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__label__wiki	0.865248	0.865248	Pathe Announces Upcoming Releases by Joshua Brunsting Well, this is a bit impressive. According to Variety, Pathe International has announced their slate for the next year or so, and it not only features films like the oft-delayed animated film, Gnomeo and Juliet, but they also have the rights to Sylvain Chomet’s upcoming animated film, The Illusionist, all culminating in a total of 60 sales for the company. The Illusionist, featuring a co-writing credit given to the late Jacques Tati whose screenplay was the basis for this film, follows the relationship between a hard on his luck stage entertainer and a fan who gives a bit of life to his career. The film comes from Sylvain Chomet, the same man behind the brilliant animated film, Triplets of Belleville, and with everything we have seen so far from the film, I can’t wait to see this thing. It looks utterly gorgeous, and here’s hoping the film gets a quick and speedy release. The aforementioned Gnomeo and Juliet is helmed by Kelly Asbury, who directed Shrek 2, so while that may not be too exciting, the rest of their slate sounds utterly stunning. The company recently sold Julian Schnabel’s Miral to territories including Singapore and Taiwan, and even sold Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place, a film starring Sean Penn, to Latin America, Poland, and other areas. While none of these sales related to the U.S. or North America as a whole, if anything, this is great to see fantastic films hit worldwide. Also, if they are selling outside of North America, I can only think as to how quick they are going to go the states. Gnomeo is set to hit stateside in February 2011, so many of these films should be following suit. Source: Variety Joshua Brunsting More from Joshua Brunsting Joshua Reviews Kiki Sugino’s Taksu [NYAFF 2015 Review] While this may sound like a standard melodrama, director Kiki Sugino turns... Hulu Renews Criterion Contract Remake Rights To 69 Akira Kurosawa Films, Including 19 Unmade Projects, Nabbed Up Masters Of Cinema Unveil DVD And Blu-ray Artwork For Complete Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Fallon’s Tonight Show Features Intro Directed By Spike Lee Explosions In The Sky Teaming With David Wingo For Score To David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche Herzog Eyes A New Documentary Series Entitled Hate In America	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754529
__label__wiki	0.721232	0.721232	Home Our Radio Shows David Feldman Radio Show Scott Rogowsky & Bill Scheft, Episode 1049 Scott Rogowsky & Bill Scheft, Episode 1049 Founder and CEO of Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Chain Mark Breslin, and Comedian Kevin Bartini. Time Code: Mark Breslin (0:49) Kevin Bartini (36:44) Rogowsky and Scheft (1:18:15) HQ Trivia’s Scott Rogowsky is now host of DAZN’s baseball show “ChangeUp.” Bill Scheft is an American comedy writer and novelist. He is best known for being a staff writer for David Letterman from 1991-2015, during which time he was nominated for 15 Emmy awards. He ran a weekly humor column “The Show” in Sports Illustrated from 2002 to 2005. A collection of his columns, The Best of “The Show”, was published by Warner Books in 2005. Scheft is the author of four novels: The Ringer (2002), Time Won’t Let Me (2005), Everything Hurts (2009) and Shrink Thyself (2014). Time Won’t Let Me was a finalist for the 2006 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Both The Ringer and Everything Hurts have been optioned for film. Scheft is the nephew of the late Herbert Warren Wind, the legendary golf and profile writer for The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated. In 2011, he co-edited and wrote a foreword for the collection, America’s Gift to Golf: Herbert Warren Wind on The Masters. Scheft graduated from Harvard College with honors. He was married to comedian Adrianne Tolsch for 26 years before her death on December 7, 2016.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754533
__label__cc	0.553697	0.446303	2014 - Sow much love 2015 - Sow much love to give Our program in Madagascar aims to reinforce public participation in building a state based on the rule of law through training activities, civic education and grassroots organization linkage. We support citizen mobilizations to resolve local problems and citizen participation in establishing a genuine decentralization policy. “Since the arrival of the mine, I have not seen any improvements in the quality of life of my children or my grandchildren. On the contrary, we are becoming more impoverished by the day because the mining company forbids us from expanding our fields.” Monsieur Rakotoarimanana, the village chief of Ambohibary (district of Moramanga). In order to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth, Development and Peace also supports community participation in the management of the country's natural resources and access for the most impoverished to mining operation profits. Finally, we support partners who are working to defend the land rights of small farmers, as well as peasant groups so as to help them boost their agricultural production. The issues we work on to build justice: and citizen participation The large island has more than 20 million inhabitants of whom 80 percent subsist on less than 1 dollar per day even though the country has significant natural resources (sapphire, rosewood, nickel, cobalt, oil, etc.). Free and transparent elections were held in 2013 following a serious crisis that had persisted since 2009 and which dramatically impacted the living conditions of the vast majority of the population. As soon as he took office, the transitional president, Andry Rajoelina, called upon foreign investors to relaunch the country’s economy, appeals directed primarily to mining and oil companies, which have since resumed exploration activities. In 2014, the country regained institutional stability thanks to the election of Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the ex-finance minister of the former transitional power. Despite a weak economy and a very high unemployment rate, agriculture remains the key sector of the Malagasy economy and is the livelihood of over 70 percent of the population. The death of Rija Andriarinosy, Director of the Development Council of Andohatapenaka (CDA) in Madagascar We were very sad to learn of the death of Rija Andriarinosy, Executive Director of the Development Council of Andohatapenaka (CDA) in Madagascar, who passed away as a result of a stroke. Madagascar: Living in the Shadow of a Mine The Rakotoarimanana family lives in Ambohibary, a village located in the district of Moramanga. The village is surrounded by forests that are rich in biodiversity, and a passion for nature is transmitted from generation to generation. The father is the Fonkontany (village) chief and takes care of everyday business in the community. Mr. A mine threatens the land and dignity of a community in Madagascar Access to land and defense of the environment are major issues in Madagascar. Malagasies are excellent farmers and among the finest rice growers in the world. On the island of Madagascar, there are approximately 14,000 peasants cultivating rice on irrigated lands located about 250 km from the capital city of Antanarivo. Youth are the future Several members of Development and Peace along with two Regional Animators are currently on a solidarity tour of Madagascar to visit with local organizations supported by Development and Peace. Over the next few weeks, they will be writing about their visits and experiences. We had the opportunity to go to the Antananarivo (Tana) Cathedral for an audience with Archbishop Odon of Tana. During our visit, he commented that family is a critical element for any positive, successful development in Madagascar. Arrival in Antananaviro Several members of Development and Peace along with two Regional Animators are currently on a solidarity tour of Madagascar to visit with local organizations supported by Development and Peace. Solidarity trip to Madagascar The Taratra PROJECT for good governance of the exploitation Madagascar’s natural resources Madasgacar benefits from important natural resources, and this richness is increasingly attracting the interest of mining companies. Development and Peace supports aid to cyclone victims in Madagascar Last February, Cyclone Giovanna and Tropical Storm Irina, swept through the African island-nation of Madagascar, causing major damage in many communities. According to local officials, there were over 330,000 people affected by the storms, including 111 deaths, 299 people injured, three reported missing and 55,060 who were displaced. inhabitants (2013) of the population is of the population living in rural areas (Source: FAO, UNDP and World Bank)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754536
__label__wiki	0.890884	0.890884	Collections Voice of the press on the New York Arcade Railway, 115 Broadway. 1886. Voice of the press on the New York Arcade Railway, 115 Broadway. 1886. This digital presentation draws together several archival collections of photographs, supplemented by published illustrated sources on related subjects, all concerned with the transit and water infrastructure of New York City in the last 150 years. Broadway Cable Railroad Photographer C. C. Langill (active ca. 1890) often worked in partnership, as he did here with William Gray on these 55 albumen print photographs documenting the long-gone cable road on Broadway. Built in 1891, the short-lived Broadway Cable Railroad ran north along Broadway, from Bowling Green at the southern end of Manhattan, uptown to 36th Street. This early form of mass transit operated by means of two giant cables (powered by centrally positioned steam engines), which ran just below street level, pulling the cable cars along the track at a steady 30 miles per hour. Unfortunately, the underground cables-and hence the trains themselves-could not be slowed down at all, even when turning corners; the sharp turn at Union Square (at 14th Street) became known as Dead Man's Curve for hurling passengers around as it navigated the bend. Constant accidents and numerous breakdowns ensured the rapid demise of the Broadway Cable Railroad. Interborough Rapid Transit A published book, Interborough rapid transit; the New York subway, its construction and equipment (1904) presents the construction of the first New York City subway system in black-and-white half-tone illustrations of platforms and ornamental tile work (which are currently undergoing systematic renovation), as well as tunnels and structural ironwork. Earlier projections of underground rail systems for New York City supplement this work. Catskill Aqueduct New York City's Board of Water Supply began planning for the Catskill water supply system early in the 20th century, and celebrated completion of the first phase of construction in 1917. This ambitious project involved the waters of the Esopus Creek, one of the four watersheds in the Catskills, and expanded to the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Aqueduct. The city's Department of Water Supply, Gas, and Electricity assumed responsibility for its operation and maintenance upon completion. A later expansion of the system concluded in 1928, involved the construction of the Schoharie Reservoir and the Shandaken Tunnel. The photographs presented here range in date from about 1906 to 1915. The bequest of the papers of William Williams (1862-1947) to the Library is the probable source of the 310 photographs relating to the Catskill water system presented here, although that provenance is not conclusive. (Following his role as head of the immigration station on Ellis Island, Williams was named commissioner of New York City's Board of Water Supply, serving from 1914 to 1917.) His papers came to NYPL as a bequest. Holland Tunnel Running under the Hudson River, the twin-tube roadway of the Holland Tunnel (originally the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel) connects Canal Street in Lower Manhattan with 12th and 14th Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. The tunnel, built between 1919-1927, takes its name from its designer, civil engineer Clifford M. Holland (1883-1924), who died while directing its construction. The images presented here comprise the contents of three albums of silver gelatin photographs, which were probably assembled for associates of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission; at an unknown date, these albums were transferred from the Yale University library to The New York Public Library. Citizens Union Foundation, Inc. of the City of New York. Water-Watchers: A Citizens Guide to New York City Water Supply. (c1987) Cudahy, Brian J. A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 years of New York's Underground Railways. (2003) "An Exhibition Illustrating the History of the Water Supply of the City of New York from 1639 to 1917." Bulletin of the New York Public Library XXI (June 1917): 407-412. New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply. 1,820,000,000 Gallons per Day; 50th Anniversary of the Board of Water Supply. (1955) NYPL. "Building & Construction: Finding Related Industry and Technologies Resources." (2004) <http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/science/building/> _____. "The Subway at 100: General William Barclay Parsons and the Birth of the NYC Subway." (2004) <http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/sibl/siblexhibdesc.cfm?id=349> _____. "I on Infrastructure." (2002-03) <http://www.nypl.org/admin/exhibitions/ioni/index.html> Sansone, Gene. Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997. (2002) Walker, James Blaine. Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917. (1918, repr. 1970) Place: [New York] Shelf locator: VDCP p.v. 54 Subways -- New York (State) -- New York Ownership: Parsons Collection Extent: 20 x 28 cm. Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 83078250-c60b-012f-b888-58d385a7bc34 Subways5 Smith, Melvilie C1 x Voice of the press on the New York Arcade Railway, 115 Broadway. 1886 New York (State)5 SIBL: General collection5 Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection5 Report on the designs and pla… Arcade Railway - way station. Plan for building the Arcade … Arcade Railway - cross sectio… New York Arcade Railway. (vie…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754541
__label__wiki	0.992806	0.992806	Nebraska Law Review Home > Law > NLR > Vol. 57 (1978) > Iss. 1 Defending the Mentally Ill: A Discussion of Nebraska's Involuntary Commitment Proceedings Thomas L. Hagel, Lancaster County Public Defender’s OfficeFollow This article discusses various aspects of representing individuals who are allegedly "mentally ill and dangerous," under the provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act. The discussion deals primarily with the involuntary commitment of such individuals. Commitment of those accused or convicted of criminal offenses are only alluded to in passing, while voluntary admissions to a mental institution are not addressed. The purpose of this article is to discuss the various problems inherent in representing mentally ill individuals and to examine the legal and tactical aspects involved in the handling of such cases. II. Involuntary Commitment Procedure III. Applicability of Constitutional Law IV. Hearing Procedures V. Mental Illness VI. Prediction of Dangerousness VII. The Nexus Requirement VIII. Alternatives to Commitment IX. Post-Commitment Proceedings X. Conclusion Thomas L. Hagel, Defending the Mentally Ill: A Discussion of Nebraska's Involuntary Commitment Proceedings, 57 Neb. L. 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__label__wiki	0.918179	0.918179	Liffey Bridges 3 – Sean Heuston Bridge It is one of the most elegant bridges over the Liffey and was opened to pedestrian and horse-drawn traffic on 9th June 1829. It replaced a ferry service that had been operation for the previous hundred years and built to commemorate the visit of King George IV in August 1821. Daniel O’Connell was instrumental in raising funds for the bridge’s construction and the foundation stone was laid by the Marquis Wellesley on 12th December 1827. Sean Heuston Bridge It was designed by the English architect George Papworth (who designed other buildings in Dublin including the interior of the Pro-Cathedral on Marlborough Street) and built in less than a year. It cost £13,000. The engineering work was carried out by Richard Robinson’s company Phoenix Iron Works, Parkgate Street, its proximity helping the speedy construction. Patrick Sarsfield Papworth’s design was chosen by King George and over the years it became known as King’s Bridge. It stayed that way until 1922 when it was changed to Sarsfield Bridge in honour of the great 17th military commander who fought against the Williamites until he left for France and fought in the army of King Louis XIV. He was wounded at the Battle of Landen, Belgium, on the 19th August 1693, and died three days later in Huy, and is buried in the grounds of St Martin’s Church. A plaque on a wall marks his approximate burial site. As he lay dying with his blood trickling away he is quoted as saying ‘Oh, if only this were for Ireland’. Sean Heuston The bridge name was changed in 1941 to its present one in honour of the youngest man to be executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. He and his thirteen volunteers occupied the Mendicity Institution, close to King’s Bridge, and surrendered when besieged by superior forces. He was executed on 8th May and buried in Arbour Hill with other executed leaders. Weight restrictions were introduced after a review in 1980 which led to the construction of the nearby Frank Sherwin Bridge in 1982. However, a major refurbishment was carried in 2001-02 that allowed it to carry the LUAS light rail system, with the first trams crossing the Liffey in 2004. The bridge, thankfully, is still open to pedestrians. Tagged as 1916 Easter Rising, arbour hill, battle of landen, daniel o'connell, frank sherwin bridge, george papworth, king george iv, king's bridge, louis XIV, LUAS, mendicity institution, phoenix iron works, richard robinson, sean heuston, The Liffey Jack B Yeats – A Portrait of the Artist Jack B Yeats Jack B Yeats, one of Ireland’s foremost painters, was born in London on the 29 August 1871, the youngest child of John Butler Yeats and his wife Susan (nee Pollexfen). His father, who had trained as a lawyer, was also a painter although not nearly as successful as his son would become. Jack spent his early years moving between London, Dublin and his maternal grandparent’s home in Sligo before moving to London in 1887. He studied at the South Kensington School of Art and the Chiswick School of Art where he met Mary Cottenham White who he married in 1894. They moved to Devon in where he developed his artistic career as an illustrator for various journals, and after focusing on watercolours had his first exhibition in London in the 1897. The couple left Devon for Ireland in 1910, first settling in Greystones, Wicklow, before moving to Dublin and finally into 18 Fitzwilliam Square where they spent the rest of their lives. Olympic Silver Medal Back in Dublin Yeats began to work in oils and travelled widely capturing images of rural life, particularly in the West of Ireland and, of course, scenes in Dublin. One of his most famous and beloved paintings is The Liffey Swim (1924) which is now in the National Gallery. He entered this in the Paris Olympics and won the Silver Medal which is part of the Jack B Yeats archive that was donated to the gallery by his niece Anne Yeats, herself a painter and stage designer, in 1996. In 1999, his painting The Wild Ones was sold at Sotheby’s, London, for £1.2 million, the highest price ever paid for one of his works. He continued to produce work for publication including illustrations for JM Synge’s The Aran Islands. And he wrote numerous plays, a collection of short stories for children and novels through the 1930s and 1940s. He died on 28 March 1957 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery. He was 85. The Liffey Swim Filed under Art, Dublin, London Tagged as chiswick school of art, fitzwilliam square, jack b yeats, jm synge, john butler yeats, mount jerome, national gallery of ireland, olympic games 1924, south kensington school of art, the aran islands, the liffey swin, wb yeats	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754548
__label__wiki	0.562341	0.562341	Tag Archives: university of south carolina Country Music, Music, Top 10 Countdown Country Music Star Darius Rucker receives honor December 23, 2014 Regis Welch 2 Comments Darius Rucker has come a long way from singing his University of South Carolina friends. Rucker began singing as the lead vocalist of the band Hootie and the Blowfish in 1986. His deep, soulful voice lead the band to a couple of Grammy awards. Also, the band’s first album, Cracked Rear View, went 16X platinum. Hootie and the Blowfish had hits like, “Let Her Cry”, “Hold My Hand”, and “Only Wanna Be With You”. The band decided in 2008 to take a hiatus so that Rucker could pursue a solo career. Rucker’s first album, Learn to Live, charted three number one hits. They were “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”, “Alright”, and “It Won’t Be like This For Long”. His second album didn’t fail. Actually, it was certified gold. But his third album, True Believers may have been his best one yet. It featured a remake of Bob Dylan’s “Wagon Wheel”. The song went 3X platinum, won a Grammy, and never ceases to get old. He later went on to record a Christmas album, Home for the Holidays, which is in stores now. This South Carolina Gamecock fan continues to break down barriers and make history. 2nd African- American with a #1 country song Only African- American to win the CMA New Artist of the Year Became a Grand Ole Opry Member in 2012 It is honor give Darius Rucker this week’s Young Veteran award. Between you and me, I don’t think it’s possible for this artist to stop making great music. These are the Top 10 Darius Rucker songs. 10. Homegrown Honey 9. True Believers 8. It Won’t Be Like This For Long 7. Stuck On You Duet with Lionel Richie 6. Come Back Song To continue to the top 5 please go to the next page. african americanawardsbandblackblogbob dylancmacountrycountry musicdarius ruckergamecockGrammygrand ole oprygrouphome for the holidayshootie and the blowfishlady antebellummusicmusic blogsolosongsongssouth carolinatrue believersuniversity of south carolinaYoung Veteran	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754550
__label__wiki	0.63099	0.63099	DrexelNow Drexel Quarterly Drexel University Identity Guidelines Sitecore CMS Support The Drexel Collection Merck Chairman and CEO Kenneth Frazier to Speak at Drexel’s 2019 Commencement Merck & Co., Inc. Chairman and CEO Kenneth C. Frazier will address the class of 2019 at Drexel’s University-wide commencement ceremony on June 14. In what has become a Drexel tradition, the University will once again hold its University-wide ceremony at Citizens Bank Park. Frazier’s contributions in the business, legal and humanitarian fields are especially notable. “I’m certain our graduating class will enjoy hearing from a highly successful corporate executive whose career in business, law and public service roles has given him a unique perspective, and whose personal journey stretches from North Philadelphia to Harvard Law to the corporate boardroom,” said Drexel President John Fry. Under Frazier’s leadership, Merck is delivering innovative lifesaving medicines and vaccines as well as long-term and sustainable value to its multiple stakeholders. Frazier has substantially increased Merck’s investment in research, including early research, while refocusing the organization on the launch and growth of key products that provide benefit to society. He has also led the formation of philanthropic and other initiatives that build on Merck’s 125-year plus legacy. Frazier joined the company in 1992 and has held positions of increasing responsibility including general counsel and president. Prior to joining Merck, he was a partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath. He currently sits on the boards of PhRMA, Weill Cornell Medicine, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Cornerstone Christian Academy in Philadelphia. Frazier is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, The Business Council, the Council of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association. Frazier received his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and holds a JD from Harvard Law School. More information about Drexel’s commencement is available at this link. Topical Tags: Close School of Entrepreneurship Center for Food and Hospitality Management College of Computing and Informatics College of Nursing and Health Professions Goodwin College LeBow College Pennoni Honors College Kline School of Law Niki Gianakaris ngianakaris@drexel.edu	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754552
__label__cc	0.693146	0.306854	Building A Culture of Genius The Integration Mirage Comments Off on The Integration Mirage If the Century Foundation and other advocates for socioeconomic integration are believed, Cambridge Public School in Massachusetts is supposedly the model for harmonious, high-quality educating of all children regardless of background. This is because “73 percent of schools were balanced by race in the 2011–2012 school year” and 64 percent of them were “balanced” by socioeconomic status (including percentage of kids on free- and reduced-priced lunch plans). Declares Century in its lullaby to the school: “Cambridge remains a leader in school integration”. Yet a Dropout Nation analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education offers a much different story than what Century and others want to promote. If anything, the rationing of opportunity for high-quality education is as much a problem in Cambridge and other districts considered successes of integration as they are in the nation’s most-highly segregated traditional districts. Just 8.5 percent of Cambridge’s 577 Black high school students — 49 of them, to be exact — took Advanced Placement courses in 2013-2014. This is four times lower than the 34. 5 percent of White peers (226) taking the college preparatory coursework. [Sixteen-point-four percent of Latino high schoolers took AP that year.] It gets only slightly better when it comes to access to calculus, trigonometry and other forms of advanced mathematics. Twenty eight-point-four percent of Black high schoolers took college-preparatory math in 2013-2014. But that still trailed the 48.4 percent of White peers who took those course. [Some 35.2 percent of Latino high school students took calculus and advanced math.] The numbers got slightly better when it came to physics, a critical gateway course for science, technology, engineering and math careers. Thirty three-point-four percent of Black high schoolers took the course compared to 35.9 percent of White peers. But only 28.7 percent of Latino high schoolers took the course. Meanwhile there is another form of denying opportunity that is pernicious within Cambridge — in the form of who gets put into its special ed ghettos. One out of every four Black children in Cambridge’s district — 25.9 percent of Black children in its care — are labeled special ed cases, as are 25.4 percent of Latino peers. This is almost double the (also far too high) 14.2 percent of White children placed into special ed. Based on those numbers, a Black or Latino child in Cambridge has a one-in-four chance of being denied the high-quality teaching and curricula they need for lifelong success. Districts such as Stamford Public Schools are touted as examples of success in integration. But the data proves that illusory. Even worse, the Black kids condemned to special ed are more-likely to be subjected to out-of-school suspensions and other forms of harsh traditional school discipline that ensure that they have a one-in-six chance of graduating from high school. Cambridge meted one or more out-of-school suspensions to 9.7 percent of Black children and 8.9 percent of Latino peers in Cambridge’s special ed ghettos; this is three times higher than the 3.5 percent out-of-school suspension rate for White peers. For all of Century’s talk about Cambridge representing the success of socioeconomic integration, the data on equality of opportunity doesn’t support it. But this should be no surprise — especially to otherwise-sensible outfits such as the Center for American Progress (which released its own call for integration this week). Because integration has never proven to be the solution for the nation’s education crisis and its damage to the futures of poor and minority children that its proponents claim it to be. Take the Jefferson County district in Louisville, Ky., another district that has been touted by Century and others for efforts on integration. Back in October, the foundation bemoaned an effort by the state legislature to end its “controlled choice” effort and allow families to send their kids to neighborhood schools. Just 11 percent of the district’s Black high schoolers and 18 percent of Latino peers accessed AP courses in 2013-2104, versus 28.5 percent of White high school students. Only 12 percent of Black high school students and 14.2 percent of Latino peers took calculus and advanced mathematics; this is lower than the 21.5 percent of White peers who accessed those courses. Meanwhile the denial of high-quality education in the form of sending kids to special ed ghettos remains a problem. Fourteen-point. six percent of Black children are put into special ed, slightly higher than the 12.3 percent of White peers. [Only 6.4 percent of Latino children are condemned to special ed.] Yet Black children in special ed will suffer even worse than White peers when it comes to out-of-school suspensions and other forms of harsh school discipline. Jefferson County meted one or more out-of-school suspensions to 17.7 of Black children, compared to just 7.1 percent of White peers (and 10.2 percent of Latino students). Even when Black and White children are equally condemned to educational failure, they are not harmed in equal ways. Another ‘model’ for integration is the Stamford district in Connecticut, which has been credited by Century for “remarkable success maintaining racially and socioeconomically desegregated schools”. Yet only 14 percent of Black high school students and 17 percent of their Latino peers took AP courses in 2013-2014, compared to 40.5 percent of White peers. Just 15.1 percent of Black high schoolers and 14.3 percent of Latino counterparts took calculus and other advanced math, two times lower than the 32.2 percent participation rate for White peers. Meanwhile 19.1 percent of Black children and 12.6 percent of Latino peers were condemned to Stamford’s special ed ghettos. Only 9.2 percent of White children were denied high-quality education. Within those ghettos, Stamford meted one or more out-of-school suspensions to 13.3 percent of Black students and 6.6 percent of Latino peers. Just 3.3 percent of White students — 16 in all — were suspended one or more times that year. Your editor can go on and on with each of the nine examples Century touts as models of success in socioeconomic integration — as well as point out other examples such as Clinton Separate School District in Mississippi. But that would be piling on. What the data points out is that for all the claims advocates make, socioeconomic integration doesn’t address the underlying issues that keep poor and minority children from receiving the high-quality teaching, curricula, and cultures they need for lifelong success. Socioeconomic integration doesn’t deal with the reality that mixing Black and Latino faces into White spaces doesn’t address the myriad ways traditional districts deny opportunities to them. This includes the gatekeeping by school leaders, teachers and guidance counselors of gifted-and-talented programs that are the first steps towards kids attending AP and other college-preparatory courses, the low-quality instruction and curricula in regular classrooms that keep Black and Brown kids off the paths to success, and even selective high schools such as those of New York City, which Contributing Editor Michael Holzman has shown to be forms of “segregation by another name”. Oddly enough, the magnet schools and other “controlled choice” models integration-as-school reform advocates often tout are among the worst offenders. One reason? Because they are as much used by districts as tools for luring and keeping White families at the expense of poor and minority children as they are mandated by courts for integration. [By the way: The power to use choice and high-quality education as a political tool is one reason why traditional districts oppose the expansion of charter schools in the first place.] Basically, magnets and controlled choice deny our most-vulnerable children access to high-quality education in the name of socioeconomic balance. Even worse, the approaches are no different in practice than the kinds of “curated segregation” that take place in many cities today. There is a reason why charters have become the choice of so many Black families: Because of the opportunities for children to have their cultures and lives affirmed. Integration also doesn’t address the failure to provide poor and minority children with teachers who are subject-matter competent and also care for them regardless of their background. As Dropout Nation noted last month, far too many Black and Brown children are taught by teachers who subject them to the not-so-soft-bigotry of low expectations, harming their chances for high school graduation and college completion. Nor does integration address the need to overhaul how we recruit, train, and compensate teachers, deal with the need to bring more talented Black people (including midcareer professionals ready to work with kids) into classrooms, or even the near-lifetime employment rules (in the form of tenure) and teacher dismissal policies that keep so many low-quality teachers in classrooms often filled with the descendants of enslaved Africans. Addressing those underlying issues requires undertaking the kinds of teacher quality overhauls reformers have been pushing for the past two decades, ones that integration-as-school reform advocates often oppose. Put bluntly, it is difficult for your editor to take integration advocates seriously when they refuse to deal honestly with the consequences of policies and practices that allow educationally-abusive teaching to fester. Meanwhile integration fails to address the restrictions on opportunity for poor and minority children that result from the traditional district model as well as the zoning policies and property tax-based finance systems on which it is sustained. Integration does absolutely nothing to address how districts use their dependence on property tax dollars to oppose the ability of poor and minority families in other communities (who finance those schools through state and federal dollars). Nor does it stop districts from using school zones and magnet schools as tools for denying opportunity to the Black and Brown families who live within them. And it definitely doesn’t stop White communities seeking to secede from integrated districts from doing so. It’s long past time to break the ties between educational opportunity, property taxes and housing policy. This means moving away from a model of public education built upon districts and school boundaries (which integration merely overlays) to one in which states finance high-quality opportunities from which all children and families of all backgrounds can choose. Finally, what integration advocates fail to admit is that their approach is patronizing to the very Black and Brown families for which they proclaim concern. This is because throughout American history, integration (along with its kissing cousin, assimilation, about which American Indians know all too well) has always been based on the racialist idea that Whiteness is superior, that White people are better, and that if it isn’t close to White or attended by White, then it is inferior, and by implication, should be destroyed. Anyone who has gone to a Historically Black College and University, or been to a rural White school knows this isn’t true. Even worse, it is unconscionable and immoral for anyone to believe it or embrace it or perpetuate it. But the fiction remains as pernicious and destructive now as it was during the heyday of integration in the 1960s and 1970s when schools in Black communities were shut down instead of being provided with the resources they needed to serve children properly. If allowed to re-emerge, that thinking will damage the new efforts Black and Latino people are doing now to help their children succeed on their own terms. For Black and Latino families who just want and deserve high-quality schools in the communities in which they live that also affirm their cultures, where their kids also go to schools with kids who look like them, where they know that they can succeed (even when they are told otherwise), integration remains what Charles Ogletree once called a false promise. Based on the data, their feelings are justified. They are also tired of having their children being forced to teach White people’s children how to treat them with respect, and exhausted with negotiating with White people for the resources their children are supposed to get by law. Those feelings are also well-deserved. Integration does nothing to affirm the people it is supposed to help. If we want to build brighter futures for all children, especially those Black, Brown, and poor, we have to get to continue to overhaul the policies and practices that keep them from getting the knowledge they deserve. Focusing on integration as the solution merely papers over the hard work that must be done. Abel McDanielsAdvanced MathAdvanced PlacementCambridge Public SchoolsCenter for American ProgressControlled ChoiceJefferson County Public SchoolsMagnet SchoolsRichard Kahlenbergschool choiceSocioeconomic integrationSpecial educationStamford Public Schoolsteacher qualityThe Century Foundation Voices of the Dropout Nation A Holy Call for School Reform Teachers Union Money Report NYSUT's $544 Million Financial Problem	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754556
__label__cc	0.688282	0.311718	A comment at Prof-like Substance caught my eye. You called yourself a PI? What’s with all these biomedical people referring to a professor as a PI? In some fields a professor is a professor. An academic title is more dignified than an administrative acronym. I have a simple poll. Please select the equation that best summarizes your view of the relative status of the honorifics of “Professor”, “Doctor” and “PI”. For this purpose assume we’re using the generic Professor to refer to all professorial ranks, not the specific for “Full Professor”. PI, as you are answering the poll, means whatever you think it means. Academic Honorific Equationscustomer surveys In the comments you might as well expand on the rationale here. The best I can come up with is that the smaller the group which can rightfully use the title, the better. Reflecting on this, however, it is clear to me that your definition of a PI is critical here. I tend to use Principal Investigator (sometimes Principle Investigator..YHN says meh) to mean someone who has written an application that has successfully garnered research funding. But then what do we call a n00b Asst Prof without major funding who nevertheless heads a research group? I’d probably call her a PI too, particularly if she was actively applying and otherwise giving every indication of being a person who would soon head up a major research award. A near-retirement graybeard who had pottered away without major funding for an entire career? Umm…. dang. Definitions are complicated. Help me out in the comments, eh? Filed in Education, Tribe of Science 39 Responses to “Professor, PI or Doctor?” Dr Becca Says: I chose PI>Prof>Dr, for pretty much the logic you describe up there. Obviously, anyone with a doctorate is a Dr, but they are not all professors. Likewise, you can be, for example, an adjunct Professor without having your own lab (although I suppose adjuncts are rare in science, so this may not be the soundest of reasoning). But like you say, to be a PI you do need your own lab, and this is pretty much the holy grail, amirite? (as for the taking-up-space graybeards, you can’t do research without funding, and if you’re not doing research, I wouldn’t call you an “investigator.” So they get demoted back down to professor) Who gives a flying fuck? Cassidy Says: I think of PI and Professor as mostly equivalent, but I tend to alter my language based predominantly on who I’m talking to. I’m a grad student, so when talking to other grad students I would say “my PI”. My family doesn’t know what that is, though, so to them I’d say “my professor”. And when talking to an undergraduate about a PI/prof, I tend to refer to them as “Doctor So-and-so. you can’t do research without funding This betrays a certain myopia. Not all research costs a ton of money and there are places where institutional funds cover some of the costs. So if someone was doing rat behavior, had built up a bunch of operant chambers over the years with academic senate grants or what not…and the department covered 24 rats a semester or something…. or, if in cognitive psych and all you needed was five computers, five push buttons and a bunch of sophomores required to participate for course credit…. Bless you, DM, for remembering the little people. I associate PI with someone who is managing the money. I would be willing to bet that people who do research on the cheap (and aging greybeards who have never been expected to bring in money) do not call themselves PI. The reason a lot of people I know use “PI” is that not all people think “professor” means any professor. In particular, people in nasty hierarchical departments can get in big trouble for calling themselves a “professor” when they are only an “assistant” or an “associate” professor. So our friend Prof-like substance may only be Prof-like (being an assistant professor), but is definitely a PI-substance. Personally, I think it’s a crock, and we should all just call ourselves professors. But I have found myself when faced with this sort of situation saying “I’m faculty. My official title is… .” Sometimes I say, “Oh, it’s my lab. I’m the faculty here.” PS. I do know one friend who (as an assistant professor) got out of a speeding ticket in Eastern Europe when his friend explained that this was “Herr Doktor Professor [X]” to the policeman… To me Dr means someone with a PhD or MD, PI = principal investigator on an active research grant and Professor is someone who has climbed up to that rung of the academic ladder. I don’t think of them as mutually exclusive titles, a Professor or a Doctor can also, but don’t necessarily have to be a PI. what do we call a postdoc who has garnered her/his own source of funding? Cashmoney Says: pinus Says: @leigh you call them a postdoc? You owe me a coke pinus. I prefer professor over PI because it encompasses my full range of responsibilities, while PI is just part of my responsibility. In physics, I rarely hear of students refer to their research advisors as their PIs. Usually they say “My advisor” or “My professor.” To me, the responsibility of advising a research student is a broader one than the responsibility of being a PI on a grant. As PI on a grant, I am responsible for making sure that the research is conducted. As the advisor to a student, I am responsible for that student’s scientific growth, including activities that are not part of a grant. Indeed, if the student show particular promise in an area not covered by a grant, it may be that my best course of action as a teacher and mentor is to help the student with a project that is not part of my grant, and is cobbled together from whatever resources I can scrounge. I am no longer that student’s “PI” if the work we do is not covered by a grant, but I am that student’s professor, advisor, and mentor. Besides, in many parts of the university the faculty advising research students may have little or no grant money (e.g. humanities, some social sciences, mathematics, the arts, etc.). “PI” is not an accurate description of the role that these faculty play, but their intellectual relationship with their students may still be very similar to yours. I prefer “professor” over “PI” because it captures the things that all of us do, irrespective of the funding situation in our disciplines. chall Says: I chose the Professor > PI > Doctor simply because I haven’t hear PI as much before I moved to the US. As far as I was concerned there was Doctors (MD and PhDs) and then researchers… and then Ass. profs and Professors. If you had a chair at the uni, you were a prof. If you did independent research in your lab but didn’t have a professor title, you’d be a researcher or lab head (head of a lab). Professorship also indicates that people “gave you a rank” whereas PI some agency gave you funding… both are achievements, just different. THen again, I assume that a professor means that you are both a PI and a doctor… a PI can be “only” a doctor. I guess it might be indicative that the term PI is not a commonly used word in my native tongue? Professor and doctor however are. qaz: My first PI (when I was a freshman undergrad) once yelled at me for calling one of my course instructors a professor. Said professor has a Phd and a hell of a lot more teaching experience than PI, but he’s an adjunct who ONLY teaches, so apparently he’s not good enough to be called a professor. I was instructed to address him as Dr. so-and-so, but my usage of professor had been “and then my biology professor…” When discussing a teacher’s relationship to me, I thought “professor” referred to “person with Phd who teaches college courses.” But clearly, I had no idea what a horrible mistake I was making. Thank goodness my PI straightened me out. If nothing else, I suppose I did get a very early lesson about how little respect teaching-only faculty get at research focused universities. I have always had a hard time taking the “PI” title seriously, because it still makes me think of Tom Selleck. Maybe James Garner or something on a good day. NFQ Says: I’m a graduate student in the physical sciences. I think I use different terms when I’m talking about the same people in different contexts. A person is a PI if I am talking about how they manage their research group (“My PI changed our meeting time to Thursday”), a professor if I am talking about their role wrt education (“What did you think of the projects Prof. So-and-so assigned in [Course Title]?”), or a doctor if I am addressing/referring to them respectfully but not directly discussing their research group or the courses they teach (“Mom, I want you to meet my advisor, Dr. So-and-so”). … I may have mischaracterized that slightly, it’s sort of off-the-cuff, but that’s a decent first-order approximation. My point is that I don’t think of them as differently ranked, but rather as having different connotations, different emphasis. (And someone could obviously be one, or two, of these things without being all three.) biochem belle Says: PI generally means someone who is leading a research group, in my mind. (As an aside, leigh kind of has a point because postdocs applying for funding are listed on the grant as the “principal investigator”.) Professor is a purely academic title… but that doesn’t mean it’s better or “more dignified”. Besides I can’t recall having ever called anyone by that title; I use “Dr.” unless/until I’m on a first name basis. Bottom line: if you get twisted out of shape over what title someone uses for you, you really don’t have enough to worry to about. Jason G. Goldman Says: My thoughts parallel biochem belle’s in @17. PI leads a research group, even if it is just him or her and a grad student. The titles professor and doctor cast wider nets – including TT/NTT, lecturers, and so on, and so on. But, wait, you can be a PI and not be in academia at all e.g. at a private research institution. So the PI>Prof distinction breaks down because in that case you’re comparing apples and oranges. I think. “professor” (= title and rank) > “doctor” (title only) > “PI” (NIH jargon for moneybags) I have remarkably strong opinions on this, based on how I’ve seen people respond to the different titles (i.e. using “professor” is quite beneficial for those with a certain background, using “PI” is quite detrimental for those with a certain hangup; “doctor” is safe except with those who want casual and like to joke about physicians) Coturnix Says: Herr Professor, the image that comes to mind is of a 19th century German philosopher from Yena or Freiburg – serious business. That’s the top. Doctor, well, anyone can do that, just finish med school 😉 P.I.? Through 10 years of grad school I have seen the term “Principal Investigator” on grant proposals. I have not seen anyone actually use the term, certainly not the acronym, until I discovered science blogs years later. I had to ask what P.I. stood for. I sometimes use it these days because it’s faster to type than the alternatives, but has no real meaning to me. Dr. O Says: I voted Prof at the top for two main reasons. 