her own commentary. Keep a lookout for this segment on future podcasts.
Give it a listen, and if you have any feedback or show ideas, feel free to email us at allday@theundefeated.com.
Recording artist Childish Gambino attends the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. Photo by Christopher Polk/WireImage
Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’ on FX
drops a half-dozen new teasers
5:09 PMOne is a total of 90 seconds and the other is 165 seconds. In the past two days, we’ve been blessed with two teaser releases from a couple of very anticipated television series. First up is Donald Glover’s Atlanta, set to debut on FX on Sept. 9. The second is Netflix’s Luke Cage, which drops on Sept. 20.
We’ll start with Glover’s opus, first. The series was greenlighted after his second studio album Because The Internet received a nod for best rap album at the 2015 Grammy Awards. After writing for 30 Rock, and appearing in The Martian following his ascent to a household name on NBC’s Community, things came together.
“I mean, it’s not a coincidence I got my pilot right after I got a Grammy nomination,” Glover told Grantland last year. “You think the people were like, ‘Wait, what? He got a Grammy, too?’ It’s harder to turn down a Grammy guy who also writes. I know I’m in a unique position. So I take that very seriously. That’s the thing, it isn’t for naught.”
"I wanted to show people what it’s like to be black. You can’t write that. You have to feel it.” Donald Glover on his show, Atlanta #TCA16
— Caroline Framke (@carolineframke) August 9, 2016
Donald Glover's "Atlanta" on FX, along with Issa Rae's "Insecure" on HBO, will do nothing less than change television this fall. #TCA16
— Roger Catlin (@rcatlin) August 9, 2016
With that backdrop, along with his penchant for drawing vastly different reactions out of people for his wide array of skills, this show will likely be highly anticipated among a certain creative class. Aside from rapping, acting and stand-up comedy, he’ll occasionally drop a randomly glorious R&B cover or release an eerily esoteric short film that feels like it could be completely autobiographical or not at all.
That said, this new show looks like something in-between that promises to fit the network’s largely darker drama tone. On Monday, six new 15-second trailers named Close Calls, Curry, Deja Vu, Alive, Hard Day and Work released. Earlier this summer, the network had released four other trailers, titled Walk, Flyers, Porch and Wake Up. Glover’s series looks gritty, while somewhat melodic and ultimately funny. Directed by Hiro Murai, Glover plays an up-and-coming rapper. That song you hear is Tame Impala’s New Person, Same Old Mistakes.
Do your own thing in Atlanta. FX's new series from Donald Glover premieres 9/6. pic.twitter.com/biOwFUny9o
— Childish News (@ChildishNews) August 9, 2016
So far, the series has been picked up for 10 episodes.
Paul Pogba of Juventus FC celebrates a victory at the end of the Serie A match between UC Sampdoria and Juventus FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Jan. 10, 2016 in Genoa, Italy. Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images
Daily Dose: 8/9/16
It’s official: Young Paulie is headed back to England
9:25 AMA cool thing happened when I was in Connecticut. I ran into the All-Star team from my kid brother’s old Little League in the hotel. The team was playing the next day, so I went and checked it out. Fun game. Got the win.
Polls are a tricky matter in politics. On the one hand, they’re one of the best ways we have to give the rest of the country any sort of indication of where things stand among presidential candidates. On the other hand, the math and science they use is not exactly airtight. Then, you have people who don’t understand how they work at all, and claim that if results deviate from the polls, then everything is somehow rigged. FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten breaks down how they aren’t skewed this year, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is just really skewed.
Beyond the sports, the Olympics have a ton of random features that you’d never know of unless you were there. One of those things is hospitality houses. Certain nations and companies set up side luxury sites, so that outside of the Olympic Village, athletes, their families and other VIPs have a place to chill, away from the apparently overly dangerous towns of, you know, the host nation. Anyway, while first designed to be a sort of gimmicky perk, they’ve evolved into behemoth operations. VICE Sports‘ Aaron Gordon reports.
The history of hip-hop has become its own big business. The unsealing of archives, creation of documentaries and serializing of origin stories have grown from what it once was, just a cottage industry for nostalgists. The Get Down is a new series from Netflix, created by Baz Luhrmann, that will explore what New York in the late ’70s was like. If you’re wondering how authentic this drama series is going to be, Nas wrote all the raps. Check out this interview with Grandmaster Flash about the series that launches Friday.
It’s official, Paul Pogba is headed back to Manchester United from Juventus. The well-coiffed Frenchman’s return to the English Premier League drew a record transfer fee of $116.4 million. What’s funny is that the announcement, which was long in the works, was leaked by rapper Stormzy, who is a huge Red Devils fan. So, instead of the usual pomp and circumstance, it happened in the dark of British night. Anyway, the midfielder’s signing is obviously the biggest news of the offseason. ESPN’s Arindam Rej reports.
Coffee Break: If you think income inequality isn’t real, you’d be very, very wrong. It’s hard for some people to understand a world in which at least something isn’t passed from generation to generation. But this report says it would take more than two centuries for black people to catch up to white American families.
Snack Time: When you play in the NBA, you get used to certain things. Like constantly having fresh towels and people at your beck and call. Team USA’s Paul George forgot where he was for a second while in Rio, haha.
Dessert: Here’s Usain Bolt dancing. It’s as good as you think it’ll be.
TV personality Martha Stewart and recording artist Snoop Dogg attend the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber at Sony Pictures Studios on March 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage) Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart
to co-host new dinner party series on VH1
6:11 PMWould you attend a dinner party hosted by two ex-convicts? What if the dinner party was on television and those two hosts were Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart?
As crazy as it sounds, the weirdest pair of former felons friends is making it happen. On Monday, VH1 announced a new, and unscripted, series set to premiere this fall starring the 44-year-old rapper and 75-year-old businesswoman and TV personality, titled Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party.
“At our dinner party, we will exemplify America’s fascination with food, entertaining and celebrity,” Stewart said. “Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party will redesign the traditional food competition shows in a new, different and very funny way.”
Check out the promotional video the duo released on Good Morning America on Monday:
For some, the pairing of these two celebrities for a series that each week will produce “a half-baked evening of cocktails, cooking, conversation and fun where nothing is off-limits” might seem random. Those people, however, clearly don’t know Martha and Snoop. Oddly enough, these two celebrities are very close. And perhaps their most apparent commonality is the fact that both have had run-ins with the law over the years.
Snoop Dogg has a long criminal history dating back to shortly after his high school days in the ’90s when he was arrested for drug possession, forcing him to spend the three years in and out of prison. In 2004, Stewart was sentenced to serve five months in federal prison surrounding an insider trading scandal.
When the media mogul was released and made her comeback in 2005, her pal Snoop Dogg was there for her — especially when the cameras were rolling. Snoop appeared on Stewart’s cooking show in 2008 to make mashed potatoes. The two were also guests on Comedy Central’s Roast of Justin Bieber in 2015 and recently went on ABC’s game show $100,000 Pyramid together.
They even made brownies on her cooking show once, too.
Maybe those brownies will reappear at these dinner parties. And maybe they’ll include Uncle Snoop’s secret “ingredients.”
“Martha is smoking in the kitchen,” Snoop says in the promotional video, ” … and she can cook, too.”
Good thing those “ingredients” are legal now. Don’t want to risk any more jail time!
American basketball players of The Dream Team receive their gold medal during the 1992 Olympics. Photo by Dimitri Iundt/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
On this day: The Dream Team wins Olympic gold in 1992
The iconic squad made the world fall in love with hoops
2:45 PMLong before guys were accidentally walking into Brazilian brothels and inadvertently posting pictures of their anatomy to social media, there was a group of 12 basketball players that tore through the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, with a vengeance we’d never seen before. On Aug. 8, 1992, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team, known as “The Dream Team,” won gold. They smashed Croatia, 117-85, capping off the tournament run.
These days, anything less that a beatdown from the Americans is considered an embarrassment. Watching them play is borderline not fun, because there’s really no competition. But back in the ’90s, we were really here to watch the Chuck Daly-coached team run roughshod all over the world. And their uniforms are still some of the most fire this country has ever seen.
The most important thing about that tournament is that it definitely redefined the concept of success for a program that had quite a few ups and down in its history. In 1988, the team had won only the bronze medal in Seoul, South Korea, under head coach John Thompson. It would be the last time the United States did not field a team with NBA players.
In 2004, under Larry Brown — a squad featuring Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Tim Duncan and a young LeBron James — the Americans finished third again. Then, USA Basketball decided it was time to rethink things altogether. Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski took over, and after a rocky start in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (bronze), the team got things back on track with two straight gold medals at the Olympics.
Despite stories of late-night gambling and all-night parties from the ’90s in Spain — in an era when that kind of info wasn’t going to be leaked nor get anyone in trouble — it was a time when playing for your country meant a lot to everyone on the team. Losing was not an option, and the players who were famously left off the team (Isiah Thomas and Shaquille O’Neal) still don’t like talking about it much, because of the bitterness.
Perhaps most importantly, though, this team jump-started the globalization of the game on another level. Everyone saw the likes of Michael Jordan in his prime alongside Earvin “Magic” Johnson and an aging Larry Bird, all doing their thing. By the time the next Olympics came around, it was clear what happened.
The 1992 Dream Team was iconic not just for Americans, but the entire world, too.
USA’s Serena Williams (R) and USA’s Venus Williams react after losing a point during their women’s first round doubles tennis match against Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7, 2016. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The Williams sisters bow out of Olympic doubles
10:11 AMHappy Monday, gang. I got to do some radio Sunday night. ESPN’s Aaron Boone and Raul Ibanez joined me to talk about the legacies of both Ichiro Suzuki and Alex Rodriguez. If you want to listen, here you go.
What is the NFL doing with all that money it has? Because game-day operations don’t appear to be getting any cash funneled their way. In a bizarre sequence of events, the league canceled Sunday’s Hall Of Fame Game, because of poor field conditions. I’ve pretty much never heard of that happening, but apparently there were problems with the paint for the midfield crest, that just made things too unsafe. It seems that, depending on the issue, player safety really is a concern for the NFL. The Associated Press’ Barry Wilner reports.
The first family is officially on vacation. The Obamas are in Martha’s Vineyard for the next two weeks, for their final break while in the White House. If you recall, Sasha recently got a job there at a local restaurant. You know how when you used to work someplace and your parents or your friends would come in and eat or order something? Mainly to show support but most to embarrass you, to a certain extent? Imagine that scene with the president waltzing in to pick up a fish sandwich. Alas, we won’t get that pleasure, but hopefully they all find a way to relax.
Bernie Sanders’ supporters are really not giving in. The people who support the senator from Vermont are doing everything they can to make sure that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has major issues. Many of them have no plan to show solidarity with the Democratic Party, even though Sanders himself has implored them to. Whether or not this will have a significant impact on the general election, we don’t know. But according to FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten, it appears that a least a third of Sanders’ supporters are not switching allegiance.
Something really wild happened in Rio on Sunday. The Williams sisters lost a tennis match. That’s something that had never happened before in Olympic history. Not only did they lose, but it happened in the first round. They fell to the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, not a particularly noteworthy pair. Venus also lost in the first round on the singles side. That means that Serena in singles is the only one in her family left. You’ve got to wonder if this is the beginning of the end, to some degree for their doubles career.
Coffee Break: If you’ve ever seen The Eric Andre Show, you know that it’s basically a completely ridiculous, marginally scripted cacophony of jokes and destruction. So when the notoriously serious rapper T.I. showed up for the season four premiere, my man wasn’t ready for the foolishness.
Snack Time: Reading letters to the editor is a great way to understand an audience. Every once in a while you get one that’s so on point that it needs to be shared. Such is the case with this writer, who completely nailed it.
Dessert: Hope your summer workout plans are going well. This guy’s are always on point.
Street Art Sundays
Hillary Clinton gets covered up
Australian artist then has to remove image entirely after legal threats
@kevin did u donate today ?
A post shared by Lushsux (@lushsux2) on Jul 27, 2016 at 8:40pm PDT
The nature of street art is temporary, by design. You paint something on a wall. Eventually, someone paints over it. The time of its existence is part and parcel with the satisfaction of the experience of creating it and looking at it. So when a provocative piece goes up, there’s the chance that someone either complains or buffs it entirely. In the case of Lushsux, an Australian artist, both ended up happening.
Earlier this week, a mural of Hillary Clinton in a bikini that was designed after an American flag made a lot of noise. On the surface, the so-called shock value was obvious. Of course, local government complained, so the artist made an adjustment. He covered her in a niqab. Smart, no? Makes a good point about how ridiculous not only censorship is, but particularly in the case of allowing women to be themselves. A provocative mural doubled down.
Oh boy! Street artist faced with council fine for provocative mural of Hillary Clinton covers her up with a niqab! pic.twitter.com/4lIemepMdz
— Fifi Haroon (@fifiharoon) August 2, 2016
Then, guess what? He had to cover it up altogether. The council deemed it sexist. According to the National Post, he answered back on social media. “This is no longer a wall of a supposed ‘offensive and near naked’ Hillary Clinton, it is now a depiction of a beautiful Muslim woman. No reasonable person would consider this offensive,” the artist wrote in a post.
Looks like the council wins. GG pic.twitter.com/oHtynW8v2Q
— LUSHSUX (@lushsux) August 2, 2016
Alas.
Board on Saturday
Photo courtesy of the Brujas
The Brujas are about that life
Meet the all-female skate crew from New York City everyone’s talking about
Skateboarding attempts to be inclusive. The notion that your board and your skills are all that matter are major tenets of the philosophy of the genre, but it doesn’t always work that way in practice. So, what you get is, per usual, girls being excluded because a bunch of dudes just can’t handle the basic concept of say, equality.
No matter for the Brujas, though. They’re a skate crew mainly from the Bronx, New York, that is not here for the nonsense and uses its collective genius to empower sisterhood. That’s what’s up. And they’re getting a lot of love these days. Vogue, The New York Times and Dazed, to name a few.
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These girls are dope.
A new street surveillance camera is seen on top of a light pole along a street on Dec. 16, 2004, in Chicago. The Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (911 Center) has begun installing new street surveillance cameras in higher-crime areas capable of not only video surveillance but also capable of detecting gunshots under a new safety program called Operation Disruption. The video and audio from these boxed units is sent back to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications in real time. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images
Chicago police release shooting video
Officers fire into moving vehicle during incident
Just after a minute into this video, you can watch Chicago police shooting into a moving vehicle. You then see an officer cursing at and chasing a suspect, and then pushing his head into the ground during an arrest. We’re not experts on police policy here, but this appears to be rather reckless, to say the least. The teenager died.
Policing is hard, scary work. This video shows you what it’s like when the guys with the badges decide that guns are the best answer. This video is courtesy of the Independent Police Review Authority of Chicago. The incident occurred last week. WARNING: Footage and language is graphic.
Paul O’Neal is his name. He was 18 years old.
Recording artist 2 Chainz performs onstage during the 2016 BET Experience at Staples Center on June 25, 2016, in Los Angeles. Photo by Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET
2 Chainz delivers more heat
New Music? 2 Chainz drops 10-track mixtape
By Kofie Yeboah @KofieYeboah
12:00 PMKendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Chance The Rapper and Drake.
This year in the hip-hop world, those four rappers have been dominating the conversation. However, while those artists have been the center of attention, Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz has quietly been having a strong year.
2 Chainz has had a busy 2016, to say the least. In January, the Atlanta rapper released a short, six-song project titled Felt Like Cappin. Then in March, he followed it up with COLLEGROVE, a more commercial collab album with Lil Wayne.
On Thursday night, fans were anxiously waiting for Frank Ocean and Travis Scott to release their projects (which they didn’t). While they were waiting, 2 Chainz decided to bless the internet with a 10-track mixtape titled Daniel Son; Necklace Don.
Frank Ocean:You drop first
Travis Scott: No you drop first!
Frank Ocean: No you!
Travis Scott: No you!
— Kaelen (@Kaelennnnnn) August 5, 2016
According to his Twitter account, the new project was released early by 2 Chainz to beat the bootleggers to the punch.
The drop came to the joy of 2 Chainz fans everywhere.
Not even worried about this Frank Ocean album because I got some new 2 Chainz to distract me
— Dragonfly Jones (@Swellificent) August 5, 2016
While people have been waiting a long time for this new Frank Ocean project (sorry Rhiannon), this is the third 2 Chainz project in just this year alone. Say what you want about El Chapo Jr., but the man delivers.
Frank Ocean ❌
Travis Scott ❌
2 Chainz ✅
Believe in the heroes that actually come through pic.twitter.com/n2tnpEV6Id
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) August 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/MR_BCB/status/761422391645962240
https://twitter.com/daddyszn/status/761415523632635904
no frank ocean album but 2 chainz got a mixtape out so I ain't mad
— March21 (@_PrinceMohamed) August 5, 2016
Yes, 2 Chainz songs haven’t been dominating the radio like he did in 2011-2012. But the man is still putting out bangers for the whip and has one of the funniest Youtube video series of all time.
Will we get a Frank Ocean or Travis Scott project soon? Only time will tell. But for now, 2 Chainz got us.
TRU.
Teens sit on a new sign reading ‘Cidade Olimpica’ (Olympic City) in the historic port district in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 15, 2015, Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games games, the port district is undergoing a controversial multibillion dollar urban renewal program although some projects have been delayed in the midst of Brazil’s recession. Many parts of the port district retain descendants of African slaves along with Afro-Brazilian historical locations including the area where samba music is thought to have been born in Rio. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
All right, Rio — Let’s get this thing started
10:11 AMWilliam Rhoden is great, and Thursday night at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention I was more than honored to moderate a panel for a great film, Olympic Pride, American Injustice, with him and director Deborah Riley Draper. Most fun I’ve had in a long while.
You want a real hardcore look at what our justice system is? Go no further than Dylann Roof. The white supremacist kid that walked into a Charleston, South Carolina, church and opened fire after a prayer meeting, then got to eat fast food courtesy of the police. Yeah, well, he’s trying to get off from the death penalty by arguing that it’s unconstitutional, as cruel and unusual punishment. You don’t say. Also, some guy assaulted Roof in jail Thursday and people are giving him money for it.
The Donald Trump circus continues into the weekend. For his latest trick, the Republican presidential nominee is now describing things he’s never seen to wide audiences, claiming to have a firm grasp on their belongings. If you weren’t aware, the United States of America occasionally drops straight-up cash payments on people to settle scores. It’s kind of obnoxious but also respectable at the same time, lest you divest yourself from the reasons why it’s happening, which is near impossible. Anyway, the last time it happened, Trump didn’t see a video of the transaction. But, he says he did. Or something.
Full disclosure: Watching bears eat fish is a favorite pastime of mine. Seriously, I’ve got these live cams on deck of these ursine creatures standing in moving water and trying to snag these salmon. It’s one of the most bizarrely therapeutic, circle of life type things you can do. (If you’re counting, this is day two of bear news on this blog.) ANYWAY, here’s a question for you, in the form of a riddle from FiveThirtyEight’s Oliver Roeder. Should the grizzly bear eat the salmon?
By the way, the Olympics “start” Friday. I say that in such a way because multiple events have already gotten underway, but the opening ceremonies aren’t until Friday night. This is the part where I remind you that the person who popularized the Olympic march is a guy who also thought that genocide made sense. Yes, it was Adolf Hitler and the Nazis who created this tradition, so just think about that when you’re watching your favorite athletes parade through Rio de Janeiro. Also, here’s a great story about what athletes do with their medals after winning.
Coffee Break: This isn’t “news” in the truest sense of the word, but it’s worth noting that rapper Snoop Dogg is producing a new television series about two women who run a weed delivery service in California. Snoop, please never stop being you.
Snack Time: I’ve got a buddy who lives in Hong Kong. He’s the one who got married in Italy, which is why I was there. When I finally go visit him, I’ll stop at his place first. Then, I’m immediately going to this joint. Obviously.
Dessert: It’s the weekend. And Miguel’s got a new track out. You’re welcome.
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__label__cc | 0.634555 | 0.365445 | White House To Congress: Confirm Mukasey Now, Ask Questions About Torture Later
Ali Frick Nov 1, 2007, 10:39 pm
During today’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Dana Perino brushed aside lawmakers’ concerns about Michael Mukasey’s views on torture, urging them to quickly confirm him as attorney general. “Once he is confirmed, then the Congress has the capability to ask him to come to Congress and to testify on all sorts of matters, including this one,” she said.
But this technique — confirm now, question later — immediately raised red flags with reporters, who pointed out that if Mukasey becomes attorney general, the Bush administration would likely block him from answering questions in the future as well:
MS. PERINO: While they were saying is — which Judge Mukasey has done, is to say, I will not be able to provide a legal opinion about any particular technique. He is not read into the programs. … And once he is confirmed, then the Congress has the capability to ask him to come to Congress and to testify on all sorts of matters, including this one. […]
Q: Dana, a follow up on that. The McCain-Graham letter, on the assumption that Judge Mukasey is confirmed and is read into the program, your policy is still not to talk about specific methods, so he is, if he is confirmed, not going to be in a position to speak about waterboarding as being legal or not.
Watch it:
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Perino dodged the reporter’s follow-up, replying that several lawmakers have “been briefed on the legal underpinnings and they have been briefed on the techniques. So Congress — the appropriate members of Congress have all the information that they need about these programs. They are safe, they are effective, they are tough, and they are legal.”
But in reality, the White House refuses to even define torture. In fact, key leaders in the House and Senate, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), say they have never been fully briefed on the administration’s interrogation policies.
The White House would prefer for Congress to confirm Mukasey now and question him later — if at all. But the Bush administration’s long history of secrecy suggests that, should Mukasey be confirmed, the Senate will be able to glean no more from this Attorney General than it could from the previous one.
(HT: Salon’s Tim Grieve)
MS. PERINO: While they were saying is — which Judge Mukasey has done, is to say, I will not be able to provide a legal opinion about any particular technique. He is not read into the programs. He’s right now a private citizen. He is willing to serve his country. The President will say today, he is — the Attorney General is a critical member of the nation’s war on terror team, and that he needs to be confirmed immediately. And once he is confirmed, then the Congress has the capability to ask him to come to Congress and to testify on all sorts of matters, including this one. […]
Q Dana, a follow up on that. The McCain-Graham letter, on the assumption that Judge Mukasey is confirmed and is read into the program, your policy is still not to talk about specific methods, so he is, if he is confirmed, not going to be in a position to speak about waterboarding as being legal or not.
MS. PERINO: Let me remind you of something. Congress passed a law that this President signed regarding Detainee Treatment Act and also Congress said that the CIA’s program for interrogation is legal. They have been briefed on the legal underpinnings and they have been briefed on the techniques. So Congress — the appropriate members of Congress have all the information that they need about these programs. They are safe, they are effective, they are tough, and they are legal. And Judge Mukasey said that he will review all of the opinions and he will review the information he gets in his classified briefings, and that he will be able to have additional thought after that.
A lot of these discussions are held in closed session, and that’s appropriate because they’re classified for a reason.
Q Understood, but America’s allies in the world, the American people, they will never know whether or not Judge Mukasey is told, so long as the administration —
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__label__cc | 0.736023 | 0.263977 | A Quick Guide to Basel, Switzerland
By Ticker Eats The World on March 28, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )
Basel Switzerland is one of our favourite cities in the world. It’s filled with history and beautiful sights, many of which are free!!
Basel is located where Switzerland, France, and Germany meet. It can be easily reached by train or air and is a regular stop for river cruises. The EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg services Basel, the Alsace Region of France and the Black Forest of Germany. Large international airlines, as well as low-cost airlines such as Ryan Air and EasyJet, fly to Basel daily, so its location allows an easy arrival from almost anywhere in Europe. Basel has two train stations. The largest having two arrival areas with one servicing SBB Swiss trains and Deutsche Bahn German trains, while the other is used by TGV French trains.
There’s absolutely no excuse not to visit Basel!!
Once arriving in Basel, the city and surrounding areas are yours to explore. Being only one hour from both Zurich and Lucerne, many day trips are possible. If you’re visiting for more than five days, you may wish to take advantage of that. That said, Basel itself is filled with sights and activities to keep singles, couples, and families busy, so if you’re visiting for less than five days, you’ll likely want to just explore Basel itself.
Basel is an incredible medieval city filled with unique activities for young and old. It is a very walkable city, but Basel also has an amazing transportation system of trams and buses. If you stay in a hotel, you will receive a Basel Card which provides free use of the transportation system during your visit. The same is true if you’ve purchased a Swiss Rail Pass.
If travelling on a budget, Basel is filled with many free activities to enjoy. Be sure to check out the incredible fountains that are scattered throughout the city. Most of these fountains flow with drinkable water. Our kids loved stopping and having a taste at each one.
While wandering, also look out for Basel’s heraldic animal, the basilisk, which adorns fountains, podiums, and buildings throughout the city. It is said there are dozens of basilisks to be found. It makes for a great hunt and seek for children and adults alike.
In summer, visitors may wish to swim in the Rhine like locals or take in free concerts. Don’t forget to wander the Old Town, visit Basel’s city hall, thriving marktplatz and wander across the Mittlere Brucke. The middle bridge crosses between Grossbasel and Kleinbasel, each side of this magnificent city divided by the Rhine. On the bridge you’ll even find a beautiful, but tiny, chapel.
One must-see location in Basel is the Munster. This former Catholic church rests on the shores of the Rhine River and is simply beautiful inside. Visitors can climb the tower for a small fee, and the hardy climb is well worth it. The top of the Munster tower provides fantastic views of both sides of the river.
If interested in exploring the Rhine a bit further, take a Rheinfahre (small open top boat) across the Rhine, hop on a day cruise to visit the Dreilaendereck, the three corners where Switzerland, France, and Germany meet or sit on the boardwalk and enjoy a delicious Swiss meal.
Basel is home to 40 museums which is more than any other city in Switzerland. Many of these are free or discounted with the Basel Card or a Swiss train pass. Our favourite museum is the Basler Papiermuhle (paper mill museum). The Basel Papiermuhle is a fantastic museum for adults and children. Visitors are able to make paper, create watermarks, use seals, create crafts and so much more.
Our family also really enjoyed the Kunstmuseum (fine arts), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (natural history), and the Tinguely Museum (modern art). But there are so many more including Switzerland’s smallest museum!
If you like animals, the Basel Zoo is one of the top 15 zoos in the world. It is a non-profit zoo and dedicated to the environment and protecting endangered animals.
Along with all these many activities, try and time your visit to take place during one of Basel’s spectacular events. In February or March, Basel holds Fasnacht, a wonderful carnival and in July the world-renowned Basel Tattoo takes place.
Basel is also home to several major sporting events including Swiss Indoors (after all Basel is home to tennis star Roger Federer) and football matches at FC Basel’s St. Jakob-Park.
This is only a taste of everything Basel has to offer. We’ve spent a total of 8 weeks there and can’t wait to return. To find out more about Switzerland and beyond, visit Sunsets and Roller Coasters Family Travel Blog.
About the Author: Joanne is a proud Canadian mom of three with a passion for travel and photography. She has been travelling around the world with her husband and three kids, now teens and pre-teens since they were babies. Her blog, Sunsets and Roller Coasters, is filled with recommended destinations and detailed information on local activities, travel itineraries, and travel tips. You can touch base with Joanne at her blog (linked above) or through her social media accounts on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY[1]
On a planetoid in the Kessel system[2]
"We suspect there might be some sort of Imperial Installation hidden in the asteroid field. Look for the shield projectors. Be careful, Wedge. The Imperials probably don't want any visitors."
―General Rieekan to Rogue Squadron[src]
The Galactic Empire had a prison installation on a planetoid near the Maw. The detention center was placed under complete secrecy, although rumors relating to its existence persisted.
The Imperial prison facility in the Maw contained various facilities within the compound, including the main prison buildings, a weapons storage building, communication relays to nearby Star Destroyers, and several two landing platforms, including one for tankers. Those facilities and more were also connected via a repulsorlift railway system that also held the facility together. The communication relays, placed at the far corner of the facility, consisted of seven towers. An environmental dome was placed in the installation between the weapons storage and the relays.[2] Magma spots were also seen on the surface.[1]
It was heavily armed with various turbolaser turrets that acted as guard towers as well as various AT-PT walkers. Guard towers were placed near the prison building as well as the weapons storage facility. Another group was near a landing platform.[2]
Other than the turbolaser turrets, the facility also was constantly guarded by TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors both inside and in the outside perimeter. In addition, a shield was placed in the outer perimeter of the facility, although it needed the generators to be fully functional, as otherwise, if three projectors were disabled, the hole will be large enough for a small fighter squadron to penetrate the field.[1]
History Edit
Antilles flying near a relay tower.
After the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY, with the Rebel Alliance loss at the Battle of Hoth,[3] several Rebel personnel on Hoth, including Karie Neth, had been found on the ice-covered planet and taken prisoner, and sent to the installation.[1]
Some time after the battle, Rebel general Carlist Rieekan, suspecting its presence in the Maw, sent Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron to investigate, and disable the shield projectors. Upon arrival in the asteroid field, they ended up discovered by a fleet of Imperial tankers, so they were forced to hold them off while also disabling a number of the shield projectors enough to sufficiently disable the shield and grant them entry. Approaching the prison, they were contacted by Karie Neth requesting their assistance in helping her and several of the prisoners escape from the facility. Neth transferred the target data to them. First, they needed to eliminate the guard towers guarding the prison building so she and a few of the other escaped prisoners could release all of the prisoners inside the building. After that was accomplished, they then requested that Rogue Squadron destroy the guard towers for the weapons storage building so they could raid its weapons stock.[1]
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Antilles bombed one of the environmental domes and recovered advanced cluster missile technology.[1]
Assumption ends here.
Upon accomplishing it, Rogue Squadron was then tasked with destroying the communications relays to prevent the SOS signal from being transferred to the Star Destroyers in the area. Afterwards, they destroyed the guard towers around the rail system to ensure that the repulsorlift train that the prisoners hijacked could make it to the platform. Finally, the prisoners hijacked a Sentinel-class shuttle and then entered hyperspace, also detonating explosives that they planted around the rail system, destroying the facility.[1]
The prison installation appears in the 2001 video game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. The mission in which it appears is also included in the game's sequel, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, in the co-op version of Rogue Squadron II. The base also houses a vehicular upgrade, and this article assumes the player collected it.
The prison also serves as a location for a Versus Mode match in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike.
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__label__cc | 0.50409 | 0.49591 | Fenian Ram: The Green Submarine
Posted on March 17, 2012 March 17, 2019 by Mister Mac
Any submariner worth his salt has heard of a good Irishman named John Phillip Holland and his submarine design changed the way wars would be fought at sea forever.
On March 17, 1898, St. Patrick’s Day, Irish-born engineer John Philip Holland demonstrated a submarine he designed, the Holland VI, for the U.S. Navy Department, off the coast of Staten Island. During the demonstration, the vessel was submerged for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Holland launched the submarine the year before, on May 17, 1897, after it was built at the Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The submarine was noteworthy for having features that would become the standard for submarines in future years. It and other of Holland’s submarines are also noteworthy for being the first to run on electric batteries when submerged, but on internal combustion engines when on the water’s surface. We celebrate the Holland and all other submarines on March 17 each year.
Future president Theodore Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the time the submarine was demonstrated, and he pushed for the Navy to purchase it. However, it didn’t happen right away, and it wasn’t until April 11, 1900—after Roosevelt was already the Governor of New York—when the Navy bought the submarine, for the price of $150,000. April 11 has since become known as National Submarine Day.
The submarine was commissioned and officially became known as the USS Holland (SS-1) on October 12, 1900, in Newport Rhode, Island. It was the first submarine commissioned by the Navy, but it was far from being the first submarine used by the United States or even owned by the Navy. The first submarine used by the United States was the Turtle, which was used during the Revolutionary War, and the first submarine owned by the Navy was the Alligator, which was used during the Civil War.
The USS Holland (SS-1) served as a training submarine and was usually kept in Annapolis, Maryland. It was decommissioned on July 17, 1905, and was then put on reserve in Norfolk, Virginia, for just over 5 years. It was sold for scrap in 1913 for $100 but was then put on display in various locations for a number of years before being torn apart in 1932. After purchasing the USS Holland (SS-1), the Navy went on to buy other submarines from Holland’s company, such as those of the Plunger class.
The designing of submarines came to prominence in the nineteenth century, and submarines were first widely used during World War I. Modern submarines range from small vessels that can only carry one or two people and stay submerged for just a few hours, to being large vessels such as the Russian Typhoon-class submarines, which can carry a whole crew and stay submerged for months.
Submarine Day, also known as National Submarine Day, is being observed today! It has always been observed annually on March 17th. It has always been observed annually on April 11th.
On April 11, 1900 the United States Navy purchased his boat and named it the USS Holland.
There was a long path for Holland to get to the point where his boats would gain acceptance.
His initial design in 1875 was turned down by the US Navy as unacceptable. The little Irishman was determined to succeed however and with the aid of some good friends, continued his designing refinement.
This is where it gets interesting.
The “friends” that funded him were from a group called the Fenian Brotherhood which was the American equivalent to the Irish Republican brotherhood. Their real goal was to have him create a submersible that could be used against the hated British. The English occupation of Ireland had started as far back as 1169 and had been fiercely resisted throughout the years that followed. This little invention was going to give the Irish their first real weapon to attack the world’s greatest navy.
The Ram was launched in 1881 (almost twenty years before the American Navy got their first one) and trials soon followed. For its tie, it was a remarkable design. Holland had equipped it to take advantage of buoyancy in its maneuverability. It also had a crude torpedo system that gave it a remarkable capability. The whole story can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Ram
Holland conducted extensive tests of the boat including firing the tube with dummy projectiles. The Irish were on their way to having a secret weapon that would certainly gain the attention of the world once it got to its new home.
Length: 9.4 metres (31 ft)
Diameter: 1.8 metres (5.9 ft)
Test depth: 18 metres (59 ft)
Complement: 3 men: operator, engineer, gunner
Armament: 230 mm (9 in) pneumatic gun
The project took a bad turn though since the Brothers were slow in paying Holland for his work.
A dispute followed and the Irish stole the submarine from Holland and took her to New Haven CT. This is when they discovered that no one actually knew how to run the thing. They approached Holland once more and he refused to help. The little submarine that would change the world would have to wait for another time and another Navy. The prototype changed hands a few times but eventually ended up in a museum in Paterson NJ.
The Irish would remain under English rule for a few more decades. The Easter uprising of 1916 created a climate for change. The Dáil (Irish Parliament) was formed on 21st January 1919 and independence was declared.
The last question remains, as Ireland gained its independence, why didn’t they pursue their own submarine fleet? They had already seen the value of submarines in a conflict with England and submarines would be relatively cheap to build.
The answer comes from a relatively obscure set of negotiations between the Irish and the British.
Submarines were indeed on the discussion menu.
The following sections are from the notes of Michael Collins, one of the heroes of the Irish Revolution:
” It was in the midst of our consideration of the defence clauses in the British proposals. Mr. Lloyd George made it quite clear to us that the British people could not, or would not, for the sake of their own safety, allow any Irish Government to build submarines. England did not mind if we built a dreadnought or two, a battleship or two although these concessions do not appear in the signed Treaty. In fighting for vital concessions we were not weakening our position by claiming anything so obviously useless as the right to build and man a few capital ships ! It must be apparent to everyone that to do such a ridiculous thing would be to play England’s game.
” We could indulge our vanity if we were foolish enough to waste public funds in such a manner by having an infant navy that could never mean anything at all to the British sea power BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE ONE SUBMARINE ! SUBMARINES ARE CHEAP TO BUILD AND REQUIRE FEW MEN TO OPERATE THEM ! SUBMARINES ARE A REAL MENACE TO ENGLAND
” I fought my best to try to argue the point. ‘ After all I said to the British Prime Minister, ‘, Ireland could never hope to wage an aggressive war against England.’ Restricting our offensive armament seemed to me on a par with muzzling a Skye terrier. ‘ ‘
Submarines replied Mr. Lloyd George, ‘ are the flying columns of the seas.’ He looked at me straight as he said this, and slowly a twinkle came into his eyes. Then he spoke again. ‘ And I am sure,’ he said, ‘ there is no need for me to tell you, Mr. Collins, how much damage can be inflicted by flying columns ! We have had experience with your flying columns on land ! ‘
” There was nothing to be said then ! He knew what he was talking about. More than that he knew that I knew !
” But De Valera and Childers saw nothing disadvantageous to us in this prohibition of submarines. Perhaps it would be more nearly accurate to say that De Valera did not visualise the potential value of Irish submarines and that Childers did ! In any event, Document No. 2 conceded this British claim fully. Document No. 2 gave way to England on a point that really mattered ! This cannot be stated too emphatically. Such a concession to British necessity, real or supposed, was nothing but rank dishonesty.
LET US AGREE SINCE WE MUST THAT WE SHALL NOT BUILD SUBMARINES, BUT DON’T LET US PRETEND THAT WE ARE DOING IT FROM ANY MOTIVE OTHER THAN THE REAL MOTIVE !
Collins knew that the Irish were about to throw off the yoke of English rule that had existed for 750 years.
The British already knew that Germany had tried to arm the Irish during World War 1 and realized that an Ireland with a submarine force (and a base to operate out of) would cripple the home islands.
That is one of the major reasons why, to this day, the only Irish submarine ever built is sitting in a museum in Paterson NJ.
Well, that’s all for today. Even though my heritage includes Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh (with a wee spot of Prussian and American Indian according to Ancestry.com) I like to recognize the achievements of all my forefathers.
Tags: England, Erin go Bragh, Fenian, Fenian Ram, holland, Ireland, submarine, US Navy, USS HollandCategories: America, American History, Ireland, John Phillip Holland, Submarine, US Navy
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Jody Durham MM2(SS) -- USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) '85-'88 says:
Thanks again, Bob! I love the historical research woven into your articles. Interesting perspective. Proud to call you my friend, and brother. 🙂
mstrmac711 says:
Thanks Jody. I had a friend tell me yesterday that he thought I was a bit “daft” for spending so much time writing for free. He doesn’t understand that it is the best kind of therapy in life to give something away.
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The audacity of voting
By Julianne Malveaux
I love voting. Every time I go into the booth, I see little girl me, pigtails and all, plaid skirt, white blouse and green sweater, part of my Catholic school uniform. Most of my relatives were Democrats, though my grandmother voted Republican a time or two because “Lincoln freed the slaves.” In 1960, I had the privilege of pulling the lever to elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the candidate that the nuns at Immaculate Conception Elementary School rhapsodized over.
On the way back from the polls, my mom told me that Negroes (as we were called then) didn’t always get to vote, and she shared facts about grandfather clauses and poll taxes. I’ll never forget that moment, which may have sown the seeds of my activism. Indeed, when I went to school the next day, and the nun asked if everyone’s parent had voted, I took the opportunity to share that Negroes did not always get to vote. I was sent home with a note at the end of the day, and got an admonition from my mom about keeping my big mouth shut. I guess I didn’t learn my lesson.
I guess everyone doesn’t like voting as much as I do. Only a quarter of those eligible to vote in the District of Columbia did so. Some blamed the earliness of the primary (only Illinois had an earlier date, on March 26, and some states have primary elections as late as September); others spoke of the inclement weather the weekend before the election as affecting voter turnout. But when I am reminded that Fannie Lou Hamer was almost beat to death because she registered voters, and Medgar Evers was killed because he worked to secure voting rights for Black people, I am infuriated by those who take a pass on voting. How does a little snow on Sunday keep you from going to the polls on Tuesday? The fact is that too many African Americans play into enemy hands whenever they fail to vote.
Now the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law (www…lawyerscommitt.org) has produced a “Map of Shame” that highlights more than a dozen states that engage in voter suppression, either by requiring picture ID, consolidating polling places so that people have to travel further to vote, or passing other restrictions on voting.
Unsurprisingly, most of these states are in the South, but Northern states such as Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania have also made it more difficult for voters. North Carolina is so bad that Rev. William Barber, head of the state NAACP, has been leading hundreds outside the state capitol weekly for “Moral Mondays” design to draw attention to the immorality of voter suppression.
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court has now made it easier to purchase votes on First Amendment grounds, with the amount that the wealthy can give increasing exponentially. In McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the court ruled that the limit on contributions is unconstitutional. McCutcheon is not shy about explaining why he wants to spend more money. He wants to ensure that the law embraces conservative principles.
It is interesting that the McCutcheon decision comes in time to influence this election cycle. With this decision, the Supreme Court has made it easier to purchase an election. With limits on PAC money lifted, the court has created a well-funded monster. There is more than one way to suppress the vote, and this court is determined to silence citizens any way they can. They have nullified a key section of the Voting Rights Act. They’ve made it possible to pour money into campaigns. In many ways they have attempted to shut people up, or at least skew the playing field in favor of the wealthy.
Rev. Jesse Jackson says that the hands that picked peaches can also pick presidents. We can’t pick anything if we don’t get to the polls. Voter suppression and well-funded opponents are obstacles to voting. Still, we impose some of the obstacles on ourselves.
Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.
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There are plans for a brewery, restaurant, beer garden, hotel, and spa on the deconsecrated grounds.
With its sale to Brenda O’Reilly and Craig Flynn of Yellowbelly Brewery, some say that Harbour Grace’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is getting a second chance.
The stone structure, which held its last mass in 2014, needed millions in repairs, and officials wondered if the right buyer would appear.
When the Yellowbelly team came along, opinions varied on beer in the cathedral, but community spirit won out. With plans of a brewery, restaurant, beer garden, hotel, and spa on the deconsecrated grounds, up to 100 jobs can be expected to come to the community in the next few years.
Carfagnini’s Curse And The Capital Of Conception Bay
“Second chance,” however, is misleading. The cathedral is a cat with nine lives, and this development is simply the next chapter of its story; a story tightly woven with history of the town itself, and the rise and fall of fortunes.
It starts in 1865, when the dioceses of Harbour Grace and St. John’s were established, splitting what was formerly the diocese of Newfoundland. Occupied haphazardly by European fishermen, Harbour Grace was one of the best fishing harbours in Conception Bay, and by the 1800s, the town was quite prosperous.
So prosperous that it was known as The Capital Of Conception Bay, more important than St. John’s in the Labrador and seal fisheries. Bishop John Dalton, head of the new diocese, was constructing a cathedral that would reflect Harbour Grace’s importance. Modeled after St. Peter’s in Rome, the church took decades to build. Dalton enlisted the help of Father Enrico, or Henry Carfagnini, an Italian priest skilled in architecture. Dalton died before the building was done, and with no consultation with the congregation, Carfagnini was chosen as his replacement.
Disagreeable and authoritarian, Carfagnini scrapped with the Benevolent Irish Society, alienated the Irish Catholic community, and resigned after a decade. Apperently, people drew their blinds as he passed to leave town, and he laid a curse on Harbour Grace upon departing.
The cathedral was still not done. Finished by Bishop Ronald McDonald, it was consecrated in 1884. Fabulously expensive, no one thought to insure it. In 1889 it burnt down, and work on a new cathedral started. By 1892, the elegant Gothic Revival style building, with its two spires flanking the entrance, was consecrated.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception fell into disrepair as the town’s fortunes waned in the next century. The waning fortunes, along with various fires and business disasters in Harbour Grace over this time has been attributed to Carfagnini’s curse.
But fortunes change. O’Reilly and Flynn’s cathedral endeavor adds a destination in an area already rich in folklore, stone ruins like the eerie Ridley Hall, and interesting sites like the unmarked , skull adorned grave believed to be that of a local pirate.
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by Samantha Rosen
We’re partnering with Capital One on our Purposeful Travel Hub. If you have unique ways you like to pay it forward when you travel or just love exploring new places with family and friends, we want to hear about it. Share your most treasured travel moments and purposeful travel tips with us using #MeaningfulMoments.
Ask anyone who knows me about how much I love New Orleans and they’ll tell you my eyes light up and I can talk about the magic of the city for a solid half hour without taking a breath. Can you blame me, though? There’s no other destination in the world quite like it.
In November, musician and world traveler Noelle Scaggs went south to explore New Orleans and film the Purpose Project series created by Capital One and Tastemade. During the trip, Scaggs reunited with her friend and celebrity chef, Marcela Valladolid. It was Valladolid’s first time to the city, and she instantly fell in love with the Big Easy. For Scaggs, it was more like coming home.
“I feel [a] heartbeat every time I come to this city,” Scaggs said. “That’s why I love New Orleans so much.”
Yeah, tell me about it.
See the full episode on Tastemade Watch.
For Scaggs and Valladolid, discovering the culture and history of New Orleans took her from the Louisiana Delta for a fishing charter to the French Quarter to have her tea leaves read at Bottom of the Cup.
But to have a meaningful trip to New Orleans, you don’t have to replicate Scaggs’ itinerary. After all, just stepping foot in this resilient, diverse and collaborative city can give you a deeper sense of purpose and belonging. It’s a city that’s upbeat and steeped in tradition, playful and downright delicious. It’s New Orleans, after all.
If you know, you know — and if you haven’t been, well, you’ll probably end up booking your flight before the end of this article. Here’s why I’m so obsessed with the vibrant city of New Orleans.
1. The Food Is Incredible
(Gumbo from Galatoire’s. Photo courtesy of Galatoire’s.)
Scaggs tucked in to fresh caught seafood at Dickie Brennan’s Bourbon House and cornbread focaccia at the Pythian Market. But I could write an entire novel just about how amazing the food is in this city. From the classics like jambalaya and po’boys to more modern crazes from Turkey and the Wolf, you’re going to want to bring your stretchy pants. It’s not a trip without beignets from Café du Monde or Morning Call, and don’t you even think about leaving without a muffuletta. Some of my other favorite restaurants include Galatoire’s, Restaurant R’evolution, Willa Jean and GW Fins, among others. Like I said: A novel.
2. The People Are so Welcoming
I have yet to find another place on the planet where the people welcome you into their city with open arms (and probably a steaming cup of gumbo). Everyone is so happy to have you here and to celebrate all of the things that make you unique. Come as you are and be unapologetically yourself.
3. It’s Full of Opportunity
(Photo by Greg Caparell.)
Scaggs and Valladolid met at Café Reconcile — you might have heard of it before, and for good reason: It’s where young adults can participate in an eight-week program to develop new skills, get delicious meals and learn to recognize their goals. In short: It’s a built-in, supportive community for those who need it most. But NOLA is full of opportunities to give back to the city that gives so much of itself to everyone who’s ever been there. In fact, my alma mater, Tulane University, has a built-in service learning element in their curriculum. Every student must complete community service hours before they graduate. For me, it was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the city and the people who made it so amazing, especially in the years after Hurricane Katrina while the city was rebuilding. As a student, I tutored students in English in a nearby charter school. If you’re interested in more opportunities like this, I would recommend looking into other notable programs like Grow Dat Youth Farm and Habitat for Humanity.
4. The Music Moves You
(A jazz band plays on Bourbon St. Photo by by Simplyphotos/Getty Images)
If you haven’t heard how incredible New Orleans’ music scene is, well, where have you been all this time? With venues like Tipitina’s, Maple Leaf and virtually all of Frenchmen Street — not to mention street players on every corner — there’s music floating around pretty much everywhere. New Orleans is music. You can catch a cheap show any night of the week, but if you’re really a music fanatic, head there for Jazz Fest. It’s more than two weeks of nonstop music ranging from rock to jazz and everything in between from some of the biggest names in the business to New Orleans’ locals. (This year, it’s April 26 to May 5.) Oh, and please, whatever you do, don’t forget the Crawfish Monica.
5. The Cityscape Is Beautiful
Find me a park more beautiful than Audubon or City Park and I’ll buy you a plate of the “World’s Best Fried Chicken” from legendary Willie Mae’s Scotch House. If parks aren’t your thing, have a picnic on the water with your friends at The Fly and watch the sun set. It doesn’t hurt that the weather rarely drops below 40 degrees here, so you’ll definitely be able to sit outside all year long. The architecture, too, is stunning. Walking around New Orleans is like taking a stroll in Europe — and also the Caribbean. You almost forget you’re still in the US. The French Quarter is the original part of the city and has a striking mix of French and Spanish design elements. Head uptown to the Garden District by taking the streetcar along St. Charles and feel like you’re in a classic film.
6. And Yes, There’s Mardi Gras
(The Zulu Parade performs on the streets of New Orleans Photo by Emily Kask/AFP/Getty Images)
Come one, come all, to the greatest show on Earth. Mardi Gras is even more fun than you’ve heard, but you’re going to want to pace yourself. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, as any Tulane grad will instantly remind you. It’s five days filled with parades, music, food and yes, copious amounts of booze, and don’t even think about picking beads off the floor. Get out your craziest outfits and join the fanfare for a week.
7. You Can’t Beat the Mindset
There’s a feeling you get when the plane lands at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) that you’re just supposed to be here. In NOLA, life slows down a bit and the world becomes a little more colorful. Life is meant to be celebrated here, so stop and smell the crabmeat — and have a Sazerac while you’re at it.
See you at the airport.
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22 February 2008, at 12:00am
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePoultrySite. Global trends indicate a continuing growth in demand for poultry products around the world.
However, according to research analyst Mike Donohue, vice president of Agri Stats, a management reporting and benchmarking firm based in Fort Wayne, Indiana the poultry industry in the US also faces strong challenges from the cost of feed ingredients, environmental issues and consumer demands.
"We (chicken producers) are an industry that is in demand. We've got a product that people want and continue to consume," said Mr Donohue.
"We've got efficiencies of scale, and we make tremendous genetic changes and production changes year in and year out that other industries can't do."
Chicken, beef, and pork production worldwide have all risen over the past five years, although pork production appears to have peaked and dropped slightly.
Despite a shift in the countries where broilers are produced, the United States remains the largest producer with 17 million tonnes followed by China, Brazil, with 11 million tonnes each and the European Union, with eight million tonnes, where production has remained flat, Mr Donohue said.
These four producers account for about 73 per cent of the world's broilers, with the US holding about 27 per cent of global production while the EU has seen its share drop from 14 per cent to 12.5 per cent. This, Mr Donohue said, indicates ongoing consolidation and concentration.
The US is also one of the top four exporters but is not heavily dependent on any single market. This gives it an advantage giving the country more stability in its export business, Mr Donohue said in an address at the International Poultry Expo, sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association.
Brazil has taken over from the US as the leading exporter with exports rising from 1.8 million tonnes to more than 3 million tonnes in the last five years. Brazil now has 40 per cent of total world exports in poultry meat, while the US has 33 per cent.
One of the major changes in the export market in recent years has been the development of more higher value cuts going to China. And one of the major factors that has affected exports from the US has been the changes in exchange rates.
Mr Donohue said that as standards of living improve and economies grow, the type of meat imports, that the developing countries are taking, changes. They start taking in more and more higher value cuts.
On the import side, Russia ranks number one with imports of 1.2 million tonnes, despite an increase in its domestic production. Japan is the second leading importer, with 750,000 tonnes and China is third with 500,000 tonnes.
"Per capita consumption shows that there's still the opportunity for tremendous growth in demand for chicken products," Mr Donohue said.
The United States leads all countries in consumption at about 45 kilograms per capita, followed by Brazil at about 40 kg, Mexico 25 to 30 kg, Russia 15 to 20 kg, Thailand 10 to 12, and China 7 to 8 kg. The market in China has substantial potential for growth in consumption as consumers increasingly buy leg quarters and other products as well as more traditional commodities such as wing tips and claws, Mr Donohue said.
Turkey producers also have an opportunity to increase exports and consumption of their products.
However, the forecast is not completely sunny, Mr Donohue warned.
The US poultry industry also faces enormous and complex challenges, including the rising cost of feed ingredients, environmental issues, bird health and pandemic diseases, and sometimes unpredictable preferences and demands of consumers.
Feed costs have always been a significant issue in the poultry industry, and that has especially been the case over the past year, Mr Donohue said. Costs have been rising steadily, and he predicted that the cost per bushel of corn could reach $5.65 to $5.75 by May. He said that the cost of feed is forecast to reach 69 per cent of the production costs of broilers this year and 72 per cent for turkeys.
"This is a new paradigm we're looking at because of the nation's energy policy," he added.
The cost of soybean meal is also on the upswing, and the price per ton could soon approach $400. The average live production cost of broilers recently surpassed 35 cents and could easily reach 38 to 40 cents in the next few months with little prospect of relief.
The renewable fuels mandate within the federal government's energy policy will have an impact on the poultry industry for years to come, Mr Donohue predicted.
By the year 2015, about 36 per cent of the nation's corn production could be earmarked for ethanol production, even with an anticipated increase in volume tied to the demand for biofuels.
The percentage of corn used for ethanol has tripled in the past few years and will continue to increase.
This surge in demand also means that millions more acres will be needed to produce additional corn. It is unclear, however, where this land will come from or whether production of other crops will be affected.
Consumer preferences also will continue to impact the industry, and one uncertainty involves chicken raised without antibiotics.
Demand is growing in some sectors, but it is unclear how this trend will evolve or how growers should respond to the challenge, Mr Donohue said.
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__label__cc | 0.590961 | 0.409039 | US Poultry Outlook Report - April 2008
18 April 2008, at 12:00am
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
Poultry: U.S. broiler meat production is forecast to total 36.9 billion pounds in 2008, a 2.1-percent increase from 2007. Broiler exports are expected to expand to 6 billion pounds, which would be the second consecutive year of record exports. Broiler production has been strong over the first 2 months of 2008, but production is expected to slow in the second half of the year as producers reduce production due to rising feed and energy costs. Turkey production during January and February was 1.05 billion pounds, up 13 percent from the same period in 2007. Even with this increase, prices for whole turkeys were 82 cents per pound in March, up 15 percent from the previous year.
Broiler Production Revised Slightly
The forecasts for broiler meat production were revised downward slightly in the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2008. The downward revisions were 25 million pounds in the second quarter and 100 million pounds in the third and fourth quarters. The new forecast for 2008 is 36.9 billion pounds, up 2.1 percent from 2007. On a quarterly basis the growth in production on a year-over-year basis falls off rapidly after the first quarter, leading to a forecast of a decline in production in fourth-quarter 2008. Production in first-quarter 2008 is estimated at 9.08 billion pounds, up 5.2 percent from the previous year. Throughout 2008, much of the increase in production is expected to come from increases in average bird weights. Over the last several months, much of the increase in broiler production has been from heavier birds, which has pushed up average weights. Higher average weights are expected to continue through the rest of 2008, albeit at perhaps a lower rate of growth.
Over the first 2 months of 2008, broiler meat production totaled 6.1 billion pounds, up 7.4 percent from the same period in 2007. The increase in meat production in the first 2 months has come from growth in both the number of birds being slaughtered, up 5.3 percent, and an increase in the average liveweight at slaughter to 5.56 pounds, up 1.6 percent.
Over the last 5 weeks (March 8 to April 5), the number of chicks placed for growout has averaged approximately 180.3 million per week, up 2.6 percent from the previous year. In addition, over the last 3 weeks the number of eggs placed in incubators has been about even with the same period a year earlier, pointing toward a decline in the number of chicks that will be placed in the coming weeks. Broiler meat production in second-quarter 2008 is forecast at 9.38 billion pounds, up 3.2 percent from the previous year, but a considerably slower growth rate than in first quarter 2008.
The estimate for broiler cold storage holdings at the end of first-quarter 2008 was reduced to 750 million pounds, 26 percent higher than the previous year, but down 25 million pounds from the previous estimate. The reduction comes chiefly as the result of continued strength in broiler exports, with expected reductions in the growth of broiler production in March. At the end of February, cold storage holdings were higher for almost all broiler products, with stocks of dark meat products being much higher compared with a year earlier. Products such as leg quarters, drumsticks, and thighs were all at least 50 percent above their year-earlier levels. However, cold storage holdings of thigh meat were down 15 percent from the previous year. Ending broiler stock estimates were also lowered for the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2008 due to recent declines in the growth in broiler hatchery numbers, which is expected to lead to lower production, especially in the second half of 2008.
In first-quarter 2008, the 12-City price for whole broilers averaged 78.1 cents per pound, up 4 percent from the previous year, which was in turn about 20 percent higher than the price in first-quarter 2006. Prices for other broiler products in first quarter 2008 were mixed, with prices for most leg meat products up and prices for breast meat products somewhat lower then in first-quarter 2007.
The strong export market, composed mostly of leg quarters, has helped to bolster the prices for leg meat products. With a relatively weak economy slowing demand domestically and a weak dollar making U.S. exports more competitive, the price spread between leg meat products and breast meat products is expected to narrow in the coming months.
Turkey Production Up Strongly
U.S. turkey meat production is now estimated at 6.2 billion pounds in 2008, up 3.5 percent from the previous year. Like broilers, most of the increase in turkey meat production is expected to come in the first half of the year, with growth slowing rapidly in the second half. The higher meat production is expected to come chiefly from a higher number of birds being slaughtered, as average weights are expected to be up only slightly. Over the first 2 months of 2008, turkey meat production totaled 1.05 billion pounds, up 13 percent from the same period in 2007. During January and February, the number of turkeys slaughtered was up 9.8 percent and the average live bird weights were 30 pounds, up 2.7 percent from same time in 2007.
At the end of February 2008, cold storage holdings of turkey products totaled 411 million pounds, up 32 percent from the previous year. The increase includes larger holdings of whole birds, which were up 7 percent from the previous year to 156 million pounds. However, most of the growth came in holdings of other turkey products, which totaled 255 million pounds, an increase of 53 percent from the end of February 2007.
Prices for whole turkeys have continued to remain strong through first-quarter 2008, although they have declined seasonally from the very high prices they reached in fourth-quarter 2007. Prices for whole hens in the Eastern market averaged 77.4 cents per pound in first-quarter 2008, up 11 percent from first-quarter 2007 and 15 percent higher than in first-quarter 2006. While turkey production is forecast higher in 2008 and cold storage estimates have increased strongly, whole turkey prices in 2008 are expected to average above year-earlier levels.
Eggs Prices Increase 58 Percent in First Quarter
The wholesale price for one dozen large eggs in the New York region averaged $1.59 in first-quarter 2008, up 51 percent from first-quarter 2007. With the Easter holiday in late March this year, egg prices are expected to decline seasonally in the second quarter. Currently, egg prices in the New York market are expected to average $1.27 - $1.33 per dozen in second-quarter 2008. While this is quite a decline from the first quarter, it is still 41 percent higher than in the same period in 2007.
Over the first 2 months of 2008, table egg production was 1.05 billion dozen, up 0.5 percent from the previous year. The high prices for eggs over the last two quarters is expected to gradually result in higher table egg production, and the forecast for 2008 table egg production was increased by 20 million dozen. The total for 2008 is now expected to be 6.49-billion dozen, a 1-percent increase from the previous year. Growth in broiler meat production is expected to slow in second-half 2008, and the production of hatching eggs is expected to follow a similar pattern.
Overall production of hatching eggs is forecast at 1.12 billion dozen in 2008, up 0.7 percent from 2007, but by the third quarter production is expected to be fractionally lower than the previous year.
Growth in Broiler Shipments Continue in February
Broiler exports for the month of February totaled 507 million pounds, up about 12 percent from a year ago. After a record-breaking year of broiler shipments in 2007, the purchasing power of foreign currency continues to resonate in the U.S. marketplace in 2008. U.S. broiler meat remains a highly desirable product in countries such as Russia, other member of the Commonwealth Independent States, China, and Mexico, where American broiler meat is purchased at bargain prices by some importers due to favorable exchange rates.
For the first quarter of 2008, broiler shipments are expected to reach 1.4 billion pounds. Exports for 2008 are forecast at a record high of 6 billion pounds, 4 percent above 2007.
Turkey Shipments Hold Strong in February
Turkey exports totaled 49 million pounds in February 2008, up about 27 percent from a year ago. The growth in turkey shipments recorded for February 2008 was fueled primarily by increased purchasing power exercised by foreign countries in U.S. markets. Mexico, China, Russia, and Canada are the largest U.S. markets and are responsible for about 84 percent of the increase in broiler shipments in February 2008. Turkey shipments in the first quarter of 2008 are expected to total 135 million pounds, almost 9 percent higher than first-quarter shipments in 2007.
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__label__cc | 0.582845 | 0.417155 | ‘I went to Subclub every Saturday night’: Exclusive interview with Aamer Anwar about his time at Glasgow
Including never-before-seen pictures of his time at university
Jenna Macfarlane
After a tense couple of weeks since the Glasgow University Rector nominations were announced, Aamer Anwar won the position in a landslide victory.
His pledge is to be “an active, working Rector” and The Tab Glasgow have interviewed the human rights lawyer to present students with an insight into a man they will regularly be seeing around campus.
Hi, Aamer Anwar! Firstly, congratulations on your win yesterday. How does it feel?
It was totally unexpected in terms of the landslide. I thought it was going to be close – I was conscious of the fact that I was the underdog from the beginning, so it came as a complete shock but also total joy and elation. My life started here so it’s nice to be back, and where I gave my speech yesterday is so close to where my life changed on Ashton Lane all those years ago when I was attacked by the police.
A photo of Aamer on the night of November 1991, when he was attacked by police
I’m pleased that the students voted in their thousands in unity against Milo. I’m extremely honoured that students have put their trust in me.
Is it a good feeling to be involved with the University again – like reliving your early 20s?
I’ve been reading some of the stuff on Facebook with some former students saying I was a pain interrupting some of the lectures! But obviously that was so many years ago. It’s nostalgic – I was at university with Nicola Sturgeon and she sent me a message last night of congratulations. It feels like I’m going back in a tardis!
Things have obviously changed but there are a lot of good memories, and I built friendships that lasted for a lifetime and broke cultural and religious barriers that I had and it’s where I learnt politics from being an activist and being on the streets protesting.
The University made me what I am today.
Aamer and his family at his graduation in 1994
And the burning question is how often did you go to Subclub? And where did you get your post-night out food?
I went every Saturday night if I could do it! And the Arches on the Friday night. I’d get my food at the Koh-I-Noor on Gibson Street – I was a bit of a regular and I still go there when I want food.
Were you GUU or QMU?
I was a member of GUU but then I became quite political and QMU became my union – however, my manifesto pledges to fight for both unions as I think it’s highly unfair that student unions are sort of having to be fought off against each other. I’ll be happy to work with both the unions.
Aamer at GUUs Daft Friday in 1986
And what were you like when it came to lectures and tutorials? Did you always go or were you a bit of a rebel?
I was awful! The lecturers were sick of me because they wouldn’t see me at the lectures but they’d see me speaking to students about protests. And tutorials were bad news – there was a History tutor who insisted on tutoring me on my own because he thought I was troublesome.
One embarrassing time was when I turned round and said I was really ill which was my excuse for not attending, but the tutor proceeded to pull out a local newspaper with a photo of me in it at a demonstration holding a placard! But it has been great seeing some of the lecturers who said they feel proud that I was one of their students.
Aamer on his Graduation Day in 1994
What is your favourite Glasgow restaurant, café or takeaway?
I would have to say the Koh-I-Noor for takeaway – it’s the best one. And then the Yadgar café in Southside. And then restaurant wise I’d say the Shish Mahal on Park Road, it’s amazing food.
We know you have to think back, but which level of the library would you sit on?
I’d always wander about looking for the social levels. My studying was always the night before exams when I would freak out and have about five packets of Pro Plus and would literally stay awake for 24 hours to try and cram in everything I’d missed over the course of the term and then I’d sleep for a few hours, get up, and start all over again.
And to finish, how do you aim to help the students at Glasgow in this coming year?
I’ve got a huge task ahead of me. The phone hasn’t stopped ringing, the text messages haven’t stopped coming and my desk is inundated. I think firstly I need to meet with the student bodies. My two primary issues are firstly the question of rents and secondly mental health provision – these are issues which need to be addressed pretty fast.
I said I’d be here every fortnight but I think I’m going to be in a hell of a lot more often than that.
Aamer speaking as President of the University of Glasgow’s Asian Society, 1988
I’m looking to build a team of students around me. I saw JJ Tease [one of the other candidates] out last night celebrating on Ashton Lane and I said to him I’d be happy to work with him in some way. I can only be a strong voice for students if I have the students and staff behind me – I want it to be a partnership of equals.
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Thread: U.S. intel alerted to threat of 'Forest Fire Jihad'
January 21st, 2008, 18:28 #1
World Tribune ^ | January 15, 2008 | Staff
U.S. officials monitoring terrorist web sites have discovered a call for using forest fires as weapons against “crusader” nations, in what may explain some recent wildfires in places like southern California and Greece.
A terrorist website was discovered recently that carried a posting that called for “Forest Jihad.” The posting was listed on the Internet on Nov. 26 and reported in U.S. intelligence channels last week. The statement, in Arabic, said that “summer has begun so do not forget the Forest Jihad.”
The writer called on all Muslims in the United States, Europe, Russia and Australia to “start forest fires.”
The posting quoted imprisoned Al Qaida terrorist Abu Musab Al-Suri, as saying “Jihad is an art just like poetry, music, and the fine arts. There are people that draw and there are others that are jihadists. They both act upon inspiration.” Al-Suri is a senior Al Qaida leader captured in Pakistan in 2005 who is believed to be in U.S. custody.
“The idea of forest fires is attributed to him, may God set him free, as is in this short clip,” the writer stated.
The posting said that setting forest fires were legal under extremist Islamic law as part of a “eye for an eye” and that can produce “amazing results.”
Wildfires in California burned more than 500,000 acres beginning in October and authorities said arson was to blame for some of the fires. In August, wildfires broke out in Greece that authorities say were deliberately set.
The writer stated that it was permissible to burn trees in carrying out jihad.
“Scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests when they do the same to our lands,” the writer said.
The writer stated that “targeted forests” are in the nations that “are at war with Muslims,” including the United States, Europe, Russia, and Australia.
Other nations, including Brazil are “off limits” because Brazil has not joined the “armies of the crusade.”
On damage caused by wildfires, the report said that the fires typically take months to put out which means that “this terror will haunt them for an extended period of time.”
The fires also will cause economic damage because it will limit exports of timber used to make furniture and also will cause losses to pharmaceutical companies that use trees for ingredients for drugs, the posting said.
Smoke caused by the fires will create pollution and military forces could be tied up fighting fires. The report noted that U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan “could even be recalled” as occurred following hurricane Katrina, which did not occur.
“Imagine if, after all the losses caused by such an event, a jihadist organization were to claim responsibility for (starting) the forest fires,” the writer said. “You can hardly begin to imagine the level of the fear that would take hold of people in the United States, in Europe, in Russia, and in Australia.”
The report said that Abu Musab Al-Suri, urges terrorists to use sulphuric acid to start a forest fire, as well as gasoline.
The article was signed by Abu Thar Al-Kuwaiti, on behalf of a group called the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network.
November 21st, 2018, 21:38 #2
Re: U.S. intel alerted to threat of 'Forest Fire Jihad'
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Al-Qaida Magazine Urges Terrorists To Set Wildfires In Montana
Originally Posted by vector7
Jihadist Group: We Started Arizona Wildfires
Oh the many facets of jihad! Now we’re seeing fire jihad in America. According to reporter David Barnett, a Palestinian jihadist group, Masada al Mujahideen, has recently claimed credit for the ongoing wildfires in Arizona in a statement that was posted to a jihadist forum on Wednesday.
Barnett reports:
The statement, titled “Masada al-Mujahideen Fulfilled its Promise and Attacked America Again After the Expiration of the Period with Fires that Achieved Historic Results,” was obtained and translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
“We had previously announced an unconventional war against the occupation state of Israel, and then we escalated this war to reach its main supporter, America, so that it receives a major share of it, which will destroy their flora and fauna, with permission from Allah and then with our hands,” the group said.
The statement further said that the group targeted the United States “in order to make it clear and to make it know we can reach it when we warn it, and to make it certain that our hands don’t just reach it but also strike it.”
The group warned that the attacks “will not be the last…if America does not respond to our demands.” The statement boasted that 19 firefighters had been killed in the fires.
Authorities contradict Masada al-Mujahideen’s claims, saying that they believe the fires were started by lightning.
This is not the first time they have claimed responsibility for fires in the United States. In January of 2012, they also claimed credit for wildfires in Nevada and they have claimed credit for over a dozen fires in Israel since 2010.
They have also claimed numerous attacks on Israel other than the fires, including rocket and mortar attacks.
Masada al-Mujahideen formed in April of 2008, claiming Abu Omar al Ansari as its leader.
Whether their claims are true or not is anyone’s guess. However, Pamela Geller points out:
The devout Muslim group, Al Qaeda, has long urged the setting of forest fires as a form of jihad (holy war). Spring 2012: al-Qaeda’s English-language online magazine, Inspire, published an article called “It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb,” which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.
What should disturb everyone is that anyone would claim responsibility for such atrocities, especially these guys, right? They’re from the “religion of peace” (Yes, there’s loads of sarcasm laced in that statement.)
Jihadists claim credit for Arizona fires
'Our hands don't just reach America, but also strike it'
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A Palestinian jihadist group, Masada al Mujahideen, has claimed credit for starting the ongoing Arizona wildfire that has killed 19 firefighters, according to a report from The Long War Journal’s David Barnett.
The Long War Journal is a project of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, whose leadership council includes among others former CIA Director R. James Woolsey Jr. and Former FBI Director Louis Freeh.
According to the report, the SITE Intelligence Group obtained and translated from a jihadist Internet forum a statement titled “Masada al-Mujahideen Fulfilled its Promise and Attacked America Again After the Expiration of the Period with Fires that Achieved Historic Results.”
The statement boasted of the deaths of the 19 firefighters and claimed, “We had previously announced an unconventional war against the occupation state of Israel, and then we escalated this war to reach its main supporter, America, so that it receives a major share of it, which will destroy their flora and fauna, with permission from Allah and then with our hands.”
The statement further said that the group targeted the United States “in order to make it clear and to make it known we can reach it when we warn it, and to make it certain that our hands don’t just reach it, but also strike it.”
The Arizona fire killed 19 of 20 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933 and the deadliest day for U.S. firefighters since the 9/11 when 340 died.
“Just as we remembered the brave men who ran into the twin towers,” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said, “we will also remember the men of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.”
Thus far, however, ABC News reports authorities believe the Arizona wildfire began with a lightning strike in Yarnell, Ariz., about 90 miles northwest of Phoenix, before spreading to roughly 6,000 acres amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions.
As WND reported, authorities have said a similarly deadly fire that struck Colorado last month was not the result of any “lightning strike.”
“One thing that my investigators have given me the authority to state is that they have all but ruled out natural causes as the cause of this fire,” said Colorado’s El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa. “I can’t really go any further on that, but I can say we are pretty confident it was not, for instance, a lightning strike.”
One expert on Islamic terrorism believes the wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Colorado Springs, killing two people and destroying more than 500 homes, should be examined by terror investigators, if for no other reason because of the history of threats from al-Qaida and others to burn America’s forests.
At the American Center for Democracy, noted terror funding expert Rachel Ehrenfeld wrote that Bill Scott, a senior fellow at ACD, warned about terrorist fires last July, speaking at the briefing on Capital Hill.
“An expert on aerial firefighting, he presented a sobering analysis of the devastating (2012) Waldo Canyon Fire [in Colorado], pointing out that the striking rise [in] Western U.S. wildfires may be caused by elements other than nature,” Ehrenfeld wrote. “He noted that in spring 2012, al-Qaida’s English-language online magazine, Inspire, published an article called ‘It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb,’ which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.”
She explained that Russia’s security chief, Aleksandr Bortnikov, also has warned, “Al-Qaida was complicit in recent forest fires in Europe” as part of terrorism’s “strategy of a thousand cuts.”
“Since then, more fatwas advocating that ‘fire is a cheap, easy and effective tool for economic warfare’ have been issued,” Ehrenfeld wrote. “They’ve included detailed instructions for constructing remote-controlled ‘ember bombs, and how to set fires without leaving a trace.’”
Israel’s forests also have been targeted, she noted.
“While many of the fires that have scorched millions of acres and destroyed thousands of homes in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and other states have been identified as arson, none has been publicly attributed to criminal or terrorist groups, despite the presence of Mexican gangs and [a] large number of other illegals in our Western states,” she said.
Mother Jones reported Don Smurthwaite, a Bureau of Land Management spokesman, “downplayed” Ehrenfeld’s ideas, “but he didn’t dismiss the notion outright.”
“We don’t have any hard evidence that any wildfires in the U.S. were started by terrorists in recent years,” he told the publication. “But is it a possibility? Certainly.”
He noted the last confirmed weaponized wildfires were in World War II, when the Japanese sent incendiary balloons across the Pacific.
However, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported al-Qaida was advising would-be terrorists how best to burn America.
The terror group’s magazine included pictures, diagrams and explanations on how to start fires to obtain the most damage.
CBN analyst Erick Stakelbeck said the extreme detail provides reason for concern. The information, he said, is “all designed to cause the maximum amount of carnage and death.”
CBN noted that in the U.S., more houses are built in the countryside than in the cities and cited a Montana fire chief who said the prospect of a wildfire terrorist attack was not farfetched.
WND also reported websites run by jihadis made claims of arson in a number of California wildfires.
WND reported in 2004 that an Arabic-language jihadi website also posted a message purporting to be “al-Qaida’s plan of economic attack” on the U.S. that including proposals to turn the nation’s forests into raging infernos.
The National Terror Alert Response Center report said: “We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism; however, the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.”
Even in 2003, an FBI memo warned that national forests in the West could be the next target for terror by Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.
The memo, obtained by the Arizona Republic, warned law enforcement that a senior al-Qaida detainee told interrogators he planned to spark multiple, catastrophic wildfires simultaneously in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming to strike a blow to the U.S. economy.
WND also reported documents recovered from a remote area along the Pakistan border revealed that bin Laden wanted al-Qaida to launch a “global fireball” by lighting forest fires in Europe, the United States, Australia and South America.
The documents, uncovered during an operation led by the British intelligence service MI6, were described by experts in that agency as “the most worrying [plot] that the world is facing.”
ISIS Group Claims California Wildfires Are Retribution, Vows 'You Will See More Fires'
By Bridget Johnson November 14, 2018
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(Al-Ansar Media)
One of the many media groups supporting ISIS operations online claimed that the deadly wildfires in northern and southern California are retribution for coalition bombings in Syria.
The image circulated online by Al-Ansar Media uses a photo of a burning building and misspells the state "kalifornia."
"O america, This is the punishment of bombing Muslims in Syria," states the text. "This is Allah's punishment for you. And in shaa Allah, you will see more fires. Praise be to Allah."
The Camp Fire in Butte County, north of Sacramento in California's Gold Rush country, has claimed the lives of at least 48 people, according to Cal Fire incident stats today. The blaze, which started Thursday, has destroyed 7,600 residences and 260 commercial buildings, making it the most destructive fire in the state's history as it ripped through Paradise, Calif., at a speed of 80 acres per minute. It was 35 percent contained today at 130,000 acres. The cause is still under investigation.
ISIS Threatens to Poison Food
The Woolsey Fire has torched 97,620 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties after starting on Thursday, and was 47 percent contained today. The blaze resulted in the evacuation of Malibu, reaching the Pacific Coast Highway. There have been two fatalities and 483 structures destroyed including several celebrities' homes. The cause of this blaze is also still under investigation.
ISIS has not officially taken responsibility for either of the fires. The terror group has previously suggested both wildland and commercial or residential arson as an attack tactic.
This time last year, as several wind-whipped blazes ravaged California, ISIS highlighted the ferocity and toll of the wildfires in multiple issues of their al-Naba newsletter, which usually focuses on news from around ISIS' occupied territories and conflict zones.
In January 2017, ISIS' Rumiyah magazine -- which was published in multiple languages including English yet is no longer produced by the terror group -- stressed to would-be jihadists that "incendiary attacks have played a significant role in modern and guerrilla warfare, as well as in 'lone wolf' terrorism," claiming a November fire at a furniture factory in Losino-Petrovsky, Russia, and highlighting scores of wildfires around Israel that month as incidents that "demonstrated the lethality of such an effortless operation."
Suggested target locations for arson attacks, the magazine stated, "include houses and apartment buildings, forest areas adjacent to residential areas, factories that produce cars, furniture, clothing, flammable substances, etc., gas stations, hospitals, bars, dance clubs, night clubs, banks, car showrooms, schools, universities, as well as churches, Rafidi [Shiite] temples, and so forth. The options are vast, leaving no excuse for delay."
Jihadists were advised to time their arson "preferably in the later part of night to the early hours of morning when people are generally asleep," and instructions were offered on how to block off exits to inflict casualties. For wildfires, ISIS said to look for dry brush "as fire cannot endure in damp or wet environments." Arsonists were encouraged to leave the mark of ISIS somewhere near the fire site with spray paint or black marker.
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tags: Clinton emails, FISA, FOIA, Judge Jeffery White, Michael Hayden, Mizer, Okinawa, police body cameras
Hillary Clinton might be questioned about attempt to evade FOIA with personal server. Photo credit: Steven Senne/AP
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled that Hillary Clinton and top aides “should be questioned under oath” about whether her private email and server set-up was an intentional ploy to evade FOIA. The ruling is in connection with a FOIA lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch over records concerning Huma Abedin’s employment, and establishes April 12 as the “deadline for parties to litigate a detailed investigative plan–subject to court approval–that would reach well beyond the limited and carefully worded explanations of the use of the private server that department and Clinton officials have given.”
The Justice Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, who heads the Civil Division, said in court filings connected with the case that, “There can be no doubt that [the State Department’s] search for responsive records has been exceedingly thorough and more than adequate under FOIA,” going on to erroneously say “FOIA requires the agency to release records only under its control — not under the control of its current or former officials — and that ‘federal employees routinely manage their email and ‘self-select’ their work-related messages when they, quite permissibly, designate and delete personal emails from their government email accounts.’”
Milzer’s comments ignore FOIA case law that establishes the extent to which agencies MUST search all records system reasonably believed to contain responsive documents, even if it means contacting former employees. Truitt v. Department of State, 897 F.2d 540, 542 (D.C. Cir. 1990) makes it explicitly clear that it is the obligation of the Department to “conduct a search reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents.” The Justice Department’s own May 2004 FOIA Guide says that an agency “cannot limit its search to only one record system if there are others that are likely to turn up the information requested.” Rather, the obligation of the Department to search other sources likely to contain responsive records includes contacting former employees where necessary. [See, e.g.,Comer v. IRS, No. 97-76329, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16996 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 25, 2001) which found an agency search inadequate when the agency made no attempt to contact a former employee familiar with the information sought.]
Report showing VAST majority of official DOS emails not stored.
Mizer’s comments raise other red flags, not least of which is that government employees should not be self-selecting which of their records to preserve in the first place. A March 2015 State Department IG report shows that most State employees don’t even know how the self-selection works, revealing that “employees have not received adequate training or guidance on their responsibilities for using those systems to preserve ‘record emails.’ In 2011, employees created 61,156 record emails out of more than a billion emails sent.” In other words, roughly .006% of DOS emails were captured electronically.
A federal judge has ruled — for the first time — that citizens are allowed to gather evidence on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless surveillance program and “seek damages for violations of federal privacy laws.” U.S. District Judge Jeffery White ruled against the NSA, which argued that the agency could not be sued for damages because the claims are barred by the state secrets privilege, when lifting the 12-month stay; White found that “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 authorizes citizens to seek damages for violations of federal privacy laws, even from the federal government.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s civil liberties director David Greene said “This is an important step forward to lifting the cloak of secrecy that has thus far shielded the NSA from judicial scrutiny, and EFF looks forward to finally getting to the nuts and bolts of this extraordinarily important lawsuit.”
“It was a clean swing and a miss” is how former NSA and CIA head Michael Hayden described the intelligence community’s assessment of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program in an interview with NPR’s Robert Siegel to promote his new memoir, Playing to the Edge. Hayden repeated his claim that the White House didn’t sell the notion that Iraq had WMD, and allegedly told incoming CIA director Leon Panetta that the CIA didn’t buckle “under [White House] pressure with regard to the Iraqi [national intelligence estimate], the weapons of mass destruction” – it simply got it wrong. The two are not mutually exclusive of course; the CIA’s infamous October 2002 NIE, Iraq’s Continuing Program for Weapons of Mass Destruction and was initially released in 2004 thanks to an Archive FOIA request, contains inaccurate information and has been called “probably the worst of the modern NIE’s” by Iraq Survey Group leader David Kay, and the White House sold the story – which it started crafting immediately after 9/11 – that Iraq had WMD.
Undated painting depicts an “artist’s conception of an AGM-86 air launched cruise missile released from a B-52G, in the background in flight.” (NARA, Still Pictures Unit, RG 342B, box 965).
The government has officially declassified the long-known fact that the United States stored nuclear weapons on Okinawa during the Cold War – even though US Air Force photos of nuclear weapons on the island have been publicly available since 1990 in Air Force collections at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which have essentially gone unnoticed until now. Although an open secret for decades, the subject has been controversial because Japan’s leaders and U.S. officials have consistently denied the presence of such weapons on Japanese territory. The Interagency Security Classification Review Panel (ISCAP), a component of NARA, released the documents, which were recently posted on the Archive’s website along with other significant ISCAP releases, including CIA documents containing bogus information about Iraq’s nuclear programs and State Department cables about another nuclear controversy from the Cold War – the US discovery that Taiwan was conducting laser uranium enrichment research.
The Archive’s FOIA Director Nate Jones recently talked tips, tricks, and why you should always appeal FOIA denials with MuckRock. Jones reminded readers of a 2015 AP report that found that during the Obama administration agencies “acknowledged in nearly 1 in 3 cases that its initial decisions to withhold or censor records were improper under the law — but only when it was challenged.” Unfortunately, according to recent figures from the Department of Justice, only 2.8% of all denials are appealed. Jones says, “ If you do the math and extrapolate that out, that’s a huge swath — over 150,000 FOIAs and millions of pages of documents — that are improperly withheld the first time and continue to be improperly withheld, even though – if the statistics bear out – they would have been released had it been appealed.”
Not the Washington Records Center.
Jones also has some great advice for historians – and some interesting trivia for Indiana Jones fans. Jones says, “Here’s a great tip, and again, this is a little bit pointed towards historians. At the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, they put the Ark in a secret government warehouse. One of those actually exists, and it is subject to FOIA, and it’s called the Washington Records Center. What happens is, agencies want to get rid of their old documents. They want to give them to NARA, but the National Archives has such a large backlog, there’s this document purgatory. Docs even sit for 30 years, maybe more, 40 years. All of these documents, the law says, are subject to FOIA. They have to be searched by the originating agency. Agencies don’t like this, because they think that they gave these documents to NARA and they’re not their problem anymore, but that’s not the law. They still have to go to this Washington Records Center, which is in Maryland actually, and search for the documents.”
This week’s #tbt pick is chosen with a bill currently before the Virginia General Assembly that aims to keep the names of all state police officers secret in mind. Executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, Dana Schrad, said, somewhat confusingly about a bill that would help hide actions of police officers who abuse their power, that “We do not expect this to be abused.” The bill is under consideration at a time when many other states are aiming to make their police forces more transparent, and debates around public access to police video footage are mounting. Our #tbt pick this week is February 2015 posting by FreedomInfo.org’s Toby McIntosh and myself that takes an in-depth look at the release of police body camera footage in response to public records requests.
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The government is still withholding thousands of records from the JFK, RFK MLK cases and the Bay of Pigs operation. But they forgot to cover up frames 371 to 384 of the Zapruder film that shows the large exit wound with grey brain matter in the rear of JFK’s head. Amazing that is proof of the conspiracy but brainwashing is a bigger problem than withholding records if the truth is hidden in plain site. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1142 |
__label__cc | 0.681328 | 0.318672 | Benedict Cumberbatch Will Tell You, No, He IS The Motherf*cking Grinch
Senior Entertainment Writer
It’s always surprising just how funny Benedict Cumberbatch can be in an interview setting. He does like to go a bit “blue,” adding an out of nowhere “motherfucker” to the conversation that you’re certainly not expecting regarding an animated holiday movie about the Grinch. (Cumberbatch also adds if it were up to him, The Grinch would be “rated X” and I think he was only half joking.) This adaptation of the Dr. Seuss favorite explores a bit more of what makes the Grinch the Grinch. And how as an orphaned child, the people of Whoville didn’t seem to care too much about him, so that’s probably not going to have a lasting effect on anyone.
Luckily, this time, Cumberbatch was allowed to talk about the character he was playing, as opposed to the last time I had spoken to him, for Star Trek Into Darkness, where the subject of Kahn was off the table. Cumberbatch humored me as I finally got to ask him a question from my notes on that day I wasn’t allowed to ask at the time. Also, now that the dust has settled on Avengers: Infinity War (literally), Cumberbatch takes us through what it was like for him to watch Doctor Strange and all the other characters flake away into nothing.
And as a bonus, if you happened to be watching Cumberbatch on the Today show last week, you may have noticed that it was a, well, awkward segment. (The short of it, a young boy was brought on who was not interested in all The Grinch gifts he was given and was even less excited about meeting Benedict Cumberbatch.) Well, the good news is there’s a happy ending.
I’ve interviewed you once before. It was for Star Trek Into Darkness. And it was weird because before the interview I was told you couldn’t answer any questions about who you were playing.
I know, yeah.
So I looked at my old notes and it turns out I have been waiting five years to ask you this question.
Like, “Who are you playing?”
Here’s what I had written down, then crossed out: “What was it like playing Khan?”
[Laughs] It was great. It was really great. It was such good fun.
I’ve been waiting five years to ask you that. Thank you.
You got to pop your cherry on it. You’re welcome, any time.
So with The Grinch, do you go to them and go, “Hey, I think I can do a really great Grinch.” Or do they come to you and say, “We want you to be the star of this movie. What do you have in terms of voices?”
Yeah, they came to me, and I was more than happy to oblige. I mean, for me, it was a very unusual ask, for a start, which is immediately intriguing.
It was out of the ordinary until they said, “Oh, could you do it in your own voice?” And I went, “Oh, right, I have played some other socially awkward, talented, but at times very rude English characters. So now I kind of get why they might want me to do that.” I was really flattered, and then I just pushed back and said, “It has to be in an American accent from my point of view.”
There were too many questions about this character. Why is he green? Why is everyone else sort-of/kind-of not green? And why has he got fur all over him and why haven’t the others? So I don’t think he should be English as well, but I thought just not thematically a bad guy. You know?
It would just be something else that makes him different.
This is the first time I’ve played a lead in an animation. And it’s a lot of work over a very long period of time, so you’ve got to have an actor who is gonna be interested in doing it. Of course, there were sessions which made me a bit Grinchy, because they were just off the back of a holiday. Or they were in the middle of a job at a weekend or something like that, and I’d be Grinchy about the scheduling.
How often are you saying “Grinchy” these days?
Not too much. Though somebody said to me recently, “Don’t be a Grinch.” And I went, “No, motherfucker, I am the Grinch.”
Strangely enough, that line is not in the movie.
No, the “motherfucker,” that got cut. You’re right, it did. That didn’t make it to the final film.
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__label__cc | 0.651827 | 0.348173 | 10 Proceedings Fall 2015 www.uscg.mil/proceedings A barge (or rail) operator will sign a one-year con- tract. That's a major incen- tive when producers must concern themselves with t he of ten u npredictable nature of oil wells. All told, moving crude via barge can cost about half the price to move by railcar. A Look Ahead Since our nation has very large reserves of crude oil and natural gas, domes- tic production is unlikely to decline, other than in response to normal fluctuations in supply and demand. While LNG is not currently exported to any significant degree, LNG and HGL exports are likely to increase sub- stantially in coming years. Concurrently, LNG and crude oil imports are expected to decline. About the author: Mr. Rick Elliott, P.E., is the director of the Advanced Supply and Facilities Division within the Offce of Fossil Energy — Oil and Natural Gas at the U.S. Department of Energy. His division sponsors research and technol- ogy development programs that improve the nation's natural gas midstream infrastructure operational effciency. Endnotes: 1. Natural gas, as it leaves a production well, is a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons of which the primary one is methane, but which also include ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutene, and natural gasoline. Natural gas is processed down- stream of production wells to remove most of the non-methane hydrocarbons by turning them into liquids. In liquid form, they are known as Natural Gas Plant Liquids (NGPLs). Processed ("pipeline-quality") natural gas is typically 95%–98% methane. 2. Early research and technology development work sponsored by the U.S. Depart- ment of Energy from the late 1970s to the 1990s helped spur private sector invest- ments and industry innovation in these technologies, which led to their eventual commercial success. 3. Michelle Thompson, "Right or Wrong," Riding the Rails — A Fourth Quarter 2014 Supplement to Oil and Gas Investor, Hart Energy. 4. John Fritelli, "Shipping U.S. Crude Oil by Water: Vessel Flag Requirements and Safety Issues," U.S. Congressional Research Service, April 21, 2014. 5. Deon Daugherty, "Barging In," Riding the Rails — A Fourth Quarter 2014 Supplement to Oil and Gas Investor, Hart Energy. Bibliography: U.S. EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2014 Early Release Overview, December 2014. U.S. EIA, Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids: Recent Market Trends and Issues, November 2014. U.S. EIA, "Rail Delivery of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Rising," Today in Energy, November 16, 2011. Gregory D.L. Morris, "Rail Comes of Age," Riding the Rails — A Fourth Quarter 2014 Supplement to Oil and Gas Investor, Hart Energy. This may result in more oil moving by costlier rail transport than otherwise would be the case. Despite these impediments, there is some interest in domes- tic tankers. One company spent almost $1 billion in 2013 to dive into marine transport of crude, acquiring two com- petitors. Its feet consists of fve medium-range Jones Act- qualifed tankers, each with a 330,000-barrel cargo capacity. In addition, the company has four similar tankers under commission for delivery in 2015 and 2016. 4 Barges In contrast to domestic tankers, shipping crude by barge is becoming quite popular. U.S. refnery receipts data refect that deliveries by barge more than doubled from 2005 (164.2 million barrels per year) to 2013 (345 million barrels per year). Crude oil from the Bakken area of North Dakota is delivered to St. Louis either via pipeline or rail and then is barged down the Mississippi River to any one of 19 refner- ies in Louisiana. Similarly, crude oil is delivered to the Port of Albany, New York, by truck, rail, or pipeline, and is sub- sequently barged down the Hudson River to reach refner- ies in Philadelphia. Less than a decade ago, the Mississippi River oil trade barely existed, with fewer than 100 barges, mostly operated by small private companies. Today, one Houston-based corporation alone operates 887 active inland tank barges, 161 active towing vessels, and fve feets. More than 1,500 mariners work for the company. 5 Barge traffc is less expensive than rail, and in some cases it is less costly than pipeline transport, since pipeline opera- tors typically demand long-term contracts (up to 20 years). U.S. Crude Oil and Lease Condensate Proved Reserves U.S. Total Natural Gas Proved Reserves Because of the ability to recover signifcantly more oil and gas from known deposits, U.S. oil and natural gas reserves estimates are increasing after long periods of decline, as depicted above. Chart courtesy of EIA, U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves — 2013, December 2014. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1145 |
__label__wiki | 0.772328 | 0.772328 | Dancing with the Stars: Spring 2011-12 Ratings (Mondays)
Here are the TV ratings for the Dancing with the Stars performance shows. A dozen professional dancers (Karina Smirnoff, Peta Murgatroyd, Chelsie Hightower, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Mark Ballas, Tristan MacManus, Cheryl Burke, Derek Hough, Tony Dovolani, Val Chmerkovskiy, Anna Trebunskaya, and Kym Johnson) partner with 12 celebrities (Gavin DeGraw, Donald Driver, Roshon Fegan, Melissa Gilbert, Katherine Jenkins, Gladys Knight, William Levy, Maria Menounos, Martina Navratilova, Sherri Shepherd, Jack Wagner, and Jaleel White) to compete for a title and a pretty ugly trophy. The 14th season of Dancing with the Stars typically airs Monday nights at 8pm and Tuesday nights at 9pm on the ABC network.
These are the TV show’s ratings for the 2011-12 season, the best way to tell if Dancing with the Stars is going to be cancelled or renewed for season 15. Check out our ABC ratings report card to see how this show’s numbers compare with the others on the network.
These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:
Final Monday averages: 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 16.95 million total viewers.
Monday, 05/21/12
2.9 in the demo (+12% episode-to-episode change) with 16.84 million; second in the timeslot.
Season average: 2.97 in the demo with 16.95 million.
Demo average rank: #2 of 13 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).
UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars was renewed for the 2012-13 season.
2.6 in the demo (-4% episode-to-episode change) with 15.79 million; third in the timeslot.
2.8 in the demo (-13% episode-to-episode change) with 16.20 million; third in the timeslot.
3.0 in the demo (+3% episode-to-episode change) with 16.39 million; third in the timeslot.
2.9 in the demo (-9% episode-to-episode change) with 16.87 million; second in the timeslot.
3.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 18.79 million total viewers.
It wasn’t a great start this time around. ABC has more serious competition on Monday nights than ever before and the ratings reflect that. Compared to last spring’s DWTS debut, ABC was down by 34% in the demo (vs a 5.3 rating) and down by 18% in total viewers.
Reference point: The Spring 2010-11 season’s performance shows averaged a 4.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 21.76 million viewers.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
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[…] is almost exactly the same. That would seem to indicate that the show has picked up older viewers (Dancing with the Stars has also been declining but skews older) but lost some younger ones — potentially to […]
Dumbest show on TV. I cannot believe it’s still on the AIR!
No one even watches it anymore
Trevor Kimball
jim » The ratings have come down but I don’t think you can call 16 million viewers “no one.”
Tha Critic
An 18 million viewer-debut for this season is considered to be a bad start? Are you freakin’ kiddin me? Numbers like that are the reason why this CRAP is still on the freaking air.
ceela
Show is so done. If it continues, need new co-host. So tired of Brooke Burke always referring to herself, and is so boring..
jody ronco
Just loved the first show of the DWTS season 14 but I have a concern.
I think I detected Maks favoring his left thigh in the earlier part of his performance. It was in a similar pose as when he and Kirstie fell in their routine. I sure hope not. He is a big reason I watch the show. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1153 |
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Suffragettes: Deeds not Words – Live screening
Published on January 29, 2018 March 23, 2018 by dianesimsLeave a comment
Tuesday 13th February 2018, 7pm to 8.30pm
Huddersfield Library, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2SU
This is a live broadcast of an event held at The British Library in London to mark the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act.
Leading women’s rights campaigner Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, Jill Liddington and Robert Wainwright discuss the struggle for the vote and ask how far women have come since the suffragettes, how far they still have to go and how they will get there. Chaired by Julia Wheeler.
Helen Pankhurst is a women’s rights activist and senior advisor to CARE International, based in the UK and in Ethiopia. Her work in Ethiopia includes support to program development across different sectors, focused on the interests and needs of women and girls. In the UK she is a public speaker and writer on feminist issues. She also leads CARE International’s #March4Women event in London on International Women’s Day. Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement. Helen Pankhurst’s latest book Deeds Not Words: the Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now will be published in February 2018.
Jill Liddington is a writer and historian. Her latest book, Vanishing for the Vote, was published by Manchester University Press in 2014. Her first suffrage history (One Hand Tied Behind Us, Virago) told the story of the radical suffragists of the Lancashire cotton towns and has remained in print ever since it was first published in 1978. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, a member of the Society of Authors and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Robert Wainwright has worked as a journalist for 30 years and is the author of eleven books, including The Maverick Mountaineer, which won The Times Biography of the Year Prize at the Cross British Sports Book Awards 2017, Sheila and Miss Muriel Matters.
Julia Wheeler is a journalist and interviewer who worked for the BBC for more than 15 years, including as the BBC’s Gulf Correspondent, based in the UAE between 2000 and 2010. She continues to work for broadcast and print in London. Julia has moderated large-scale conferences and chaired inter-governmental forums, and she is a chair and interviewer at several festivals including Cheltenham (Literature and Science), Stanfords Travel Writers Festival at Olympia and the Emirates Literature Festival.
Image: ‘The woman voter- see how she grows!’ taken from Votes for women.
Originally published/produced on June 13, 1913 (Colindale, volume VI no.275)
How to take part
This is a free live screening event. Box Office: 01484 414868 or book online:
Suffragettes: Deeds not Words – tickets
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__label__wiki | 0.591107 | 0.591107 | Descendents Announce Australian Tour February 2017!
Posted on October 24, 2016 in Tours // 1 Comment
Back in Australia for the first time since 2012, punk rock pioneers, DESCENDENTS return in February 2017 in support of their new album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate.
To say that the DESCENDENTS invented pop punk is a gross understatement. They perfected the warp-speed amalgam of adolescent angst, snotty attitude and championship melody infesting the airways today. They took a genre that was about spikes, chaos and anarchy, and brought it to earth, singing about girls, growing up and food.
Formed in 1978 against the fertile musical backdrop of Los Angeles’ South Bay scene (Black Flag, Minutemen etc), the caffeine-addled crew were less interested in social movements than bowel movements.
Fast forward to 2016, and lo and behold, the DESCENDENTS are back in the saddle with the release of their first full length in 12 years, Hypercaffium Spazzinate – a nod to Descendents’ well-documented coffee obsession. Sure, the guys are now writing as adults – in the loosest sense of the term, but there’s a renewed sense of punk rock energy here. It’s faster, more reckless, and more intense.
No one’s accusing the DESCENDENTS of maturity. For the better part of the band’s four-decade career, they’ve been the gold standard for puerility in pop-punk. But what do you expect from a band that pledged “Thou shalt not commit adulthood”?
Punk, pop, buzzing, summery, heartfelt, defiant, adolescent and wise all at once – The DESCENDENTS sound never gets old. Don’t miss your chance to witness live performances of classic tracks, “I’m the One”, “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”, “Everything Sucks” and “Silly Girl”.
Pre-sale tickets on sale 9am Wednesday 26th October and general sale tickets Friday 28th October and will be available at Selecttouring.com.au
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Ian Fraser - CEO & Founder
Ian has been working in the golf industry for 18 years, having turned professional shortly after leaving High School. Golf has been Ian’s significant passion since he first picked up a club at 15 years old. It was clear a life in the golf industry beckoned after Ian achieved a scratch handicap in just 3 years of playing the game. This significant milestone came through a combination of talent and dedication, the same formula has been key in Ian’s rise to prominence so far in his career.
During 8 years at TaylorMade Europe — working in various Club Fitting roles — Ian helped golfers from all walks of life, from PGA Tour Players to complete beginners picking up a club for the first time. Some notable players Ian has worked with include Colin Montgomerie, Gary Woodland Eduardo Molinari, Chris Wood, DA Points, Paul Broadhurst, Steven Gallagher and Paul Lawrie. In his final role with the company, Ian designed and operated the Taylormade Performance Lab at the world famous Turnberry Golf Resort on the west coast of Scotland.
In late 2011, Ian was recruited by a Canadian Investment Group and was tasked with starting up a company called Modern Golf. In addition to being a minority shareholder, Ian was Head Club Fitter and Chief Technical Officer at Modern Golf. Four fantastic years were spent growing Modern Golf to become a prominent club fitting facility in Canada.
Ian left Modern Golf in late 2015 to begin creating TXG. The goal envisioned by Ian was to deliver the same type of experience to golfers of all levels and to demonstrate that all golfers can benefit from proper equipment that is fit to their requirements and abilities. With this vision of becoming the industry leading experts in club fitting and building, Ian and his team opened their first store in Burlington Ontario. Shortly following that came the opening of the company’s flagship store in the northeast part of Toronto.
John Sawatsky - Fitter
John, turned professional in 2002 before graduating from Humber College’s Golf Management Program in 2006. He is a self proclaimed equipment junkie and has been custom fitting clubs since 2012 in Toronto. John’s favorite course to date is Pinehurst in North Carolina. He has recently become a putting coach and works with aspiring tour players and amateurs. John who, boasts a zero handicap, can be found watching a Leaf game when he isn’t immersed in the Golf world.
JOHN SAWATSKY
Alex Panigas - Fitter
Alex’s claim to fame in the golf world was that he was one of the original hires at The Golf Lab in Vaughan, one of Canada’s largest indoor practice facilities, where he worked for over six years. He took a break to sell cars at Town & Country BMW and MINI Markham. After his stint with cars he went back to his love of golf and worked at Golf Town before joining TXG. Alex has been playing golf since he was five and thrives off the personal challenge and practice. He’s had the pleasure of playing at Sandy Lane in Barbados, Acadia Bluffs and Forest Dunes in Michigan, Tobacco Road and Dormie Club in North Carolina, Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina, Doral (Blue Monster) in Florida and Woodbridge’s The National. Alex loves to fit for irons because he enjoys seeing what a player can do with different head and shaft combos. As a young child Alex spent his summers in Italy where he learned to speak a rare dialect and remains fluent to today.
ALEX PANIGAS
Cam Kennedy - Fitter
From the young age of four Cam showed interest in golf thanks to his maternal grandparents Ness and Ross who introduced him to the sport. Cam’s game only continued to develop as he went on to have a successful junior career competing and winning multiple tournaments in his hometown, Thunder Bay. Recruited at 16, Cam left Thunder Bay to attend the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In 2010, he began to teach junior clinics in Northern Ontario at Thunder Bay Country Club and Whitewater Golf Club. From 2009 – 2012, Cam attended Concord University in West Virginia on Scholarship where he was part of a winning regional team making the National Championships twice. Cam left at the end of 2012 to return to Thunder Bay to complete his Bachelor of Business Degree at Lakehead University. His favourite part of his job is seeing all the gains in a long game fitting. Outside of golf, Cam is a hockey fan, rooting for his favourite team, the Ottawa Senators.
CAM KENNEDY
Rosanna Araujo - Customer Experience Manager
Golf is completely new to this health and wellness professional. Rosanna spent the last five years working at Equinox Fitness Clubs in Toronto in a variety of capacities, most recently as a yoga teacher where she still teaches on a part-time basis. She is excited however to add to her report card of sports. Rosanna played basketball in high school and college, has run a number of half marathons and completed a Tough Mudder in 2016. She is a lover of extreme sports and powerlifting. Rosanna is the mother of two rambunctious boys and when not working is either at a basketball game or practice or swinging from the monkey bars at her local park.
ROSANNA ARAUJO
Customer Experience Manager
Jamie Maier - Inventory Specialist
Jamie Maier is the man behind the scenes. He is a recent graduate from the University of Guelph earning his bachelor in Commerce. Jamie is a lover of all sports but starting with TXG has enabled him to further grow his love and passion for golf in ways he never thought possible, coming to appreciate all the intricacies that go into fitting. Jamie grew up playing golf, his family are members at Toronto Golf and Country Club. His favorite golfer is Tiger Woods. Outside of golf, Jamie enjoys cooking, baking and playing sports.
JAMIE MAIER
Inventory Specialist
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Mike Martysiewicz - Director of Club Building & Fitting
Mike Martysiewicz, is born in Mississauga and raised in Oakville. Growing up golf was the sport of choice in the family. From a young age, Mike knew he wanted to turn golf into a career. In high school Mike volunteered at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club’s summer golf camps. He later attended Humber College’s Professional Golf Management Programme and graduated in 2016. Mike Started his golf career at The National Golf Club of Canada working in golf services. During college he worked at Golf Town as a sales associate. Mike then moved on to join the team at Modern Golf as a club builder learning his craft of club building and fitting. His passion is wedge fitting, grinding and customization. Mike is the Co-Founder of Global Golf Travel a bespoke travel company focusing on golf trips to Scotland & Ireland. Mike loves to travel and play different golf courses, his top 5 golf courses to date are currently Kingsbarns, The National Golf Club of Canada, Atlantic Golf Club, Toronto Golf Club and Desert Mountain. Mike is working towards his pro status with the CPGA and is currently a member at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club. Mike’s insatiable desire to learn and improve his knowledge of golf equipment and the golf swing helps him give every customer a true Tour Experience.
MIKE MARTYSIEWICZ
Director of Club Building & Fitting
Chris Kendall - Fitter
Chris has worked in the golf industry for almost two decades and fitting for over half that. Chris’ golf career started as a caddie in Hamilton’s Golf and Country Club. He later worked at Golf Town where he began to show interest in helping people play their best. One of his favorite parts of the job is seeing his clients faces when they realize how much more they can maximize their equipment after just a few tweaks! He says, “Personally, I just love the feeling of that flushed shot, knowing the club did what it was supposed to do.” Chris has played at TPC Sawgrass and La Costa, he hopes to be a little bit more adventurous and add to his travel repertoire. Chris loves to fit for irons. He finds joy in showing players how the smallest change in the lie angle or a different sole width could impact how efficient their strike is, sometimes seeing improvements upwards 45 yards. When Chris isn’t submerged in the golf world he is found working on his PhD at the University of Toronto studying genetics.
CHRIS KENDALL
Greg Rodrigues - Builder
Greg has been building golf clubs for over 10 years. What started out as a hobby has led to a full time career. Having started out at a golf learning and teaching facility providing golf club repairs to its clientele base; Greg then moved on to become the club builder and manager at a custom golf club fitting studio. While at this location Greg had the opportunity to work with many CPGA professionals from various courses throughout Ontario and also had the opportunity to provide assembly and fulfill custom orders for a large North American OEM putter company. One of Greg’s favorite past times is the customization of putters through heat and chemical treatment to give them a truly unique and custom look. Greg’s journey in the golf industry now finds him as a club builder working alongside some of the best club fitters in the industry at Tour Experience Golf.
GREG RODRIGUES
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__label__wiki | 0.920119 | 0.920119 | Theatre Professor Designs Second Olympics Museum
Set designer Haibo Yu creates a cutting-edge concept for the project honoring the 2004 Athens games
By Bettye Miller on November 21, 2011
A forest of statues depicts competitors from the ancient Olympic Games.
This hall recalls previous Olympic Games and will include the flag of the 2012 Games in London.
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—When officials in Greece began assembling a team to create a museum dedicated to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, they knew whom they wanted to design the project: Haibo Yu, a professor of theatre at the University of California, Riverside.
Yu, who is known internationally for his theater set designs, was the chief designer of the Olympics museum in Beijing, on which construction began in summer 2011. He spent the summer creating concepts and technical drawings for nine rooms that will comprise the first phase of the Olympic Museum of Athens, which will be housed in the neoclassical Zappeion building in the heart of Athens. The structure currently is used as a national conference center.
A model of the Olympics stadium suspended within an arched ceiling will be reflected in a massive mirror on the floor.
Officials at Cleverbank, the Greek strategic consulting company that developed the master plan for the 2004 Olympics Organizing Committee, told Yu it was important that the museum reflect the spirit of Athens as the birthplace of the Olympic spirit, its role as host to the 1896 Games—often described as the first Olympic Games of the modern era—and the “Welcome Home” theme of the 28th Olympiad.
“They gave me a script, a list of what they wanted,” Yu explained. “As a designer it was my job to provide the form for display, and highlights to make it more visually exciting.”
Designing sets for the theater and display halls for museums share the common element of storytelling, using different art forms, Yu said. But there are significant differences.
A recreation of the statue of Zeus that resided in a temple on Mount Olympia will occupy one hall of the Olympics museum in Athens that Haibo Yu designed.
“Technically or artistically speaking, in theater your job as a set designer is to interpret the director’s vision and transform that into reality,” he explained. “In designing a museum, you have more responsibility for visual interpretation, and you must respect the heritage and treasures. Theater work is designed to be looked at from a certain distance. A museum is more interactive. You design the space to allow spectators to move within it.”
What Yu designed for the Athens museum is breathtaking and cutting-edge, with LED screens, holograms and spectacular sculptures. His work and reputation “put UCR squarely and firmly onto the world stage,” said Eric Barr, professor and chair of the Department of Theatre at UC Riverside.
“The theatre faculty is obviously very excited by the fact that Haibo Yu was invited to design the Olympic Museum in Beijing,” Barr said. “The fact that his work on that project resulted in him being invited to design the Olympics Museum in Athens, the home of the Olympics, is wonderful. It indicates the excellence and creativity of his work and puts him into a special class of international designers whose work and collaborative skills can meet the most difficult challenges.”
Among the highlights of Yu’s vision for the Athens museum:
An interactive, 131-foot-long (40 meters) world map on an LED screen depicting the route of the torch relay.
A recreation of the statue of Zeus that resided in a temple on Mount Olympia, created using drawings and historical descriptions.
A statue forest depicting competitors from the ancient games, and a wall of TV screens showing the parade of athletes and other images from the 2004 opening ceremonies.
A hologram depicts a scene from the opening ceremonies of the Athens Games when a spectacular sculpture rose from the water-filled stadium floor and splintered into 18 pieces to represent the islands of Greece.
A model of the Olympics stadium suspended within the arched ceiling of one hall, reflected in a massive mirror on the floor measuring nearly 46 feet by 23 feet (14 meters by 7 meters), giving visitors the feeling of viewing the stadium from the air.
A hologram depicting a scene from the opening ceremonies when a spectacular sculpture rose from the water-filled stadium floor and splintered into 18 pieces to represent the islands of Greece. Pieces of the original sculpture will be displayed in the room. The hologram will accomplish in minutes the process of reconstructing the splintered sculpture that in reality took two days.
The museum dedicated to the Athens Games will be located in the neoclassical Zappeion building in the heart of Athens.
Yu, who was born in Beijing, is well-known in the United States, Europe, China and Hong Kong for theatrical, television and movie set design. He was part of a team that bid to design the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Although that team was not selected, other designers were impressed with his ideas and invited him to join a team representing Qinghua University and Beijing University of Technology in the competition to design the Olympics museum.
Of the Athens project Yu said, “I feel very privileged to have been asked to design this museum.”
Construction is expected to begin by the end of this year with an anticipated opening in May 2012.
Yu is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and The Society of British Theatre Designers. Among his design credits are “The Adventure of Por Quinly” for South Coast Repertory; “The Best Man” for the East and West Players Theatre in Los Angeles; “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Merry Women of Windsor” and “As You Like It” for Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; “Stone Angel” for Broomsberry Theatre in London; “Whale” for Harrogate Theatre in England; “Casablanca, The Dance” (associate designer) for Warner Brothers; “The Power of Morality,” a national award ceremony, for China Central TV; “The Opium War” for Xie-Jin Films; and “The Foreign Moon” for Media Asia (Hong Kong) and BBC Films.
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Haibo Yu
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Haibo Yu Designs Beijing Museum
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PARIS Renault has formed a joint venture partnership with Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) to target the Chinese electric vehicles (EV) market, in a deal which will also see Renault take a 50% stake in the new venture.
Renault forms China electric vehicle venture with JMCG
BEIJING France's Renault SA said on Wednesday it will invest $145 million in a unit of China's Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) that will allow it to expand its electric vehicle manufacturing footprint in the world's largest auto market.
PARIS, July 17 Renault has formed a joint venture partnership with Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) to target the Chinese electric vehicles (EV) market, in a deal which will also see Renault take a 50% stake in the new venture.
BEIJING France's Renault SA said on Wednesday it will invest $145 million (116.78 million pounds) in a unit of China's Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) that will allow it to expand its electric vehicle manufacturing footprint in the world's largest auto market.
BEIJING, July 17 France's Renault SA said on Wednesday it will invest $145 million in a unit of China's Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) that will allow it to expand its electric vehicle manufacturing footprint in the world's largest auto market.
Renault-Nissan alliance is priority for France ahead of any consolidation - Le Maire
MILAN Renault's alliance with Japanese partner Nissan remains the priority for France ahead of any further consolidation such as a merger with Fiat-Chrysler , French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday.
Renault-Nissan alliance is priority for France ahead of any consolidation: Le Maire
Renault sees new model push as softening sales decline
PARIS French carmaker Renault posted a 6.7% decline in first-half vehicle sales amid a global auto slowdown, but said a forthcoming product offensive would begin to help soften the blow in key markets.
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__label__wiki | 0.547823 | 0.547823 | Kim Culbertson
Kim Culbertson technically writes for teenagers, but some grown-ups like her work. Sourcebooks Fire published her award winning first YA novel Songs for a Teenage Nomad (2010, originally Hip Pocket Press, 2007) and her second YA novel Instructions for a Broken Heart (2011) which was named a Booklist Top Ten Romance Title for Youth: 2011. Culbertson's short fiction has appeared in Cicada, Canary, and The Smoking Poet. When she's not writing for teens, she's teaching them. She's a college advisor and teaches creative writing and English at Forest Charter School in Northern California. Culbertson wrote her eBook novella The Liberation of Max McTrue for her students who, over the years, have taught her much more than she has taught them.
Recently I asked the author what she was reading. Her reply:
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Like, well, everyone, I read Utopia in college and I’ve always been drawn to the idea of an idealized community. In Arcadia, Groff explores one such community through the eyes of beautiful Bit, who starts the novel as a boy, held in the arms of his mercurial mother, Hannah, and ends the novel a man – somewhere in a not too distant future. This book is lush and dreamy, and for me it triumphed because of Bit. Lovely Bit – who sees the world differently because he notices beauty in small things and loves people even when they are hard. Arcadia is a meditation on the line between community and freedom, and the ache that grows from needing people, but also knowing they often let you down.
Okay, John Green. You got me. Yes, I needed Kleenix. Yes, you’re so funny and sweet and quirky and the best of what’s being written in YA right now. I bow at the feet of your YA-ness. Read this book. This book made me want to smell my daughter’s hair and line up all her shoes in the entryway.
“Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism by Philip F. Gura
I just finished a short Transcendentalism unit in the high school English class I teach. Perhaps one of my student’s summed it up best when he lined his notes with this, “Emerson, Emerson – yes. Right. Love this. Love this guy.” Me too.
Ex Vivo: out of the living body (poems) by Kirsten Casey
Kirsten is in my writing group, a diligent mother of three, and, oh yeah – one of the most interesting, vivid poets I’ve read in a long time. A sample: “Every word is a vital organ.”
While it’s true the novel I’m currently working on is about celebrity so this technically counts as research, who am I kidding? I’d be reading EW anyway. And Vanity Fair. Damn, I love me some Vanity Fair. A good afternoon is filtered light through the window, a latte, and a few-days-old Vanity Fair (it takes a few days for that perfume smell to dwindle).
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Jenny Smith was born in Glasgow. A freelance copywriter and grants and trusts fundraiser, Smith lives and works in a small village in south Oxfordshire with her husband, sons and her West Highland terrier, Angus.
Diary of a Parent Trainer and My Big Fat Teen Crisis are Smith’s first two comic teen novels, published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic.