1) “Principle investigator” is used for individuals who head up projects in many different areas, not just academia, and it isn’t always reserved for individuals with doctorates. Example: Hubby’s previous “PI” in govt had only a bachelors degree. 2) Also, PI means very little to individuals who aren’t in science, while professor is a term I can use to describe what type of job I’m looking for when talking to friends/family outside of academics. Otherwise, in my own little science world, PI would be at the top. Of course you don’t need an MD to be called Doctor, Herr Professor Zivkovic. Rocket Scientista Says: In my corner of the physical science universe (astronomy), I find Professor to be of the highest ranking. We don’t use the term PI much in astro– maybe I’d use it if I were doing some “part-time” work that wasn’t my thesis work, and getting paid for it. Then, instead of talking about “my advisor”, I’d talk about my PI (someone who is a PI on a grant with funding who I am doing some research for that is not necessarily my thesis research). Doctor is anyone with the PhD. Professors (in my mind) are necessarily Doctors and PIs. PIs can be Profs (but don’t have to be), and are (in astro) almost ALWAYS Doctors. Bob O'H Says: There’s a definite difference in useage depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on. Over here, it’s clear that Professor > PI > Doctor. Doctor (in academia) is someone who has their PhD. A PI is more senior: they are in a position to manage their own project, with money and staff and to be the formal supervisor of students (this is my situation at the moment). A professor is a senior appointment, with all the prestige that goes with it. Anyone not a full professor in the US would be equivalent to a lecturer or senior lecturer in the British system, and there are equivalent positions in the rest of Europe. European Academic Says: This really depends on where you are. UK/Ireland: James Davis Says: Honestly, since I was listed as the ‘PI’ for a project while an undergraduate (You’d be surprised what kind of research you can manage to pull together on a shoestring budget), I’d say that PI isn’t the top title, not by a long shot. Doctor and Professor are, however, pretty interchangeable. I can’t think of anyone who feels slighted when one is used instead of the other. I tend to prefer to call people Doctor, as that’s a degree title inherent in the person, whereas Professor is more of a job. (When I have my own Ph.D. and a Professorial position I will prefer Dr. over Professor. Being called “PI” would seem weird to me.) Ups, sorry, the “less than” characters messed up my comment. So I’ll use LT instead. Dr LT Lecturer LT Senior Lecturer LT Professor Scandinavia: Dr LT Docent LT Lektor LT Professor Some countries in Southern Europe (in direkt translation): Dr LT Docent LT “Irregular Professor” LT “Regular Professor” USA/Canada (from what I understand): Dr LT Assistant Professor LT Associate Professor LT Full Professor I chose Prof > Dr > PI. I’m an astronomer, so PI sort of means a different thing for us. While they are the lead scientist on a specific proposal, these can be observing proposals rather than grant proposals. We often write several observing proposals during the year, and it is not uncommon for a graduate student to write observing proposals applying for telescope time for at least some of the observations for their thesis. Thus, even though I don’t have a PhD, I am PI on several projects. The Prof > Dr follows much of the logic discussed above. In my area, somehow PI just sounds casual. E.g. “Oh yeah, that was the PI.” Professor sounds more formal. Dr. Is OK but it can be confusing what with the MD aspect (especially in biomed labs where a PI may be a Dr (MD) but not a Professor). I agree that these titles are too context dependent and too person dependent to be all that useful as distinctions. I also worry about a focus on rank and status as that can lead to “top down” thinking. Anybody can have a great idea or contribute the key piece to a research project. I voted “other” PI>Doctor>Professor. My MRU uses the term “professor” to refer to anyone who teaches a class and some of those people do not have Ph.D.s. Also they started giving “research assistant professor” titles to staff people (holding Ph.D.s) so that they would look better when applying for funding. Thus the “professor” title has become less meaningful. CPP @#2 at least 193 people as of this writing. 193 isn’t really that impressive, since at least some fraction of your blog readers are procrastinating grad stduents. See: http://www.phdcomics.com/proceedings/viewtopic.php?p=41360 (333!) What becca said. That just proves that this is marginally more interesting than their soul-destroying thesis research. These terms aren’t hierarchical. A doctor is someone with a doctorate. They don’t need to be a professor or a PI. Heck, they can be an unemployed poet. A Professor is someone with a tenure track university gig. They might or might not have a doctorate. They almost always do in the sciences where you need lots of infrastructure to do your research. But as you move towards the arts and humanities, you find more professors who don’t have doctorates who just did such amazing research that no one cared about the piece of paper. That’s less often the case with degree inflation. Even vis arts programs are starting to get PhDs, which is a relatively new development in the last decade or so. A PI is someone who runs a research program with lab space and underlings contributing to the project. They’re almost always a doctor and they’re often professors, although PIs in industry are obviously not professors. Professors in the arts and humanities are usually not PIs, even though they do research: their research typically doesn’t involve grants and it is usually something they can do on their own as long as they have a computer and a good library. Calling someone one over the other is a matter of context and specificity, not degree of respect. HFM Says: I would vote PI } Prof } Dr. The PI is the person with the moneybags, and who therefore probably owns your sorry ass. Usage: “Wow, she’s the PI of Large Project, she must be brilliant”, or “If I don’t get this paper into Cell by the end of the year, my PI says he’ll have me deported”. Professor is the tenured or tenure-track person teaching your class, who controls your fate only in the limited setting of that class. Usage: “If I don’t finish this stupid lit review by the end of the week, the professor will give me a zero.” And Dr is what you call them when you can’t use either of the above. They don’t control their own fate, much less yours. Usage: “That’s DR Smith, I’m a postdoc, and yes I’m old enough to drink”, or “He’s just a lecturer, call him Dr Smith”. Passerby Says: It’s Dr So-and-so, Professor of Blah blah blah, who is also PI for the following funded studies…more blah blah blah. I personally hate the title ‘Professor’, it sounds presumptious and old-fashioned, and kissy-ass in some instances when students come whining for a break. It’s a job descriptor, like PI but titular. In some instances, however, it’s use is considered a sign of deep respect – at least in Europe and Japan – for senior professors who have earned their stripes a dozen times over. They’re freaking clever, still work like dogs in their 70s and 80s (and are sharp as tacks, too) and thus deserve to have their feet kissed now reverently and then. Here in the US, the guy down the hall who is a revered God in his specialty, may still be just Fred to the rest of us. He has probably put in time as a dept chair and later as University deanlet and may have a funded chair in his dotage. OTOH, he may also be working as hard or harder than his lab entourage (and thus is reliably found slaving in his office on Sunday night, when you need to ask a technical question), may be the scourge of the departmental seminar series, and thus only close associates and a few friends have the privilege of using his given name. The rest use Professor, Dr or Sir, as needed. Depends on their…ah…research genealogy. Program Officer Says: As a program officer and scientist at another federal science agency (not NIH) here’s now I use the terms: Professor: a member of the teaching faculty at an educational institution of higher learning (typically anyone with a rank of assistant professor or higher). Doctor: anyone with a medical degree or PhD. PI: a person who is the leading contact on a proposal or research award. PI is NOT a title. I would never say “Dear PI Smith”. PI is the identification of who is ultimately in charge of a research award. Example: Prof. Smith is the PI on award #######.” Proffesor is good. If someone hate Proffesors how can we get developed? I like Proffesors’s the only thing is my education is less I would like t reach that position. Congratulations Proffesors. « Young Looking Assistant Professors Are Trying to Fit In The Third Reviewer is….you! »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754558
__label__wiki	0.505844	0.505844	Garrett Garner-Wells Denver the No. Nine Solar City in New Report DENVER - The City and County of Denver ranks ninth for solar energy in a new report, landing it among the nation’s leaders for installing clean energy from the sun. “Cities like Denver are leading the way to a future powered by clean, renewable energy,” said Garrett Garner-Wells, director of Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center. “By tapping into more of our vast solar energy potential, we can benefit from cleaner air and fight climate change.” Denver ranked ahead of Las Vegas and just behind Indianapolis for megawatts of solar energy as of year-end 2017. The city has used solar energy to increase its share of electricity from renewable sources, reduce air pollution and combat global warming. “As a business owner, I’m focused on helping folks live healthier lives,” said Anne-Worley Moelter, CEO + Founder of Movement Climbing + Fitness. “Solar is an integral part of our operations because it promotes cleaner, healthier air throughout our community.” The report, Shining Cities 2018: How Smart Local Policies Are Expanding Solar Power in America, shows that the top 20 solar cities, comprising just 0.1 percent of the country’s land mass, account for 4 percent of U.S. solar capacity. “We are in a moment when progress on renewable energy will come from cities across the country,” said Garner-Wells. “More local leaders should step up and start plugging their communities into the clean and virtually limitless power of the sun.” Shining Cities is the fifth annual report from Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center. Each year, the survey ranks nearly 70 of the nation’s major cities by megawatts of solar energy. Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center is dedicated to protecting our air, water and open spaces. We help the public make their voices heard in local, state and national debates over the quality of our environment and our lives. www.environmentcoloradocenter.org	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754572
__label__cc	0.519751	0.480249	(-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Condensed Matter Physics'>PE3 (433)</label> filter PE3 (433) Project acronym 0MSPIN Project Spintronics based on relativistic phenomena in systems with zero magnetic moment Researcher (PI) Tomáš Jungwirth Host Institution (HI) FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR V.V.I Call Details Advanced Grant (AdG), PE3, ERC-2010-AdG_20100224 Summary The 0MSPIN project consists of an extensive integrated theoretical, experimental and device development programme of research opening a radical new approach to spintronics. Spintronics has the potential to supersede existing storage and memory applications, and to provide alternatives to current CMOS technology. Ferromagnetic matels used in all current spintronics applications may make it impractical to realise the full potential of spintronics. Metals are unsuitable for transistor and information processing applications, for opto-electronics, or for high-density integration. The 0MSPIN project aims to remove the major road-block holding back the development of spintronics in a radical way: removing the ferromagnetic component from key active parts or from the whole of the spintronic devices. This approach is based on exploiting the combination of exchange and spin-orbit coupling phenomena and material systems with zero macroscopic moment. The goal of the 0MSPIN is to provide a new paradigm by which spintronics can enter the realms of conventional semiconductors in both fundamental condensed matter research and in information technologies. In the central part of the proposal, the research towards this goal is embedded within a materials science project whose aim is to introduce into physics and microelectronics an entirely new class of semiconductors. 0MSPIN seeks to exploit three classes of material systems: (1) Antiferromagnetic bi-metallic 3d-5d alloys (e.g. Mn2Au). (2) Antiferromagnetic I-II-V semiconductors (e.g. LiMnAs). (3) Non-magnetic spin-orbit coupled semiconductors with injected spin-polarized currents (e.g. 2D III-V structures). Proof of concept devices operating at high temperatures will be fabricated to show-case new functionalities offered by zero-moment systems for sensing and memory applications, information processing, and opto-electronics technologies. The 0MSPIN project consists of an extensive integrated theoretical, experimental and device development programme of research opening a radical new approach to spintronics. Spintronics has the potential to supersede existing storage and memory applications, and to provide alternatives to current CMOS technology. Ferromagnetic matels used in all current spintronics applications may make it impractical to realise the full potential of spintronics. Metals are unsuitable for transistor and information processing applications, for opto-electronics, or for high-density integration. The 0MSPIN project aims to remove the major road-block holding back the development of spintronics in a radical way: removing the ferromagnetic component from key active parts or from the whole of the spintronic devices. This approach is based on exploiting the combination of exchange and spin-orbit coupling phenomena and material systems with zero macroscopic moment. The goal of the 0MSPIN is to provide a new paradigm by which spintronics can enter the realms of conventional semiconductors in both fundamental condensed matter research and in information technologies. In the central part of the proposal, the research towards this goal is embedded within a materials science project whose aim is to introduce into physics and microelectronics an entirely new class of semiconductors. 0MSPIN seeks to exploit three classes of material systems: (1) Antiferromagnetic bi-metallic 3d-5d alloys (e.g. Mn2Au). (2) Antiferromagnetic I-II-V semiconductors (e.g. LiMnAs). (3) Non-magnetic spin-orbit coupled semiconductors with injected spin-polarized currents (e.g. 2D III-V structures). Proof of concept devices operating at high temperatures will be fabricated to show-case new functionalities offered by zero-moment systems for sensing and memory applications, information processing, and opto-electronics technologies. Project acronym 1D-Engine Project 1D-electrons coupled to dissipation: a novel approach for understanding and engineering superconducting materials and devices Researcher (PI) Adrian KANTIAN Host Institution (HI) Uppsala University Summary Correlated electrons are at the forefront of condensed matter theory. Interacting quasi-1D electrons have seen vast progress in analytical and numerical theory, and thus in fundamental understanding and quantitative prediction. Yet, in the 1D limit fluctuations preclude important technological use, particularly of superconductors. In contrast, high-Tc superconductors in 2D/3D are not precluded by fluctuations, but lack a fundamental theory, making prediction and engineering of their properties, a major goal in physics, very difficult. This project aims to combine the advantages of both areas by making major progress in the theory of quasi-1D electrons coupled to an electron bath, in part building on recent breakthroughs (with the PIs extensive involvement) in simulating 1D and 2D electrons with parallelized density matrix renormalization group (pDMRG) numerics. Such theory will fundamentally advance the study of open electron systems, and show how to use 1D materials as elements of new superconducting (SC) devices and materials: 1) It will enable a new state of matter, 1D electrons with true SC order. Fluctuations from the electronic liquid, such as graphene, could also enable nanoscale wires to appear SC at high temperatures. 2) A new approach for the deliberate engineering of a high-Tc superconductor. In 1D, how electrons pair by repulsive interactions is understood and can be predicted. Stabilization by reservoir - formed by a parallel array of many such 1D systems - offers a superconductor for which all factors setting Tc are known and can be optimized. 3) Many existing superconductors with repulsive electron pairing, all presently not understood, can be cast as 1D electrons coupled to a bath. Developing chain-DMFT theory based on pDMRG will allow these materials SC properties to be simulated and understood for the first time. 4) The insights gained will be translated to 2D superconductors to study how they could be enhanced by contact with electronic liquids. Correlated electrons are at the forefront of condensed matter theory. Interacting quasi-1D electrons have seen vast progress in analytical and numerical theory, and thus in fundamental understanding and quantitative prediction. Yet, in the 1D limit fluctuations preclude important technological use, particularly of superconductors. In contrast, high-Tc superconductors in 2D/3D are not precluded by fluctuations, but lack a fundamental theory, making prediction and engineering of their properties, a major goal in physics, very difficult. This project aims to combine the advantages of both areas by making major progress in the theory of quasi-1D electrons coupled to an electron bath, in part building on recent breakthroughs (with the PIs extensive involvement) in simulating 1D and 2D electrons with parallelized density matrix renormalization group (pDMRG) numerics. Such theory will fundamentally advance the study of open electron systems, and show how to use 1D materials as elements of new superconducting (SC) devices and materials: 1) It will enable a new state of matter, 1D electrons with true SC order. Fluctuations from the electronic liquid, such as graphene, could also enable nanoscale wires to appear SC at high temperatures. 2) A new approach for the deliberate engineering of a high-Tc superconductor. In 1D, how electrons pair by repulsive interactions is understood and can be predicted. Stabilization by reservoir - formed by a parallel array of many such 1D systems - offers a superconductor for which all factors setting Tc are known and can be optimized. 3) Many existing superconductors with repulsive electron pairing, all presently not understood, can be cast as 1D electrons coupled to a bath. Developing chain-DMFT theory based on pDMRG will allow these materials SC properties to be simulated and understood for the first time. 4) The insights gained will be translated to 2D superconductors to study how they could be enhanced by contact with electronic liquids. Project acronym 2D4QT Project 2D Materials for Quantum Technology Researcher (PI) Christoph STAMPFER Host Institution (HI) RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Call Details Consolidator Grant (CoG), PE3, ERC-2018-COG Summary Since its discovery, graphene has been indicated as a promising platform for quantum technologies (QT). The number of theoretical proposal dedicated to this vision has grown steadily, exploring a wide range of directions, ranging from spin and valley qubits, to topologically-protected states. The experimental confirmation of these ideas lagged so far significantly behind, mostly because of material quality problems. The quality of graphene-based devices has however improved dramatically in the past five years, thanks to the advent of the so-called van der Waals (vdW) heteostructures - artificial solids formed by mechanically stacking layers of different two dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides. These new advances open now finally the door to put several of those theoretical proposals to test. The goal of this project is to assess experimentally the potential of graphene-based heterostructures for QT applications. Specifically, I will push the development of an advanced technological platform for vdW heterostructures, which will allow to give quantitative answers to the following open questions: i) what are the relaxation and coherence times of spin and valley qubits in isotopically purified bilayer graphene (BLG); ii) what is the efficiency of a Cooper-pair splitter based on BLG; and iii) what are the characteristic energy scales of topologically protected quantum states engineered in graphene-based heterostructures. At the end of this project, I aim at being in the position of saying whether graphene is the horse-worth-betting-on predicted by theory, or whether it still hides surprises in terms of fundamental physics. The technological advancements developed in this project for integrating nanostructured layers into vdW heterostructures will reach even beyond this goal, opening the door to new research directions and possible applications. Since its discovery, graphene has been indicated as a promising platform for quantum technologies (QT). The number of theoretical proposal dedicated to this vision has grown steadily, exploring a wide range of directions, ranging from spin and valley qubits, to topologically-protected states. The experimental confirmation of these ideas lagged so far significantly behind, mostly because of material quality problems. The quality of graphene-based devices has however improved dramatically in the past five years, thanks to the advent of the so-called van der Waals (vdW) heteostructures - artificial solids formed by mechanically stacking layers of different two dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides. These new advances open now finally the door to put several of those theoretical proposals to test. The goal of this project is to assess experimentally the potential of graphene-based heterostructures for QT applications. Specifically, I will push the development of an advanced technological platform for vdW heterostructures, which will allow to give quantitative answers to the following open questions: i) what are the relaxation and coherence times of spin and valley qubits in isotopically purified bilayer graphene (BLG); ii) what is the efficiency of a Cooper-pair splitter based on BLG; and iii) what are the characteristic energy scales of topologically protected quantum states engineered in graphene-based heterostructures. At the end of this project, I aim at being in the position of saying whether graphene is the horse-worth-betting-on predicted by theory, or whether it still hides surprises in terms of fundamental physics. The technological advancements developed in this project for integrating nanostructured layers into vdW heterostructures will reach even beyond this goal, opening the door to new research directions and possible applications. Project acronym 2DNANOPTICA Project Nano-optics on flatland: from quantum nanotechnology to nano-bio-photonics Researcher (PI) Pablo Alonso-González Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Summary Ubiquitous in nature, light-matter interactions are of fundamental importance in science and all optical technologies. Understanding and controlling them has been a long-pursued objective in modern physics. However, so far, related experiments have relied on traditional optical schemes where, owing to the classical diffraction limit, control of optical fields to length scales below the wavelength of light is prevented. Importantly, this limitation impedes to exploit the extraordinary fundamental and scaling potentials of nanoscience and nanotechnology. A solution to concentrate optical fields into sub-diffracting volumes is the excitation of surface polaritons –coupled excitations of photons and mobile/bound charges in metals/polar materials (plasmons/phonons)-. However, their initial promises have been hindered by either strong optical losses or lack of electrical control in metals, and difficulties to fabricate high optical quality nanostructures in polar materials. With the advent of two-dimensional (2D) materials and their extraordinary optical properties, during the last 2-3 years the visualization of both low-loss and electrically tunable (active) plasmons in graphene and high optical quality phonons in monolayer and multilayer h-BN nanostructures have been demonstrated in the mid-infrared spectral range, thus introducing a very encouraging arena for scientifically ground-breaking discoveries in nano-optics. Inspired by these extraordinary prospects, this ERC project aims to make use of our knowledge and unique expertise in 2D nanoplasmonics, and the recent advances in nanophononics, to establish a technological platform that, including coherent sources, waveguides, routers, and efficient detectors, permits an unprecedented active control and manipulation (at room temperature) of light and light-matter interactions on the nanoscale, thus laying experimentally the foundations of a 2D nano-optics field. Ubiquitous in nature, light-matter interactions are of fundamental importance in science and all optical technologies. Understanding and controlling them has been a long-pursued objective in modern physics. However, so far, related experiments have relied on traditional optical schemes where, owing to the classical diffraction limit, control of optical fields to length scales below the wavelength of light is prevented. Importantly, this limitation impedes to exploit the extraordinary fundamental and scaling potentials of nanoscience and nanotechnology. A solution to concentrate optical fields into sub-diffracting volumes is the excitation of surface polaritons –coupled excitations of photons and mobile/bound charges in metals/polar materials (plasmons/phonons)-. However, their initial promises have been hindered by either strong optical losses or lack of electrical control in metals, and difficulties to fabricate high optical quality nanostructures in polar materials. With the advent of two-dimensional (2D) materials and their extraordinary optical properties, during the last 2-3 years the visualization of both low-loss and electrically tunable (active) plasmons in graphene and high optical quality phonons in monolayer and multilayer h-BN nanostructures have been demonstrated in the mid-infrared spectral range, thus introducing a very encouraging arena for scientifically ground-breaking discoveries in nano-optics. Inspired by these extraordinary prospects, this ERC project aims to make use of our knowledge and unique expertise in 2D nanoplasmonics, and the recent advances in nanophononics, to establish a technological platform that, including coherent sources, waveguides, routers, and efficient detectors, permits an unprecedented active control and manipulation (at room temperature) of light and light-matter interactions on the nanoscale, thus laying experimentally the foundations of a 2D nano-optics field. Project acronym 2DQP Project Two-dimensional quantum photonics Researcher (PI) Brian David GERARDOT Host Institution (HI) HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Summary Quantum optics, the study of how discrete packets of light (photons) and matter interact, has led to the development of remarkable new technologies which exploit the bizarre properties of quantum mechanics. These quantum technologies are primed to revolutionize the fields of communication, information processing, and metrology in the coming years. Similar to contemporary technologies, the future quantum machinery will likely consist of a semiconductor platform to create and process the quantum information. However, to date the demanding requirements on a quantum photonic platform have yet to be satisfied with conventional bulk (three-dimensional) semiconductors. To surmount these well-known obstacles, a new paradigm in quantum photonics is required. Initiated by the recent discovery of single photon emitters in atomically flat (two-dimensional) semiconducting materials, 2DQP aims to be at the nucleus of a new approach by realizing quantum optics with ultra-stable (coherent) quantum states integrated into devices with electronic and photonic functionality. We will characterize, identify, engineer, and coherently manipulate localized quantum states in this two-dimensional quantum photonic platform. A vital component of 2DQP’s vision is to go beyond the fundamental science and achieve the ideal solid-state single photon device yielding perfect extraction - 100% efficiency - of on-demand indistinguishable single photons. Finally, we will exploit this ideal device to implement the critical building block for a photonic quantum computer. Quantum optics, the study of how discrete packets of light (photons) and matter interact, has led to the development of remarkable new technologies which exploit the bizarre properties of quantum mechanics. These quantum technologies are primed to revolutionize the fields of communication, information processing, and metrology in the coming years. Similar to contemporary technologies, the future quantum machinery will likely consist of a semiconductor platform to create and process the quantum information. However, to date the demanding requirements on a quantum photonic platform have yet to be satisfied with conventional bulk (three-dimensional) semiconductors. To surmount these well-known obstacles, a new paradigm in quantum photonics is required. Initiated by the recent discovery of single photon emitters in atomically flat (two-dimensional) semiconducting materials, 2DQP aims to be at the nucleus of a new approach by realizing quantum optics with ultra-stable (coherent) quantum states integrated into devices with electronic and photonic functionality. We will characterize, identify, engineer, and coherently manipulate localized quantum states in this two-dimensional quantum photonic platform. A vital component of 2DQP’s vision is to go beyond the fundamental science and achieve the ideal solid-state single photon device yielding perfect extraction - 100% efficiency - of on-demand indistinguishable single photons. Finally, we will exploit this ideal device to implement the critical building block for a photonic quantum computer. Project acronym 2DTHERMS Project Design of new thermoelectric devices based on layered and field modulated nanostructures of strongly correlated electron systems Researcher (PI) Jose Francisco Rivadulla Fernandez Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Summary Design of new thermoelectric devices based on layered and field modulated nanostructures of strongly correlated electron systems Design of new thermoelectric devices based on layered and field modulated nanostructures of strongly correlated electron systems Project acronym 3-TOP Project Exploring the physics of 3-dimensional topological insulators Researcher (PI) Laurens Wigbolt Molenkamp Host Institution (HI) JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG Summary Topological insulators constitute a novel class of materials where the topological details of the bulk band structure induce a robust surface state on the edges of the material. While transport data for 2-dimensional topological insulators have recently become available, experiments on their 3-dimensional counterparts are mainly limited to photoelectron spectroscopy. At the same time, a plethora of interesting novel physical phenomena have been predicted to occur in such systems. In this proposal, we sketch an approach to tackle the transport and magnetic properties of the surface states in these materials. This starts with high quality layer growth, using molecular beam epitaxy, of bulk layers of HgTe, Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3, which are the prime candidates to show the novel physics expected in this field. The existence of the relevant surface states will be assessed spectroscopically, but from there on research will focus on fabricating and characterizing nanostructures designed to elucidate the transport and magnetic properties of the topological surfaces using electrical, optical and scanning probe techniques. Apart from a general characterization of the Dirac band structure of the surface states, research will focus on the predicted magnetic monopole-like response of the system to an electrical test charge. In addition, much effort will be devoted to contacting the surface state with superconducting and magnetic top layers, with the final aim of demonstrating Majorana fermion behavior. As a final benefit, growth of thin high quality thin Bi2Se3 or Bi2Te3 layers could allow for a demonstration of the (2-dimensional) quantum spin Hall effect at room temperature - offering a road map to dissipation-less transport for the semiconductor industry. Topological insulators constitute a novel class of materials where the topological details of the bulk band structure induce a robust surface state on the edges of the material. While transport data for 2-dimensional topological insulators have recently become available, experiments on their 3-dimensional counterparts are mainly limited to photoelectron spectroscopy. At the same time, a plethora of interesting novel physical phenomena have been predicted to occur in such systems. In this proposal, we sketch an approach to tackle the transport and magnetic properties of the surface states in these materials. This starts with high quality layer growth, using molecular beam epitaxy, of bulk layers of HgTe, Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3, which are the prime candidates to show the novel physics expected in this field. The existence of the relevant surface states will be assessed spectroscopically, but from there on research will focus on fabricating and characterizing nanostructures designed to elucidate the transport and magnetic properties of the topological surfaces using electrical, optical and scanning probe techniques. Apart from a general characterization of the Dirac band structure of the surface states, research will focus on the predicted magnetic monopole-like response of the system to an electrical test charge. In addition, much effort will be devoted to contacting the surface state with superconducting and magnetic top layers, with the final aim of demonstrating Majorana fermion behavior. As a final benefit, growth of thin high quality thin Bi2Se3 or Bi2Te3 layers could allow for a demonstration of the (2-dimensional) quantum spin Hall effect at room temperature - offering a road map to dissipation-less transport for the semiconductor industry. Project acronym 3D-BioMat Project Deciphering biomineralization mechanisms through 3D explorations of mesoscale crystalline structure in calcareous biomaterials Researcher (PI) VIRGINIE CHAMARD Host Institution (HI) CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Summary The fundamental 3D-BioMat project aims at providing a biomineralization model to explain the formation of microscopic calcareous single-crystals produced by living organisms. Although these crystals present a wide variety of shapes, associated to various organic materials, the observation of a nanoscale granular structure common to almost all calcareous crystallizing organisms, associated to an extended crystalline coherence, underlies a generic biomineralization and assembly process. A key to building realistic scenarios of biomineralization is to reveal the crystalline architecture, at the mesoscale, (i. e., over a few granules), which none of the existing nano-characterization tools is able to provide. 3D-BioMat is based on the recognized PI’s expertise in the field of synchrotron coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy. It will extend the PI’s disruptive pioneering microscopy formalism, towards an innovative high-throughput approach able at giving access to the 3D mesoscale image of the crystalline properties (crystal-line coherence, crystal plane tilts and strains) with the required flexibility, nanoscale resolution, and non-invasiveness. This achievement will be used to timely reveal the generics of the mesoscale crystalline structure through the pioneering explorations of a vast variety of crystalline biominerals produced by the famous Pinctada mar-garitifera oyster shell, and thereby build a realistic biomineralization scenario. The inferred biomineralization pathways, including both physico-chemical pathways and biological controls, will ultimately be validated by comparing the mesoscale structures produced by biomimetic samples with the biogenic ones. Beyond deciphering one of the most intriguing questions of material nanosciences, 3D-BioMat may contribute to new climate models, pave the way for new routes in material synthesis and supply answers to the pearl-culture calcification problems. The fundamental 3D-BioMat project aims at providing a biomineralization model to explain the formation of microscopic calcareous single-crystals produced by living organisms. Although these crystals present a wide variety of shapes, associated to various organic materials, the observation of a nanoscale granular structure common to almost all calcareous crystallizing organisms, associated to an extended crystalline coherence, underlies a generic biomineralization and assembly process. A key to building realistic scenarios of biomineralization is to reveal the crystalline architecture, at the mesoscale, (i. e., over a few granules), which none of the existing nano-characterization tools is able to provide. 3D-BioMat is based on the recognized PI’s expertise in the field of synchrotron coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy. It will extend the PI’s disruptive pioneering microscopy formalism, towards an innovative high-throughput approach able at giving access to the 3D mesoscale image of the crystalline properties (crystal-line coherence, crystal plane tilts and strains) with the required flexibility, nanoscale resolution, and non-invasiveness. This achievement will be used to timely reveal the generics of the mesoscale crystalline structure through the pioneering explorations of a vast variety of crystalline biominerals produced by the famous Pinctada mar-garitifera oyster shell, and thereby build a realistic biomineralization scenario. The inferred biomineralization pathways, including both physico-chemical pathways and biological controls, will ultimately be validated by comparing the mesoscale structures produced by biomimetic samples with the biogenic ones. Beyond deciphering one of the most intriguing questions of material nanosciences, 3D-BioMat may contribute to new climate models, pave the way for new routes in material synthesis and supply answers to the pearl-culture calcification problems. Project acronym 3D-FM Project Taking Force Microscopy into the Third Dimension Researcher (PI) Tjerk Hendrik Oosterkamp Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN Summary I propose to pursue two emerging Force Microscopy techniques that allow measuring structural properties below the surface of the specimen. Whereas Force Microscopy (most commonly known under the name AFM) is usually limited to measuring the surface topography and surface properties of a specimen, I will demonstrate that Force Microscopy can achieve true 3D images of the structure of the cell nucleus. In Ultrasound Force Microscopy, an ultrasound wave is launched from below towards the surface of the specimen. After the sound waves interact with structures beneath the surface of the specimen, the local variations in the amplitude and phase shift of the ultrasonic surface motion is collected by the Force Microscopy tip. Previously, measured 2D maps of the surface response have shown that the surface response is sensitive to structures below the surface. In this project I will employ miniature AFM cantilevers and nanotube tips that I have already developed in my lab. This will allow me to quickly acquire many such 2D maps at a much wider range of ultrasound frequencies and from these 2D maps calculate the full 3D structure below the surface. I expect this technique to have a resolving power better than 10 nm in three dimensions as far as 2 microns below the surface. In parallel I will introduce a major improvement to a technique based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy measures the interaction of a rotating nuclear spin in the field gradient of a magnetic Force Microscopy tip. However, these forces are so small that they pose an enormous challenge. Miniature cantilevers and nanotube tips, in combination with additional innovations in the detection of the cantilever motion, can overcome this problem. I expect to be able to measure the combined signal of 100 proton spins or fewer, which will allow me to measure proton densities with a resolution of 5 nm, but possibly even with atomic resolution. I propose to pursue two emerging Force Microscopy techniques that allow measuring structural properties below the surface of the specimen. Whereas Force Microscopy (most commonly known under the name AFM) is usually limited to measuring the surface topography and surface properties of a specimen, I will demonstrate that Force Microscopy can achieve true 3D images of the structure of the cell nucleus. In Ultrasound Force Microscopy, an ultrasound wave is launched from below towards the surface of the specimen. After the sound waves interact with structures beneath the surface of the specimen, the local variations in the amplitude and phase shift of the ultrasonic surface motion is collected by the Force Microscopy tip. Previously, measured 2D maps of the surface response have shown that the surface response is sensitive to structures below the surface. In this project I will employ miniature AFM cantilevers and nanotube tips that I have already developed in my lab. This will allow me to quickly acquire many such 2D maps at a much wider range of ultrasound frequencies and from these 2D maps calculate the full 3D structure below the surface. I expect this technique to have a resolving power better than 10 nm in three dimensions as far as 2 microns below the surface. In parallel I will introduce a major improvement to a technique based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy measures the interaction of a rotating nuclear spin in the field gradient of a magnetic Force Microscopy tip. However, these forces are so small that they pose an enormous challenge. Miniature cantilevers and nanotube tips, in combination with additional innovations in the detection of the cantilever motion, can overcome this problem. I expect to be able to measure the combined signal of 100 proton spins or fewer, which will allow me to measure proton densities with a resolution of 5 nm, but possibly even with atomic resolution. Project acronym 3D-PXM Project 3D Piezoresponse X-ray Microscopy Researcher (PI) Hugh SIMONS Host Institution (HI) DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Summary Polar materials, such as piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics are essential to our modern life, yet they are mostly developed by trial-and-error. Their properties overwhelmingly depend on the defects within them, the majority of which are hidden in the bulk. The road to better materials is via mapping these defects, but our best tool for it – piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) – is limited to surfaces. 3D-PXM aims to revolutionize our understanding by measuring the local structure-property correlations around individual defects buried deep in the bulk. This is a completely new kind of microscopy enabling 3D maps of local strain and polarization (i.e. piezoresponse) with 10 nm resolution in mm-sized samples. It is novel, multi-scale and fast enough to capture defect dynamics in real time. Uniquely, it is a full-field method that uses a synthetic-aperture approach to improve both resolution and recover the image phase. This phase is then quantitatively correlated to local polarization and strain via a forward model. 3D-PXM combines advances in X-Ray optics, phase recovery and data analysis to create something transformative. In principle, it can achieve spatial resolution comparable to the best coherent X-Ray microscopy methods while being faster, used on larger samples, and without risk of radiation damage. For the first time, this opens the door to solving how defects influence bulk properties under real-life conditions. 3D-PXM focuses on three types of defects prevalent in polar materials: grain boundaries, dislocations and polar nanoregions. Individually they address major gaps in the state-of-the-art, while together making great strides towards fully understanding defects. This understanding is expected to inform a new generation of multi-scale models that can account for a material’s full heterogeneity. These models are the first step towards abandoning our tradition of trial-and-error, and with this comes the potential for a new era of polar materials. Polar materials, such as piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics are essential to our modern life, yet they are mostly developed by trial-and-error. Their properties overwhelmingly depend on the defects within them, the majority of which are hidden in the bulk. The road to better materials is via mapping these defects, but our best tool for it – piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) – is limited to surfaces. 3D-PXM aims to revolutionize our understanding by measuring the local structure-property correlations around individual defects buried deep in the bulk. This is a completely new kind of microscopy enabling 3D maps of local strain and polarization (i.e. piezoresponse) with 10 nm resolution in mm-sized samples. It is novel, multi-scale and fast enough to capture defect dynamics in real time. Uniquely, it is a full-field method that uses a synthetic-aperture approach to improve both resolution and recover the image phase. This phase is then quantitatively correlated to local polarization and strain via a forward model. 3D-PXM combines advances in X-Ray optics, phase recovery and data analysis to create something transformative. In principle, it can achieve spatial resolution comparable to the best coherent X-Ray microscopy methods while being faster, used on larger samples, and without risk of radiation damage. For the first time, this opens the door to solving how defects influence bulk properties under real-life conditions. 3D-PXM focuses on three types of defects prevalent in polar materials: grain boundaries, dislocations and polar nanoregions. Individually they address major gaps in the state-of-the-art, while together making great strides towards fully understanding defects. This understanding is expected to inform a new generation of multi-scale models that can account for a material’s full heterogeneity. These models are the first step towards abandoning our tradition of trial-and-error, and with this comes the potential for a new era of polar materials.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754573
__label__cc	0.698872	0.301128	(-) Remove 2010 (21) filter 2010 (21) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Individuals, Markets and Organisations'>SH1 (21)</label> filter SH1 (21) Displaying 1 - 10 of 21. Show 10 \| 20 results per page. Project acronym CHANGING FAMILIES Project Changing Families: Causes, Consequences and Challenges for Public Policy Researcher (PI) Nezih Guner Host Institution (HI) FUNDACIÓ MARKETS, ORGANIZATIONS AND VOTES IN ECONOMICS Call Details Starting Grant (StG), SH1, ERC-2010-StG_20091209 Summary The household and family structure in every major industrialized country changed in a fundamental way during the last couple of decades. First, marriage is less important today, as divorce, cohabitation, and single-motherhood are much more common. Second, female labor force participation has increased dramatically. As a result of these changes, today s households are very far from traditional breadwinner husband and housekeeper wife paradigm. These dramatic changes generated significant public interest and a large body of literature that tries to understand causes and consequences of these changes. This project has two main goals. First, it studies changes in household and family structure. The particular questions that it tries to answer are: 1) What are economic factors behind the rise in premarital sex and its destigmatization? What determines parents incentives to socialize their children and affect their attitudes? 2) What are the causes and consequences of the recent rise in assortative mating and diverging marriage patterns by different educational groups? 3) Why are marriage patterns among blacks so different than whites in the U.S.? The second aim of this project is to improve our understanding of income risk, the role of social insurance policies and labor market dynamics by building models that explicitly considers two-earner households. In particular, we ask the following set of questions: 1) What is the role of social insurance policies (income maintenance programs or progressive taxation) in an economy populated by two-earner households facing uninsurable idiosyncratic risk? 2) How does marriage and labor market dynamics interact and how important this interaction for our understanding of labor supply and marriage decisions? The household and family structure in every major industrialized country changed in a fundamental way during the last couple of decades. First, marriage is less important today, as divorce, cohabitation, and single-motherhood are much more common. Second, female labor force participation has increased dramatically. As a result of these changes, today s households are very far from traditional breadwinner husband and housekeeper wife paradigm. These dramatic changes generated significant public interest and a large body of literature that tries to understand causes and consequences of these changes. This project has two main goals. First, it studies changes in household and family structure. The particular questions that it tries to answer are: 1) What are economic factors behind the rise in premarital sex and its destigmatization? What determines parents incentives to socialize their children and affect their attitudes? 2) What are the causes and consequences of the recent rise in assortative mating and diverging marriage patterns by different educational groups? 3) Why are marriage patterns among blacks so different than whites in the U.S.? The second aim of this project is to improve our understanding of income risk, the role of social insurance policies and labor market dynamics by building models that explicitly considers two-earner households. In particular, we ask the following set of questions: 1) What is the role of social insurance policies (income maintenance programs or progressive taxation) in an economy populated by two-earner households facing uninsurable idiosyncratic risk? 2) How does marriage and labor market dynamics interact and how important this interaction for our understanding of labor supply and marriage decisions? Project acronym DEVHEALTH Project UNDERSTANDING HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE: AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH Researcher (PI) James Joseph Heckman Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN Call Details Advanced Grant (AdG), SH1, ERC-2010-AdG_20100407 Summary This proposal seeks support for a research group led by James Heckman of the Geary Institute at University College Dublin to produce an integrated developmental approach to health that studies the origins and the evolution of health inequalities over the lifecourse and across generations, and the role played by cognition, personality, genes, and environments. Major experimental and nonexperimental international datasets will be analyzed. A practical guide to implementing related policy will be produced. We will build a science of human development that draws on, extends, and unites research on the biology and epidemiology of health disparities with medical economics and the economics of skill formation. The goal is to develop an integrated framework to jointly model the economic, social and biological mechanisms that produce the evolution and the intergenerational transmission of health and of the capabilities that foster health. The following tasks will be undertaken: (1) We will quantify the importance of early-life conditions in explaining the existence of health disparities across the lifecourse. (2) We will understand how health inequalities are transmitted across generations. (3) We will assess the health benefits from early childhood interventions. (4) We will examine the role of genes and environments in the aetiology and evolution of disease. (5) We will analyze how health inequalities emerge and evolve across the lifecourse. (6) We will give biological foundations to both our models and the health measures we will use. The proposed research will investigate causal channels for promoting health. It will compare the relative effectiveness of interventions at various stages of the life cycle and the benefits and costs of later remediation if early adversity is not adequately eliminated. It will guide the design of current and prospective experimental and longitudinal studies and policy formulation, and will train young scholars in frontier methods of research This proposal seeks support for a research group led by James Heckman of the Geary Institute at University College Dublin to produce an integrated developmental approach to health that studies the origins and the evolution of health inequalities over the lifecourse and across generations, and the role played by cognition, personality, genes, and environments. Major experimental and nonexperimental international datasets will be analyzed. A practical guide to implementing related policy will be produced. We will build a science of human development that draws on, extends, and unites research on the biology and epidemiology of health disparities with medical economics and the economics of skill formation. The goal is to develop an integrated framework to jointly model the economic, social and biological mechanisms that produce the evolution and the intergenerational transmission of health and of the capabilities that foster health. The following tasks will be undertaken: (1) We will quantify the importance of early-life conditions in explaining the existence of health disparities across the lifecourse. (2) We will understand how health inequalities are transmitted across generations. (3) We will assess the health benefits from early childhood interventions. (4) We will examine the role of genes and environments in the aetiology and evolution of disease. (5) We will analyze how health inequalities emerge and evolve across the lifecourse. (6) We will give biological foundations to both our models and the health measures we will use. The proposed research will investigate causal channels for promoting health. It will compare the relative effectiveness of interventions at various stages of the life cycle and the benefits and costs of later remediation if early adversity is not adequately eliminated. It will guide the design of current and prospective experimental and longitudinal studies and policy formulation, and will train young scholars in frontier methods of research Project acronym ENMUH Project Estimation of Nonlinear Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity Researcher (PI) Stephane Olivier Bonhomme Host Institution (HI) FUNDACION CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS MONETARIOS Y FINANCIEROS Summary Modern economic research emphasizes heterogeneity in various dimensions, such as individual preferences or firms’ technology. From an empirical perspective, the presence of unobserved heterogeneity (to the econometrician) creates challenging identification and estimation problems. In this proposal we explore these issues in a context where repeated observations are available for the same individual, and the researcher disposes of panel data. Most research to date adopts either of three approaches. One approach consists in modeling the distribution of unobserved heterogeneity, following a random-effects perspective (Chamberlain, 1984). Another approach looks for clever model-specific ways of differencing out the unobserved heterogeneity (Andersen, 1970, Honore and Kyriazidou, 2000). A more recent line of research relies on approximations that become more accurate when the number of observations per individual T gets large (Arellano and Hahn, 2006). Here we consider situations where T may be small, and the researcher does not restrict the distribution of the unobserved fixed effects. We will propose a new functional differencing approach which differences out the probability distribution of unobserved heterogeneity. This approach will generally be applicable in models with continuous dependent variables, emphasizing a possibility of point-identification of the structural parameters in those models. When outcomes are discrete, we will propose a nonlinear differencing strategy that delivers useful bounds on parameters in the presence of partial identification (Honore and Tamer, 2006). Modern economic research emphasizes heterogeneity in various dimensions, such as individual preferences or firms’ technology. From an empirical perspective, the presence of unobserved heterogeneity (to the econometrician) creates challenging identification and estimation problems. In this proposal we explore these issues in a context where repeated observations are available for the same individual, and the researcher disposes of panel data. Most research to date adopts either of three approaches. One approach consists in modeling the distribution of unobserved heterogeneity, following a random-effects perspective (Chamberlain, 1984). Another approach looks for clever model-specific ways of differencing out the unobserved heterogeneity (Andersen, 1970, Honore and Kyriazidou, 2000). A more recent line of research relies on approximations that become more accurate when the number of observations per individual T gets large (Arellano and Hahn, 2006). Here we consider situations where T may be small, and the researcher does not restrict the distribution of the unobserved fixed effects. We will propose a new functional differencing approach which differences out the probability distribution of unobserved heterogeneity. This approach will generally be applicable in models with continuous dependent variables, emphasizing a possibility of point-identification of the structural parameters in those models. When outcomes are discrete, we will propose a nonlinear differencing strategy that delivers useful bounds on parameters in the presence of partial identification (Honore and Tamer, 2006). Project acronym GOV Project Corporate Governance Researcher (PI) Ayse Irem Tuna Richardson Host Institution (HI) LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL Summary The objective of this proposal is to apply for an ERC Starting Grant to support a careful study of the design and implications of corporate governance. Corporate governance is the set of mechanisms that are designed to address the conflicts between the managers and owners of assets when there is a separation of ownership and control. These mechanisms are intended to monitor the person who has control over the assets so that the use of the assets does not conflict with the incentives of the owners of the assets. Boards of directors, institutional shareholders, and the market for corporate control are some examples of corporate governance mechanisms that are expected to mitigate the potential conflicts between owners and the managers. Based on the prior work of others and my own, I am convinced that an attempt to measure the role of the individual style and preferences in corporate decision making and corporate governance will be fruitful. The series of research I conducted so far developed my perspective as a researcher, making me appreciate better the importance of capturing, to the extent possible, the entirety of the construct of interest. Given my current research interests, I propose to undertake the following three categories of research to understand: (1)how the individual style; and (2) inter-group dynamics aspect of corporate governance play a role in corporate decision making and outcomes, and (3) to evaluate (and be able to make future recommendations) about the regulation of corporate governance. The overarching objective of this proposal is to expand our thinking of corporate governance to include the human element in the design of mechanisms and contracts. The objective of this proposal is to apply for an ERC Starting Grant to support a careful study of the design and implications of corporate governance. Corporate governance is the set of mechanisms that are designed to address the conflicts between the managers and owners of assets when there is a separation of ownership and control. These mechanisms are intended to monitor the person who has control over the assets so that the use of the assets does not conflict with the incentives of the owners of the assets. Boards of directors, institutional shareholders, and the market for corporate control are some examples of corporate governance mechanisms that are expected to mitigate the potential conflicts between owners and the managers. Based on the prior work of others and my own, I am convinced that an attempt to measure the role of the individual style and preferences in corporate decision making and corporate governance will be fruitful. The series of research I conducted so far developed my perspective as a researcher, making me appreciate better the importance of capturing, to the extent possible, the entirety of the construct of interest. Given my current research interests, I propose to undertake the following three categories of research to understand: (1)how the individual style; and (2) inter-group dynamics aspect of corporate governance play a role in corporate decision making and outcomes, and (3) to evaluate (and be able to make future recommendations) about the regulation of corporate governance. The overarching objective of this proposal is to expand our thinking of corporate governance to include the human element in the design of mechanisms and contracts. Project acronym IFAP Project Institutional Frictions in International Finance and Asset Pricing Researcher (PI) Anna Pavlova Summary My project consists of three lines of work. 1. Incentives of Money Managers and Asset Pricing The leading theories of asset pricing stipulate that prices in financial markets are determined by households who seek to optimise lifetime consumption (or by the so-called representative consumer ). This approach leaves no role for important institutional frictions such as, e.g., financial constraints and contract-induced incentives that played a major role in the 2008 crisis. An analysis of such frictions will add vastly to our understanding of how institutions make decisions and will also allow us to explore the implications of these decisions for asset prices. I propose to depart from the representative agent paradigm and introduce explicitly institutional investors into asset-pricing models. My goal is to understand how institutions affect financial markets and the real economy and to help develop appropriate policy responses. 2. International macro-finance In the past two decades, economic globalisation has produced an unprecedented rise in cross-border equity holdings. Accounting for capital gains on these equity holdings, currently disregarded both in the official statistics and in traditional international macroeconomics, may potentially overturn implications and policy recommendations of the leading theories. In this project, I seek to enrich the field by incorporating explicitly portfolio choice and capital gains on financial assets. Such a theory marries two fields of research: international economics (Economics) and asset pricing (Finance). 3. Combining the above two areas The 2008 crisis was sparked by banks and lead to a worldwide recession. Combining the insights from the first two projects, I intend to research how the instability spreads across countries and how incentives of institutions ought to be designed to limit the consequences of their actions for asset values and the real economy. My project consists of three lines of work. 1. Incentives of Money Managers and Asset Pricing The leading theories of asset pricing stipulate that prices in financial markets are determined by households who seek to optimise lifetime consumption (or by the so-called representative consumer ). This approach leaves no role for important institutional frictions such as, e.g., financial constraints and contract-induced incentives that played a major role in the 2008 crisis. An analysis of such frictions will add vastly to our understanding of how institutions make decisions and will also allow us to explore the implications of these decisions for asset prices. I propose to depart from the representative agent paradigm and introduce explicitly institutional investors into asset-pricing models. My goal is to understand how institutions affect financial markets and the real economy and to help develop appropriate policy responses. 2. International macro-finance In the past two decades, economic globalisation has produced an unprecedented rise in cross-border equity holdings. Accounting for capital gains on these equity holdings, currently disregarded both in the official statistics and in traditional international macroeconomics, may potentially overturn implications and policy recommendations of the leading theories. In this project, I seek to enrich the field by incorporating explicitly portfolio choice and capital gains on financial assets. Such a theory marries two fields of research: international economics (Economics) and asset pricing (Finance). 3. Combining the above two areas The 2008 crisis was sparked by banks and lead to a worldwide recession. Combining the insights from the first two projects, I intend to research how the instability spreads across countries and how incentives of institutions ought to be designed to limit the consequences of their actions for asset values and the real economy. Project acronym INFOMACRO Project Information Heterogeneity and Frictions in the Macroeconomy Researcher (PI) Christian Hellwig Host Institution (HI) FONDATION JEAN-JACQUES LAFFONT,TOULOUSE SCIENCES ECONOMIQUES Summary This proposal seeks to analyze the effects of incomplete dispersed information for macroeconomic dynamics, broadly defined. First, the proposal seeks to develop methods for the analysis of dynamic equilibrium models, in which different participants hold different views of the aggregate conditions. Theoretical and quantitative solution methods will be proposed that can be applied to almost arbitrary equilibrium models of financial markets or the macro-economy, integrating information with other sources of micro-level heterogeneity (such as income risk), and other sources of micro-level adjustment frictions. Second, the proposal will apply these methods to gain a better understanding of the channels through which information heterogeneity affects aggregate dynamics. The project will develop macroeconomic models with heterogeneity in beliefs, and different important macroeconomic adjustment channels (including pricing and investment decisions by firms, consumption-savings decisions of households, port-folio choice, idiosyncratic risk) to assess the effect of information heterogeneity from a theoretical as well as a quantitative angle. Third, our methods of analysis will be extended to study asset pricing dynamics with heterogeneous expectations. This part also aims to integrate asset pricing dynamics with corporate decision making, in order to gain a better understanding of the intraction between asset valuations (or mis-valuation) and real economic variables. Fourth, this project will use these methods and models to gain insight into normative questions such as the welfare implications of information disclosures, optimal design of managerial incentive structures, regulation of firm behavior and firm dynamics, or macroeconomic policy. This proposal seeks to analyze the effects of incomplete dispersed information for macroeconomic dynamics, broadly defined. First, the proposal seeks to develop methods for the analysis of dynamic equilibrium models, in which different participants hold different views of the aggregate conditions. Theoretical and quantitative solution methods will be proposed that can be applied to almost arbitrary equilibrium models of financial markets or the macro-economy, integrating information with other sources of micro-level heterogeneity (such as income risk), and other sources of micro-level adjustment frictions. Second, the proposal will apply these methods to gain a better understanding of the channels through which information heterogeneity affects aggregate dynamics. The project will develop macroeconomic models with heterogeneity in beliefs, and different important macroeconomic adjustment channels (including pricing and investment decisions by firms, consumption-savings decisions of households, port-folio choice, idiosyncratic risk) to assess the effect of information heterogeneity from a theoretical as well as a quantitative angle. Third, our methods of analysis will be extended to study asset pricing dynamics with heterogeneous expectations. This part also aims to integrate asset pricing dynamics with corporate decision making, in order to gain a better understanding of the intraction between asset valuations (or mis-valuation) and real economic variables. Fourth, this project will use these methods and models to gain insight into normative questions such as the welfare implications of information disclosures, optimal design of managerial incentive structures, regulation of firm behavior and firm dynamics, or macroeconomic policy. Project acronym INFORMATIONFLOW Project Information Flow and Its Impact on Financial Markets Researcher (PI) Ilan Kremer Host Institution (HI) THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Summary The importance of information asymmetry in financial markets has long been recognized in financial economics. Most existing models focus on the role of privately informed investors who influence prices through their trades. But in many cases the agents who have the biggest information advantage are insiders or the firms themselves; they are precluded from trading but can affect the information flow to the market. This endogenous information flow and its effect on financial market is the focus of the proposed project. By the term information flow we refer to a wide range of channels through which firms can communicate. The information can be part of a mandatory disclosure or a voluntary one. It can be verifiable or non-verifiable information. In addition there can be an implicit information transmission. A firm may choose certain actions to convey its private information (i.e. signaling) without any explicit announcements. The way firms convey this information may provide key insights into the behavior of financial markets and in particular the development of financial crises. The project combines theoretical and empirical work. In the theory part I plan to examine the channels mentioned above and develop testable implications. In the empirical part I plan to test these implications. The importance of information asymmetry in financial markets has long been recognized in financial economics. Most existing models focus on the role of privately informed investors who influence prices through their trades. But in many cases the agents who have the biggest information advantage are insiders or the firms themselves; they are precluded from trading but can affect the information flow to the market. This endogenous information flow and its effect on financial market is the focus of the proposed project. By the term information flow we refer to a wide range of channels through which firms can communicate. The information can be part of a mandatory disclosure or a voluntary one. It can be verifiable or non-verifiable information. In addition there can be an implicit information transmission. A firm may choose certain actions to convey its private information (i.e. signaling) without any explicit announcements. The way firms convey this information may provide key insights into the behavior of financial markets and in particular the development of financial crises. The project combines theoretical and empirical work. In the theory part I plan to examine the channels mentioned above and develop testable implications. In the empirical part I plan to test these implications. Project acronym INVEXPECTATIONS Project Investors' expectations: Measuring their nature and effect Researcher (PI) Georg Heinrich Weizsaecker Host Institution (HI) HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN Summary The funded research investigates the role of expectations in financial decisions by asking two separate empirical questions. First, what systematic patterns appear in the expectations that the investor holds about relevant random variables? Second, can we establish that her expectations play a causal role for choices? The main tool in addressing these questions is the collection of data from laboratory experiments and large-sample household surveys. We also develop novel econometric methods and behavioral models of portfolio choice. The majority of the planned studies add to the literature on biases in expectations. They conform to the revealed-expectations paradigm of expected utility, but ask whether the underlying expectations are suboptimal in predictable ways: (i) Are rational expectations violated systematically more in markets where agents need to make complicated inferences about fundamental information – e.g. where the inference occurs at the interim stage, before agents can observe realized prices and other agents’ choices (like in Rational Expectations Equilibrium)? (ii) Are agents able to successfully process the covariance of returns in portfolio-choice problems? (iii) Are investment herds excessively large and stable because people do not realize that other agents whom they observe also rely on others? (iv) Why do many people embark in risky gambling strategies under the false perception that they will stop after a few losses? The answers to these questions will contribute to the understanding of investment choices generally, and unnecessary risk exposure in particular. In further studies, we ask about the causal link between expectations and choices. This will contribute to the evaluation of decision-theoretic models but can also inform economic policy, as the causal link from expectations to choices is an important component in the design of policy campaigns that work via affecting beliefs. We introduce artificially created instrumental variables into choice situations and use their exogenous influence to identify causal effects. The funded research investigates the role of expectations in financial decisions by asking two separate empirical questions. First, what systematic patterns appear in the expectations that the investor holds about relevant random variables? Second, can we establish that her expectations play a causal role for choices? The main tool in addressing these questions is the collection of data from laboratory experiments and large-sample household surveys. We also develop novel econometric methods and behavioral models of portfolio choice. The majority of the planned studies add to the literature on biases in expectations. They conform to the revealed-expectations paradigm of expected utility, but ask whether the underlying expectations are suboptimal in predictable ways: (i) Are rational expectations violated systematically more in markets where agents need to make complicated inferences about fundamental information – e.g. where the inference occurs at the interim stage, before agents can observe realized prices and other agents’ choices (like in Rational Expectations Equilibrium)? (ii) Are agents able to successfully process the covariance of returns in portfolio-choice problems? (iii) Are investment herds excessively large and stable because people do not realize that other agents whom they observe also rely on others? (iv) Why do many people embark in risky gambling strategies under the false perception that they will stop after a few losses? The answers to these questions will contribute to the understanding of investment choices generally, and unnecessary risk exposure in particular. In further studies, we ask about the causal link between expectations and choices. This will contribute to the evaluation of decision-theoretic models but can also inform economic policy, as the causal link from expectations to choices is an important component in the design of policy campaigns that work via affecting beliefs. We introduce artificially created instrumental variables into choice situations and use their exogenous influence to identify causal effects. Project acronym KF&EM Project International Capital Flows and Emerging Markets Researcher (PI) Fernando Ariel Broner Host Institution (HI) Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) Summary Financial liberalization in emerging markets has not produced the benefits predicted by conventional, neoclassical models. There is consensus that in reality financial frictions must play a larger role than these models anticipated. The objective of this research project is to enhance our understanding of how this happens, emphasizing the interactions between financial integration and the workings of domestic financial markets. The project is structured around a set of related questions. (i) Can these interactions account for the macroeconomic effects of financial liberalization? (ii) How should emerging markets manage financial integration? Should they rely on financial systems that facilitate segmentation between domestic and international markets, as in the 70s and 80s? (iii) What are the implications for the global imbalances that contributed to the recent crisis? Can emerging markets export their vulnerabilities to advanced countries? (iv) Can these interactions explain the appearance of bubbles? What are their effects on the workings of international and domestic financial markets? Gross capital flows reflect risk in domestic financial markets and also raise this risk by increasing the incentives to default. This complementarity is highly destabilizing. (v) Does the recent global financial crisis and associated collapse in gross capital flows reflect such forces? Have they been present in previous crises, particularly in emerging markets? Emerging markets are more financially integrated than during the cold war. But the current situation has an antecedent in the late 19th century. Traditionally, integration is taken as exogenous. I will explore the forces that shape the process of integration. (vi) Is there any relationship between the existence of a hegemonic power, Britain in the late 19th century and the US since the 1980s, and financial integration? (vii) What will be the effect of the ongoing weakening of the hegemonic power of the US? Financial liberalization in emerging markets has not produced the benefits predicted by conventional, neoclassical models. There is consensus that in reality financial frictions must play a larger role than these models anticipated. The objective of this research project is to enhance our understanding of how this happens, emphasizing the interactions between financial integration and the workings of domestic financial markets. The project is structured around a set of related questions. (i) Can these interactions account for the macroeconomic effects of financial liberalization? (ii) How should emerging markets manage financial integration? Should they rely on financial systems that facilitate segmentation between domestic and international markets, as in the 70s and 80s? (iii) What are the implications for the global imbalances that contributed to the recent crisis? Can emerging markets export their vulnerabilities to advanced countries? (iv) Can these interactions explain the appearance of bubbles? What are their effects on the workings of international and domestic financial markets? Gross capital flows reflect risk in domestic financial markets and also raise this risk by increasing the incentives to default. This complementarity is highly destabilizing. (v) Does the recent global financial crisis and associated collapse in gross capital flows reflect such forces? Have they been present in previous crises, particularly in emerging markets? Emerging markets are more financially integrated than during the cold war. But the current situation has an antecedent in the late 19th century. Traditionally, integration is taken as exogenous. I will explore the forces that shape the process of integration. (vi) Is there any relationship between the existence of a hegemonic power, Britain in the late 19th century and the US since the 1980s, and financial integration? (vii) What will be the effect of the ongoing weakening of the hegemonic power of the US? Project acronym LIQRISK Project Liquidity and Risk in Macroeconomic Models Researcher (PI) Philippe Jean Louis Bacchetta Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNE Summary The proposal is motivated by the need to incorporate financial realities into macroeconomic models. The objective is to introduce leverage and liquidity in standard dynamic general equilibrium models and analyze their macroeconomic implications. The proposal is divided into two sub-projects and analyzes two different aspects of liquidity. The first deals with leverage and market liquidity in developed financial economies. The second examines the demand for liquid assets by emerging countries and its global implications. In the first sub-project, the proposal breaks new ground in the understanding of the dynamics of risk and in explaining some important features of the recent crisis. The project particularly emphasizes the role of self-fulfilling changes in expectations that can lead to sudden large shifts in risk. This can take the form of a financial panic with a big drop in asset prices. Various extensions will investigate the empirical implications as well as the implications for international capital flows, exchange rates, macroeconomic activity and policy recommendations. In the second sub-project, the objective is to formalize and analyze different degrees of liquidity in international capital flows. The project will innovate in finding ways to model liquidity in dynamic open economy models. This will allow a better understanding of the recent pattern in international capital flows, where less developed countries lend to richer economies. It will also shed light on the evolution of global imbalances before and after the crisis. The proposal is motivated by the need to incorporate financial realities into macroeconomic models. The objective is to introduce leverage and liquidity in standard dynamic general equilibrium models and analyze their macroeconomic implications. The proposal is divided into two sub-projects and analyzes two different aspects of liquidity. The first deals with leverage and market liquidity in developed financial economies. The second examines the demand for liquid assets by emerging countries and its global implications. In the first sub-project, the proposal breaks new ground in the understanding of the dynamics of risk and in explaining some important features of the recent crisis. The project particularly emphasizes the role of self-fulfilling changes in expectations that can lead to sudden large shifts in risk. This can take the form of a financial panic with a big drop in asset prices. Various extensions will investigate the empirical implications as well as the implications for international capital flows, exchange rates, macroeconomic activity and policy recommendations. In the second sub-project, the objective is to formalize and analyze different degrees of liquidity in international capital flows. The project will innovate in finding ways to model liquidity in dynamic open economy models. This will allow a better understanding of the recent pattern in international capital flows, where less developed countries lend to richer economies. It will also shed light on the evolution of global imbalances before and after the crisis.