Diary of a Parent Trainer is to be published in the States on June 12th. Smith is hoping that it will do well, so she has an excuse to visit the USA!
Recently I asked Smith what she was reading. Her reply:
I’ve been the member of a local book group for the past ten years, and we’ve read our way through a wide variety of writers and genres.
We recently read Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson which was absolutely gripping. It’s about a woman who loses her memory each night and has to learn about her life all over again every morning. However as she begins to make notes in a diary, she wonders if she can really trust the man she is living with, her husband. Although I found the story slightly unlikely at times, I didn’t mind because it was such an entertaining page turner. An ideal holiday read.
I very much enjoyed The Help by Kathryn Stockett, we had a book group DVD night and followed up reading the book with watching the film, which I also loved. The book is beautifully, lyrically written and deeply moving.
I am in the middle of The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. It is written from the point of view of a concierge in an apartment block in Paris. But she is no ordinary concierge. I am finding this book a challenging read, because the voice of the central character is so formal and intellectual. But it is proving to be funny and full of insights. I love a story, and a ‘voice’ which makes you look at the world differently, and this one certainly does.
I am currently working my way through a book of short stories called Missing Kissinger by Etgar Keret.
I enjoy reading short stories before I go to bed, as I can go to sleep thinking about the endings. These stories are black comedy, often very bleak and violent and tragic. They are transporting me, from my sleepy little village in Oxfordshire, to a completely different world. That is the magic of fiction.
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Jessie Knadler
Jessie Knadler is a writer whose articles and stories have appeared in publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Glamour. She is the coauthor of the preserving cookbook Tart and Sweet.
Her blog rurallyscrewed.com has been featured in Newsweek and French Elle and on Jezebel.com. She lives with her husband, her daughter, and a bunch of chickens in Lexington, Virginia.
Knadler's new book is Rurally Screwed: My Life Off the Grid with the Cowboy I Love.
Not so long ago I asked her what she was reading. Knadler's reply:
I’m reading a book recommended to me by my father, The Dog of the South by Charles Portis (of True Grit fame), published in 1979. I make a point of reading every book my dad suggests because he’s the most avid reader I know and has never steered me wrong even though half the books he recommends aren’t ones I’d think to pick up on my own. What I love most about Portis’s underappreciated “redneck quest novel” is the utterly ludicrous but weirdly spot-on dialogue. He has an unparalleled ear for voices that is somehow not self conscious or showy or “watch the writer try to be funny” in the slightest. I found myself gasping in wonder on numerous occasions.
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Paul Seabright is the author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life. He is professor of economics at the Toulouse School of Economics and has been a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
His latest book is The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present.
Recently I asked Seabright what he was reading. His reply:
When I was younger I used to read four works of fiction for every work of non-fiction, but now it’s the other way round. I’ve just finished Tyler Cowen’s An Economist Gets Lunch, which is like most of Tyler’s books in being fantastically informative, written as though dictated at breakneck speed, and utterly original. He annoys foodies by telling them that the best food is often available in the scruffiest restaurants, makes us all feel inadequate for knowing so little about all the planet’s ethnic foods (even waxing lyrical about North Korean cuisine!), and should make it impossible for you ever to eat a quiet meal again without finding yourself doing some surreptitious economics at the same time. All in all, a terrible book for your peace of mind, which is one of the highest compliments I can pay.
Another awful book for your peace of mind, but in a quite different way, is Anna Reid’s Leningrad. Using letters and diaries, it tells the story of the siege of that city by the German Army from 1941 to early 1944, in which over half a million people starved to death. I hardly want to say any more about it, because I urge you to read it – but be warned that certain passages will return to trouble you, and you can hardly fail to reflect on the fragility of our human solidarity under extreme pressure.
I’ve recently finished Laurent Dubois’ Haiti: The Aftershocks of History – a superb history of that troubled country, excellently written, balanced, full of insights and unexpected information on almost every page. What outsiders know about Haiti has so often been reported by those with an axe to grind – from early plantation owners to American colonists to the makers of zombie movies to aid agencies after the earthquake – that it’s a relief to read something about the very ordinary struggles of its population to construct ordinary lives against powerful odds.
I also recently read a wonderful French novel called Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes, by Jean-Michel Guenassia, about a chess club for political refugees from the Eastern Bloc in Paris in the early 1960s. It is sad, evocative and sometimes side-splittingly funny. I particularly loved the description of a supercilious Air France employee refusing to help a Russian pilot who has been diverted to Orly because of fog (I could just see that single raised eyebrow the Air France staff have been trained to deploy so deftly). The hero, a 12-year old boy who walks around the streets of Paris reading, insists he is in no danger of running into a car or another pedestrian because he can rely on everyone else’s interest in avoiding him. Until the day when he crashes into a teenage girl who is also holding a book in front of her nose. It turns out to be a great way to meet girls who share his literary passions. All readers of this blog should try it.
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The Page 99 Test: The War of the Sexes.
Katie Ganshert
Katie Ganshert was born and raised in the Midwest, where she writes stories about finding faith and falling in love. When she’s not busy plotting her next novel, she enjoys watching movies with her husband, playing make-believe with her wild-child of a son, and chatting with her girlfriends over bagels.
Her recently released debut novel is Wildflowers from Winter.
Late last month I asked Ganshert what she was reading. Her reply:
Reading is one of my favorite things to do. Whether I’m sitting on my porch swing out in the sun while my son runs around the backyard or curled up under the covers in bed, there’s nothing quite like getting lost in a good book.
I prefer reading two books at once. One that I listen to on audio (usually while cleaning), another that I read.
I recently finished Submerged, a romantic suspense by debut novelist, Dani Pettrey. I believe this is the first romantic suspense I’ve ever read, and I have to say, it was a great introduction to the genre. I really enjoyed the characters, the fast-paced storyline, and the great romantic set up for book two.
Right now, the book I’m reading is called Wish You Were Here, a debut novel by Beth Vogt. Between the cover and the hook, I couldn’t resist opening this one up. The story is about Allison Denman, who realizes five days before her wedding that everything is all wrong. The huge wedding. The frothy dress. And the groom. After an unexpected kiss from her brother-in-law, Allison turns into a runaway bride. She finds herself staying with her llama-rescuing, quirky aunt while she tries to fix the giant mess she left behind. This has definitely been a fun read, one that keeps me turning the pages.
The book I’m listening to on audio is called The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. It’s set in Nazi Germany and follows a young girl named Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside Munich. According to the back cover, it’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery...
Oh yeah. The narrator is death. Yep, you heard that correctly. Death tells the story. And wow….talk about an incredibly unique twist. With multi-faceted characters, beautiful prose, and a seductive voice, this one has me captivated. It would be a perfect book club selection.
Next on the docket is The Pursuit of Lucy Banning by Olivia Newport. This one is a historical set in high-society Chicago during the late 1800s. I’ve been hearing really great things about this one, so I’m eager to dive in.
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See--Coffee with a Canine: Katie Ganshert & Bubba.
Duncan Barrett
Duncan Barrett studied English at Cambridge and now works as writer and editor, specializing in biography and memoir. He edited The Reluctant Tommy (Macmillan, 2010) a First World War memoir. His new book, with Nuala Calvi, is The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories.
Not so long ago I asked Barrett what he was reading. His reply:
I am rather hopeless at finishing one book before I start another – so, as is often the case, I currently have three on the go. Melanie McGrath’s wonderful book Hopping is a sequel of sorts to her bestseller Silvertown, and describes the annual East Enders’ ‘holiday’ to the hop-fields of Kent, based on a true story she came across in correspondence with a reader. It was on my to-read list when I was working on my book The Sugar Girls, about women factory workers in the East End, but my co-author and I ended up dividing up the books we had bought between us to save time, and I’ve only just got around to it now. It’s a beautifully written, captivating glimpse at a lost way of life, as well as a very engaging story.
The second book I’m reading is also non-fiction, although the setting could hardly be more different. The Cloud Garden is the true story of two English backpackers who were kidnapped by FARC rebels in the Columbian rainforest around the turn of the millennium, and spent nine months as hostages. When I’m not writing, I work as an actor, and next month I will be playing one of the men – Paul Winder – in a docu-drama for the National Geographic channel, so I’m reading the book for research. It’s a remarkable story, and just goes to show the extent to which truth is often stranger than fiction: at one point, having finally been released rather than executed, the two men get lost in the jungle trying to find their way out and have to return to their kidnappers for directions, aware that the rebels may change their minds and simply murder them. It’s a detail you simply couldn’t make up.
The final book I’m reading is fiction, but historical and clearly well researched: Anthony Horowitz’s new Sherlock Holmes novel, The House of Silk. At first I was worried that it might be more of a pastiche than a genuine continuation of the Holmes/Watson story, with cameos from quite an array of well-known characters, but Horowitz has crafted a clever – and rather shocking – tale, which manages to make Holmes feel very modern while keeping him firmly in his own time, thanks to a plethora of period details. It made me think that there is actually a lot of overlap between the narrative non-fiction I write and this kind of historical fiction – in both cases your research throws up many wonderful little nuggets, and weaving them into a good story is what really makes the book feel real.
Visit the official blog of The Sugar Girls for pictures, excerpts, reviews and more.
The Page 99 Test: The Sugar Girls.
S.G. Browne
S.G. Browne worked in Hollywood for several years before moving to Santa Cruz to be a writer. He currently lives and writes in San Francisco. His novels include Breathers: A Zombie's Lament.
His latest novel is Lucky Bastard.
Recently I asked Browne what he was reading. His reply:
I recently finished The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt—a first-person POV tale narrated by Eli Sisters, one of a pair of gunslinger brothers who are hired to kill a prospector during the California gold rush.
I don’t tend to read a lot of historical fiction or have any on my to-be-read pile, but this one came highly recommended and it didn’t disappoint. Solid writing and great characters with a voice that was pitch-perfect. Plus I have a soft spot for stories told by flawed characters or stories with an antagonist as protagonist, so this one landed right in my wheelhouse.
Visit S.G. Browne's website and blog.
The Page 69 Test: Breathers: A Zombie's Lament.
The Page 69 Test: Lucky Bastard.
Alex Adams
Alex Adams was born in New Zealand, raised in Greece and Australia, and currently lives in Oregon–which is a whole lot like New Zealand, minus those freaky-looking wetas.
Her new novel is White Horse, the first volume in a debut trilogy.
Not so long ago I asked Adams what she was reading. Her reply:
Ours is a two-writer household, so there are books piled everywhere—even the kitchen island holds a "his" and 'hers" stack. I find rooms without books to be strange and lacking in character--a bit like a house without pets or a bit of dust.
At any given time I'm working my way through at least two books—often more. I have upstairs books and downstairs books, books for reading during the day (hard copies), books for reading at night if my fiance is playing a video game in the dark (I love my iPad). And they're always a mix of genres. I'm a very promiscuous reader: if the premise interests me I'll read it, regardless of where the bookstore shelves it.
It's been an intense couple of weeks, with my debut novel hitting the shelves, so Claire Gillian's The P.U.R.E is exactly what I need right now: smart, funny, and fast-paced. And lo and behold this wonderful surprise: the love interests actually like each other as people from the beginning. That's a romance I can believe in.
I've barely cracked the spine on The Age of Miracles, but Karen Thompson Walker's prose is sigh-worthy. The premise trapped me from the get-go: the earth's rotation is slowing and as a result the days are growing longer, gravity is failing, and the world begins to fall apart.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is my bedroom book at the moment. I'm reading it in tiny mouthfuls because I don't want it to be over. It's like a video game, but it's a book!
Rounding out my list is Devon Monk's Allie Beckstrom series. I can't even tell you which one I'm reading right now, because by the time you read it I'll be onto the next one, or the one after that. Her books are like potato chips and I want to read them all.
Visit Alex Adams's website and blog.
My Book, The Movie: White Horse.
Ann Pearlman
Ann Pearlman is a writer of both fiction, and non-fiction books and has been passionate about writing since eighth grade. Getting Free: Women and Psychotherapy was written with two colleagues and used as both a consciousness-raising book in the woman’s movement as well as college textbook. Keep the Home Fires Burning: How to Have an Affair With Your Spouse, garnered the attention of the Oprah Winfrey Show and many other TV talk shows. Her memoir, Infidelity, was nominated for National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize, and made into a Lifetime movie by Lionsgate. Inside the Crips, with a foreword by Ice T, took readers into the life of a Crip gang member and the California Prison system. The Christmas Cookie Club became an international bestseller, spawning cookie exchanges and donations to charity.
Her new novel is A Gift for My Sister.
Recently I asked Pearlman what she was reading. Her reply:
I’m a promiscuous reader, enjoying non-fiction and fiction in all genres. Recently, at the behest of my daughter, I read Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy, and was enveloped by the page turning plot, the heroine’s personality, and the description of the dismal world of the future. Each chapter (and indeed each book) ended with a cliffhanger, which induced me (an easily led reader) to read on, spending hours entertained.
Several months ago, I read David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. Yes, I was entertained, each of the six entwined stories in the novel are riveting. But more than that, his brilliant language and encompassing knowledge, his ability to change voice into six different personas, and the overarching themes zipping through centuries of humanity stay with me. The translit novel allows the writer to explore flashbacks as well as foretell consequences centuries and continents distant. And it provides a profound and fascinating way to explore overarching themes.
As I write this, I realize these two books have several things in common. Both writers love their characters and thus wrote fully rounded people who do surprising things. They both focus on the effects of the will to power with the resulting oppression and malevolence of one group over another. As Mitchell says, the warning implicit in both plots is: In an individual selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.
Visit Ann Pearlman's website and blog.
The Page 69 Test: A Gift for My Sister.
Jon Talton's novels include the thriller, Deadline Man, several David Mapstone mysteries, and The Pain Nurse, the first of The Cincinnati Casebooks series.
His new novel is Powers of Arrest, a Cincinnati Casebook.
Recently I asked Talton what he was reading. His reply:
I just finished Don Winslow’s Savages. To say that it is a tour de force doesn’t do it justice. This book is the most original work I’ve read in years. Winslow is one of our best noir writers. I first discovered him when we shared a table at a charity signing years ago, and was impressed by his work. This book, set in the drug trade of Orange County and Baja, raises the bar considerably.
Savages will either change the way mysteries are written, or make anyone who would try to mimic it seem like the worst kind of thief. Read it. Without giving anything away: His use of language, ability to sketch memorable characters in a quick brush stroke, knowledge of the subject matter and story are all towering achievements. It’s a short book. But to really enjoy it, read slow. Savor every line.
Visit Jon Talton's website.
The Page 69 Test: South Phoenix Rules.
Writers Read: Jon Talton (January 2011).
My Book, The Movie: Jon Talton's David Mapstone mysteries.
The Page 69 Test: Powers of Arrest.
Tony Eprile
Tony Eprile is the author of The Persistence of Memory, a novel about South Africa’s turbulent history at the end of the 20th century. It won the Koret Jewish Book Prize and appeared on many best books lists. His collection of stories Temporary Sojourner, which was also a New York Times Notable Book, was recently reissued by PFP/Ajar Contemporaries.
Late last month I asked Eprile what he was reading. His reply:
My reading tends to be eclectic and international in scope. While I’ll read the latest topics in American literature—such as Nathan Englander’s new collection of stories—I’m just as likely to pick up an Israeli, Japanese, or African novel or memoir.
Right now, I’m reading Israeli author Meir Shalev’s Four Meals (1994), beautifully translated by Barbara Harshav. It’s the story of a boy whose mother had three lovers, each of whom has some claim on him as their son:
From Moshe Rabinovitch, I inherited a farm and a cowshed and yellow hair.
From Jacob Sheinfeld I inherited a fine house, fine furnishings, empty canary cages, and drooping shoulders.
And from Globerman the cattle dealer, I inherited a knipele of money and my gigantic feet. (p.7)
There is a great deal that’s out of the ordinary in each of these fathers, and the reader is quickly caught up in a world where the unusual happens without being remarked as strange. The boy is named Zayde—grandfather—which so disgusts and disturbs the Angel of Death, that the boy cannot die…even if he falls out of a high tree or is shot at during one of Israel’s conflicts. I love the easy magic of this novel, and particularly the lessons it imparts on observing the world around us. When Zayde asks his mother for a watch, she points out how many watches are all around him in the rural village where he lives.
She showed me the shadow of the eucalyptus that said nine in the morning with its size, its direction, and its chill, the little red leaves of the pomegranate that said mid-March, the tooth that wriggled in my mouth and said six years, and the small wrinkle in the corners of her eyes that capered and said forty.
“You see, Zayde, this way you’re inside time. If they bought you a watch, you’d only be next to it.”
Shalev has constructed a whole world inside a small village in Israel, but he also teaches the reader what it means to see the world around us.
The basic—and often, boring—way writers construct a memoir is to begin at childhood and continue to the present, a straightforward chronological account. A number of South African writers have recently produced memoirs that follow their own idiosyncratic structure. One of my favorites, recently returned to, is Michael Cope’s Intricacy (subtitled: A Meditation on Memory). Cope is a jeweler—and the son of a well-known South African writer—and he has constructed his recollections the way one might construct a beautiful, intricate necklace. Each of the ten sections of the book is comprised of short meditations on such subjects as art, karate, childhood events, the author’s difficult and artistic mother (a Communist who was friends with a number of significant artists and political figures), and other seemingly random but intricately connected ideas. Cope might begin with a detail about a Van den Graaf generator (plus a picture of someone experimenting with one), then subtly segue to the day lightning struck a favorite tree next to his house, and finally to learning how his father’s twin brother was killed by lightning at age twenty. The book is not only about what memories the author holds, but also on the changing, intricate nature of memory itself. (For a sample of his writing, check out some selections from Intricacy).
Cope’s lovely book is a reminder that our memories seize on seemingly random details and then move outward by association, that our lives are made from small moments and slight apercus, just as much as from the larger events.
Learn more about Tony Eprile's collection Temporary Sojourner: South African Stories.
The Page 99 Test: The Persistence of Memory.
Anne Berry
Anne Berry was born in London and moved to Hong Kong at the age of six, where she was educated. She founded a small drama school, writing and directing more than thirty plays in ten years, and now lives in Surrey with her husband and four children. Her first novel, The Hungry Ghosts, was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.
Her latest novel is The Water Children.
Recently I asked Berry what she was reading. Her reply:
Every so often you read a book that you know will stay with you for the rest of your life, a book of more worth than any treasure trove, a book that makes you breathless it is so full of light and life. For me that book is How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, published in 1939, which I finished with immeasurable sadness a fortnight ago. You know that you have an exceptional read in your hand when, like an ecstatic audience you scream for an encore. Set in a mining community in South Wales during the reign of Queen Victoria, it is the story of Huw Morgan and his large mining family, told in his own voice, with infinite love and sensual tender pleasure. This amazing writer is a paint box, an orchestra, a gourmet and a heartbeat in a single sentence. There is such music in his voice, the music of the Welsh valleys and of a people who work hard, live hard and play hard. I shall never forget this novel, and an author can ask for no higher acclaim than that.
Now my tastes are eclectic, and I relish the challenge of something different. So from the sublime to the visceral, bloodcurdling history, Caligula by Douglas Jackson. This is a gripping read although, as if I was watching an outstanding horror film, I sometimes had to skip a few sentences. It is the story of Rufus, a young slave, his friendship with the brave gladiator Cupido, trying to survive in the imperial palace of the infamous sadist, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, better known as the unhinged sadist Caligula. The narrative sped along, and this well-built thoroughly researched frame supported some of the richest descriptive writing I have ever read. His dialogue was superb. Jackson brought Rome alive for me, chilling, deadly and magnetic. A wonder filled novel from a master of his trade.
Visit Anne Berry's website.
The Page 69 Test: The Water Children.
Ceri Radford
Ceri Radford grew up in Swansea, studied English literature and French at Cambridge and started her career with Reuters. She has since written about books, TV, culture, society, male strippers and many other things besides for publications including The Daily Telegraph, the Times Literary Supplement, and Red Magazine. She currently lives, confusingly, very close to Geneva, but in France.
Her first novel, A Surrey State of Affairs, is now available in the US.
Recently I asked Radford what she was reading. Her reply:
I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I’m currently rereading Mansfield Park for, oh, about the 87th time. I have a bit of a Jane Austen obsession. Not only is she a beautiful, timeless writer, but there is also something so soothing about her novels – that elegant sweep towards a well- ordered ending - that I reach for them a little as if they were comfort food. I always notice something new on each rereading. This time it was the brilliantly waspish way she managed to pin down a character (Mr Rushworth) in half a sentence: “He was a heavy young man, with not more than common sense...”) – a salutary lesson on the power of brevity. I did find, as usual, that I was cheering on the villains of the piece (the witty, lively, amoral Mr Crawford and his sister) while despairing at her supine goody goody of a heroine, Fanny Price. In this novel, it almost feels as though Austen is arguing against herself, painting liveliness as a dangerous quality and championing a docile, downtrodden girl who could not be further from her usual strong-minded protagonists. Elizabeth Bennett seems like a much more instinctively written, and likeable, heroine (yes, I must have read Pride and Prejudice 192 times). I’m still enjoying Mansfield Park, though – there is something so irresistible about the “triumph of the underdog” narrative running through it that I’m sure this will be far from my last rereading.
Before that, I read José Saramago’s Death with Interruptions, a lightly ironic and very moving thought experiment on what would happen if people stopped dying. I’m also midway through JP Donleavy’s 1955 classic The Ginger Man and am torn between admiration for his prose and repugnance at his wife-battering narrator.
Visit Ceri Radford's website and like her Facebook page.
The Page 69 Test: A Surrey State of Affairs.
My Book, The Movie: A Surrey State of Affairs.
Yvvette Edwards
Yvvette Edwards is the author of A Cupboard Full of Coats, her highly acclaimed first novel.
Last month I asked her what she was reading. Her reply:
I should probably start by confessing I am something of a latecomer to the love of short stories. It started about a year ago, with Courttia Newland’s A Book of Blues, an eclectic collection of stories inspired by love and music, which danced a journey across pages that swept from London’s Portobello Road to the beaches of Nairobi, through the hot bush of Malindi via packed Miami bars. I discovered there is something quite lovely about the form, that it is a genuine skill to be able to conjure authentic characters, to evoke a vivid landscape, to capture a complete world in a limited number of words. It’s a discipline that I, as a novelist, have never had to concern myself with, but recently I have found myself thankful there are writers who do.
Chinua Achebe, one of my favourite writers, has said it is the writer's duty ‘to explore in depth the human condition.’ I like to think this is something I have brought to my own novel, A Cupboard Full of Coats, a story about the transgenerational impact of domestic violence. In my opinion, if a story does nothing for every reader, if there is no gain to be had from the reading, no lesson gleaned or learned, no preconception challenged or shifted, I can hardly see the point in the writing at all. Uwem Akpan understands this, and his collection of short stories, Say You’re One of Them, is at once one of the most powerful, challenging, perception-changing books I have ever read.
In Say You’re One of Them, Akpan gives voice to Africa’s children in horrifying circumstances, whose plight, their daily struggle for life on any terms, is virtually inconceivable to most. His five stories encompass child prostitution and trafficking, genocide, and poverty on a scale that would make most inhabitants of the Western World ashamed to ever complain again about being broke. These are emotive subjects anyway, but seen through the eyes of Akpan’s child narrators, they are heart-breaking. In his first story, "An Ex-Mas Feast," we meet Maisha, a girl still too young for breasts, who has elected prostitution so her family can eat, to raise money for her brother’s school fees - the only hope they have of ever escaping poverty. Here in England, glue-sniffing is something people do to get high. In Maisha’s world, glue is a valuable commodity, proffered by loving parents to their children when there is no food available because it staves off hunger. This is a powerful book which introduces Africa’s children with an intimacy no documentary or commentary I have ever seen comes close to, a compassionately crafted work that opens the gateway to a scarcely perceived world.
I have seen famine-stricken children on the news then gone on to watch and enjoy the following programme. I struggle as I write this to identify which single one impacted on me the most. But to read Akpan is to do more than watch from a safe distance. He takes the reader on a journey. He is a gifted writer, and so the journey is an interesting one, but it is far from comfortable. The final story, "My Parents’ Bedroom," narrated from a village in Rwanda, left me reeling and will never be forgotten.
On every level the writing is authentic, the voices clear and articulate, the backdrops vividly rendered. I am bedazzled by Akpan’s clarity, the cool and disciplined control he exerts in the crafting of this passionate and hugely empathic work. I challenge anyone to read it and remain indifferent to the world recorded here.
I have a bookcase at home, upstairs, private, separate from the shelves my visitors see, specifically because often, following discussions of books on my shelves, they have been borrowed and sometimes never returned. I need to own the books I love. As a result, there are books I love that I have loaned out, then gone on to repurchase three, four, five times. My private shelves house the books I do not lend out, and having read Say You’re One of Them, it now occupies a rightly earned space on those shelves.
Learn more about A Cupboard Full of Coats, and visit Yvvette Edwards's Facebook page.
Gary Krist
Before turning to narrative nonfiction with The White Cascade and the newly released City of Scoundrels, Gary Krist wrote three novels--Bad Chemistry, Chaos Theory, and Extravagance--and two short-story collections--The Garden State and Bone by Bone.
A couple of weeks ago I asked him what he was reading. His reply:
Right now I’m reading Stanley Karnow’s Paris in the Fifties. Karnow is a legendary journalist whose works on Vietnam, the Philippines, and China are monuments of historical reportage. In this memoir about his early days as a TIME correspondent in France, he’s in a lighter, more personal mode, as he reports on everything from the Parisian literary scene to the city’s demimonde of prostitutes, exotic dancers, and strip-tease artists (not to mention the frequent overlaps between those two worlds). I once had dinner with Karnow at a Chinese restaurant in DC, and it was the charming raconteur of this book whose company I enjoyed that night.
I’m also reading Normal People Don’t Live Like This, a collection of short stories by Dylan Landis, whom I met at a party recently. (This is not to imply that I read only books by people I’ve eaten with, but the message for writers should be clear—if you want to sell a few extra copies of your latest opus, chat up the person next to you at dinner.) I started my career as a short story writer, and I still try to keep up with the genre when I can. And Landis’s stories offer a fascinating glimpse into the truly strange minds of adolescent girls, in prose that’s sharp and often surprising.
Visit Gary Krist's website.
The Page 69 Test: The White Cascade.
Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks is the author of the bestselling novel The True Meaning of Cleavage, which Meg Cabot called "laugh-out-loud funny and way twisted!" She is also the author of Head Games, Crunch Time, and the In the Cards series.
Her new novel is The Girl in the Park.
Last month I asked Fredericks what she was reading. Her reply:
Like a lot of readers, I usually have a fiction and a nonfiction book going at the same time. I'm both a history nut and a celebrity junkie; I tend to like books about Big Lives.
I was drawn to Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention because Malcolm X is an iconic figure in American history. And like other iconic figures—Washington, Lincoln—he can feel remote, almost mythological. I knew his face, I knew his quotes, I didn't really feel I knew him, and I wanted to. Marable's book is a triumph of reporting. He really digs into the facts behind the public personas—both the one Malcolm created for himself and the one his detractors created for him. I was fascinated by the history of Malcolm X's parents, who were Garveyite activists in their own right. The book also shows you the inner workings of the Nation of Islam, revealing how an organization with lofty ambitions can fall prey to cronyism and corruption. The account of the final weeks of Malcolm X's life is particularly gripping. It raises a lot of questions. Professor Marable hoped to provoke a new investigation into the assassination and has provided substantive evidence to support one.
Professor Marable is scrupulous about the facts; he does not make assumptions as to what Malcolm was thinking or feeling that he cannot back up. As suggested by the subtitle, Malcolm Little reinvented himself several times. Perhaps for those reasons, I finished the book with a stronger sense of Malcolm X as a man of history than anything else. But that's a minor quibble with a major book.
I'm nearly at the end of Margaret George's novel, Elizabeth I. As a novelist, George isn't subject to a biographer's rules, but she's also pretty scrupulous about the facts. Everybody walks through these pages—Raleigh, the Cecils, Shakespeare, John Donne. Some of them get into bed with each other. But George doesn't stretch the truth too far—at least for my taste. Her portrait of an aging Elizabeth, prone to all the pains of getting old, is superb. Any time I thought I was having a bad day, I thought, At least I'm not dealing with the Armada. Or Essex. Or Ireland. Or famine. Or Mary Queen of Scots…
Visit Mariah Fredericks's website.
My Book, The Movie: The Girl in the Park.
Jen Calonita
As a Senior Editor at the former Teen People and a journalist for Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, and Marie Claire, Jen Calonita has interviewed everyone from Vanessa Hudgens to Justin Timberlake.
She lives in New York with her family and the chihuahua, Captain Jack Sparrow.
Calonita's new novel is Belles.
I have to admit--I tend to go for lighter books. I recently finished Sophie Kinsella's latest, I've Got Your Number, and it was just as adorable and cheeky as her other books. I'm a huge fan of the Shopaholic series and love Becky Bloomwood, and her latest herione, Poppy, did not disappoint. I love how Sophie's characters are always getting into embarrassing situations that they can't get out of. That real, human quality is so appealing to me, especially since I slip up or do something silly on a daily basis (like...almost leaving the house yesterday in my leopard print slippers because I was in such a rush. If my son hadn't pointed out Mommy's Crazy Shoes, I probably would have been at Target in them!). In Number, Poppy's lost engagement ring sparks a series of events that leads her to taking a cell phone that isn't hers and using it to track down her ring. Too bad the sort of owner of the phone--workaholic Sam Roxton--doesn't appreciate Poppy holding on to the phone and intruding on his life and work. I love how Sam and Poppy's lives intersect in the most hilarious ways. I would put Sophie's latest at the top of my Kinsella Favorites list.
Going from something as light as Kinsella to something as heavy as Jodi Picolt's Lone Wolf was definitely a challenge. Maybe that's why I had such trouble getting into it at first. Lone Wolf is my first book club read for a new book group I joined, so I picked it up because I had to read it, not because I wanted to so maybe I wasn't in the right mindset to start this one. I am a fan of Jodi's books and My Sister's Keeper still haunts me, but this time I had trouble digging in. I couldn't quite wrap my head around a story about a man (Luke Warren) who lived and worked with wolves that was set against a hospital battle between his two grown children, Edward and Cara, who are contemplating the best course of treatment for their father who has been in a terrible accident. But I was wrong. Once the story got going, I couldn't put it down. Lone Wolf was definitely a story about family and the ties that bind us and unravel us. The wolf theme--being part of a pact and doing what it takes to help that pack survive or move on--wound up tying in nicely. The book is thought-provoking: who should determine what another person wants for their life when they can't speak for themselves?--and the story has haunted me for a while after I finished.
But now? I'm back to my more comfortable fun stuff! Ally Carter's Out of Sight, Out of Time was my favorite in the Gallagher Girl series so far and put me back in that light, fast-paced state of mind so now I'm turning toward Elizabeth Eulberg's Take a Bow. We head out on tour together in a few weeks so I feel lucky that I'll get to talk to her about her story shortly!
Visit Jen Calonita's website.
Read--Coffee with a Canine: Jen Calonita and Captain Jack Sparrow.
Brandon W. Jones
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27.09.2016 09:00 Bartosz Koczorowicz
During the interview for the official page of RTS Widzew Łódź, former captain of Steaua Bucuresti, Marius Baciu, has brought back his memories about UEFA Champions League 1996-1997 group stage.
Steaua Bucuresti was one of the Widzew Łódź's rival in the group along with Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. Marius Baciu, who became Steaua's player just before the beginning of 96-97 season, got a chance to show his skills to European audience. The official page of RTS Widzew Łódź proudly presents the interview in which the Romanian player reveals his memories about that time followed by opinions on recent situation of football in his country.
Bartosz Koczorowicz: It has been almost 20 years since Widzew Łódź and Steaua Bucuresti played together in UEFA Champions League group stage. Throughout all those years you were representing several football clubs from different countries. Now you are a coach, but with the end of season 2014-2015 you have stepped down as the coach of Concordia Chiajna. What are you doing right now?
Marius Baciu: I am working on a new project at the moment. I am also in talks with few clubs from abroad. I can say that I am open to receiving offers from Poland as well. However, I don't want to reveal much before I sign the agreement.
Speaking about the beginning of your career - as a youth player of Gaz Metan Medias it would be natural to start the professional career in a mother club. However, your first match as a senior player took place in the 1992-1993 season in Inter Sibiu - the local opponent's team.
- At that time Inter was playing in the top division in Romania (Liga I). That match you have mentioned was in fact the only one in that season. I was only 17 years old when I made a debut in the highest level in my country. The real play happened in Gaz Metan, the year after (in Liga II - ed. note). That resulted in my return to Inter, but after couple years the club started having financial problems which led to relegation followed by closure another years later.
Inter was relegated in the 1995-1996 season. At the same time, the champion of Romania, Steaua Bucuresti, showed an interest in you. Finally, you became their player in the next season. That must have been a significant change for such a young player like you: from fighting against relegation to competing for trophies and having an opportunity to show oneself in Europe.
- Steaua was mainly interested in young and talented players and I was already playing for the Romanian U-21 national team. Probably that was the reason why I became a Steaua player. Inter did not have a bad team, but because of the already mentioned financial problems in this club I have decided to accept the offer I was given. Steaua was the best team at that time. Therefore, in my opinion, that was the best choice to go play there. They were being controlled by the army, whereas their opponent, Dinamo, was governed by the police. From the formal point of view, I was a policeman, but no one created any problems with my transfer. The final decision belonged to me.
Did you feel any pressure because of this situation? The expectations have grown much in a very short period of time.
- Not at all. I always wanted to play among the best. I treated my situation as a big challenge, but also a great chance. When I came to Steaua, Anton Dobos, who was the first option on my position, decided to leave. This was a very important fact to me, especially because I was already playing on the international level as a youth. After the first match against Club Brugge I have managed to become the first-squad player. In total, I have spent six years in Steaua and for the whole time I missed less than 10 matches because of sitting on the bench or being injured, I guess. What I also remember is that I was suspended while Steaua was playing the away match against Widzew in Champions League.
On the road to the UEFA Champions League group stage, as you have already mentioned, Steaua had to eliminate Club Brugge. You had done it and, therefore, you could celebrate the qualification. Did you want to meet specific teams before the draw of the groups took place?
- We did not have any special wishes. All the teams at this phase of the tournament were strong, including Widzew of course. Many players had left Steaua before the beginning of the season. This was a chance for such young players like me at that time as they replaced the leavers in the squad. For sure, Atletico Madrid was the greatest favourite of the group in our eyes. Anyway, facing any team in Champions League was a challenge for us. Once we got to know, who is in the group with us, we said to each other that we had nothing to lose. We did know much about Widzew to be honest. However, from the very beginning we were treating all the teams in this group equally.
The beginning of the group stage phase was very unlucky for you. In 28th minute of the match against Atletico in Madrid you got the red card. Steaua lost 0-4 becoming the last team in the group after the first round.
- But those were the best 28 minutes I have ever played for Steaua! After this match I received an offer from Fabio Capello (Real Madrid’s coach in 96-97 – ed. note). Before I was sent off the pitch, the score in Madrid was 0-0. After my booking we were too weak to effectively defend the goal with ten players.
Obviously, you also had to miss the next match which was the home battle against Borussia Dortmund. Steaua lost 0-3. While you were not on the pitch, your team conceded nine goals (four against Atletico, three against Borussia and two against Widzew). That is more than a half of all the goals lost by Steaua in the whole group stage!
- Personally, that was a great situation for me. My reputation was getting higher and higher. Romanian press noticed that too and they were writing articles about it. Anyway, with or without me in the squad, Borussia Dortmund was still too strong for Steaua at that time, in my opinion.
You must have regretted that matches where you had to sit on stand and watch your colleagues. You had no influence on the score while the team needed you.
- Of course, I wanted to play against the champion of Germany very much. Borussia had a fantastic squad consisting of players who had clinched the European Championship title couple months before. That would have been a great opportunity to show myself against such a team.
The first full match in Champions League group stage played by you was the one against Widzew Łódź in Bucuresti. Polish champion, due to squad problems, delegated a team with almost no substitute players on the bench. The main objective for Widzew was to survive without injuries.
- I remember that despite their problems it was as a very ambitious and aggressive team. We had our problems to score a goal. The match in Bucuresti was very difficult for us and suddenly one situation couple minutes before the last whistle and the ball was in the net because of one Widzew defender who scored an own goal.
As we already mentioned, you also missed a match in Łódź because of the yellow card in Bucuresti. Widzew took revenge on Steaua and won 2-0. The rule had been finally confirmed. When Marius Baciu was not in the squad, Steaua was losing goals. Was that noticed by other clubs as well?
- Once Champions League finished, I started receiving more and more interesting offers from different countries – Spain, Italy and Germany. However, I was a very young player who just entered the new team. Therefore, Steaua did not want to let me go anywhere at that time.
Speaking about the Champions League group stage finish, your last match in Dortmund was a classic exchange of punches. Borussia won 5-3 and you have scored one of the goals for Steaua.
- We already knew that we would not qualify further. Therefore, our attitude was that we would like to end this adventure with a good performance. It was easier to take such an approach at that moment as we had absolutely nothing to lose.
Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament. Which of those two teams was less comfortable to play with and why?
- It is difficult to compare those teams. They were representing two different styles. Looking at individuals, Atletico had a ? few incredible players, but as a team they were not as strong as Borussia Dortmund. Furthermore, my opinion is that BVB was also better than their country rival - Bayern Munich.
How does it look when we talk about individual players only? Which player was the toughest to play against, if you had to choose only one from this group?
- This is even a more difficult question than the previous one, as there were many fantastic players in the opponent teams. But, if I had to choose only one, that would Julio Cesar. I liked that player the most. His play was very impressive to me.
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Burke's Law 1963 series intro card
Amos Burke Secret Agent
Crime drama
Detective fiction
Frank D. Gilroy
Ivan Goff
Ernest Kinoy
Gene Barry
Regis Toomey
Gary Conway
Leon Lontoc
Eileen O'Neill
Carl Benton Reid
Herschel Burke Gilbert
81 (list of episodes)
Four Star Television
Barbety
20th Television
September 20, 1963 –
Burke's Law (1994)
Honey West
Burke's Law is an American detective series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1966. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. The original series was converted from a detective show to a spy drama, Amos Burke Secret Agent, in its third and final season. The series was revived in 1994–95 on CBS with Barry again playing Burke having returned to detective work.
1 Premise
3 Cast
3.1 Main
3.2 Guest
4 Episodes
5 Music
6 Home media
7 1994 revival series
Barry with actress Marie Wilson in the episode "Who Killed Marty Kelso?".
The show shares stylistic similarities with Barry's previous series, Bat Masterson, in which he had played the debonair lawman of the Old West. During the opening credits, as the title flashed onscreen, a woman's voice was heard seductively pronouncing the words "It's Burke's Law!" The title also reflected Burke's habit of dispensing wisdom to his underlings in a professorial manner, e.g.: "Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. Burke's Law."
The title of each episode started with the words "Who Killed...?" with the name or description of the victim (who invariably died in the show's opening minutes) completing it. Five or six "special guest stars" comprised the list of suspects. Burke then was driven to the crime scene in his Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur, Henry.
In the original series, Burke was assisted by Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Sergeant Les Hart (Regis Toomey), and chauffeur Henry (Leon Lontoc). Two recurring characters were coroner George McLeod (Michael Fox) and desk sergeant Gloria Ames (Eileen O'Neill). Tilson was a go-getting young man whose skill at finding clues and trace references did not result in his solving the murders, being always outflanked by Burke's cool intuition, while Hart was a no-nonsense, seen-it-all veteran, perhaps a nod to Toomey's numerous roles as cops in feature films. Les and Burke go back a lot of years as officers.
A guest appearance by Anne Francis as female detective Honey West in the season-two episode "Who Killed The Jackpot?" (Francis appeared in season one's "Who Killed Wade Walker?" in another role) led to a short-lived spin-off series.
The role of Amos Burke actually antedated Barry's series, having been played by Dick Powell on "Who Killed Julie Greer?," the initial episode of The Dick Powell Show in September 1961.[1] The first incarnation of the series was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television. As in the later series, the episode features several well-known TV and movie stars in cameo appearances as suspects – one of whom is the murderer (in the original Dick Powell episode Ronald Reagan played one of the suspects). Leon Lontoc was the only cast member of the episode to reprise his role in the later series.
In the final season of the original series (1965–1966), the show was given a complete overhaul and retitled Amos Burke Secret Agent. Burke went to work for a secret government agency, but still drove around in his Rolls, which had been discreetly bulletproofed by the agency. The supporting cast of the earlier seasons was dropped, as was the heavy use of celebrity cameos. The change in format was a reaction to the wildly popular spy trend inspired by the James Bond films and the television success of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – 1965 also saw the debuts of I Spy, The Wild Wild West, and Get Smart. The new show was not a success and only 17 episodes were broadcast instead of the 32 of the first two seasons.
The Rolls-Royce used in the original 1963 series still exists, and is owned by a collector in Palm Beach, Florida.[citation needed]
Gene Barry as Capt. Amos Burke
Gary Conway as Det. Tim Tilson (seasons 1–2)
Regis Toomey as Det. Sgt. Les Hart (seasons 1–2)
Leon Lontoc as Henry (seasons 1–2)
Eileen O'Neill as Sgt. Ames (season 2)
Carl Benton Reid as The Man (season 3: Amos Burke Secret Agent)
Elsa Lanchester and Edward Everett Horton in episode "Who Killed Eleanora Davis?" (1963)
The show's guest stars included: June Allyson, Don Ameche, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Hoagy Carmichael, Rory Calhoun, John Cassavetes, Dick Clark, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Arlene Dahl, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea, Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Anne Francis, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gloria Grahame, Jane Greer, Gypsy Rose Lee, George Hamilton, Phil Harris, June Havoc, Celeste Holm, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Tab Hunter, Betty Hutton, Martha Hyer, Carolyn Jones, Buster Keaton, Eartha Kitt, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Lauren Lane, Tina Louise, Ida Lupino, Paul Lynde, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Sheree North, Janis Paige, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Juliet Prowse, Basil Rathbone, Edward Everett Horton, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Carl Reiner, Don Rickles, Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Telly Savalas, Lizabeth Scott, William Shatner, Nancy Sinatra, Jan Sterling, Jill St. John, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Gloria Swanson, Terry-Thomas, Mamie van Doren, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Chill Wills, Ed Wynn and Keenan Wynn.
Main article: List of Burke's Law episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
32 September 20, 1963 (1963-09-20) May 8, 1964 (1964-05-08) Burke's Law
17 September 15, 1965 (1965-09-15) January 12, 1966 (1966-01-12) Amos Burke Secret Agent
The musical score for Burke's Law was largely the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert, who also wrote the show's theme, although Richard Shores and Joseph Mullendore also composed scores. Gilbert's theme was rearranged for Amos Burke, Secret Agent.
The following DVD sets of Burke's Law have been released by VCI Entertainment.[2]
DVD set
Burke's Law: Season 1, Volume 1 16 April 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)
Burke's Law: Season 1, Volume 2 16 November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18)
VCI released the complete first season on April 5, 2016.[3]
1994 revival series
Main article: Burke's Law (1994 TV series)
In the revival of the show, which ran on CBS from 1994 to 1995, the title was again Burke's Law. In the 1994 version, Burke was back at work as a police detective, though now as a deputy chief instead of a captain, and was assisted by his son, Peter (Peter Barton). The revival was produced by Aaron Spelling's production company, Spelling Productions.
^ Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Burke's Law (Police/Detective Drama)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.
^ "Burke's Law (1963)". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
^ Amazon.com
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burke's Law.
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A film clip "Who Killed Jason Shaw" (episode 15 from first season) is available at the Internet Archive
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"Gene Barry Fan Page". glendamoore.org.
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When life puts a starving dog in your path
You have a choice
To kick its teeth in, out of revultion
Or to feed it
Deep inside each of us are a Black dog and a White dog
The White dog is love and comes from our memory of innocence
The Black dog is fierce and comes from abandonment, abuse and neglect
To heal spiritualy you must pick up the Black dog
And even though he snarls, foams at the mouth and bites at you
You must love him
For he is your Black Dog
I was a starving dog once
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What is the truth about Jesus? What is the truth about the Christ? Are they the same truth? Are they the same person? Most people, religious and nonreligious, think of one person to whom they commonly refer as Jesus Christ, as though “Christ” were his surname.
The truth about Jesus is that he was a human being who lived and died as every person born ever has. Jesus was most likely born and was certainly raised in Nazareth in the province of Galilee—not in Bethlehem. The Bethlehem story was added to the Gospel accounts (note that Paul never speaks of a miraculous birth of Jesus) to match the royal lineage and miraculous births of other “great men” of Greco-Roman culture. (Alexander the Great, for instance, was said to have been conceived by a god in the form of a serpent.)
Jesus was a Jewish wisdom teacher and exorcist/healer who lived in the Galilee province of the Roman Empire between 4 B.C. and 30 A.D. His mother was known as Mary. His father was likely Joseph.
The truth about Jesus is that he never intended to start a church or a new religion. He did not understand himself to be the divine son of God, but rather the “son of [hu]Man[ity],” or an “average Joe” with no place to lay his head.
The truth about “Christ” is that it is not Jesus’ last name. It is a faith claim made by some followers of this Jesus who eventually gathered themselves into congregations of the Christ and ultimately into the Christian church. “Christ” is, in fact, a title of leadership given to Israelite kings and priests. The word “Christ” is actually not an English translation but an English transliteration of the Greek word christos. The Greek christos is a translation of the Hebrew word messiah, meaning “anointed one.” This title of leadership was given to Israelite kings and priests because they were doused or anointed with oil as a sign of their office. So when those first followers called Jesus their “Christ,” they were saying that to them, Jesus was the one anointed by God to lead them in the way of life. The true English translation should always read, “Jesus the Anointed (One).”
So who is Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ is a mashup of the Jesus of history and the faith claim of the Christian church. It is an attempt to take the metaphor of Christ, meaning “savior,” and invest it totally in the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth. It is a distortion of this historical figure, because it makes a very Jewish Jesus into the first Christian. The truth about Jesus Christ is that, when we look only at this hybrid concept, we lose clear sight of the man as a man and the myth as a meaningful faith claim. What we hope to do is excavate separately the man (Jesus) and the myth (Christ) and outline the ramifications of what it means to make the statement “Jesus [is the] Christ/the Anointed (One).”
Evidence and Methodology
The first problem in disentangling the man from the myth is that we have no direct contemporary historical evidence of Jesus’ existence, let alone enough information to give us a true image of the man we seek. We only have faith documents, written decades after Jesus’ death, which by their own admission “…are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name (John 20:31).” The pursuit of this “de-mythologized” Jesus is known in academic circles as the “quest for the historical Jesus.”
The quest for the historical Jesus was born out of Enlightenment sensibilities and freedoms that liberated the Bible from the church and made it available to nonecclesiastical bodies for interpretation and study. Scientific inquiry knew no limits, and quickly the miraculous and mythical elements of the Christian texts came under strict scrutiny. This was not done lightly. One of the early “questers” published his work posthumously, lest he come to an untimely demise. None other than Sir Albert Schweitzer conducted the most famous quest. We generally know him as the kindly physician, environmentalist and animal activist who lived out his life treating Africans deep in the jungle. But he only became a physician after a career as a professor of theology. His book, “The Quest for the Historical Jesus” (1906), proclaimed that Jesus was an apocalyptic Jewish mystic who preached the imminent end of the world. Schweitzer says of Jesus, “When this did not happen, and the great wheel of history refused to turn, he threw himself upon it, [and] was crushed in the process. …” Thus ended Schweitzer’s theological career.
The current quest began in the 1970s and persists to this day. The ethos of the early “questers” has now permeated most mainstream seminary curricula. Several generations of ministers have been trained in the historical-critical method that constitutes the basic tools of those excavating Jesus from under the layers of faith, fantasy and fact that have covered him over the years. These ministers in many pulpits have carried on the traditional faith in spite of their new perspective, producing a phenomenon Jack Good chronicled in his book, “The Dishonest Church.”
Therefore, while much of this truth has been known in the academy, it has only trickled into the pews of the churches. The scholars and scholarly product of the Jesus Seminar of the Westar Institute represent the main manifestation of this current quest. Their central contribution has been the publication of “The Five Gospels.” Not only does this work expand the Gospel canon from four to five (they hold the Gospel of Thomas as having equal historical value to the traditional ones of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), but in an ironic twist on previous “red letter” editions of the New Testament (in which all the words attributed to Jesus are colored red), the scholars of the Jesus Seminar apply four different shadings to these words. Black is for words strictly the product of the early church, with no connection to the historical Jesus. Grey is for words likely the product of the early church but consistent with the core message of Jesus. Pink is for words consistent with the core message of Jesus but as likely to be the product of his earliest followers. Red is for the words that are consistent with the core message of Jesus and likely to have been spoken by him in similar form. Their conclusion: Only 20 percent of the words attributed to Jesus are given a red or pink rating.
Underlying the entire project is the hypothesis that there was a written document containing the central ideas of Jesus’ teaching—a source for both Matthew and Mark—as they began their work of writing a biography and Gospel about Jesus. This source has never been found as an independent document, but by carving out the common sayings and ideas in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Thomas that are not contained in Mark (their other common precursor), they identified this “document” and called it “Q.” They called this document “Q” because that is the first letter of the German word “quelle,” which means “source.” The scholars further assert that this document, “Q,” was the earliest written account of Jesus’ teaching and is therefore more relevant to understanding who the historical Jesus really was than any of the other Gospels. The idea of a document of mere sayings (without narrative connections) was scoffed at until the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas, which is exactly that, a list of sayings with no narrative context. Having excavated the words of the historical Jesus from the layers of text added by primitive Christianity, a very different image of this man emerges.
To complete the picture of Jesus, the seminar needed to know more than what he said. It also needed some idea of what he actually did (walk on water? Heal the sick?). After the production of “The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say?,” the next phase of the quest was to identify, by a kind of historical-literary triangulation, what this man Jesus actually did. Taking on the one hand what Jesus said and mapping the progression of what others said about him, the Jesus Seminar proceeded to develop an outline of his ministry and his mission. The seminar’s next major publication was “The Acts of Jesus: What Jesus Really Did.”
Thus emerges a new picture of the historical Jesus. The seminar conjectures that originally Jesus was received and perceived as a Jewish sage, a prophet with a message of unconventional wisdom who did some healings and exorcisms on the side. He preached about an alternative to the brutal Roman Empire. This alternative he called the “Empire of God.” Citizenship, or belonging, in this Empire of God was available to anyone who lived according to the unconventional wisdom that was his main stock in trade.
“Blessed are you who are poor” did not seem like a rational view of life, yet it was foundational to Jesus’ worldview. Income inequality was extreme, to say the least, in the Roman Empire, and most of Jesus’ audience would have been poor. So he tells them that they don’t have to do anything to gain God’s favor and a place in the Empire of God. The poor are blessed because they belong to the Empire of God. This is the same Jesus who later preached, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God” (Luke 18:25). His consistent message is that money is an impediment to being in right relationship with God, or righteous.
Jesus’ message was a challenge to the rich, and many heeded his call to divest and sacrificed their wealth so that other members (the poor) of the Empire of God could have enough to eat (the second beatitude is “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled”). Most commentators assume that the sadness of the rich young ruler was because he was going to miss out on the Empire of God because he refused to sell all he had (Luke 18:18-24). But I believe his sadness was not because he was going to miss out on the Empire of God, but because he was going to miss his wealth. I believe he did sell all he had, and that was hard to do. It’s not supposed to be easy for the rich to get into the Empire. They have everything else easy. This message is for the poor. They are blessed because it is easy for them to enter the Empire of God.
Jesus’ teachings conferred this remarkable status of citizen of the Empire of God on the marginalized in the Roman Empire for whom citizenship was an impossible goal. His countercultural teaching welcomed those who had been excluded from polite society and mainstream life. Sickness, mental illness (read “demon possession”), gender, slavery, poverty or many other disqualifying qualities were exactly what Jesus “redeemed” in those who followed him. Jesus was the “way, and the truth and the life” (John 14:6) for those who had no life in the conventional worlds of politics and religion. His alternative Empire gave life to those who were being crushed by the Roman Empire and its vassals governing Judea and Galilee.
The Death of Jesus
His death was historically inconsequential—a crucified Jew in Jerusalem among many hundreds who were crucified during the riotous atmosphere that often surrounded the Passover observance. Passover, a celebration of Jewish freedom, was always an anxious time under Rome’s oppressive occupation. The elaborate accounts of Jesus’ trial before the Jewish authorities were shaped by an early Christian community that wanted to distance itself from a Jewish revolt in 70 A.D. that had provoked the wrath of Rome. Thus, the infamous cry to “crucify him” is put on the lips of the Jewish crowd, while the Roman governor of the province washes his hands of the whole matter. Given that Jesus lived before the Jewish-Roman Wars but the writing of the gospels exactly overlaps the wars, it is not surprising that they would manufacture the false statements that Jesus’ own people, and presumably his own followers demanded his death over the objection of the Roman rulers.
But if we look at the death in a pre-war context, Jesus’ preaching of an alternative empire would provide ample grounds for charges of treason, which was grounds for the death penalty and specifically death by crucifixion. We then can assume that the Romans needed no encouragement to “lift him up” on the cross. It makes sense. He was posturing as the one leading the “way” to this new empire that was breaking into the midst of the Roman Empire. As unarmed and nonthreatening as Jesus’ ragtag movement must have appeared, Rome was not in the business of accommodating any competition. Crucifixion was its easy and available answer.
With his death, however, his message, his meaning and his mission were now left to others to remember, interpret and continue. It all would have been so simple if Jesus had just written his sermons down. The most likely explanation about why he didn’t write his own Gospel is that Jesus probably was illiterate. But Jesus’ story proved quite malleable in the hands of the skilled editors who would later tell his story. Initially, a wide variety of remembrances, interpretations and continuations emerged from among those who had lived with the historical Jesus. The first to put pen to paper was Paul of Tarsus (later known as the Apostle Paul). Writing in the early 50s, his mode of communication was the letter. His letters were generally written to congregations that followed Jesus that Paul had established in Asia Minor. These letters were instructional to his primarily gentile congregations on how being baptized into this new faith/cult should impact the way they lived. Sprinkled with Paul’s original theology, his letters were as often pedantic (whether Christians should eat meat or be vegetarian) as they were esoteric.
Next, a group of writings emerged in the latter decades of the first century of the Common Era (a calendar era often used as an alternative name of the anno Domini era). They had a narrative framework that presented the story of Jesus in the “gospel” format. Gospels were familiar in the Roman culture. Gospels were written about many great men, including major political and military leaders. This group of Christian writings, generally known as the canonical Gospels, soon distilled into an authoritative corpus that the early church came to use exclusively.
By the third century A.D., only the four canonical Gospels were used in teaching and preaching in any broad way. The other gospels were deemed heretical, and many were lost to history. Letters from other early Christian leaders and others written in the name of early Christian leaders circulated and were ultimately extracted into an orthodox collection that has been held as the “real” Christian writings. At the time of the writing of these “heretical” documents, however, those who read them regarded them as legitimate expressions of what it meant to be Christian in that moment.
Though the documents that became the four Gospels bear apostolic names (Matthew and John) and two alleged companions (Mark was supposed to be a companion of Peter, and someone named Luke is portrayed as a companion of Paul in the second volume of the work written by Luke), they are each anonymous. These labels were added in the second century in order to add authority to the writings.
As literary competition proliferated, the early church began to list (canonize) certain documents as useful. All others were to become heretical. It wasn’t until the fourth century that the Christian “canon” was closed. During the pre-canonical stage, many writings, many writers and many Christian communities viewed themselves as authentically representing the words, ministry and mission of Jesus. The only way they could do this was if Jesus was still alive. So, they resurrected him.
The idea of resurrection was necessary if the movement gathered around the historical Jesus was to keep moving. Paul is the only “apostle” from whom we have an authentic written product. He, however, by his own admission, was a lesser apostle because he never knew the historical Jesus but was commissioned as an apostle (one untimely born) by the “risen” Jesus. Technically, Paul’s letters are the first to speak of Jesus’ resurrection. In each of his letters in which he addresses resurrection, it is evidence of God’s vindication of the mission and message of Jesus: that Jesus’ way of life had conquered death.
All of the Gospels in their final form and Paul refer to Jesus as much, much more than a Jewish sage, wisdom prophet and sometime healer and exorcist, however. But this “more” reveals the fluid treatment that the historical Jesus received at the hands of his biographers. It seems that they mapped his footsteps rather than followed them. Each created the Jesus they needed him to be for their constituencies. Matthew mapped a very Jewish Jesus for his Jewish Christian community. Mark mapped a martyr Jesus to encourage his besieged community facing the destruction of the Temple and the Jewish war with Rome. Luke mapped a Holy Spirit that inhabited Jesus to do the work of God and inhabited his church to be the embodiment of the divine presence. And John mapped a cosmic Jesus from the beginning of time to the end of eternity. All of this is evidence that the decades separating these writings from the life of Jesus were filled with theological imagination. It wasn’t until the creedal formulations and the authority of the Christian Emperor Constantine that orthodoxy quashed alternative interpretations of Jesus, and the Christian church would emerge as an international operation of culture and power with Jesus (the) Christ as its imperial head and the bishop of Rome as his vicar.
So Who Is Jesus Today?
Liberation theology is a branch of Christian theology that understands God to be primarily at work in the world for the liberation of the oppressed. It draws from the foundational story of the Israelite Exodus (Exodus 3:16), the Israelite prophetic tradition and the teachings and preaching of Jesus. Liberation theologians see a clear and consistent “preferential option for the poor.” So whether they are peasants in Latin America, or black people in the United States or women or gay and lesbian people, liberation theology identifies Jesus with the interpretation of the marginalized in each of these theologies.
For black liberation theology, Jesus is poor and black. James Cone’s famous declaration in 1968, “Jesus is black,” caused no little controversy in religious circles. The claim by black theology that “Jesus is black” (note the present tense) had a converse claim with both theological and ethnic implications: “Jesus was not white” (note the past tense). Its claim was that the Eurocentric world produced by an imperialistic Christianity was as much a distortion of the Jesus movement as the popular artists’ renderings of a white-skinned, blond-haired and blue-eyed Jesus were to a Palestinian peasant who lived at the nexus of the African and Asian continents. The assertion that Jesus was not white sent a shudder through mainstream Christianity. Suddenly, Christianity was forced to confront its own racism and examine its traditional religion that had baptized Western culture and condemned developing nations to poverty and colonial subservience.
The claim that Jesus is black, or gay, or a woman or a peasant is not an assertion about Jesus’ identity. It is more about what each of these theologies understands as the central focus of Jesus’ ministry today. A popular phrasing of this approach simply asks, “What would Jesus do?” It’s less about Jesus’ identity and more about with whom Jesus would identify. Seekers usually find that identification outside the four walls of the church.
Conversely, traditional mainline churches continue to hold themselves out as the embodiment of the continuing presence of Jesus—whether the Roman pontiff as the vicar of Christ, or the Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist claims of apostolic succession for their bishops or the Protestant focus on the local gathering of Christians in the church (derived from the Greek ekklesia) as the “body of Christ.”
So, is there a meaningful way to speak of Jesus Christ? There probably is not. To speak of Jesus is to continue the “quest,” to continue to draw out implications for who this man was. To speak of (the) Christ is to assert a faith that can be defined, in historical fashion, according to the needs of one’s own constituency. Traditional Christians will continue to live quietly in their personalized religion with their forgiving Christ who absolves them of sin, promises them heaven when they die and motivates them to pious behavior until that day. Liberal Christians will continue to ignore the more miraculous elements of the Bible and of Jesus’ story but maintain their embrace of the Israelite prophetic tradition and the social justice implications of Jesus’ teaching and preaching. The real battle will be between the fundamentalist Christians on the right and the progressive Christians on the left.
Fundamentalism has a voracious evangelical appetite. It is not enough that its adherents be convinced that they are correct. They must convince the world to believe the same as they do. Not only must they convince the world, they must transform the world, and those who oppose their transformation are no less than evil incarnate, because they are opposing the true will of God as it has been revealed to them. Traditional, liberal and even progressive Christianities don’t even have an oar in the water when it comes to resisting the overwhelming current that is fundamentalism. This is true in Islam as well as in Christianity.
Progressive Christianity is beginning to fight back. The Westar Institute (sponsors of the Jesus Seminar), The Center for Progressive Christianity and dozens of regional “progressive” Christian movements are starting to speak loudly (using the media) and forcefully against what they see are the dangerous distortions of the meaning and message of Jesus by fundamentalists. Progressive Christianity, grounded in an intellectually rigorous study of the historical Jesus, committed to a vision of social, economic and political democracy, radically open to all varieties of religious expression (more than one path up the mountain to God) and understanding the need to build strong communities of faith is beginning to make its mark in many parts of the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Australia in particular.
The truth about Jesus will continue to be the fulcrum that each side seeks to leverage against the other.
“The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocrypha” (New Revised Standard Version), edited by Bruce Metzger and Roland Murphy
“Once and Future Faith,” Karen Armstrong (Editor), Don Cupitt, Arthur J. Dewey, Robert W. Funk, Lloyd Geering, Roy W. Hoover, Robert J. Miller, Stephen J. Patterson, Bernard Brandon Scott, John Shelby Spong
“The Historical Jesus Goes to Church,” Roy Hoover, et al.
“Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith,” Marcus Borg
“Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally,” Marcus Borg
“Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile” John Shelby Spong
==Taken from a “Truthdig” article 12/24/16
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The Authentic Offering
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Communion with the Great Primal Other is made possible through an authentic sacrifice or offering. It is not necessary that the offering be perfect, but it is essential that the offering is authentic.
The authentic offering makes it possible to move from literal space to ritual space. It is in ritual space that the Great Primal Other can provide the energy that powers the spiritual transformation.
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May 20, 2015 martywilde Leave a comment
Sure beats fear
That anger does…..
Its your backbone boy
Time you made friends with it
Its the part of you
That stands up
In the face
Its the personal power
That takes action
That separates you
From situations that would kill you
Once separated
From the trap
Clarity can again dawn
And my soul is again mine
Beware the bitterness
That holds onto anger
To define you by it
And imprison you in the dark
“Go ahead take this the wrong way…..”
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Myrddin Wyllt
November 18, 2014 martywilde Leave a comment
Myrddin Wyllt (Welsh: [ˈmərðɪn ˈwɨɬt]), Myrddin Emrys, Merlinus Caledonensis, or Merlin Sylvestris[1] (a legendary figure associated in some sources with events in the sixth century), is a figure in medieval Welsh legend, known as a prophet and a madman. He is the most important prototype for the modern composite image of Merlin, the wizard from Arthurian legend.
Texts about Myrddin Wyllt have similarities to an account of a north-British figure called Lailoken. He was probably born sometime around or in AD 540, and is said to have had a twin sister called Gwendydd or Gwenddydd or Languoreth. Myrddin Wyllt is said to have gone mad after the Battle of Arfderydd at Arthuret, which was waged between the victor Rhydderch Hael or Riderch I of Alt Clut and Gwenddoleu in AD 573.[1] He fled into the forest and lived with the animals. There he is said to have found his gift of prophecy.[citation needed]
Myrddin reportedly prophesied his own death, which would happen by falling, stabbing, and drowning. This was fulfilled when a gang of jeering shepherds drove him off a cliff, where he was impaled on a stake left by fishermen, and died with his head below water. His grave is reputed to lie near the River Tweed in the village of Drumelzier near Peebles, although nothing remains above ground level at the site.[1] This strange threefold death is a theme common to many Indo-European mythologies, and according to Georges Dumezil suggests a strong threefold division in Proto-Indo-European religion.
1 In Welsh literature
2 Geoffrey of Monmouth
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In Welsh literature
The ‘altarstone’ in Stobo Kirk on which Merlin was converted to Christianity.[1]
The earliest (pre-12th century) Welsh poems that concern the Myrddin legend present him as a madman living an existence in the Caledonian Forest but said to be born in Carmarthen South Wales. Carmarthen in the Welsh language is Caerfyrddin; caer translates into English as “fort”. When Britannia was a Roman province, Carmarthen was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe, known as Moridunum (from Brittonic *mori-dunon meaning “sea fort”). Legend has it that second part of the towns name fyrddin was representative as Myrddin and of his place of birth, Caer-fyrddin (Fort-Merlin). There he ruminates on his former existence and the disaster that brought him low: the death of his lord Gwenddoleu, whom he served as bard. The allusions in these poems serve to sketch out the events of the Battle of Arfderydd, where Riderch Hael, King of Alt Clut (Strathclyde) slaughtered the forces of Gwenddoleu, and Myrddin went mad watching this defeat. The Annales Cambriae date this battle to AD 573,[2] and name Gwenddoleu’s adversaries as the sons of Eliffer, presumably Gwrgi and Peredur.[3]
A version of this legend is preserved in a late fifteenth-century manuscript in a story called Lailoken and Kentigern, which probably happened in August 584, after Myrddin, also known as Lailoken, had finished writing his prophecies in July of that year. In this narrative, St. Kentigern meets in a deserted place with a naked, hairy madman who is called Lailoken, although said by some to be called Merlynum or Merlin, who declares that he has been condemned for his sins to wander in the company of beasts. He adds that he had been the cause for the deaths of all of the persons killed in the battle fought on the plain between Liddel and Carwannok. Having told his story, the madman leaps up and flees from the presence of the saint back into the wilderness. He appears several times more in the narrative until at last asking St. Kentigern for the Sacrament, prophesying that he was about to die a triple death. After some hesitation, the saint grants the madman’s wish, and later that day the shepherds of King Meldred capture him, beat him with clubs, then cast him into the river Tweed where his body is pierced by a stake, thus fulfilling his prophecy.
Welsh literature has examples of a prophetic literature, predicting the military victory of all of the Celtic peoples of Great Britain who will join together and drive the English – and later the Normans – back into the sea. Some of these works were presented as prophecies of Myrddin; while others such as the Armes Prydein were not.
Clas Myrddin, or Merlin’s Enclosure, is an early name for Great Britain stated in the Third Series of Welsh Triads.[4]
Geoffrey of Monmouth
The modern depiction of Merlin began with Geoffrey of Monmouth. His book Prophetiae Merlini was intended to be a collection of the prophecies of the Welsh figure of Myrddin, whom he called Merlin. He included the Prophetiae in his more famous second work, the Historia Regum Britanniae. In this work, however, he constructed an account of Merlin’s life that placed him in the time of Aurelius Ambrosius and King Arthur, decades before the lifetime of Myrddin Wyllt. He also attached to him an episode originally ascribed to Ambrosius, and others that appear to be of his own invention. Geoffrey later wrote the Vita Merlini, an account based more closely on the earlier Welsh stories about Myrddin and his experiences at Arfderyd, and explained that the action was taking place long after Merlin’s involvement with Arthur. However, the Vita Merlini did not prove popular enough to counter the version of Merlin in the Historia, which went on to influence most later accounts of the character. One exception to this is the work of Count Nikolai Tolstoy titled The Coming of the King.
Seymour, Page 9
Arthurian Period Sources, Page 45
Phillimore, Page 175
Rhys: Hibbert Lectures, p. 168.
Seymour, Camilla & Randall, John (2007) Stobo Kirk: a guide to the building and its history. Peebles: John Randall
Tolstoy, Nikolai (1985) The Quest for Merlin. ISBN 0-241-11356-3
Morris, John (gen. ed.) (1980) Arthurian Period Sources volume 8, Phillimore & Co, Chichester (includes full text of The Annales Cambriae & Nennius)
Phillimore, Egerton (1888), “The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS. 3859”, in Phillimore, Egerton, Y Cymmrodor, IX, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 141 – 183.
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Alone with my soul
November 9, 2014 martywilde 2 Comments
I drove five-hundred miles
In timeless mountains
From hurt that haunts me
What has not yet come
I did not escape the hurt
And found more of what I am not
I remain alone
Next to a vacated silhouette
In the shadow void
Suspended in nothing
By nothing
Although my child cries
I do not sell my soul
Five-hundred miles
To make it home
To the darkness
Where I sleep
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Excerpt 27 – Expanding
October 5, 2014 martywilde Leave a comment
Spiritual seeking or seeking God is a quest into the unknown; that which is beyond your current understanding. It is about expanding.
It is important that God is unknown. The more we try to pretend we “know” God, the less honest the quest becomes.
We are not supposed to feel safe and secure – life is insecure. Instead we put insecurity aside and honestly seek.
This is the day of the expanding man
I take one last drag as I approach the stand
==Donald Fagen
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Excerpt 26 – Enlightenment
August 26, 2014 martywilde Leave a comment
As opposed to achieving some fixed form of high wisdom, I think enlightenment is more the idea that insight comes on an as-needed, when-needed basis. And that it is not to be treated as currency, nor can one be materialistic with it.
This is my complaint with traditional religion. The idea that if you are a good boy, and save up all your good deeds [ideas] you get some sort of cumulative reward for being a good spiritual materialist.
Instead I’m leaning more toward the idea of seasons, timing, alignment of factors, instinct, intuition. I think intuition is the sum total of many instantaneous surges of enlightenment. They become imprinted on your being and are later there but not as intellect but more-so as intuition. They inform your choices which could be seen as enlightenment in action.
Excerpt 25 – The quest for Intimacy
It is intimacy that I have been seeking and intimacy that has been lost. I feel unified when somebody “gets me” and devastated when that intimacy is taken away or replaced by false intimacy.
To create intimacy one must become vulnerable and share the truth about who one is. It is this risk that sets the tone for others to reciprocate by also getting real. The bond of one person being real and another reciprocating by being real is intimacy.
Intimacy is destroyed by fear, selfishness, judgement, power games, pride and the pursuit of comfort and intoxication. I have been left alone by others who bail on the intimacy, so maybe all intimacy must end and the only constant is the intimacy of ones self with ones truth and ones world – with no claims on others.
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__label__wiki | 0.781165 | 0.781165 | Youth and Contemporary Notions of Sexuality in South Africa
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Sexuality: A Symposium, 8 – 9 March 2018
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Amir Shroufi is a medical doctor and Public Health specialist, he is the medical director for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in South Africa and Lesotho, overseeing projects in KZN, Khayelitsha and Rustenburg. This includes supporting programmes on HIV prevention, case finding and management, MDR TB management and the medical response to sexual violence in Bojanala district, North West, through decentralized care. As a medical humanitarian organisation, MSF works with the Department of Health in the North West piloting innovative ways to increase access to sexual violence services for survivors. Email: msfocb-capetown-medco@brussels.msf.org.
Anastasia Koch is a junior research fellow at the Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit (MMRU) and the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town. She is also the project manager at Eh!woza.
Bianca Masuku is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology working in the Molecular Mycobaceriology Research Unit (MMRU) at the University of Cape Town. Her current research project explores a youth-based TB community engagement project (Eh!woza) in the township of Khayelitsha. It looks at how the project navigates and explores knowledge of TB and experiences of TB illness in the township through the interscection of TB science, art and film, and youth education. Her research interests include youth and health, gender, sexuality, and reproductive health. Email: biancamasuku@gmail.com.
Danai Mupotsa is lecturer and head of department in the department of African Literature. She is working on a book titled “White Weddings”, and her debut poetry collection “feeling and ugly” will be launched in May 2018.
Dean Hutton is a genderqueer* artist in Joburg interested in portraiture as co-authorship; social media as narrative; technology as self-reflection and provocation; private narratives, public conceits & queer identity as body of work, and issues of surveillance. Dean has just completed a Masters of Art with the Institute for Creative Arts, and Michaelis School of Fine Art (University of Cape Town) on a Mellon fellowship. Their practice is invested in the project of decolonising and radicalising social relationships through art practice, by creating relationships and gathering collaborators to make our public and intimate spaces safer through artist-led creation, mentorship and community organising. They make work which is often provocative and seeks to democratise the creative process, helping people to develop a language to articulate their conditions and provide a platform to express imagination.
They have worked extensively and collaboratively with the media, art institutions and artists locally and internationally across photography, video, social media, performance and community action since the late 1990s. Dean was chief photographer of the Mail & Guardian, a Ruth First Fellow, one of the 200 Top Young South Africans, awarded an Africa Centre Residency in the US. Dean co-curated the #notgayasinhappy #QUEERasinfuckyou Film Festival in 2015. Dean’s performance of the avatar Goldendean broke the internet in Ghana in 2016 and their interventionist live performances continue to instigate conversation in innovative and necessary ways. Dean was a finalist in the Gerald Kraak Award and anthology in 2017. Email: queerasinfu@gmail.com.
*Genderqueer is a non-binary transgender identity. Please use They/Them gender-neutral pronouns.
Deevia Bhana is the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Gender and Childhood Sexuality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research focuses on sexualities, gender and young people in schools and families. Her approach in addressing young people’s investment in and vulnerability to sex and sexuality, HIV, teenage pregnancy, violence and inequalities spans interdisciplinary fields such as sexuality, sociology, critical masculinity studies, political economy, health and childhood studies. She has authored several books in the field. Her latest book published in 2018 is titled Love, sex and teenage sexual cultures (Abingdon, Routledge).
Duduzile Dlamini is a human rights defender;a activist who participates in the fight for the decriminalization of sex work. She has been a part of Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task force (SWEAT) for 8 years. She began as a peer educator and progressed to a program manager and eventually founded an organization – Mother’s for the Future and Sex workers Empowerment. Ms. Dlamini is also a National Organizer/ Mobiliser for Sisonke – a union for Sex Workers in South Africa. She also a Board Member of SHARISA- Sexual Health and Rights Initiative of South Africa. Ms. Dlamini is on the steering committee of the Sexual Reproductive Justice Coalition (SRJC) where she represents sex workers who are mothers. Ms. Dlamini also sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee desk in South Africa and is a Civil Society Adviser for the United Nations. She is also a Lobbyist for Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) and Federation of Union of South Africa (FEDUSA). She is a member of the Working Committee on National Strategic Plan for Gender Base Violence in South Africa. Ms. Dlamini has lectured for South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) on Sex work and Decriminalization and is an active member of Civil Society on Parliament Watch. She is a Parliament Watch as a parliament monitor; an Ambassador for Children Affected by HIV&Aids.
Dumisani Dube is a Zimbabwean living in South Africa. A Christian and a human rights activist, Dube has a passion in fighting for LGBTI rights across all spectrums. Dube has been involved in the LGBTI activism for the past 20 years. Having worked for an LGBTI organisation in Zimbabwe from 1998. He has a wide range of experience in campaigning for LGBTI rights in different religious houses. He is also actively involved in issues of HIV/Aids within the LGBTI and MSM sectors. Currently he is involved in training NGOs and religious sectors on the Protection and Prevention of Sexual Minority Refugees’ survivors of SGBV. Dumisani is also working as a communications and advocacy consultant. He is the founder and Directorof Dialogues for Change an NPO that seeks to facilitate dialogue with religious leaders and the sexual minorities. Email: dumie72@gmail.com.
FAKA is a cultural movement established by Fela Gucci and Desire Marea. It has come to represent more than the “performance art duo” descriptor that has defined the collective since their inception in 2015. The artists explore a combination of mediums ranging from sound, live performance, literature, video and photography, to create an eclectic aesthetic with which they express their ideas about themes central to their experience as black queer bodies navigating the cis-hetero-patriarchy in post-colonial Africa. Their hybridised mode of practice and challenging subject matter as artists has lead them to being invited to perform at various international festivals – such as the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2016); Unsound Festival Poland (2016); FLOW Festival (2017), and Digging the Global South (2017) amongst many others. In October 2017, FAKA released their much anticipated sophomore EP titled “Amaqhawe”, a three track offering that “explores the intricacies of love and romance within the black queer experience, with songs touching on everything from self-love, unrequited love, childhood love and transactional love.”
Glow Makatsi is an aspiring entertainer / artist born in the Free State in a small town called Ficksburg. After matriculating, she pursued studies in Anthropology and Psychology, later majored her postgrad in Psychology but chose a completely different route to what she had originally planned: media. She dreams of a world that is more honest with itself and others, a world that is just and as a self-defined trans rights activist, she hopes to at the least steer the direction of our love relations into a purer more embracing form. She has been featured by publications such as Vogue World, I-D Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine. She was also one of the vocal voices on the MTV documentary: People Vs Patriarchy. When she’s not savoring the lime light, she is tucked in between the pages of subjects such as numerology, astrology, occult theories and ancient meta psychical knowledge among other subjects of interest.
Photographed by Primedia.
Gugulethu Mhlungu is the deputy editor of BONA magazine (the highest selling women’s consumer magazine in the country), and host of NightTalk (Monday to Thurs 10pm – midnight, and Fridays 8 – 11pm) on talk radio station 702, based in Johannesburg. She is also a writer with an interest in discussing structural issues and popular culture through an intersectional black feminist lens. She is also an MC and panelist. Gugulethu has bylines in City Press, Mail & Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Destiny Magazine and Marie Claire. She holds a BA and post grad diploma in media management from Rhodes University and is a National Arts Festival silver award winning journalist.
Ishtar Lakhani has been working as a feminist, activist, free radical and trouble-maker in the field of social justice advocacy for over a decade. Currently Ishtar is the Advocacy and Human Rights Defence Manager at the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), a South African based organisation that advocates for the rights of sex workers and for the full decriminalisation of sex work. She along with the advocacy team works to create platforms and capacitate sex workers to advocate for their rights and ensure when rights are violated, there is recourse.
Jo-Ann Passmore PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Virology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town and Medical Scientist with the National Health Laboratory Services. She heads the Mucosal STI and HIV laboratory in the Division of Medical Virology at the University of Cape Town. Jo-Ann also heads the Mucosal Immunology program at CAPRISA, Durban. Her research focuses on studying genital tract adaptive and innate immune responses associated with protection from or susceptibility to sexually transmitted viral diseases including HPV and HIV. Identifying women at risk for HIV infection, development of POC tools to screen for HIV risk, and the role of PreP in HIV protection also forms an important focus of research in this group. Jo-Ann has published over 80 papers on mucosal immune responses to HIV, HPV and identified mucosal factors predicting HIV risk. Email: jo-ann.passmore@uct.ac.za
Kerry Mangold is the HIV Prevention Programme Manager at the South African National AIDS Council. She has experience in developing, coordinating and managing the implementation of national HIV prevention programmes; in designing and conducting research; in developing evidence-based social and behaviour change communications for key populations, and in ensuring operational and financial compliance of project work for international donors and development partners. Kerry was awarded her BSc undergraduate degree from Rhodes University and then went on to obtain her BSc Honours (Microbiology and Biotechnology) from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Wits Business School. Kerry is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Email: kerry@sanac.org.za.
Photographed by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Lebohang Masango is a Master’s candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. She is also a children’s book author, feminist, poet, freelance writer and social commentator. Her research interests include gender, popular culture, representations and new digital media. Lebohang is the recipient of the “From Digital to Sexual Revolution: Youth and Mobile Phones in India and South Africa” scholarship for 2017, granted by the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Her current MA research focuses on young, digitally–connected African women in Johannesburg who challenge patriarchy by subverting “sugar daddy” tropes to curate their experiences of love, intimacy and sex. She has self-published her debut children’s story Mpumi’s Magic Beads (Thank You Books, 2017) about friendship, self-esteem, discovery and beautiful hair in Joburg city. Email: hello@lebohangmasango.com.
Lee Burgers is Head of Operations at SMAC Gallery, working between Cape Town, Johannesburg and Stellenbosch. After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (hons) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2012, Burgers went on to practice as a sculptor for two years and thereafter as an art advisor to private collectors. Her position at the gallery includes working closely with artists to realise their works – from concept to form. In addition, Burgers project manages, and oversees all logistics for SMAC Gallery; working as a liaison between artist and gallery and effecting the successful presentation and running of each exhibition. Email:lee@smacgallery.com.
Lenore Manderson is Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology in the School of Public Health at Wits, and Distinguished Visiting Professor in Environment and Society at Brown University, Providence, RI. She was a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality Culture and Society (IASSCS) and was President from 2001-2003, when the conference Sex and Secrecy was held at WISER. Her publications on sex, sexuality and gender include Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific (with Jolly, 1997); Technologies of Sexuality, Identity and Sexual Health (2012); and Disclosure in Health and Illness (with Davis, 2014). Email: lenore.manderson@wits.ac.za.
Lisa Vetten has worked in the field of violence against women in a variety of capacities for over 20 years. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Studies and is currently a Mellon Doctoral Fellow of the Wits City Institute. Her PhD is being completed in Wits’ Psychology Department and provides a genealogy of rape in South Africa since 1976.
Loren Loubser is a young womxn of colour brought up by her single mother and determined to be an actress that drives change. In 2008 Loren became a youth leader, began working with youth organisations, and volunteered her time to create social change. Loren then went on to study to achieve her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance Acting and graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2012. She currently works as an activist using her training in performance within the Non-profit industry. Loren is currently a volunteering Public Relations Officer for an NGO called Children A’loud based in Ocean View and has been working with the NGO since 2013. Loren is also one of the Co-Directors and Co-founders of FEMMEPROJECTS NPC. Femmeprojects focuses on sexual health, sexual rights, consent, gender education, education, empowerment & mentor ship. Loren also runs an online platform called Lekker Lollas, an online platform that Loren has created to use laughter as a way of confronting our every day experiences & teaching everyone how public transport works. Loren believes that our education system is oppressive & lacking in honest, truthful, open & vital information regarding sex, bodies, sexuality, identity & gender. Email: lorenloubser1@gmail.com.
Photographed by Sarah Schafer.
Nico Athene is a body of colliding personas and intimate intricacies: of political and personal, immediate and distant, academic and under-qualified. Born and raised in Cape Town South Africa, she has two degrees under her formal identity, neither directly related to art. She worked a number of years in the creative film industry before giving up her ‘real name’ to become a stripper in a Cape Town club. She blames patriarchy and glass ceilings, ‘I figured that if I was going to be sucking cock for cash, I may as well be doing it for proper pay.’ Actually it’s because she always wanted to be a dancer. It was here that she was born – a stripper/whore whose only mandate is to use artists and their institutions to up her cultural capital: a hyperbolised comment on demonised female stereotypes, sexuality and transactionality that constantly flits between the surreal and mundane. Nico has a BA in Social Anthropology (UCT) and a Masters in Public Health (University of Edinburgh). Follow her work on Instagram: @nicoathene.
Nicolette Carboni is currently a student psychologist completing her Masters at the University of the Witwatersrand. Nicolette was the former Head of Life Orientation at Roedean School. She has a Masters degree in Education (UKZN) in which she investigated how young people learn about sex and sexuality in relation to technological and media advancements, such as sexually explicit materials, and published on the methodological difficulties faced in conducting said sexuality research, in South African schools, in the journal Sex Education. Her research interests focus on young people’s sexualities and agentic practices at the intersection of online technologies, gender and sexual consent.
Nigel Patel (B.Soc Sci) is a student activist from Malawi. An organizer in the Trans Collective and Shambhala Scholarship recipient for queer leaders, Nigel identifies as gender queer and uses they them pronouns. They are currently studying towards a law degree and have written for several different platforms which include Afropunk and the Mail & Guardian. Their particular areas of interest are race, sexuality and gender. Email: nigeltpatel@gmail.com.
Nirvana Pillay is a part-time PhD student working on a study exploring issues of agency and decision-making for young mothers aged 18 – 20. Her study, titled Adjusting Aspirations: exploring agency in early motherhood is situated in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Nirvana is interested in exploring how young women, following the birth of their babies, mediate structure and create opportunities for agency in relation to their personal life, work, education, and their babies. Her supervisors are Professor Lenore Manderson (SOPH Wits) and Dr Nolwazi Mkwhanazi (Anthropology Wits). She is also an independent consultant and part time lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Wits. Her consultancy work focuses on capacity development and research, particularly evaluation studies – interest areas include the health and wellbeing of farm workers, migration and health, HIV and AIDS (particularly sexual and reproductive health), and peer education. Email: nirvana@sarraounia.org.
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi (PhD) is a senior lecturer in Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and presently a senior researcher and director of the Medical Humanities programme at WiSER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research). She obtained her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. She is co-editor, with Deevia Bhana, of Young Families: Gender, Sexuality and Care (HSRC Press, 2017). Broadly speaking, her research interests revolve around youth, gender and reproductive health issues. Her current research projects include a a collaborative and comparative project on young people’s use of mobile technology to form sexual, intimate or romantic relationships in India and South Africa; and the Wellcome Trust funded study on experiences of sexuality among youth and its effect on the uptake of sexual health interventions in South Africa. When not doing research or writing, Nolwazi enjoys painting friezes of chickens, some of these can be seen at Phophonyane Falls EcoLodge in Swaziland: http://www.phophonyane.co.sz
Nosipho Mngomezulu is from Pietermaritzburg and holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University Currently Known as Rhodes University. Her PhD research, entitled “Re-imaging the Nation” focused on young people’s constructions of nationhood in Mauritius during the first Truth and Justice Commission to focus on slavery and indentured labour. Her doctoral research examined the specific ways in which young people, often marginalized in state discourse, construct nationhood (an abstraction) in their everyday lives. Nosipho is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar with a keen interest in social justice, youth development and re-imagining development practice. She has taught “Community Engaged Learning” at the University Currently known as Rhodes University in Grahamstown; “Communication for Social Change” at MICA (Ahmedabad, India); “Introduction to Critical Race Theory” at the Stanford Bing Overseas Studies Program in Cape Town and Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. She is currently a lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand.
Nozipho Mvune is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She holds a Master’s Degree in Gender and Education. Her research work focuses on gender and sexuality of young people, with a special interest in rural context. Her PhD study titled ‘Teenage fathers: Fatherhood, masculinity and schooling in rural Kwazulu-Natal’ focuses on the experiences of 20 teenage fathers, how they understand their roles and responsibilities as fathers. Nozipho is a senior education specialist at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education (KZNDoE) within Special Needs Education Services (SNES). Email: noziphomv@gmail.com.
Pierre de Vos is Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance in the Department of Public Law at the UCT. He is a recipient of the UCT Social Responsiveness Award, author of the blog Constitutionally Speaking (which is syndicated by the Daily Maverick), and is widely quoted in local and international print and electronic media on legal and socio-political issues. He has published more than 80 articles in academic journals and in academic books on a wide range of constitutional law topics and is the co-editor of the book South African Constitutional Law in Context (published in 2014 by Oxford University Press). He is the chairperson of the Board of the Aids Legal Network and also serves on the advisory Council for the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and on the Board of PEN South Africa. Email: pierre.devos@uct.ac.za.
Rebecca Hodes is a medical historian. She is Director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit, University of Cape Town, and Honourary Fellow of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University. Her current research focuses on the histories of science, race and sex. She is the co-principal investigator of the Mzantsi Wakho study, about the health practices of teenagers in South Africa. Email: rebecca.hodes@googlemail.com.
Saiqa Mullick is the director of Implementation Science at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute. She is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a large portfolio of programmatic research and technical assistance. Her qualifications include a medical degree, two Masters level degrees in Public Health Methodology and in Public Health in Developing Countries and a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa (IoDSA). Dr Mullick has over 16 years’ experience in clinical services, implementation science, programme monitoring and evaluation, reproductive health and HIV, technical assistance and capacity building in developing country settings across the African continent.
Tamara Shefer is a professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Faculty of Arts, University of the Western Cape. Her scholarship focuses on gendered, intersectional power relations with particular emphasis on young people, including sexualities education, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, masculinities, memory and apartheid, gender and care, gender and dis/ability, and social justice, feminist pedagogies. She is currently particularly interested in performative activism and activist performance in gender justice scholarship and practice.
Thulile Gamedze is an independent artist, writer, curator and member of the collective iQhiya, currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her research around ‘impossible paradigms’ locates histories of collective pedagogy and cultural work as urgent creative practices that both critique and de-link themselves from pervasive western coloniality. She has published in local and international art-based publications and catalogues as well as on a number of news platforms. Thuli’s practice is concerned with education and collectivity, and the potential of collaborative knowledge production as the central strategy for liberation. Email:thulilegamedze@outlook.com.
Tiffany Kagure Mugo is the intoxicatingly scary gatekeeper of HOLAAfrica, a Pan African queer womanist community dealing with sexuality and all things woman. She is also a writer, media consultant and freelance journalist who tackles sex, politics and other less interesting topics. Once upon a time she was an Open Society Youth Fellow and now has dreams of studying some new things. During weekends she is a wine bar philosopher and polymath for no pay. Email: tiffanymugo@gmail.com.
Zondentle is a filmmaking trio consisting of Zimkhitha Mekile, Zintle Mekile And Ondela Kobese. The group directed and produced THIS.IS.WHO.WE.ARE, a film that highlights perspectives of young lesbian women living in Khayelitsha. The project was conceptualised in 2016 and produced throughout 2017 and early 2018. Zimkhita and Zintle matriculated from Harry Gwala Secondary School, Khayelitsha in 2017, and have recently enrolled for a Business Administration course. Ondela matriculated from Sinako Highschool in 2017 and is currently studying film and media at AFDA, Cape Town. The group enrolled in Eh!woza in 2015, and since then have collaborated to produce 3 films. THIS.IS.WHO.WE.ARE formed a project independent of the core Eh!woza workshop programme.
Zondikazi Mtonjeni produced the film entitled PAM during the 2017 Eh!woza workshop period. The film tells the story of a woman living in Nkanini, Khayelitsha and her experience of living with HIV, TB and sexual violence. Zondi is a matric student at Harry Gwala Secondary School and enrolled in the Eh!woza workshop programme in 2016 and 2017. After matriculating, Zondi plans to study nursing or law.
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__label__wiki | 0.949152 | 0.949152 | Hockey great Gordie Howe's funeral to be open to public
Posted: 10:35 AM, Jun 11, 2016
Liam Richards
<p>Saskatoon Blades president Steve Hogle places pucks and jerseys at a Gordie Howe statue outside of Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Friday, June 10, 2016. Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose boundless blend of talent and toughness made him the NHLís quintessential star during a career that lasted into his 50s, died Friday. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT</p>
DETROIT (AP) — Gordie Howe's visitation and funeral will be open to the public.
The visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena, the home of the Detroit Red Wings, the team Howe played for during much of his Hall of Fame career that started in 1946 and ended in 1980.
Howe's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.
Murray Howe writes in a text to The Associated Press that his father will be cremated and his brain will not be studied for possible concussion trauma.
The man forever known as "Mr. Hockey" died Friday. He was 88.
Howe set NHL marks with 801 goals and 1,850 points that held up until Wayne Gretzky came along.
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__label__wiki | 0.653849 | 0.653849 | Al Hilal Bank Partners with Abu Dhabi Global Market to Promote Islamic Finance
Al Hilal Bank has announced a new partnership with the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, aimed at promoting Islamic Finance in Abu Dhabi and across the UAE. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Alex Coelho, Chief Executive Officer at Al Hilal Bank, and Richard Teng, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) at ADGM Authorities Building on Al Maryah Island.
The MOU provides an official platform for both Al Hilal Bank and ADGM to share and exchange key knowledge exchange, consult and collaborate on mutually beneficial initiatives to further support and build an innovative and competitive environment for Islamic Finance.
Through the agreement;
Al Hilal Bank will work closely with the FSRA in the development of Islamic products.
Al Hilal Bank will set up special purpose vehicle within the ADGM to enable the accomplishment of a number of key strategic initiatives.
Al Hilal Bank and ADGM will collaborate on the development and application of technologies specifically designed to address real business challenges including mobile and e-banking, digital value-added services, blockchain, APIs, and automation.
Speaking on the partnership, Alex Coelho, CEO at Al Hilal Bank, said: "ADGM holds a critically important role in expanding the UAE's global reach and it is our pleasure to embrace this mutually beneficial partnership. We strongly believe that holding hands with ADGM not only further strengthens our capabilities but also accretes value to the transformation of our industry for the benefit of our stakeholders, customers, employees, the community we serve and our financial partners. We are fully committed and looking forward to achieving success through this partnership while foreseeing the deployment of solutions and services that will solve some of our common challenges and increasing our market bandwidth."
Richard Teng, CEO, Financial Services Regulatory Authority of ADGM said: "ADGM is pleased to partner Al Hilal Bank, one of the most progressive home-grown Islamic banking leaders, on initiatives and programmes that serve to bolster the Islamic financial market and enhance the Fintech ecosystem in Abu Dhabi. We share the common ambition to provide a conducive environment for more fresh and innovative solutions to address the needs of consumers and our stakeholders in Abu Dhabi and regionally. Together, we can grow and strengthen Islamic banking offerings and the financial landscape in Abu Dhabi."
About Al Hilal Bank
Al Hilal Bank provides innovative Islamic banking services, principally in the UAE, to public sector, corporate and retail customers. The Bank was founded by, and remains wholly-owned by, Abu Dhabi Investment Council. The Bank commenced business in mid-2008.
As at 31 December 2017 and based on data published by the Central Bank, the Bank was the 11th largest locally incorporated bank in the UAE by total assets and total financings and the 10th largest by total deposits.
The Bank was also the fourth largest locally incorporated Islamic bank in the UAE by total assets, total financings and total deposits as at the same date.
The Group principally generates profit income from its financing activities, although it also earns fee and commission income on certain services provided by it and records investment income from its investment securities portfolio.
The Bank was recognized as the Safest Islamic Financial Institution in the GCC by Global Finance in 2016 and 2017, and is rated A2 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch.
About Abu Dhabi Global Market
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre (IFC) located in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, opened for business on 21 October 2015. Established by UAE Federal Decree as a broad-based financial centre, ADGM augments Abu Dhabi's position as a global hub for business and finance and serves as a strategic link between the growing economies of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia and the rest of the world.
ADGM's strategy is anchored by Abu Dhabi's key strengths including private banking, wealth management, asset management and financial innovation. Comprising three independent authorities: ADGM Courts, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority and the Registration Authority, ADGM as IFC governs the Al Maryah Island which is a designated financial free zone. It enables registered financial institutions, companies and entities to operate, innovate and succeed within an international regulatory framework based on Common Law. ADGM has been awarded the “Financial Centre of the Year (MENA)” for two consecutive years, since its inception, for its initiatives and contributions to the financial and capital markets industry in the region.*
For more details of ADGM, please visit www.adgm.com or follow us on Twitter: @adglobalmarket and Linkedin: ADGM. For latest ADGM FInTech updates, please visit www.fintech.adgm.com.
* Source : The Global Investor Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Awards
For further enquiries, please contact:
Joan Lew, Senior Manager, Communications
Email: joan.lew@adgm.com, Tel: +971 2 333 8858
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__label__wiki | 0.741757 | 0.741757 | Construction on Gwadar Airport in Pakistan to start in April
Bikrant Kumar Singh 5 February 2019
Construction of Gwadar International Airport in Pakistan is to start in April. Credit: Briana Tozour on Unsplash.
Construction of the proposed Gwadar International Airport in Pakistan is scheduled to start in April this year following the completion of planning work.
The $246m airport is located in the volatile Balochistan region and is said to be the largest in Pakistan.
Soil testing started in January last year and has now been completed, with 300 boreholes created in several locations.
Sources told the EurAsian Times: “Currently, the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) comprising the Pakistani and the Chinese officials look forward to initiate work on the Gwadar Airport in March as the feasibility study of the project has been completed, reviewed and approved by the competent authorities.”
“The JCC comprising the Pakistani and the Chinese officials look forward to initiate work on the Gwadar Airport in March.”
The proposed airport will span over an area of 4,300 acres and will be able to accommodate narrow-body aircraft, including ATR 72 and Boeing B-737, as well as wide-body aircraft such as Boeing B-747.
“The projects in Gwadar are conducted under a framework agreement with NDRC and a MoU with MOFCOM and the Exim Bank. Unlike many of the other CPEC projects in Gwadar, the New Gwadar International Airport is not financed by a loan from China but through a Chinese grant,” the sources told the publication.
The sources also told the news agency that the Pakistani government is likely to announce the initiation of formal work on the Gwadar International Airport in the next two weeks.
They added: “The provision of funds for this project would be ensured in line with the mutual agreement made between the Pakistani and the Chinese governments.”
The Government of Balochistan has already added the Gwadar Airport to its master plan for Gwadar, which also involves projects to transform the region into a financial hub. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1195 |
__label__wiki | 0.680178 | 0.680178 | ALARMIST REPORTS CONTINUE
A new report by the private National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse titled "Malignant Neglect: Substance Abuse and America's Schools" has been widely-publicized. News reports have used such alarmist language such as "booze rampant in secondary schools," disastrous, infested, and hell.
Earlier reports by the same organization have been criticized for presenting data "apparently pulled from thin air," making unsubstantiated assertions, and presenting misleading conclusions. The organization's president repeatedly appears on television making alarmist statements and calling for strong action to reduce the alleged epidemic of drinking among people.
Actually, virtually all scientific studies demonstrate a continuing reduction, not an epidemic, in drinking and drinking problems among high school students and other young people.
Unfortunately, exaggerating the extent of drinking contributes to the problem by convincing young people that "everybody's doing it" so they should too.
Drugs, Booze Rampant in Secondary Schools. ABCNews.com/. September 5, 2000 | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1196 |
__label__wiki | 0.900181 | 0.900181 | Iran accuses US of supporting terrorism
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi rejected late on Monday US accusations that the Islamic republic was sheltering "terrorists", saying that it was the United States that was supporting such people in Iraq.
Axis of evil: Bush resurrects his attack on Iran and Syria while hosting Berlusconi at his Texan ranch
Kharrazi said that Iran had not only not provided refuge to Al-Qaeda members escaping from Afghanistan, but it was actively fighting the organisation.
He accused the United States of allowing an armed Iranian opposition group to "stay and function in Iraq" even though it was "a registered terrorist organisation".
The foreign minister was referring to the Mujahedin Khalq which is on the US' list of terrorist organisations.
The Mujahedin Khalq was formerly supported by the ousted Iraqi government to conduct military operations against Iran.
"I think it is the United States that is harbouring terrorists, because right now every corner of Iraq is controlled by Americans," said Kharrazi.
Kharrazi made his comments during his visit to South Africa for a meeting of a South-African-Iranian bilateral commission.
His remarks came in response to US President George W Bush's threats earlier on Monday that Iran and Syria should mend their ways or suffer the consequences.
Bush accused the two states of supporting "terrorists" who undermine Middle East peace efforts.
But Kharrazi said: "If President Bush means by terrorists the al-Qaeda organisation, then not only are we not harbouring them, but we have arrested them and sent (them) back to their countries of origin and even put some of them in prison."
Bush said that Syria and Iran were continuing to harbour and assist terrorists.
"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and states that support terror will be held accountable," he said.
The US president was speaking at a news conference at his Texas ranch with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Berlusconi, who supported Bush's war on Iraq despite the wishes of his people, is in America to discuss the situation in Iraq.
Axis of evil
Bush has branded Iran - along with North Korea and the Iraq of ex-President Saddam Hussein - as a member of an "axis of evil" that threatens to spread terrorism.
Washington charges Iran is not doing enough against members of al-Qaeda network.
US officials have also accused Syria of backing Palestinian and Lebanese groups it classifies as terrorist, such as Hamas and Hizb Allah.
It is concerned their conflict with Israel could endanger the Middle East peace process.
Bush urged Middle Eastern governments including Syria and Iran to support the peace efforts of Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas.
"Both Prime Minister Abbas and Prime Minister Sharon are showing leadership and courage. Now it's time for governments across the Middle East to support the efforts of these two men by fighting terror in all its forms," Bush said.
Bush’s comments come a day after Iran announced that it has developed a ballistic missile that is capable of hitting Israel.
Both Syria and Iran accuse the US of being the real danger to world peace. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1197 |
__label__wiki | 0.835411 | 0.835411 | Firms to leave Iraq to save captive
A Turkish company and its Kuwaiti contractor have said they are withdrawing from Iraq in an effort to save the life of a Turkish driver whom Iraqi fighters have threatened to behead.
A number of Turkish drivers have been captured in Iraq
"Our company is ending activities in Iraq. We hope that our driver is safely returned to our country and to his family," Edip Rende, a partner in the Renay International transportation company, was quoted as saying on Sunday by the Anatolia news agency.
Anatolia identified the captured Turk as 48-year-old Mithat Civi, a father of three who had been working in Kuwait and had left for Iraq a month ago.
That report came out around the same time as that from a Kuwait-based firm which contracted Civi. "I announce that the firm is stopping its activities completely from this moment in Iraq," Ghassan Jasim, head of the Kuwaiti Saqr company, said in a statement aired on Al-Arabiya TV.
The move came after a group calling itself the Islamic Resistance Movement -al-Nuaman Brigades- released a tape showing a bearded man, purported to be the Turkish truck driver, sitting in front of a black banner bearing the group's name in gold Arabic characters.
The armed fighters threatened to behead the Turk unless his employers and their Kuwaiti contractor end operations in Iraq.
Previous withdrawals
Renay, a company based in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, was the latest in a series of Turkish companies to pull out of Iraq to try and secure the release of captured employees.
The Jordanians were 'transporting
materials to US forces'
Last month, a Turkish worker, Murat Yuce, who worked at a company that provided laundry services, was shot three times in the head in Iraq by al-Qaida linked fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian armed fighter held responsible for a series of bombings, kidnappings and other attacks in Iraq.
In a separate capturing case earlier this week, a tape showing three Turkish captives being killed was sent to Aljazeera from the Tawhid and Jihad group, which is also said to be linked to al-Zarqawi.
Jordanians captured
Meanwhile, Iraqi fighters have captured four Jordanian drivers for cooperating with US forces.
In a videotape sent to Aljazeera on Sunday, a group calling itself the "Falluja Mujahideen" said they are holding four Jordanian drivers who were transporting materials to US forces.
The group said it is warning all "those who are cooperating with the American forces in Iraq for the last time."
The videotape showed hooded man reading a statement in front of the captives.
SOURCE: Aljazeera + Agencies | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1198 |
__label__wiki | 0.851107 | 0.851107 | UN Arab report loses official tag
A UN-commissioned report on human development in the Arab world is to be issued three months late and only under the name of its authors, after its contents raised strong objections from Washington and Cairo.
The US threatened the UNDP budget over a 2004 report
The report's chief author, Nadir Farghani, confirmed on Tuesday that the document would not be an official United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, as had been the case in previous years.
He said Washington had specifically objected to criticism of the US-led occupation in Iraq and Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories.
"They threatened to considerably reduce their financial contribution to the United Nations' development budget" if it officially sponsored the report, Farghani alleged.
"The report ... will be published with the sole endorsement of its authors and not that of the UN, after the United States and Egypt voiced reservations over its contents," he said. The report will be published in January 2005.
Egyptian displeasure
Cairo also expressed displeasure over certain aspects of the report, including references to the "inheritance of power in Egypt", a thinly veiled allusion to the alleged grooming of President Husni Mubarak's son, Jamal.
Farghani said Cairo had also objected to the assessment of freedoms in Egypt and demands for improved freedom to establish political parties.
Sources who read the draft report hinted that Cairo may have understood its demands for greater political freedom as a request to legalise groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist movement that is the country's main opposition group.
UN officials had said earlier this month the report was being reviewed after criticism poured in but had remained adamant it would be published by the UNDP, as planned.
Arab League comment
The draft "includes serious elements and others that need correcting," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Musa said on Tuesday.
"There are problems preventing its release by the UNDP. We expect it to be issued by a third party," said Musa, a former Egyptian foreign minister.
US President George Bush relied on elements included in the 2002 edition of the report to push his agenda for reforms in the region and his so-called Greater Middle East Initiative.
The report will be the third commissioned by the UNDP on development in the Arab world. The first two caused a stir in the region by painting a bleak picture of progress in Arab countries. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1199 |
__label__wiki | 0.967039 | 0.967039 | PA clears Jerusalem land deal patriarch
The embattled Greek Orthodox patriarch in Jerusalem was not involved in the long-term lease of prime Jerusalem properties to Jewish settlement groups in the city, the Palestinian Authority has concluded.
Irineos I has denied he did anything wrong
Its investigation findings could signal a turning point in the murky saga of the property deals and help the patriarch, Irineos I, cling to his job.
It is not clear to what extent the findings might have been influenced by the Palestinian Authority's attempt to wrest the properties from Jewish hands.
Senior Palestinian officials have said their main objective is to cancel the property transactions and that Irineos has been cooperating with them.
Church rebels, including leading Greek Orthodox clergymen in Jerusalem, have been trying to fire Irineos, accusing him of involvement in the transfer of two hotels and other properties in east Jerusalem to groups that seek to expand the Jewish presence in east Jerusalem.
Patriarch denials
Palestinians seek east Jerusalem as a future capital, and the transactions have angered the church's predominantly Palestinian flock.
Irineos has denied involvement and has refused to leave his post.
"He did not take part in the transactions at any stage, and did not receive any money"
Palestinian Authority report
For the past few weeks, he has been holed up in his apartment in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the Old City, while the rebels have prevented him from entering his office in the compound and have been running day-to-day
Last month, the religious court of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land declared Irineos defrocked and demoted to the rank of monk.
In May, world Orthodox leaders declared that they no longer recognise Irineos' authority, and a temporary replacement was selected days later.
Property deals
Legally, however, church leaders cannot dismiss him: Only the governments in areas where his congregation lives - Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority - have the power to do that, by withdrawing their recognition of him.
Only Jordan has done so, and Israel is unlikely to take action that would compromise Jewish land deals in east Jerusalem.
The Greek Orthodox Church has
appointed a temporary leader
The church has said its land deals were conducted by a former financial officer, Niko Papadimas, who vanished several months ago and now has European arrest warrants against him.
Irineos has insisted he did not know about the leases. In its report, the Palestinian Cabinet committee wrote that it found no evidence that Irineos was aware of the property deals.
"He did not take part in the transactions at any stage, and did not receive any money," the committee wrote in the report, published on Monday in the Palestinian Al Quds newspaper.
Conspiracy?
The committee also maintained that the transactions were illegal because they were not signed by the church's leadership body, or synod.
The committee alleged that Irineos was the victim of a conspiracy by leading clerics and Israeli extremists, who allegedly were trying - each for their own motives - to oust him.
Archbishop Aristarchos, chief secretary of the Greek Orthodox church in the Holy Land and a leader of the church rebels, said Irineos should step aside despite the Palestinian Authority exoneration.
"He still has responsibility, because he gave the authorisation [to Papadimas] which enabled this long-term lease," Aristarchos said.
Joseph Richter, a Jerusalem lawyer for a company that's taken over property at the heart of the affair, refused to comment on the Palestinian Cabinet committee report. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1200 |
__label__wiki | 0.572332 | 0.572332 | Nancy Amick
Senior Director, Institute for Family Culture, Abbot Downing
As a senior director of the Institute for Family Culture, Nancy works with individuals, couples, and multigenerational families to develop communication, education, and governance strategies that help them meet their wealth objectives and successfully grow, preserve, and transition wealth across generations.
With experience in leadership development, building high-performing teams, and leadership transitions in business, Nancy works with families on family business transition planning including how to engage and develop the rising generation of family leaders for future roles and responsibilities in the family business. She also consults on family governance, family legacy planning, communicating about wealth within the family, and family philanthropy.
Nancy joined Wells Fargo, Abbot Downing’s parent company, in 1998. She previously served in leadership roles in Enterprise Human Resources and as head of Organizational Effectiveness and Development for Wells Fargo’s Wealth and Investment Management division. Nancy provided executive coaching and strategic consulting on organizational change, organizational culture, leadership development, team performance, and individual effectiveness.
Nancy holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She completed an executive coaching certification at Columbia University Business School and Teachers College. Most recently, Nancy co-authored three book chapters on how to create a systemic coaching culture within multi-layered organizational settings
PFP1919. Family Business Succession Planning | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1207 |
__label__wiki | 0.903298 | 0.903298 | Language used by Ashkenazi Jews
ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש yidish/idish
[ˈjɪdɪʃ] or [ˈɪd ɪʃ]
Central, Eastern and Western Europe
Europe, Israel, North America, other regions with Jewish populations[1]
Ashkenazi Jews
(1.5 million cited 1986–1991 + half undated)[1]
West Germanic
Elbe Germanic
High German
Hebrew alphabet (Yiddish orthography)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
No formal bodies
YIVO de facto
yid – inclusive code
Individual codes:
ydd – Eastern Yiddish
yih – Western Yiddish
yidd1255[2]
Linguasphere
52-ACB-g = 52-ACB-ga (West) + 52-ACB-gb (East); totalling 11 varieties
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish/idish, lit. "Jewish", pronounced [ˈjɪdɪʃ] or [ˈɪdɪʃ]; in older sources ייִדיש-טײַטש Yidish-Taitsh, lit. Judaeo-German)[3] is the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century[4] in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a High German-based vernacular fused with elements taken from Hebrew and Aramaic as well as from Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages.[5][6][7] Yiddish is written with a fully vocalized version of the Hebrew alphabet.
The earliest surviving references date from the 12th century and call the language לשון־אַשכּנז (loshn-ashknaz, "language of Ashkenaz") or טײַטש (taytsh), a variant of tiutsch, the contemporary name for Middle High German. Colloquially, the language is sometimes called מאַמע־לשון (mame-loshn, lit. "mother tongue"), distinguishing it from לשון־קודש (loshn koydesh, "holy tongue"), meaning Hebrew and Aramaic. The term "Yiddish", short for Yidish Taitsh ("Jewish German"), did not become the most frequently used designation in the literature until the 18th century. In the late 19th and into the 20th century the language was more commonly called "Jewish", especially in non-Jewish contexts,[clarification needed] but "Yiddish" is again the more common designation today.[citation needed]
Modern Yiddish has two major forms. Eastern Yiddish is far more common today. It includes Southeastern (Ukrainian–Romanian), Mideastern (Polish–Galician–Eastern Hungarian), and Northeastern (Lithuanian–Belarusian) dialects. Eastern Yiddish differs from Western both by its far greater size and by the extensive inclusion of words of Slavic origin. Western Yiddish is divided into Southwestern (Swiss–Alsatian–Southern German), Midwestern (Central German), and Northwestern (Netherlandic–Northern German) dialects. Yiddish is used in a number of Haredi Jewish communities worldwide; it is the first language of the home, school, and in many social settings among many Haredi Jews, and is used in most Hasidic and some Lithuanian yeshivas.
The term "Yiddish" is also used in the adjectival sense, synonymously with "Jewish", to designate attributes of Yiddishkeit ("Ashkenazi culture"; for example, Yiddish cooking and "Yiddish music" - klezmer).[8]
Prior to the Holocaust, there were 11–13 million speakers of Yiddish among 17 million Jews worldwide.[9] 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,[10] leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Assimilation following World War II and aliyah, immigration to Israel, further decreased the use of Yiddish both among survivors and among Yiddish-speakers from other countries (such as in the Americas). However, the number of speakers is increasing in Hasidic communities.
2.1 Written evidence
2.2 Printing
2.3 Secularization
2.4 20th century
3 Phonology
4 Numbers of speakers
5 Status as a language
5.1 Israel and Zionism
5.2 Former Soviet Union
5.2.1.1 Jewish Autonomous Oblast
5.2.2 Ukraine
5.3 Council of Europe
5.4 Sweden
5.5.1 Present U.S. speaker population
5.8 Religious communities
5.9 Modern Yiddish education
5.10 Internet
6 Influence on other languages
7 Language examples
10 Bibliography
The established view is that, as with other Jewish languages, Jews speaking distinct languages learned new co-territorial vernaculars, which they then Judaized. In the case of Yiddish, this scenario sees it as emerging when speakers of Zarphatic (Judaeo-French) and other Judaeo-Romance languages began to acquire varieties of Middle High German, and from these groups the Ashkenazi community took shape.[11][12] Exactly what German base lies behind the earliest form of Yiddish is disputed.
In Max Weinreich's model, Jewish speakers of Old French or Old Italian who were literate in either liturgical Hebrew or Aramaic, or both, migrated through Southern Europe to settle in the Rhine Valley in an area known as Lotharingia (later known in Yiddish as Loter) extending over parts of Germany and France;[13] There, they encountered and were influenced by Jewish speakers of High German languages and several other German dialects. Both Weinreich and Solomon Birnbaum developed this model further in the mid-1950s.[14] In Weinreich's view, this Old Yiddish substrate later bifurcated into two distinct versions of the language, Western and Eastern Yiddish.[15] They retained the Semitic vocabulary and constructions needed for religious purposes and created a Judaeo-German form of speech, sometimes not accepted as a fully autonomous language.
Later linguistic research has finessed the Weinreich model or provided alternative approaches to the language's origins, with points of contention being the characterization of its Germanic base, the source of its Hebrew/Aramaic adstrata, and the means and location of this fusion. Some theorists argue that the fusion occurred with a Bavarian dialect base.[12][16] The two main candidates for the germinal matrix of Yiddish, the Rhineland and Bavaria, are not necessarily incompatible. There may have been parallel developments in the two regions, seeding the Western and Eastern dialects of Modern Yiddish. Dovid Katz proposes that Yiddish emerged from contact between speakers of High German and Aramaic-speaking Jews from the Middle East.[9] The lines of development proposed by the different theories do not necessarily rule out the others (at least not entirely); an article in The Forward argues that "in the end, a new 'standard theory' of Yiddish’s origins will probably be based on the work of Weinreich and his challengers alike."[17]
Paul Wexler proposed a model in 1991 that took Yiddish, by which he means primarily eastern Yiddish,[15] not to be genetically grounded in a Germanic language at all, but rather as "Judaeo-Sorbian" (a proposed West Slavic language) that had been relexified by High German.[12] In more recent work, Wexler has argued that Eastern Yiddish is unrelated genetically to Western Yiddish. Wexler's model has met with little academic support, and strong critical challenges, especially among historical linguists.[12][15]
By the 10th century, a distinctive Jewish culture had formed in Central Europe which came to be called אַשכּנזי Ashkenazi, "Ashkenazi Jews, from Hebrew: אַשכּנז Ashkenaz (Genesis 10:3), the medieval Hebrew name for northern Europe and Germany.[18] Ashkenaz was centered on the Rhineland (Mainz) and the Palatinate (notably Worms and Speyer), in what is now the westernmost part of Germany. Its geographic extent did not coincide with the German principalities of the time, and it included northern France. Ashkenaz bordered on the area inhabited by another distinctive Jewish cultural group, the Sephardi Jews, who ranged into southern France. Ashkenazi culture later spread into Eastern Europe with large-scale population migrations.[citation needed]
Nothing is known with certainty about the vernacular of the earliest Jews in Germany, but several theories have been put forward. The first language of the Ashkenazim may, as noted above, have been the Aramaic language, the vernacular of the Jews in Roman-era Judea and ancient and early medieval Mesopotamia. The widespread use of Aramaic among the large non-Jewish Syrian trading population of the Roman provinces, including those in Europe, would have reinforced the use of Aramaic among Jews engaged in trade. In Roman times, many of the Jews living in Rome and Southern Italy appear to have been Greek-speakers, and this is reflected in some Ashkenazi personal names (e.g., Kalonymos and Yiddish Todres). Hebrew, on the other hand, was regarded as a holy language reserved for ritual and spiritual purposes and not for common use.