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754574
__label__cc	0.670988	0.329012	This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral...for all the wrong reasons. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn't just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn't always free. Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature Lexile® Measure:550 Text Difficulty:2-3 Angie Thomas - Author Lexile® Measure: 550 Text Difficulty: 2-3	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754575
__label__wiki	0.62335	0.62335	Dreaming in Cuban Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture Dreaming in Cuban essay Dreaming in Cuban is a novel by Cristina Garcia, which narrates a story of two people, their children also their grandchildren. The two main characters are Celia Del Pino and Jorge Del Pino. The two give birth to three children among them two daughters and one son. The story develops from the parents to the children and even to their grandchildren and the different paths they take in their lives. This essay will discuss aspects of this book and the main themes of the book. Cristina Garcia was born in July 1958 in Havana to a Guatemalan father and a Cuban mother. Her most life was spent in the United States after her family flees from Cuba especially after Fidel Castro came into power. She studied political science at the Barnard College, but she says that a course in English at the college inspired her to write. (Hartford Public Library Readers Services Resources 8) Garcia first worked in a marketing position at Procter and Gamble before she moved to become a journalist with Time magazine. It was while she was a journalist that she decided to venture into fiction writing. Her first novel was Dreaming in Cuban. Other novels that she has written include the Monkey Hunting, a Handbook to Luck and the Aguero Sisters. This book has various themes among them is the theme of family relationships. The book tries to portray the different relationships that exist between the family members. There is the relationship between man and wife; there is also that relationship between parents and children. There is also the relationship between the children, additionally the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren. In these relationships, some seem to work well while others the distance between them strains the relationships or values or even political issues. The relationship between Celia and Jorge is strained from the very beginning. Celia had previously taken a lover who was a Spaniard, who later left her. Jorge then came and offered to marry her. But Jorge mistreats Celia because he is not pleased with what Celia had done before he also feels that Celia does not love him the way she loved her lover (Cristina 36). This is demonstrated by the way, Jorge marries her then leaves, leaving her behind to be mistreated by his mother and sister. The worst part is that Celia is pregnant, and the husband is not close to take care of her. Their relationship is also strained by their differences in political issues. Celia supports the revolution but the husband is in favor of the American government. The relationship between the parents and children is also strained. Celia lacks a close relationship with her first-born daughter, because after she gives birth to her she becomes mentally ill and has to be hospitalized, thus denying her the chance to get close to Lourdes. Jorge though is close to Lourdes because he comes in to care for her when Celia is gone. The second daughter Felicia too is closer to her father than the mother. Celia also gives birth to a son Javier, who becomes closer to her than his father; Javier also shares the same political views as her mother. The relationship between the children seems to be nonexistent. This is mainly because of their age differences perhaps. Lourdes attends university and marries to a man from a wealthy family. Felicia becomes closer to a daughter of a priest, while Javier goes to Czechoslovakia to study. There is the distance created between the children thus enabling them not to have close relations. The parents do not also encourage the children to have close relations; they have somehow contributed to the lack of relations between the children. Lourdes and Felicia also lack to develop a close relationship with their children. Lourdes struggles with her daughter pillar, who does not like the mother. For Felicia, all her children seem to have no relationship with her. Although Ivanito is close to Felicia, Felicia abandons him after she attempts to kill him and her. Javier separates from his child after his wife leaves him and goes with the child. The family relationships have some hope in the third generation. Pilar develops a close relationship to Celia, where she paints her repeatedly and is willing to go after Ivanito, when he flees from Cuba for the sake of the grandmother. The family regains some hope of amending family relationship in this third generation because Pilar gets close to Ivanito, and she is willing to lie for him to the grandmother and protect him. The role of men in this novel seems to be only that of siring children. Men in this book are portrayed as weak and not useful to their families. Jorge is not strong enough to endure his life in Cuba, he would rather seek refuge in America, and he openly supports the American government (Cristina 44). Rufino the husband to Lourdes refuses to work hard when they move to America, and he prefers to pursue his inventions that never succeed. The husbands to Felicia all seem weak, and the fact that she moves from one man to another show how this book portrays men as weak, to an extent of women killing the men. The men are also weak to fight illness because as soon as they fall sick they fade away. Unlike the women (Herrera 75) who seem to remain strong and recover from even mental illness. There is also the aspect of belief and magic. Celia believes that her dead husband comes in the form of a spirit to bid her farewell. Lourdes also believes that her father's spirit visits her; she also develops a craving for food and sex during this time of her father's death. Felicia believes that when she gets close to Santeria she will reconcile with her father and be able to ask for forgiveness. Magic is also presented where Pilar purchases paraphernalia in a shop, and performs a ritual that tells her that she and her mother must return to Cuba. But this was caused by the strong desire that Pilar had to return to Cuba, she had even attempted to go to Cuba but she failed. Politics is the other aspect of the novel although not openly portrayed as the main theme, it is the problem behind the family's relationship, and it clearly plays a crucial role in this book. It is Celia's strong political support of the Cuban revolution that separates her from her husband and daughter Lourdes. She is so strong about politics that she manages to become a local judge. It is also political issues that force the family members to seek exile in America. The revolutionist soldiers make Lourdes' family, to flee to America and leave behind their wealth for the revolution. This makes Lourdes to be patriotic to the US and this strains her relationship with her daughter Pilar who loves Cuba. Javier shares his political believes and support with Celia and these results to the two being close. Illness and disease is another looming aspect in this book. It starts with mental illness, which affects both Celia and Felicia, although they are able to overcome the illness. Felicia though seems to be falling back to the mental illness from time to time. The father also falls ill, and goes to America to seek treatment but his condition deteriorates and he dies. Illness seems to bring the family closer. After the father dies from illness Felicia and Lourdes, try to reconcile with the father. After Felicia falls ill Celia takes up her children to look after them, therefore, bringing them closer to her to develop relations. It is after Celia falls ill that Lourdes and Pilar also return to Cuba to look after her, and it is during this time that Pilar develops a fondness for her grandmother. To conclude the book revolves around the three generations and the family relationship that surround them. It is also set in a time of political struggle, and there is obvious disintegration of people due to their political views. It also shows that women remain constantly strong as compared to men who fade away easily. It also includes beliefs and rituals or magic that the characters believe. Lastly it shows how illness is predominant during this period especially that of the mind. The Paradigm	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754576
__label__cc	0.596845	0.403155	5 alternative OS for the Raspberry Pi of fastbyte01 Last update 21/12/2018 127 THEthe project Raspberry Pi it is probably one of the most famous technological projects of the last years and has led to the success of the ARM boards. These small devices are now in the homes of millions of people and are contributing substantially to the development of IoT technology. The success of the Raspberry Pi was possible thanks to a powerful but low-cost architecture and its perfect integration with the Linux kernel and gradually with the various distributions. However, given the enormous success, over the years other operating systems have also become compatible with our beloved raspberry. These alternative operating systems are very interesting to try even if in many respects they are less customizable both at kernel and OS level than their GNU / Linux counterpart. But let's see these projects: 1 Plan 9 Plan 9 is a project born around the 90s and is released under open source license. It is an operating system especially dedicated to developers and draws inspiration from the good old UNIX. Its graphic environment, RIO, is very light and minimal and therefore lends itself particularly to being used on the Raspberry Pi. The installation process is simple and is in line with that of a normal GNU / Linux distribution. 2 OpenBSD OpenBSD It is a famous distribution and you will surely hear about it (if you are reading this article on this blog, you can certainly change the term with 😉). For those who have never heard of it, BSD systems are Unix-like systems that originated within the University of Berkeley. Over the years, a strong community of users has formed (even though it is much less than the GNU / Linux number) and there are thousands of companies that use BSD systems for their security. The community that revolves around the BSD world has also developed a distribution specifically dedicated to the Raspberry Pi, called RaspBSD. As for the desktop environment and applications are almost, when not practically, the same that can be found in the repositories of GNU / Linux systems. 3 RISC OS RISC OS, of which I had already spoken before, is a very light operating system. His birth dates back to the '80s at the University of Cambridge. University from which the Raspberry Pi was born and where the Raspberry Foundation is based. This operating system is on the list of recommended systems of the NOOBS installer and is officially supported by the team behind the software part of the Raspberry. It has a graphical interface that has nothing to envy to other SO, once you have a little bit of a hand, and has a good number of applications available. In addition, it also includes a BASIC interpreter, which may be quite famous among long-time developers. Android I do not think it needs any introduction, as it is the most used operating system in the world (at least this says Google). Android is formally a distribution based on the Linux kernel but the actual operating system is developed by Google. With the classic GNU / Linux distributions it shares only the kernel and the basic tools. As far as applications are concerned, there are a myriad of them even though in the end they are applications for smartphones that do not have many of the features and potential of desktop applications. Interface side, probably not the best for desktop use, needless to deny it, it was not designed for this type of devices, but you can still perform most of the everyday operations without major problems. Officially there is, at least released by Google, an official version for the Raspberry Pi, so you have to address the various community projects. 5 Windows 10 IoT Core Finally we talk about the "enemy" par excellence, the closed source counterpart of the GNU / Linux systems, Windows 10 IoT Core, which is easily understandable from the name is the version of Windows 10 dedicated to IoT systems. Even this system, just like RISC OS, is located within the NOOBS installer and therefore receives official support from the Raspberry team. This version of Windows is specifically a deployment system on which a developer can test and improve the IoT project. Share FacebookTwitterGoogle+RedditLinkedinWhatsappPinterestE-mailTelegram fastbyte01 33 articles They are a mixture between Geek and Nerd. I deal obsessively with everything that is technological. I love everything that involves the correct use of intelligence. I deal with the development of web solutions and IT consulting among many things. Jpeg.io: optimize images online You might like it too Other articles by the author Firefox 69 will officially say goodbye to Flash The Single Board Computer Database 6 light operating systems for the Raspberry Pi I-Nex: The open source version of CPU-Z Prev. Next. Emby the open source alternative to Plex	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754578
__label__cc	0.616553	0.383447	Lundin Mining Announces Closing of Acquisition of the Chapada Copper Mine PR Newswire July 5, 2019 TORONTO, Ontario, July 5, 2019 /CNW/ - (TSX: LUN; Nasdaq Stockholm: LUMI) Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the acquisition of a 100% ownership stake in Mineração Maracá Indústria e Comércio S/A, which owns the Chapada copper-gold mine located in Brazil ("Chapada") from Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana"), as previously announced on April 15, 2019 (the "Acquisition"). Marie Inkster, President and CEO commented: "The addition of Chapada further solidifies Lundin Mining's position as a leading intermediate base metals producer. We look forward to establishing an excellent reputation in Brazil as we work closely with our new employees and stakeholders. Leveraging our technical expertise, base metals focus and financial strength, we believe further opportunities exist to create meaningful stakeholder value from this high-quality asset." Total cash consideration paid at closing by the Company was US$800 million, funded by cash on hand and the Company's $550 million revolving credit facility. Yamana retains a 2.0% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on future gold production from the Suruca gold deposit, receives contingent consideration of up to US$125 million over five years if certain gold price thresholds are met and contingent consideration of US$100 million on potential construction of a pyrite roaster. About Lundin Mining Lundin Mining is a diversified Canadian base metals mining company with operations in Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Sweden and the United States of America, primarily producing copper, nickel and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds an indirect 24% equity stake in the Freeport Cobalt Oy business, which includes a cobalt refinery located in Kokkola, Finland. The information in this release is subject to the disclosure requirements of Lundin Mining under the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below on July 5, 2019 at 8:45 am Eastern Time. Cautionary Statement in Forward-Looking Information Certain of the statements made and information contained herein, other than statements of historical fact and historical information, is "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the Company's plans and business strategy. Words such as "believe", "contingent", "create", "expected", "further", "future", "growth", "leading", "opportunities", and "potential" or variations of these terms or similar terminology or statements that certain actions, events or results will, could or may occur or be achieved are intended to identify such forward-looking information. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information contained herein are reasonable, these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions concerning, among other things, the Company's plans and business strategy and anticipated trends in the Company's business, and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Assumptions include but are not limited to the expectations and beliefs of management of the Company; the assumed long term price of copper and gold; that the Company can access financing, appropriate equipment and sufficient labour; and that the political environment where the Company operates will continue to support the development and operation of mining projects. Risks include but are not limited to risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's ability to integrate Chapada and achieve the anticipated benefits of the Acquisition; risks associated with operating in foreign countries; uncertain political and economic environments; community activism, shareholder activism and risks related to negative publicity with respect to the Company or the mining industry in general; changes in laws, regulations or policies including but not limited to those related to operations, permitting and approvals, environmental management, labour, trade relations, and transportation; risks associated with business arrangements and partners over which the Company does not have full control; risks associated with acquisitions and related integration efforts; competition; development or mining results not being consistent with the Company's expectations; estimates of future production; operating and cash costs estimates; allocation of resources and capital; litigation; uninsurable risks; volatility in metal prices; the estimation of asset carrying values; funding requirements and availability of financing; indebtedness; foreign currency fluctuations; interest rate volatility; changes in the Company's share price, and equity markets, in general; changing taxation regimes; counterparty and credit risks; health and safety risks; risks related to the environmental impact of the Company's operations and products and management thereof; unavailable or inaccessible infrastructure and risks related to ageing infrastructure; risks inherent in mining including but not limited to risks to the environment, industrial accidents, catastrophic equipment failures, unusual or unexpected geological formations, or unstable ground conditions; actual ore mined varying from estimates of grade, tonnage, dilution and metallurgical and other characteristics; ore processing efficiency; risks relating to attracting and retaining of highly skilled employees; ability to retain key personnel; the potential for and effects of labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties with or shortages of labour or interruptions in production; the price and availability of energy and key operating supplies or services; the inherent uncertainty of exploration and development, and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses; risks associated with the estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves and the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits including but not limited to models relating thereto; natural phenomena such as earthquakes, flooding, and unusually severe weather; potential for the allegation of fraud and corruption involving the Company, its customers, suppliers or employees, or the allegation of improper or discriminatory employment practices, or human rights violations; security at the Company's operations; breach or compromise of key information technology systems; materially increased or unanticipated reclamation obligations; risks related to mine closure activities; risks related to closed and historical sites; title risk and the potential of undetected encumbrances; risks associated with the structural stability of waste rock dumps or tailings storage facilities; and additional risks disclosed in filings made by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under the Company's profile. There can be no assurance that the Acquisition will achieve the anticipated benefits. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all assumptions and risk factors which may have been used. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein speaks only as of the date of this news release. The Company does not undertake to update such forward-looking information unless required under applicable laws. For further information: Mark Turner, Director, Business Valuations and Investor Relations: +1 416 342 5565; Brandon Throop, Manager, Investor Relations: +1 416 342 5583; Robert Eriksson, Investor Relations Sweden: +46 8 440 54 50 Marijuana-delivery service Eaze scales back $1 billion ambitions, documents show An Acquisition Molds Extreme Networks Into a Cloud Leader Slate Retail REIT (TSE:SRT.UN) Investors Should Think About This Before Buying It For Its Dividend	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754579
__label__wiki	0.960596	0.960596	Blackmail (1929 film) Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard. Based on the 1928 play of the same name by Charles Bennett, the film is about a London woman who is blackmailed after killing a man who tries to rape her. Australian daybill poster Alfred Hitchcock (adaptation) Benn W. Levy (dialogue) Blackmail (play) by Charles Bennett Anny Ondra John Longden Cyril Ritchard Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly Hubert Bath (arrangements) Billy Mayerl (song: "Miss Up-to-Date") Jack E. Cox Emile de Ruelle British International Pictures (BIP) Wardour Films (UK) Sono Art-World Wide Pictures (USA) 28 July 1929 (1929-07-28) (UK) (6740 ft silent, 7136 ft sound) 75 minutes (2012 silent restoration)[2] After starting production as a silent film, British International Pictures decided to adapt Blackmail into a separate sound film. It became the first successful European talkie; a silent version was released for theaters not equipped for sound (at 6,740 feet), with the sound version (7,136 feet) released at the same time.[3] Both versions are held in the British Film Institute collection.[4][2] Blackmail is frequently cited as the first British sound feature film.[5][6][7] Voted the best British film of 1929 in a UK poll the year it was released, in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked Blackmail as the 59th best British film ever.[5] The Prague-raised star of Blackmail (1929), Anny Ondra, was an industry favorite, but her strong accent became an issue when the film was reshot with sound. Without post-dubbing capacity, her dialogue was simultaneously recorded offscreen by actress Joan Barry. Ondra's British film career was over.[8] Anny Ondra as Alice White Sara Allgood as Mrs. White Charles Paton as Mr. White John Longden as Detective Frank Webber Donald Calthrop as Tracy Cyril Ritchard as Mr. Crewe, an artist Hannah Jones as the landlady Harvey Braban as the Chief Inspector (sound version) Johnny Ashby as boy Joan Barry as Alice White (voice) Johnny Butt as Sergeant Phyllis Konstam as gossiping neighbour Sam Livesey as the Chief Inspector (silent version) Phyllis Monkman as gossip woman Percy Parsons as crook Johnny Ashby as Boy (uncredited) On 26 April 1929, Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (John Longden) escorts his girlfriend Alice White (Anny Ondra) to a tea house. They have an argument and Frank storms out. While reconsidering his action, he sees Alice leave with Mr. Crewe (Cyril Ritchard), an artist she had earlier agreed to meet. Crewe persuades a reluctant Alice into coming up to see his studio. She admires a painting of a laughing clown, and uses his palette and brushes to paint a cartoonish drawing of a face; he adds a few strokes of a naked feminine figure, and guiding her hand, they sign the picture with her name. He gives her a dancer's outfit and Crewe sings and plays "Miss Up-to-Date" on the piano. Crewe steals a kiss, to Alice's disgust, but as she is changing and preparing to leave, he takes her dress from the changing area. He attempts to rape her; her cries for help are not heard on the street below. In desperation, Alice grabs a nearby bread knife and kills him. She angrily tears a hole in the painting of the clown, then leaves after attempting to remove any evidence of her presence in the flat, but accidentally leaves her gloves behind. She walks the streets of London all night in a daze. When the body is found, Frank is assigned to the case and finds one of Alice's gloves. He also recognizes the dead man, but conceals this from his superior. Taking the glove, he goes to see Alice at her father's tobacco shop, but she is too distraught to speak. As they speak privately in the shop's telephone booth, Tracy (Donald Calthrop), arrives. He had seen Alice go up to Crewe's flat, and he has the other glove. When he sees Frank with the other one, he attempts to blackmail them. His first demands are petty ones, and they accede. Frank learns by phone that Tracy is wanted for questioning: he was seen near the scene and has a criminal record. Frank sends for policemen and tells Tracy he will pay for the murder. Alice is apprehensive, but still does not speak up. The tension mounts. When the police arrive, Tracy's nerve finally breaks and he flees. The chase leads to the British Museum, where he clambers onto the domed roof of the Reading Room and slips, crashing through a skylight and falling to his death inside. The police assume he was the murderer. Unaware of this, Alice feels compelled to give herself up and goes to see the Chief Inspector at New Scotland Yard. Before she can confess to him, the inspector receives a telephone call and asks Frank to deal with Alice. She finally tells Frank the truth—that it was self-defense against an attack she cannot bear to speak of—and they leave together. As they do, a policeman walks past, carrying the damaged painting of the laughing clown and the cartoon canvas where Alice painted over her name. The film began production as a silent film. To cash in on the new popularity of talkies, the film's producer, John Maxwell of British International Pictures, gave Hitchcock the go-ahead to film a portion of the movie in sound. Hitchcock thought the idea absurd and surreptitiously filmed almost the entire feature in sound (the opening 6½ minutes of the sound version are silent, with musical accompaniment, as are some shorter scenes later), along with a silent version for theatres not yet equipped for talking pictures. Blackmail, marketed as one of Britain's earliest "all-talkie" feature films, was recorded in the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process. (The first U.S. all-talking film, Lights of New York, was released in July 1928 by Warner Brothers in their Vitaphone sound-on-disc process.) The film was shot at British and Dominions Imperial Studios soundstage in Borehamwood, the first purpose-built sound studio in Europe.[9] Lead actress Anny Ondra was raised in Prague and had a pronounced Czech accent that was felt unsuitable for the film. Sound was in its infancy at the time and it wasn't possible to post-dub Ondra's voice. Rather than replace her and reshoot her scenes, actress Joan Barry was hired to actually speak the dialogue off-camera while Ondra lip-synched her lines. This makes Ondra's performance seem slightly awkward.[2] Hitchcock used several elements that would become Hitchcock "trademarks" including a beautiful blonde in peril and a famous landmark in the finale. Without informing the producers, Hitchcock used the Schüfftan process to film the scenes in the Reading Room of the British Museum since the light levels were too low for normal filming. The film was a critical and commercial hit. The sound was praised as inventive. A completed silent version of Blackmail was released in 1929 shortly after the talkie version hit theaters. The silent version of Blackmail actually ran longer in theaters and proved more popular, largely because most theaters in Britain were not yet equipped for sound. Despite the popularity of the silent version, history best remembers the landmark talkie version of Blackmail. It is the version now generally available although some critics consider the silent version superior.[2] Alfred Hitchcock filmed the silent version with Sam Livesey as the Chief Inspector and the sound version with Harvey Braban in the same role. Hitchcock's cameoEdit Alfred Hitchcock's cameo, a signature occurrence in many of Hitchcock's films, shows him being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book on the London Underground. This is probably the lengthiest of Hitchcock's cameo appearances and he appears around 10 minutes after the start. As the director became better known to audiences, especially when he appeared as the host of his own television series, he dramatically shortened his on-screen appearances. Release and receptionEdit First screened to press and cinema distributors on the 21st of June 1929 at the Regal Cinema at Marble Arch, the film premiered at the Capitol cinema in London on 28 July 1929. Blackmail was one of the most successful releases of that year, and received critical praise.[1] In a public poll, Blackmail was voted the best British film of 1929, based largely upon the popularity of the silent version which, as mentioned above, was more widely seen. In the same national UK poll, the best films of their respective years were The Constant Nymph (1928), Rookery Nook (1930), The Middle Watch (1931), and Sunshine Susie (1932).[10] As an early "talkie", Blackmail is frequently cited by film historians as a landmark film,[11] and is often cited as the first truly British "all-talkie" feature film.[6][7] Two future directors worked on this production: Ronald Neame operated the clapperboard and Michael Powell took on-set publicity photographs.[4] Earlier British sound films include: The Gentleman, a short film in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process, was an excerpt of The 9 to 11 Revue, directed by William J. Elliott, and released in the UK in June 1925; The part-talking The Clue of the New Pin, based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, and filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system using 12-inch discs; The Crimson Circle, a UK-German silent film, also based on a Wallace novel, dubbed after the fact with the Phonofilm sound-on-film process; Black Waters, a British all-talkie production shot in the US and released on 6 April 1929.[12] In March 1929, Pin and Circle were trade-shown at the same screening for film exhibitors in London. Preservation and home video statusEdit New restorations of Blackmail were completed in 2012, as part of the BFI's £2 million "Save the Hitchcock 9" project to restore all of the director's surviving silent films.[13] Like Hitchcock's other British films, all of which are copyrighted worldwide,[13][14] Blackmail has been heavily bootlegged on home video.[15] Despite this, various licensed, restored releases of both silent and sound versions have appeared on DVD and video on demand services from Optimum in the UK, Lionsgate in the US and others.[2] ^ a b "Blackmail". Art & Hue. ^ a b c d e f "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: Blackmail (1929)". Brenton Film. ^ SilentEra entry ^ a b BFI Database entry ^ a b "The 100 best British films". Time Out. Retrieved 24 October 2017 ^ a b Richard Allen, S. Ishii-Gonzalès Hitchcock: Past and Future Routledge, 2004 ^ a b St. Pierre, Paul Matthew Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895–1960: On the Halls on the Screen p.79. Associated University Presse, 2009 ^ Spoto (1984), pp. 131–32, 136. ^ Tomlinson, Richard. "Borehamwood Film Studios: The British Hollywood". Herts Memories. Retrieved 25 January 2014. ^ ""SUNSHINE SUSIE"". Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 19 August 1933. p. 19. Retrieved 4 March 2013. ^ Rob White, Edward Buscombe, British Film Institute Film Classics Volume 1, p. 111] Taylor & Francis, 2003 ^ Black Waters at IMDB ^ a b "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide". Brenton Film. ^ "Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright". Brenton Film. ^ "Bootlegs Galore: The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rip-off". Brenton Film. Ryall, Tom, Blackmail (London: British Film Institute, 1993) Blackmail on IMDb Blackmail at AllMovie Blackmail at SilentEra Blackmail at BFI Database Blackmail at Rotten Tomatoes Blackmail sound test on YouTube Blackmail at the BFI's Screenonline Blackmail at the TCM Movie Database Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Blackmail at Brenton Film Copyright Catalog at Library of Congress; select "Document number" and type "V8003P432" Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackmail_(1929_film)&oldid=902497490"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754586
__label__wiki	0.667292	0.667292	(Redirected from Fishing port) This article is about the facility for ships. For other uses, see Port (disambiguation). The Port of New York and New Jersey grew from the original harbor at the convergence of the Hudson River and the East River at the Upper New York Bay. Seaport, a 17th-century depiction by Claude Lorrain, 1638 Shanghai Port is the world's busiest container port Port of Kaohsiung is the largest port in Taiwan. Port of Hamburg The port of Piraeus Port of Klaipėda Port of Haifa, Israel Port of Barcelona, one of Spain's largest ports Port of Busan, Korea. Two Maersk vessels can be seen in the background. Port of Montreal, Quebec. The Port of Duluth-Superior, the largest freshwater port in the world Cargo port in Hilo, Hawaii A port is a maritime facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, some ports, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth, are many miles inland, with access to the sea via river or canal. Today, by far the greatest growth in port development is in Asia, the continent with some of the world's largest and busiest ports, such as Singapore and the Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan. Ancient portsEdit Main article: Historical Ports Whenever ancient civilisations engaged in maritime trade, they tended to develop sea ports. One of the world's oldest known artificial harbors is at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea.[1] Along with the finding of harbor structures, ancient anchors have also been found. Other ancient ports include Guangzhou during Qin Dynasty China and Canopus, the principal Egyptian port for Greek trade before the foundation of Alexandria. In ancient Greece, Athens' port of Piraeus was the base for the Athenian fleet which played a crucial role in the Battle of Salamis against the Persians in 480 BCE. In ancient India from 3700 BCE, Lothal was a prominent city of the Indus valley civilisation, located in the Bhāl region of the modern state of Gujarāt.[citation needed] Ostia Antica was the port of ancient Rome with Portus established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia. In Japan, during the Edo period, the island of Dejima was the only port open for trade with Europe and received only a single Dutch ship per year, whereas Osaka was the largest domestic port and the main trade hub for rice. Nowadays, many of these ancient sites no longer exist or function as modern ports. Even in more recent times, ports sometimes fall out of use. Rye, East Sussex, was an important English port in the Middle Ages, but the coastline changed and it is now 2 miles (3.2 km) from the sea, while the ports of Ravenspurn and Dunwich have been lost to coastal erosion. Modern portsEdit Whereas early ports tended to be just simple harbours, modern ports tend to be multimodal distribution hubs, with transport links using sea, river, canal, road, rail and air routes. Successful ports are located to optimize access to an active hinterland, such as the London Gateway. Ideally, a port will grant easy navigation to ships, and will give shelter from wind and waves. Ports are often on estuaries, where the water may be shallow and may need regular dredging. Deep water ports such as Milford Haven are less common, but can handle larger ships with a greater draft, such as super tankers, Post-Panamax vessels and large container ships. Other businesses such as regional distribution centres, warehouses and freight-forwarders, canneries and other processing facilities find it advantageous to be located within a port or nearby. Modern ports will have specialised cargo-handling equipment, such as gantry cranes, reach stackers and forklift trucks. Ports usually have specialised functions: some tend to cater mainly for passenger ferries and cruise ships; some specialise in container traffic or general cargo; and some ports play an important military role for their nation's navy. Some third world countries and small islands such as Ascension and St Helena still have limited port facilities, so that ships must anchor off while their cargo and passengers are taken ashore by barge or launch (respectively). In modern times, ports survive or decline, depending on current economic trends. In the UK, both the ports of Liverpool and Southampton were once significant in the transatlantic passenger liner business. Once airliner traffic decimated that trade, both ports diversified to container cargo and cruise ships. Up until the 1950s the Port of London was a major international port on the River Thames, but changes in shipping and the use of containers and larger ships, have led to its decline. Thamesport,[2] a small semi-automated container port (with links to the Port of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port) thrived for some years, but has been hit hard by competition from the emergent London Gateway port and logistics hub. In mainland Europe, it is normal for ports to be publicly owned, so that, for instance, the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are owned partly by the state and partly by the cities themselves. By contrast, in the UK all ports are in private hands, such as Peel Ports who own the Port of Liverpool, John Lennon Airport and the Manchester Ship Canal. Even though modern ships tend to have bow-thrusters and stern-thrusters, many port authorities still require vessels to use pilots and tugboats for manoeuvering large ships in tight quarters. For instance, ships approaching the Belgian port of Antwerp, an inland port on the River Scheldt, are obliged to use Dutch pilots when navigating on that part of the estuary that belongs to the Netherlands. Ports with international traffic have customs facilities. TypesEdit Find sources: "Port" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The terms "port" and "seaport" are used for different types of port facilities that handle ocean-going vessels, and river port is used for river traffic, such as barges and other shallow-draft vessels. Dry portEdit Main article: Dry port A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.[3] Fishing portEdit A fishing port is a port or harbor for landing and distributing fish. It may be a recreational facility, but it is usually commercial. A fishing port is the only port that depends on an ocean product, and depletion of fish may cause a fishing port to be uneconomical. Inland portEdit Main article: Inland port An inland port is a port on a navigable lake, river (fluvial port), or canal with access to a sea or ocean, which therefore allows a ship to sail from the ocean inland to the port to load or unload its cargo. An example of this is the St. Lawrence Seaway which allows ships to travel from the Atlantic Ocean several thousand kilometers inland to Great Lakes ports like Toronto, Duluth-Superior, and Chicago.[4] SeaportEdit A seaport is further categorized as a "cruise port" or a "cargo port". Additionally, "cruise ports" are also known as a "home port" or a "port of call". The "cargo port" is also further categorized into a "bulk" or "break bulk port" or as a "container port". Cargo portEdit Cargo ports, on the other hand, are quite different from cruise ports, because each handles very different cargo, which has to be loaded and unloaded by very different mechanical means. The port may handle one particular type of cargo or it may handle numerous cargoes, such as grains, liquid fuels, liquid chemicals, wood, automobiles, etc. Such ports are known as the "bulk" or "break bulk ports". Those ports that handle containerized cargo are known as container ports. Most cargo ports handle all sorts of cargo, but some ports are very specific as to what cargo they handle. Additionally, the individual cargo ports are divided into different operating terminals which handle the different cargoes, and are operated by different companies, also known as terminal operators or stevedores. Cruise home portEdit A cruise home port is the port where cruise ship passengers board (or embark) to start their cruise and disembark the cruise ship at the end of their cruise. It is also where the cruise ship's supplies are loaded for the cruise, which includes everything from fresh water and fuel to fruits, vegetables, champagne, and any other supplies needed for the cruise. "Cruise home ports" are very busy places during the day the cruise ship is in port, because off-going passengers debark their baggage and on-coming passengers board the ship in addition to all the supplies being loaded. Currently, the Cruise Capital of the World is the Port of Miami, Florida, closely followed behind by Port Everglades, Florida and the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Port of callEdit A port of call is an intermediate stop for a ship on its sailing itinerary. At these ports, cargo ships may take on supplies or fuel, as well as unloading and loading cargo while cruise liners have passengers get on or off ship. Warm-water portEdit A warm-water port is one where the water does not freeze in wintertime. Because they are available year-round, warm-water ports can be of great geopolitical or economic interest. Such settlements as Dalian in China, Vostochny Port,[5] Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia, Odessa in Ukraine, Kushiro in Japan and Valdez at the terminus of the Alaska Pipeline owe their very existence to being ice-free ports. The Baltic Sea and similar areas have ports available year-round beginning in the 20th century thanks to icebreakers, but earlier access problems prompted Russia to expand its territory to the Black Sea. Environmental impactEdit There are several initiatives to decrease negative environmental impacts of ports. These include SIMPYC, the World Ports Climate Initiative, the African Green Port Initiative and EcoPorts.[6] World's major portsEdit Main article: List of seaports See also: Ports and harbours in South Africa The busiest port in Africa is Port Said in Egypt. See also: List of East Asian ports and List of ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean The port of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India The port of Shanghai is the largest port in the world in both cargo tonnage and activity. It regained its position as the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and the world's busiest container port in 2009 and 2010, respectively. It is followed by the ports of Singapore, Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, all of which are in Asia. See also: List of busiest ports in Europe Europe's busiest container port and biggest port by cargo tonnage by far is the Port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. It is followed by the Belgian Port of Antwerp or the German Port of Hamburg, depending on which metric is used.