It is generally accepted that early Yiddish was likely to have contained elements from other languages of the Near East and Europe, absorbed through migrations. Since some settlers may have come via France and Italy, it is also likely that the Romance-based Jewish languages of those regions were represented. Traces remain in the contemporary Yiddish vocabulary: for example, בענטשן (bentshn, "to bless"), ultimately from the Latin benedicere; לייענען (leyenen, "to read"), from the Old French lei(e)re; and the personal names בונים Bunim (related to French bon nom, good name) and Yentl (Old French gentil, "noble"). Western Yiddish includes additional words of ultimate Latin derivation (but still very few): for example, אָרן orn (to pray), cf. Old French "orer".[19]
The Jewish community in the Rhineland would have encountered the many dialects from which Standard German would emerge a few centuries later. In time, Jewish communities would have been speaking their own versions of these German dialects, mixed with linguistic elements that they themselves brought into the region. Although not reflected in the spoken language, a main point of difference was the use of the Hebrew alphabet for the recording of the Germanic vernacular, which may have been adopted either because of the community's familiarity with the alphabet or to prevent the non-Jewish population from understanding the correspondence. In addition, there was probably widespread illiteracy in the non-Hebrew script, with the level of illiteracy in the non-Jewish communities being even higher. Another point of difference was the use of Hebrew and Aramaic words. These words and terms were used because of their familiarity, but more so because in most cases there were no equivalent terms in the vernacular which could express the Jewish concepts or describe the objects of cultural significance.[citation needed]
Written evidence[edit]
The calligraphic segment in the Worms Mahzor
It is not known when Yiddish orthography first developed. The oldest surviving literary document using it is a blessing in the Worms machzor,[20] a Hebrew prayer book from 1272. The Worms machzor is discussed in Frakes, 2004, and Baumgarten, ed. Frakes, 2005 – see § Bibliography.
גוּט טַק אִים בְּטַגְֿא שְ וַיר דִּיש מַחֲזוֹר אִין בֵּיתֿ הַכְּנֶסֶתֿ טְרַגְֿא
Transliterated
gut tak im betage se vaer dis makhazor in beis hakneses trage
May a good day come to him who carries this prayer book into the synagogue.
This brief rhyme is decoratively embedded in an otherwise purely Hebrew text.[21] Nonetheless, it indicates that the Yiddish of that day was a more or less regular Middle High German written in the Hebrew alphabet into which Hebrew words – מַחֲזוֹר, makhazor (prayerbook for the High Holy Days) and בֵּיתֿ הַכְּנֶסֶתֿ, "synagogue" (read in Yiddish as beis hakneses) – had been included. The niqqud appears as though it might have been added by a second scribe, in which case it may need to be dated separately and may not be indicative of the pronunciation of the rhyme at the time of its initial annotation.
Over the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, songs and poems in Yiddish, and macaronic pieces in Hebrew and German, began to appear. These were collected in the late 15th century by Menahem ben Naphtali Oldendorf.[22] During the same period, a tradition seems to have emerged of the Jewish community's adapting its own versions of German secular literature. The earliest Yiddish epic poem of this sort is the Dukus Horant, which survives in the famous Cambridge Codex T.-S.10.K.22. This 14th-century manuscript was discovered in the Cairo Geniza in 1896, and also contains a collection of narrative poems on themes from the Hebrew Bible and the Haggadah.
Printing[edit]
The advent of the printing press in the 16th century enabled the large scale production of works, at a cheaper cost, some of which have survived. One particularly popular work was Elia Levita's Bovo-Bukh (בָּבָֿא-בּוך), composed around 1507–08 and printed several times, beginning in 1541 (under the title Bovo d'Antona). Levita, the earliest named Yiddish author, may also have written פּאַריז און װיענע Pariz un Viene (Paris and Vienna). Another Yiddish retelling of a chivalric romance, װידװילט Vidvilt (often referred to as "Widuwilt" by Germanizing scholars), presumably also dates from the 15th century, although the manuscripts are from the 16th. It is also known as Kinig Artus Hof, an adaptation of the Middle High German romance Wigalois by Wirnt von Gravenberg.[23] Another significant writer is Avroham ben Schemuel Pikartei, who published a paraphrase on the Book of Job in 1557.
Women in the Ashkenazi community were traditionally not literate in Hebrew, but did read and write Yiddish. A body of literature therefore developed for which women were a primary audience. This included secular works, such as the Bovo-Bukh, and religious writing specifically for women, such as the צאנה וראינה Tseno Ureno and the תחנות Tkhines. One of the best-known early woman authors was Glückel of Hameln, whose memoirs are still in print.
A page from the Shemot Devarim (lit. Names of Things), a Yiddish–Hebrew–Latin–German dictionary and thesaurus, published by Elia Levita in 1542
The segmentation of the Yiddish readership, between women who read מאַמע־לשון mame-loshn but not לשון־קדש loshn-koydesh, and men who read both, was significant enough that distinctive typefaces were used for each. The name commonly given to the semicursive form used exclusively for Yiddish was ווײַבערטײַטש (vaybertaytsh, 'women's taytsh', shown in the heading and fourth column in the Shemot Devarim), with square Hebrew letters (shown in the third column) being reserved for text in that language and Aramaic. This distinction was retained in general typographic practice through to the early 19th century, with Yiddish books being set in vaybertaytsh (also termed מעשייט mesheyt or מאַשקעט mashket—the construction is uncertain).[24]
An additional distinctive semicursive typeface was, and still is, used for rabbinical commentary on religious texts when Hebrew and Yiddish appear on the same page. This is commonly termed Rashi script, from the name of the most renowned early author, whose commentary is usually printed using this script. (Rashi is also the typeface normally used when the Sephardic counterpart to Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish or Ladino, is printed in Hebrew script.)
Secularization[edit]
The Western Yiddish dialect—sometimes pejoratively labeled Mauscheldeutsch,[25] i. e. "Moses German"[26]—declined in the 18th century, as the Age of Enlightenment and the Haskalah led to a view of Yiddish as a corrupt dialect. A Maskil (one who take part in the Haskalah) would write about and promote acclimatization to the outside world.[27] Jewish children began attending secular schools where the primary language spoken and taught was German, not Yiddish.[27] Owing to both assimilation to German and the revival of Hebrew, Western Yiddish survived only as a language of "intimate family circles or of closely knit trade groups". (Liptzin 1972).
In eastern Europe, the response to these forces took the opposite direction, with Yiddish becoming the cohesive force in a secular culture (see the Yiddishist movement). Notable Yiddish writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries are Sholem Yankev Abramovitch, writing as Mendele Mocher Sforim; Sholem Rabinovitsh, widely known as Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (Tevye der milkhiker, "Tevye the Dairyman") inspired the Broadway musical and film Fiddler on the Roof; and Isaac Leib Peretz.
American World War I-era poster in Yiddish. Translated caption: "Food will win the war – You came here seeking freedom, now you must help to preserve it – We must supply the Allies with wheat – Let nothing go to waste". Colour lithograph, 1917. Digitally restored.
1917. 100 karbovanets of the Ukrainian National Republic. Revers. 3 languages: Ukrainian, Polish and Yiddish.
In the early 20th century, especially after the Socialist October Revolution in Russia, Yiddish was emerging as a major Eastern European language. Its rich literature was more widely published than ever, Yiddish theatre and Yiddish cinema were booming, and it for a time achieved status as one of the official languages of the Ukrainian People's Republic,[28] the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic[citation needed] and the short-lived Galician Soviet Socialist Republic,[citation needed] and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Educational autonomy for Jews in several countries (notably Poland) after World War I led to an increase in formal Yiddish-language education, more uniform orthography, and to the 1925 founding of the Yiddish Scientific Institute, YIVO. In Vilnius, there was debate over which language should take primacy, Hebrew or Yiddish.[29]
Yiddish changed significantly during the 20th century. Michael Wex writes, "As increasing numbers of Yiddish speakers moved from the Slavic-speaking East to Western Europe and the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were so quick to jettison Slavic vocabulary that the most prominent Yiddish writers of the time—the founders of modern Yiddish literature, who were still living in Slavic-speaking countries—revised the printed editions of their oeuvres to eliminate obsolete and 'unnecessary' Slavisms."[30] The vocabulary used in Israel absorbed many Modern Hebrew words, and there was a similar but smaller increase in the English component of Yiddish in the United States and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom.[citation needed] This has resulted in some difficulty in communication between Yiddish speakers from Israel and those from other countries.
Phonology[edit]
Main article: Yiddish phonology
Yiddish phonology is similar to that of Standard German. However, it does not have final-obstruent devoicing and fortis (voiceless) stop consonants are unaspirated, and the /χ/ phoneme is invariably uvular, unlike the German phoneme /x/, which is palatal, velar, or uvular.
Yiddish has a smaller inventory of vowels than Standard German, lacking vowel length distinction and the umlauted vowels ö and ü.
Numbers of speakers[edit]
Map of the Yiddish dialects between the 15th and the 19th centuries (Western dialects in orange / Eastern dialects in green).
On the eve of World War II, there were 11 to 13 million Yiddish speakers.[9] The Holocaust, however, led to a dramatic, sudden decline in the use of Yiddish, as the extensive Jewish communities, both secular and religious, that used Yiddish in their day-to-day life, were largely destroyed. Around five million of those killed — 85 percent of the Jews who died in the Holocaust — were speakers of Yiddish.[10] Although millions of Yiddish speakers survived the war (including nearly all Yiddish speakers in the Americas), further assimilation in countries such as the United States and the Soviet Union, along with the strictly monolingual stance of the Zionist movement, led to a decline in the use of Eastern Yiddish. However, the number of speakers within the widely dispersed Haredi (mainly Hasidic) communities is now increasing. Although used in various countries, Yiddish has attained official recognition as a minority language only in Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands,[31] and Sweden.
Reports of the number of current Yiddish speakers vary significantly. Ethnologue estimates, based on publications through 1991, that there were at that time 1.5 million speakers of Eastern Yiddish,[32] of which 40% lived in Ukraine, 15% in Israel, and 10% in the United States. The Modern Language Association agrees with fewer than 200,000 in the United States.[33] Western Yiddish is reported by Ethnologue to have had an ethnic population of 50,000 in 2000, and an undated speaking population of 5,000, mostly in Germany.[34] A 1996 report by the Council of Europe estimates a worldwide Yiddish-speaking population of about two million.[35] Further demographic information about the recent status of what is treated as an Eastern–Western dialect continuum is provided in the YIVO Language and Cultural Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry.
In certain areas of New York it is more common to see boys talking among themselves in Yiddish, whereas girls tend to favor English as their main language. This is probably due to more Hasidic boy schools using Yiddish as the medium of instruction, while many Hasidic girl schools opt to teach in English. Also, girls tend to learn more secular subjects, thus increasing contact with the English language, and boys are usually taught religious subjects in Yiddish, and thus use the Yiddish language more often, which allows them to be more comfortable speaking the language. The same occurs in Israel, where boys tend to speak more Yiddish amongst themselves, while girls tend to use Hebrew more often.[36]
Status as a language[edit]
There has been frequent debate about the extent of the linguistic independence of Yiddish from the languages that it absorbed. There has been periodic assertion that Yiddish is a dialect of German, or even "just broken German, more of a linguistic mishmash than a true language".[37] Even when recognized as an autonomous language, it has sometimes been referred to as Judeo-German, along the lines of other Jewish languages like Judeo-Persian, Judaeo-Spanish or Zarphatic. A widely cited summary of attitudes in the 1930s was published by Max Weinreich, quoting a remark by an auditor of one of his lectures: אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמיי און פֿלאָט (a shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot[38] — "A language is a dialect with an army and navy").
Israel and Zionism[edit]
An example of graffiti in Yiddish, Tel Aviv, Washington Avenue (און איר זאלט ליב האבן דעם פרעמדען, ווארום פרעמדע זייט איר געווען אין לאנד מצרים Un ir zolt lib hobn dem fremdn varum fremde seit ir geven in land mitsrayim). "Ye shall have love for the stranger, because ye were strangers in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:19)"
The national language of Israel is Hebrew. The debate in Zionist circles over the use of Yiddish in Israel and in the Diaspora in preference to Hebrew also reflected the tensions between religious and secular Jewish lifestyles. Many secular Zionists wanted Hebrew as the sole language of Jews, to contribute to a national cohesive identity. Traditionally religious Jews, on the other hand, preferred use of Yiddish, viewing Hebrew as a respected holy language reserved for prayer and religious study. In the early 20th century, Zionist activists in Palestine tried to eradicate the use of Yiddish among Jews in preference to Hebrew, and make its use socially unacceptable.[39]
This conflict also reflected the opposing views among secular Jews worldwide, one side seeing Hebrew (and Zionism) and the other Yiddish (and Internationalism) as the means of defining Jewish nationalism. In the 1920s and 1930s, גדוד מגיני השפה gdud maginéi hasafá, "the language defendants regiment", whose motto was "עברי, דבר עברית ivri, dabér ivrít", that is, "Hebrew [i.e. Jew], speak Hebrew!", used to tear down signs written in "foreign" languages and disturb Yiddish theatre gatherings.[40] However, according to linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann, the members of this group in particular, and the Hebrew revival in general, did not succeed in uprooting Yiddish patterns (as well as the patterns of other European languages Jewish immigrants spoke) within what he calls "Israeli", i.e. Modern Hebrew. Zuckermann believes that "Israeli does include numerous Hebrew elements resulting from a conscious revival but also numerous pervasive linguistic features deriving from a subconscious survival of the revivalists’ mother tongues, e.g. Yiddish."[41]
After the founding of the State of Israel, a massive wave of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries arrived. In short order, these Mizrahi Jews and their descendants would account for nearly half the Jewish population. While all were at least familiar with Hebrew as a liturgical language, essentially none had any contact with or affinity for Yiddish (some, of Sephardic origin, spoke Judaeo-Spanish, others various Judeo-Arabic languages). Thus, Hebrew emerged as the dominant linguistic common denominator between the different population groups.
In religious circles, it is the Ashkenazi Haredi Jews, particularly the Hasidic Jews and the Lithuanian yeshiva world (see Lithuanian Jews), who continue to teach, speak and use Yiddish, making it a language used regularly by hundreds of thousands of Haredi Jews today. The largest of these centers are in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem.
There is a growing revival of interest in Yiddish culture among secular Israelis, with the flourishing of new proactive cultural organizations like YUNG YiDiSH, as well as Yiddish theatre (usually with simultaneous translation to Hebrew and Russian) and young people are taking university courses in Yiddish, some achieving considerable fluency.[42]
Former Soviet Union[edit]
In the Soviet Union during the 1920s, Yiddish was promoted as the language of the Jewish proletariat.
State emblem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with the motto Workers of the world, unite! in Yiddish (lower left part of the ribbon): ״פראָלעטאריער פון אלע לענדער, פאראייניקט זיך!״, Proletarier fun alle lender, fareynikt sich! The same slogan is written in Belarusian, Russian and Polish.
It was one of the official languages of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Until 1938, the Emblem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic included the motto Workers of the world, unite! in Yiddish. Yiddish was also official language in several agricultural districts of the Galician Soviet Socialist Republic.
A public educational system entirely based on the Yiddish language was established and comprised kindergartens, schools, and higher educational institutions (technical schools, rabfaks and other university departments). At the same time, Hebrew was considered a bourgeois language and its use was generally discouraged. The vast majority of the Yiddish-language cultural institutions were closed in the late 1930s, along with cultural institutions of other ethnic minorities lacking administrative entities of their own. The last Yiddish-language schools, theaters and publications were closed by the end of the 1940s. It continued to be spoken widely for decades, nonetheless, in areas with compact Jewish populations (primarily in Moldova, Ukraine, and to a lesser extent Belarus).
In the former Soviet states, recently active Yiddish authors include Yoysef Burg (Chernivtsi 1912–2009) and Olexander Beyderman (b. 1949, Odessa). Publication of an earlier Yiddish periodical (דער פֿרײַנד - der fraynd; lit. "The Friend"), was resumed in 2004 with דער נײַער פֿרײַנד (der nayer fraynd; lit. "The New Friend", Saint Petersburg).
Russia[edit]
According to the 2010 census, 1,683 people spoke Yiddish in Russia, approximately 1% of all the Jews of the Russian Federation.[43] According to Mikhail Shvydkoy, former Minister of Culture of Russia and himself of Jewish origin, Yiddish culture in Russia is gone, and its revival is unlikely.[44]
From my point of view, Yiddish culture today isn't just fading away, but disappearing. It is stored as memories, as fragments of phrases, as books that have long gone unread. ... Yiddish culture is dying and this should be treated with utmost calm. There is no need to pity that which cannot be resurrected — it has receded into the world of the enchanting past, where it should remain. Any artificial culture, a culture without replenishment, is meaningless. ... Everything that happens with Yiddish culture is transformed into a kind of cabaret—epistolary genre, nice, cute to the ear and the eye, but having nothing to do with high art, because there is no natural, national soil. In Russia, it is the memory of the departed, sometimes sweet memories. But it's the memories of what will never be again. Perhaps that's why these memories are always so sharp.[44]
Jewish Autonomous Oblast[edit]
Main articles: Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhan, and History of the Jews in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast was formed in 1934 in the Russian Far East, with its capital city in Birobidzhan and Yiddish as its official language. The intention was for the Soviet Jewish population to settle there. Jewish cultural life was revived in Birobidzhan much earlier than elsewhere in the Soviet Union. Yiddish theaters began opening in the 1970s. The newspaper דער ביראָבידזשאַנער שטערן (Der Birobidzhaner Shtern; lit: "The Birobidzhan Star") includes a Yiddish section.[45] Although the official status of the language was not retained by the Russian Federation, its cultural significance is still recognized and bolstered. The First Birobidzhan International Summer Program for Yiddish Language and Culture was launched in 2007.[46]
As of 2010[update], according to data provided by the Russian Census Bureau, there were 97 speakers of Yiddish in the JAO.[47] A November 2017 article in The Guardian, titled, "Revival of a Soviet Zion: Birobidzhan celebrates its Jewish heritage", examined the current status of the city and suggested that, even though the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s far east is now barely 1% Jewish, officials hope to woo back people who left after Soviet collapse and to revive the Yiddish language in this region.[48]
Ukraine[edit]
Yiddish was an official language of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921).[49][28]
Council of Europe[edit]
Several countries that ratified the 1992 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages have included Yiddish in the list of their recognized minority languages: the Netherlands (1996), Sweden (2000), Romania (2008), Poland (2009), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010).[50] In 2005, Ukraine did not mention Yiddish as such, but "the language(s) of the Jewish ethnic minority".[50]
Sweden[edit]
Banner from the first issue of the Yidishe Folksshtime ("Yiddish People's Voice"), published in Stockholm, 12 January 1917.
In June 1999, the Swedish Parliament enacted legislation giving Yiddish legal status[51] as one of the country's official minority languages (entering into effect in April 2000). The rights thereby conferred are not detailed, but additional legislation was enacted in June 2006 establishing a new governmental agency, The Swedish National Language Council,[52] the mandate of which instructs it to "collect, preserve, scientifically research, and spread material about the national minority languages", naming them all explicitly, including Yiddish. When announcing this action, the government made an additional statement about "simultaneously commencing completely new initiatives for... Yiddish [and the other minority languages]".
The Swedish government publishes documents in Yiddish, of which the most recent[when?] details the national action plan for human rights.[53] An earlier one provides general information about national minority language policies.[54]
On 6 September 2007, it became possible to register Internet domains with Yiddish names in the national top-level domain .SE.[55]
The first Jews were permitted to reside in Sweden during the late 18th century. The Jewish population in Sweden is estimated at around 20,000. Of these, according to various reports and surveys, between 2,000 and 6,000 claim to have at least some knowledge of Yiddish. In 2009, the number of native speakers among these was estimated by linguist Mikael Parkvall to be 750–1,500. It is believed that virtually all native speakers of Yiddish in Sweden today are adults, and most of them elderly.[56]
Yiddish distribution in the United States.
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Women surrounded by posters in English and Yiddish supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert H. Lehman, and the American Labor Party teach other women how to vote, 1936.
In the United States, at first most Jews were of Sephardic origin, and hence did not speak Yiddish. It was not until the mid-to-late 19th century, as first German, then Eastern European, Jews arrived in the nation, that Yiddish became dominant within the immigrant community. This helped to bond Jews from many countries. פֿאָרווערטס (Forverts – The Forward) was one of seven Yiddish daily newspapers in New York City, and other Yiddish newspapers served as a forum for Jews of all European backgrounds. In 1915, the circulation of the daily Yiddish newspapers was half a million in New York City alone, and 600,000 nationally. In addition, thousands more subscribed to the numerous weekly papers and the many magazines.[57]
The typical circulation in the 21st century is a few thousand. The Forward still appears weekly and is also available in an online edition.[58] It remains in wide distribution, together with דער אַלגעמיינער זשורנאַל (der algemeyner zhurnal – Algemeiner Journal; algemeyner = general), a Chabad newspaper which is also published weekly and appears online.[59] The widest-circulation Yiddish newspapers are probably the weekly issues Der Yid (דער איד "The Jew"), Der Blatt (דער בלאַט; blat "paper") and Di Tzeitung (די צייטונג "the newspaper"). Several additional newspapers and magazines are in regular production, such as the weekly אידישער טריביון Yiddish Tribune and the monthly publications דער שטערן (Der Shtern "The Star") and דער בליק (Der Blik "The View"). (The romanized titles cited in this paragraph are in the form given on the masthead of each publication and may be at some variance both with the literal Yiddish title and the transliteration rules otherwise applied in this article.) Thriving Yiddish theater, especially in the New York City Yiddish Theatre District, kept the language vital. Interest in klezmer music provided another bonding mechanism.
Most of the Jewish immigrants to the New York metropolitan area during the years of Ellis Island considered Yiddish their native language; however, native Yiddish speakers tended not to pass the language on to their children, who assimilated and spoke English. For example, Isaac Asimov states in his autobiography In Memory Yet Green that Yiddish was his first and sole spoken language, and remained so for about two years after he emigrated to the United States as a small child. By contrast, Asimov's younger siblings, born in the United States, never developed any degree of fluency in Yiddish.
Many "Yiddishisms", like "Italianisms" and "Spanishisms", entered New York City English, often used by Jews and non-Jews alike, unaware of the linguistic origin of the phrases. Yiddish words used in English were documented extensively by Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish; see also the list of English words of Yiddish origin.
In 1975, the film Hester Street, much of which is in Yiddish, was released. It was later chosen to be on the Library of Congress National Film Registry for being considered a "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" film.[60]
In 1976, the Canadian-born American author Saul Bellow received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was fluent in Yiddish, and translated several Yiddish poems and stories into English, including Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool". In 1978, Singer, a writer in the Yiddish language, who was born in Poland and lived in the United States, received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Legal scholars Eugene Volokh and Alex Kozinski argue that Yiddish is "supplanting Latin as the spice in American legal argot".[61][62]
Present U.S. speaker population[edit]
In the 2000 United States Census, 178,945 people in the United States reported speaking Yiddish at home. Of these speakers, 113,515 lived in New York (63.43% of American Yiddish speakers); 18,220 in Florida (10.18%); 9,145 in New Jersey (5.11%); and 8,950 in California (5.00%). The remaining states with speaker populations larger than 1,000 are Pennsylvania (5,445), Ohio (1,925), Michigan (1,945), Massachusetts (2,380), Maryland (2,125), Illinois (3,510), Connecticut (1,710), and Arizona (1,055). The population is largely elderly: 72,885 of the speakers were older than 65, 66,815 were between 18 and 64, and only 39,245 were age 17 or lower.[63] In the six years since the 2000 census, the 2006 American Community Survey reflected an estimated 15 percent decline of people speaking Yiddish at home in the U.S. to 152,515.[64] In 2011, the number of persons in the United States above the age of 5 speaking Yiddish at home was 160,968.[65]
There are a few predominantly Hasidic communities in the United States in which Yiddish remains the majority language including concentrations in the Crown Heights, Borough Park, and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Brooklyn. In Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York, in the 2000 census, nearly 90% of residents of Kiryas Joel reported speaking Yiddish at home.[66]
United Kingdom[edit]
There are well over 30,000 Yiddish speakers in the United Kingdom, and several thousand children now have Yiddish as a first language. The largest group of Yiddish speakers in Britain reside in the Stamford Hill district of North London, but there are sizable communities in northwest London, Leeds, Manchester and Gateshead.[67] The Yiddish readership in the UK is mainly reliant upon imported material from the United States and Israel for newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. However, the London-based weekly Jewish Tribune has a small section in Yiddish called אידישע טריבונע Yidishe Tribune. From the 1910s to the 1950s, London had a daily Yiddish newspaper called די צײַט (Di Tsayt, Yiddish pronunciation: [dɪ tsaɪt]; in English, The Time), founded, and edited from offices in Whitechapel Road, by Romanian-born Morris Myer, who was succeeded on his death in 1943 by his son Harry. There were also from time to time Yiddish newspapers in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Leeds.
Canada[edit]
Montreal had, and to some extent still has, one of the most thriving Yiddish communities in North America. Yiddish was Montreal's third language (after French and English) for the entire first half of the twentieth century. Der Keneder Adler ("The Canadian Eagle", founded by Hirsch Wolofsky), Montreal’s daily Yiddish newspaper, appeared from 1907 to 1988.[68] The Monument-National was the center of Yiddish theater from 1896 until the construction of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts (now the Segal Centre for Performing Arts), inaugurated on September 24, 1967, where the established resident theater, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, remains the only permanent Yiddish theatre in North America. The theatre group also tours Canada, US, Israel, and Europe.[69]
Even though Yiddish has receded, it is the immediate ancestral language of Montrealers like Mordecai Richler, Leonard Cohen as well as former interim city mayor Michael Applebaum. Besides Yiddish-speaking activists, it remains today the native everyday language of 15,000 Montreal Hasidim.
Religious communities[edit]
A typical poster-hung wall in Jewish Brooklyn, New York
The major exception to the decline of spoken Yiddish can be found in Haredi communities all over the world. In some of the more closely knit such communities, Yiddish is spoken as a home and schooling language, especially in Hasidic, Litvish, or Yeshivish communities, such as Brooklyn's Borough Park, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights, and in the communities of Monsey, Kiryas Joel, and New Square in New York (over 88% of the population of Kiryas Joel is reported to speak Yiddish at home.[70]) Also in New Jersey, Yiddish is widely spoken mostly in Lakewood Township, but also in smaller towns with yeshivas, such as Passaic, Teaneck, and elsewhere. Yiddish is also widely spoken in the Jewish community in Antwerp, and in Haredi communities such as the ones in London, Manchester, and Montreal. Yiddish is also spoken in many Haredi communities throughout Israel. Among most Ashkenazi Haredim, Hebrew is generally reserved for prayer, while Yiddish is used for religious studies, as well as a home and business language. In Israel, however, Haredim commonly speak Hebrew, with the notable exception of many Hasidic communities. However, many Haredim who use Modern Hebrew also understand Yiddish. There are some who send their children to schools in which the primary language of instruction is Yiddish. Members of anti-Zionist Haredi groups such as the Satmar Hasidim, who view the commonplace use of Hebrew as a form of Zionism, use Yiddish almost exclusively.
Hundreds of thousands of young children around the globe have been, and are still, taught to translate the texts of the Torah into Yiddish. This process is called טײַטשן (taytshn) – "translating". Most Ashkenazi yeshivas' highest level lectures in Talmud and Halakha are delivered in Yiddish by the rosh yeshivas as well as ethical talks of the Musar movement. Hasidic rebbes generally use only Yiddish to converse with their followers and to deliver their various Torah talks, classes, and lectures. The linguistic style and vocabulary of Yiddish have influenced the manner in which many Orthodox Jews who attend yeshivas speak English. This usage is distinctive enough that it has been dubbed "Yeshivish".
While Hebrew remains the exclusive language of Jewish prayer, the Hasidim have mixed some Yiddish into their Hebrew, and are also responsible for a significant secondary religious literature written in Yiddish. For example, the tales about the Baal Shem Tov were written largely in Yiddish. The Torah Talks of the late Chabad leaders are published in their original form, Yiddish. In addition, some prayers, such as "God of Abraham", were composed and are recited in Yiddish.
Modern Yiddish education[edit]
A road sign in Yiddish (except for the word "sidewalk") at an official construction site in the Monsey hamlet, a community with thousands of Yiddish speakers, in Ramapo, New York.
There has been a resurgence in Yiddish learning in recent times among many from around the world with Jewish ancestry. The language which had lost many of its native speakers during WWII has been making something of a comeback.[71] In Poland, which traditionally had Yiddish speaking communities, a museum has begun to revive Yiddish education and culture.[72] Located in Kraków, the Galicia Jewish Museum offers classes in Yiddish Language Instruction and workshops on Yiddish Songs. The museum has taken steps to revive the culture through concerts and events held on site.[73] There are various Universities worldwide which now offer Yiddish programs based on the YIVO Yiddish standard. Many of these programs are held during the summer and are attended by Yiddish enthusiasts from around the world. One such school located within Vilnius University (Vilnius Yiddish Institute) was the first Yiddish center of higher learning to be established in post-Holocaust Eastern Europe. Vilnius Yiddish Institute is an integral part of the four-century-old Vilnius University. Published Yiddish scholar and researcher Dovid Katz is among the Faculty.[74]
Despite this growing popularity among many American Jews,[75] finding opportunities for practical use of Yiddish is becoming increasingly difficult, and thus many students have trouble learning to speak the language.[76] One solution has been the establishment of a farm in Goshen, New York for Yiddishists.[77]
Yiddish is the medium of instruction in many Hasidic חדרים khadoorim, Jewish boy schools, and some Hasidic girl schools.
Sholem Aleichem College, a secular Jewish primary school in Melbourne, Australia teaches Yiddish as a second language to all its students. The school was founded in 1975 by the Bund movement in Australia, and still maintains daily Yiddish instruction today, and includes student theater and music in Yiddish.
Internet[edit]
Google Translate includes Yiddish as one of its languages,[78][79] as does Wikipedia. Hebrew alphabet keyboards are available and right-to-left writing recognised. Google search accepts queries in Yiddish.
Over ten thousand Yiddish texts, estimated as over half of all the published works in Yiddish, are now online based on the work of the Yiddish Book Center, volunteers, and the Internet Archive.[80]
There are many websites on the Internet in Yiddish. In January 2013, The Forward announced the launch of the new daily version of their newspaper's website, which has been active since 1999 as an online weekly, supplied with radio and video programs, a literary section for fiction writers and a special blog written in local contemporary Hasidic dialects.[81]
Computer scientist Raphael Finkel maintains a hub of Yiddish-language resources, including a searchable dictionary[82] and spell checker.[83]
In late 2016, Motorola, Inc. released its smartphones with keyboard access for the Yiddish language in its foreign language option.
Influence on other languages[edit]
As this article has explained, Yiddish has influenced Modern Hebrew and New York English, especially as spoken by yeshivah students (sometimes known as Yeshivish).
Paul Wexler proposed that Esperanto was not an arbitrary pastiche of major European languages but a Latinate relexification of Yiddish, a native language of its founder.[84] This model is generally unsupported by mainstream linguists.[85]
A 2008 Election poster in front of a store in Village of New Square, Town of Ramapo, New York, entirely in Yiddish. The candidates' names are transliterated into Yiddish.
Rosh Hashanah greeting card, Montevideo, 1932. Inscription includes text in Hebrew (לשנה טובה תכתבו—LeShaná Tová Tikatevu) and Yiddish (מאנטעווידעא—Montevideo).
Language examples[edit]
Here is a short example of the Yiddish language with standard German as a comparison.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
English All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. [86]
Yiddish יעדער מענטש װערט געבױרן פֿרײַ און גלײַך אין כּבֿוד און רעכט. יעדער װערט באַשאָנקן מיט פֿאַרשטאַנד און געװיסן; יעדער זאָל זיך פֿירן מיט אַ צװײטן אין אַ געמיט פֿון ברודערשאַפֿט. [87]
Yiddish (transliteration) Yeder mentsh vert geboyrn fray un glaykh in koved un rekht. Yeder vert bashonkn mit farshtand un gevisn; yeder zol zikh firn mit a tsveytn in a gemit fun brudershaft. [87]
German Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen. [88]
List of English words of Yiddish origin
List of Yiddish-language poets
List of Yiddish newspapers and periodicals
The Yiddish King Lear
Yiddish dialects—as spoken in different regions of Europe.
Yiddish grammar—the structural detail of the language.
Yiddish literature
Yiddish orthography—the written representation of the language.
Yiddishist movement
Yiddish words used in English—definitions of Yiddish words used in a primarily English context.
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YIVO
YIVO, established in 1925 in Wilno in the Second Polish Republic as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to Yiddish. The English name of the organization was changed to the Institute for Jewish Research after its relocation to New York City, but it is still known mainly by its Yiddish acronym. YIVO is now a partner of the Center for Jewish History and serves as the de facto recognized language regulator of the Yiddish language.
The Israeli population is linguistically and culturally diverse. Hebrew is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it either as native speakers or proficiently as a second language. Its standard form, known as Modern Hebrew, is the main medium of life in Israel. Arabic is used mainly by Israel's Arab minority which comprises about one-fifth of the population. Arabic has a special status under Israeli law.
Yiddish dialects
Yiddish dialects are variants of the Yiddish language and are divided according to the region in Europe where each developed its distinctiveness. Linguistically, Yiddish should be divided in distinct Eastern and Western dialects. From Eastern Yiddish, Northeastern dialects were dominant in 20th-century Yiddish culture and academia, while Southern dialects of Yiddish are now the most commonly spoken, preserved by many Hasidic communities.
Der Yid
Der Yid is a New York-based Yiddish language weekly newspaper, founded in 1953. The newspaper is published by Satmar Hasidim, but is widely read within the broader Yiddish speaking Haredi community. It uses a Yiddish dialect common to Satmar Chasidim, as opposed to "YIVO Yiddish," which is standard in secular and academic circles.
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish, commonly referred to as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading through the former territories of the Ottoman Empire as well as France, Italy, the Netherlands, Morocco, and England, it is today spoken mainly by Sephardic minorities in more than 30 countries, with most of the speakers residing in Israel. Although it has no official status in any country, it has been acknowledged as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, France and Turkey. It is also formally recognised by the Royal Spanish Academy. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1208 |
__label__wiki | 0.679048 | 0.679048 | Raghad Saddam Hussein (YouTube).
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Saddam Hussein’s’ daughter praises Donald Trump, calls her father a ‘hero’
In her first interview since the death of her father 10 years ago, Raghad Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter, has praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for showing “a high level of political sensibility … vastly different from the one who preceded him.”
Raghad, who has been living in Jordan since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, also commended the leadership of her deceased father, calling him, “a hero, courageous, nationalistic, a symbol to millions of people.” Media reports of brutality, purges, and genocides under Saddam Hussein’s rule, she added, were mostly made up, though, she added, sometimes necessary because Iraq is a difficult country to rule “and it’s only now that people are realizing it.”
Her relationship with her father, Raghad conceded, lost its “luster” after the notorious dictator lured her sister and their husbands back to the country after they’d defected. He promised them amnesty, but upon their return promptly had her husband and her sister’s husband killed. She added that her children do not blame her family for their father’s death, and that Saddam had “remained satisfied, grateful and proud of [her]” until his “last moment.”
Raghad also clarified her role in her father’s government — namely that neither she, her two sisters, nor her mother had any say in the decisionmaking. “The women of the family were not allowed to contribute,” she recalled. “They only answered when they were asked — and they were never asked.” She also went on to address accusations that she supports the extremist terror group ISIS in the interview. The conversation was conducted by phone and more of it can be heard in the video below.
Read the full story at CNN.
Iraqi widow from Tikrit who fights — and beheads — ISIS militants speaks out in emotional interview
If Trump is serious about his child care proposals — which are good — he needs to do a few things
Woman who fell in love with Fidel Castro as a teen — and nearly assassinated him — mourns dictator’s death | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1213 |
__label__wiki | 0.864863 | 0.864863 | Road Roller 01
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, affectionately known as the ‘Middy’ is a heritage railway, which in its heyday was a branch line which ran for just 19 miles from Haughley to Laxfield.
A section of the railway at Brockford near Stowmarket has been recreated with original station buildings which capture the atmosphere of this quirky line.
Today’s ‘Middy’ is not only a museum but runs regular steam trains and has a programme of carriage and wagon restoration complementing its efforts to recreate this slice of Edwardian England.
It was featured in the BBC's "Great British Railway Journeys"
I captured The Flying Scotsman on a visit to Didcot Railway Centre. The Scotsman was painted in the livery of British Railways green with the number 60103.
Also shown here are other steam trains including Edward II (6023) and the (60009) Union Of South Africa.
I spent a full day with the The Great Central Railway who went up and down the line until we got our photos, very photographer friendly. The GCR is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. It runs for 8.25 miles between the large market town of Loughborough and a new terminus just north of Leicester. It has period signalling, locomotives and rolling stock.
The engine used on this day was a British Railways Standard Class 5 No. 73156 which was a preserved British steam locomotive. Its restoration at Loughborough on the Great Central Railway was completed in 2017, and it made its formal debut on 5 October 2017 in the guise of 73084 Tintagel. 73156 is the sole surviving BR Standard locomotive built at Doncaster Works. It had been allocated to two GCR sheds (Leicester and Woodford Halse)
To the people with a keen eye yes, I know there are three photos that aren't trains but a steam road roller. Oh well, it's my website!!! | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1215 |
__label__wiki | 0.543759 | 0.543759 | Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Priced In Hong Kong At $425
By John Anon August 05, 2015, 12:23pm
Sony have had a rough year of late with their latest flagship device receiving a bit of criticism for what is perceived to be a lack of upgrading from the popular Sony Xperia Z3. In fact, along with the Xperia Z4, Sony also launched what is essentially the international version of the Z4 in the form of the Xperia Z3+. Again, to much criticism. That said, they are not the only Sony devices on the Horizon and the company only a few days ago officially introduced two more arrivals to the Sony scene in the form of the Xperia C5 Ultra and the Xperia M5. However, as they were both formally introduced and their specs confirmed, the details around pricing remained somewhat unknown with only the sentiment that the details will become known later on.
Well in terms of the former, the Sony Xperia C5 Ultra, it does now look we have some indication of the price range in which the device will be set. The Hong Kong arm of Sony has now started listed the Xperia C5 Ultra on their site and with it, comes a HK$ pricing of 3,298. This equates to roughly $425. Of course, this does not indicate that it will be the same price in other regions and in fact, it is likely to be more in some markets, but it does provide some guidance on what type of pricing to expect for the C5 Ultra. Not to mention, the listing also states a release date (again in Hong Kong) of August 14th. How long before it is released in other markets, again is an unknown, although it is expected to reach other emerging markets this month.
If you need a reminder of the C5 Ultra, the confirmed specs include a 6.0-inch FHD IPS display. Inside, the C5 Ultra comes sporting 2GB RAM and powered by a 64-bit MediaTek (MTK6752) octa core processor (clocking at 1.7GHz). In terms of cameras, the C5 Ultra comes equipped with a 13-megapixel rear camera, which is coupled with another 13-megapixel camera on the front. Additional features on offer include 16GB internal storage, microSD card slot and running on Android 5.0 (Lollipop).
August 05, 2015, 12:23pm
Source: Sony Via: Xperia blog
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__label__wiki | 0.67792 | 0.67792 | Roku's New Streaming Stick Costs $49.99, Pre-Orders Now Open
By John Anon April 05, 2016, 1:52pm
The media streaming industry is one which is literally booming right now. This includes for the content providers with companies like Netflix claiming 75 million subscribers and Spotify announcing recently that they now have 30 million subscribers, as well as the hardware companies with reports detailing the increased number of streaming devices being sold each year. In fact, the streaming market seems to be one which is benefiting everyone. While some hardware products like Chromecast sell really well and are said to account for a significant number of the global streams, all of the streaming devices seem to be selling well enough and now another product is being added to the growing list of streaming choices.
Roku is one of the companies who has already brought to market a number of streaming devices and is one of those who seems to be doing well in the general market. Their latest addition is the follow up to the Roku Streaming Stick, the new Roku Streaming Stick. In terms of the differences, this one comes packing more power and largely thanks to the inclusion of a quad-core processor which Roku states will offer up to 8x the power compared to the previous model. In fact, the processor now means it is the most powerful streaming stick currently available. In spite of its increase in power, the new Roku Streaming Stick is smaller than its predecessors and is said to offer a faster and smoother level of navigation of the latest Roku OS, version 7.1. Not forgetting, that in comparison to the likes of the Fire TV stick and Google’s Chromecast, the new Roku Streaming Stick like its predecessor comes with its own remote control.
In terms of the availability, Roku has not dropped a firm shipping date and instead state the new Roku Streaming stick will begin shipping later in the month. Although the website is currently stating that shipping is expected to commence from April 20. For those who are interested in being one of the first to get their hands on the latest streaming stick from Roku, the company has confirmed that pre-orders are now open. In terms of price, its power and additional remote control do not come cheap as the streaming stick costs $49.99, making it one of the more expressive streaming sticks out there.
April 05, 2016, 1:52pm
Source: Roku Via: Android Police
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__label__wiki | 0.698254 | 0.698254 | Army either 'good samaritan' or 'whipping boy': Cong. on Geelani's remark
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): After Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani warned parents against sending children to Army-run schools in the Valley, the Congress on Saturday said the Army became a good samaritan when they needed help and their 'favorite whipping boy' when it came to politics. Congress leader Manish Tewari told ANI, "The Army had played a sterling role when Srinagar was flooded when large parts of Kashmir got flooded. We did not hear from the Hurriyat or from Geelani that the Army shouldn't have been involved in the rescue efforts in that point in time. So, the difficulty is that when it suits them, they take the help of the Army, and it becomes the good samaritan and when it comes to politics then of course Army is their favorite whipping boy." While warning the parents to avoid sending their children to these institutions, Geelani has yesterday claimed, "For petty material gains, we are losing our next generation." The Hurriyat hardliner expressed apprehension over the reports of "mischievous activities" of goodwill schools. "They are killing, maiming and blinding us, and how obsolete and obscure it is to trust these and handover our future to their custody. It is quite contradictory and there is no moral justification for this. Occupiers can never prove choicest custodians and can never provide better education, as they are inflicting unprecedented brutalities to our nation," he said. (ANI)
Fadnavis holds review meeting on Dongri building collapse
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday held a review meeting in the aftermath of the building collapse in Dongri which claimed 13 lives.
Naidu attacks YSRCP govt for decision to renegotiate power...
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday attacked the Jaganmohan Reddy government for its decision to renegotiate the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for solar and wind projects signed during the five-year tenure of the erstwhile government.
Mumbai: Kulbhushan Jadhav's friend rejoice ICJ ruling
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Friends of Kulbhushan Jadhav celebrated here after International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favour of India in Kulbhushan Jadhav case with many of them terming it as "victory of truth."
'Nice pic, love you lots': Robert Vadra reacts to wife Priyanka's tweet
New Delhi (India), July 17 (ANI): Businessman Robert Vadra on Wednesday showered love on his wife and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi by posting her photo in a saree on Twitter, saying she "looked the same" for him every day.
Cabinet approves proposal to carry out 7 amendments to...
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to carry out 7 amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Kulbhushan Jadhav case saying that "truth and justice" have prevailed. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1218 |
__label__wiki | 0.985508 | 0.985508 | HIL is most professional hockey league in world: Agustin Mazzilli
New Delhi, Jan. 14 (ANI): Agustin Mazzilli, who was part of the Argentine national team that won the Gold medal at Rio Olympics, has stated that the upcoming Hockey India League (HIL) will play an instrumental role in bringing players of various culture and different styles of play together on one platform. "I think the Coal India HIL is one tournament which every international player wants to play. At this moment, it is the most professional league in the world and personally for me, one of the most amazing attributes of the Coal India HIL is the way players from everywhere, with different cultural backgrounds come together, connect with each other and play. I really enjoy being here every time," Mazzilli expressed. The 27-year-old also said that despite football dominating the scene in Argentina, hockey is catching up and their win at the Olympics has gone a long way in doing it. He attributes much of their country's success in hockey to their culture of playing football at a young age. Argentina won their first ever Gold medal at the Olympics after defeating Belgium 4-2 in the final of men's hockey. "I think football is the common sport to begin with in Argentina. In my case, I was playing football, hockey and rugby until I was 13 when I decided to shift focus to hockey," says the midfielder who will be part of the Uttar Pradesh Wizards in this year's HIL tournament. It is because of this culture of playing football that many coaches in hockey adapt to some of the tactics used on the football field. "Most of the hockey players in Argentina also love football. Since the time we were kids, we watch a lot of football and start to understand tactics and styles of playing at a very young age. Today a lot of hockey coaches are working in football. They set the perfect example of how both sports has grown together learning from each other," adds the midfielder ,who played a key role in Argentina's route to Olympic Gold by beating Spain and Germany in the knockout stage. Moving forward in this new Olympic cycle, Mazzilli insisted that he looks forward to playing with his compatriots from the junior national squad which finished fifth in the recently held Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016. "I saw big performance from the junior team but I also know how hard they have trained for the last three years. I hope we can mix both teams to form the best team for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo where we defend the Gold medal," he concluded. Uttar Pradesh Wizards play their first match of the season against Dabang Mumbai on January 24 in Mumbai.(ANI)
Sheffield Wednesday unhappy with Steve Bruce's appointment by...
Sheffield [UK], July 17 (ANI): Soon after Newcastle United announced Steve Bruce's appointment as head coach, the 58-year old's previous club Sheffield Wednesday expressed dissent while adding that they are taking legal advice on the matter.
Difficult for Bayern Munich to win CL without new signings:...
Leeds [UK], July 17 (ANI): It will be difficult for his club to win the Champions League without new signings, says Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski.
Jason Roy to make Test debut as England announce squad to play...
London [UK], July 17 (ANI): England's Jason Roy is set to make his Test debut as he found a spot in the squad that will compete against Ireland for a one-off Test, starting July 24.
FIFA World Cup 2022: India drawn with Asian Champions Qatar,...
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac on Wednesday said the national team has been drawn into a very tough group, referring to Asian Champions Qatar.
Tayla Vlaeminck is going to be a real threat: Alyssa Healy
Melbourne [Australia], July 17 (ANI): Australia's Alyssa Healy is confident of Tayla Vlaeminck making a brilliant Test debut as she said that the 20-year old is going to be a 'real threat' when her side will face England for a one-off Test match on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Member of the 2019 World Cup winning team and England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Wednesday said the entire management, including backroom staff, are the winners.
Messi is best player in the world: Neymar
Leeds [UK], July 17 (ANI): Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Neymar has praised Barcelona's Lionel Messi calling him the 'best player in the world' amid speculation of his returning to Camp Nou.
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Member of the 2019 World Cup-winning team, English batsman Joe Root on Wednesday expressed gratitude towards his nation for extending unbelievable support to the team.
Arsenal being patient and calm regarding new signings
Leeds [UK], July 17 (ANI): Arsenal manager Unai Emery said that they are being patient and calm regarding new signings as they want to sign players who can help them with a big performance.
Indonesia Open: Sai Praneeth, Prannoy crash out
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 17 (ANI): Indian shuttlers B. Sai Praneeth and Prannoy Kumar crashed out of the Indonesia Open in the first round at Istora Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Newcastle United appoints Steve Bruce head coach
Tyneside [UK], July 17 (ANI): Newcastle United on Wednesday announced the appointment of Steve Bruce as their new head coach in place of Rafa Benitez.
Royal Mail to celebrate England cricket teams' World Cup victories
London [UK], July 17 (ANI): Royal Mail is set to unveil special stamps and white and gold postboxes to celebrate England cricket teams' -- men and women -- both holding the ICC Cricket World Cup winners' titles simultaneously. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1219 |
__label__wiki | 0.586965 | 0.586965 | Alzheimer Europe (AE) has carried out a comparison of national laws on consent, advance directives and legal capacity in European countries. This deliverable includes the national information for each of the participating countries. This information forms the basis of the comparative report which was published in Alzheimer Europe’s 2016 Yearbook.
Methodology and timing
Decisions about the broad areas to be included in the questionnaire were informed by the work carried out by Alzheimer Europe in its previous Lawnet project and its 2009 and 2010 Yearbooks. Agreement on the specific sections to be included for each area was reached at a meeting with representatives of national associations at the beginning of 2016.
Based on this previous work, a questionnaire was developed and sent out to all AE members. In addition, relevant informants were identified and approached in countries where AE has no members (i.e. Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania). A total of 36 national organisations and experts were contacted and invited to participate.
32 experts representing 31 countries returned the questionnaires[1]. Questionnaires were completed by the national organisation and, whenever necessary, with the aid of relevant national experts in the legal field. Organisations were contacted again when necessary to clarify certain issues
List of participating countries:
UK (England and Scotland)
[1] In the case of the UK (England and Scotland), different questionnaires were received for different parts of the country.
D1.1. National reports
Last Updated: Thursday 20 September 2018
This report received funding under an operating grant from the European Union’s Health Programme (2014-2020). The content of the Yearbook represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility; it cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission and/or the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The European Commission and the Agency do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1222 |
__label__cc | 0.557906 | 0.442094 | Report: Houston’s Financial Future Will Be Decided in Large Part in This Legislative Session
A pension reform proposal is currently pending in the Texas Legislature. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press)
Houston — The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today released “A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston’s Plan for Pension Reform,” a report that provides an in-depth analysis of the City of Houston’s pension reform proposal currently pending in the Texas Legislature. The report finds that the proposal includes important changes that would help protect workers and taxpayers. The reform plan was developed following discussions between Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston Police Officers’ Pension System, the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, and the Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund.
LJAF Vice President Josh McGee and LJAF Sustainable Public Finance Analyst Paulina S. Diaz Aguirre co-authored the report after analyzing the city’s proposal and conducting independent pension modeling. They say that it is incumbent on local leaders and state legislators to work together. “There are just a few weeks left in the 2017 session — and without the ability to make changes to the pension systems on its own — the city is running out of time,” the report states. “Without changes, the debt could spiral into a full-scale financial crisis. The city cannot allow that to happen. Its financial future hangs in the balance and will be decided in large part in the next month.”
Houston currently owes $8.2 billion in pension debt — more than any other city in Texas. It does not have enough money to pay for nearly half of the retirement benefits workers have already earned. This unfunded liability threatens workers’ retirement security and has a direct impact on city finances. During the past 10 years, the city has cut public safety positions even as spending on public safety has grown by hundreds of millions of dollars due to a 55 percent increase in pension costs.
The proposal seeks to address critical flaws in the city’s funding practices. Under the proposal, the city would lower its assumed rate of return on investments for all plans from 8 percent or more to 7 percent; reduce benefits for public workers; and implement a financial corridor provision that would cap the city’s contributions to the pension plans.
The financial corridor provision is a key element of the proposal. The provision would set a minimum and maximum city contribution rate for each plan. If the city were to hit or surpass the maximum, workers would be required to make additional benefit concessions to bring costs back under the cap. LJAF’s analysis shows that this mechanism would provide substantial new protections for taxpayers but would also significantly increase workers’ exposure to risk.
The report states that the proposal’s long-term impact on workers would depend on demographic trends and the plans’ investment performance, two factors that would influence how often the city would hit the cap. For example, LJAF’s modeling shows that there is a two in five (40 percent) chance that the city’s contribution rate would hit the maximum for the police fund at least once by 2027. If the police plan were to earn less than 7 percent on its investments in the short or long term, contribution rates would hit the cap even sooner.
If investment returns match the city’s assumptions, there is roughly a one in three (33 percent) chance that contribution rates for members of the police plan would increase by five percentage points or more in the next decade. Given that members of the police plan — as well as members of the other plans — have already agreed to billions of dollars in concessions, McGee and Diaz Aguirre explain that the city has an obligation to uphold its end of the bargain. They state that the city should make payments on time and in full and should take steps—such as limiting investments in risky assets including real estate, private equity, and hedge funds — to protect workers.
In addition, if the proposal is implemented, the report states that the city should also make good on its promise to provide a lump-sum payment to the two plans with the largest deficits — the police and municipal employees plans. The city has proposed issuing $1 billion in pension obligation bonds to cover the payments. To benefit financially, Houston would need to earn more in the market than it costs to borrow the money. Given the current market conditions, the spread between expected bond interest rates and expected returns is relatively small. Despite the fact that the bonds pose some risk, the report argues that they are a good-faith measure that reflects the city’s commitment to upholding funding promises.
The report concludes that, “In the short term, the proposal would place the pension plans—and the city — on firmer financial footing. The long-term impact would depend on how the changes are implemented.” It also states that Houston should make further changes to establish a comprehensive, permanent solution to its pension problems. This would include creating retirement systems for new workers that are simpler and easier to manage such as a Defined Contribution plan or a Cash Balance plan.
McGee and his team have worked with more than 50 jurisdictions across the United States to help them analyze the true magnitude of their pension problems and develop solutions that are affordable, sustainable, and fair. He and Diaz Aguirre believe that, if enacted, the Houston plan has the potential to serve as a model for other communities looking to address their own pension problems.
“A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston’s Plan for Pension Reform” is the third in a series of reports that LJAF has produced about local pension plans under state control in Texas. The first report is titled “The Dallas Public Pension Crisis: A Warning for Cities Across Texas.” The second is titled “A Boomtown at Risk: Austin’s Mounting Public Pension Debt.” To learn more about public pensions, visit www.pensionsecurity.org. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1225 |
__label__wiki | 0.601372 | 0.601372 | October Roundup, '17
Watch This Shit:
At Home with Amy Sedaris
There is only one Amy Sedaris. You either love her (because of course you do) or you hate her (because you're a fucking idiot). Here, she's taking up Martha Stewart's mantle in exactly the way you'd expect her to.
Jack Whitehall and Rosie Perez. NOTHING MORE NEED BE SAID. Watch it.
Paul Blart meets People of Earth. Whoever put Craig Robinson and Adam Scott together deserves an award.
Of the two new Marvel offerings so far this season, this one is by far superior. Dreamers are waking up to the home they've always known suddenly treating them like outsiders, while the head bitches in charge keep trying to build that mutant border wall. We get the inside story of a family of fugitives, who've become so because they have the nerve to want to remain a family while in a safe place. With a bunch of X-Men special effects thrown in for good measure.
P.S. I cannot wait for Amy Acker to kick a whole mess of ass.
Halloween treats! These are short films, shorter than Adult Swim cartoons kind of short. Bound to be something in there you'll like. There's also apparently some kind of virtual reality version, if you can fork over the extra subscription fee and, ya'know, have some kind of gamer head gear to "experience" the shit on or whatever.
I Love You, America
Hulu's answer to Netflix's Chelsea. I imagine this is to comedy what Ryan Murphy wanted to do with this season of AHS, but that's a-whole-nother story. The idea is: America, you're fucking stupid... here's every reason why, plus a close-up of a dick.
Ink Master: Angels
Yesssss! The badasses who turned the Ink Master competition on its head are now traveling the country, visiting different artists each episode who will compete against each other. Whoever lands on top then goes against one of the HBIC. If they win, they get a guaranteed spot on the next season of Ink Master. It's all the tattoo fun of its predecessor, minus the bullshit favoritism of Núñez and Peck! Couldn't ask for anything more.
The Jellies
'90s kids, rejoice! Tyler, The Creator was born just in time for him to know how to properly make fun of the decade rather than nostalgiafy it like some kind of glorious the-way-we-were time period (although, let me be real... the '90s were a real good time). Also, some bitches are jellyfish.
The title is pretty self-explanatory, but here's the deal: Jason Ritter (who, just sayin', is fucking outstanding) touches a meteor and a super-friendly space lady pops out and tells him his soul is special and he has to make 30 some-odd other souls just as special. It's a supernatural family show! And if you don't cry when the deaf guy hugs him, you're not a human person.
Jonathan Groff is a hostage negotiator and he's kind of terrible at it. He also might be gay? He gets teamed up with a macho man to do some non-negotiating.
Scared Famous
Real World meets Celebrity Fear Factor. Spooky, silly Halloween fun.
P.S. DRITAAAAA! So happy to have her back on my screen.
My unhealthy need for Kyra Sedgwick to be on my screen as well is once again happily met. She's a screenwriter with a rough past who'll settle for cocaine in a late-night-writing pinch (Brenda Lee Johnson she is not). She's also in a custody battle with her ex who, #twist, [probably] kidnaps their daughter while Mamadukes is skeeted. Oh, the dramzy places we'll go!
For the first time, I'm not mad that Jay Pharoah isn't on SNL anymore. I don't agree with some of his point of view (Cosby fucking did it, dude), but my feeling that way is sort of the point of the pilot. There's also a hearty helping of Jamie Foxx's "nut pussy," so it's clearly worth watching. (A lot of dick this month, folks.)
Xtreme Screams
Y'all, 👏 I 👏 was 👏 not 👏 ready 👏 for 👏 this. It's a quick October gift from the Travel Channel. Up close and personal views of America's craziest theme park rides, without having to deal with the lines, annoying kids, or spending money!
Meh:
The Eleven
If you're tired of spending all of your true crime TV time in Chillicothe, OH, then head on over to Galveston in A&E's new addition to the ever-expanding bandwagon.
I find myself comparing every horror show to Channel Zero; it being the greatest, most genuinely terrifying horror series I've ever seen. So, naturally, nothing's really come close. (Especially not the nonsense that is AHS: Cult. Why, yes, I am going to talk about how fucking horrendous that shit is as much as possible, and I thank you for asking.) The premise of this series is somewhat interesting, though. Interesting enough to not make it onto the "Don't Watch" list, at least (there's a lot of that this month too):
An entire town blames its problems on a psychic, who openly chit-chats with the ghosts only he can see. Every single thing that goes wrong is his fault, and possibly his dead mother's as well. The townsfolk spend all of their time tormenting and terrorizing the kid so that they don't have to pay attention to all the supernatural shit going on around them. (Bambi's severed head crying tears of blood, anyone?) So, if seeing hateful pieces of redneck shit treating a man of color like garbage until he does what they want (Hello, allegory of 2017), then this is your bag.
The characters in this Partridge family are less than likable, but that's sort of the appeal of the show. It's why it nearly landed in the "Don't Watch" list, but Jason Alexander jerking off a dude in the bathroom put this at least in "Meh."
Apparently, there's this podcast that's a big deal? I don't know... I listened to Serial 'cause everyone and their puppy were discussing it, but that's as far into podcasts as I've gotten. Anyway, some dude (with the strangest cadence of anyone I've ever heard speak) tells a story. Said story is "fascinating" enough for his telling of it to not be boring as fuck (it's still hella boring, if you ask me) and now they've tried to make it even more "interesting" by keeping that guy quiet for a bit so a few relatively well-known actors can act some of the stories out. I was really excited about this, as I am with all horror series, but it just feels like Are You Afraid of the Dark? with a slightly bigger budget. Snick's been over for a long time, y'all.
A rapper runs a joke campaign for mayor in an attempt to sell more mixtapes. He wins. You see what they're doing, right? Hence why I'm nervous about this one.
Lea Michelle's great, Yvette Nicole Brown is greater, the hero of the story is charismatic enough, and his sidekicks are just the right amount of funny for this all to add up to good, entertaining, character driven stories. And it's not even told terribly, it's pretty well done.
So, back to why I'm nervous: Brandon Micheal Hall's Courtney Rose is clearly Trump through the pitch-room filter. The man himself is so grotesque and awful, rooting for anyone even remotely similar to him makes my stomach hurt. Maybe if I try to look at Courtney as what a Bizarro Trump would be like, if the planet was actually a positive one to be on?
I'm a little perplexed by this one. Mario Van Peebles and crew are sworn protectors of a town and they can do all sorts of mystical shit because of it. Then some evil dude shows up (played by the guy who I always confuse for Meat Loaf), who might be the Devil himself, given how serpentine things get around him. Naturally (or supernaturally, as it were), shit gets weird. We'll see how things progress, but so far... good enough to not make the "Don't" list. And with Van Peebles appearing to basically die a-whole-fucking lot at the end of the pilot... "not quite 'Don't'" is really all it's got going for it.
Don't Watch This Shit:
A divorcée moves into an apartment which is smack dab in the middle of his parents' and brother's apartments. End of plot. The series depends on the main character constantly being annoyed which, you guessed it, is fucking annoying.
Berger is a miserable recovering alcoholic who's just exhausted with having to mansplain everything to everyone. He's also a little dumb and kind of hates women. While presenting the series to critics, he asked if they watch television until their eyes bleed. The answer is clearly: No.
ReviewsAlan Ciba October 14, 2017 9JKL, A&E, Aaron Mahnke, ABC, Adam Scott, Adult Swim, Amazon, America, American Horror Story, Amy Acker, Amy Sedaris, Are You Afraid of the Dark, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Audience, Bill Cosby, Bounty Hunters, Brandon Michael Hall, CBS, Channel Zero, Chelsea Handler, Chris Núñez, Craig Robinson, Donald Trump, Dtira D'Avanzo, Fear Factor, Fox, Ghost Wars, Ghosted, Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio, Hit the Road, Hulu, I Love You, Ink Master, Ink Master Angels, Jack Whitehall, Jamie Foxx, Jason Alexander, Jason Ritter, Jay Pharoah, Jonathan Groff, Kevin Probably Saves the World, Kyra Sedgwick, Lea Michelle, Lore, Loudermilk, Mario Van Peebles, Martha Stewart, Marvel, Meat Loaf, Mindhunter, Netflix, Oliver Peck, Paul Blart, People of Earth, Real World, Ron Livingston, Rosie Perez, Ryan Murphy, Scared Famous, Serial, Showtime, Sky 1, Snick, SNL, Spike, Superstition, Syfy, Ten Days in the Valley, The Closer, The Eleven, The Gifted, The House, The Jellies, The Mayor, The Partridge Family, The Vanishing Women, Travel, truTV, Tyler the Creator, VH1, W. Earl Brown, White Famous, X-Men, Xtreme Screams, Yvette Nicole BrownComment
November Roundup, '17
ReviewsAlan Ciba December 1, 2017 Brigid Brannagh, Buffy, Carnivàle, Future Man, Godless, James Marsters, Josh Hutcherson, Kevin Weisman, Marvel, Motherland, Netflix, No Activity, Runaways, RuPaul's Drag Race, She's Gotta Have It, Showtime, SMILF, The Gifted, The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All, The Trixie & Katya Show, Tupac Shakur, Viceland, Westworld, Who Killed Tupac?
September Roundup, '17
ReviewsAlan Ciba September 17, 2017 '90s House, Adrianne Palicki, Amazon, American Vandal, Bad Education, Big Mouth, Bryan Fuller, Chandra Levy, Channel 4, Documentary Now!, Doogie Howser, Duke Ellington, Edie Falco, Electric Dreams, Evil Things, Family Guy, Freddie Highmore, Gary Condit, Heartbeat, Heather Graham, Inhumans, Investigation Discovery, Iwan Rheon, Jack Whitehall, Jaleel White, James Franco, Law & Order: True Crime, Me MYSELF & I, Mike Judge, Netflix, Oxygen, Paint It Black, Philip K- Dick, Sam Jaeger, Serial, Seth MacFarlane, Smurfs, Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tales from the Tour Bus, That 70's Show, The Confession Tapes, The Deuce, The Disappearance of Maura Murray, The Good Doctor, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, The Orville, The Rolling Stones, Tin Star, Travels With My Father, Viceland, Vicious, X-Men | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1227 |
__label__cc | 0.715444 | 0.284556 | Are Young African American Women More Likely to Suffer from Uterine Fibroid Symptoms?
Apr 16, 2018•By Azura Vascular Care•Infoufe•Getting to Know Uterine Fibroids• Share
African American women are three times more likely to develop uterine fibroids than women of other races.
A new study also shows they’re more likely than women of other races to suffer severe symptoms from their uterine fibroids.ii This study illustrated that young African American women between the ages of 29 and 39 are much more likely to experience severe uterine fibroid symptoms than other women in the same age range.
Additionally, the study found that African American women are more likely than white women to have fertility concerns following fibroid treatment, as well as experience relationship issues and anxiety resulting from their fibroids.ii
Severe Uterine Fibroid Symptoms
Types of Uterine Fibroids Diagram
The researchers involved in the study, “The Burden of Uterine Fibroids for African-American Women: Results of a National Survey,” conducted a survey of 268 African American women and 573 white women. Among both groups of women, age, education, employment status and overall health condition were similar, but symptoms and consequences were not.
Compared to their white counterparts, African American women were:
Twice as likely to report abdominal bloating and pressure
Nearly three times as likely to suffer from anemia as a result of fibroids
Significantly more likely to suffer from heavy or prolonged periods, including passing of blood clots when menstruating
Significantly more likely to suffer from cramping and abdominal tightness during menstruation
Relationships Suffered More
The study also shows that 22% of all the women surveyed felt that their fibroids negatively affected their feeling of femininity or sexuality, and between 14% and 22% of the surveyed women said their fibroids interfered with their relationships.
But compared to the white respondents, the African American women were:
More likely to say fibroids negatively affected their relationships with friends and family
More likely to say their fibroids affected their relationship with their significant other
More likely to say their fibroids negatively affected their ability to care for their children and/or their homes
More Work Consequences
The researchers concluded that because African American women are more likely to develop fibroids at an earlier age than their white counterparts, and they’re more likely than white women to have worse uterine fibroid symptoms, they also suffer economic consequences.
The study shows that African American women are 77% more likely to miss work due to their fibroids than the white women surveyed
Heightened Concerns
Fibroids also appear to cause more concern and anxiety in African American women. According to the survey:
While most of the women surveyed were afraid that their fibroids would return, African American women were more likely to fear a recurrence
African-American women were also significantly more worried than their white counterparts that their fibroids would impact the chances of them having a successful and healthy future pregnancy
African American women were also more concerned than the white women that they would suffer depression if their fibroids returned
Why Do Fibroids Hit African American Women Harder?
While there is no definitive research on why African American women suffer more severe symptoms than women of other races due to their fibroids, evidence suggests that genetics and low levels of vitamin D might play a significant role.iii, iv
One study shows that vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a higher risk of fibroids. In this study, only 10% of the African American women who participated had sufficient levels of vitamin D, compared with 50% of white women.iv
While there is nothing you can do about your genetics, you can work to control your vitamin D levels by:
Exposing your skin to sunlight for 10 to 30 minutes each day
Taking a vitamin D supplement at the recommended dosage
Eating foods rich in vitamin D, including salmon, tuna, mackerel, cod, oysters, shrimp, beef liver and eggs
Keeping your weight in the healthy range. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, thus the more fat cells you have in your body, the less vitamin D is released into your blood stream v
The best way African American women can help relieve their fibroid symptoms, however, is to see their doctor and have a conversation to determine the fibroid treatment that is best for them. You should know that surgery is not your only option… there is a minimally invasive alternative known as Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) that’s worth asking your doctor about. You don’t need to continue to suffer.
i Huyck K.L., Panhuysen C.I., Cuenco K.T., et al. (2008) The impact of race as a risk factor for symptom severity and age at diagnosis of uterine leiomyomata among affected sisters. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 198(168): 161–169.
ii Stewart, E. A., Nicholson, W. K., Bradley, L., and Borah, B. J. (2013, October). The Burden of Uterine Fibroids for African-American Women: Results of a National Survey. Journal of Women’s Health. 22(10): 807–816.
iii U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. Uterine fibroids fact sheet. Retrieved from: http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/uterine-fibroids.cfm
iv Baird, D.D., Hill, M.C. Schectman, J.M., Hollis, B.W. (2013). Vitamin D and the risk of uterine fibroids. Epidemiology, 24:447–453. [PubMed].
v University Health News. http://universityhealthnews.com/daily/depression/10-vitamin-d-deficiency-symptoms-that-you-can-identify-yourself/.
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__label__wiki | 0.854337 | 0.854337 | Eric Olson, Founder and CEO
Eric Olson is CEO and founder of Babson Diagnostics. Eric previously served as VP, Portfolio & Product Management for Siemens Healthineers’ clinical laboratory business. In this role, he was globally responsible for portfolio strategy, product management, and R&D budget allocation for the company’s current and future products, including ADVIA, Centaur, Dimension, Vista, IMMULITE, and Atellica.
Eric also served as the global head of Siemens’ clinical laboratory automation and IT business, which advanced from #2 to #1 in market share during his tenure. In this role as VP, Automation & IT, he was also responsible for the company’s web properties and $1B+ in e-commerce operations.
Eric earned his Bachelor’s in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Master’s in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania. He has a technical background in software architecture and development.
Jim Donnelly, Chief Scientific Officer & VP Laboratory Operations
Jim Donnelly is Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Laboratory Operations for Babson Diagnostics. Jim previously served as EVP Regulatory and Clinical Affairs for Quotient Limited and Chief Scientific Officer for at Siemens Healthineers’ Diagnostics division, where he was the Global VP for the Medical, Clinical, Scientific, and Statistical Affairs groups.
Jim is also an accomplished laboratory director and academic researcher. He was Associate Professor of Pathology at NYU School of Medicine and Associate Director of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. In New York City, he was the Medical Director for multiple clinical pathology disciplines and CLIA high complexity laboratories across Manhattan and the Bronx.
Judson Cooper, Director
Judson Cooper is a member of Babson Diagnostics’ Board of Directors and is a founding principal of Prism Ventures LLC. He has been an active investor in technology, biotechnology and healthcare companies since 1990. Along with Dr. Schein, Mr. Cooper has co-founded eight medical technology companies, serving in senior operating and advisory positions to provide financing, recruit management and oversee corporate operations and strategy. Mr. Cooper served as Chairman of SIGA Technologies and of Lev Pharmaceuticals from 2003 until its acquisition in 2008 in a transaction valued at over $500 million.
Mr. Cooper has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Joshua Schein, Director
Joshua Schein is a member of Babson Diagnostics’ Board of Directors and is a founding principal of Prism Ventures LLC. He has been involved in the formation, financing and management of biotechnology companies since 1991. Along with Mr. Cooper, Dr. Schein has co-founded eight medical technology companies. Dr. Schein has held senior operating positions in the companies he has formed, advancing innovative technologies into and through clinical development. He served as Chief Executive Officer of SIGA Technologies and Lev Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Schein received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business.
Mini Kahlon, Director
Maninder “Mini” Kahlon is a member of Babson Diagnostics’ Board of Directors and is Vice Dean for the Health Ecosystem at the UT Dell Medical School, which she helped to launch. Preceding this role, Mini served as Chief Information Officer and Executive Director for UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Focused on advancing healthcare innovation, Dr. Kahlon has served as Vice Chair of MedTech Innovation for the Austin Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Founding Co-Chair of the Austin Healthcare Council, and, as of 2019, Executive Director of Factor Health, a program that builds new businesses to address the broader social and behavioral drivers of health.
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__label__cc | 0.625662 | 0.374338 | King Arthur - ANGLO-SAXON WARS
1. HADRIAN'S WALL
2. A TRIP TO THE WALL
3. A POWER VACUUM
4. INVITING WOLVES INTO THE FOLD
5. THE ANGLO-SAXON INVASIONS
6. ANGLO-SAXON WARS
7. BRITONS FIGHT BACK
8. ARTHUR AND HIS WORLD
Even before Rome left Britannia, Anglo-Saxons tried to invade Britain. The Romans defended against such invasions by building forts along Britain's coast. Portchester, located in southern England, was one of those forts. This illustration, from the BBC's Primary History, depicts how Porchester likely appeared during Roman times.
As Britons tried to resist their erstwhile defenders, the country was in chaos. The Gallic Chronicles of 511 record a desperate situation (scroll down 75%) in about 440 A.D.
The Britains, lost to the Romans, yield to the power of the Saxons.
By the following year (441), the Gallic Chronicles of 452 describe capitulation:
The Britains, which to this time had suffered from various disasters and misfortunes, are reduced to the power of the Saxons.
Gildas paints an ever-worsening scene by 455 (or thereabouts):
Then they [the Saxons] again complained that their monthly allowance was insufficient, purposely giving a false colour to individual incidents, and swore that they would break their agreement and plunder the whole island unless more lavish payments were heaped on them. There was no delay.
As the situation grew more and more hopeless for the Britons, Gildas relates actions of total despair by approximately 458:
So a number of the wretched survivors were caught in the mountains and butchered wholesale. Others, their spirit broken by hunger, went to surrender to the enemy; they were fated to be slaves forever, if indeed they were not killed straight away, the highest boon. Others made for lands beyond the sea. Others held out, though not without fear, in their own land, trusting their lives with constant foreboding to the high hills, steep, menacing and fortified, to the densest forest and to the cliffs of the sea coast.
Yet...there was hope for the Britons...at least for a time. First with a remaining Roman named Ambrosius Aurelianus, then with a leader named Artorius (Arthur).
Original Release: Jul 01, 2004
Bos, Carole "ANGLO-SAXON WARS" AwesomeStories.com. Jul 01, 2004. Jul 17, 2019.
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Defending Britain against Anglo-Saxon Invasions - Portchester
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__label__cc | 0.720981 | 0.279019 | Studying Guitar at Berklee
Learn about Studying Guitar at Berklee
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Learn about Berklee's facilities and resources for Guitar students.
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Robin Stone
rstone@berklee.edu
The Music of the Allman Brothers Band
Classic Rock Guitar Players
Private Instruction - Guitar: All Levels
Recital Preparation: Guitar - All Levels
Robin Stone is an associate professor in the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music. Although she teaches many styles of music, she concentrates on the history and playing styles of classic rock guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and the Allman Brothers. She has taught at Berklee since 1990, when she became the second woman ever hired by the Guitar Department.
Stone is the managing editor and web designer of Open Position, the Guitar Department's online newsletter that showcases faculty talent and provides an insider's look into the work being done in the school's largest department. She contributes "String Theory" articles, exploring harmonic concepts for guitarists. In 1993, she composed "Adagio for Oboe and String Orchestra," which was released on the MMC label. In 1996, she was awarded the Japan Foundation's Uchida Fellowship, allowing her to live in Roppongi to study the traditional Japanese instrument, the Koto.
Stone received her bachelor's degree in professional music from Berklee in 1983. She graduated with academic honors and is a member of the Phi Kappa Lambda music honors society. She received her master's degree in jazz studies from New England Conservatory in 1988, where she studied composition with William Thomas McKinley and George Russell.
Extensive performing experience in a variety of styles
Member of Phi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, and Master Musicians Collective
Composed "Adagio for String Orchestra and Oboe," released on MMC Orchestral Miniatures Volume 1
Recipient of a Uchida Foundation Fellowship to study koto in Japan
"Having been brought up in a household where both my parents were jazz musicians—my mother is a vocalist/pianist (also on the faculty here), and my dad played upright bass—I consider myself lucky to have been exposed to great artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and many, many more. Even my grandmother was a mandolin player, and it was my curiosity concerning her mandolin, tucked away in her bedroom closet, that first influenced me to want to play the guitar. From the age of 14, I have been performing and playing the guitar in some capacity. The many years of gigging combined with over 25 years of teaching experience and six years of college has given me plenty of insight on music and music education. I greatly enjoy the fact that my life’s passion is the continuing study of this great language we call music; it is with that same passion that I emphasize to my students that the study of music is a most rewarding and challenging choice."
"I would like my students to really know the guitar theoretically and to understand how the fretboard works. I firmly believe that students should have a thorough understanding of harmony and how it works on the guitar. Because of the way the guitar is tuned, learning the fretboard can be confusing and frustrating. Most students learn by patterns and fingerings. While this method is a wonderful way to learn how to play the guitar, it leads to a situation later in one’s playing of not knowing what they are playing. I would like to be able to say that my students come away with a better understanding of how those patterns and fingerings translate into a real working knowledge of the guitar."
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__label__wiki | 0.637007 | 0.637007 | Join the BASIS San Antonio Shavano family
BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus is a tuition-free charter school and features a top-ranked liberal arts curriculum that inspires students to love learning, to develop a fascination for critical inquiry, to be independent and formulate their own goals, and to graduate prepared for top-tier colleges.
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BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, and all BASIS Curriculum Schools, feature a top-ranked STEM inspired liberal arts curriculum that inspires students to love learning; to develop a fascination for critical inquiry; to be independent and formulate their own goals; and to graduate prepared for top-tier colleges.
Is there a tuition for the charter schools?
All BASIS charter schools are tuition-free.
Parents/guardians should complete and submit students’ enrollment applications during the Open Enrollment period. Applications submitted after the Open Enrollment period will be processed first-come, first-served behind the applications received during Open Enrollment. You may apply to more than one BASIS charter school, but you must submit separate applications, per student, to each of your preferred schools. All applications must be submitted through the online enrollment portal.
How do the lottery and waitlist work?
At any grade level, if the number of applicants exceeds the number of openings, enrollment is determined by a lottery and waitlist numbers. The Open Enrollment period for BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus is NOT first-come, first-served. Only applications completed during the Open Enrollment period are included in the lottery pool. Applications submitted after the Open Enrollment period has ended will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, behind applications received during the Open Enrollment period.
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__label__wiki | 0.694231 | 0.694231 | Brian Bourbeau
Clinton Township, Michigan
Brian Bourbeau graduated Cum Laude from Wayne State University Law School in May 1999. Brian received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and graduated with High Honors in May 1996, where he made the Dean's List each semester. Brian is admitted to practice in all of the Michigan State Courts, Federal Courts - United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and the United States Court of Federal Claims. Brian started his legal career representing large American automobile companies in serious injury product liability cases. A few years back, Brian devoted his career to assisting injured clients and their families. Brian has trial experience in Medical malpractice/wrongful death, products liability, automobile negligence and complex negligence cases. Brian has been a guest faculty lecturer at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education No-Fault Automobile Seminar. Brian has been recognized by Super Lawyers in the area of Plaintiff personal Injury. Only 5% of Attorneys are selected to Super Lawyers.
Brian has also received the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards of "AV Preeminent" from Martindale – Hubbell.
Brian is honored to have served on the Macomb County Ethics Board. In 2013, Mark Hackel, Macomb County Executive, nominated Brian to serve on the County's Ethics Board and his nomination was approved by the Macomb County Board of Commissioners. Brian is a supporter of youth sports in the community donating time and financial support.
Michigan, 1999
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan
J.D. cum laude - May, 1999
Michigan State University - May, 1996
Honors: With High Honors
Honors: Dean's List each semester
Classes/Seminars
Guest faculty lecturer, Institute of Continuing Legal Education No-Fault Automobile Seminar
Super Lawyer, Plaintiff Personal Injury
"AV Preeminent" from Martindale - Hubbell
Recognized as a 2018 Lawyer of Distinction in Personal Injury Law
Michigan Association of Justice
Macomb County Bar Association
Macomb County Ethics Board (previously served on the Board)
Richard A. Bone
Brian J. Bourbeau
Bone Bourbeau Law, PLLC
42452 Hayes Road
Bone Bourbeau Law, PLLC, provides experienced representation for personal injury and wrongful death cases from our office in Clinton Township, Michigan.
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__label__cc | 0.573929 | 0.426071 | Blackbushe Development
De-registration of active airfield from common land.
Last year, plans were submitted to Hart District Council for the future development of Blackbushe Airport. These plans outlined the proposal to build new hangars, offices and a replacement Terminal facility on the south side of the airfield, adjacent to the A30. When this development proposal was presented to both Hart District Council and later to the Blackbushe Airport Consultative Committee, it was met with a favourable response. However, one concern that was raised in both meetings was the need to also satisfy the requirements of the Commons Act 2006.
Since then, the Airport has being reviewing these requirements and has determined that the only satisfactory way of doing this, is to seek to de-register the land that the airfield occupies, (see the map at www.blackbusheairport.co.uk/vision, the airfield boundary is shown in as a dashed red line). De-registration of the land that the airfield occupies would allow the building works to proceed.
The area subject to the common land application, (the actual airfield), is the part of the land over which there is no free access to the public. It is an active airfield and safety concerns and requirements clearly prevent any uncontrolled access. The application area does not include the area to the north of the earth bank boundary. This is the area of the Common to which the public have enjoyed free access for many years, and includes the disused runways. There are no plans to apply to change this. In recent years, Blackbushe Airport has actively managed this area, in partnership with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust, for the good of the Common. This will continue.
In summary, the Airport only seeks to re-develop the airfield itself, to provide better facilities and to generate future employment for the area, without having a detrimental impact on the local community and its recreational activities.
For more information on the future plans for Blackbushe, please visit www.blackbusheairport.co.uk/vision
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__label__cc | 0.626824 | 0.373176 | Fast food lovers exposed to chemical linked with autism and asthma
Fast food packaging linked to conditions
Published: 06:00 Saturday 16 April 2016
If you love tucking into burgers and pizzas it’s not just the takeaway that’s bad for you - even the packaging can damage your health.
People who eat a lot of fast food are exposed to up to 40 per cent higher levels of potentially harmful chemicals, according to new research.
The study showed that fast food lovers are at greater risk from phthalates - a group of chemicals used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastic and vinyl - often found in packaging.
Phthalates have been banned from children’s toys and products such as teething rings and soft books because of their potential toxic effects.
The chemicals are known to disrupt hormones and have been implicated in several illnesses and conditions including asthma to autism.
The new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is one of the first to look at fast-food consumption and exposure to phthalates.
Lead author, Assistant Professor Ami Zota, of Milken Institute School of Public Health in the United States, said: “People who ate the most fast food had phthalate levels that were as much as 40 per cent higher.
“Our findings raise concerns because phthalates have been linked to a number of serious health problems in children and adults.”
Phthalates belong to a class of industrial chemicals used to make food packaging materials, tubing for dairy products, and other items used in the production of fast food.
Previous research suggests the chemicals can leach out of plastic food packaging and can contaminate highly processed food.
Doctor Zota and her colleagues looked at figures from 8,877 participants who had answered detailed questions about their diet in the past 24 hours, including consumption of fast food.
The participants also provided researchers with a urinary sample that could be tested for the breakdown products of two specific phthalates: DEHP and DiNP.
The researchers found that the more fast food participants in the study ate, the higher their exposure to phthalates.
People in the study with the highest consumption of fast food had 23.8 per cent higher levels of the breakdown product for DEHP in their urine sample.
And the same fast food lovers had nearly 40 per cent higher levels of DiNP metabolites in their urine, compared to people who ate no fast food in the 24 hours before testing.
The researchers also discovered that grain and meat items were the most significant contributors to phthalate exposure.
Dr Zota says the grain category contained a wide variety of items including bread, cake, pizza, burritos, rice dishes and noodles.
She said other studies have also identified grains as an important source of exposure to the potentially harmful chemicals.
The researchers also looked for exposure to another chemical found in plastic food packaging: Bisphenol A, or BPA.
It is believed exposure to BPA can lead to health and behaviour problems, especially for young children.
The study found no association between total fast food intake and BPA.
But Dr Zota and her colleagues found that people who ate fast food meat products had higher levels of BPA than people who didn’t eat fast food.
This study fits into a bigger field of ongoing research showing that phthalates are in a wide variety of personal products, toys, perfume and even food.
Dr Zota said DEHP and DiNP are two phthalates still in use despite concerns that they leach out of products and get into the human body.
Studies have suggested they can damage the reproductive system and they may lead to infertility.
Dr Zota said large studies that might conclusively link phthalates in fast food and health problems could take years to conduct.
But she added: “People concerned about this issue can’t go wrong by eating more fruits and vegetables and less fast food.
“A diet filled with whole foods offers a variety of health benefits that go far beyond the question of phthalates.” | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1256 |
__label__wiki | 0.889065 | 0.889065 | Diplomat Cable Leaks
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PICS: British, Belgian Royals Mark WWI Battle Centenary in Ypres
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YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, on Sunday joined Belgian royals and relatives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele to mark 100 years since the offensive that became a symbol of war’s senselessness began.
More than half a million Allied and German troops were killed or wounded in the World War I battle in western Belgium, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. The Allied campaign, fought by British and Commonwealth forces from July to November 1917 in swampy, rain-pummeled battlefields that turned to liquid mud, ended up barely moving the front line against the Germans.
William spoke at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, a monument etched with the names of tens of thousands of soldiers killed in the months-long battle whose remains were never recovered or did not receive proper burials.
Prime Minister Theresa May (second left), the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge King Philippe (fourth right) and Queen Mathilde (third right) watch as the poppies fall from the roof of the Menin Gate on July 30th, 2017 in Ypres, Belgium. (Andrew Matthews/Getty)
“Today, the Menin Gate records almost 54,000 names of the men who did not return home, the missing with no known grave,” he said. “Members of our families; our regiments; our nations; all sacrificed everything for the lives we live today.”
The service ended with the Last Post, the mournful British Army bugle call that sounds at military funerals and ceremonies. The tune has been played at the Menin Gate almost every evening since 1928.
William was joined at the ceremony by British Prime Minister Theresa May, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and some 200 descendants of those who fought at Passchendaele.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge talks with King Philippe of Belgium and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge talks with Queen Mathilde of Belgium make their way to the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate as they attend commemorations marking the centenary of Passchendale in the town market square on July 30, 2017 in Ypres, Belgium. Darren Staples/Getty)
The story of the war in the Ypres region is told by performances and music set to a backdrop of visual projections on the facade of the Cloth Hall during commemorations marking the centenary of Passchendale on July 30, 2017 in Ypres, Belgium. (Yui Mok/Getty)
A picture shows a general view during the Last Post ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ypres Memorial at the Menin Gate in Ypres, on July 30, 2017, (BENOIT DOPPAGNE/AFP/Getty)
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__label__wiki | 0.952499 | 0.952499 | Texas Abortion Restrictions Upheld by Federal Court
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Texas’ strict abortion restrictions that could soon leave only seven abortion clinics open in a state of 27 million people.
The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows Texas to enforce Republican-backed restrictions that require abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards, a checklist that includes rules on minimum room sizes, staffing levels and air ventilation systems. The restrictions, approved in 2013, are among the toughest in the nation.
Owners of traditional abortion clinics, which resemble doctor’s offices more than hospitals, say they would be forced to close because the new rules demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can’t afford. That would mark the second large wave of closures in as many years in Texas, which had 41 abortion clinics in 2012, before other new restrictions took effect that require doctor admitting privileges.
“Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale,” said Nancy Northrop, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. “We now look to the Justices to stop the sham laws that are shutting clinics down and placing countless women at risk of serious harm.”
Texas will be able to start enforcing the restrictions in about three weeks unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to halt the decision, said Stephanie Toti, an attorney for the center. Only seven abortion facilities in Texas, including four operated by Planned Parenthood, meet the more robust requirements.
Abortion-rights groups said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which temporarily sidelined the law last year.
If the law takes effect, some women in the state would live hundreds of miles away from a Texas abortion provider. But that argument didn’t sway the three-judge panel making the decision for the New Orleans-based appeals court, which is considered one of the most conservative in the nation. The judges noted that a New Mexico abortion clinic was just across the Texas border, and said clinic owners in Texas failed to prove that a “large fraction” of women would be burdened.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office argued before the appeals court in January, praised Tuesday’s ruling.
“Abortion practitioners should have no right to operate their businesses from sub-standard facilities and with doctors who lack admitting privileges at a hospital,” Paxton said.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and other conservatives say the standards protect women’s health. But abortion-rights supports say the law is a thinly veiled attempt to block access to abortions in Texas, which has been the site of one of the nation’s largest abortion fights for two years. Toti said roughly a half-dozen other states require similar standards for abortion clinics, but unlike in those states, the Texas law doesn’t allow clinics to be grandfathered or seek waivers.
About 18 abortion clinics are currently open in Texas, though the number fluctuates depending on whether a facility has a doctor with hospital admitting privileges.
Under the new restrictions, the only remaining abortion facilities in Texas would be in major cities. One exception would be a Whole Woman’s Health clinic in McAllen, near the Texas-Mexico border, which the 5th Circuit exempted from some restrictions — but Toti said even those exemptions are so limited that it may not be practical to keep that clinic open.
For women in El Paso, the closest abortion provider in Texas would require a 1,200-mile round trip to San Antonio, or they would have to cross state lines. The appeals court found that option suitable, noting that a clinic was just across the border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
“Although the nearest abortion facility in Texas is 550 miles away from El Paso, there is evidence that women in El Paso can travel the short distance to Santa Teresa to obtain an abortion and, indeed, the evidence is that many did just that,” the court wrote.
Attorneys for the state also dismissed opponents’ arguments about women being burdened by fewer abortion facilities, saying that nearly 9 in 10 women in Texas would still live within 150 miles of a provider.
The restrictions are the same ones that Democrat Wendy Davis temporarily blocked with a 13-hour filibuster in the Texas Legislature in 2013, which attracted national attention and propelled her to an unsuccessful run for governor.
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__label__wiki | 0.927891 | 0.927891 | Ballet trip a dream for Rex
With Birmingham Royal Ballet touring China, Diane Parkes catches up with one young star.
Teenager Rex Wheeler could not believe his ears when he was invited to join Birmingham Royal Ballet on a three week tour of China.
The pupil at Elmhurst School for Dance in Edgbaston had toured the UK with the ballet company but never imagined being invited abroad.
“I was called in by the school’s artistic director Desmond Kelly and he just said very casually that Birmingham Royal Ballet wanted me to come to China with them,” Rex recalls. “I think I was just jumping around.”
A few weeks later and the 18-year-old is onstage with the company as they perform in China’s three largest cities - Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
“It is such an incredible opportunity,” he says. “You learn so much when you are touring with a company.
“We are used to seeing these dancers on stage, in costume and made up for the performance, and to be with them in class and rehearsal is something that you cannot learn in school.”
Rex is currently applying for his first job as a dancer and is hoping the Chinese tour will be a bonus.
“It is so good to have this experience and all that you learn with it,” he says. “I would love to be offered a place with Birmingham Royal Ballet. That would just be a dream come true.”
Rex is one of five Elmhurst students with the tour – also on board is 18-year-old Jade Heusen, who also visited Japan with the company last January.
“I really enjoyed last year but it is definitely more comfortable the second time,” she says. “You know how it all works and who everyone is and what is expected of you.
“In many ways though it is very different as China is so culturally different from Japan. It is really interesting and such an incredible experience.
“We have been out in Guangzhou and seen the markets and seen things I would not have been able to imagine such as all these dried dead animals for sale. And I am really looking forward to going to Beijing and seeing the Great Wall of China.”
Also on this year’s tour is 19-year-old Laura Davenport who joined BRB from Elmhurst this summer. She visited Japan with the company last year as a student and is delighted to now be a professional dancer with BRB.
“I really enjoyed going to Japan with the company last year but it is fantastic to now be working for them,” she says. “It is great joining a company where you already know people and what it is like.
“I was offered a couple of other places but I really wanted to come to BRB. The standard here is so high and watching the other dancers gives me something to aspire to.”
And Elmhurst School is also looking to recruit new dancers from China with the school’s artistic director joining the tour to audition local students.
Visiting schools in Beijing and Shanghai, Mr Kelly is hoping to find the ballet stars of the future.
“This process is at its very beginning,” he said. “We may not find anyone on this visit but we are creating a link we can build on in the future.”
The ballet tour is being used to foster and expand business and educational links between Birmingham and Chinese cities with sponsors including Birmingham City Council, Birmingham University, Bournville College, The Heart of England (Advantage West Midlands), the British Council, IMI and Amway Artistry.
And each of the sponsors is hoping that putting Birmingham on the investment map can only be a step forward.
Advantage West Midlands market manager for Asia Pacific David Fisken said the tour offered the ideal opportunity to link culture and investment opportunities.
“This tour is sending out a powerful message that Birmingham is a strong cultural centre,” he said. “And we are using that cultural strength to network with key contacts in the area.”
AWM, which helped secure the Nanjing Automobile Corporation investment in the former MG Rover Group, said there are plenty of opportunities for Chinese businesses in the region.
“With the sponsorship of the tour we are hoping to achieve inward investment in the West Midlands which creates jobs, put the region on the map.
“Who knows whether people watching Birmingham Royal Ballet here in China may choose to come and see the company in Birmingham? And at the same time they may come and see other historical assets such as Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the writer of Romeo and Juliet.”
Birmingham University is also hoping to build on those links. Head of college for arts and law Anne Pauwels said the visit is part of an ongoing process across the two countries.
“There is substantial synergy between the ballet and the university as a centre of learning for drama and theatre. And particularly in the matter of Romeo and Juliet because of the Shakespeare Institute,” she said.
“In sponsoring the tour we hope to show students here what is available in Birmingham.
“It is also about engaging and building partnerships in Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai. We are in the process of setting up an office in Shanghai which can build on these partnerships.”
BRB artistic director David Bintley said visiting China was an important development for the company which was formed in 1990 when Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet moved to Birmingham and has visited Hong Kong and Japan in recent years.
“This is the first time Birmingham Royal Ballet has toured China and 20 years since Sadler’s Wells did so,” said Mr Bintley.
“We had to look at China. It is the hot place to be at the moment – especially after the Olympics.
“And the tour is going very well. It is important for the company to be recognised on an international level. And in doing so they are promoting the name of Birmingham everywhere they go.
“We have had a lot of assistance from Birmingham-based companies in funding this tour and we are very grateful for that.”
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AUSTRALIA’S NEXT GENERATION OF DESIGNERS PREPARE TO FACE FASHION
Celebrating its 13th year, the country’s premier event for emerging fashion designers, Face Fashion, returns to Melbourne next month. Founded to provide a much-needed avenue for the next generation of designers to showcase their work, Face Fashion provides a platform to actively engage the industry and consumers.
Founder of Face Fashion, Marvin Osifo, has spent his life surrounded by fashion, and started the event after recognising the lack of opportunities for young designers to gain much needed exposure to the industry.
“My passion lies in supporting and nurturing emerging Australian designers,” he says. “The next generation of fashion designers are the very talented future of our local fashion industry, and Face Fashion is committed to providing an opportunity for them to gain the exposure they need to launch their careers.”
As a platform, Face Fashion enables designers to not only show their work, but the event also often acts as their first step into the business world of fashion. Creating meaningful connections to the industry and directly to consumers was a key objective for Marvin when establishing the event, and as Face Fashion has grown to expand to two states, so have the benefits to those involved. The shows now attract participants from around the country, and with designers from Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney already locked in for the Melbourne event, Face Fashion is shaping up to provide a clear snapshot of what the future of Australian fashion looks like – direct from those who are creating it.
Face Fashion Melbourne: 26th & 27th June, from 7.30pm
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10 things to know about Mike Pence’s policies and beliefs — and how he acted on them over the years.
Madeleine Sheehan Perkins, Business Insider US
Vice President Mike Pence has sought to establish himself as a steady hand in the White House, even as President Donald Trump’s administration remained embroiled in successive crises since the inauguration in January.
Largely opting for low-key public appearances and meetings both domestically and abroad, Pence has limited his public remarks to closely choreographed statements, as opposed to the bombastic style of the commander-in-chief.
Despite this, Pence’s public activities have not gone without some scrutiny. His positions on a number of issues have also prompted the ire of critics.
Here are ten things you should know about Pence’s policies and beliefs – and how he acted on them over the years.
Pence didn’t want women serving in the military, he wrote in a 1999 op-ed that “Mulan” was liberal propaganda, and proof that women in the military doesn’t work (referring to her love interest in another soldier).
In 2000, Pence wrote an op-ed in which he said “smoking doesn’t kill.” The article resurfaced during the 2016 election because of the claim, which Penc appeared to contradict by saying in the same op-ed, “smoking is not good for you.”
While running for Congress in 2000, Pence wrote on his website that money funding research for HIV/AIDS should be moved to fund conversion therapy, “which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.”
FILE PHOTO: U. S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses Chamber of Commerce “Invest in America!” summit in Washington
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Pence told the Hill in 2002 that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and he doesn’t attend events featuring alcohol without her.
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During his time in Congress, Pence co-sponsored multiple pieces of legislation for a “federal shield law,” which would have allowed reporters to keep confidential sources secret, even if the government requested them.
Pence in 2006 cited a Harvard researcher in remarks where he declared same-sex marriage would bring about a “societal collapse.”
Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence reacts following a campaign rally, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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In 2011, Pence authored a bill to completely defund Planned Parenthood, and signaled he was willing to prompt a government shutdown over it.
Thousands of people gather for the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC, U.S. January 27, 2017.
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In a bid to limit abortions, Pence in 2011 sought to change how and when federal funds for abortions could be used, which typically applied in cases of rape or incest. Pence wanted to change the term, “rape” to “forcible rape,” but later backed off amid criticism.
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While governor of Indiana, Pence signed the 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was meant to allow business owners to cite religious beliefs as reason to refuse service to members of the LGBTQ community.
Demonstrators gather to protest a controversial religious freedom bill in Indianapolis
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While governor of Indiana, Pence was blamed for an HIV crisis in his state after he moved to slash funding for Planned Parenthood in 2011. A local Planned Parenthood facility had to close in 2013 because of the spending cut. That facility was the only HIV testing center in Scott County, which faced a deepening drug-use problem that was believed to have hastened HIV outbreaks.
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Growing up at iiNet
Michael Malone has seen iiNet grow from initial market capitalisation of $38 million to over $200 million and has just successfully acquired WA-based internet company Westnet - further cementing iiNet's presence in the national market.
Meet one of Western Australia's quiet business achievers and be inspired by his learnings, growth and vision.
Michael founded iiNet in 1993, leading the rapid growth and innovation which has seen iiNet grow from a small WA based Internet pioneer, into the third largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Australia.
Michael has been pivotal in the establishment of industry bodies such as the .au Domain Administration (auDA), Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) and the WA Internet Association (WAIA).
Michael was awarded an industry lifetime Achiever award in the WA Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards in 2005.
He was the winner of the Business News Award in 2006 for the most outstanding business leader in WA under the age of 40, and the Young Leader of the Year in the JML Australia Human Capital Leadership Awards in the same year. Michael was appointed to the Company’s remuneration committee on 30 January 2007.
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__label__wiki | 0.607962 | 0.607962 | Baron & Budd Secures Three Additional Settlements with Virginia Defense Contractors for Alleged FCA Violations Totaling $620,000
March 26, 2018 03:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The national law firm of Baron & Budd today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached settlements with three additional defense contractors included in a federal lawsuit the firm filed in 2013 in federal court in the District of Columbia. The settlement resolves allegations by Baron & Budd’s whistleblower clients that Virginia-based MJL Enterprises, LLC; SEK Solutions, LLC; and Karda Systems, LLC violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by illegally obtaining government contracts set aside for small businesses, including service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and those which are socially or economically disadvantaged. MJL Enterprises agreed to pay $400,000, SEK Solutions agreed to a sum of $140,000 and Karda Systems has agreed to pay $80,000.
Today’s announcement is related to DOJ’s 2017 settlement with Virginia Beach-based defense contractor Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (ADS) for $16 million, which resolved allegations that ADS violated the FCA by illegally obtaining government contracts set aside for small businesses and businesses with special ownership. Neither ADS nor any of the three small businesses have admitted to any guilt.
MJL Enterprises is alleged to have obtained small business set-aside contracts by representing itself as a qualified service disabled veteran-owned small business while it was affiliated with ADS. SEK Solutions is alleged to have similarly misrepresented its eligibility to bid on and receive certain set-aside contracts for qualified women-owned small businesses when SEK was not eligible based on its affiliation with ADS. The government also alleges that both SEK and Karda misrepresented themselves as socially or economically disadvantaged businesses under the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program despite their affiliation with the much larger ADS. It is further alleged that MJL Enterprises, SEK Solutions and Karda Systems participated in illegal bid collusion or rigging schemes that inflated or distorted prices, or otherwise harmed the government.
“It’s understandable that a small business might think it helpful to team up with a larger contractor to gain the experience they need to secure federal contracts,” said Scott Simmer, head of the whistleblower and qui tam group at Baron & Budd. “However, these small businesses need to understand that, if done improperly, teaming can cause them to lose their eligibility for small business contracts. Many of our whistleblowers in this type of government fraud have been approached by a larger business to act as an illegal pass-through business.”
Through the Small Business Act, Congress created a government-wide goal for contracting with small businesses; currently 23 percent of all federal procurements are awarded to small businesses. Most federal agencies involved in procurements create opportunities called “set-asides” to meet this goal. These allow small businesses to compete against like-sized contractors for opportunities rather than competing against larger companies. Some small businesses qualify for additional programs because of their special ownership or geographic location.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) defines what constitutes a “small business” within a particular industry. To ensure that large companies do not start new businesses for the sole purpose of getting set-aside contracts, the SBA considers not only the number of employees or revenues of the contracting company, but also of any affiliated companies with common ownership, investment, management and identical business interests. They may also consider whether the small business is actually in control of over 50 percent of the work being done or is financially reliant on the larger company.
“Contractors who misrepresent their eligibility for government contracts not only undermine the integrity of the procurement process, but also harm legitimate small businesses vying for set-aside contracts,” said Baron & Budd attorney Andrew Miller, who also represented the whistleblowers. “Our clients feel vindicated for coming forward and appreciate the collective efforts of the Department of Justice and the affected federal agencies for their diligence and dedication.”
Washington, D.C.-based attorneys Scott Simmer, Andrew Miller and Thomas Poulin, formerly of the Simmer Law Group, joined Baron & Budd in February 2018. Simmer, Miller and Poulin bring more than 60 years of combined experience investigating and prosecuting multiple precedent-setting fraud and abuse cases on behalf of whistleblowers and private payors. The addition of these attorneys expands Baron & Budd’s expertise in fraud, qui tam, antitrust and third-party payor litigation, as well as strengthening the firm’s health care and government fraud practice areas.
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__label__wiki | 0.981376 | 0.981376 | The First Major Blow To Barack Obama's Legacy Has Been Dealt, And Donald Trump Hasn't Even Taken Office Yet
By Claire Warner
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Well, this didn't take long. Less than a week after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, the first major blow to Barack Obama's legacy has been dealt. Marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act remain untouched for now, but the results of the election are influencing foreign policy in a big way — not least because Trump's victory was so unexpected. According to The Hill, the Obama administration has given up on trying to pass the sweeping Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which would have linked the United States and 11 countries along the Pacific Rim.
Obama had hoped the TPP would become part of his legacy before he leaves office in January, but Democratic and Republican leaders have both announced they will not bring the trade deal forward during the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress. The free trade deal was designed to reinforce relationships with U.S. allies in Asia, eliminating many tariffs and encouraging trade among the countries involved. Because China was notably excluded from the deal, the TPP was also seen as an effort to balance the country's rapidly growing economic clout. The deal was signed by 12 member nations in February, but it still required a two-year ratification period.
The deal had its supporters and detractors in both political parties. In 2015, Republicans like Senator Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey were publicly in its favor, while Bernie Sanders was openly critical during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. During her time as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton supported the bill, but during her presidential campaign, she came out against it.
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Then there was Trump's vehement opposition to the deal, which the president-elect once called a "continuing rape of our country." He vowed to discard the TPP, along with many other aspects of Obama's legacy, and has threatened to leave the North American Free Trade Agreement as well. The TPP was seven years in the making.
"We have worked closely with Congress to resolve outstanding issues and are ready to move forward, but this is a legislative process and it's up to Congressional leaders as to whether and when this moves forward," said a spokesperson for U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, according to the Washington Post. Clinton's public opposition made passing the accord a long shot if she had been elected president, but it was still within the realm of possibilities. With Trump set to take office on January 20 and Congressional leaders failing to bring it forward for consideration, however, the deal is all but dead.
This is just one of many ways Trump has promised to dismantle the legacy Obama intended to leave behind. The president-elect has vowed to curb climate change regulations, break up the complex Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and of course, repeal Obamacare entirely. It's also difficult to predict the effect a Trump presidency will have on the United States' international reputation, which Obama has painstakingly built back up over the last eight years.
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__label__cc | 0.516634 | 0.483366 | The British Journal of Psychiatry
Risk of suicide attempts in ado...
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Risk of suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide longitudinal study
Declaration of interest
Introduction of ADHD
ADHD and suicidality
Study goal
Inclusion criteria for ADHD and control cohorts
The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 212, Issue 4
Kai-Lin Huang (a1), Han-Ting Wei (a2), Ju-Wei Hsu (a1), Ya-Mei Bai (a1), Tung-Ping Su (a3), Cheng-Ta Li (a1), Wei-Chen Lin (a1), Shih-Jen Tsai (a1), Wen-Han Chang (a4), Tzeng-Ji Chen (a5) and Mu-Hong Chen (a6)
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University and Linsen Chinese Medicine and Kunming Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University and Department of Psychiatry, General Cheng Hsin Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Copyright: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.8
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2018
Table 1 Demographic data and incidence of suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults with ADHD and controls
Table 2 Cox regression analyses of the risk of any suicide attempt among adolescents and young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and controls
Table 3 Cox regression analyses of the risk of repeated suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and controls
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of suicidal behaviours through psychiatric comorbidities; however, a significant direct association has not been observed between ADHD and suicide attempts.
To evaluate the risk of suicide attempt in adolescents and young adults with ADHD.
Using a nationwide, population-based insurance claims database, this longitudinal cohort study enrolled 20 574 adolescents and young adults with ADHD and 61 722 age- and gender-matched controls between 2001 and 2009. Any suicide attempt was identified from enrolment to 31 December 2011. The association between ADHD medications and the likelihood of suicide attempt was assessed.
ADHD was an independent risk factor for any suicide attempt (hazard ratio = 3.84, 95% CI = 3.19–4.62) and repeated suicide attempts (hazard ratio = 6.52, 95% CI = 4.46–9.53). Subgroup analyses of men, women, adolescents and young adults demonstrated the same trend. Methylphenidate or atomoxetine treatment did not increase the risk of suicide attempt or repeated suicide attempts. Long-term methylphenidate treatment was associated with a significantly decreased risk of repeated suicide attempts in men (hazard ratio = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.22–0.97).
ADHD was a risk factor for suicide attempt and a stronger predictor of repeated suicide attempts, independent of comorbidities. Further investigation is warranted to explore the mechanism underlying the association between ADHD and suicidal behaviours.
These authors contributed equally to this article.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder. Children are often diagnosed with ADHD during preschool years following symptoms such as frequent fidgeting or squirmy behaviours, inability to follow instructions and high distractibility. The prevalence of ADHD is estimated to be 5.29–7.1% in children and adolescents and 1.2–7.3% in adults.1–3 The consequences of ADHD can persist through adulthood if left untreated or uncontrolled. A study suggested that ADHD is associated with an increased risk of various psychiatric disorders such as depression, antisocial behaviours, substance misuse, cognitive impairments and loss of inhibition.4 The associated comorbidities may not only exert a negative effect on person's life but also have correlations among each other.
One important concern is the association between ADHD and suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicidal behaviours. Studies have reported that ADHD combined with its comorbidities may be a risk factor for suicidal behaviours in children and adults; however, less is known about a significant direct relationship between ADHD and suicidal behaviors.5, 6 A cohort study of 51 707 patients with ADHD concluded that ADHD increased the risk of suicide attempts and completed suicide even after adjustment for comorbidities.7 In addition, some evidence suggested a possible relationship between ADHD medications and suicide risk.8 McCarthy et al 8 demonstrated an increase in the risk of death by suicide associated with ADHD medications. Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in adolescents and young adults globally; therefore, further investigation is warranted to elucidate the direct association between ADHD and suicidal behaviours.
Using randomised controlled trials to explore the occurrence of suicidal attempts in response to particular drug treatments or concomitant psychiatric disorders is often extremely challenging and controversial due to limited sample sizes, short study durations and strict inclusion criteria. Therefore, large population-based observational studies may be preferred to overcome these challenges. In this longitudinal cohort study, we used a nationwide, population-based insurance claims database with a large sample size and a longitudinal follow-up study design to evaluate the risk of suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with ADHD.
Taiwan's National Health Insurance, a mandatory universal health insurance program, was implemented in 1995 and offers comprehensive medical care coverage to all Taiwanese residents. The National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) manages the insurance claims database, i.e. the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), which consists of healthcare data from >99% of the Taiwan population. The NHRI audits and releases the NHIRD for scientific study purposes. Individual medical records included in the NHIRD are anonymously maintained to protect patient privacy. Comprehensive information on insured individuals – such as demographic data, clinical visit dates, disease diagnoses and medical interventions – is included in the database. The ICD-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)9 codes are used for disease diagnosis. The NHIRD has been used extensively in many epidemiologic studies in Taiwan.10–13
Adolescents (aged 12–17 years) and young adults (aged 18–29 years) who received a diagnosis of ADHD (ICD-9-CM 314) by board-certified psychiatrists between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2009 and did not have a history of suicide attempts before enrolment were included in the ADHD cohort (Table 1). The time of ADHD diagnosis was defined as the time of enrolment. An age-, gender- and enrolment time-matched (1:4) control cohort was randomly identified after eliminating the study individuals, those who received a diagnosis of ADHD at any time and those with a history of suicide attempts before enrolment. Any suicide attempt was identified during follow-up (from enrolment to 31 December 2011, or until death) and was defined by the codes for suicide attempts and non-accidental poisoning by drug and non-medical substances. The codes were given by board-certificated physicians. Psychiatric comorbidities – including disruptive behaviour disorders, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, alcohol misuse disorders and substance misuse disorders – were diagnosed by board-certificated psychiatrists and assessed as the confounding factors in our study. In addition, the use of ADHD medications (methylphenidate or atomoxetine) during follow-up was examined, and the study population was divided into three subgroups accordingly: non-users (cumulative defined daily dose [cDDD] during follow-up <30), short-term users (cDDD = 30–364) and long-term users (cDDD ≥ 365). Furthermore, urbanisation levels (1–5; level 1: most urbanized region; level 5: least urbanized region) were assessed.14
ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; cDDD, cumulative defined daily dose; NTD, new Taiwan dollar.
The Taipei Veterans General Hospital institution review board approved this study.
For between-group comparisons, the independent t-test was used for continuous variables and the Pearson χ2 test was used for nominal variables, where appropriate. Cox regression analyses were performed after adjustment for demographic data (age, gender, income and urbanisation levels), psychiatric comorbidities and ADHD medications to calculate hazard ratios, with a 95% confidence interval, of any suicide attempt or repeated (two or more) suicide attempts in the ADHD and control cohorts. Sensitivity analyses were performed to investigate the association between ADHD and any suicide attempt after excluding the first year or first 3 years of observation. In addition, we performed subgroup analyses on the risk of any suicide attempt in gender- and age-stratified ADHD groups: adolescents (<18 years old) and young adults (18–29 years old). A two-tailed P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. All data processing and statistical analyses were performed with SPSS version 17 software and Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) version 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).
This study included 82 296 individuals: 20 574 in the ADHD cohort and 61 722 in the age- and gender-matched control cohort. The ADHD cohort had a mean age of 14.96 years, and 78.8% were men. The ADHD cohort received significantly longer methylphenidate and atomoxetine treatments, had more psychiatric comorbidities, lower income-related insurance amounts and a higher proportion of the cohort was living in rural areas in comparison with the control cohort (all P < 0.001). The incidences of any suicide attempt and repeated suicide attempts in the ADHD cohort were 2.7 and 0.8%, respectively, which were significantly higher than those in the control cohort (0.5 and 0.1%, respectively, both P < 0.001). The patients in the ADHD cohort were younger at their first suicide attempt (19.35 v. 20.77 years, P < 0.001) and had a shorter duration between study enrolment and their first suicide attempt (3.36 v. 5.10 years, P < 0.001) than the individuals in the control cohort (Table 1).
Kaplan–Meier survival analysis revealed that the ADHD cohort exhibited a significantly higher probability of any suicide attempt (P < 0.001; Fig. 1) than the control cohort. Cox regression analysis showed that ADHD was an independent risk factor for any suicide attempt (hazard ratio = 3.84, 95% CI = 3.19–4.62) and a stronger risk factor for repeated suicide attempts (hazard ratio = 6.52, 95% CI = 4.46–9.53). Furthermore, subgroup analyses of men, women, adolescents and young adults exhibited the same trend (Tables 2 and 3). After the observation data for the first year or first 3 years were excluded, sensitivity analysis consistently showed that ADHD was associated with a higher risk (hazard ratio = 2.76, 95% CI = 2.24–3.39 for adolescents; hazard ratio = 2.68, 95% CI = 2.10–3.43 for young adults) of any suicide attempt in adolescents and young adults (Supplementary Table S1, available at https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.8).
Fig. 1 Survival curve of developing any suicide attempt among adolescents and young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and controls.
Cox regression analyses were performed after adjustment for demographic data, psychiatric comorbidities, and ADHD medications. Bold type indicates statistical significance. HR, hazard ratio; ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; cDDD: cumulative defined daily dose.
Cox regression analyses were performed after adjustment for demographic data, psychiatric comorbidities, and ADHD medications. Bold type indicates statistical significance. HR, hazard ratio; ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; cDDD, cumulative defined daily dose.
Both methylphenidate treatment and atomoxetine treatment were not significantly associated with the risk of any suicide attempt and repeated suicide attempts (Tables 2 and 3). Notably, the subgroup analyses revealed that long-term methylphenidate treatment was associated with a significantly decreased risk of repeated suicide attempts in men with ADHD (hazard ratio = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.22–0.97; Table 3).
The results of this longitudinal cohort study revealed that ADHD was an independent and direct risk factor for any suicide attempt, and an even stronger risk factor for repeated suicide attempts. Methylphenidate or atomoxetine treatment did not increase the risk of suicide attempts or repeated suicide attempts. According to our review of the relevant literature, this study is the first to evaluate the risk of repeated suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with ADHD.