[7] In turn, the Spanish Port of Valencia is the busiest port in the Mediterranean basin. See also: List of North American ports and Ports of the United States The largest ports include the ports of Los Angeles and South Louisiana in the U.S., Manzanillo in Mexico and Vancouver in Canada. Panama also has the Panama Canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and is a key conduit for international trade. The largest port in Australia is the Port of Melbourne. According to ECLAC's "Maritime and Logistics Profile of Latin America and the Caribbean", the largest ports in South America are the Port of Santos in Brazil, Cartagena in Colombia, Callao in Peru, Guayaquil in Ecuador, and the Port of Buenos Aires in Argentina.[8] Anchorage (shipping) Megaproject Marina - port for recreational boating Port operator Ship transport Other logistics hubsEdit Port of entry ListsEdit Lists of ports List of busiest cruise ports by passengers ^ Rossella Lorenzi (12 April 2013). "Most Ancient Port, Hieroglyphic Papyri Found". Discovery News. Retrieved 21 April 2013. ^ "Welcome". London Thamesport. Retrieved 6 September 2018. ^ "Feasibility Study on the network operation of Hinterland Hubs (Dry Port Concept) to improve and modernise ports' connections to the hinterland and to improve networking" (PDF). InLoc. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-03-10. ^ "Seaway System". greatlakes-seaway.com. ^ "Vostochny Port JSC, Geography, Location". Vostochny Port website. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012. ... Vostochny Port is located in the south of Primorsky Region, in the southeast of Nakhodka bay, in Vrangel bay. This is unique natural harbor is no ice restrictions even in severe winters. ... ^ EOS magazine, 6,2012 ^ "World Port Rankings 2011" (PDF). Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários. Antaq, Brazil. 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2018. ^ "Los 10 mayores puertos de América Latina y Caribe en tráfico de contenedores". Revista de Ingeniería Naval (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España. September 28, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ports and harbours. Port Industry Statistics, American Association of Port Authorities Information on yachting facilities at ports around the world from Noonsite.com Social & Economic Benefits of PORTS from "NOAA Socioeconomics" website initiative Antunes, Cátia: Early Modern Ports, 1500-1750, European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, 2011, retrieved: November 2, 2011. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port&oldid=904782122#Fishing_port"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754587
__label__wiki	0.852467	0.852467	I Can Only Imagine (film) I Can Only Imagine is a 2018 American Christian drama film directed by the Erwin Brothers and written by Alex Cramer, Jon Erwin, and Brent McCorkle, based on the story behind the MercyMe song of the same name, the best-selling Christian single of all time.[3] The film stars J. Michael Finley as Bart Millard, the lead singer who wrote the song about his relationship with his father (Dennis Quaid). Madeline Carroll, Trace Adkins, Priscilla Shirer, and Cloris Leachman also star. Erwin Brothers Cindy Bond Daryl Lefever Mickey Liddell Pete Shilaimon Raymond Harris Joe Knopp Brent McCorkle Alex Cramer The life story of Priscilla Shirer Kristopher Kimlin Kevin Downes Productions Mission Pictures International Roadside Attractions[1] March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16) $7 million[2] $85.6 million[2] I Can Only Imagine was released in the United States on March 16, 2018. It was a massive box office success, grossing $85 million worldwide against a production budget of $7 million, earning more than twelve times its budget. It is the fourth highest-grossing music biopic[4] and sixth highest-grossing Christian film[5] of all-time in the United States. Some critics praised it as inspiring and noted it as an improvement compared to other faith-based films, while others called it flat and by-the-numbers. At the 2018 Dove Awards, the film won "Inspirational Film of the Year".[6] 10-year-old Bart Millard lives with his mother and abusive father Arthur in Texas. One day his mother drops him off at a Christian camp where he meets Shannon. Upon his return from camp, Bart finds his mother has left and movers are removing her belongings. He angrily confronts his father, who denies that his abusiveness was the reason she left. Years later, in high school, Bart and Shannon are dating. Bart plays football to please his father, but is injured, breaking both ankles and ending his career. The only elective with openings is music class, so he reluctantly signs up. Initially, Bart is assigned to be a sound technician, but after overhearing him singing, the director casts him in the lead role in the school production of Oklahoma!. Bart overcomes his reluctance and gives an impressive performance, but does not tell his father, who finds out the night of the show when he happens to see a flyer for the show in a diner. Arthur suddenly collapses in pain, and finds out he has cancer, which he hides from Bart. The following morning, Bart antagonizes his father, who smashes a plate over his head. At church, Shannon sees the blood and presses Bart to open up, but he responds by breaking up with her, and leaves town to seek his fortune in the city. He joins a band in need of a singer, and convinces Christian music producer Scott Brickell to manage the band and secure a showcase in Nashville. Bart surprises Shannon and invites her to tour with the band, and is confused when she flatly refuses. In Nashville, Brickell introduces Bart to established artists Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, but is unable to convince several record execs to sign the band, who do not believe the band, now performing as "MercyMe", is good enough. Devastated, Bart quits the band, but Brickell perceives that Bart needs to resolve issues in his personal life, so Bart reconciles with the band and asks them to wait for him, and leaves to return home. Bart returns home late at night and is confused to find that his father has prepared breakfast for him the next morning. His father claims to have become a Christian, but Bart is skeptical and refuses to forgive him, and leaves. In anger and despair, Arthur smashes his old Jeep, which he had asked Bart to help him restore. Bart attempts to drive away in his father's pickup, but discovers the terminal cancer diagnosis, and returns to his father. He finally forgives his father, and the two form a deep bond, but Arthur soon dies of his illness. After Arthur's funeral, Bart rejoins the band and writes "I Can Only Imagine", and also calls Shannon and apologizes for the first time since their breakup. Brickell sends the demo tape to several artists, including Grant, who, deeply moved by the song, asks to record it herself as her next single, and Bart, who just wants the song to be heard, accepts. On stage, Grant begins the song, but can't bring herself to sing it, and calls Bart on stage from the audience to sing it himself. Bart's performance earns an enthusiastic ovation, and he reunites with Shannon, who was also in attendance. The band releases the song as their first single, achieving success on both Christian and mainstream radio. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. J. Michael Finley as Bart Millard Brody Rose as Young Bart Dennis Quaid as Arthur Millard, Bart's father Tanya Clarke as Adele Cloris Leachman as Meemaw, Bart's grandmother Madeline Carroll as Shannon, Bart's girlfriend Taegen Burns as Young Shannon Trace Adkins as Scott Brickell, MercyMe's manager Craig Lembke as Konoa Wheeler Priscilla Shirer as Mrs. Fincher, Bart's teacher Nicole DuPort as Amy Grant Jake B. Miller as Michael W. Smith Mark Furze as Nathan The film was announced in December 2016.[7] Dennis Quaid joined the cast in January 2017.[8] Broadway actor J. Michael Finley, who sang all the songs in the movie, makes his film debut as Bart Millard.[1] The same month, it was announced that the film was slated for release in the spring of 2018.[8] In August 2017, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions signed on as distributors for the film for a nationwide release in the United States.[1][9] I Can Only Imagine grossed $83.4 million in the United States, and Canada and $1.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $85.2 million, against a production budget of $7 million.[2] It is the fourth-highest grossing music biopic of all-time in the United States, behind Bohemian Rhapsody, Straight Outta Compton and Walk the Line.[10] It is also the highest-grossing independent film of 2018.[11] I Can Only Imagine was released on March 16, 2018, alongside Tomb Raider and Love, Simon, and was originally projected to gross $2–4 million from 1,620 theaters in its opening weekend.[12] However, after making $6.2 million on its first day (including $1.3 million from Thursday night previews), weekend estimates were increased to $14 million.[13] It ended up grossing $17.1 million, exceeding expectations and finishing third at the box office behind Black Panther and Tomb Raider. 67% of the opening weekend audience was female while 80% was over the age of 35.[14] It was the fourth best-ever opening for a faith-based film, following The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million), Son of God ($25.6 million) and Heaven Is for Real ($22.5 million).[15] In its second weekend the film was added to 624 additional theaters and dropped just 19% to $13.8 million, again finishing third.[16] It was added to another 395 venues and finished fourth in its third weekend, making $10.4 million (including $3 million on Easter Sunday).[17] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 63% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "I Can Only Imagine's message will have the most impact among Christian audiences, but overall, its performances and storytelling represent a notable evolution in faith-based cinema."[18] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to earn such a score.[13] The Arizona Republic's James Ward gave the film 4/5 stars and wrote, "Too often faith-based films — say anything with Kirk Cameron or the terrible God's Not Dead series — tend to preach to the choir or hector their audience. The Erwins’ films — I Can Only Imagine definitely among them — are more inclusive, charitable of spirit and hopeful, all qualities that are always appreciated, be they rooted in Christian faith or otherwise."[20] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "C–" saying: "There’s a reason why all of these movies are so amateurishly made; why they all end with links to religious websites; why they all look like they were shot on an iPhone by a Walmart-brand Janusz Kaminski who lit each interior like the white light of heaven was streaming through every window...Art can be affirmation, but affirmation cannot be art."[21] Faith-based reviewers mostly gave the movie positive reviews. Megan Basham of World Magazine called Quaid "the real workhorse" and added that he "bears the heavy load of convincingly giving us both a monster and a repentant dad longing to connect with his son. Quaid impresses on both counts."[22] Michael Foust of the Southern Baptist Texan gave the film 5/5 stars and wrote, "The screenplay is gripping, the soundtrack is perfect, and the performances by Quaid and Finley had me squirming, laughing and crying."[23] The film was released on iTunes and Google Play on June 5, 2018, and on DVD and Blu-ray on June 12, 2018.[24][25] I Can Only Imagine was the no. 1 film in DVD sales and rentals for the weeks ending June 17 and June 24, 2018.[26][27] Date of ceremony K-LOVE Fan Awards[28] May 27, 2018 Film Impact I Can Only Imagine Won GMA Dove Awards[29] October 17, 2018 Inspirational Film of the Year I Can Only Imagine Won People's Choice Awards[30] November 11, 2018 The Family Movie of 2018 I Can Only Imagine Nominated 27th Annual Movieguide Awards[31] February 8, 2019 Best Movie For Families I Can Only Imagine Nominated Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie I Can Only Imagine Won Grace Award for Movies Dennis Quaid and J. Michael Finley, for their roles in I Can Only Imagine Nominated 9th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards[32] February 13, 2019 Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $10 Million Kevin Edelman and Ben Sokoler – I Can Only Imagine Nominated ^ a b c Anita, Busch (August 14, 2017). "Faith-Based 'I Can Only Imagine' Picked Up By Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 19, 2018. ^ a b c "I Can Only Imagine (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2019. ^ Ryan, Patrick (March 13, 2018). "How did 'I Can Only Imagine' become the biggest Christian hit ever (and inspire a movie)?". USA Today. Retrieved April 18, 2018. ^ "Christian Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 23, 2019. ^ https://doveawards.com/49th-annual-gma-dove-awards-winners-revealed-tuesday-night-in-nashville/ ^ Staff Reports (December 2, 2016). "MercyMe hit song turning into Okie production". NewsOK. Retrieved March 19, 2018. ^ a b Busch, Anita (January 5, 2017). "Faith-Based Film 'I Can Only Imagine' With Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman And Trace Adkins Eyes Spring 2018 Release". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 19, 2018. ^ Galuppo, Mia (August 14, 2017). "Lionsgate, Roadside Acquire Faith-Based Drama 'I Can Only Imagine'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 19, 2018. ^ "Biopic - Music Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 20, 2018. ^ Erbland, Kate. "The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2018 (A Running List) – IndieWire". IndieWire. Retrieved June 24, 2018. ^ Fuster, Jeremy (March 13, 2018). "Will 'Tomb Raider' Be the Movie to Finally Knock 'Black Panther' From Box Office Perch?". TheWrap. Retrieved March 19, 2018. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 16, 2018). "'Black Panther' Poised For $460M+ In Profit; 'I Can Only Imagine' Surprises – Box Office Update". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 17, 2018. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 18, 2018). "'Black Panther' Keeps B.O. Treasure From 'Tomb Raider'; How 'I Can Only Imagine' Hit A $17M High Note". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 18, 2018. ^ "Box Office: 'I Can Only Imagine' Revives Faith-Based Genre". The Hollywood Reporter. March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 25, 2018). "Does 'Pacific Rim: Uprising' Break Even At The Global B.O.?; 'Black Panther' Sets Marvel Record – Sunday Postmortem". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 1, 2018). "How Warner Bros. Sold 'Ready Player One' On The Spielberg Spirit & Beat Tracking With $53M+ 4-Day – Sunday Postmortem". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 4, 2018. ^ "I Can Only Imagine (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved September 13, 2018. ^ "I Can Only Imagine Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 14, 2018. ^ Ward, James (March 15, 2018). "Faith-based drama 'I Can Only Imagine' doesn't just preach to the choir". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 22, 2018. ^ Ehrlich, David (March 21, 2018). "'I Can Only Imagine' Review: A Christian Rock Biopic Shows Why Faith-Based Films Struggle to Convert Secular Audiences". IndieWire. Retrieved March 22, 2018. ^ "The story of a song - WORLD". world.wng.org. Retrieved 2018-11-19. ^ "REVIEW: 'I Can Only Imagine' is one of the most powerful films you'll ever see \| Texan Online". texanonline.net. Retrieved 2018-11-19. ^ June 5 Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Releases Comingsoon.net, Retrieved June 22, 2018. ^ I Can Only Imagine Blu-ray Blu-ray.com, June 22, 2018 ^ ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Earns Top Spot on Home Video Charts Media Play News, June 21, 2018 ^ Top 20 Sellers for Week Ended 06-16-18 https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Can-Only-Imagine-(2018)#tab=video-sales ^ https://www.klovefanawards.com/vote/ ^ USA TODAY Life staff (2018-09-24). "People's Choice Awards 2018: The Nominees". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-09-26. ^ Kimberly Nordyke (2019-01-09). "Movieguide Awards: 'Mary Poppins Returns,' 'Spider-Verse' Among Nominees (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-15. ^ Steve Pond (2019-01-10). "Guild of Music Supervisors Nominates 'A Star Is Born,' 'Mary Poppins Returns' for Top Awards". The Wrap. Retrieved 2018-01-17. I Can Only Imagine on IMDb I Can Only Imagine at the TCM Movie Database I Can Only Imagine at AllMovie I Can Only Imagine at Box Office Mojo I Can Only Imagine at History vs. Hollywood Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Can_Only_Imagine_(film)&oldid=902718764"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754588
__label__wiki	0.868668	0.868668	1981–82 NFL playoffs The 49ers playing against the Bengals in Super Bowl XVI December 27, 1981–January 24, 1982 Super Bowl XVI site Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan Defending champions (did not qualify) NFL playoffs ← 1980–81 1982–83 → The National Football League playoffs for the 1981 season began on December 27, 1981. The postseason tournament concluded with the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI, 26–21, on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Both conference champions had losing records the previous season, the only time this has happened. All four AFC playoff games were between teams who had never faced each other in the postseason before. This was the only time this happened in either conference since the playoffs were expanded to 10 teams in 1978. This was also the first year that both New York City area teams, the Giants and the Jets, made the playoffs together in the same year. The Giants qualified for the first time since 1963, and the Jets for the first time since 1969. 2 Bracket 3 Wild Card playoffs 3.1 December 27, 1981 3.1.1 AFC: Buffalo Bills 31, New York Jets 27 3.1.2 NFC: New York Giants 27, Philadelphia Eagles 21 4 Divisional playoffs 4.1 January 2, 1982 4.1.1 NFC: Dallas Cowboys 38, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 4.1.2 AFC: San Diego Chargers 41, Miami Dolphins 38 (OT) 4.2.1 AFC: Cincinnati Bengals 28, Buffalo Bills 21 4.2.2 NFC: San Francisco 49ers 38, New York Giants 24 5 Conference championships 5.1 January 10, 1982 5.1.1 AFC Championship: Cincinnati Bengals 27, San Diego Chargers 7 5.1.2 NFC Championship: San Francisco 49ers 28, Dallas Cowboys 27 6 Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers 26, Cincinnati Bengals 21 Participants[edit] Within each conference, the three division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the fourth seed wild card hosted the fifth seed. All three division winners from each conference then received a bye in the first round. The second round, the divisional playoffs, had a restriction where two teams from the same division could not meet: the surviving wild card team visited the division champion outside its own division that had the higher seed, and the remaining two teams from that conference played each other. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference. Playoff seeds 1 Cincinnati Bengals (Central winner) San Francisco 49ers (West winner) 2 Miami Dolphins (East winner) Dallas Cowboys (East winner) 3 San Diego Chargers (West winner) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Central winner) 4 New York Jets (wild card) Philadelphia Eagles (wild card) 5 Buffalo Bills (wild card) New York Giants (wild card) Bracket[edit] Jan. 2 – Texas Stadium NFC Wild Card Game NFC Championship 3 Tampa Bay 0 Dec. 27 – Veterans Stadium Jan. 10 – Candlestick Park 2 Dallas 38 5 NY Giants 27 2 Dallas 27 Jan. 3 – Candlestick Park 4 Philadelphia 21 1 San Francisco 28 Super Bowl XVI 5 NY Giants 24 Jan. 24 – Pontiac Silverdome 1 San Francisco 38 N1 San Francisco 26 Jan. 2 – Miami Orange Bowl AFC Wild Card Game AFC Championship A1 Cincinnati 21 3 San Diego 41* Dec. 27 – Shea Stadium Jan. 10 – Riverfront Stadium 2 Miami 38 5 Buffalo 31 3 San Diego 7 Jan. 3 – Riverfront Stadium 4 NY Jets 27 1 Cincinnati 27 5 Buffalo 21 1 Cincinnati 28 * Indicates overtime victory Wild Card playoffs[edit] December 27, 1981[edit] AFC: Buffalo Bills 31, New York Jets 27[edit] Bills 17 7 0 7 31 Jets 0 10 3 14 27 at Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens, New York Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C), drizzle Referee: Bob McElwee TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones (play-by-play) and Len Dawson (color commentator) BUF – Romes 26 fumble return (Mike-Mayer kick) BUF 7–0 BUF – Lewis 50 pass from Ferguson (Mike-Mayer kick) BUF 14–0 BUF – field goal Mike-Mayer 29 BUF 17–0 NYJ – Shuler 30 pass from Todd (Leahy kick) BUF 24–7 NYJ – field goal Leahy 26 BUF 24–10 BUF – Cribbs 45 run (Mike-Mayer kick) BUF 31–13 NYJ – Jones 30 pass from Todd (Leahy kick) BUF 31–20 NYJ – Long 1 run (Leahy kick) BUF 31–27 Bills defensive back Bill Simpson's interception at the Buffalo 1-yard line with two seconds left in the game preserved a 31–27 victory and gave Buffalo their first playoff win since 1965. This would also turn out to be the final NFL playoff game at Shea Stadium, as the Jets moved to Giants Stadium three years later. The Bills jumped to a 24–0 lead by the second quarter against a Jets defense that had only given up 37 first quarter points all season. First New York's Bruce Harper fumbled the opening kickoff while being tackled by Ervin Parker, and Charles Romes returned the ball 26-yards to the end zone. After a few punts, New York had a great chance to respond when Richard Todd completed a 37-yard pass to tight end Jerome Barkum on the Bills 30-yard line. On the next play, receiver Wesley Walker broke open in the end zone and Todd threw him the ball, only to watch it go right through Walker's hands. The next two plays resulted in the team being pushed back to the 35, where Pat Leahy missed a 52-yard field goal attempt. Then Buffalo drove 66 yards in three plays to score on quarterback Joe Ferguson's 50-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Frank Lewis. On the Jets next drive, defensive back Rufus Bess intercepted a pass from Todd and returned it 49 yards to the New York 12, leading to a 29-yard field goal by Nick Mike-Mayer. Bills' running back Joe Cribbs (middle) rushes the ball against the Jets in the 1981 AFC Wild Card game. Now down 17-0, New York had a good chance to get back in the game when Mark Gastineau forced a fumble from Ferguson on the Bills next drive. Gastineau got to the ball before anyone else, but wound up accidentally knocking the ball forward twice while trying to pick it up, and Buffalo lineman Ken Jones ended up recovering it. Following a missed 37-yard field goal attempt by Mike-Mayer after the fumble recovery, Todd led the Jets to the Bills 38-yard line, only to throw another interception, this one to linebacker Phil Villapiano, who returned it 18 yards to the 40. The Bills converted this turnover into a 24-0 lead as Ferguson completed a 28-yard pass to running back Joe Cribbs before hooking up with Lewis for a 26-yard scoring completion. However, New York got a big boost from receiver Kurt Sohn, who returned the kickoff 28 yards to the 48-yard line. From there, Todd led the team 52 yards in five plays to score on his 30-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mickey Shuler, Shuler's first reception of the season. After a pair of punts, Jets linebacker Greg Buttle returned an interception from Ferguson 29 yards to the Bills 14-yard line, setting up's Leahy's 26-yard field goal that cut the score to 24-10 at the end of the half.[1] Buttle intercepted another pass from Ferguson on the opening drive of the third quarter, returning this one 11 yards to the Bills 44. The Jets took advantage again with another Leahy field goal to bring the team within 11 points at 24-13. Then Ferguson threw his third consecutive interception on the next drive, which Donald Dykes picked off and returned 22 yards, giving New York a first down on the Buffalo 35. But this time the Jets could not take advantage, as Simpson put an end to the next drive with an interception of his own. The Bills next drive resulted in Ferguson's 4th consecutive interception, this one thrown to Jerry Holmes, but the Jets were forced to punt, and Lou Piccone returned Chuck Ramsey's 29-yard punt 5 yards to the New York 45-yard line. Then with just over 10 minutes left in the game, Cribbs ran for a 45-yard touchdown, increasing the Bills lead to 31–13. Todd then led the Jets 80 yards in eight plays and completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Jones. Then after forcing a punt that Harper returned 6 yards to his own 42, New York drove for another score, aided by a pass interference call against Bills defensive back Mario Clark that nullified an interception. Kevin Long finished the 58-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to cut the score to 31–27. The Jets got the ball back with 2:36 remaining and then drove 69 yards to the Buffalo 11-yard line, aided by a holding penalty that wiped out an interception by defensive back Steve Freeman. Todd also made several key completions, including a 29-yarder to Shuler and a 26-yard pass to Derrick Gaffney on third and 20. However, Simpson's interception at the 1-yard line halted New York's comeback with two seconds left. Simpson recorded two interceptions, while Lewis caught seven passes for a franchise postseason record 158 yards and two touchdowns. Shuler caught six passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Todd threw for 377 yards, while Ferguson threw for 268. Both quarterbacks threw two touchdowns and were intercepted four times. Simpson and Buttle each had two interceptions. Cribbs rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 4 passes for 64 yards. NFC: New York Giants 27, Philadelphia Eagles 21[edit] Giants 20 7 0 0 27 Eagles 0 7 7 7 21 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST Referee: Bob Frederic TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall (play-by-play) and John Madden (color commentator) NYG – Bright 9 pass from Brunner (kick failed) NYG 6–0 NYG – Mistler 10 pass from Brunner (Danelo kick) NYG 13–0 NYG – Haynes recovered fumble in end zone (Danelo kick) NYG 20–0 PHI – Carmichael 15 pass from Jaworski (Franklin kick) NYG 20–7 NYG – Mullady 22 pass from Brunner (Danelo kick) NYG 27–7 PHI – Montgomery 6 run (Franklin kick) NYG 27–14 Despite playing without starting quarterback Phil Simms and linebacker Brad Van Pelt, the Giants jumped to a 20–0 lead in the first quarter and withstood an Eagles comeback at the end to hold on to a 27–21 win. In the first quarter, Eagles kick/punt returner Wally Henry fumbled a punt due to a hit from Lawrence Taylor and Beasley Reece recovered the ball for the Giants at the Philadelphia 26-yard line. A few plays later, quarterback Scott Brunner then threw a 9-yard touchdown to running back Leon Bright (the extra point attempt failed). Then after forcing a punt, the Giants drove 74 yards, including an 11-yard scramble by Brunner on 3rd and 11, to score on his 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver John Mistler. Henry muffed the ensuing kickoff, and as he tried to pick it up, he lost the ball while being hit by Mike Dennis. Giants defensive back Mark Haynes recovered the ball in the end zone to give New York a 20–0 lead.[2] After the ensuing kickoff, the first quarter ended with Giants having a 104 to 1 advantage over Philadelphia in total yards gained. In the second quarter, New York had a chance to increase their lead with a drive into Eagles territory, but Philadelphia's defense dug in and stuffed Brunner for no gain on a 4th and 1 conversion attempt on the 35. Later on, Herman Edwards' interception of a Brunner pass gave the Eagles a first down on the New York 36-yard line, which they converted to a 20-7 score with quarterback Ron Jaworski's 15-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Harold Carmichael. However, Reece returned the ensuing kickoff 27 yards to the 38-yard line, where the Giants proceeded to drive 62 yards in 5 plays to score on Brunner's 22-yard touchdown pass to Tom Mullady, giving them a 27–7 halftime lead. The key play of the drive was a 21-yard run by Rob Carpenter on 2nd and 8 from the 40 with 2:04 left on the clock. New York was shut out in the second half, while the Eagles opened the third quarter by marching 82 yards in 15 plays on a drive that consumed 7:58 and ended on running back Wilbert Montgomery's 6-yard rushing touchdown. Late in the fourth quarter, New York drove inside the Eagles 20 and had a chance to put the game away, only to have Joe Danelo miss a 32-yard field goal attempt. Philadelphia then drove 80 yards, 44 of them coming from 3 Giants penalties, in 9 plays to score on Montgomery's 1-yard touchdown run, cutting their deficit to 27-21 with 2:51 left in the game. But the Giants were able to run out the rest of the clock, picking up gains of six, three, and five yards on runs by Carpenter for a key first down. It marked the Giants first postseason victory since 1956. Brunner completed only nine of 14 passes for 96 yards, but threw three touchdowns and only one interception. Most of the Giants offense came from Carpenter, who had 33 carries for 161 yards and four receptions for 32. This game marked a disappointing end to a promising season for the Eagles, who had started out 9-2, but then lost all but one of their remaining games. Divisional playoffs[edit] January 2, 1982[edit] NFC: Dallas Cowboys 38, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0[edit] Cowboys 0 10 21 7 38 at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), partly cloudy Referee: Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (CBS): Vin Scully (play-by-play) and Hank Stram (color commentator) DAL – Hill 9 pass from White (Septien kick) DAL 7–0 DAL – field goal Septien 32 DAL 10–0 DAL – Springs 1 run (Septien kick) DAL 17–0 DAL – Dorsett 5 run (Septien kick) DAL 24–0 DAL – Jones 5 run (Septien kick) DAL 31–0 DAL – Newsome 1 run (Septien kick) DAL 38–0 The Cowboys crushed the Buccaneers, limiting them to 24 rushing yards and 222 total yards. Bucs quarterback Doug Williams threw four interceptions (three of which resulted in touchdowns), committed two intentional grounding penalties, and was sacked four times.[3] After the first quarter was scoreless, Dallas defensive back Dennis Thurman's 19-yard interception return to the Bucs 47-yard line set up Danny White's 9-yard touchdown pass to receiver Tony Hill. Tampa Bay responded with a 59-yard drive to the Cowboys 21-yard line. But on second down and 6, Dallas lineman Ed "Too Tall" Jones plowed through a block attempt by Charley Hannah and chased Williams all the way back to the 49-yard line before he grounded the ball with a desperate throw. The lost yardage on the grounding penalty pushed the Buccaneers out of field goal range and they ended up punting. Cowboys kicker Rafael Septién later added a 32-yard field goal to give the Cowboys a 10–0 halftime lead. A key aspect that had worked against Tampa Bay in the first half was starting field position. Their first half drives started from the 21, 20, 8, 20, 8 and 19-yard lines. Cowboys coach Tom Landry twice rejected long field-goal attempts from the 34 and 37, and each time White (who also played punter) punted the ball out of bounds at the 8.[4] Dallas took the opening kickoff of the second half and marched 80-yards, including a 25-yard gain on a screen pass reception by Tony Dorsett, to score on running back Ron Springs' 1-yard rushing touchdown. Then rookie free safety Michael Downs picked off a pass from Williams and returned it 21 yards to the Tampa Bay 33, leading to Dorsett's 5-yard score that put the team up 24-0. On the next drive, defensive tackle John Dutton deflected Williams' pass into the arms of Ed "Too Tall" Jones for an interception on the Bucs 25-yard line, and the Cowboys scored another touchdown with a 5-yard run by James Jones. In the fourth quarter, Williams completed a 75-yard pass to Jimmie Giles on the Cowboys 5-yard line, but the Buccaneers were still unable to get any points on the drive. On second and 8, Williams was sacked by Harvey Martin for a 9-yard loss, and then turned the ball over with consecutive incompletions. Later on, a pass interference penalty in the end zone against Tampa Bay defensive back Cedric Brown set up the final score of the game on Timmy Newsome's 1-yard run. White completed 15 of 26 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown. Dorsett was the top rusher of the game with 85 yards and a touchdown, while also catching four passes for 48 yards. Thurman had two interceptions and 50 return yards. AFC: San Diego Chargers 41, Miami Dolphins 38 (OT)[edit] Chargers 24 0 7 7 3 41 Dolphins 0 17 14 7 0 38 at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), scattered clouds, humid Referee: Fred Wyant TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui (play-by-play) and John Brodie (color commentator) SD – field goal Benirschke 32 SD 3–0 SD – Chandler 56 punt return (Benirschke kick) SD 10–0 SD – Muncie 1 run (Benirschke kick) SD 17–0 SD – Brooks 8 pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) SD 24–0 MIA – field goal von Schamann 34 SD 24–3 MIA – Ross 1 pass from Strock (von Schamann kick) SD 24–10 MIA – Nathan 25 lateral pass from Harris (von Schamann kick) SD 24–17 MIA – Rose 15 pass from Strock (von Schamann kick) 24–24 SD – Winslow 25 pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) SD 31–24 MIA – Hardy 50 pass from Strock (von Schamann kick) 31–31 MIA – Nathan 12 run (von Schamann kick) MIA 38–31 SD – Brooks 9 pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) 38–38 SD – field goal Benirschke 29 SD 41–38 Main article: Epic in Miami Chargers placekicker Rolf Benirschke kicked the winning 29-yard field goal after 13:52 of overtime, ending a game that became known in National Football League lore as the Epic in Miami. This game set playoff records for the most points scored in a playoff game (79), most total yards by both teams (1,036), and most passing yards by both teams (809). On San Diego's opening drive, Dan Fouts' 47-yard completion to Wes Chandler set up Benirschke's 32-yard field goal. Then Miami was forced to punt and Chandler returned the ball 56 yards for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, the ball hit the ground and bounced back in the Chargers direction, enabling them to recover it and eventually score on running back Chuck Muncie's 1-yard rushing touchdown. On the Dolphins next possession, Chargers safety Glen Edwards intercepted a pass from David Woodley and returned it 35 yards to set up Fouts' 8-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back James Brooks, which increased the score to 24–0. Early in the second quarter, Woodley was replaced by Don Strock who started off his first play with a 17-yard completion to Duriel Harris on a drive that Uwe von Schamann finished with a 34-yard field goal. Miami's defense subsequently recovered a fumble from Fouts, giving their offense the ball on the Chargers 39-yard line, and Strock took advantage, leading them to score on his 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joe Rose. Later on, Benirschke missed a 55-yard field goal attempt, giving Miami the ball with good field position. Three plays later from the 40-yard line, Strock took the snap and threw a pass intended for Harris at the 20-yard line. Harris caught the ball and immediately lateraled it to Tony Nathan, who then took it 25 yards to the end zone as time expired in the half, cutting the deficit to 24–17. Chargers' quarterback back Dan Fouts (middle) runs a play against the Dolphins in the AFC Divisional Playoff game. In the third quarter, Miami drove 74 yards and tied it at 24, with Strock's 15-yard touchdown completion to Rose. San Diego countered with a 6-play, 60-yard drive to score on Fouts' 25-yard touchdown completion to tight end Kellen Winslow. But Miami re-tied the game with Strock completing six consecutive passes, the last a 50-yard score to Bruce Hardy. Then Miami defensive back Lyle Blackwood's interception set up a 12-yard touchdown run by Nathan, giving Miami their first lead of the game, 38–31, on the first play of the fourth quarter. Later on, with Miami just trying to maintain their lead and run out the clock, Chargers safety Pete Shaw recovered a fumble from Andra Franklin on San Diego's 18-yard line with 4:39 left in regulation. Fouts then led his team down to Miami's nine-yard line. With only 58 seconds left in the game, a heavy Dolphins pass rush forced Fouts to throw a blind pass intended for Winslow in the end zone. The pass sailed over Winslow's head, but went right into the arms of Brooks for a touchdown to tie the game. Miami took over on their own 40-yard line following Benirschke's squib kick, needing only a field goal to win. Following an incomplete pass, Strock's next throw was intercepted by Willie Buchanon, but as he made the diving catch, he fumbled the ball back to Miami when he hit the ground. After that, Nathan's 17-yard reception and Tommy Vigorito's 6-yard run moved the Dolphins to the Chargers 26-yard line where von Schamann attempted a 43-yard field goal, but at the last second, Winslow extended his 6'5" frame at the line just enough to deflect the kick with his fingers, causing it to fall short of the goal posts and sending the game into overtime. In overtime, the Chargers took the opening kickoff and advanced to the Miami 8-yard line, but Benirschke missed a 27-yard field goal attempt. Then after both teams exchanged punts twice, the Dolphins reached the San Diego 17-yard line, only to see von Schamann's 34-yard attempt get blocked by defensive lineman Leroy Jones. Aided by two receptions from Charlie Joiner for 49 yards, the Chargers then drove 74 yards to the Miami 10-yard line, where Benirschke eventually kicked the winning field goal. Strock turned in the best game of his life, completing 29 of 43 passes for 403 yards and four touchdowns, while Fouts put on one of the best performances of his Hall of Fame career, completing 33 of 53 passes for 433 yards and three touchdowns. Harris caught six passes for 106 yards. Nathan rushed for 48 yards, caught nine passes for 114 yards, and scored two touchdowns. Muncie rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown. In addition to his 56-yard punt return touchdown, Chandler caught six passes for 106 yards. Brooks recorded 143 all-purpose yards. The image of an exhausted Winslow, who finished the game with 13 receptions for 166 yards and a touchdown, being helped off the field by two of his Chargers teammates is now an iconic visual of NFL Films. AFC: Cincinnati Bengals 28, Buffalo Bills 21[edit] Bills 0 7 7 7 21 Bengals 14 0 7 7 28 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), fog Referee: Pat Haggerty TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg (play-by-play) and Merlin Olsen (color commentator) CIN – Alexander 4 run (Breech kick) CIN 7–0 CIN – Johnson 1 run (Breech kick) CIN 14–0 BUF – Cribbs 1 run (Mike-Mayer kick) CIN 14–7 BUF – Cribbs 44 run (Mike-Mayer kick) 14–14 CIN – Alexander 20 run (Breech kick) CIN 21–14 BUF – Butler 20 pass from Ferguson (Mike-Mayer kick) 21–21 CIN – Collinsworth 18 pass from Anderson (Breech kick) CIN 28–21 The Bengals earned their first playoff win in team history after Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson's fourth-down pass fell incomplete while attempting to drive for the tying touchdown. Two key plays allowed the Bengals to start their first two drives in Buffalo territory, and they took advantage of their field position with touchdowns on each one. First, defensive back Mike Fuller returned a punt 27 yards to the Bills 42-yard line. Six plays later (one a 14-yard catch by tight end Dan Ross), Charles Alexander scored on a 4-yard touchdown run. On Buffalo's ensuing drive, defensive back Ken Riley intercepted a pass from Ferguson on the Bills 48-yard line. Cincinnati then drove 48 yards in eight plays, including Isaac Curtis' 22-yard reception on second and 17, to score with fullback Pete Johnson's 1-yard run, giving them a 14–0 lead before Buffalo had gained a single first down or completed a pass. After another Buffalo punt, Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson completed an 18-yard pass to Ross to give his team a first down on the Bills 41-yard line. Cincinnati eventually drove inside the 10, but the Bills made a key defensive stand, as defensive end Ken Johnson sacked Anderson at the 15 on third down and then Robb Riddick leaped high in the air to block Jim Breech's 33-yard field goal attempt. This seemed to spark Buffalo's offense, which subsequently picked up three first downs on a drive to the Bengals 30-yard line, but they also came up empty when linebacker Bo Harris intercepted Ferguson's pass and returned it 16 yards to the 24. Following a Bengals punt, Ferguson's 54-yard completion to Jerry Butler set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Joe Cribbs, cutting the score to 14–7 by halftime. Early in the third quarter, the Bills advanced 69 yards in five plays, starting with Ferguson's 15-yard pass to Frank Lewis and ending with a 44-yard touchdown run by Cribbs to tie the game. Cincinnati's David Verser returned the ensuing kickoff 40 yards to their 35-yard line, and the team responded with a 7-play 65-yard drive, including a 13-yard scramble by Anderson, to retake the lead with a 20-yard touchdown run by Alexander. Buffalo struck right back with a 79-yard scoring drive. Cribbs was injured and knocked out of the game on the first play, but his replacement Roland Hooks rushed five times for 24 yards and caught a pass for 6, while Ferguson finished the drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Butler, tying the game back up at 21 on the first play of the fourth quarter. With 10:39 left in the game, Anderson threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to rookie receiver Cris Collinsworth, giving the Bengals a 28–21 lead at the end of a 9-play, 79-yard drive that saw him burn the Bills with a 42-yard completion on a short pass to Steve Kreider on third and 1 from the Bengals 42-yard line. The Bills drove to the Cincinnati 21-yard line with about three minutes left to play, and it appeared that Ferguson completed a fourth-down pass to Lou Piccone to gain a first down. However, Buffalo was called for a delay of game penalty, and Ferguson's pass attempt on the next snap fell incomplete. The Bills defense managed to force a punt with under a minute left, but Ferguson threw four consecutive incompletions as time expired in the game. Buffalo's miscue on their final drive was particularly noteworthy in that it came after they had called a timeout, making a subsequent delay of game penalty highly unusual. One cited reason for this was the last second substitution of receivers Piccone and Ron Jessie into the huddle. Bills coach Chuck Knox later explained this was an attempt to prevent the defense from adjusting to new personnel, an attempt that would have paid off if the ball had been snapped on time, as Piccone did make a first down catch on the ensuing play.[5] Anderson finished the game with 14 of 21 completions for 192 yards and a touchdown. Johnson, the team's leading rusher with 1,077 yards during the season, was held to just 45 yards, but it did not matter as the Bengals still racked up 136 yards on the ground, 72 of them and two touchdowns from Alexander. Ferguson threw for 202 yards and a touchdown, but completed only 15 of 31 passes and was intercepted twice. Cribbs finished with a career postseason high 90 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Butler caught four passes for 98 yards and a score. NFC: San Francisco 49ers 38, New York Giants 24[edit] Giants 7 3 7 7 24 49ers 7 17 0 14 38 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California Game time: 2:00 p.m. PST Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C), cloudy Referee: Ben Dreith SF – Young 8 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 7–0 NYG – Gray 72 pass from Brunner (Danelo kick) 7–7 SF – field goal Wersching 22 SF 10–7 SF – Solomon 58 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 17–7 SF – Patton 25 run (Wersching kick) SF 24–7 NYG – field goal Danelo 48 SF 24–10 NYG – Perkins 59 pass from Brunner (Danelo kick) SF 24–17 SF – Ring 3 run (Wersching kick) SF 31–17 SF – Lott 20 interception return (Wersching kick) SF 38–17 25-year-old San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana led the 49ers to victory in his first ever playoff game, completing 20 of 31 passes for a career-high 304 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. The 49ers jumped to a 24–7 lead in the second quarter, and scored two touchdowns in the final quarter to secure the victory. San Francisco took the opening kickoff and advanced 85 yards in 13 plays, assisted by a defensive holding penalty on a punt that allowed them to keep the drive going. Montana finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown to tight end Charle Young. Two drives later, the Giants countered when quarterback Scott Brunner threw a pass to wide receiver Earnest Gray, who caught it at his own 40, evaded three 49ers defensive backs, and raced to the end zone for a 72-yard touchdown reception. 