The association between the risk of suicide attempts and ADHD has largely been thought to be due to the comorbidities of ADHD.4 James et al 15 reported that ADHD increases the risk of suicide attempts in men by increasing the severity of comorbidities, particularly depression and conduct disorders, and the direct relationship between ADHD and the risk of suicide attempts was modest. In the mediation model proposed by Taylor et al,6 the association between ADHD and the risk of suicide attempts in adults was mediated by comorbid mental health disorders; however, ADHD and suicide attempts did not have a statistically significant direct association. In contrast, our study demonstrated that ADHD significantly increased the risk of suicide attempts, independent of comorbidities. These results are comparable with those of a population-based study of 51 707 patients with ADHD by Ljung et al,7 who reported that patients with ADHD had a significantly higher risk of suicide attempts (odds ratio = 3.62, 95% CI = 3.29–3.98) and completed suicide (odds ratio = 5.91, 95% CI = 2.45–14.27) than matched controls after adjustment for comorbid psychiatric disorders. Similarly, Stickley et al 16 concluded that ADHD is independently associated with lifetime suicide ideation (odds ratio = 2.22, 95% CI = 1.67–2.95) and lifetime suicide attempts (odds ratio = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.08–2.44) in adults after adjustment for gender, age, education, ethnicity, income, stressful life events, alcohol and drug dependence and comorbid conditions. The independent effect of ADHD in suicide attempt may be explained by impulsivity, a primary symptom of ADHD.17–19 Klonsky et al 18 found that people who attempted suicide exhibited less premeditation (a diminished ability to think through the consequences of actions) than did people with suicidal ideation. Patros et al 20 showed that impulsivity was related to suicidal ideation and attempted suicide among undergraduate students.
Discrepancies among the aforementioned studies can be explained by several factors. First, regarding the assessment of suicidal behaviours, most studies have relied on self- or parent-reported outcomes; therefore, different degrees of recall and report biases might have been introduced in these studies.5, 16, 21–23 Second, regarding the hypothetical relationship between ADHD and suicidal behaviours, studies have proposed different construct models after adjusting for various confounding factors, leading to conflicting conclusions.6, 20 Although the exact association between ADHD and suicide attempts remains unclear, healthcare providers should be aware of the risk of suicide attempts in people with ADHD, with or without comorbidities.
The pharmacological management of ADHD mainly includes stimulants and non-stimulants, and considerable concern has been raised regarding drug safety. An observational cohort study over 18 637 patient years reported that stimulants and atomoxetine were associated with an increased risk of completed suicide.8 Furthermore, drug treatment for ADHD may increase the risk of suicide attempts in addition to disorders. In contrast, recent studies have reported that atomoxetine was not significantly associated with the risk of suicide attempts.24, 25 In a meta-analysis of 32 randomised controlled trials with a total of 7248 patients with ADHD, the frequency of combined suicidal behaviours or suicidal ideation of an adult atomoxetine group was similar to that of an adult placebo group (0.11 v. 0.12%, P = 0.96). Although a paediatric atomoxetine group had more frequent suicidal ideation than a paediatric placebo group, differences were not statistically significant (0.37 v. 0.07%, P = 0.42).24 Furthermore, a register-based longitudinal study (37 936 patients with ADHD over 150 721 person years of follow-up) investigated the association between drug treatment and the risk of suicide attempts and reported similar conclusions:25 although drug treatment was associated with a significantly higher rate of suicide-related events at the population level, the association was reversed in within-patient comparisons. For non-stimulant or mixed users, within-patient rates of suicide-related events did not increase significantly during treatment periods (hazard ratio = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.72–1.30). Moreover, stimulant treatment provided beneficial effects and was associated with a reduced within-patient rate of suicide-related events during treatment periods (hazard ratio = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.70–0.94).25 Our study confirmed the finding that long-term methylphenidate treatment is associated with a significantly decreased risk of repeated suicide attempts in men. In addition, both methylphenidate and atomoxetine treatment were not associated with a risk of any suicide attempt or repeated suicide attempts. Our results provide additional evidence on the safety concerns related to the pharmacological treatment of ADHD.
This study has several limitations. First, this was a secondary analysis study based on an insurance claims database. Several potentially confounding factors were unavailable, such as family history, personal lifestyles, disease severity and environmental factors. Second, this study focused only on suicide attempts because of the limitations of the insurance claims database. We did not analyse completed suicide or suicidal ideation. Third, the incidence of suicide attempts may be underestimated as a potential identification bias because only those who sought medical consultation and help would be included in the study. However, the suicide attempts were coded by board-certificated physicians, improving the validity. Further clinical studies will be required to re-confirm our findings. Fourth, the difference in age at first suicide attempt between ADHD patients and the controls was small but statistically significant, which may be due to such a large sample size. However, the younger age at first suicide attempt may indicate an earlier development of severe psychopathology, especially attempted suicide, among patients with ADHD compared with the controls. Fifth, in our study, the cDDD of ADHD medications indicated the duration and the cumulative dosage of ADHD medications. The greater cDDD meant a longer period and higher dose of ADHD medication use. There was no information regarding management of patients beyond the number of days they were on the medications. So it may not be possible to know the level of control or effect the patient obtained from treatment. Further clinical study would be necessary to re-confirm our findings.
Our findings may inform clinicians and governmental public health providers of the crucial role of ADHD in the risk of suicidal behaviours and we suggest that optimal interventions for ADHD may reduce the risk of suicide attempts. Further investigation is warranted to explore the mechanism underlying the association between ADHD and suicidal behaviours.
The study was supported by grants from Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V103E10-001, V104E10-002, V105E10-001-MY2-1, V105A-049, V106B-020, V107B-010 and V107C-181). The funding source had no role in any process of our study.
We thank Mr I-Fan Hu for his friendship and support. We thank M.-H.C., H.-T.W., J.-W.H. and K.-L.H. who designed the study, wrote the protocol and manuscripts; T.-P.S., C.-T.L., S.-J.T., Y.-M.B. and W.-C.L. who assisted with the preparation and proofreading of the manuscript; and Y.-M.B., T.-J.C. and W.-H.C. who provided the advices on statistical analysis.
Supplementary material is available online at https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.8.
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__label__wiki | 0.663936 | 0.663936 | South Shore florist helps design floats for Rose Bowl Parade
Kaitlin Keane
Dec 31, 2007 at 12:01 AM Dec 31, 2007 at 8:47 AM
Susan Hands, a floral designer from Scituate, spends the week after Christmas working for Pheonix Decorations, one of the companies that creates floral floats for the annual Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
When revelers count down the minutes tonight to usher in the new year, Susan Hands will be sound asleep.
The 61-year-old Scituate florist wants to be wide awake on Tuesday when the two floats that she helped design are on display before millions worldwide at the Rose Bowl Parade.
“When you’re working in a shop and doing small arrangements, that’s one thing. But coming out here is just the ultimate,” said Hands, a floral designer at Valente’s Florist in Plymouth who has helped create floats for 11 years for the extravaganza in Pasadena, Calif.
On New Year’s Day, Hands and the other floral designers will watch their creations glide by from VIP seats in the bleachers at the stadium. The parade will feature more than 50 floats constructed from chicken wire and covered entirely in organic material, including millions of flowers imported from around the world.
For the past decade, Hands has headed to Pasadena on the day after Christmas to get ready for the parade. And she has been going to bed early on New Year’s Eve, exhausted after a week of working 14-hour days.
This year, Hands has been working feverishly as a lead floral designer for Phoenix Decorations, a company that creates floats for the parade. She has organized thousands of blossoms into giant, intricate shapes in a bid to win the attention of judges and crowds.
Hands says her favorite float was a fire-breathing dragon created for Farmers Insurance Co. in 2004. It was given an award for best animation and motion.
This year, Hands is in charge of the floral designs for floats entitled “Passport to the Pacific,” created for the City of Long Beach, and “We Celebrate Family,” created for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California.
“Passport to the Pacific” features an octopus attacking a submarine in an underwater scene created with blossoms and dried herbs and pods.
“We Celebrate Family” boasts a giant red shoe, with a large Victorian house bursting out on top. The design evokes the charity’s work to ensure that the families of sick children have somewhere to stay while they receive treatment at hospitals. Even the red shoe is made up of a variety of flowers, from cymbidium orchids and gerber daisies to gladiolus and various roses – all sorted out by Hands.
“We have more flowers than you’ve ever seen,” Hands said. “And there are beans and Brussels sprouts and kumquats and onion seeds.”
This year’s parade will be a little bittersweet for Hands, whose mother died last year on New Year’s Day. Despite the timing, Hands said there is no place she would rather be this year. “This is like my second family,” she said.
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__label__wiki | 0.711391 | 0.711391 | Western Global Enter Scheduled Cargo Ops
In a move which may have surprised many in the industry, Western Global Airlines who’s headquarters are in the U.S. city of Estero, Florida and which has its main operating base at Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, has declared that it is seriously considering entering into the scheduled cargo market.
HQ of Western Global at Estero, Florida
Up till now just charter and ACMI operations
The carrier which was officially founded in 2013 has been operating its fleet of fourteen aircraft mainly on cargo charter operations and so called ACMI (Wet Lease) flights for other carriers.
The number of aircraft in WGA’s fleet has varied during the past couple of years from between 12 to 16 aircraft.
Latest information show a fleet of 14, of which two are aging B747-400 freighters and the other twelve are MD-11 freighters. The MD-11s have an average age of between 22 and 24 years.
The airline is privately owned and managed by James (Jim) Neff who acts as President & CEO and Sunny Neff who is the company CFO.
Application has been submitted to the US DOT
It seems that WGA’s managers are intent on going into the scheduled cargo market and have submitted an application to the US Department of Transport (DOT) for a so-called Certificate of Public Convenience and an exemption authority. The application is for the operation of scheduled freight and mail flights from cities within the USA to destinations in China and Hong Kong.
It is not yet clear which customer(s) WGA plans to serve. However the company has stated that it aims to operate services under contract to a specific client who is said to be in desperate need of weekly freighter flights operated with wide-bodied aircraft into China and Hong Kong.
This seems to be strange news as there are already so many freighter operators flying from the US mainland to China and Hong Kong.
The list is long with around six to seven operators which range from Air China Cargo to National Airlines.
The other side of the coin is that WGA seems to have had some difficulties in gaining charter rights into the above mentioned areas due to the fact that especially China define charter operating rights differently than their American colleagues.
Is then, the scheduled application an attempt to circumvent this problem?
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__label__cc | 0.626456 | 0.373544 | Pope Francis on capital punishment: doctrine built on shifting sands?
By Phil Lawler (bio - articles - email) | Aug 03, 2018
How can a fixed moral principle be dependent on a contingent practical judgment? How can a doctrine be based on shifting circumstances?
The Pope can say—indeed Pope John Paul II did say—that it is always wrong, in every case, deliberately to take the life of an innocent human being. But if he values logical consistency, he cannot say that it is always wrong to take an innocent life under current political conditions. Because political conditions change.
Yet in the language that he has inserted into the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis appears to teach that the death penalty is always unjust—“inadmissible”—because of certain political and social developments. We’ll take a closer look at that argument below. (I have already made a few comments on the explanatory paragraph, in a column posted yesterday.)
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, in a Twitter comment on the Pope’s announcement, offered his own version of the case for change:
The Church has come to understand that from a practical standpoint, governments now have the ability to protect society and punish criminals without executing violent offenders.
Expressed in those terms, the change in teaching prompts a number of questions:
If a doctrine is based on a “practical” judgment, who should make that judgment? If it is primarily a political judgment, should it not be made by political leaders?
Do all governments have the ability to protect innocent civilians effectively? If not, how can capital punishment be “inadmissible” in all cases?
Who should decide what constitutes adequate protection for civilians? Again, is that not clearly a political judgment?
What would happen if, “from a practical standpoint,” governments lost the ability to protect civilians? Would the Church teaching on capital punishment be changed again?
Archbishop Gomez, in a series of Twitter comments, observed that the Church “has always recognized that governments and civil authorities have the right to carry out executions in order to protect their citizens’ lives and punish those guilty of the gravest crimes against human life and the stability of the social order.” He appears to believe that Pope Francis has left that time-honored teaching intact; in fact the archbishop acknowledges that “many good people will continue to believe that our society needs the death penalty…” But is that an accurate reading of the new section in the Catechism?
Section 2266 of the Catechism, which was revised by Pope John Paul II in 1997, originally said that “the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty.” Can we conclude, then, that in some circumstances, despite the new language, capital punishment might be admissible?
The language of the amended 2267 seems to foreclose that possibility: “Recourse to the death penalty on the part of legitimate authority, following a fair trial, was long considered an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes…” Notice the use of the past tense: execution was considered justifiable. So has the traditional teaching been changed?
Recall that in 1997, St. John Paul II amended the Catechism to say that while capital punishment might in theory be justifiable, the circumstances that might allow for execution “are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.” That is the section of the Catechism that Pope Francis has now replaced.
Is it possible to accept the teaching of Pope John Paul II, to oppose the use of capital punishment in most current circumstances, and yet to believe that Pope Francis has taken the argument a dangerous step beyond the reach of appropriate Church teaching? I certainly hope that position is legitimate, because that is exactly the position I myself would take. Writing in First Things, Edward Feser defends that stand: “One does not need to support capital punishment to worry that Pope Francis may have gone too far.” Feser cites the late Cardinal Avery Dulles and Archbishop Charles Chaput as examples of Catholic leaders who oppose the use of the death penalty in current conditions, while recognizing that it could be justifiable under other circumstances.
If Pope Francis had intended only to encourage opposition to the death penalty, he had no need to alter the language of the Catechism. The language of Pope John Paul already provided ample support for that cause. But whereas Pope John Paul had left open the possibility that some circumstances—“very rare, if not practically nonexistent”—might justify execution, Pope Francis wanted to slam that door.
And why did the Pontiff make that change? Again, the language of section 2267 itself provides three explanations*:
Today, however, there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes.
In addition, a new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state.
Lastly, more effective systems of detention have been developed, which ensure the due protection of citizens but, at the same time, do not definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of redemption.
The first sentence seems to suggest that our society has gained a keener appreciation of human dignity than obtained in previous generations. The overwhelming preponderance of evidence—along with the teaching of several Popes, including Francis—weighs heavily in the opposite direction, showing that our society has become increasingly callous in its disregard for human dignity. In fact it is for that very reason that I would generally oppose the use of the death penalty, in the hope that by allowing a depraved criminal to live, society might bear witness against the growing tendency to eliminate inconvenient human life. In an excellent National Review article, Kevin Williamson explains:
Mercy does not consist of forbearing to impose the ultimate sanction on those who do not deserve it—that is simply the avoidance of active injustice—but rather in forbearing to impose the ultimate sanction on those who do deserve it.
The second sentence of the new Catechism text is, frankly, opaque. I have no idea what, if anything, it means. What is this new understanding? What is the (new?) significance of penal sanctions?
The third sentence, however, makes the critical judgment that “more effective systems of detention” allow for the elimination of the death penalty. In what countries are these wonderful new penal systems in force? In China, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia? Obviously not. So the circumstances that explain the Pope’s change in Church teaching do not occur in the countries which account for at least 98% of all the world’s state-sponsored executions!
•—The numbering of these sentences is mine, not found in the official text.
Posted by: [email protected] - Aug. 07, 2018 10:22 PM ET USA
This is more of the Pope's political agenda. Will he sound off as strongly about catholic politicians who support abortion. Or does their dignity outweigh the life of a child? Sorry but I do not buy what he is selling. There are cases so heinous that they warrant the death penalty. Given our appeal system the criminal has years to amend. But that is not justice served.
Posted by: TheJournalist64 - Aug. 07, 2018 7:47 PM ET USA
When did Abp Gomez get his red hat?
"Inadmissible" is a legal term. It does not mean "prohibited" and certainly allows for situations in which an action, or evidence, is in fact admissible. It's very hard to take the Holy Father seriously any more.
Posted by: Retired01 - Aug. 04, 2018 1:43 PM ET USA
More confusion from Pope Francis. What else is new? Is not confusion what characterizes the current papacy?
Posted by: Monserrat - Aug. 03, 2018 4:28 PM ET USA
Fr. Gerald Murray tears to shreds the Pope's justification based on the dignity of the criminal offender, among other things, along with input from Robert Royal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0HZ34jvS8. The first 20 minutes covers the capital punishment issue.
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Pope Francis: Let the Word of God take root in your heart
By Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: Marina Testino/CNA.
Vatican City, Sep 2, 2018 / 06:28 am ().- Catholics should listen to the scripture readings at Mass with an open heart, so that the Word of God can take root in their lives and bear good fruit, Pope Francis said Sunday.
“Let’s do an examination of conscience to see how we welcome the Word of God. On Sunday we listen to it in the Mass. If we listen to it in a distracted or superficial way, it will not help us much,” the pope said Sept. 2.
“Instead, we must welcome the Word with open mind and heart, as a good ground, so that it is assimilated and bears fruit in concrete life.”
Speaking before the Angelus, Francis reflected on when Jesus said that the Word of God is like a grain of wheat: “it is a seed that must grow in concrete works. Thus the Word itself purifies our heart and our actions and our relationship with God and with others [and it] is freed from hypocrisy.”
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In the day's Gospel, Jesus addresses authenticity of obedience to the Word of God and hypocrisy, which he said, “is one of the strongest adjectives that Jesus uses in the Gospel.”
The Gospel passage opens with the scribes and Pharisees objecting to Jesus that his disciples do not follow the ritual precepts. But Jesus replies to them, saying, “This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.”
With these words, Jesus is trying to “shake” the scribes and Pharisees from the mistake of neglecting God’s commandments in favor of observing human traditions. If his reaction seems severe, it is because something important is at stake, Francis said: “The truth of the relationship between man and God.”
The pope said the Lord invites each person today to “flee the danger of giving more importance to form than to substance.”
“He calls us to recognize, again and again, what is the true center of the experience of faith, that is, the love of God and love of neighbor, purifying it from the hypocrisy of legalism and ritualism,” he said.
By telling Christians to visit orphans and widows, the Lord is saying to practice charity beginning with the neediest, with the most fragile, Francis said.
“‘Do not let yourself be contaminated by this world’ does not mean isolating oneself and closing oneself to reality,” he continued. “No. Here too it should not be an external but interior attitude, of substance: it means to be vigilant so that our way of thinking and acting is not polluted by the worldly mentality, that is, by vanity, greed, pride.”
He concluded by asking for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to help people to always honor the Lord with their heart, “bearing witness to our love for him in concrete choices for the good of our brothers and sisters.”
After reciting the Angelus, the pope noted Saturday’s beatification of Bl. Anna Kolesárová, virgin and martyr, who was killed “for resisting those who wanted to violate her dignity and her chastity.”
Comparing her to St. Maria Goretti, he said the courageous girl “helps young Christians to remain steadfast in fidelity to the Gospel, even when it requires going against the current.”
Francis also renewed his prayers for Syria and asked those in leadership in the country to use “diplomacy, dialogue and negotiations,” to safeguard human lives.
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More on Klein (and Cusack)
By Justin Logan
Tim flays poor Naomi Klein’s impoverished reading of Milton Friedman below, but there are even more bizarre assertions in the interview (which is conducted, unfortunately, by a fawning John Cusack).
Klein claims that times of crisis, such as the aftermath of terrorist attacks, are the most fertile moments to “push through radical free-market policies” against the will of the American people. This, of course, defies all systematic study of such things, which has proved to the contrary that the State, not the private sector, is the beneficiary of such environments. For starters, go to the books by Bruce Porter or Robert Higgs. There is a wealth of literature out there on this topic, and any undergraduate with a passing interest in the subject should be familiar with it. Such knowledge would preclude making the type of nutty claim that Klein does.
But even if one limits his analysis to, say, life under the Bush administration, one would be hard-pressed to point to the “radical free-market policies” which the administration has successfully and quietly spirited into American society in the wake of 9/11. Remember, for example, the widely-debated and spectacularly unsuccessful Bush approach to trying to partially privatize Social Security. Or, for a broader look, refer to my colleague Steve Slivinksi’s conclusion two years ago that
Even after excluding spending on defense and homeland security, Bush is still the biggest-spending president in 30 years…
Total government spending grew by 33 percent during Bush’s first term. The federal budget as a share of the economy grew from 18.5 percent of GDP on Clinton’s last day in office to 20.3 percent by the end of Bush’s first term.
Those don’t sound like stealthily enacted radical free-market policies to me. To the extent that Klein gestures toward these facts in the interview, she seems to protest that she’s not against government exploitation of crises per se, but rather is disgusted that the beneficiaries of this largesse may include private sector companies. For example, Klein is aghast that “food” and “pest control” in Iraq are provided by private companies. The horror!
One might expect this type of nonsense from Klein, but it’s really disappointing to see John Cusack do the interview with his eyebrows raised about an inch and a half above his eyes, apparently floored by Klein’s analytical brilliance. A shame, really–the guy’s made some pretty good movies.
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__label__wiki | 0.99457 | 0.99457 | Air Canada flight helps locate sailor off Australian coast
Australian authorities are thanking the crew of an Air Canada flight for helping to locate a sailor whose yacht lost its mast, leaving him in distress off the country's east coast.
CBC News · Posted: Oct 16, 2012 7:44 AM ET | Last Updated: October 17, 2012
Australian sailor Glenn Ey, rescued with the help of an Air Canada jetliner, makes a statement shortly after arriving in Sydney 1:12
Australian authorities are thanking the crew of an Air Canada flight for helping to locate a sailor in distress off the country's east coast.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said Tuesday it received an emergency beacon activation at 8:15 a.m. local time, coming from approximately 270 nautical miles (500 kilometres) east of Sydney.
The AMSA requested Air Canada Flight AC033, a Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver to Sydney with 270 passengers and 18 crew aboard, to divert to the area of the beacon.
"The location of the beacon was within a flight path, so we needed to assess the situation and the Boeing 777 was the closest asset available to us," Jo Meehan of the AMSA told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Offshore Patrol Vessel Nemesis from the New South Wales Police headed for the location of a sailor in distress off the east coast of Australia. (Wikipedia)
Capt. Andrew Robertson, of Vancouver, who was piloting the Air Canada flight, says he was contacted by Australian air traffic control and asked to help.
"There's a ship, a yacht in distress, may have sunk, and you are the closest aircraft. Would you be able to assist," was the message Robertson said he received.
He asked for the location of the boat so that he and his crew could determine if they had the fuel to search for the boat in distress.
"Once we'd put that into our computer ... we actually determined that we had the fuel," Robertson said.
He noted that the aircraft's flight management system doesn't take into account dropping in altitude and then climbing back up, but Robertson said the crew believed they had enough fuel.
The Air Canada flight crew was using binoculars provided by passengers to look for the yacht as Robertson took the plane down to about 5,000 feet.
"I made a PA announcement to ask the passengers [to watch for the boat] because it's like looking for a needle in a haystack," he said.
"Almost right away, my first officer spotted something," Robertson said, adding that at 5,000 feet is was hard to make out any details.
"So I went from 5,000 down to 3,700 feet ... and they saw what they thought initially were three people on the deck, but it turns out there was only one," he said.
Robertson said the 777 is a big plane to be down at that level doing search and rescue.
"The passengers were awesome," Robertson said, adding he heard no complaints about the detour.
Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said everybody on board was "really happy and excited by the outcome," even though it delayed the flight by roughly 90 minutes.
With the boat's location confirmed, a police vessel was dispatched to the dismasted yacht, which was running low on fuel and drifting farther out to sea.
Robertson said he understood the sailor aboard the yacht was rescued a few hours later.
"It was very exciting," he said.
Canadian singer Jill Barber, who was on the Air Canada flight, tweeted: "It was not what I'd call an uneventful @AirCanada flight to Australia. Very impressed with the response of captain, crew and passengers!"
Yacht was low on fuel
An Air New Zealand A320 en route to Sydney from Auckland was also asked to divert to the area, confirm the yacht's position and get more details on the situation.
"It is believed the solo yachtsman left Pittwater, Sydney, two weeks ago heading for Eden in New South Wales, but had been drifting away from land since last week," Australian authorities said.
Pittwater is a part of Sydney's Northern Beaches region.
A merchant vessel, the ANL Benalla, arrived alongside the yacht later in the afternoon to provide shelter from strong winds until a police vessel from Sydney could reach the sailor Tuesday evening.
An AMSA spokeswoman said it was unusual for commercial aircraft to be called in to assist in a search and rescue effort.
"It's not common, but that's not because we try to avoid doing it," she told the Australian Associated Press. "It's because the nature of the incidents that we have aren't necessarily so remote that we can only rely on the commercial airlines."
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__label__wiki | 0.882228 | 0.882228 | 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Guatemala
In this photo posted on Facebook, people talk to a police officer while standing in the rubble caused after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. At least 52 are dead in the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000.
Credit: AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Residents walk around rubble and a car damaged after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
Residents begin clearing rubble from a damaged building after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
A dollhouse is seen inside a damaged house after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Two women walk past a building damaged after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. T
Yellow taped is draped in front of a home damaged in a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
A police looks at rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Rubble blankets a street after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Firefighters transport a wounded resident into a public hospital after he was injured in a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Residents use heavy equipment to look for people feared buried at a sand mine, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
Soldiers and rescue workers search for victims at a sand extraction site after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
Residents console each other as they wait to hear news of relatives that went missing after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Residents on motorcycles drive past a damaged road after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
A police officer stands in the archway of a building damaged by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Firefighters transport a wounded resident into a public hospital after he was injured in a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
An overhead view of a road damaged when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
A shoe lies atop a pile of sand at a sand mine, where people are feared buried, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012.
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People of Chad The first kingdom known in the region as the Kanem, boostsat the end of the 11th century, under the Sefawad dynasty. The commercial relations with the continent’s north and the conversation of the MAI (sovereigns) around 1100 spread Islam in the whole of the lower region. The Kanem possessed a strong and skilled army, a net of civil servants called upon to maintain order, and to levy taxes from the farthest regions, as well as a prospering economy. But power conflicts struggles and religious dissensions weakened the empire. The Boulalas, vassals of the Kanem, took advantage of this instability in order to revolt. In the 14th century, repeated attacks by the Arabs oblige the Sefawad to flee the Kanem. In the 15th century, the Sefawad dynasty constitutes a new empire west of the lake, in Bornou. The troupes of MAI Idriss (1497-1519) invade the former Kanem and integrate it in the empire. It reached from Kano to Darfur. Other kingdoms emerged in the region, notably the Quaddai, in the 14th century, and the Baguirmi in the 16th century, the long-time vassals of Kanem-Bornou. Kanem-Bornou lived off commerce, particularly from the slave trade with Arabia. Conquest wars served as a plea to capture the “unfaithful” - men, but especially women and children, who were very much sought after on the markets of the Middle East. Women, in particular, had the reputation to be excellent housewives and exceptional cooks.
The spring of the 19th century
At the beginning of the 19th century, the jihad launched by Ousmane dan Fodio, who founded the caliphate of Sokoto, violently collided in Kanem-Bornou. It took the intervention of premier minister, Mohammed Amin al-Kanemi, for the empire not to act as a buffer. He took advantage to reform the monarchy, and to capture more power, which he then would pass on to his son Oumar. He let a new capital be built, Kouka, which is today in Niger. The Quaddai took advantage of the chaos to take back his autonomy, and to enjoin himself in Baguirmi. He developed business relations with Tripoli and Egypt. In the same century, the Senoussis brotherhood spread largely in the country. Around 1860, the kingdom exhausted by the wars and the intestine brawls, was in decadence. In 1879, coming from Sudan, Rabah, a slave merchant who became powerful, launched a wide initiative to conquer the Quaddai. He established his business leverage over eastern Chad, while building a 35,000 soldier strong army. The vending of ivory and the slave trade allowed him to purchase rapid fire guns and munitions. M thus subdued the weakened Baguirmi, and then the Bornou (1893), and founded an extensive empire. But the arrival of the Europeans crossed his projects.
In the middle of the 19th century, Europeans got interested in central Sudan. Explorers, like Heinrich Barth, Clapperton and Nachtigal passed through it. Monteil, who went to Senegal, was the first French man to get to Lake Chad in 1891. France launched a couple of expeditions in order to take control over Chad, in order to link their northern, central, and western African possessions. In 1891, the mission of Paul Crampe! resulted in a disaster. The French understood that the presence of the Rabah compromised their projects. They sent three missions with the assignment to eliminate the charge, under the pretext to fight against the slave trade: the Foureau-Lamy mission, which started from Algeria, the Voulet-Chanoine mission, coming from the west of today’s Niger, and followed by Joalland, and the Gentil mission, coming from Congo. The three missions met on Lake Chad and attacked Rabah in 1899, who was defeated in Kousseri in 1900, finding his death in the battle. His empire disintegrated. But the resistance of the peoples of Chad continued with the Senoussis and Chad was not entirely “pacified” for many more years (around 1917).
The edict of 1900 stipulated a “military territory of the counties and the protectorate of Chad”, integrated in the Oubangui-Chari colony. In 1920, Chad becomes an autonomous colony, endowed with a civil administration. In 1923, the Sudan-Chad border was precisely determined.
In 1928, Chad integrated Tibesti. In 1936, a treaty between France and fascist Italy concluded in the cession of the Aozou stripe (north of the country) to Italian Libya; but this treaty never materialized. The French invested little in the Chadian colony. They installed obligatory cotton growing in the south, and used Chadian to build the Congo-Ocean railroad. Forced labour caused numerous revolts in the area.
During the Second World War, Chad, under the impulse of Governor Felix Eboue, was the first French colony to ally with General de Gaulle and France libre, in August 1940. Chad served as base to the operations of colonizer Leclerc in the Libya campaign (1941-1943). Its strategic position lead to infrastructural edification: an airport and a road network dedicated for the troupes movement. After the war, the Chadian participated for the first time in elections, by appointing their representatives to the constitutional assembly (1945-1945), and then to the French national assembly (1946). The struggle favouring independence had a political aspect, under the patronage of Gabriel Lisette, founder of Chad’s progressive party (PPT), section of RDA, in 1946, thus under the patronage of Francois Tombalbaye. But the discrepancies between the two men, the religious and regional antagonisms, accentuated by the colonization, cut the country in two. With 98 per cent the Chadian approuve the French community project at a referendum vote in 1958. After sixty years of French domination, the country accepted its independence on August 11, 1960.
After sending Gabriel Lisette into exile, Francois Tombalbaye, who became head of state, put into place a authoritative regime, after the insertion of the PPT as single party (1962), causing a strong dictatorship from 1963, peasant revolts in the north, the east and the north-east of the country. In 1963, Tombalbaye austerely suppressed the Muslim revolt in the north, which was the main victim of his politics. The armed insurrection escalates in 1965, following the formation of the Frolinat (Chadian national liberation front) in 1966, a large rebellion movement developed. Despite military help from France since 1968, and from divisions of Chadian rebels (notably between partisans from Goukouni Queddei and Hissène Habré), Tombalbaye can’t cope with the agony.
In 1972, he asks for help from colonel Kadhafi, and promises him the Aozou strip in exchange. Kadhafi doesn’t keep his promise, but occupies the promised territory, rich in uranium and magnesium, nonetheless. In 1973, Tombalbaye holds to restore Chad’s unity propagating the “Chad-itude”. A military coup overthrows him, and he is assassinated in 1975. General Felix Malloum becomes his successor as the head of state, who then reinforces dictatorship. The rebels launch another offensive in 1977; in 1978, former rebel leader Hissène Habré becomes prime minister. But the new leaders don’t go along, and the civil war intensifies in 1979. The conflict becomes international with French military intervention, and mediation attempts form Libya and Nigeria. The constitution of the government of the national union (Union nationale, 1979) presided by Goukouni Queddei, and supported by Libya (who military intervenes in 1980), fails, and the conflict expands into an open war between rival fractions of Goukouni Queddei and Hissène Habré.
In 1982, Hissène Habré’s forces invade N’Djamena. Habré becomes president. He receivesFrench help to regain the north, but he has to confront new Libyan interventions alone. In 1990, armed opposition under the direction of Idriss Déby, near Tripoli, launches a huge attack against the regime and seizes its power. A national reconciliation conference (1993), decides on the democratization and multi-party system, but elections are delayed by Déby. In 1994, the International Court of Justice declares the Aozou stripe to be Chadian. In 1996, Déby, having pronounced a national charter of increase of freedom of expression, a multi-party system, and a new constitution, finally a presidential election was organized, from which he became the victor. Five years later, for a second time he wins the presidential election on May 20, 2001. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1296 |
__label__wiki | 0.512934 | 0.512934 | New Zealand Budget 2016
Sensible and safe but more to be done
Today’s New Zealand Budget is sensible and predictably consistent with the Government’s longer term plan to maintain surpluses, reduce debt and grow the economy.
But is it bold enough to make a real difference to challenges like infrastructure and housing?
With the return-to-surplus imperative requiring a focus on fiscal prudence and net Crown debt reduction, the Budget is responsible. However, there is room for bolder measures to address pressing issues like transport and tourism infrastructure, and housing availability and affordability, particularly in Auckland?
The Budget allocates an additional $2.1 billion to infrastructure investment over the Budget period. More than $1.7 billion of this is on education (new classrooms) and Inland Revenue’s new tax administration system – both are worthwhile investments but leaving little for additional spending on other infrastructure needs (e.g. roads, rail and tourism). A contingency of $600 million for additional infrastructure investment may fall short in meeting other urgent needs.
$400 million extra funding for housing (social and emergency housing, healthier homes and freeing up Crown land in Auckland) will be welcomed but it may not address the level and depth of the housing need.
The Government may be keeping its powder dry though, with a National Policy Statement on Urban Development to be released soon. This will direct councils to allow more housing development and to measure the impact of their decisions on house prices.
The additional $760 million for science and innovation will boost investment in the productive economy. The focuses on research particularly in health, apprenticeship programmes, and regional initiatives are sensible.
The tax package announced in April will benefit individual taxpayers and small businesses mainly by reducing the burden of interest and penalties.
“The changes to provisional tax will give taxpayers more options but until the detail is finalised the jury is out on the compliance cost savings,”
Peter Vial Tax New Zealand Leader, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
“The simplification measures in the package are a good start but there is plenty more the Government could do to simplify tax. We expect Inland Revenue’s new tax administration system will provide more simplification opportunities.”
Businesses subject to the Emissions Trading Scheme will be hit by the phasing out over three years of the Government’s “one-for-two” subsidy, which has allowed some businesses to pay one emissions unit for every two tonnes of emissions. The changes will affect mainly the waste, energy and transport industries and could lead to higher costs for consumers, for example increased petrol prices. On the plus side the doubling of the price should encourage a reduction in emissions.
Looking ahead to next year’s Budget
Last year’s Budget focused on vulnerable families providing the first real increases in benefits in over 40 years. This year’s focus is on infrastructure, housing, innovation and health. What would we like to see next year?
There are no proposals to address the effect of tax ‘bracket creep’ this year. We would expect movement on this issue next year. The average annual wage is $59,000 currently and is expected to rise to $63,000 by 2020. The average wage earner is already subject to a marginal tax rate of 30 percent and more and more New Zealanders will be paying tax at that rate as wages increase.
Our personal marginal tax rates are relatively low by international standards but our highest two tax rates (30 percent and 33 percent) apply at relatively low levels of income - $48,000 and $70,000 respectively. The Australian Government is partially addressing the effects of bracket creep by moving one of its income thresholds from A$80,000 to A$87,000, with a marginal tax rate of 32.5 percent to apply to income between A$37,000 and A$87,000.
“Our Government should follow suit and take a hard look at the current thresholds and tax rates as soon as fiscal conditions allow,” says Vial.
The Budget does not signal any future change to the company tax rate. This is neither a surprise nor an omission but the Government should keep monitoring the global trends in corporate tax rates. The Australian Government has signalled the Australian corporate tax rate will fall to 25 percent, albeit gradually over the next 10 years and with an earlier reduction for SMEs. The UK Government has been much bolder in announcing it will move its corporate tax rate from 20 to 17 percent over a shorter timeframe. New Zealand needs to resist joining a race to the bottom but should keep a watching brief on the effect of our rate on competitiveness.
Again no changes to the age of entitlement for National Superannuation are contemplated. An ageing population and significant growth in national superannuation and health costs suggest a long term view is needed on this issue.
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Six Things We Learned From Chiefs’ GM Brett Veach on Thursday
Before the Kansas City Chiefs introduced new safety Tyrann Mathieu at One Arrowhead Drive on Thursday afternoon, General Manager Brett Veach spoke with members of the local media via conference call to discuss the Chiefs’ other moves this offseason.
Here are six things that stood out.
1. Veach began the teleconference with an opening statement discussing the Chiefs’ decision to release safety Eric Berry and linebacker Justin Houston this past week.
“I just want to start off by saying that this time of year is always a bittersweet way to start the season,” Veach said. “On one end, we’re certainly excited about the new players that we’re going to add during this free agency period and the draft is right around the corner. We’re excited to add some new, young players to this organization as well.
“But on the other end, change is inevitable, and it’s always hard to move on from players that have been here. It certainly makes it even more difficult when change involves long-standing members of the community and the locker room, and certainly I’m talking about Eric Berry and Justin Houston. What two guys better exemplify that? As everyone knows, those guys were outstanding players. All of the accomplishments on the field will never be forgotten, but one of the things that [Chiefs Chairman & CEO] Clark [Hunt], [Head Coach] Andy [Reid] and I will always talk about, too, is just the impact that they’ve had in the community. They’ve done great things for the people here in Kansas City. It’s certainly very difficult, but again, change is a part of this process.”
Nine seasons. 440 tackles. 14 interceptions. Thank you, EB. pic.twitter.com/LHmlJbq1Pk
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) March 13, 2019
Veach also took a moment to recognize the Chiefs’ unrestricted free agents that have signed contracts with other teams in the last 24 hours.
“I’d like to wish the best of luck to [cornerback] Steve Nelson, [center] Mitch Morse and [tight end] Demetrius Harris - all those guys,” Veach said. “I’m really proud of what they were able to do here and I’m really excited for them and their families. All of those guys were integral parts of our success.”
Lastly, Veach thanked linebacker Dee Ford for his contributions over his five seasons in Kansas City. Ford was traded to the San Francisco 49ers this week.
“We were able to reach a trade with San Francisco for a 2020 second-round selection, so I’m excited for Dee and his family,” Veach said. “[49ers General Manager] John Lynch got a great player, and I feel like after the trade went through, both teams were in a good position moving forward.”
2. Veach was then asked what role the salary cap played in the Chiefs’ recent moves.
“Looking at both now and into the future, we have a lot of great young talent,” Veach said. “We have guys like [quarterback] Patrick Mahomes, [defensive lineman] Chris Jones and [wide receiver] Tyreek Hill, and one of the things that we made a strong effort to do when I took over was to make sure that we had good, young talent in the pipeline but also that we’re cap flexible and have draft capital.
“The cap was certainly a big part of these decisions. Where we were, what was going to be utilized in regard to cap space and how we can maneuver ourselves to potentially do long-term extensions with other players [played a role]. I think the fact that we have a [first-round pick] and two [second-round picks] this year and then a [first-round pick] and two [second-round picks] next year puts us in a position to be aggressive from now until the start of the season,” Veach said. “So, I think you start with the cap and, again, they’re tough decisions, but I think it’s something that – looking toward not just next season, but the next two, three, four and five years – if you’re not proactive in your approach, then you’re always chasing your tail and you’re always in a position where you don’t have draft capital or cap space.”
3. Veach went on to explain the importance of that flexibility moving forward, as the process of building a championship-caliber roster never truly ends.
“I think one thing to remember too is everyone, and rightfully so because it is an exciting time here the first week of free agency and the new league year, but it’s a long way until the opening kickoff in September,” Veach said. “There certainly are a lot of headlines this week and we’re going to be able to add two guys here very soon, but it never ends.”
Veach was referring to Mathieu and linebacker Damien Wilson, who also signed on Thursday. He went on to explain how the team-building process continues long after the initial rush of free agency.
“There’s a window here coming up before the draft where things happen, then there’s the draft,” Veach explained. “There are moves made during the draft and then after the draft. I mean, Chicago signed Khalil Mack in late August. I just think that moving forward - when you talk about our options and what we can do - I think any time you have a [first-round pick] and two [second-round picks] this year and a [first-round pick] and two [second-round picks] next year - and cap space, you have the ability to position yourself in a way that will put you in a good position for the upcoming season.
“But then also, the [potential] extensions and to prolong contracts and to keep young guys that we drafted – to keep them here for a long time. I just think that now, having those picks and having this maneuverability, I think now we can certainly think outside the box and be aggressive.”
Veach later summed it all up in three simple words:
“We’re not done.”
4. The roster changes this week will likely mean a larger role for edge rusher Breeland Speaks moving forward. Veach talked about the second-year player on Thursday.
“Breeland was a guy that, coming here last year from Ole Miss, we lined up at the outside linebacker position and we thought, moving forward with Breeland, he could get us some reps there and transition into maybe a five-technique,” Veach explained. “Now, looking ahead in a 4-3 scheme, he’s probably a natural fit as a base end. We’re excited about him.”
Speaks recorded 24 tackles (15 solo), eight quarterback hits, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble last season for Kansas City. He started four games at outside linebacker from Week 6 through Week 9 when Houston was out with an injury.
“Really, when he got in there in that four-game span when [Justin Houston] was out, he put out some good tape at a position that he probably wasn’t most comfortable with, but I think he still had some good logs, some good playtime and flashed a little,” Veach said. “He certainly didn’t look out of place. Now, having a full offseason in a scheme more conducive to his skillset, I think he should really be able to take the next step.
While on the topic of young players, Veach also touched on safeties Armani Watts and Jordan Lucas. Watts flashed in his five games with the Chiefs last year before suffering a season-ending core muscle injury while Lucas impressed in his 16 games of action.
“We are certainly excited about those players,” Veach said “Armani was a guy that came on toward the end of camp. He started to log more and more play time. He certainly had his best game [against] Jacksonville before getting hurt. And then Jordan Lucas was a guy that infused some excitement and some energy in the middle of the season. We certainly like his skillset.”
5. Speaking of the defense, Veach talked about the depth available on defense – and specifically along the defensive front - this year in the draft.
“One thing - and it’s kind of been noted out there the last few weeks and especially at the Combine – is that this is a good defensive draft class,” Veach said. “There’s defensive line depth there. It’s been talked about and it’s real. There’s a lot of intriguing players up there. When you win games, you have to pick at the end of every round, so to do things, you need picks. That’s one end, and there’s also the [players] you draft with other team’s picks [that you’ve acquired].”
6. Finally, Veach was asked if the Chiefs’ roster moves and the hiring of new Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will bring about a culture change on that side of the ball.
“I’ll say this, there will be a change, but this is a new defensive staff and some guys are younger guys, some guys that are coming back are older, but when the players report officially, everyone is on the same page. This is a brand-new playbook. This is a brand-new scheme,” Veach said. “It’s not like whoever we add in free agency or the Draft is coming into a scheme and coming into a locker room where players have been running something for years and years and years and they are trying to fit in and do different things. I know Steve [Spagnuolo] is excited to get all the players here and introducing them to the playbook and starting from page one.
“The one unique aspect is when you add a rookie this year, or even a guy like Tyrann Mathieu, they are all starting on the same chapter to begin this process with this staff. They are excited about that. I think Ty [Mathieu] is going to be a game changer, too, in regard to him as a person…he is an instant energy and juice guy.”
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The California home where Elvis and Priscilla spent the first part of their honeymoon is on the market.
Elvis and Priscilla's 'honeymoon hideaway' in California is available for $3.26 million The California home where Elvis and Priscilla spent the first part of their honeymoon is on the market. Check out this story on commercialappeal.com: https://memne.ws/2M5fX4W
Ron Maxey, Memphis Commercial Appeal Published 10:30 a.m. CT July 31, 2018 | Updated 10:56 a.m. CT July 31, 2018
Elvis Presley in Memphis
The auction Saturday celebrating Elvis at the Guest House at Graceland raised $330,531. Robert Williams
Comedian George Jessel hit the stage in an exaggerated salaam to the King of rock and roll at Elvis's evening performance at Ellis Auditorium February 25, 1961. Jessel, the master of ceremonies, could not make it to the earlier matinee performance because of an airline strike. Elvis Presley Day began earlier with a luncheon honoring the singer at Hotel Claridge. More than $50,000 was raised for charity from the events. Robert Williams/The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley made an appearance, but did not sing, at Russwood Park on June 28, 1957, for a benefit for what would become St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Elvis is flanked by comic Lou Costello and actress Jane Russell. Others appearing on the program before an estimated crowd of 11,000 were singers Roberta Sherwood and Ferlin Husky and actress Susan Hayward. Barney Sellers / The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley playing touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center December 27, 1956. Several hundred people watched the singer pass, kick and run a touchdown. Elvis's first movie, "Love Me Tender", in which he performed several songs, had premiered November 15th in New York City. The movie opened Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 21, 1956) at Loew's State Theatre in Memphis. On Sunday January 6, 1957, Elvis would make his third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In between the football game and the Sullivan appearance, he reported for his pre-induction Army physical January 4th. (By Barney Sellers / Copyright, The Commercial Appeal) Barney Sellers, The Commercial Appeal
051712 BYGONE A fan shows off her dress at Elvis Presley's concert at Ellis Auditorium in 1956. More than 7,000 people jammed Ellis Auditorium on the night of May 15 to stomp, shudder, shriek and sigh as a young Elvis Presley writhed his way through a rock and roll repertoire. Presley was the blockbuster of Bob Neal's Cotton Picking Jamboree, a feature of Cotton Carnival opening night. (By Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley at his piano inside Graceland in this 1965 photograph. Elvis had misgivings about allowing pictures to be made inside his home. "It's not that I don't want pictures," he said. "You know what I mean. Some people might think I am looking for publicity or trying to exploit my home. I certainly don't want anyone to think that." (By Charles Nicholas / The Commercial Appeal) EDS NOTE: BELIEVE THIS WAS AN OUTTAKE FROM MARCH 7, 1965 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SHOOT. IT RAN IN THE DECEMBER 25, 1966 ISSUE OF MID-SOUTH Charles Nicholas, The Commercial Appeal
December 27, 1957 - Elvis Presley, poses with his house guests, Kathy Gabriel, 19, left, and Hanneri Melcher, 20, in Memphis. Melcher, Miss Austria 1957, met Elvis in Las Vegas in November 1957, and visited Graceland at Christmas time with her roommate, 1957's Miss Ohio, Kathy Gabriel as they were on their way to New York. Elvis had just received news of a 60-day draft extension to March 20. (Robert Williams/The Commercial Appeal ) Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley and fellow inductee Farley Guy (right), an old friend from Lauderdale Courts on March 24, 1958. After reporting for duty about 6:30 a.m. at the Draft Board office in the M&M Building, 198 South Main, he and other inductees would spend much of the day at Kennedy Veterans Hospital for processing and physicals before boarding a bus for Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. By the 28th, Elvis arrived at Fort Hood, Texas where he would undergo six months of training before shipping off to Germany. Presley moved about the rec room at Kennedy constantly. "If you think I'm nervous, it's because I am," he joked. (Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) Bob Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Yvonne Lime, Hollywood starlet, and Elvis Presley looked lovey-dovey at each other Friday April 19, 1957 in front of Graceland, Elvis' new $100,000 mansion near Whitehaven. Miss Lime, who was visiting for the Easter holidays, had a small part in "Loving You", Elvis' second motion picture which premiered July 9th of that year. Production had begun in mid January and wrapped by mid-March. (Robert Williams/The Commercial Appeal) Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley in a Memphis city court Friday October 19, 1956 along with Gulf service station employees Edd Hopper (left) and Aubrey Brown. The trio had a fight the previous night when Elvis pulled into the station at Gayoso and Second for repairs and was beseiged by fans. Hopper, the station manager, ordered Presley away and a brief altercation ensued. All three were booked for assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Charges against Presley were dismissed. Hopper and Brown both had to pay fines. (By Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley swapped pleasantries with well-wishers after being cleared in a Memphis city court of charges Friday October 19, 1956. Presley and Gulf service station employees Edd Hopper and Aubrey Brown had a fight the previous night when Elvis pulled into the station at Gayoso and Second for repairs and was besieged by fans. Hopper, the station manager, ordered Presley away and a brief altercation ensued. All three were booked for assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Hopper and Brown both had to pay fines. At left is Presley's father, Vernon Presley. (Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley playing touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center December 27, 1956. Several hundred people watched the singer pass, kick and run a touchdown. Elvis's first movie, "Love Me Tender," in which he performed several songs, had premiered November 15th in New York City. The movie opened Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 21, 1956) at Loew's State Theatre in Memphis. On Sunday January 6, 1957, Elvis would make his third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In between the football game and the Sullivan appearance, he reported for his pre-induction Army physical Jan. 4. Barney Sellers/The Commercial Appeal
16 Jan 1971 - Photo by Dave Darnell. Elvis Presley (cq) signs autographs for fans after leaving a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Rivermont. At left is Red West (cq). Behind West is William N. Morris (cq), former sheriff of Shelby County. Presley was being honored by the Jaycees as one of the Outstanding Young Men In America. This photograph appeared on Page One of The Commercial Appeal when Presley died in 1977. Dave Darnell, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis fans hoping for the chance to get his autograph on the night of May 15, 1956 at Ellis Auditorium where Elvis performed for more than 7,000. His performance was a feature of Cotton Carnival opening night. ( By Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) ROBERT WILLIAMS, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley and Mary Kathleen Selph (cq) (Left) seen at the corner of South Parkway and Elvis Presley Blvd. in Memphis, Tennessee June 30, 1972. (By Dave Darnell / The Commercial Appeal) *** NOTE: ID on Selph from her mother, Peggy Selph Cannon (cq) on 5 Jan 00. Mrs. Cannon lives at 7706 Deer Trail Lane, Bartlett, TN 38133. Mrs. Cannon says her daughter was killed in an auto accident on 18 Jul 72 at the age of 20 and was the 60th traffic fatality in Memphis that year. Dave Darnell, The Commercial Appeal
Police clasped hands and hung on for dear life as hundreds of Elvis Presley fans, apparenty tired of worshiping their idol from afar, surged forward for a closer look. Eighty-five policemen were assigned to keep order at the at the E.H. Crump Memorial Football Game for the Blind at Crump Stadium November 30, 1956. ( By Robert Williams / The Commercial Appeal) CK NEGATIVE ETCHED BARNEY SELLERS The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley playing touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center December 27, 1956. Several hundred people watched the singer pass, kick and run a touchdown. Elvis's first movie, "Love Me Tender", in which he performed several songs, had premiered November 15th in New York City. The movie opened Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 21, 1956) at Loew's State Theatre in Memphis. On Sunday January 6, 1957, Elvis would make his third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In between the football game and the Sullivan appearance, he reported for his pre-induction Army physical January 4th. (By Barney Sellers / The Commercial Appeal) Barney Sellers, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley performs what would be his last Memphis concert July 5, 1976 before a crowd of 12,000 at Mid-South Coliseum. Exactly twenty-two years earlier (7/5/54), Elvis recorded "That's All Right" at Sam Phillips' little studio at 706 Union. Introducing the song, he said: "I've had some people say - well, you can't do that song anymore - well, you, by God, just watch me." (By Barney Sellers / The Commercial Appeal) Barney Sellers
More than 7,000 people jammed Ellis Auditorium on the night of May 15, 1956, to stomp, shudder, shriek and sigh as a young Elvis Presley writhed his way through a rock and roll repertoire. Presley was the blockbuster of Bob Neal's Cotton Picking Jamboree, a feature of Cotton Carnival opening night. buyitnow
Elvis Presley and several friends took a spin around McKellar Lake in his new boat on July 8, 1960. He purchased the 16-foot powder blue speedboat the night before. Elvis said he had first become interested in boating while in California. Asked if he planned to ski, he said: "Not today. Don't want to make an idiot of myself." File
Elvis fiddles with an electric bass inside Graceland in this photograph published March 7, 1965, in the first issue of Mid-South, the now-defunct Sunday magazine of The Commercial Appeal. Elvis had misgivings about allowing pictures to be made inside his home. 'It's not that I don't want pictures,' he said. 'You know what I mean. Some people might think I am looking for publicity or trying to exploit my home. I certainly don't want anyone to think that.' buyitnow
Elvis Presley leaving a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Rivermont in 1971. Presley was being honored by the Jaycees as one of the Outstanding Young Men In America. buyitnow
Maid of Cotton Patricia Cowden (left) and Memphis Cotton Carnival Queen Clare Mallory gave Elvis Presley royal kisses just before the rock and roll singer walked on stage before a packed Ellis Auditorium audience on the night of May 15, 1956. buyitnow
Elvis Presley posed with one of his cars outside Graceland in this photograph published March 7, 1965, in the first issue of Mid-South, the now-defunct Sunday magazine of The Commercial Appeal. Elvis complained of the long sessions with photographers making movie publicity stills: 'I try to cut the time down to three or four hours, but sometimes you have to pose for six or eight. A man only has so many different smiles, and I don't have many.' buyitnow
The U.S. Army provided a box lunch for Elvis Presley and other inductees the day they reported for duty March 24, 1958. buyitnow
Elvis Presley performs what would be his last Memphis concert July 5, 1976, before a crowd of 12,000 at the Mid-South Coliseum. Twenty-two years earlier to the day, Elvis recorded 'That's All Right' at Sam Phillips' little studio at 706 Union. Introducing the song, he said: 'I've had some people say - well, you can't do that song anymore - well, you, by God, just watch me.' buyitnow
Clutching an Elvis Presley 'Love Me Tender' wrist watch, Sue Manker was all aflutter when the rock and roll king bussed her Nov. 30, 1956, at Crump Stadium. The singer was tardy and missed the opportunity to crown her as queen of half-time activities at the E.H. Crump Memorial Football Game for the Blind. But what a consolation prize! buyitnow
Comedian George Jessel hit the stage in an exaggerated salaam to the King of rock and roll at Elvis' evening performance at Ellis Auditorium Feb. 25, 1961. Jessel, the master of ceremonies, could not make it to the earlier matinee performance because of an airline strike. Elvis Presley Day began earlier with a luncheon honoring the singer at Hotel Claridge. More than $50,000 was raised for charity from the events. buyitnow
He was born on Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Miss., and became a legend in his own time. More than 7,000 people jammed Ellis Auditorium on the night of May 15, 1956, to stomp, shudder, shriek and sigh as a young Elvis Presley writhed his way through a rock and roll repertoire. Presley was the blockbuster of Bob Neal's Cotton Picking Jamboree, a feature of Cotton Carnival opening night. buyitnow
Elvis Presley in a Memphis city court on Oct. 19, 1956, along with Gulf service station employees Edd Hopper (left) and Aubrey Brown. The trio had a fight the previous night when Elvis pulled into the station at Gayoso and Second for repairs and was besieged by fans. Hopper, the station manager, ordered Presley away and a brief altercation ensued. All three were booked for assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Charges against Presley were dismissed. Hopper and Brown both had to pay fines. buyitnow
Elvis Presley on the day of his induction into the army March 24, 1958. Miss Judy Spreckels and Miss Anita Wood (next to Elvis) were among those to see him off. After reporting for duty about 6:30 a.m. at the Draft Board office in the M&M Building, 198 South Main, he and other inductees would spend much of the day at Kennedy Veterans Hospital for processing and physicals before boarding a bus for Fort Chaffee, Arks. By the 28th, Elvis arrived at Fort Hood, Texas, where he would undergo six months of training before shipping off to Germany. buyitnow
Elvis Presley performs what would be his last Memphis concert July 5, 1976, before a crowd of 12,000 at Mid-South Coliseum. buyitnow
Elvis Presley at Kennedy Veterans Hospital on Getwell Jan. 4, 1957. Elvis reported to the hospital that afternoon for his army pre-induction physical performed by Capt. Leonard Glick and a written qualification exam administered by Lt. Jack Zager just days before his 22nd birthday on Jan. 8. Elvis left for New York by train later that evening for his third and final appearance on Ed Sullivan's 'Toast of the Town Show,' which broadcast Jan. 6. buyitnow
Elvis and Priscilla Presley with Lisa Marie at Baptist Hospital. Born Feb. 1, 1968, the baby weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. buyitnow
Some 200 fans waited at Union Station to welcome Elvis Presley home from his stint in the U.S. Army on March 7, 1960. He was wearing a (non-issue) dress blue Army uniform made in Germany. Elvis was discharged at the rank of sergeant, but the tailor had mistakenly given him the stripes of staff sergeant. The formal white shirt was a gift from Frank Sinatra delivered March 3 by his daughter, Nancy, on Elvis' first day back in the U.S. On March 26, Elvis would tape a special 'Welcome Home, Elvis' version of Sinatra's ABC-TV variety show, which aired May 12. Asked by reporters if he planned to wiggle his hips when he returned to singing, Elvis said: 'I'm gonna sing and I'll let the shaking come naturally. If I had to stand still and sing, I'd be lost. I can't get any feeling that way.' buyitnow
Yvonne Lime, Hollywood starlet, and Elvis Presley looked lovey-dovey at each other on April 19, 1957, in front of Graceland, Elvis' new $100,000 mansion near Whitehaven. Miss Lime, who was visiting for the Easter holidays, had a small part in 'Loving You,' Elvis' second motion picture which premiered July 9 of that year. Production had begun in mid-January and wrapped by mid-March. buyitnow
Elvis Presley performed for 14,000 fans at Russwood Park in Memphis the night of July 4, 1956. The big charity event included a speech by Mississippi Sen. James O. Eastland and the annual picnic. The marathon show featured over 100 performers and lasted more than three hours. Elvis topped off the revue with a half-hour stint in the spotlight. buyitnow
Elvis Presley fans hoping for the chance to get his autograph on the night of May 15, 1956, at Ellis Auditorium, where Elvis performed for more than 7,000. His performance was a feature of Cotton Carnival opening night. buyitnow
An unidentified woman approached Elvis Presley at Goodfellows headquarters Dec. 16, 1957, with a request: 'Elvis, please autograph my arm!' Elvis was at the headquarters to present the Press-Scimitar Goodfellows with 100 brand new $10 bills. Elvis let it be known that the Goodfellows had played Santa Claus for him seven years earlier. 'Our family had it pretty rough that year,' he recalled. 'The Goodfellows made my Christmas for me.' buyitnow
After being released from jail following his arrest for a fight at a downtown service station Oct. 18, 1956, Elvis went home to 1034 Audubon to relax and play with his new pet. A week later the service station owner, Clarence Harwell, publicly apologized to Presley for the incident. Presley was cleared in city court of misconduct, but two station attendants with whom he tangled briefly drew fines for assault and battery. buyitnow
Elvis Presley and Anita Wood embrace as she steps from an airliner at Memphis Municipal Airport the night of Sept. 13, 1957. Miss Wood, hostess for a Memphis TV show, 'Top 10 Dance Party,' was returning from a week in Hollywood preparing for her first movie role in 'Girl in the Woods.' Elvis had given the 19-year-old a friendship ring the previous week in Hollywood. buyitnow
Elvis Presley, dressed in civilian clothes, after his return home from the army March 7, 1960. Elvis was greeted by a crowd of some 200 people in the early morning cold at Memphis' Union Station. In the afternoon, he held a press conference in the two-room office building behind Graceland where he explained to newsmen the use of karate, a form of judo. Presley became a student of karate while stationed in Germany. buyitnow
Elvis Presley dropped by The Commercial Appeal on the night of June 8, 1956, and found an offbeat note. He saw a story that a Canadian radio station was banning his records. 'A lot of people like it,' was one of his comments. buyitnow
Elvis Presley performs what would be his last Memphis concert July 5, 1976, before a crowd of 12,000 at the Mid-South Coliseum. buyitnow
Elvis Presley at the gates of Graceland in 1957 buyitnow
While on his first furlough, Elvis Presley explains the insignia on his uniform to fans at the gates of Graceland on June 1, 1958. Elvis arrived late the previous night for a two-week leave. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958. buyitnow
Elvis Presley went backstage at The Auditorium on the night of March 9, 1962, to say hello to some of his friends in the Holiday on Ice cast, and skating star Dorothy Goos promptly put him to work holding yarn. Elvis had visited Holiday on Ice performers here during their last three annual visits. buyitnow
Elvis Presley greets a young fan in this undated photo. buyitnow
Elvis Presley signs autographs for fans during a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Rivermont in 1971. Presley was being honored by the Jaycees as one of the Outstanding Young Men In America. Priscilla Presley is seated by him. Seated on Elvis' other side is William N. Morris, former sheriff of Shelby County. buyitnow
Elvis Presley aboard the train that brought him home to Memphis on March 7, 1960. Some 200 fans waited at Union Station to welcome him home from his stint in the U.S. Army. At left is Col. Tom Parker, who died Jan. 21, 1997. buyitnow
Eight-year-old Mary Kosloski had a date with Elvis Presley Jan. 8, 1958, and he kept her waiting for more than two hours. The Collierville girl, who was the national March of Dimes poster child in 1955, seemed to forgive all when Elvis appeared and told her: 'If you were 10 years older, honey, I wouldn't let you go.' The pair were photographed with teddy bears and pandas Elvis was sending to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for auction during an upcoming fund drive. buyitnow
Elvis Presley leaves Memphis' Union Station on March 7, 1960. A crowd of 200 waited in the cold to see Elvis safely home from his stint in the U.S. Army. He arrived via private rail car on Southern Railway's Tennessean about 7:45 a.m. After speaking with fans, he hopped in Insp. Fred Woodward's police car and was driven to Graceland, escorted by city police, sheriff's deputies and state troopers. buyitnow
More than 150 people jammed into the mayor's office Dec. 17, 1963, to see Elvis Presley hand out Christmas checks totaling $55,000. The checks benefited 58 Memphis and Mid-South charities. In appreciation, the organizations presented Elvis with a six-foot plaque. It was warm in the room, and when Commissioner Claude Armour announced Elvis was going to pass out the checks, the singer wiped his brow and said, 'Elvis is going to pass out, period.' buyitnow
Elvis Presley on the day of his induction into the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958. He is shown leaving Downtown Memphis on the bus that will take him to Kennedy Veterans Hospital. buyitnow
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Ann Beaulieu at a reception following their wedding at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas on May 1, 1967.(Photo: UPI)
The California "honeymoon hideaway" of Elvis and Priscilla Presley is available — at a new, bargain basement price.
The Mercury News reports the five-bedroom home was listed Friday at $3.26 million, down from a one-time listing of $9.5 million that dropped to $5.9 million.
Elvis rented the home for about a year for $21,000, the California newspaper reports, and a copy of the lease hangs on the wall in the home.
Following their 1967 wedding, Elvis and Priscilla spent part of their honeymoon there before returning to the Memphis area to continue honeymooning at Elvis' Circle G Ranch in DeSoto County.
The 5,000-square-foot Palm Springs home, with curved walls in every room, has turned into an Elvis memorabilia museum, according to the Mercury News. In addition to its fame associated with Elvis, the home was featured in 1962 in Look Magazine as "The House of Tomorrow."
Priscilla Presley gives the first tour of the horse stables at Graceland on May 29, 2009. Commercial Appeal files
Back closer to home, the Circle G Ranch is enjoying some renewed attention of its own. The honeymoon cottage there is being preserved and relocated as part of redevelopment plans for the property.
Florida developer and Mississippi native Davage "Buddy" Runnels Jr. plans to redevelop the 231-tract at Miss. 301 and Goodman Road, preserving the cottage, stables, a 14-acre lake and prominent 55-foot-tall cross. He hopes to develop the site into a major tourist draw to complement Graceland.
A public event is planned for Aug. 12 to offer a peek at plans for the property. "A Day at the Ranch" will feature live music, food vendors, a meet-and-greet session with the "Memphis Mafia," children's activities and a preview of the Unknown Child Holocaust Memorial planned for the property. Hours are 1-6 p.m.
More: Developers open gates for a one-day look at grand plans for Elvis' Circle G Ranch
More: Elvis Presley's Circle G Ranch seeks historic designation
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The Kenya Ceramic Project (KCP) is a student-led international health initiative aimed at bringing access to clean, safe drinking water to areas of rural Kenya through the production of ceramic water filters. The filters produced by KCP are 99.9% effective at eliminating bacteria and other pathogens from local stream water, and are capable of producing clean water for a family of five for up to three years.
The vision of KCP is to achieve a self-sustaining system where filters are made widely available to all Kenyans at affordable prices with all revenue going toward sustaining production and further expansion. This way, we invest in the local infrastructure and economy by creating jobs and relying solely on local materials for production, as well as local leadership for direction. Over the past year, KCP has made significant advances toward these goals, which have brought us closer to the model of sustainability we have envisioned.
We have seen KCP grow from a relatively obscure project to a well-known and reputable name that stands for quality, integrity, and consistency. We have recently solidified a partnership with the Moi University Faculty of Medicine in Eldoret, which has agreed to host our impact assessment and epidemiology research. We have also begun a working relationship with the UNICEF Kenya Country Office, which has expressed interest in purchasing our products for disaster relief in Northern and Western Kenya. Nationally, we have begun professional relationships with key players in water sanitation including SWAP (Safe Water and Aids Project) and PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), both of which have purchased mass quantities of filters from KCP for distribution both within and outside of Kenya.
On the production and innovation front, the KCP has grown from a manually-run, inefficient operation to a smooth, well-oiled machine. We have recently transitioned to an entirely machine-based production process, with two hydraulic filter presses and formal training for all technicians on factory machinery. This has increased the rate of filter production by more than 50%, and improved efficiency so that we can focus on other areas of production including microbiological testing and quality assurance. This past year, KCP gained certification from the Kenya Bureau of Standards after our products were tested in a government laboratory and deemed to meet the national standard for a public health product. This news is very exciting for the KCP, as it means that the filters can now be marketed nation-wide.
Finally, the ultimate goal of KCP is to successfully get the filters into the hands of the people who need them most, and this is where we have experienced our greatest success this year. Over the past several months, we have successfully landed our products in all of the largest supermarkets in the region, including Suam, Transmatt, and Khetias Gigamart, which are stocking the filters not only locally in Kitale, but in other locations across Kenya. Through this, the vision of a locally sustained project that invests in local industry and economy is also taking shape. On a smaller scale, we have experienced success selling the filters at local open air markets and independently owned shops throughout Kitale and other nearby cities.
Today, our water filters are providing a simple, cheap, efficient pot that can eliminate disease simply by pouring water through it; a product that is being used by thousands of people as we speak. In fact, with the projected impact of 5 persons per filter used, our simple technology is currently affecting the lives of 25, 000 Kenyans, 4, 800 Ugandans and 16, 000 Somalis as you read this page. The vision of KCP is no longer a vision: it is a reality. Our filter is no longer an idea: it is a real solution that is saving lives today. With the support of people like you, we can continue the momentum that we have started, and persist on the path toward not only sustainability, but a healthier future.
Mobile Medical Clinics
Many Kenyans die every year of easily curable diseases because they don’t have health services within their reach. Mobile clinics provide a means for treating these people regardless of how far they may live from a health center.
Our mobile medical clinics provide quality health care to the uninsured, low income workers, and herders who travel from one village to another in search of water and pasture for their livestock in northern Kenya. Our primary goals include:
* The provision of free or low-cost medical care in a respectful, competent, culturally sensitive and compassionate manner
* Improved general health through both preventative and curative measures, especially for children
* Improved maternal health
* Patient education toward self-directed health management
* A decrease in the need for emergency medical care
We serve approximately 7,000 people annually with the help of our dedicated staff and volunteers. Many of our patients suffer from multiple ailments includidng HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, hepatitis, parasites, asthma, allergies, orthopedic disabilities or cancer. Some of these patients have never seen a doctor. All struggle with the reality of a community whose need for quality health care exceeds its capacity to deliver. CGA is working hard to combat this healthcare shortage and, with the generous help of its supporters, it has made great progress in doing so.
_ CGA is increasingly emphasizing sanitation and advocating for an increased focus on sanitation by families and institutions. The focus of CGA's intervention is to help develop improved program models and to provide support to communities for implement successful models on a large scale. This approach involves significant work at the field level while engaging all stakeholders at the community level. CGA is also active in the development of improved sanitation technology. We develop and promote latrines and toilets that are affordable but that also satisfy criteria for safety, effectiveness, sustainability, environmental impact and child-friendliness. These approaches have been especially successful in West Pokot, Turkana and other counties in the lake region. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1300 |
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Graham Hancock and Andy Tighe (as Lancelot) rehearse a pantomime fight sequence for the New London Barn Playhouse's "Camelot" at an open rehearsal on June 1, 2018. Sarah Pearson—Monitor staff
Daniel Teixeira and Andy Tighe (as Lancelot) rehearse a pantomime fight sequence for the New London Barn Playhouse's "Camelot" at an open rehearsal on June 1, 2018. Sarah Pearson—Monitor staff
Fight choreographer Paul West (left) instructs Graham Hancock and Sarah Sargent during an open rehearsal for the New London Barn Playhouse's "Camelot" on June 1, 2018. Sarah Pearson—Monitor staff
Graham Hancock (left) and Jake Pedersen rehearse a pantomime fight sequence for the New London Barn Playhouse’s “Camelot” during an open rehearsal on June 1. Sarah Pearson / Monitor staff
Monica Owen and Alexander Robertson (stage right) and Graham Hancock and Jake Pedersen (stage left) rehearse a pantomime fight sequence for the New London Barn Playhouse's "Camelot" during an open rehearsal on June 1, 2018. Sarah Pearson—Monitor staff
Monica Owen and Alexander Robertson practice a pantomime fight sequence for the New London Barn Playhouse’s “Camelot” at an open rehearsal on June 1. Sarah Pearson / Monitor staff
By SARAH PEARSON
Monitor staff
Published: 6/6/2018 6:05:00 PM
Looking down at his notes, fight choreographer Paul West handed acting intern Jake Pedersen a prop sword.
“It’s an ax, everybody. It’s an ax,” West said, addressing the audience, who giggled in response.
West directed the next steps for Pedersen and his combatant, fellow acting intern Graham Hancock.
“You’re actually the one who dies,” West said to Hancock, eliciting more giggles from the audience.
Dressed in shorts or gym clothes, the interns work through the fight’s steps. This scene is going to be a slow-motion pantomime, Camelot director Russell Garret tells the actors and visitors.
And when it’s time to die:
“Fall quietly,” he said.
Last Friday, the New London Barn Playhouse partnered with the Center for the Arts for a First Friday arts event, offering the community a behind-the-scenes look during an open rehearsal of Camelot.
The acting interns had arrived just four days before. They face full days of rehearsing for the annual Straw Hat Revue, which opens Thursday, and Camelot, which opens June 13. Meanwhile, they also are assigned to a technical crew to work on building sets, sewing costumes or arranging lights two or three days a week. And by the time Camelot opens, it’s time to start rehearsing for the next show, Little Women.
“There’s no question, we ask a lot of them,” said Keith Coughlin, the Barn’s producing artistic director.
That’s why he auditioned more than 1,100 triple-threat actors who can sing, act and dance. Ultimately, 22 offers were made to get the company of 14 acting interns who will eat, sleep and work all on the Barn campus this summer.
“It’s pretty remarkable to fill a room with talented people and let them create,” Coughlin said.
And create they shall, performing six plays over a 12-week season.
For Camelot, created by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, an idealist King Arthur is torn when his wife, Queen Guinevere, falls in love with the knight, Lancelot. For a while, Guinevere remains faithful to Arthur. But when Arthur’s illegitimate son, Mordred, arrives, his machinations result in a tryst between the lovers, throwing the kingdom into a frenzy.
Can Arthur get back the dream of having a kingdom based on honor, dignity and “might for right”?
Joining the acting intern company for Camelot will be three guest actors: Fred Rose as King Arthur, Andy Tighe as Lancelot and Adam Zeph as Merlyn/Pellinore.
Acting interns will play Guinevere (Carly Valancy), Mordred (Gabriel Florentino), Tom of Warwick (Charlie Cloud), Morgan Le Fey (Justine Goggin) and a dozen other characters.
The show will run through June 24. Then, there is only a two-day gap before the next opening night.
2018 summer season
The Straw Hat Revue: June 7 to 9 at 7:30 p.m. and June 9 and 10 at 5 p.m.
“Camelot”: June 13 to 24, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays to Saturdays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
“Little Women”: June 27 to July 8, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m. No shows July 4, but additional 2 p.m. matinees on July 3 and 5.
Children’s Theater presents “Play Ball”: June 29 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Children’s Theater presents “Puss in Boots”: July 6 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
“Sylvia”: July 11 to 15, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays to Saturdays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
“42nd Street”: July 18 to Aug. 5, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays to Saturdays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Children’s Theater presents “Love’s Labour’s Lost”: July 21 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Children’s Theater presents “Giants in the Sky”: July 26 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
“Newsies”: Aug. 8 to 19, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays to Saturdays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Children’s Theater presents “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”: Aug. 16 and 18 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
“Murder for Two”: Aug. 22 to Sept. 2, Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays to Saturdays and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Spotlight Series: July 2, July 23 and Aug. 13 at 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets to mainstage shows range from $20 to $40. There are also flex and season passes available.
Spotlight Series show tickets are $25.
Children’s Theater shows are $15 for ages 15 and older and “pay your age” for those younger than 15 (except for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, $15 for all, and Love’s Labour’s Lost, free outdoor show).
The Straw Hat Revue is free, but tickets can only be reserved in person or by calling 526-6710.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit nlbarn.org.
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Zoroastrian Studies Graduate Fellowship established at UCLA
January 30, 2019 /in Featured Stories /by administrator
Morvarid Guiv and her husband Rustam Guiv
Thanks to a gift in 2018 from the Trust of Morvarid Guiv, the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies has been established in UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. Named after the late Iranian philanthropist Morvarid Guiv, the fellowship will support graduate students studying the Zoroastrian religion, its ancient history, languages, and scriptures. The gift secured additional matching support from the UCLA Chancellor’s Centennial Scholars Match program.
The Zoroastrian religion is one of the oldest monotheistic religions in the world and was the dominant faith of the Iranian World (including Asia Minor and Central Asia) prior to the rise of Islam. The fellowship enables UCLA’s long-established doctoral Program of Iranian Studies to attract and train new generations of experts exploring the many facets of this influential, ancient Iranian religion that continues to thrive today—further reinforcing UCLA as the premier destination for scholars working on ancient Iran.
“It is a great privilege to host this timely fellowship that so wholly complements the mission and aspirations of the Pourdavoud Center and its eminent eponym,” said M. Rahim Shayegan, Director of the Pourdavoud Center. “The Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship will not only strengthen the study of ancient Iran at UCLA, but also ensure that future generations of scholars pursue research in the languages and history of this remarkable religion.”
Born in Iran, Morvarid Guiv and her husband Rustam Guiv were successful businesspeople who helped Zoroastrian communities by building schools, low-income residential projects, and Zoroastrian community centers. When they immigrated to the U.S., they founded Zoroastrian community centers in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Graduate students awarded the fellowship will benefit from the presence of a strong faculty specializing in ancient Iran and the ancient world at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and from the unparalleled resources of the Pourdavoud Center, the first research institution in the Western hemisphere that aims to advance the knowledge of ancient Iranian languages, history and religions. Named for the late Professor Ebrahim Pourdavoud, a pioneering scholar of ancient Persia, the Pourdavoud Center aims to engage in transformative research on all aspects of Iranian antiquity, including its reception in the medieval and modern periods, by expanding on the traditional domains of Old Iranian studies and promoting cross-cultural and interdisciplinary scholarship. Professor Pourdavoud was the first scholar to translate the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred scriptures, into Persian.
Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary Iranian Studies
UCLA has launched a national and international search for a top post-doctoral scholar who will be the inaugural recipient of the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary Iranian Studies.
The Amuzegar Fellow, who may be appointed for up to two years, will be housed in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC). The Amuzegar Fellow will conduct original research, develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and participate in academic programs hosted by the NELC department, the Program of Iranian Studies, the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World in the Division of Humanities, as well as other affiliated departments and centers at UCLA.
The Amuzegar Fellowship was established in 2015 following a gift of $1 million by UCLA alumnus Dr. Jahangir Amuzegar, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 98.
Dr. Amuzegar
“The fellowship established in memory of Dr. Jahangir Amuzegar, a remarkable scholar, stateman, and UCLA alumnus, greatly honors us. It substantially enriches Iranian Studies at UCLA, while providing emerging scholars the leisure to pursue innovative and consequential research on Modern Iran,” said M. Rahim Shayegan, Director of the Pouradvoud Center.
Dr. Amuzegar was an economist and former Iranian government official who served as Iran’s ambassador-at-large to the United States from 1963 to 1979. He was also a member of the board of the International Monetary Fund and a special advisor to the IMF director from 1979 to 1984. Previously, he had served as Iran’s minister of commerce and minister of finance in the early 1960s, and as chairman of the National Iranian Oil Company.
Dr. Amuzegar wrote widely on Iran’s economy and politics and was the author of several books, including “The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy” (2014), “Managing Oil Wealth” (1999), “Iran’s Economy Under the Islamic Republic” (1993) and “The Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution” (1991).
Dr. Amuzegar held a bachelor’s degree in Economy from Tehran University and a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA. In addition to the postdoctoral fellowship, in the year 2000, he and his late wife established the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies at UCLA, held by M. Rahim Shayegan. The chair promotes innovative research on, and teaching in, all aspects of the Iranian civilization, including Iranian antiquity and the classical period. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1309 |
__label__wiki | 0.9795 | 0.9795 | Ex-Ohio State coach Urban Meyer on his new role, teaching and much more
By Bill Rabinowitz brabinowitz@dispatch.com
On Friday, former Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer sat down with The Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch in his first interview since stepping down.
The story on his adjustment detailed his adjustment to his new role as an assistant athletic director. But there was much more ground covered in the interview that didn’t fit into that story or had to be condensed.
Here’s more from that conversation:
‒ Meyer said his job as an assistant athletic director is largely tied to the new Gene Smith Leadership Institute and is an offshoot of the football program’s Real Life Wednesdays that’s now being extended to all 36 OSU sports teams. Real Life Wednesdays includes having prominent guest speakers and preparing players for their post-athletics career.
“I always say one of the most misunderstood and overused words in the English language is leadership,” Meyer said.
The roots of his emphasis on leadership started for Meyer when he was at Florida and realized that a mere degree wasn’t by itself sufficient preparation for a post-playing career.
“It is something quite honestly, in my early career I didn’t really understand,” Meyer said. “The older I got and really at Ohio State it became very systematic the way we taught leadership to our team.”
The Real Life Wednesdays program has proved to be an invaluable recruiting tool as OSU could persuade parents that their son would be given the means to have a career after football.
“I’m very proud that we’ve done that,” he said. “Most programs in America have something like that now, because of recruiting. That was our difference-maker. When we started going into Georgia and beating SEC teams and going into Texas and beating Big 12 teams head-to-head, it wasn’t because of weather. It was because, if a player was very serious about his life after the game, we got that kid.
“If the head coach can reach across the table and say, ‘Your son will have a job if he does this, this and this, we’ll set him up and he’ll have a career when the sport is done,’ I can’t tell you how many times they stood up and said, ‘OK, we’re good.’ ”
‒ Meyer on teaching a leadership class with Charles Buchanan in the Fisher School of Business:
“One thing about academia is a lot of it is theory,” Meyer said. “There was no theory in this class. There’s a guy who served several tours serving our country overseas as a lieutenant colonel. There’s a guy who coached football for over three decades. It was a real life experiences. A lot of dialogue. It was based on virtues and vices — Aristotle’s (moral virtues). It was a class he’s taught before. I guest-lectured before.
“I gave them different leadership styles and situations that dealt with virtue and vice. Virtue in excess can become a vice. Too much courage and you’re reckless. Too much compassion and you’re soft. I did, as he did, give real life examples. Here was a guy who was leading people into very difficult situations in the military — life and death — which is far more serious than leading your football team into a very serious situation.”
About 200 students took the class, but it wasn’t lecture-based.
“It was direct teaching, constant dialogue,” he said. “The response has been fantastic. I love the students. We had a great time learning (as teachers), and they learned.”
Was he a hard grader?
“I let Charles handle all the grading,” he said.
‒ Meyer said that as a gesture of appreciation for the support he got in his seven years as coach, he spoke to about 30 groups around campus.
“I’d always tell some funny stories,” Meyer said. “I’d always talk about the fourth-and-1 against our rival.”
That was the famous 2016 overtime keeper by J.T. Barrett that was ruled a first down — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh begged to differ — before Curtis Samuel won the game on the next play.
Now that he’s no longer coach, can he say for sure whether that was the right call?
“He absolutely made it,” Meyer said.
Meyer said he also talks about the 2014 championship team, what he calls “the incredible run” and “the transformation” of Cardale Jones.
“The love of unit,” Meyer said. “I call that solving the mystery. How did he become the legendary Cardale Jones? He learned to put team ahead of self.”
‒ Meyer on what surprised him the most about the last five months in his new role: “Just my appreciation for all the other coaches. I didn’t really get a chance to know them because you get into a cocoon over in the Woody (Hayes Athletic Center). And your appreciation for the sport ADs. You’re talking about incredible coaches and staffs. Gene has put together an (excellent) athletic department. I can’t imagine better coaches, better people, better student-athletes. Over half of our student-athletes have a 3.0 and the average ACT is 31.”
‒ Meyer on what’s been the easiest thing to let go of from being a coach: “The transfer portal.”
He described as “alarming” the revolving door of quarterbacks around the country, including at Ohio State.
“I don’t understand it,” he said.
None of Ohio State’s current quarterbacks were on the roster a year ago. Again, he alluded to the example of Cardale Jones in 2014.
“It’s hard to believe we won a national title with a third-string quarterback and not many have third-string quarterbacks,” Meyer said. “It’s not unique to Ohio State. It’s a national issue.”
He said he agrees that graduates should be able to transfer, as Joe Burrow did last year from Ohio State to LSU.
“I think that’s a good opportunity,” he said.
‒ Meyer was an enthusiastic recruiter, but he said he doesn’t miss the relentlessness of it or the earlier recruiting calendar with the addition of a December signing day.
“I loved recruiting,” he said. ”(But) it was 24/7. I never really went on vacation. I never really left recruiting. The whole new rules ... last year was awful. You were having official visits every weekend. We went to Hyde Park steakhouse like four weekends in a row (hosting recruits). We love Hyde Park, but after a while Shelley and I looked at each other like, ‘What are we doing?’ We were missing our son’s baseball games.”
Nate Meyer is a freshman on the University of Cincinnati baseball team.
“I’m not a fan of the new recruiting calendar,” he said. “I was in on the meetings for 3-4 years. (I asked), ‘Are we sure we want to do this?’ Now everybody’s making their decision before their senior year. High school coaches, that’s not good for them because players kind of start to maybe shut it down at times (once they’ve committed).”
‒ Meyer on speculation that he’d be involved in opening a restaurant in Dublin, where he lives: “A group came to me and talked to me. I don’t know what’s going to happen. But it was broached. I don’t know what’s going to happen down the road.”
‒ Meyer on his golf game: “Boy, it started strong, but I’m struggling a little bit now. I’ve got to work through some things.”
He said his game has been helped by not having to take recruiting calls while playing. Meyer said he couldn’t play last year without his phone ringing.
“I’d put the phone on speaker and actually play with it on speaker for five or six holes,” he said. “I’m not that relevant anymore. I don’t get a bunch of phone calls.”
‒ Meyer, whose daughter Nicki had her second son, Gray, 5 months ago, on being a grandfather: “I’ve always heard how great it is. I tell Nicki this all the time — I think moms should have statues built for them when I see what she does. She works. She has one running around like a nut (2½-year-old son Troy) and another hanging onto her. I’m amazed at her energy. It’s incredible to watch. When they’re your own, you’re on the move so much (working). I was there a lot, but I also missed a lot.”
‒ Meyer on his OSU coaching career: He said the accomplishment he didn’t fully appreciate at the time was the 30-game regular-season conference winning streak to begin his tenure.
As is the case with many coaches, the victories for Meyer are a blur, but the losses haunt. No defeat hurt more than the home loss to Michigan State in 2015 in a rainstorm.
How often does he think about that game?
“Every day,” he said. “That’s the one. I don’t blame others. I blame myself. I could have done some better things (as a coach) that day. That 2015 Michigan State game, that was a tough one.”
Of course, the unlikely 2014 national title was a highlight.
“I remember seeing the joy on those players’ faces and seeing the illogical happen,” he said.
As for his favorite win?
“I’ve been asked that a lot, and I’d have to say the 62 points against our rival,” he said of the 62-39 upset of Michigan last year.
‒ Meyer on whether his new role, with a salary of $100,000, could be considered his give-back to Ohio State after coaching his dream program for seven years: “I have a great boss, Gene Smith. My genuine love for Ohio State is real. It’s never really been a job.” | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1310 |
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Housing Crisis Persists as Demand Continues to Surge
Nicolette Nodine
Illustration by Celia Fong and Kaileen Smith.
The first night Alana and her housemates spent in their house, they were greeted by an overflowing toilet. Because of inconsistent plumbing, the house’s walls would drip with toilet water from time to time.
“It flooded so bad, everything got wet and never really dried,” said the UC Santa Cruz student, whose name was changed. The constant moisture in the house caused mold that lined the corners of the bathroom and the gap between the wall and the porcelain tub.
One day when Alana went to check the mail, she found a puddle of raw sewage on the side of her house.
“I told my housemate to flush the upstairs toilet, and as soon as they did, we saw [sewage] come straight out the side of our house,” she said. “There was toilet paper and everything in the yard.”
Alana’s situation sounds extreme, but it’s not hard to come by. As UCSC enrollment increases and off-campus housing developments remain limited, student tenants are forced to settle for burdensome prices and inadequate conditions.
Full-time college students often work part-time jobs while their instructors demand 30-45 hours of schoolwork, leaving little time to negotiate for fair housing conditions with landlords. According to a 2015 report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), someone working for $9 an hour would have to work 111 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Santa Cruz. With all of this to consider, students shouldn’t have to worry about having a decent place to live.
The State of Student Housing
Santa Cruz County is ranked as the fifth-most expensive metro area in the U.S. to live in, according to the NLIHC. To afford a two-bedroom unit without spending more than 30 percent of income on housing, a Santa Cruz tenant would need to make $33.77 an hour. The average hourly wage in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville area is $23.75, according to a 2014 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, making the NLIHC’s estimate a nearly nonexistent wage for students and low-income families.
It’s common for a student to live in a garage, living room or office for $500 a month, or pay $300 a month to sleep on someone’s couch.
Alana now pays $780 for a single room in the same four-bedroom house, where the sewage problems persist. After discussing the house’s problems, Alana negotiated with her landlord for a lower rental price and more repairs. The landlord lowered the rent from $5,700 to about $4,700, and for the past six months, repairmen and contractors were in and out of the house, making small fixes to lighting and temporary improvements to plumbing.
Alana said the repairs increased the quality of the house, but nothing was permanently fixed. The upstairs toilet still overflows sporadically, sometimes seeping into the bedrooms through the walls.
It’s not always a landlord’s intention to take advantage of tenants or cut corners with repairs. There are homeowners who understand the difficulties of paying for rent in one of the most expensive regions in the country and who want to provide suitable housing for tenants.
Deborah, a landlord and longtime resident of Santa Cruz who asked to be identified only by her first name, said she and her husband have never had any trouble renting to students.
“You can’t discriminate [against students],” Deborah said, “and we don’t. There’s no reason to.”
Deborah also thinks rental prices offered to students should be much lower.
“I have never jacked the price of the house up to market level,” she said. “[Prices] are already a nightmare.” She currently rents out her three-bedroom property for $2,900, when the market value is at least $3,250, she said.
Regardless of a landlord’s intent, Alana said it’s important for tenants to know what their rights are. Before she and her housemates confronted their landlord about their dissatisfaction with the house, they sought out legal advice from the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) office. The CRLA provides free legal advice for low-income tenants, which many students qualify for.
Educating tenants on their rights is one of the reasons why Daniel Rudin co-founded the community group, Santa Cruz Tenant Organizing Committee (SCTOC).
The group informs tenants of their rights, some of which include protection against retaliatory eviction, the right to withhold rent under appropriate circumstances and limits on the amount of the security deposit the landlord can require, according to the California Department of Consumer Affairs.
Rudin filmed four documentaries about housing in the Philippines, Mexico, the Pacific Northwest and Chicago. Of all the different housing markets he’s studied, Rudin said Santa Cruz’s combination of overcrowding, the significant leverage landlords have over young tenants and the rising inflow of residents make the city unlike anything he has seen before.
“It’s verging on slum conditions,” Rudin said. “Even though on the outside Santa Cruz has been able to preserve this beautiful looking town, on the inside, it’s not that comfortable for people who can’t afford it.”
When someone making $70,000 a year can only afford renting a two-bedroom home, maintaining the “original Surf City’s” free-spirited personality is compromised.
Supply and demand can help to make sense of how these rental costs got so high. There are a large pool of renters, said former Santa Cruz mayor Mike Rotkin, namely UCSC students and commuters employed in Silicon Valley. This large demand, combined with a small supply of available housing units and an even smaller supply of affordable housing units, result in a very competitive market.
Although UCSC houses about 50 percent of its students on campus — the highest percentage of all the UCs — there are still about 8,640 students competing with people commuting to the Silicon Valley and other Santa Cruz tenants for affordable housing.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel estimated that in 2014, 39,000 people living in Santa Cruz County commuted to the Silicon Valley. A survey conducted in 2014 by Civinomics found the mean salary of people living in Santa Cruz who commuted to Silicon Valley and San Francisco for work was $153,000.
Sixty-one percent of those surveyed said they worked in a technical position, with 38 percent of those interviewed identifying as software engineers. The influx of Santa Cruz residents with above-moderate incomes are pushing those with lower incomes out of the housing market, creating a need for more affordable housing.
The city’s Redevelopment Affordable Housing Program currently has 13 housing projects with 899 total units, 552 of which are deemed affordable and 345 of which are priced at the market rate. It has five more housing projects in the planning stage.
“Costs are obviously way too high,” said Carol Berg, who oversees the city’s affordable housing program. “It’s safe to say that we probably will never be able to build out of our housing problem because there’s such high demand that no matter how many units we build, there will always be more demand.”
In 2007, the city passed Measure O, which requires residential developers to provide affordable housing units to people in moderate, low or very low incomes. As of January 2016 there were 13 Measure O units available for rent, with the lowest rent being $923 for a single bed — meaning in January, there were no available Measure O housing units intended for people with extremely low incomes.
The county has a state-required document called the 2014-2023 Housing Element that must be updated every eight years to show an adequate number of sites are available to accommodate housing development for all income levels. It projects 1,466 new housing units to be built by 2023, of which only 505 are for low, very low and extremely low income.
But these units will only be built if funding is available, which Berg says is very limited since 2011 when state redevelopment agencies faced fiscal cuts.
“Although we have done a lot better than some communities about building affordable housing, it’s pathetic compared to demand,” said former Santa Cruz mayor Rotkin.
The city’s housing developments may satisfy demand for a while, but they won’t be a long-term cure. UCSC’s Long Range Development Plan plans to accomodate a total of 19,500 students by 2020, which SCTOC co-founder Daniel Rudin said will undoubtedly lead to further overcrowding in the city.
The tech industry doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, and unless UCSC lowers its acceptance rate and the city addresses the influx of residents, the demand for housing will only grow. If there isn’t more affordable housing built, low-income residents will be pushed out of the housing market completely.
Trying to Repair the Damage
“We can’t keep ignoring this issue,” said sociology professor Steve McKay, who conducts research on how the housing crisis affects low-income earners.
In this competitive housing market, McKay said, “it can be difficult for people to feel they can exercise their rights.”
The purpose of McKay’s upcoming research project No Place Like Home is to document the causes of housing insecurity among low-income tenants in Santa Cruz. He is offering a class this quarter to have students participate in the research process.
“Our goal is to start the conversation,” he said, “not end it.” McKay’s goals are similar to Rudin’s for the SCTOC. Rudin aims for tenants to build “collective power,” and he recently held a workshop to help others learn how to advocate against landlords providing unfair living conditions.
“We’re trying to develop those relationships between the [students] and the folks in town because we’re all negatively affected by this housing market,” Rudin said.
Former mayor Rotkin tried to pass rent control in the city in 1978, 1979 and 1982. Despite endorsement by many UCSC students, his efforts were shot down all three times and in increasing amounts — by 74 votes the first time, 900 votes the second time and 3,000 votes the third.
Tired of the faulty plumbing and substandard conditions, Alana and her housemates tried to find another house to rent. Unsuccessful in their search, they will remain in the house until their lease ends this summer.
Though the housemates were faced with few options, along with all of the responsibilities of being full-time students, it didn’t stop them from seeking legal assistance.
“As a tenant you have rights,” Alana said. “We’re not as powerless as you may think.”
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__label__cc | 0.651925 | 0.348075 | Dental Hygienist awarded $295,000 for Cervical Strain After Allstate Offers Nothing
A 42 year-old former dental hygienist has been awarded $295,609.91 for permanent neck and shoulder pain caused by a 1992 automobile collision. Mary Beth Kwain injured her neck on November 18, 1992, when defendant, Laurie Walent, turned left out of the parking lot of an Oak Lawn Dominick's store onto 87th Street. Kwain, driving on 87th Street, slammed on her brakes, but could not avoid Walent when Walent crossed into Kwain's lane. The front left corner of Kwain's car smashed into the driver's side of Walent's car.
Kenneth T. Lumb and Daniel S. Kirschner of Corboy & Demetrio proved during the four day trial that Mary Beth Kwain's neck pain was debilitating and permanent, despite the argument of the defense expert, Dr. Boone Brackett, that cervical strain heals within six weeks.
Kwain, a licensed dental hygienist, was not working at the time of the collision in order to spend time with her new baby. She returned to work full-time in 1995 but was unable to perform as a dental hygienist, because the necessary motions and positioning aggravated her neck and shoulder. The jury awarded $150,000.00 for the difference in income between her current job in sales and what she could earn as a dental hygienist.
Brackett testified that there was no connection between any current pain and the collision eight years ago. He also claimed that Kwain should not have been treated by any doctor for more than two weeks after the collision. Plaintiff presented the testimony of a treating neurologist and two treating chiropractors who all agreed that Kwain suffered permanent injuries, manifested by trigger points and muscle spasms, and caused by the collision.
According to attorney Ken Lumb:
"This verdict is a direct result of the unreasonable and inflexible posture insurers are taking on so-called 'soft-tissue' cases. Allstate offered $15,000.00 several years ago and then withdrew the offer, even though Mary Beth's medical bills were more than that."
Defendant's policy limits are $100,000, which plaintiff had demanded years ago and remained willing to accept. According to Lumb, Allstate contacted him the night of the verdict to discuss the possibility of settling for the $100,000.00 policy limits. In response, Lumb quoted the famous line of the World War II Commander of the U.S. forces in Bastogne, Anthony McAullife. Surrounded by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, McAullife responded to a German demand for surrender by simply stating: "Nuts."
Added attorney Dan Kirschner:
"Allstate took an unreasonable position and refused to budge. In doing so, it put its insured at risk for a verdict in excess of the policy limits."
Cook County Circuit Judge Leonard Levin presided over the trial, which ended on July 10, 2001.
Walent was represented by Edward Ordonez and Christopher Welch of Sanchez & Daniels. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1313 |
__label__cc | 0.502144 | 0.497856 | 2008-07-25 · MAN SE | Bus
MAN wins major orders for 635 natural-gas buses
Environment-friendly busses for Ankara and Den Haag
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has consolidated its position as market leader in natural-gas buses in Europe by recently winning two major orders. Together they have a value in the three-digit million euros. The city of Ankara has ordered a further 500 MAN Lion’s Classic natural-gas buses (CNG, Compressed Natural Gas). Back in 2006 the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group's Turkish sales company, MAN Kamyon ve Otobüs Ticaret A.Ş., won an invitation to tender from the municipal transport authority EGO for 490 vehicles. The especially environment-friendly and fully air-conditioned city buses for the second order are to be delivered between November 2008 and September 2009.
In The Hague too the city authorities (Haaglanden) and the well-known operator HTM Personenvervoer NV are going for environment-friendly MAN natural-gas technology. Recently an order was placed for a total of 135 MAN Lion's City low-floor buses with natural-gas-fired induction engine. Not only have the engines already been meeting the voluntary EEV exhaust-gas standard since 1999, but the vehicles already comply with Haaglanden's strict requirements on oxides of nitrogen – this was one of the criteria for obtaining subsidies for purchase of these new buses. The MAN E 2866 DUH04 induction engine, which is rated at 245 hp, is well known for its extremely low pollutant and noise emissions. Delivery of the vehicles will be split between 2009, 2010 and 2011. HTM is one of the most innovative operators in the Netherlands, and this large order makes it a customer of the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group for the first time.
Since 1992 MAN has been a pioneer in EEV, the voluntary exhaust-gas standard which is stricter than Euro 5, and is now market leader in natural-gas buses. To date some 4,000 complete buses with this drive system have been sold. Beside the MAN Lion's Classic and the Lion's City low-floor bus almost all solo and articulated buses are available with natural-gas drive. The 245 hp natural-gas engine in the buses for The Hague theoretically even complies with the provisional Euro 6 figures, which are expected to become obligatory in 2013.
Phone: +49 89 36098-111
E-mail: presse@man.eu | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1315 |
__label__wiki | 0.686479 | 0.686479 | Tom & Ethel Bradley Center
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Wendy Christie
Wendy Christie is a college educator in the fields of journalism and mass communication. She is a graduate of CSUN with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in mass communication. She treasures the knowledge acquired through her extensive research work at the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center. As an immigrant from the Caribbean, the center serves as a catalyst for her understanding of the significant contributions of LA’s diverse communities. For her, it has been an unparalleled journey into the lives, legacy and history of Los Angeles. As a member of the supervising team, she helps to oversee staff assignments, reviews metadata and assists with licensing and publication requests.
Pilar de Haro
Pilar De Haro is a senior at California State University, Northridge majoring in journalism and minoring in computer science and Spanish-language journalism. Her interests in data analysis and cyber security is sparked by the way technology and other disciplines intersect. For the first couple of years at the Bradley center she worked on metadata for the Charles Williams photography collection, and went on to assist the production of a mini-documentary on the racial housing covenants in Los Angeles. Currently, she assists in overseeing the newly acquired Richard Cross collection that is part of a collection of images from the civil wars in Central America from 1970s to early 1980s.
Dalia Espinosa
Dalia Espinosa earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism and a minor in Gender and Women's Studies while studying at California State University Northridge. She interned at the Los Angeles Daily News, Migratory Notes, and now works at the Tom and Ethel Bradley Center as an archival assistant. Her research interests are rooted in humanitarian topics like immigration and the challenges facing low-income individuals and families in the U.S. She is happiest interviewing people and publishing their stories onto a larger audience.
Lorena Gauthier
Lorena Gauthier is from El Salvador and is a currently pursuing a second master’s degree in History and internship at the Tom and Ethel Bradley Center as an archival assistant at Cal State Northridge. Her current research interests include the exploitation of Latin America history, political culture and wars. She likes to research and keep learning, for that reason she is working on her second MA in History.
Guillermo Márquez
Guillermo Márquez is a third year graduate student in CSUN’s History Department. His research interests lie in the history of the United States, Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands and Latin America, where he has focused on topics such as immigration, identity, ethnicity, gender, and race. At the Tom & and Ethel Bradley Center he is working on the Richard Cross Collection, digitizing and creating a bilingual metadata for images produced by the American photographer during the Cold War conflicts in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador during the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
Leslie Jiménez
Leslie Jiménez is a senior undergraduate student at CSUN majoring in Art, with a concentration in Art History and Photography and minoring in Cultural Anthropology. In 2017, she moved to Northridge from South Los Angeles to begin working on campus, she currently splits her work as a photo-lab assistant at the art department and a research assistant at the Bradley Center. Her experience in film photography and deep love for her neighborhood and cultural identity led her to join the Bradley Center where she currently works on cataloging and completing metadata for the newly acquired Richard Cross collection.
She is a strong supporter of the arts in public schools and in everyday life, she has served as the art history tutor for the art department in the past and currently dedicates time as a photography mentor for low-income high school students at Venice Arts.
When Leslie is not assisting students or the Bradley Center, Leslie can be found relaxing in her home with her pet cats, Chico and Pablo. She enjoys dancing Folklorico, attending concerts/cultural events, and being a big sister.
Lucas Pastis
Lucas Pastis is a graduate student at CSUN’s history department. His research emphasis is on Public History focusing on Southern California’s boosterism and preservation projects. He hopes to become an archivist or librarian at a public institute to help students and researchers cultivate their interests and find the materials they need. At the Bradley Center he focuses primarily on the John Kouns collection and his photography of civil rights marches and the United Farm Workers movements. His interests involve reading, playing music, and cooking.
Marta Valier
Marta Valier is a graduate student in the Journalism Department at CSUN focusing on urban communication. She is a journalist and her interest for history, human rights, and visual communication brought her to the Bradley Center to learn about the diverse communities of Southern California. She is currently working on Richard Cross’ images from the Border Studies Collections. The photos document the wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and the refugee crisis in Southern Mexico in the early 1980s. She is using the archival material to create different multimedia projects.
Susana Willeford
Susana Willeford will complete her master’s degree in History in May 2019 and works as an archival assistant at the Tom and Ethel Bradley Center at Cal State Northridge. She holds a B.A. in History and Chicano/a Studies from the University of California Channel Islands, Camarillo. Upon completing her M.A., Susana will begin her Ph.D. Program in History at Claremont Graduate University. Her current research interests include the exploitation of women and migrant laborers in California labor camps during World War I. She’s happiest ransacking the archives of universities libraries, and museums across the state to complete a thesis worthy of publication. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1319 |
__label__wiki | 0.892611 | 0.892611 | Enmanuel Martinez Lema
Roseville, MN based Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product (Twilight Imperium) in 1997, the company has been doing business as Fantasy Flight Games ("FFG"). Since that time, FFG has grown to become one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry, being a marketplace leader in board games and maintaining strong businesses in the card game, roleplaying game, and miniature game categories.
FFG is known for its quality of game components (often enhanced with highly detailed plastic miniatures and beautiful artwork), innovative gameplay, professional dedication to customer service, and a cutting-edge online presence providing information and support for its many products.
FFG's best-known titles include games based on licenses such as Star Wars, A Game of Thrones, and The Lord of the Rings, proprietary titles such as Arkham Horror and Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition, as well as re-releases of classic titles such as Cosmic Encounter, Fortress America, and Dungeonquest.
FFG's business is a global one, with the majority of its revenues generated from international sales.
Hottest Non-Core Books from Fantasy Flight Games | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1328 |
__label__wiki | 0.520217 | 0.520217 | 80-year-old woman and three others injured in alleged assault in Barlborough
Published: 16:48 Updated: 16:53 Thursday 07 February 2019
Police are appealing for information after an 80-year-old woman suffered a fractured pelvis in an assault in Barlborough.
The victim had travelled by car to the Rose and Crown pub on High Street with her 74-year-old husband at around 1.45pm on Sunday February 3.
The incident occurred on Sunday
Two other family members, a 54-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man, had followed in a separate car.
When the family got out of their cars it is reported that a man, the driver of a BMW, approached the 61-year-old man and began shouting at him.
It is understood the BMW driver accused the 61-year-old of cutting him up.
The 61-year-old apologised but was then punched by the BMW driver and fell to the ground. The driver then allegedly kicked him in the head several times.
The 74-year-old man then intervened and was punched in the face by the BMW driver. The 80-year-old woman attempted to help her husband and was pushed to the ground.
The 80-year-old’s daughter, a 54-year-old woman, then also tried to intervene and was punched in the face by the BMW driver causing her to fall to the ground and hit the back of her head, which made her lose consciousness.
The attacker is understood to have then been restrained by his male passenger and both left in the BMW.
Paramedics attended the victims and the two women were taken to hospital by ambulance.
A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and has since been released under investigation.
Officers are now seeking witnesses to the incident, particularly those who may have dash cam installed.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police, quoting the reference number 19*57236 and the name of the officer in the case, Detective Constable Lauren Jones by calling 101 or via the online contact form www.derbyshire.police.uk/Contact-Us.
Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1329 |
__label__wiki | 0.689059 | 0.689059 | KOBE KILN:
TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION
by hans karlsson
Ryotaro Kato, son of the 7th master potter at the Kobe Kiln. Kobei Kato founded the kiln in Mino-no-kuni 1804.
By now we have introduced the city of Tajimi from a number of perspectives, including life, food, and not the least pottery. After all, Tajimi is part of the Mino area, which is the largest production centre for ceramics in the world. Some of the most famous styles of pottery were born here. Several Tajimi potters have been recognised as Living National Treasures by the government. Yet all this is very little known in other countries.
In the back of the facility you will find an old climbing kiln (anagama) that is still fired a few times a year. Look up to see a beautiful autumn foliage.
This time we visited a renowned kiln in the world of Mino ware — the Kobe-gama. Master potter Ryotaro Kato (44) received us in the office on a fine, sunny November day. He is a fast but well-articulated speaker, and you can feel his energy and passion for ceramics. Today we met him to learn about Persian lusterware and its revival here at the Kobe-gama. On the second floor in the main building, there is a wonderful little museum exhibiting fantastic lusterware. The kiln has a strong connection to this Persian art form.
A 360 view of a section of the lusterware museum in the Kobe kiln main building.
Kobe-gama Pottery was founded in 1804 in Ichinokura town in Tajimi, by first-generation founder Katou Kobe in Mino-no-kuni, who dyed and supplied tableware to high-rank customers, including the lords of the enormous Edo castle in present-day Tokyo. Ryotaro is the son of his 7th successor and a young force for the revival of the Mino region and an increased awareness abroad about this major Japanese pottery tradition. In spite of its impressive tradition the kiln is still not well represented abroad and is presently working to establish itself in China, Europe and elsewhere. By contrast, the master potters of the Kobe-gama has played an important role in bringing foreign ceramic culture to Japan. The late Living National Treasure, Takuo Katō (1917–2005), who was the sixth-generation master ceramicist of the Kobe-Gama Pottery, was the man who first found interest in ancient Persian lusterware ceramics. It’s beautiful blue and three-colour glazes inspired him to revive the techniques of the Persian potters that had been completely lost after the 17th century.
The journey to success was a long one, as there was no information on how the old Persians made their lusterware. Finally, Kato came upon the research of a deceased American professor, Arthur Upham Pope, at a visit to Pahlavi University in Tehran. Pope was dead, but fortunately, his wife was still alive and showed Pope’s work to the Japanese ceramist. Kato now realised that not only was the clay used by the Persians different from that in Japan, but glazes included lead, tin, sodium, and other ingredients not utilized in the East Asian ceramic tradition. Furthermore, the lusterware kilns needed to be small. They could only accommodate a few pieces at a time and the firing temperatures must be kept quite low.
“The most important finding,” Ryotaro explains, “was the construction of the Persian kilns. They were designed in such a fashion that the flames of the fire could not touch the ceramics directly. Thanks to Pope’s research Takuo realised that it was the combination of the metal oxides in the glaze and the peculiar kiln design that the enabled the ancient Persians to produce their luster ware. With this insight, Takuo could now pursue his research in earnest. There were so many parts of the puzzle to this great mystery. The clay used by the Persians was different from here. It includes lots of salt and magnesium, which makes the ceramics fragile. It is also less heat resistant than Japanese clay. If you fire it at high temperature it falls apart and melts. In Japan and China, we usually fire at 1200° Celsius, but the Persian had to keep the temperature as low as 900°. This also contributes to the fragility of Persian luster ware.”
To illustrate Ryotaro brings an ancient looking piece of pottery from a shelf.
Most ancient lusterware that is excavated today is broken. It is a very fragile type of ceramics.
“As you can see this one is broken,” he says, “and most of the lusterware we find is. Takuo brought Iranian clay home and attempted to reproduce the classic Persian ceramics, but failed. He soon began using local clay from this area and was able to produce much stronger pottery that way. He glazed it according to the Persian way, however, so the end result was a hybrid. That is why the lusterware we make is strong.”
“What is special about lusterware,” he continues, “is that the colours shift depending on your viewing angle. It reflects light beautifully, but to produce ceramics that reflects light in this way is very hard. If the firing fails the ceramics comes out completely matte. A large part of the pieces from every firing are failures.”
“Another important difference between Iran and Japan is the humidity,” he continues. “The climate in Iran is extremely dry. It’s desert climate is ideal for lusterware production. By contrast, Japan is very humid. On a rainy day the firings fail quite often. On top of that, the lusterware kilns need to be small in size, so production volume is modest. Because of this, and the large number of failed firings, it is not feasible to produce lusterware for a volume market, like tableware.”
“Takuo fell in love with the blue colour of these Persian ceramics, but what kind of blue is it? I ask.
“Ah, the Persian blue,” says Ryotaro, and brings another piece.
Takuo Kato fell in love with the blue colour of the Persian ceramics
“This is also an old piece,” he says. “It is said that this kind of glaze is extremely old, and the blue colour is achieved by adding copper. It’s a very simple technique, but there was no equivalent in China. On the other hand, there have been many findings of this kind of blue pottery in the graves of the Egyptian pharaohs. The Mesopotamians also made this kind of pottery, it was common in the region. It is easy to imagine that the blue colour of water brought the image of life to mind in a world of deserts.
“What about the blue in this piece?” I ask, and point to the first one he brought.
“This is an effect of the cobalt in this glaze,” Ryotaro explains. “This kind of colour was produced in China as well. The Middle East and China are the oldest production regions when it comes to ceramics, and they were connected by the Silk Road. There must have been plenty of opportunities for exchange. As for the Persian blue, such pottery have been found in China, but they never seem to have produced it themselves. Green pottery was made there, however.”
Copper was used both to achieve a blue colour and a green, like in this Chinese piece.
He brings a green piece. “This was made in China, but the same kind of pottery was produced in Persia as well. Interestingly, copper is also used to achieve the green colour. Depending on the components in the glaze, the colour will change this way.
“What about the three-colour glazes?” I wonder.
“Okey, that’s what we call sansai in Japanese,” he replies. And again he brings a sample.
“This one is from ancient China. The three-colour glazes are normally green, yellow and white. This particular piece is from the 8th century. The technique was transferred to Persia where it became the Persian three-colour glaze. When it arrived to Japan it had developed to a seven-colour glaze. As techniques like this crossed the continent, variations developed in different areas and the spectrum of glazes widened.”
“What is your exchange with Iran like today?”
“Dr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who was Iranian Ambassador to Japan at the time, visited us after having heard about our luster ware [Araghchi was ambassador 2008 - 2011]. He became very excited and said this exchange with his country should be expanded. My father and I traveled to Iran and did an exhibition at their National Museum. My father’s works was the focus of the exhibition, but Takuo’s ceramics were exhibited as well along with Iranian works, both ancient and contemporary.
“I was responsible for the exhibit, and while there are cultural differences regarding how these things are done, all went well in the end. It was very well received, and discussions started about further exchange between us. Iran was invaded by the Mongols in the 13th century and the kilns were ruined by them. The lusterware culture had vanished from the country by the 17th century. It wasn’t until Takuo’s reproductions that the artform was brought back into the limelight again. Young ceramists in Iran were impressed by his efforts, and several were inspired to start their own production. Two ceramists came here two years ago and stayed for three months, studying various techniques. We expect two more next year, so it’s an ongoing exchange. It’s a very difficult skill to master. We have different approaches and the Iranian’s have a tradition they want to revive, of course, going back to the original ways. But our exchange is a meaningful one and we look forward to develop it further.”
While the Kobe kiln ceramists have contributed greatly to the revival of Persian ceramics, Ryotary now looks to revitalise Minoware.
“Famous samurai lords like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, as well as tea masters like Sen no rikyu are part of the history of ceramics here. I am working to make the tea utensils they used. By the time of the Momoyama era, pottery reached a golden age in Mino, and important forms of Japanese pottery were born here. The next generation potters need to take up this tradition again. Most young ceramics want to do modern pottery, but I feel the best is to mix the best of traditional ceramics with modern designs. I spent my college years in Kyoto, and when I came back I could see that what we have in Mino is something very special.” | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1332 |
__label__wiki | 0.79219 | 0.79219 | Young indie band first to be signed up to University record label
Upcoming indie band The Inkhearts have been given their big break after being the first artists to be signed up to Edge Hill University’s very own record label.
The Label Recordings is an independent label without contracts, which has been set up by the University to promote existing new music and to give students eyeing-up a career in the competitive industry some real hands-on experience.
After a massive search across the North West to spot new talent, The Label Recordings came across the The Inkhearts, a four-piece band from Skelmersdale with their own unique sound, and have been in the recording studios with them.
The band, all aged between 17 and 18, couldn’t contain their excitement when we caught up with them in the studios. Listen to the interview here with the band and also the students who are benefitting from being a part of the initiative
Media lecturer Carl Hunter, who is also bassist in the Liverpool band The Farm, is hoping The Label Recordings will launch some of the region’s brightest talents. He said: “In my experience, the first foot on the ladder is either too high or in someone else’s garden. The Label is a place where you can try your hand at anything. You can direct a music video, you can work in A&R, you can package a sleeve, you can organise a club night, book the band and promote it. It’s a way to become an insider and get a flavour of what all the people behind the scenes really do.
“Even more importantly, The Label isn’t interest in taking a slice of the band’s music or earnings, quite the opposite in fact. It’ a record label that will put out a band’s song, package it, shoot a video and help with distribution? It’s a chance not to be missed.
The University is working in partnership with Parr Street Studios, Liverpool’s legendary Grammy-award winning recording studio complex, where artists including Arctic Monkeys, Cast, Coldplay, Spice Girls and many more have recorded.
You can follow The Label on Facebook on https://www.facebook.com/TheLabelRecordings or via Twitter at https://twitter.com/TheLabelRec.
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Inkhearts Facebook page
Posted on February 10, 2014 Author Lucy ReesCategories Student LifeTags Band, music, Record LabelShare | cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1340 |
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