49ers running back Amos Lawrence returned the following kickoff 47 yards to the Giants 48-yard line. The 49ers soon faced 3rd and 17 from the 44, but Montana was able to convert with a 39-yard completion to Dwight Clark, which led to a 22-yard field goal by Ray Wersching that gave them a 10-7 lead on the first play of the second quarter. On the Giants next possession, defensive back Ronnie Lott's interception gave the 49ers a first down on their own 31-yard line, where they drove to a 17-7 lead on Freddie Solomon's 58-yard touchdown reception. Linebacker Keena Turner recovered a fumble from Leon Bright on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, and Ricky Patton scored on a 25-yard touchdown run a few plays later to give the 49ers a 24–7 lead. New York then drove 52 yards in 13 plays to score on 48-yard field goal by Joe Danelo, making it 24–10. The 49ers had a chance to increase their lead before halftime, but Wersching missed a 50-yard field goal attempt with less than a minute left. On the opening drive of the third quarter, Montana threw an interception to Bill Currier on the Giants 41-yard line. Brunner completed a 59-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Johnny Perkins on the next play to make it 24–17. The next time they had the ball, New York drove 85 yards to the 49ers 4-yard line, but it ended there and Danelo hit the uprights on a 21-yard field goal attempt. In the fourth quarter, Solomon returned a Giants punt 22 yards to the New York 36-yard line, and the 49ers went on to score on Bill Ring's 3-yard rushing touchdown. Later on, Lott returned his second interception of the game 20 yards to the end zone to give San Francisco a 38-17 lead and clinch the game. Brunner then made a 17-yard touchdown to Perkins to close out the scoring. Solomon was the 49ers top receiver with 6 catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 12 yards and returning a punt for 22. Clark added 5 receptions for 104 yards. Perkins finished the day with 7 receptions for 121 yards, while Gray had 3 for 117. CBS's broadcast of the Giants-49ers NFC Divisional Playoff game also featured the introduction of the telestrator to a national audience. Conference championships[edit] January 10, 1982[edit] AFC Championship: Cincinnati Bengals 27, San Diego Chargers 7[edit] Chargers 0 7 0 0 7 Game weather: −9 °F (−23 °C), sunny, windy Referee: Fred Silva CIN – field goal Breech 31 CIN 3–0 CIN – Harris 8 pass from Anderson (Breech kick) CIN 10–0 SD – Winslow 33 pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) CIN 10–7 CIN – field goal Breech 38 CIN 20–7 CIN – Bass 3 pass from Anderson (Breech kick) CIN 27–7 Main article: Freezer Bowl In a game subsequently known as the Freezer Bowl, the Bengals defeated the Chargers 27–7. Despite a game-time temperature of −9 °F (−23 °C) and a 35-mile-per-hour wind that sent wind chills as low as −59 °F, Bengals' quarterback Ken Anderson threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions, and rushed for 39 yards to lead his team to a victory. Cincinnati's defense intercepted San Diego quarterback Dan Fouts twice and recovered two fumbles, while their offense did not commit a single turnover until late in the third quarter when they already had a solid lead. Aided by an 18-yard completion from Anderson to tight end Dan Ross, Cincinnati scored first with a 31-yard field goal from kicker Jim Breech. Then linebacker Rick Razzano forced a fumble from Chargers' rookie kick returner James Brooks, and Don Bass recovered for the Bengals on the San Diego 12-yard line. Following a 4-yard run by Charles Alexander, the Bengals scored a touchdown on an 8-yard pass from Anderson to tight end M. L. Harris, increasing their lead to 10–0. Brooks returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the 43-yard line. Then on third down and 9, Fouts' 21-yard completion to Wes Chandler moved the ball to the Bengals 33. But Cincinnati's defense halted the drive at the 18-yard line and it ended with no points when Rolf Benirschke missed a 37-yard field goal attempt. After a Bengals punt, Chandler gave the Chargers good field position with a 7-yard return to the 45-yard line. San Diego then drove 55 yards and cut their deficit to 10–7 when Fouts, desperately trying to avoid a hit from lineman Eddie Edwards, managed to fire a pass to Kellen Winslow at the line of scrimmage, who subsequently raced 33 yards down the right sideline for a score. But the Bengals stormed right back on a drive set up by David Verser's 40-yard kickoff to the 46-yard line. Faced with third down and 7 inside the red zone later in the drive, Anderson kept the drive going with a 16-yard completion to Isaac Curtis on the Chargers 1-yard line, and fullback Pete Johnson scored a touchdown run on the next play, giving them a 17–7 lead. The Bengals completely took over the game from that point on. The Chargers would move the ball inside the Bengals 40-yard line five times during the rest of the game, but failed to score on each possession. San Diego responded with a drive to the Bengals 33-yard line, but came up empty when defensive back Louis Breeden intercepted a deep pass intended for Charlie Joiner at the 5-yard line. The Chargers defense quickly gave the offense another scoring opportunity, forcing a punt from Pat McInally that went just 32 yards to the Bengals 45. But once again this amounted to nothing as Fouts was intercepted in the end zone by rookie safety Bobby Kemp. On the opening drive of the second half, San Diego drove to the Bengals 38-yard line, only to lose their fourth turnover of the day when Reggie Williams stripped the ball from Chuck Muncie and Cincinnati lineman Ross Browner recovered it. Then Anderson went to work, rushing three times for 31 yards and completing a 19-yard pass to Ross on a drive that moved the ball inside the San Diego 10-yard line. Following three incompletions and a touchdown called back by a holding penalty, Breech's 38-yard field goal made the score 20–7. On their next drive, Anderson's five completions moved the ball deep into Chargers territory, but defensive back Willie Buchanon put an end to it when he recovered a fumble from Ross that had been forced by Woodrow Lowe. The Chargers then drove to the Bengals 20-yard line, but on third down, Fouts tripped over the foot of guard Doug Wilkerson and was downed for an 11-yard loss. Then Benirschke missed a 50-yard field goal try on the next play. Taking the ball back after the missed field goal, Cincinnati put the game away with a 14-play touchdown drive. Anderson was injured early in the drive and replaced for two plays by Jack Thompson. But Johnson kept the Bengals moving on those plays, first rushing for eight yards and then gaining 14 yards on a screen pass on third down and 8. Later on the drive, Johnson converted a fourth and inches situation with a 7-yard run, and Anderson eventually finished it off with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Bass, making the final score 27–7. San Diego responded with a drive to the Bengals 5-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs with less than three minutes left. NFC Championship: San Francisco 49ers 28, Dallas Cowboys 27[edit] Cowboys 10 7 0 10 27 49ers 7 7 7 7 28 Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), sunny Referee: Jim Tunney SF – Solomon 8 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 7–0 DAL – field goal Septien 44 SF 7–3 DAL – Hill 26 pass from White (Septien kick) DAL 10–7 SF – Clark 20 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 14–10 DAL – Dorsett 5 run (Septien kick) DAL 17–14 SF – Davis 2 run (Wersching kick) SF 21–17 DAL – field goal Septien 22 SF 21–20 DAL – Cosbie 21 pass from White (Septien kick) DAL 27–21 SF – Clark 6 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 28–27 In a play that would become known as The Catch, 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark made a leaping grab at the back of the end zone to score the winning touchdown with 51 seconds left in the game. The win sent the 49ers to their first Super Bowl and snapped their three-game playoff losing streak to the Cowboys. After forcing Dallas to punt on the opening drive, San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana completed a 17-yard pass to Charle Young and a 24-yarder to Lenvil Elliott before throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Freddie Solomon. Dallas responded with Danny White's 20-yard pass to Butch Johnson setting up a 44-yard field goal by Rafael Septién. Then 49ers running back Bill Ring lost a fumble on his own 29, leading to White's 26-yard touchdown pass to Tony Hill that put the Cowboys up 10-7. In the second quarter, San Francisco reached the Cowboys 27-yard line, only to lose the ball when Everson Walls intercepted a pass from Montana in the end zone. But after forcing a Dallas punt, Montana threw a 20-yard touchdown to Clark to retake the lead, 14–10. Dallas responded with an 80-yard drive, including a controversial pass interference penalty on 49ers defensive back Ronnie Lott which nullified his interception and gave the Cowboys a 35-yard gain at the San Francisco 12-yard line. Three plays later, running back Tony Dorsett scored on a 5-yard rushing touchdown to give Dallas a 17–14 lead. The 49ers got another chance to score before halftime when they recovered a fumbled punt on the Dallas 42. But after a 15-yard illegal block penalty on Clark, Montana lost a fumble while being sacked by Harvey Martin. The Cowboys fared no better as White was sacked twice on their next drive, once by Jim Stuckey and once by Lawrence Pillers, and the half ended soon after. In the third quarter, San Francisco got another scoring opportunity when Dwight Hicks returned a punt 12 yards to midfield. The 49ers then drove to the Dallas 16-yard line, but once again they failed to score when Montana threw a pass that bounced out of Elliott's hands and was intercepted by Randy White. However, the Cowboys soon returned the favor with Danny White's interception to linebacker Bobby Leopold, and this time the 49ers converted, regaining the lead at 21-17 with a 2-yard touchdown run by running back Johnny Davis. One minute into the fourth quarter, Septien kicked a 22-yard field goal that cut the deficit to 21-20. Then Walls recovered a fumble from running back Walt Easley at midfield to set up White's 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Doug Cosbie, giving Dallas a 27–21 advantage. Things got even better for Dallas when Walls recorded his second interception from Montana on the next drive at the Cowboys 27. Dallas managed to pick up a few first downs, but was forced to punt, and White's kick gave San Francisco the ball at their own 11 with 4:54 left in the game.[6] Montana subsequently led the 49ers 83 yards to the Dallas 6-yard line. Elliott rushed four times for 30 yards on the drive, while Solomon also made a big impact, catching two passes for 18 yards and rushing for 15 on a wide receiver reverse. Facing third down and 3 on the Cowboys 6 with 58 seconds left, Montana threw a high pass that Clark just managed to break ahead of Walls and reach in the air for the game-winning touchdown reception. Other contributors on the final 89-yard drive that led to the play now referred to as “The Catch” included Freddie Solomon (WR), Lenvil Elliott (RB), Earl Cooper (FB), Mike Wilson, Charle Young (TE), Dan Audick (LT), John Ayers (LG), Fred Quillan (C), Randy Cross (RG), and Keith Fahnhorst (RT). However, the Cowboys needed only a field goal to win, and still had enough time left in the game for one last drive. White threw a completion to Drew Pearson that almost went for a touchdown, but 49ers defensive back Eric Wright made a key tackle by getting one hand inside Pearson's jersey and dragging him down. One play later, Pillers sacked White, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Stuckey, and the 49ers had their victory. Clark finished the game with eight receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns. Dallas defensive back Everson Walls intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble, though he had the misfortune of being assigned to cover Clark on "the catch" play. San Francisco won despite losing six turnovers. Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers 26, Cincinnati Bengals 21[edit] Further information: Super Bowl XVI 49ers (NFC) 7 13 0 6 26 Bengals (AFC) 0 0 7 14 21 at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan Quotes[edit] Vin Scully of CBS Television calling The Catch at the 1981 NFC Championship Game. – “ Montana...looking, looking, throwing in the endzone... Clark caught it!!! Dwight Clark!... It's a madhouse at Candlestick! ” Jack Buck of CBS Radio calling The Catch at the 1981 NFC Championship Game. – “ Montana lines up at the five... and on third down and three he rolls right, looking to throw... looking to throw... and he throws into the end zone... Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown, San Francisco, by Dwight Clark! ” Don Klein of KCBS calling The Catch at the 1981 NFC Championship Game for the 49ers. – “ Third and three. He has the ball, Montana rolling out to the right... looking toward the end zone... throwing under pressure... throws his pass... Caught by (Dwight) Clark! Clark's got a touchdown! Dwight Clark has it! It's a touchdown for the 49ers! ” Verne Lundquist of KRLD calling The Catch at the 1981 NFC Championship Game for the Cowboys. – “ Montana on the roll out to the right side... pulls up... being chased... finally, fires in the end zone... Caught, Touchdown!... Dwight Clark catches the ball!... Nine and a half yards deep into the end zone! ” ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/28/sports/giants-strike-early-and-win-27-21-jet-rally-falters.html ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/28/sports/henry-s-2-fumbles-costly-for-eagles.html ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/03/sports/chargers-win-in-overtime-cowboys-romp-38-0-victory-puts-dallas-in-final.html ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19820103&id=w8wyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vyYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6810,651005 ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125139/2/index.htm ^ http://jimjividen.blogspot.com/2012/01/every-nfc-championship-game-in-san.html Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6) The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995 (ISBN 0-89204-523-X) 1981 NFL season Baltimore Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta Buffalo Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit Los Angeles Miami Houston Oakland Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay Super Bowl XVI Conference tiebreakers NFL playoff system American Football League playoffs NFL playoff games NFL playoff results Post-season streaks Post-season droughts Quarterback playoff records career passing touchdowns leaders Head coaches by playoff record AFC Championship Game broadcasters AFL Championship Game broadcasters NFC Championship Game broadcasters NFL Championship Game broadcasters Playoff Bowl broadcasters Super Bowl broadcasters Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1981–82_NFL_playoffs&oldid=867929432" National Football League playoffs 1981 National Football League season Pages using Americanfootballbox with unknown parameters This page was last edited on 8 November 2018, at 22:03 (UTC).	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754592
__label__wiki	0.589422	0.589422	Cajon Pass I-15 passing over Cajon Summit in the Cajon Pass area Traversed by US 66 (until 1979) Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway/Amtrak San Bernardino County, California, United States San Bernardino Mountains/San Gabriel Mountains 34°19′33″N 117°25′42″W / 34.32583°N 117.42833°W / 34.32583; -117.42833Coordinates: 34°19′33″N 117°25′42″W / 34.32583°N 117.42833°W / 34.32583; -117.42833 Cajon Pass (/kəˈhoʊn/; elevation 3,777 ft (1,151 m)[1]) is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. It was created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault. Located in the Mojave Desert,[2] the pass is an important link from the Greater San Bernardino Area to the Victor Valley, and northeast to Las Vegas. Cajon Pass is at the head of Horsethief Canyon, traversed by California State Route 138 (SR 138) and railroad tracks owned by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. Improvements in 1972 reduced the railroad's maximum elevation from about 3,829 to 3,777 feet (1,167 to 1,151 m)[1][3] while reducing curvature. Interstate 15 does not traverse Cajon Pass, but rather the nearby Cajon Summit, 34°20′58″N 117°26′47″W / 34.34944°N 117.44639°W / 34.34944; -117.44639 (Cajon Summit),[4] elevation 4,260 feet (1,300 m).[5] The entire area including Cajon Pass and Cajon Summit is often collectively called Cajon Pass,[6][7] but a distinction is made between Cajon Pass and Cajon Summit.[8] Mormon Rocks In 1851 a group of Mormon settlers led by Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich traveled through Cajon Pass in covered wagons on their way from Salt Lake City to southern California. A prominent rock formation in the pass, where the Mormon trail and the railway merge (at 34°19′06″N 117°29′31″W / 34.3184°N 117.4920°W / 34.3184; -117.4920, near Sullivan's Curve), is known as Mormon Rocks. Near the Highway 138 and Interstate 15 junction, the Mormon Rocks are visual evidence of the San Andreas fault beneath the surface. 3 Rail transport 3.1 Traffic 3.2 Incidents 3.3 Passenger service 4 Road transport 5 Pacific Crest Trail 6 Utilities infrastructure 7 Natural hazards In Spanish the word cajón refers to a box or drawer. The name of the pass is derived from the Spanish land grant encompassing the area; it was first referred to in English on an 1852 map.[9] Aviation[edit] Cajon Pass is known for high wind, turbulence and fog.[10] The weather over the pass can vary from foggy days with poor visibility to clear afternoons where aircraft are bounced by gusting Santa Ana winds that top 80 mph (130 km/h). The wind is typically out of the west, although in Santa Ana and other weather conditions it may be out of the north or the southeast. Air spilling over the San Gabriels can cause violent up- and downdrafts. On a normal day, with the wind out of the west, turbulence usually starts a few miles west of Rialto and continues a few miles to the east, growing in strength above the altitude of the mountains and especially over the pass near the HITOP intersection. In Santa Ana conditions, up- and downdrafts can become violent northeast of Ontario Airport, and turbulence can be experienced east to the Banning Pass, well known for turbulence. The mass and wing loading of an aircraft determine its sensitivity to turbulence, so what may seem violent in a Cessna 172 may seem only mild to moderate in a Boeing 747.[11] In the 2006 Mercy Air 2 accident, an air ambulance helicopter collided with mountainous terrain near the pass in foggy weather. Rail transport[edit] Santa Fe Railroad brakeman atop a train that has paused at Cajon, California, to cool its brakes after descending Cajon Pass in March 1943. Traffic[edit] Santa Fe train climbing Cajon Pass 1943 Union Pacific Railroad GE Dash 8-40C #9214 leads a freight train up Cajon Pass Union Pacific excursion train at Cajon Pass, November 2011. Locomotive is UP 844. The California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was the first railroad to use the Cajon Pass. The rail line through the pass was built in the early 1880s to connect the present day cities of Barstow and San Diego.[12][13] Today the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway (the successor to the Santa Fe) use the pass to reach Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Due to the many trains, noteworthy scenery and easy access, it is a popular location for railfans, and numerous photographs of trains on Cajon Pass appear in books and magazines about trains. The Union Pacific Railroad operates and owns one track through the pass, on the previous Southern Pacific Railroad Palmdale cutoff, opened in 1967. The BNSF Railway owns two tracks and began to operate a third main track in the summer of 2008.[14] The railroads share track rights through the pass ever since the Union Pacific gained track rights on the Santa Fe portion negotiated under the original Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. The original BNSF (ATSF) line was constructed in the 1880s and later roads, U.S. Route 66 and I-15, roughly followed this route. The 3.0% grade for a few miles on the south track is challenging for long trains, making the westbound descent potentially dangerous, as a runaway can occur if the engineer is not careful in handling the brakes. The second track, built in 1913, is 2 miles (3.2 km) longer to get a lower 2.20% grade. It ran through two short tunnels, but both were removed when the third main track was added next to the 1913 line.[14] Trains may be seen traveling at speeds of 60 and 70 mph (97 and 113 km/h) on the straighter track away from the pass, but typically ascend at 14 to 22 mph (23 to 35 km/h) and descend at 20 to 30 mph (32 to 48 km/h).[14] The third track enables a capacity of 150 trains per day on the BNSF lines.[14] Incidents[edit] The steep downhill grade south of the pass was a contributing factor in the May 12, 1989, San Bernardino train disaster. Cajon Pass was the site of a major train accident on December 14, 1994, when a westbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe intermodal train lost control and crashed into the rear of a westbound Union Pacific coal train just below California Highway 138, between Alray and Cajon.[15] On February 2, 1996 two brakemen were killed when a BNSF chemical train derailed and caught fire at Cajon Pass.[16] The August 16, 2016 Blue Cut Fire destroyed a trestle on the Union Pacific mainline.[17] On August 21, 2018 a train carrying hazardous materials derailed, causing the FedEx facility on the left of it to evacuate, along with one school that took shelter.[18] Passenger service[edit] Amtrak's Desert Wind, which ceased operation in 1997, used the pass. Currently, the Southwest Chief runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles, through Cajon Pass on the BNSF line. Road transport[edit] The Mojave Freeway (I-15) was built in 1969 over the Cajon Summit west of the Cajon Pass. It is a major route from Los Angeles and the Inland Empire to Las Vegas. The freeway runs above and parallel to an original stretch of historic Route 66 and U.S. Route 395. This stretch, now known as Cajon Boulevard, is a short, well-preserved fragment dating to a rerouting and widening of the highway in the early 1950s. Only the southbound/westbound lanes are in use; the northbound/eastbound lanes and corresponding bridges are closed to through traffic. It is along this stretch of road, accessible via either the Kenwood Drive or Cleghorn Road exits that some of the best trainspotting areas are found. The historic Summit Inn, off the Oak Hills exit at the summit of the pass, was a historic Route 66 diner and was in the same location from 1952 to 2016, when it was destroyed by the Blue Cut fire.[19] Some maps may show the Cajon Pass as a feature on SR 138, which crosses I-15 south of the summit between West Cajon Valley and Summit Valley. The highest point on I-15 between Los Angeles and Victorville is thus sometimes identified as Cajon Summit. However, the entire area, including Cajon Summit, is often called Cajon Pass. Pacific Crest Trail[edit] The Pacific Crest Trail goes directly through Cajon Pass, and during the hiking season up to several hundred transient hikers will pass through this area after walking one of the hottest, driest, and most grueling sections of desert on the trail. The McDonald's restaurant at the pass happens to be very close to the trail, and it is famous among hikers, who often arrive dehydrated; most will stop here for water and salty food. Many hikers also spend the night in the one motel at Cajon Pass. Utilities infrastructure[edit] Three high voltage Southern California Edison 500 kV power lines cross the summit. These lines head to the Lugo substation northeast of Cajon Pass and connect to Path 26 and Path 46. Both Path 26 and 46 provide the Los Angeles metro area another source of electricity generated from fossil fuel power plants in the Four Corners region, and hydroelectric dams along the Colorado River. Natural hazards[edit] During October and November 2003, a number of wildfires devastated the hills and mountainsides near and around the pass, forcing the closure of Interstate 15. The following winter, rains in addition to burnt vegetation caused a number of landslides to further close the freeway pass.[citation needed] On July 17, 2015, during severe drought conditions plaguing the whole state and creating extreme fire hazards, a fast, wind-whipped wildfire swept over Interstate 15 between California State Route 138 and the Oak Hill Road exits, sending drivers running for safety and setting 20 vehicles ablaze, officials said.[20] The vegetation fire, which closed the I-15 southbound lanes and restricted the northbound side to 1 lane, overtook stalled cars.[21] The following year the Blue Cut Fire again forced the closure of the freeway for several days starting on August 16, 2016. The fire closed the I-15 north and southbound lanes due to the intensity of the fire. It destroyed a number of outbuildings and homes, and destroyed the Summit Inn Restaurant in Oak Hills. A McDonald's restaurant was also burned but the damage was minor. The fire threatened homes in Lytle Creek, Phelan, Oak Hills and Wrightwood and burned 37,000 acres Cajon Pass is notorious for high winds, particularly during Santa Ana wind season, with gusts of wind up to 60 miles per hour.[22] It has been known to cause high-profile vehicles such semi-trucks to lose control or tip over.[23] During wind advisories, Caltrans will use its Changeable message signs to warn motorists of dangerous weather in the Cajon Pass. Cajon Pass gets snow occasionally, usually not enough to cause closures.[24][25] When any closure is total, California Highway Patrols would provide escorts through the pass as the Interstate 15 a major artery for the High Desert region.[26] When there is high wind or snow in the Cajon Pass, it is fairly common for weather forecasters or reporters for San Bernardino, San Diego, and Los Angeles-area televisions stations to do location reports from the Cajon Pass.[citation needed] The San Andreas Fault passes through the Cajon Pass (crossing I-15 on the south side of the summit) and is responsible for the unique local geography.[27] Tejon Pass ^ a b c "703 26 B". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 3 August 2010. ^ "Itinerary". Retrieved 2010-11-28. The slope, the southern edge of the Mohave Desert, is a thick succession of sheets of gravel and sand extending far up the mountain sides and beyond the summit at Cajon (cah-hone') Pass ^ "Summit". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 3 August 2010. ^ "Cajon Summit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. ^ "Interstate 15 South - Hesperia to Ontario". AARoads.com. Retrieved 11 July 2010. ^ "Cajon Pass/Cajon Canyon". Summitpost.org. Retrieved 11 July 2010. ^ Hall, Alice Aby (2009). The Cajon Pass. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-7385-7075-4. ^ "Inventory of Lifelines in the Cajon Pass, California". Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1991. ^ California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names ^ Ghori, Imran; Lisa O'Neill Hill; Ben Goad (2006-12-13). "Mercy aircraft missions resume : Some crews are back in service after the fleet was grounded following a crash Sunday". Press-Enterprise. James Ladue, a flight instructor for M.I. Air, a flight school that operates out of Redlands Municipal Airport...said the Cajon Pass ...area is known for high wind, turbulence and fog. ^ Gang, Duane W.; Lisa O'Neill-Hill; Paul LaRocco (2006-12-12). "Helicopters grounded : The number of crashes has increased in recent years, a federal study finds". Press-Enterprise. Cpl. Brian Miller, a helicopter pilot with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Aviation Unit, said the weather over the pass can vary, from foggy days with poor visibility to clear afternoons where aircraft are bounced by gusting Santa Ana winds that top 50 mph (80 km/h). ^ Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 131–133. ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X. ^ a b c d Ghori, Imram (August 15, 2007). "Railway aims to add track through Cajon Pass". Riverside Press-Enterprise. ^ Gorman, Tom (15 December 1994). "Runaway Train Hits Another in Cajon Pass". Los Angeles Times. ^ Gorman, Tom; Malnic, Eric (2 February 1996). "2 Killed in Fiery Train Wreck in Cajon Pass". Los Angeles Times. ^ Boyd, Shawn (18 August 2016). "RR Trestle Burned by Blue Cut Fire Undergoing Rapid Repairs". CalOES. ^ "No threat to public reported after 13 train tanker cars derail in San Bernardino". San Bernardino Sun. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-10-07. ^ http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-updates-wildfire-season-summit-inn-a-popular-roadside-diner-1471410149-htmlstory.html ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28501416/report-california-wildfire-sweeps-across-i-15-destroys ^ http://ktla.com/2015/07/17/15-freeway-shut-down-in-cajon-pass-due-to-30-acre-north-fire/ ^ "Red flag warning is returning for Riverside and San Bernardino counties". Press Enterprise. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2018-12-02. ^ PRESS, ASSOCIATED (2011-12-22). "Gusty Santa Ana winds hit region". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2018-12-02. ^ Reports, Staff (2018-02-27). "Winter storm causing headaches for motorists in Cajon Pass and surrounding areas Tuesday morning". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2018-12-02. ^ Quintero, Jose (2017-01-23). "Winter wallop: Storm pounds High Desert with rain, snow". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2018-12-02. ^ Writer, BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA Staff (2009-12-07). "Winter weather causes havoc on roadways". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2018-12-02. ^ Wallace, Robert, E. (1990). The San Andreas Fault System, California (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1515 (1 ed.). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 16. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cajon Pass. A photographic report of Tehachapi and Cajon Pass (May, 2012) U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cajon Pass Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cajon_Pass&oldid=902992837" Mountain passes of California Landforms of San Bernardino County, California Rail mountain passes of the United States Geology of San Bernardino County, California Mojave Desert Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway U.S. Route 66 in California	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754593
__label__cc	0.715259	0.284741	Donald Odanga Donald Odanga was a former Kenyan Basketball International. Odanga played for the Kenya national basketball team, Kenya Railways and defunct Premiership side Post Bank. Odanga played for Railways from early 1980s before moving to defunct premier league side Post Bank in 1990. He was a member of the national team between 1989 and 1994. Main article: 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis Odanga was hit by a stray bullet while standing about 200m away from a scene where policemen were trying to disperse a rowdy mob in Mathare on 20 January 2008. "It is unfortunate that Odanga who was one of the best players of his generation had to die this way," Nairobi Province Basketball Association chairman Ronny Owino said in Nairobi on Thursday.[1] ^ The Standard \| Online Edition \| Basketballer dies in post-election violence This biographical article relating to basketball in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article relating to sport in Kenya is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Odanga&oldid=760557462" Kenyan men's basketball players Accidental deaths in Kenya Deaths by firearm in Kenya African basketball biography stubs Kenyan sportspeople stubs Year of birth missing	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754594
__label__wiki	0.950101	0.950101	Faithless elector (Redirected from Faithless electors) This article is about faithless electors in general. For the article specific to the 2016 United States Presidential election, see Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016. State laws may impose a fine on an elector who fails to vote according to the statewide or district popular vote, force an elector to vote for the candidate they pledged to vote, or disqualify an elector who violates their pledge and provide a replacement elector. The states with laws that attempt to bind the votes of presidential electors are highlighted above in red.[1] In United States presidential elections, a faithless elector is a member of the United States Electoral College who does not vote for the presidential or vice presidential candidate for whom they had pledged to vote. That is, they break faith with the candidate they were pledged to and vote for another candidate, or fail to vote. A pledged elector is only considered a faithless elector by breaking their pledge; unpledged electors have no pledge to break. Electors are typically chosen and nominated by a political party or the party's presidential nominee: they are usually party members with a reputation for high loyalty to the party and its chosen candidate. Thus, a faithless elector runs the risk of party censure and political retaliation from their party, as well as potential legal penalties in some states. Candidates for elector are nominated by state political parties in the months prior to Election Day. In some states, such as Indiana, the electors are nominated in primaries, the same way other candidates are nominated.[2] In other states, such as Oklahoma, Virginia, and North Carolina, electors are nominated in party conventions. In Pennsylvania, the campaign committee of each candidate names their candidates for elector (an attempt to discourage faithless electors). The parties have generally been successful in keeping their electors faithful, leaving out the cases in which a candidate died before the elector was able to cast a vote. During the 1836 election, Virginia's entire 23-man electoral delegation faithlessly abstained[3] from voting for victorious Democratic vice presidential nominee Richard M. Johnson.[4] The loss of Virginia's support caused Johnson to fall one electoral vote short of a majority, causing the vice presidential election to be thrown into the U.S. Senate for the only time in American history. The presidential election itself was not in dispute because Virginia's electors voted for Democratic presidential nominee Martin Van Buren as pledged. The U.S. Senate ultimately elected Johnson as vice president after a party-line vote. There have been a total of 167[5] instances of faithlessness as of 2016[update]. Nearly all have voted for third party candidates or non-candidates, as opposed to switching their support to a major opposing candidate. Ultimately, faithless electors have only impacted the outcome of an election once, during the 1796 election where Thomas Pinckney would have become the President and John Adams the Vice President.[6] The United States Constitution does not specify a notion of pledging; no federal law or constitutional statute binds an elector's vote to anything. All pledging laws originate at the state level.[7][8] 1 Legal position 1.1 U.S. Supreme Court 3 List of faithless electors 3.2 2000 to 2004 3.7 Before 1812 Legal position[edit] Twenty-one states do not have laws compelling their electors to vote for a pledged candidate.[9] Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have laws against faithless electors. Washington became the first state to fine faithless electors after the 2016 election. In lieu of penalizing a faithless elector, other states such as Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota specify a faithless elector's vote be voided.[10] Colorado first enforced this law during the 2016 election, which led to litigation currently on appeal in the 10th Circuit. Minnesota also invoked this law for the first time in 2016 when an elector pledged to Hillary Clinton attempted to vote for Bernie Sanders instead.[11] Until 2008, Minnesota's electors cast secret ballots. Although the final count would reveal the occurrence of faithless votes (except in the unlikely case of two or more changes canceling out), it was impossible to determine which elector(s) were faithless. After an unknown elector was faithless in 2004, Minnesota amended its law to require public balloting of the electors' votes and invalidate any vote cast for someone other than the candidate to whom the elector was pledged.[12] U.S. Supreme Court[edit] The constitutionality of state pledge laws was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 1952 in Ray v. Blair[13] in a 5–2 vote. The court ruled states have the right to require electors to pledge to vote for the candidate whom their party supports, and the right to remove potential electors who refuse to pledge prior to the election. The court also wrote:[13] However, even if such promises of candidates for the electoral college are legally unenforceable because violative of an assumed constitutional freedom of the elector under the Constitution, Art. II, § 1, to vote as he may choose [emphasis added] in the electoral college, it would not follow that the requirement of a pledge in the primary is unconstitutional. — U.S. Supreme Court, Ray v. Blair, 1952 The ruling only held that requiring a pledge, not a vote, was constitutional and Justice Jackson, joined by Justice Douglas, wrote in his dissent, "no one faithful to our history can deny that the plan originally contemplated what is implicit in its text – that electors would be free agents, to exercise an independent and nonpartisan judgment as to the men best qualified for the Nation's highest offices."[13] More recent legal scholars believe "a state law that would thwart a federal elector’s discretion at an extraordinary time when it reasonably must be exercised would clearly violate Article II and the Twelfth Amendment".[14] The Supreme Court has never ruled on the constitutionality of state laws punishing or replacing electors for actually casting a faithless vote, or refusing to count said votes.[15] Over 22 occasions, a total of 179 electors have not cast their votes for President or Vice President as prescribed by the legislature of the state they represented. Of those, 71 electors changed their votes because the candidate to whom they were pledged died before the electoral ballot (1872, 1912). Two electors chose to abstain from voting for any candidate (1812, 2000).[4] The remaining 106 were changed typically by the elector's personal preference, although there have been rare instances where the change may have been caused by an honest mistake. Usually, faithless electors act alone, although on occasion a faithless elector has attempted to induce other electors to change their votes in concert, usually with little if any success. An exception was the 1836 election, in which all 23 Virginia electors acted together. Presidential electors fill out a blank ballot by hand in contrast to marking a pre-printed ballot with a list of electors. An elector does not become faithless simply by misspelling a candidate's name (as misspelled votes have always been counted for the candidate the elector was presumed to be intending to vote for) unless the misspelled name was one other than that of the candidate the elector was pledged to (as happened in Minnesota in 2004). There are not any known instances of misspelled votes being decisive in securing a majority for a presidential or vice presidential candidate. The 1796 election is the only instance during which the faithless electors successfully changed the outcome of an election. During this election 18 electors pledged to the Federalist voted as pledged for John Adams, however they refused to vote for Pinckney.[6] As a result Adams attained 71 electoral votes, Jefferson received 68, and Pinckney received 59.[16] Had the 18 electors remained faithful Pinckney would have won the presidency with 77 electoral votes and Adams would have remained vice president. In the 1836 Election faithless electors altered the outcome of the electoral college vote, but failed to change the outcome of the overall election. The Democratic ticket won states with 170 of the 294 electoral votes, but the 23 Virginia electors abstained in the vote for Vice President, so the Democratic nominee, Richard M. Johnson, got only 147 (exactly half), and was not elected. However, Johnson was elected Vice President by the U.S. Senate. List of faithless electors[edit] The following is a list of all faithless electors (in reverse chronological order). The number preceding each entry is the number of faithless electors for the given year. 2016[edit] Main article: Faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016 7 – 2016 election: In Washington, Democratic party electors gave three presidential votes to Colin Powell and one to Faith Spotted Eagle[17] and these electors cast vice-presidential votes for Elizabeth Warren, Maria Cantwell, Susan Collins, and Winona LaDuke. In Hawaii, Bernie Sanders received one presidential vote and Elizabeth Warren received one vice-presidential vote. In Texas, John Kasich and Ron Paul received one presidential vote each, and one of these electors gave Carly Fiorina a vice-presidential vote.[18][19] In addition, three other electors attempted to vote against their pledge, but had their votes invalidated. In Colorado, Kasich received one vote for president, which was invalidated.[20] Two additional electors, one in Maine and one in Minnesota, cast votes for Sanders for president but had their votes invalidated; the elector in Maine was forced to cast a vote for Clinton, while the elector in Minnesota was replaced by one who cast a vote for Clinton. The same Minnesota elector voted for Tulsi Gabbard for vice president, but had that vote invalidated and given to Tim Kaine. 2000 to 2004[edit] 1 – 2004 election: An anonymous Minnesota elector, pledged for Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards, cast his or her presidential vote for "John Ewards" [sic],[21] rather than Kerry, presumably by accident.[22] (All of Minnesota's electors cast their vice presidential ballots for John Edwards.) Minnesota's electors cast secret ballots, so the identity of the faithless elector is not known. As a result of this incident, Minnesota statutes were amended to provide for public balloting of the electors' votes and invalidation of a vote cast for someone other than the candidate to whom the elector is pledged.[12] 1 – 2000 election: Washington, D.C. elector Barbara Lett-Simmons, pledged for Democrats Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, cast no electoral votes as a protest of Washington D.C.'s lack of voting congressional representation.[15] Lett-Simmons's electoral college abstention, the first since 1864, was intended to protest what Lett-Simmons referred to as the federal district's "colonial status".[15] Lett-Simmons described her blank ballot as an act of civil disobedience, not an act of a faithless elector; Lett-Simmons supported Gore and would have voted for Gore if she had thought he had a chance to win.[15] This did not affect the outcome of the election. 1 – 1988 election: West Virginia Elector Margarette Leach, pledged for Democrats Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen, but as a form of protest against the winner-take-all custom of the Electoral College, instead cast her votes for the candidates in the reverse of their positions on the national ticket; her presidential vote went to Bentsen and her vice presidential vote to Dukakis.[23] 1 – 1976 election: Washington Elector Mike Padden, pledged for Republicans Gerald Ford and Bob Dole, cast his presidential electoral vote for Ronald Reagan, who had challenged Ford for the Republican nomination. He cast his vice presidential vote, as pledged, for Dole.[24] 1 – 1972 election: Virginia Elector Roger MacBride, pledged for Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew, cast his electoral votes for Libertarian candidates John Hospers and Tonie Nathan. MacBride's VP vote for Nathan was the first electoral vote cast for a woman in U.S. history.[25] 1 – 1968 election: North Carolina Elector Lloyd W. Bailey, pledged for Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew, cast his votes for American Independent Party candidates George Wallace and Curtis LeMay. Bailey later stated at a Senate hearing that he would have voted for Nixon and Agnew if his vote would have altered the outcome of the election.[26] 1 – 1960 election: Oklahoma Elector Henry D. Irwin, pledged for Republicans Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., contacted the other 218 Republican electors to convince them to cast presidential electoral votes for Democratic non-candidate Harry F. Byrd and vice presidential electoral votes for Republican Barry Goldwater, though most replied they had a moral obligation to vote for Nixon; Irwin voted for Byrd and Goldwater. Fourteen unpledged electors (eight from Mississippi and six from Alabama) also voted for Byrd for president, but supported Strom Thurmond for vice president - since they were not pledged to anyone, their action was not faithless.[27] 1 – 1956 election: Alabama Elector W. F. Turner, pledged for Democrats Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver, cast his votes for circuit judge Walter Burgwyn Jones and Herman Talmadge.[27] 1 – 1948 election: Tennessee elector Preston Parks was on both the Democratic Party for Harry S. Truman and the States' Rights Democratic Party for Strom Thurmond. When the Democratic Party slate won, Parks voted for Thurmond and Fielding L. Wright.[27] 8 – 1912 election: Republican vice presidential candidate (and incumbent Vice President) James S. Sherman died before the popular election. Nicholas M. Butler was hastily designated to receive the electoral votes that would have gone to Sherman. The Republicans only carried two states with eight electoral votes between them. All eight Republican electors voted Butler for Vice President. 27 – 1896 election: The Democratic Party and the People's Party both ran William Jennings Bryan as their presidential candidate, but ran different candidates for Vice President. The Democratic Party nominated Arthur Sewall and the People’s Party nominated Thomas E. Watson. Although the Populist ticket did not win the popular vote in any state, 27 Democratic electors for Bryan cast their vice-presidential vote for Watson instead of Sewall.[28] 1 – 1892 election: In Oregon, the electors were pledged to vote for Benjamin Harrison; three electors voted for Harrison and one faithless elector voted for the third-party Populist candidate, James B. Weaver.[29] 63 – 1872 election: Horace Greeley was alive during the November election but died before the electoral vote. 63 out of 66 electors refused to vote for a deceased candidate, and out of those, 43 cast their presidential votes for four non-candidates, and 17 abstained. Greeley received three posthumous electoral votes, but these votes were disallowed by Congress.[30] 1 – 1840 election: One elector from Virginia, Arthur Smith of Isle of Wight County, was pledged to vote for Democratic candidates Martin Van Buren (for President) and Richard M. Johnson (for Vice President). However, he voted for James K. Polk for Vice President.[31] 23 – 1836 election: The 23 electors from Virginia were pledged to vote for Democratic candidates Martin Van Buren (for President) and Richard M. Johnson (for Vice President). However, they abstained from voting for Johnson, because of his open liaison with a slave mistress. This left Johnson with one fewer than a majority of electoral votes. Johnson was subsequently elected Vice President by the Senate. 32 – 1832 election: Two National Republican Party electors from the state of Maryland refused to vote for presidential candidate Henry Clay and did not cast a vote for him or for his running mate, John Sergeant. All 30 electors from Pennsylvania refused to support the Democratic vice presidential candidate Martin Van Buren, voting instead for William Wilkins. 7 – 1828 election: Seven of nine electors from Georgia refused to vote for vice presidential candidate John C. Calhoun. All seven cast their vice presidential votes for William Smith instead. 1 – 1820 election: William Plumer was pledged to vote for Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe, but he cast his vote for John Quincy Adams, who was not a candidate in the election. Some historians contend Plumer wanted George Washington to be the only unanimous selection and that he further wanted to draw attention to his friend Adams as a potential candidate. These claims are disputed.[27] (Plumer cast his vice presidential vote for Richard Rush, not Daniel D. Tompkins.) 4 – 1812 election: Three electors pledged to vote for Federalist vice presidential candidate Jared Ingersoll voted for Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry. One Ohio elector did not vote. Before 1812[edit] 6 – 1808 election: Six electors from New York were pledged to vote for Democratic-Republican James Madison for President and George Clinton for Vice President. Instead, they voted for Clinton to be President, with three voting for Madison for Vice President and the other three voting for James Monroe for Vice President. 19 – 1796 election: Samuel Miles, an elector from Pennsylvania, was pledged to vote for Federalist presidential candidate John Adams, but voted for Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson. He cast his other presidential vote as pledged for Thomas Pinckney; there was no provision at the time for specifying president or vice president. An additional 18 electors voted for Adams as pledged, but refused to vote for Pinckney.[6] This was an attempt to foil Alexander Hamilton's rumored plan to elect Pinckney as President, and this resulted in the unintended outcome that Adams's opponent, Jefferson, was elected Vice President instead of Adams's running mate Pinckney. This was the only time in U.S. history that the president and vice president have been from different parties prior to 1864 (although in that year while the president and vice president were from different parties they ran on one ticket from the same Third Party), and the only time the winners were from different tickets. After the 1800 election resulted in a deadlock, the Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804. It changed the election procedure so that instead of casting two votes of the same type, electors would make an explicit choice for president and vice president. Unpledged elector Indirect election ^ "THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE". 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CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) ^ "MPR: Minnesota elector gives Edwards a vote; Kerry gets other nine". News.minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved May 5, 2009. ^ Johnson, Sharen Shaw (January 5, 1989). "CAPITAL LINE: [FINAL Edition]". USA Today. Retrieved February 11, 2016. Even though Bensten sought the vice presidency, Margarette Leach of West Virginia voted for him to protest the Electoral College's winner-take-all custom. ^ Edwards, George C. (2011). Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America: Second Edition. ^ Boaz, David (2008). "Nathan, Toni (1923– )". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. p. 347. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n212. ISBN 978-1-4129-6580-4. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024. ^ "Tales of the Unfaithful Electors: Dr. Lloyd W. Bailey". EC: The US Electoral College Web Zine. Retrieved May 17, 2008. ^ a b c d Edwards, George (2004). Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America. Yale University Press. ^ "Senate and House Secured; Republican control in the next Conress assured. The House of Representatives Repub- lican by More than Two – thirds Ma- jority – Possible Loss of a Repub- lican Senator from the State of Washington – Republicans and Pop- ulists Will Organize the Senate and Divide the Patronage". The New York Times. November 9, 1894. Retrieved May 26, 2010. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-13. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) ^ "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2005. ^ Niles National Register, Vol. LIX, December 5, 1840, page 217 List of Electors Bound by State Law and Pledges, as of November 2000 "The Electoral College – "Faithless Electors"". Official website of the Center for Voting and Democracy. 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2006. "Faithless Electors". 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__label__wiki	0.831545	0.831545	Jan Patočka This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Jan Patočka (1971) Photo: Jindřich Přibík (1907-06-01)1 June 1907 Turnov, Bohemia Prague, Czechoslovakia Husserl, Heidegger, Eugen Fink, Friedrich Nietzsche, Havel, Kohák Jan Patočka (1 June 1907 – 13 March 1977) was a Czech philosopher. Due to his contributions to phenomenology and the philosophy of history he is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. During his studies in Freiburg he was also tutored by Eugen Fink, a relationship which eventually turned into a lifelong philosophical friendship. 3 List of works 3.1 In English Patočka attended Jan Neruda Grammar School. His works mainly dealt with the problem of the original, given world (Lebenswelt), its structure and the human position in it. He tried to develop this Husserlian concept under the influence of some core Heideggerian themes (e.g. historicity, technicity, etc.) On the other hand, he also criticised Heideggerian philosophy for not dealing sufficiently with the basic structures of being-in-the-world, which are not truth-revealing activities (this led him to an appreciation of the work of Hannah Arendt). From this standpoint he formulated his own original theory of "three movements of human existence": 1) receiving, 2) reproduction, 3) transcendence. He also translated many of Hegel's and Schelling's works into Czech. In his lifetime, Patočka published in Czech, German, and French. Apart from his writing on the problem of the Lebenswelt, he wrote interpretations of Presocratic and classical Greek philosophy and several longer essays on the history of Greek ideas in the formation of our concept of Europe. Patočka increasingly focused on the idea of Europe during the 1970s.[1] As he was banned from teaching (see below), he held clandestine lectures in his private apartment on the Greek thought in general and on Plato in particular in the late 70s. These clandestine lectures are collectively known as Plato and Europe, and they are published under the same title in English. He also entered into discussions about modern Czech philosophy, art, history and politics. He was an esteemed scholar of Czech thinkers such as Komensky (b.1592) (also known as Comenius) and Masaryk (b.1850). In 1971, he has published a small treatise on Comenius in German titled Die Philosophy der Erziehung des J.A. Comenius (Comenius's Philosophy of Education). In 1977, his work on Masaryk culminated in 'Two Studies on Masaryk, which was initially a privately circulated typescript.[2] Patočka's Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History is analyzed at length and with much care in Jacques Derrida's important book The Gift of Death. Derrida was the most recent person who wrote or conversed with Patočka's thought; Paul Ricoeur and Roman Jakobson (who respectively wrote the preface and afterword to the French edition of the Heretical Essays) are two further examples. Grave of Jan Patočka, Břevnov cemetery, Prague During the years 1939–1945, when the Czech universities were closed, as well as between 1951–1968 and from 1972 on, Patočka was banned from teaching. Only a few of his books were published and most of his work circulated only in the form of typescripts kept by students and disseminated mostly after his death. Along with other banned intellectuals he gave lectures at the so-called "Underground University", which was an informal institution that tried to offer a free, uncensored cultural education. In January 1977 he became one of the original signatories and main spokespersons for the Charter 77 (Charta 77) human rights movement in Czechoslovakia. For the three months after the Charter was released he was intensely active writing and speaking about the meaning of the Charter, in spite of his deteriorating health. He was also interrogated by the police regarding his involvement with the Charter movement. On March 3, 1977 he was held by the police for ten hours, who had claimed that he would be allowed to speak in his role as a Charter spokesperson with a high-ranking official (in fact, this was a pretext to keep him from attending a reception at the West German embassy[3]). He fell ill that evening and was taken to the hospital, where his health briefly improved, enabling him to give one final interview with Die Zeit and to write one final essay entitled "What We Can Expect from Charter 77." On March 11 he relapsed, and on March 13 he died of apoplexy, at the age of 69. His brother František Patočka was a microbiologist. List of works[edit] The Natural World As a Philosophical Problem [Přirozený svět jako filosofický problém] An Introduction to Husserl's Phenomenology [Úvod do Husserlovy fenomenologie] Aristotle, his Predecessors and his Heirs [Aristoteles, jeho předchůdci a dědicové] Body, Community, Language, World [Tělo, společenství, jazyk, svět] Negative Platonism [Negativní platónismus] Plato and Europe [Platón a Evropa] Who are the Czechs? [Co jsou Češi?] Care for the Soul [Péče o duši] Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History [Kacířské eseje o filosofii dějin] Two Studies on Masaryk [Dvě studie o Masarkyovi] In English[edit] "Wars of the Twentieth Century and the Twentieth Century as War". Telos 30 (Winter 1976-77). New York: Telos Press. Jan Patocka: Philosophy and Selected Writings. Edited by Erazim Kohak. Chicago & London: The Chicago University Press, 1989. Body, Community, Language, World. Translated by Erazim Kohák. Edited by James Dodd. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1998. Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History. Translated by Erazim Kohák. Edited by James Dodd. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1996. An Introduction to Husserl's Phenomenology. Translated by Erazim Kohák. Edited by James Dodd. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1996. Plato and Europe. Translated by Petr Lom. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem. Translated by Erika Abrams. Edited by Ivan Chvatík and Ľubica Učnik. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2016 ^ Árnason, J. P., & Doyle, N., eds., Domains and Divisions of European History (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010), p. 153. ^ Erazim Kohak, "Jan Patočka: A Philosophical Biography" in (ed.) Erazim Kohak, Jan Patočka: Philosophy and Selected Writings (Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1989), p. 4. ^ John Bolton, Worlds of Dissent (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012), p. 159. Renaud Barbaras, Le mouvement de l'existence. Etudes sur la phénoménologie de Jan Patočka, Les Editions de la transparence, 2007 Dalibor Truhlar, Jan Patočka. Ein Sokrates zwischen Husserl und Heidegger, Sonderpublikation des Universitätszentrums für Friedensforschung Wien, 1996 Erazim Kohák, Jan Patočka: Philosophy and Selected writings. Jacques Derrida, The Gift of Death Edward F. Findlay, Caring for the soul in a postmodern age : politics and phenomenology in the thought of Jan Patočka. Albany: SUNY Press, 2002. Marc Crépon, Altérités de l'Europe. Jan Patočka and the European Heritage, Studia Phaenomenologica VII (2007) - Ivan Chvatik (guest editor) Emre Şan, La transcendance comme problème phénoménologique: Lecture de Merleau-Ponty et Patočka. Paris: Mimesis, 2012. Francesco Tava, The Risk of Freedom: Ethics, Phenomenology, and Politics in Jan Patočka. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015. Dariam Meacham & Francesco Tava (eds.), Thinking After Europe: Jan Patocka and Politics. Rowmand & Littlefield International, 2016. 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__label__wiki	0.786838	0.786838	Refugees May Be Good For The Economy Jun. 14, 2017 , at 11:57 AM By Kathryn Casteel and Michelle Cheng Filed under Immigration As the Trump administration continues pushing to limit — and temporarily block entirely — the admission of refugees into the United States, new research finds that refugees, over time, end up being valuable contributors to the economy. President Trump has justified his suspension of the U.S. refugee program primarily on national security grounds, arguing that his administration needs time to examine the country’s vetting procedures. (On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to let Trump’s policy take effect; the administration has appealed a similar ruling from another circuit to the Supreme Court.) But opponents of the U.S. refugee program have also criticized it on financial grounds, tallying not only the direct government costs and resources used for the resettlement programs but also the indirect costs incurred when refugees enroll in welfare programs. A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, however, argues that it is a mistake to focus on the costs of refugee resettlement without also looking at the economic and financial benefits. “You can’t just look at one side of this equation. [They’re] getting benefits, but they’re also generating income,” said William Evans, a Notre Dame economist and one of the paper’s authors. “They’re living [here], so therefore they are paying taxes.” To try to estimate both the costs and benefits of admitting refugees, Evans and his coauthor, research assistant Daniel Fitzgerald, used data from the American Community Survey to identify people who are likely to be refugees. From that group, researchers pulled a sample of 18-to-45-year-olds who resettled in the U.S. over the past 25 years and examined how their employment and earnings changed over time. They found that the U.S. spends roughly $15,000 in relocation costs and $92,000 in social programs over a refugee’s first 20 years in the country. However, they estimated that over the same time period, refugees pay nearly $130,000 in taxes — over $20,000 more than they receive in benefits. The authors found that, when compared to rates among U.S.-born residents, unemployment was higher and earnings were lower among adult refugees during their first few years in the country, but these outcomes changed substantially over time. After six years in the U.S., refugees were more likely to be employed than U.S.-born residents around the same age. The longer they live longer in the U.S., the more refugees’ economic outcomes improved and the less they relied on government assistance. While refugees’ average wages are never as high as the average for U.S.-born residents, after about eight years in the U.S., refugees aren’t significantly more likely to receive welfare or food stamps than native-born residents with similar education and language skills. Critics of the U.S. refugee program rejected the study’s findings. Steven Camarota, the director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports limiting immigration to the U.S., noted that the Notre Dame researchers excluded costs associated with education, incarceration and law enforcement and looked only at working-age refugees. “They exclude costs for older refugees, which can be substantial,” Camarota wrote in an email. (Evans said in an email that less than 4 percent of refugees were over 65 when they entered the U.S., and said the paper computes the majority of the costs of social programs that benefit residents of all ages.1) The paper does highlight the challenges faced by refugees when they first arrive in the U.S., however. The authors found that refugees who enter the U.S. before the age of 14 adjust better than those who are older when they arrive; older teenagers are more likely to face language barriers and may enter the country alone. Experts said this trend highlights the importance of programs that help refugees — particularly older teens and adults — become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible. “[Resettlement programs are] essential in giving people a sort of head start in getting settled,” said Kathleen Newland, co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank that generally supports liberal immigration policies. “There is also the nonmaterial part — to help refugees with job search, language acquisition, financial support, help get their kids enrolled, how to use public transportation, acquire a car — all of these kind of basic benefits to understand the system here.” Under the Trump administration, however, many resettlement programs are struggling to stay afloat financially. Trump issued an executive order in March that would cap the number of refugees admitted to the country at 50,000 per year, less than half the number that was allowed under President Obama. Courts have blocked implementation of the order, but the number of refugees entering the U.S. has nonetheless fallen sharply since Trump took office. Since how much funding resettlement programs receive is determined by the number of refugees they resettle, organizations across the country have been cutting back, leading to layoffs and restructuring. That could make it harder for future refugees to do as well as their predecessors. The study assessed or imputed the costs of welfare, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. Kathryn Casteel writes about economics and policy issues for FiveThirtyEight. @kathryncasteel The Trump Administration (638 posts) Immigration (141) Refugees (6) Travel Ban (6)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754597
__label__cc	0.682854	0.317146	Are Cancer Warnings Really Necessary on Food Products? By Jennette Rowan Amid a sea of new warning labels added to food products to increase transparency and help consumers make healthy decisions, California has waged its own war on a whole host of products, under the guise that they may cause cancer. California's Proposition 65, officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is not a new rule, but it has been receiving more publicity due to disagreements over what food products are covered under the law. Prop 65 was enacted as a ballot initiative in November 1986. It protects the state's drinking water sources from being contaminated with chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to inform Californians about exposures to such chemicals. In addition, it requires the state to maintain and update a list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity (which is now about 1,000 entries long). Most of the list does not apply to the food industry, but seven chemicals are listed that can be found in food items. Those include: acrylamide, arsenic, bisphenol A (BPA), cadmium, DEHP, lead and mercury. Acrylamide has been of particular interest as of late, especially for coffee and cereal producers. Back in March, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued a tentative ruling would have require companies that make and sell coffee to include warning labels on packaged products, or post warning signs inside stores, reported Eater (April 16). Following that ruling, a group of coffee companies, including Starbucks, Caribou Coffee, Folgers, Keurig Green Mountain, and Coca-Cola, set out to prove that "coffee consumption does not increase the risk of any chronic disease and is independently associated with a decreased risk of several major chronic diseases." Then in June, The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposed a regulation clarifying that cancer warnings are not required for coffee under Prop 65. It claims drinking coffee does not pose a significant cancer risk, despite the presence of chemicals created during the roasting and brewing process that are listed under Prop 65 as known carcinogens. The agency notes in a review of more than 1,000 studies, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that there is "inadequate evidence" that drinking coffee causes cancer. Of course, exemption from the warnings wouldn't cover exposures to listed chemicals that may occur if the chemicals are intentionally added to the coffee mixture or enter the mixture as contaminants in some way other than the process of roasting and brewing. This issue popped up again with a similar result, this time in the breakfast cereal sector. A California state appeals court ruled Post, General Mills and Kellogg breakfast cereals won't be required to carry cancer warnings, ordering a dismissal of a suit seeking to require warnings on 59 cereals sold by the three companies, reported San Francisco Chronicle. The court noted that while cereals contain acrylamide, requiring warnings on all foods containing the chemical at levels that pose any risk of cancer "would cause many otherwise healthy foods to appear to consumers to be unhealthful." The court documents note a 2003 statement from the FDA Deputy Commissioner at that time stating, "FDA is concerned that premature labeling of many foods with warnings about dangerous levels of acrylamide would confuse and could potentially mislead consumers, both because the labeling would be so broad as to be meaningless and because the risk of consumption of acrylamide in food is not yet clear." In addition, it points to FDA's Guidance for Industry from March 2016, Acrylamide in Foods, in which it outlined ways to reduce the production of acrylamide in foods. In the section concerning cereal-based food, the report states, "Reducing whole grain content may also reduce acrylamide, but FDA does not recommend this approach given the benefits of whole grains." These two acrylamide issues underline a larger labeling problem within the food industry. Companies are continually trying to skirt the line between transparency and alarmism, offering consumers enough information about their food, without confusing and/or scaring them. FDA has even been trying to right the ship in regards to its Nutrition Facts labeling laws, such as with its added sugars label, which has faced its own set of controversy. These labeling issues are sure to keep cropping up in the foreseeable future, and you can bet The Food Institute will be here to track it. For more information on food labeling and changes to FDA's regulations, make sure to attend our annual U.S. Food Labeling Seminar, to be held in fall 2018 in the Newark, NJ area. Sign up to receive more details here. Carcinogens Coffee Cereal Manufacturing	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754602
__label__cc	0.718856	0.281144	BanksBig GovernmentCorruptionDebt Australia Seizes 360M From Dormant Bank Accounts And All 50 U.S. States Are Doing This Too Michael Snyder June 13, 2014 0 Views Do you have a bank account that you don't actively use or a safe deposit box that you have not checked on for a while? If so, you might want to see if the government has grabbed your money. This sounds absolutely crazy, but it is true. All over the world, governments are shortening the time periods required before they can seize "dormant bank accounts" and "unclaimed property". For example, as you will read about below, just last year the government of Australia seized a whopping 360 million dollars from dormant bank accounts. And this kind of thing is going on all over America as well. In fact, all 50 states actually pay private contractors to locate bank accounts and unclaimed property that can be seized. In some states, no effort will be made to contact you when your property is confiscated. And in most states, the seized property permanently become the property of the state government after a certain waiting period has elapsed. So please don't put money or property into a bank somewhere and just let it sit there. If you do, the government may come along and grab it right out from under your nose. In this day and age, broke governments all over the globe are searching for "creative ways" to raise revenues. In Australia for example, the time period required before the federal government could seize a dormant bank account was reduced from seven to three years, and this resulted in an unprecedented windfall for the Australian government over the past 12 months... The federal government has seized a record $360 million from household bank accounts that have been dormant for just three years, prompting outrage in some quarters amid complaints that pensioners and retirees have lost deposits. Figures from the Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) show almost $360 million was collected from 80,000 inactive accounts in the year to May under new rules introduced by Labor. The new rules lowered the threshold at which the government is allowed to snatch funds from accounts that remain idle from seven years to three years. The rule change has delivered the government a massive bonanza with the money collected in the year to May more than the total collected in the past five decades combined. Most Americans are not going to be too concerned about this because it is happening on the other side of the planet. But did you know that this is happening all over the U.S. as well? For instance, the waiting period in the state of California used to be fifteen years. Now it is just three years. And when California grabs your money they don't just sit around waiting for you to come and claim it. Instead, it gets dumped directly into the general fund and spent. If you do not believe that California does this, just check out the following information that comes directly from the official website of the California State Controller's Office... The State acquires unclaimed property through California's Unclaimed Property Law, which requires "holders" such as corporations, business associations, financial institutions, and insurance companies to annually report and deliver property to the Controller's Office after there has been no customer contact for three years. Often the owner forgets that the account exists, or moves and does not leave a forwarding address or the forwarding order expires. In some cases, the owner dies and the heirs have no knowledge of the property. And it is not just bank accounts and safe deposit boxes that are covered by California law. The reality is that a vast array of different kinds of "unclaimed property" are covered... The most common types of Unclaimed Property are: Bank accounts and safe deposit box contents Stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and dividends Uncashed cashier's checks or money orders Matured or terminated insurance policies Mineral interests and royalty payments, trust funds, and escrow accounts. And when a state government grabs your property, the consequences can be absolutely devastating. The following is an excerpt from an ABC news report from a few years ago... San Francisco resident Carla Ruff's safe-deposit box was drilled, seized, and turned over to the state of California, marked "owner unknown." "I was appalled," Ruff said. "I felt violated." Unknown? Carla's name was right on documents in the box at the Noe Valley Bank of America location. So was her address -- a house about six blocks from the bank. Carla had a checking account at the bank, too -- still does -- and receives regular statements. Plus, she has receipts showing she's the kind of person who paid her box rental fee. And yet, she says nobody ever notified her. "They are zealously uncovering accounts that are not unclaimed," Ruff said. To make matters worse, Ruff discovered the loss when she went to her box to retrieve important paperwork she needed because her husband was dying. Those papers had been shredded. And that's not all. Her great-grandmother's precious natural pearls and other jewelry had been auctioned off. They were sold for just $1,800, even though they were appraised for $82,500. And some states are even more aggressive than the state of California in going after bank accounts. In a recent article, Simon Black noted that the state of Georgia can go after "dormant bank accounts" after just one year of inactivity... In fact, each of the 50 states has its own regulations pertaining to the seizure of dormant accounts. And the grand prize goes to… the great state of Georgia! Georgia’s Disposition of Unclaimed Properties Act sets the threshold as low as one year. In other words, if you have a checking account in Georgia that you haven’t touched in twelve months, the state government is going to grab it. So much for setting aside money for a rainy day and having the discipline to never touch it. As economic conditions get even worse, the temptation for governments all over the planet to grab private bank accounts is going to become even greater. We all remember what happened in Cyprus. When the global financial Ponzi scheme finally collapses, politicians all over the world are going to be looking for an easy way to raise cash. And our bank accounts may be one of the first things that they decide to confiscate. So please don't keep all of your eggs in one basket, and check on all of your accounts in regular intervals. In this day and age, it pays to be diligent. Take a look at the future of America: The Beginning of the End. Michael T. Snydermoney Previous Bombshell: Benghazi Filmmaker CONFIRMED To Be An Agent Of Eric Holder Justice Department Next Bikers Head to Mexico to Free Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years. Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog. Michael and his wife, Meranda, believe that a great awakening is coming and are working hard to help bring renewal to America. Michael is also the author of the book The Beginning Of The End	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754606
__label__wiki	0.686187	0.686187	ArticlesFeaturedHistoryPoliticsTyranny It Didn’t All Start With Barack Obama FJ Rocca June 27, 2014 4 Views Richard Willard Armour, an American writer of humor and satire, wrote a parody history of the United States entitled It All Would Have Started With Columbus. He subtitled it A Merry Mangling of American History from Columbus to Nixon. In it, he recounted American history in the manner of the old "Fractured Fairy Tales" cartoons that used to appear on TV. He filled the book with many cockeyed interpretations of the events of history, giving them the twist of a kid whose understanding was skewed by a pervasive, even an invasive, sense of humor, as though the events themselves were far less important than their funny interpretation. Sometimes I think that what is happening today, if it weren't so dire and horrible, would actually fit Mr. Armour's style of narrative. It won't of course, because we are in a seriously bad way today. However, a lot of people don't go deep enough in assigning blame for our desperate situation. Our tendency in the Right is to blame Obama for all our ills, but these ills have much deeper roots. I don't know whether I got all of them here, but I am going to try to give a rough outline of them as I see them. Our present state of ruin didn't begin six years ago, although that is the period during which we have seen the most radical, rapid change. It really began in the early decades of the 20th Century, when the republican principles on which this country was founded were slowly stolen through corruptions in language that led to corruptions in concept and eventually in policy. Teddy Roosevelt probably started it when he founded a third party to run against both Republicans and Democrats. He called it the Progressive Party and imbued it with principles of populism, which was nothing more than a kind of watered down Democratic Socialism. There was nothing progressive about it, because it did not lead our country forward, but loosed the moorings of our foundation through populist collectivism. Wilson followed with his inane belief in one-world government and eternal pacifism at all cost. But he was forced to enter World War I, which would have ended earlier had the US entered in 1914 instead of 1917. In 1916, came the Jekyll Island conspiracy to take over the currency and banking of the US and establish, what J.P. Morgan referred to as "managed competition." This meant that true laissez fair capitalism, upon which the American economy was founded, was dead. They formed the Federal Reserve, a private corporation that now dictates all monetary and fiscal policy. Next came Hoover, the first real RINO, defeated in 1932 by Roosevelt, the megalomaniac Democrat who reigned in the White House for 3 ½ terms. He took us off the gold standard and set the tone for the greedy politicians who followed, because he showed them how the public could be manipulated to gain power. He established the first major program of the dole, Social Security, which was not an investment trust as it should have been, but a slush fund that is regularly raided, thus perpetually broke. It may not be there in another 30 years! In 1952, after a rank politician, Harry Truman, protected Communists in government because they belonged to the Democratic Party, we got Eisenhower, a sort-of conservative Republican, whose VP was Richard Nixon. Nixon was pelted with stones and garbage in South America, a signal of things to come. Eisenhower invited Marshall Zhukov, the premier general of our arch enemy the Communist USSR for a friendly visit to the White House. Ike was followed by John F. Kennedy, a sort-of-conservative Democrat who ran to the right of Nixon on certain policies, but got us into war in Viet Nam. Contrary to common trends of worship, I felt no loss when Kennedy was assassinated, except that I disprove of public assassinations in general. In Kennedy's wake came the biggest crook ever to sit in the White House, Lyndon Johnson, the racist, who used the "N" word with glee at every chance. He signed the 1964 Civil Rights legislation, but only did so to garner and ensure black votes. Johnson was recorded on a tape saying, "I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years." He created the cancer of welfare on the federal level, a cancer that has metastasized over the past 40 years among black women (called AFDC), creating legions of illegitimate children and generations of mothers on welfare who dishonestly drain the paychecks of working people. Johnson was followed by the prototypical of the modern RINO, Richard Nixon, the would-be reincarnation of Roosevelt. Nixon ran to the left of Kennedy in 1960. That ought to have warned voters. Nixon expanded Johnson's destructive policies. He did so at the advice of a notorious drunken pontificator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat who believed the US needed a privileged political class. If you don't believe me, ask his best friend George Will. After that, it was a rapid slide to the left with dual imbeciles Ford and Carter, who may well have been the same person, except for their difference in height. We had a brief respite from leftism with Ronald Reagan, who brought us the return of Feudalism instead, creating a new American class of Billionaires. After Reagan we were stuck with George H.W. Bush, a useless fool, but the only alternative to Michael Dukakis, a Carter clone. George H.W. Bush jumps out of an airplane every birthday, but he can't even get that right, because he always uses a parachute. After him, came the profound indecency of the Clintons. Enough said. Following them was inept, inarticulate clown, George W. Bush, who got us into dual wars we did not need, and spent us into a deficit that could only be topped by the present occupant of the White House, another indecent, imperious, disgraceful liar and his equally opprobrious wife. It was George W. Bush who opened the way for Barack Obama. Why Obama bashes him, I will never fathom. If it weren't for Bush, we might not have Obama. But Obama didn't start this mess. He isn't very smart, just slick. I took many others to lay the ground work. Obama is just the end-game of destruction for our beloved, now almost lost, America. barack obamabill clintongeorge w bushhillary clinton Previous Tyrants - They Inevitably Reap What They Sow Next Mini Z – The Next Generation of Fourth Amendment Violation Technology FJ Rocca FJ Rocca is an independent, conservative writer/blogger of fiction and non-fiction, most interested in the philosophy of American Conservatism. Clarity is more important that eloquence, but truth is vital to human discourse. 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__label__cc	0.570289	0.429711	Master Black Belt studies provide building blocks for advanced management skills Posted by Joe Kullman \| Sep 15, 2015 \| Fulton Schools Russ Elias brings experience from 30 years of teaching Lean Six Sigma and related management courses to his classes in the Master Black Belt program at Arizona State University. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU. Bill Denzer had plenty of management experience by the time he enrolled in the Six Sigma Master Black Belt program at Arizona State University in 2013. Equipped with an MBA he earned at ASU, Denzer began his management career as an electronics manufacturing supervisor for Motorola before moving on to similar positions with medical device manufacturing companies. He later ran operations for two startups in the medical imaging and fiber optic technologies fields. He was in his current job as vice president of manufacturing operations for TASER International, the major personal defense and security technology company, when he met the leaders of the Master Black Belt program run by the office of Global Outreach and Extended Education in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. They helped Denzer provide Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt management training for TASER employees. During the course of the project, Denzer decided that even with his decades of extensive business expertise he could still benefit from the higher level of Six Sigma management training. “I did some research and found that ASU had one of the top Master Black Belt programs in the world, so it was an easy choice,” he says. Denzer became one of more than 100 people to complete the program at ASU since it started in 2008. He has now helped TASER put 30 of its employees through Lean Greenbelt training and another five through ASU’s Black Belt program. All the training “has made a significant impact on the quality and reliability of our products,” Denzer says. “I would recommend the program to anyone trying to drive change in their organization.” Training to be a change agent Students in the highly interactive, hybrid-format program undergo five days of intensive classroom studies on ASU’s Tempe campus. They then have three months of open access to five graduate-level online courses to study material that can prepare them to produce the “white paper” the Master Black Belt program requires. The assignment tasks students to define and defend each of their organization’s “Operational Excellence” strategy. The white paper is a unique feature of the training, an assessment that allows students to apply what they are learning in the program while also providing their employers with a high-quality and well-vetted strategic plan. Six Sigma programs focus on teaching systematic approaches to improving a broad range of processes that apply to a variety of business operations and industries. In addition to the technical aspects of process improvement — logistics, data analysis, statistical methods, design of experiments — the Master Black Belt delves into organizational communication skills, sociology and industrial psychology, with the aim of “training people in the art of being a change agent,” says Russ Elias, a professor of practice and affiliate faculty member for ASU’s program. “You learn how to orchestrate human interactions to engage people in problem solving. We give students a tool kit for doing this and perspectives on how to use the tool kit,” Elias explains. Collaborative approach to learning The program is typically drawing 12 to 15 students per session — including a fair percentage from throughout the United States and some from elsewhere, particularly Europe and Asia. The diversity of the students is proving to be an attraction. ASU Regents’ Professor Douglas Montgomery (at far right) is the lead faculty member for the Master Black Program. He is an international leader in contemporary industrial statistics, quality engineering and operations research. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU. “You get valuable opportunities to learn with and from people from a variety of backgrounds and professions. There are engineers, business managers and consultants, and small-business owners,” says Douglas Montgomery, the lead faculty member for the Master Black Belt program and an ASU Regents’ Professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, one of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Even though the program is delivered largely online, “the students develop camaraderie and they collaborate and help each other,” Montgomery says. Students get a variety of perspectives on process management from guest lecturers, including industry leaders, corporate executives and seasoned business consultants and entrepreneurs. Students also have access to academic coaches — either ASU faculty members or industry representatives — to provide them mentorship and assistance. Teachers with industry experience But the core strength of the program is the quality and experience of the faculty, says Karl Theisen, associate director for professional and executive programs for Global Outreach and Extended Education. “You are being taught by faculty who not only understand the theory behind the material they are teaching, but understand the real-world applications of that theory, Theisen says. “They have conducted extensive research in their areas of expertise and put it into practice in their work as industry consultants.” Montgomery is widely recognized as a pioneer and international leader in contemporary industrial statistics, quality engineering and operations research. Elias, who has a doctorate degree in industrial systems engineering, worked in engineering and management for Motorola for almost two decades and has taught Six Sigma courses and related management classes for companies and at ASU for almost 30 years. Connie Borror is an ASU Foundation Professor of statistics and the interim director of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences. For more than 15 years, she has taught Six Sigma courses for in-house company training programs and has been an advisor and mentor for more than 70 Six Sigma projects for ASU extended education students. Dan Shunk, a professor of industrial engineering in the School of Computing, informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, is an expert in supply network integration and an experienced extended education teacher and management training instructor. Focus on applying what you learn “The faculty at ASU made the difference. Their understanding and appreciation for Six Sigma is evident in their instruction methodology,” says Jackie Eisele, who recently completed the Master Black Belt program. Eisele was global director of supply chain management for Nelson Global Products at the time she studied in the program. She says the program’s white paper assignment was especially valuable because “it forces students to demonstrate how they are going to move themselves and their companies forward through the investment they are making in Six Sigma training.” Eisele says she recommends the ASU training to others “because students will walk away from the experience with a better knowledge of tools and the application of them, and understanding the results” of leading a company through a change in management culture. “We learn as much from the students as they do from us,” says professor Borror. “Each new application they bring to the class can be used by the faculty to demonstrate to the next generation of Greenbelts, Black Belts and Master Black Belts how various methods work and under what situations.” Tools to reignite careers Ofelia Burns, who earned a degree in industrial systems engineering, had more than a decade of experience in manufacturing and process engineering when she was laid off during the recent economic recession. Burns got into a City of Phoenix program to help unemployed skilled professionals re-enter the workforce. That helped her obtain a federal scholarship to enroll in a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification training session that ASU customized for the city program. The program required an internship, and Burns found one working for a pipe manufacturing plant. Her performance led the plant manager to later hire her for a temporary assignment as a consultant. The four-week Lean Black Belt certification program is tailored to engineers and managers who oversee tactical and strategic business projects, but Burns felt she needed more advanced training if she was to reignite her career. She enrolled in the Master Black Belt program “because I knew it would give me an even stronger edge in the workplace,” she says. “The skills you gain make you more competitive and well prepared to help businesses solve their problems.” She found the project management and risk management material taught by Daniel McCarville to be especially valuable. Those particular skills are now in demand for almost any upper management job, she said. McCarville is a professor of practice who brings 27 years of industry experience to the Master Black Belt programs and chair of the engineering management program. Before coming to ASU, he led teams through the development and implementations of large-scale quality systems and complex manufacturing processes. Burns’ temporary consulting assignment for the pipe manufacturing operation turned into a three-year stint, during which time she established herself as a self-employed consultant. “I would not have had the confidence to become an independent business consultant without the Black Belt certifications and the support from ASU,” she says. Burns recently joined a major company in the aerospace industry, UTC Aerospace Systems. She is now the company’s lead for its Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Lean program. Building framework for progress Mark Bowser, a corporate and commercial banking leader, is a student in the current Master Black Belt session. He turned to ASU’s program after his company ended its in-house Six Sigma training. In his job, Bowser manages global client surveys, quality monitoring and related analytics. “I found the week of classroom training excellent in terms of covering the spectrum of topics a Master Black Belt should know, and we’re getting examples of practical applications from experienced instructors and student peers,” he says. The week of classroom instruction “is just the beginning,” he adds. “We have access to several full-semester, graduate-level classes we can use to polish specific skills, and we’re challenged to write a paper on how we will apply the skills in our businesses.” Bowser says the program “is providing me a framework for sharing new ideas and exploring more meaningful application of Six Sigma with executives at my company.” Over the years the Master Black Belt faculty has been seeing a growing number students like Burns and Bowser, who credit the program for helping them add to their professional achievements. “We hear from students who say that the training has helped them move up in their companies or gave them the ability to get better jobs with their new skills,” Borror says. “We hear how they have been able to help improve processes, reduce waste and contribute to their companies’ overall missions.” Sometimes former students seek guidance from professors on how to solve problems or manage work projects. “That shows the trust they have in us and how they value what we provided them,” Borror adds. “That is the ultimate reward for professors teaching Master Black Belt courses.” Read more about the Master Black Belt program at ASU or contact Karl Theisin at karl.theisen@asu.edu. 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__label__cc	0.641718	0.358282	Meizu Pro 7 Leaked With 8GB RAM, Mediatek Helio X30 Abhinav Singh Meizu has been quiet for a while in India, but it has been launching a handful of devices in its homeland, China. According to a report published by a Chinese website, Meizu is planning to launch the successor of its previous generation flagship Meizu Pro 6 called Meizu Pro 7. Also, the report hinted about some specifications of the phone like display, processor, and RAM. Meizu Pro 7 Specifications Keeping the trend, Meizu may upgrade the processor from MediaTek Helio X25 to Helio X30. The new Helio X30 is the first processor from MediTek to be built using 10nm FinFet technology and also the first processor to use ARM Cortex-A73 cores. So it is safe to expect great performance coupled with good battery life on this upcoming phone. In terms of display, Meizu may take huge stride by jumping from Full HD display on Meizu Pro 6 to 4k display on Meizu Pro 7. It may allegedly feature a 5.7-inch 4K display, which will put the phone in the elite list to offer 4K display on a smartphone. In the camera segment, it may house a 12MP Sony IMX362 camera sensor with large 1.4-micron size pixels, i.e., 56% larger pixels compared to previous generation sensors with 1.12-micron pixels. Meizu might have thought 6GB RAM is mainstream, so it has decided to incorporate massive 8GB RAM on Meizu Pro 7. At this juncture, we have no idea on how 8GB RAM will be utilized on this phone. Meizu Pro 7 may also retain some fancy features like 10 LED flash, 3D touch from its predecessor. The device is expected to come in three variants. The base variant is tipped to come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, and is estimated to cost CNY 3299 (approx. Rs. 32,500). Another variant is supposedly going to offer 6GB of RAM with 128GB storage, for CNY 3599 (approx. RS. 35,500). The top variant may offer 8GB of RAM, along with 128GB storage at CNY 3799 (approx. Rs. 37,500). Recommended: Moto G5 Specifications Leaked, 13MP Camera On The Cards Overall, if the report turns out to be true, this phone will be a great bet for the money. We are disappointed by the fact that Meizu Pro 6 didn’t make it to the Indian market, however, let us hope Meizu to launch its upcoming flagship in India. Abhinav Singh, a software engineer who is very much interested in social engineering. He is responsible to manage all the social media profiles of Gadgets To Use. He also has a hobby of tracking new apps and gadgets and to share them with our readers as well.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754612
__label__cc	0.714692	0.285308	The Great Gatsby – Sadler’s Wells How do you tell a story without words? I love things to do with the 1920s, but I’ve never yet managed to read The Great Gatsby or see the films. I also love dance, but I’m so accustomed to spoken plays that I’ve often wondered how easily you can convey a storyline with no words at all. My understanding of the English National Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet to the famous Prokofiev score (which includes the music from The Apprentice for the uninitiated) was probably more down to knowledge of the plot. So I decided to conduct an experiment and see the first half of this ballet without reading the synopsis or character list – just watch. Thankfully, Northern Ballet are very good storytellers: When I read my programme at the interval, I was quite pleased to have picked up about 70-80% of what was going on, and was able to piece together the rest from the synopsis (of course it would’ve been far easier if I’d read the programme first). Jay Gatsby throws legendary parties at his New York mansion, but the only thing he’s ever wanted is Daisy, the girl he met before he became an officer in the First World War. Daisy is in a loveless marriage with Tom Buchanan, who is having an affair with another man’s wife. When Daisy’s cousin Nick moves into the cottage next door to Gatsby, old feelings come to the fore. If there’s one thing ballet does well, it’s representations of imagination and memory. There is a great use of symmetry and repetition as we see Jay Gatsby (Giuliano Contadini) and his younger self (Matthew Koon) dance various phrases simultaneously throughout the show. Equally we see this in Daisy (Antoinette Brooks-Daw) and her younger self (Rachael Gillespie). There is a lightness and hopefulness in the younger versions, contrasted with palpable sense of loss in the same movements by Brooks-Daw and Contadini. The body language between Daisy and Tom (Ashley Dixon) is very telling of their failing relationship and his mean, scowling posessiveness. Lucia Solari is effervescent as Daisy’s coquettish golfing friend Jordan Baker, and Joseph Taylor brings a little bit of physical comedy to his role as garage owner George Wilson. Even when you’re not following the storyline, you can sit back and enjoy the spectacle of the multi-roling ensemble cast. The large party scenes ooze glamour and decadence. They dance the Charleston with wild abandon (those iconic moves are no mean feat in pointe shoes) – it’s the sort of joyful choreography that has you grinning like an idiot and wishing you were up on stage dancing with them. All of this is completed by a stunning minimalist set of moving panels and a few deco-inspired pieces that descend from above. The evocative lighting compliments each scene pefectly, hiding shadowy figures in the darkness until the right moment, making apartments seem cosy and accentuating the huge space, adding and ethereal touch to the memory episodes, particularly when Gatsby and friends stare out across the bay at a flashing green light on the far shore. If you’re looking for an alternative place to start with ballet (rather than Swan Lake) this is a gloriously easy-to-follow production filled with stunning choreography, beautiful costumes and a toe-tapping jazz-era score. Can I see it again, please? Perhaps this time having read the book (or even just the synopsis). The Great Gatsby is on until Saturday 28th March at Sadler’s Wells, Roseberry Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN. For tickets and more information, go to http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2015/northern-ballet/ This entry was posted in Review and tagged 1920s, ballet, Dance, great gatsby, london, northern ballet, Sadler's Wells, theatre on March 27, 2015 by gailebishop. West Side Story (Sadler’s Wells) When I think of West Side Story, this is the first image that comes into my head; the iconic choreography of Jerome Robbins which blazed a new trail in musical theatre back in the 1950s. It transposes the well known Shakespearean tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to the poverty-stricken backstreets of New York and the tit-for-tat gang warfare between the Jets and the Sharks. There has been a bit of confusion over this production; Sadler’s Wells is a dance theatre first and foremost, so several friends (including the friend I saw it with) had assumed that this was a ballet version. I can confirm that it is indeed the actual musical, complete with singing, dancing and acting, requiring every ounce of talent from its ‘triple threat’ ensemble cast. West Side Story is a timeless tale of love across the divide, of bitter rivalry and hatred. But you very much have to accept this as a musical and block out the news stories of spats over gang territory and disrespect which seem, more often than not, to be fought with knives and guns rather than bare knuckles. The dancing is clean, precise and effortless – but in being so perfect, it loses a little of that raw, visceral intimidation that you might find out on the mean streets today. But it is still a breathtaking feat of timing and beauty and what can be achieved by the human body and by several human bodies in exquisite synchronicity. The roles of starcrossed lovers Tony and Maria are very demanding, so it comes as no surprise that there are two actors/actresses performing on rotation – tonight I had the privilege of seeing Anthony Festa and Elena Sancho-Pereg. For Sancho-Pereg, the sublime operatic heights of Tonight, I Feel Pretty and Somewhere are delivered with blissful ease and you watch her grow from a naive young girl, through delirious infatuation to a broken woman howling in the street. Festa makes for a very gentle, warm Tony, perfectly complementing his Maria, without ever upstaging her. This is a well-worn story with an inevitable tragic ending, which still succeeded in breaking my heart. But the person who stood out most for me was Penelope Armstead-Williams who plays Anita. Fiery, seductive and volatile, she leads her ensemble cast through a stunning rendition of America with boundless energy. But the murder of her beloved Bernardo brings out her bitterness in A Boy Like That and when she is assaulted by the Jets, she is consumed with spite and baying for blood in retribution – a very moving performance. West Side Story is on at Sadler’s Wells, Rosebury Avenue, London, WC1R 4TN until 22nd September 2013 before going on tour around the UK until June 2014. Tickets available from here: http://westsidestorytheshow.co.uk/ This entry was posted in Theatre and tagged Dance, london, musical, new york, Sadler's Wells, theatre, West Side Story on September 4, 2013 by gailebishop.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754613
__label__cc	0.735909	0.264091	global expat pension optimization Expat in Holland Expat in Other Countries UK Expat Pensions India Expat Pensions USA Expat Pensions Australia Expat Pensions Europe Expat Pensions South-Africa Expat Pensions International Organization Expat Pensions Global: Pillars/Systems/Investments Global: Transfer of Value Global: Tax Global: Social Security Coverage Global: Expat Employment Law Global INvestments & Risks Global: Estate Planning Global: Financial & Wealth Planning Offshore Expat Pensions Swiss Expat Pensions Why EPH? 7 phases London Meetings HEATHROW CONSULTATIONS 11/12 SEPTEMBER ONE FOCUS: HIGH QUALITY SPECIALIZED IN COMPLEX CASES BOUTIQUE FIRM CARE/SERVICE/RATES HIGHEST MARKET SEGMENT LONG TERM CLIENT RELATIONSHIP regarding assignments and projects given to: S&S Pension Consultancy established in Nederhorst den Berg A . IN GENERAL The now mentioned terms are used in these general terms and conditions: 1. Principal: the natural person/legal entity which gave the Contractor instructions to execute the project or assignment 2. Contractor: S&S Pension Consultancy the firm that concludes the Agreement and uses these general terms and conditions. All agreements are established with the Contractor and are exclusively fulfilled by the Contractor, to the exclusion of Sections 7:404 and 7:407 (2) of the Dutch Civil Code. This also applies if it is the Principal’s explicit or implicit intention that the Work is to be performed by a specific individual or specific individuals. 3. Work: all the work for which the Contractor has received instructions or which the Contractor performs on another account. This applies in the broadest sense of the word and in any event includes the work as specified in the confirmation of the instructions. 4. 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These general terms and conditions apply to all the quotations/offers/instructions/legal relationships/agreements under whatever name, in which the Contractor undertakes/will undertake to perform Work for the Principal, as well as to all Work resulting from the same for the Contractor. 2.Departures from and additions to these general terms and conditions are only valid if they were explicitly agreed upon and in writing, for example in an agreement/confirmation of the instructions. 3.In case these general terms and conditions and the confirmation of the instructions conflict, the conditions included in the confirmation of the instructions will apply. 4. The Contractor explicitly rejects any applicability what so ever of the Principal’s general terms and conditions. 5. The underlying Instructions/ Agreement -together with these general terms and conditions- fully represent the agreements between the Principal and the Contractor regarding the Work for which the Agreement is concluded. It totally replaces all the prior agreements made between the parties or proposals made in that respect. C. COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT 1. Every Agreement is only established and commences at the time the confirmation of the instructions signed by the Principal has been returned to and signed by the Contractor. The confirmation is based on the information which the Principal supplied to the Contractor at the time of the confirmation. The confirmation is deemed to fully and corectly represent the Agreement. 2. Each party is free to prove the establishment of the Agreement by other means. 3. Each Agreement is entered into for an indefinite period of time, unless the nature/contents/ purpose of the instructions given show that the Agreement was entered into for a fixed period of time. D. INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL 1. 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The Contractor has the right to have a person or third party to be assigned by the Contractor perform specific Work without any (explicit) notification to and consent from the Principal if the Contractor thinks this is advisable. 4. The Contractor will fulfill the Agreement in agreement with the rules of conduct and the professional rules that apply to him, which are part of the Agreement, and in agreement with the statutory requirements. If requested, a copy of these rules will be sent to the Principal. The Principal will at all time respect the Contractor’s obligations and the obligations for parties working at or for the Contractor, respectively, that arise from these rules and from the law. 5. In case Work is executed for the profession or business of the Principal during the duration of the Agreement which is not covered by the Work to which the Agreement relates, this Work will be deemed to have been performed based on separate Agreements. 6. Any term specified in the Agreement for executing the Work will be only estimated terms and not deadlines. Therefore if a term is exceeded this does not create a culpable failure on the part of the Contractor; therefore this is not a reason for dissolving the Agreement. Terms set for completing the Work can only be considered as deadlines if the Principal and the Contractor have explicitly agreed on this in writing. 7. Unless stated otherwise in writing, the execution of the Agreement is not aimed at detecting fraud. If the work results in indications of fraud, the Contractor will however report this to the Principal at once. In doing so, the Contractor is required to observe applicable law as well as the regulations and guidelines as issued by applicable professional organisations. F. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 1. During the fulfillment of the Assignment, the Contractor and Principal at the request of the Principal can communicate electronically. 2. The Principal and Contractor are not liable in respect of each other for any damage that might arise on the part of one or each of them because of the use of electronic means of communication, including (but not limited to) damage arising from non-delivery or delay in delivery of electronic communications, interception or manipulation of electronic communications by third parties or by software/equipment used for sending, receiving or processing electronic communications, the transmitting of viruses and the failure or improper function of the telecommunications network or other means required for electronic communications, except insofar as the damage is the consequence of intent or gross negligence. 3. The Principal and Contractor will do all they may reasonably be expected to do or omit to prevent the occurrence of the these risks. As for example each have a functional and up to date anti virus sytem. 4. Data extracts from the computer systems of the sender generates credible evidence that (the contents of) the electronic communications sent by the sender, until the recipient has provided evidence indicating otherwise. G. CONFIDENTIALITY AND EXCLUSIVITY 1. The Contractor is obliged to provide confidentiality towards third parties who are not involved in the execution of the Agreement. This regards all confidential information which the Principal has made available to the Contractor and the results obtained by processing this information. This confidentiality is not valid to the extent that statutory/professional rules, including but not limited to the notification duty resulting from the Dutch Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and other (inter)national rules with a similar purpose, impose a duty of disclosure on the Contractor, or in as far as the Principal has released the Contractor from the confidentiality obligation. This stipulation does explicitely not prevent confidential consultations between colleagues within the Contractor’s company to the extent that the Contractor deems this necessary for careful execution of the Agreement or the due observance of statutory/professional rules. 2. The Contractor may use figures obtained after processing for statistical or comparative purposes, provided they can not be traced back to individual Principals. 3. The Contractor is forbidden to use the information which the Principal makes available to the Contractor for any purpose other than the purpose for which the information was obtained, except as stated in paragraph 2, and in the event that the Contractor is acting on his own behalf in disciplinary, civil, administrative or criminal proceedings in which these documents may be relevant. In the event that the Contractor is accused of (complicity in) an offence or felony, the Contractor is authorised to disclose Documents from the Principal to the Tax Inspector or to the judge, if disclosure is required in the scope of conducting a defence by the Contractor. 4. Except with the Contractor’s explicit prior written consent, the Principal is not authorised to disclose the contents of recommendations, opinions or other (written) statements from the Contractor or to make these contents available to third parties in any other way, except to the extent that this results directly from the Agreement, is done to obtain an expert opinion regarding the Contractor’s Work in question, the Principal is under a statutory or professional duty of disclosure, or the Principal acts on his own behalf in disciplinary, civil or criminal proceedings. H. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1. The Contractor reserves all rights regarding products of the mind which he uses/used during the execution of the Agreement with the Principal, to the extent that legal rights to those products might exist or are established. 2. The Principal is explicitly forbidden to provide those products, including but not limited to computer programs, system designs, work methods, advice, (model) contracts and other products of the mind, all this in the broadest sense of the word -whether or not by using third parties- to third parties, or to reproduce, publish or exploit those products. 3. The Principal is forbidden to provide (resources of) those products to third parties other than for the purpose of obtaining an expert opinion regarding the Contractor’s Work. In that event, the Principal will impose his obligations under this article upon the third parties he calls in. I. FORCE MAJEURE 1. If the Contractor is unable to fulfill his obligations under the Agreement or is unable to fulfill these obligations in time or properly as a result of a cause that cannot be attributed to him, including but not limited to employee sickness, breakdowns in the computer network and other interruptions of the normal conduct of business within his enterprise, these obligations will (only) be suspended until the time the Contractor can still fulfill these obligations in the agreed manner. 2. In such an event, the Principal may cancel all or part of the Agreement in writing, without this giving rise to any right to damages. J. FEE 1.The Contractor is authorised to suspend execution of his Work before the start of the Work and in the interim until the Principal pays an advance for the work to be executed, to be reasonably fixed by the Contractor or has provided security therefore. Initially, an advance paid by the Principal will be set off against the final invoice. 2. The Contractor’s fee does not depend on the outcome of the Work performed. 3. The Contractor’s fee may include a pre-determined amount per Agreement and/or may be calculated based on rates per time unit worked by the Contractor and is payable as and when the Contractor has executed Work for the Principal. 4. When an amount fixed per Agreement is agreed upon, the Contractor is authorised to charge a rate per time unit worked on top of this, if and to the extent that the scope of the Work exceeds the scope of the Work provided for in the Agreement, in which case the Principal also has to pay this additional amount. 5. When wages and/or prices change after the establishment of the Agreement but before the instructions have been fully carried out, the Contractor is authorised to adjust the rate agreed on accordingly, unless the Principal and the Contractor have made other agreements in this regard. 6. The Contractor’s fee, if necessary plus disbursements and invoices from third parties called in, including the value added tax due, if any, will be charged to the Principal on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis or after completion of the Work. K. PAYMENT 1.The Principal is obliged to pay the invoice amount within the terms agreed upon, but in no event later than 14 days after the invoice date, in Euros, at the office of the Contractor or by means of payments into a bank account to be designated by the Contractor and in as far as the payment regards work, the Principal has no right to a discount or setoff. 2. If the Principal does not pay within the term as mentioned in the previous paragraph or within the term as further agreed upon, the Principal will be legally in default and the Contractor is authorised to charge the statutory (commercial) interest from the due date until the day of payment in full, without any further summons or notices of default being required, all this without prejudice to the Contractor’s further rights. 3. All costs arising as a result of collection of the claim in or out of court will be solely borne by the Principal, including to the extent that these costs exceed the court order to pay the costs of the proceedings. The extrajudicial costs are at least 15% of the amount to be claimed, with a minimum of € 250,00. 4. If the Contractor believes that the Principal’s financial position or payment record gives rise to this, the Contractor is entitled to demand that the Principal furnish (additional) security in a form to be specified by the Contractor. If the Principal fails to furnish the requested security, the Contractor is entitled -without prejudice to any other rights he may have- to immediately suspend the further fulfillment of the Agreement and everything that the Principal owes the Contractor on any account whatsoever will be due and payable at once. 5. . If instructions are issued jointly, the Principals are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the invoice amount to the extent that the Work has been performed for the collective Principals. L. COMPLAINTS 1. Complaints about the work performed and/or the invoice amount have to be notified to the Contractor within 30 days in writing after the documents or information about which the Principal complains have been sent or within 30 days after the defect is discovered, if the Principal demonstrates that he reasonably was unable to discover the defect earlier. 2. Complaints as referred to in the previous paragraph do not suspend the Principal’s payment obligation, except to the extent that the Contractor indicates that he believes the complaint is valid. 3. In case of a valid complaint, the Contractor can either adjust the fee charged, rectify or redo the rejected Work at no cost or no longer (or not) perform all or part of the instructions in exchange for restitution in proportion to the fee which the Principal already paid. 4. If the complaint is filed too late, all rights of the Principal in connection with the complaint become null and void. 5. Contractor is registered as member of KIFID under number 300.016014. M. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION 1. The Contractor is only liable to the Principal for damage which directly results from a (related series of) culpable failure(s) in executing the Agreement. This liability is limited to the amount paid for the event in question according to the Contractor’s liability insurer, plus the excess to be paid by the Contractor under the insurance policy, if any. If the liability insurer does not pay for any reason whatsoever, the Contractor’s liability is limited to the amount of the fee charged for fulfilling the Agreement. If the Agreement is a continuing performance contract with a term of more than one year, the amount mentioned above will be set at three times the amount of the fee charged to the Principal in the twelve months preceding the occurrence of the damage. Never will the total compensation of the damage by virtue of this article amount to more than € 225.000,00 per event, in which a series of related events is deemed to be a single event, unless -in view of the scope of the instructions or the risks related to the instructions- the parties at the time the Agreement is entered into feel that there is reason to deviate from this maximum. 2. The Contractor is not liable for: A) damage occurring at the Principal or third parties which is the result of the provision of incorrect or incomplete information by the Principal to the Contractor or which is the result of some other act or omission on the part of the Principal; B) damage occurring at the Principal or third parties which is the result of acts or omissions on the part of agents called in by the Contractor (not including employees of the Contractor), also if these work for an organisation which is affiliated with the Contractor; C) consequential damage or loss of profits occurring at the Principal or third party, including but not limited to interruptions in the orderly conduct of events in the Principal’s business. 3. . The Contractor is always entitled to remedy or limit the Principal’s damage by rectifying or correcting the defective product if and to the extent possible. 4. The Contractor is not liable for any damage to or the loss of documents during transport or dispatch, regardless of whether the transport or dispatch takes place by or on behalf of the Principal, the Contractor or third parties. During the fulfilment of the Instructions, the Principal and the Contractor may communicate by electronic means at the Principal’s request. The Principal and the Contractor are not liable towards each other for damage possibly occurring for either of them as a result of the use of electronic means of communication, including -but not limited to- damage resulting from failures or delays in the delivery of electronic communication by third parties or by software/equipment used to send, receive or process electronic communications, the transmission of viruses and the failure of the telecommunication network or other means required for electronic communication to function (properly), except to the extent that the damage is the result of wilful misconduct or gross negligence. Both the Principal and the Contractor will do everything they reasonably may be expected to do or refrain from doing to prevent the risks mentioned above from occurring. The data extracts from the sender’s computer systems serve as conclusive proof of (the contents of) the electronic communication sent by the sender until the recipient has furnished proof to the contrary. 5. The Principal indemnifies the Contractor against all claims from third parties, including shareholders, directors, supervisory directors and employees of the Principal, as well as affiliated legal entities and enterprises and others involved in the Principal’s organisation and (in)directly related to the execution of the Agreement. The Principal specifically indemnifies the Contractor against claims from third parties on account of damaged caused because the Principal provided incorrect or incomplete information to the Contractor, unless the Principal demonstrates that the damage is not related to any culpable act or omission on his part, or has been caused by wilful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Contractor. 6. The Principal indemnifies the Contractor against all possible claims from third parties in the event that the Contractor is forced by law and/or his professional rules to return the instructions and/or is forced to render his assistance to government agencies which are entitled to receive information -both when asked and at their own initiative- which the Contractor received from the Principal or third parties in the course of fulfilling the instructions. 7. A claim for compensation for loss must have been submitted to the Contractor within twelve months at the latest after the Principal has discovered the loss, or could reasonably have been aware of the loss; the right to compensation shall lapse in the absence of such a claim. N. EXPIRY PERIOD Unless otherwise expressed in this document, rights of action and other powers of the Principal on any account whatsoever towards the Contractor in connection with the performance of Work by the Contractor will in any case become null and void one year after the time at which the Principal learned or reasonably could have learned of the existence of these rights and powers. This term does not regard the possibility to file a complaint with the appropriate body (bodies) for complaint handling. O. CANCELLATION 1. The Principal and the Contractor can end the Agreement at any time with immediate effect by giving notice. In the event that the Agreement ends before the instructions are completed, the stipulations of J.2 apply. 2. The other party has be informed of the cancellation by a registered letter. 3. . If and to the extent that the Contractor terminates the Agreement by giving notice, he has to inform the Principal of his reasons for the cancellation and do everything the circumstances demand in the interest of the Principal. P. RIGHT OF SUSPENSION The Contractor is authorised to suspend execution of all his obligations, including the surrender of documents or other matters to the Principal or third parties, until all payable claims against the Principal are paid in full. The Contractor may only refuse to surrender Documents after making a careful consideration of interests. Q. PERSONNEL The Principal shall not hire any Employees involved in the execution of the Work, or hire any Employees to enter into the service of the Principal, either or not temporarily, (in)directly, for the benefit of the Principal, either or not on the basis of an employment contract, to carry out activities during the term of the Agreement or any extension thereof and during 24 months after that. R. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION CLAUSE 1. All Agreements between the Principal and the Contractor to which these general terms and conditions apply are governed by Dutch law. 2. All disputes in connection with Agreements between the Principal and the Contractor to which these general terms and conditions apply will be settled by the competent court in the district where the Contractor is domiciled. 3. Contrary to the stipulation in the previous paragraph, the Principal and the Contractor may opt for another dispute resolution manner. S. REPAIR CLAUSE IN CASE OF NULLITY 1. In case any provision from these general terms and conditions or from the underlying Assignment/ Agreement should be partially/wholly null and void and/or invalid and/or unenforceable, due to any statutory regulation, court decision or otherwise, then this shall not have any consequences for the validity of all other provisions in these general terms and conditions or the underlying Assignment/Agreement. 2.. In case any provision from these general terms and conditions or from the underlying Assignment/ Agreement should be null and void for a reason mentioned in the previous paragraph, but would be valid if it had a more limited scope or purport, then this provision shall -first- automatically apply with the most far-reaching or widest limited scope that would render it valid. 3. Notwithstanding the contents of paragraph 2, parties may -if desired- enter into consultation in order to agree on new provisions to replace the null and void and/or nullified provisions. Such new provisions shall be based to a maximum degree on the purpose and content of the null and void and/or nullified provisions. T. TRANSLATION This translation is included for your information only. The Dutch language version is applicable and shall prevail in the event of any indistinctness, incompleteness or conflict in the translation. 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__label__wiki	0.877497	0.877497	New Jersey is now a true solar power In just a few short years, the Garden State has become the Sunshine State BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As Congress wrestles with national energy policies and gubernatorial candidates tout their plans here, New Jersey officials say the state deserves credit as a leader in promoting solar power. In just a few years of coordinated efforts, New Jersey has gone from a non-factor to number two among the states in solar installations connected to the power grid. While far behind California, New Jersey currently generates about twice as many solar kilowatt hours as number three Colorado. While applauding the gains, many in the industry also say the state, like the nation, has fallen well short of performance goals. New Jersey rose to the top of solar charts in a period when there was little competition from other states. Now, as the federal government begins to pay attention to renewable energy, New Jersey is in the midst of a challenging transition away from an easy to understand program, which gave rebates to install solar power cells. The new program shifts the focus away from consumers to utility companies and investors by creating a marketplace for renewable energy credits. The concept has its supporters, though many are more hopeful than confident. Still, at a time when solar businesses believe the technology is on the verge of a belated boom in the United States, recent New Jersey statistics wowed some attendees at a recent industry conference in Philadelphia. “Making this even more remarkable is that in 2001 New Jersey had only six” solar cell installations connected to the power grid, compared to more than 4,000 today, wrote Bob Haavind of Photovoltaics World. His report can be viewed here. During the session, the state’s top regulator, Board of Public Utilities President Jeanne Fox, proclaimed that when it comes to government policy, New Jersey is “the best place to do solar in the country.” Around the country, many in solar trade groups and businesses credit New Jersey for showing what a small, partly cloudy state can do to grab its place in the sun. “Obviously what they have been doing has worked,” said Monique Hanis, director of communications for the Solar Energy Industries Association in Washington, D.C. “What makes New Jersey stand out is the specific language in the state’s energy master plan, calling for the generation of 2.1 percent of its electricity to be coming from solar in 2021,” said Neal Lurie, director of marketing and communications for the American Solar Energy Society of Boulder, Colo. Closer to home, though, reactions are more muted. The rebate program “came out of advocacy” by solar power proponents, “it was not a BPU idea,” said Delores Phillips, the society’s Mid-Atlantic executive director. Even with improving technology and rising costs for fossil fuels, the cost of solar power remains higher than those dirtier energy sources. Solar advocates maintain other forms of energy benefit directly and indirectly from government subsidies, such as state funds to decommission nuclear facilities, or cleanups of coal ash landfills. New Jersey’s small spurt of solar power materialized during a BPU rebate program that turned out to be too popular for the board’s limited financial commitment. The initial surge in applications eventually bogged down as the release of funds slowed. So the board decided on an innovative approach, creating financial instruments, solar renewable energy credits, or SRECs. The idea is that investors buy credits from solar producers, each pegged to 1 megawatt of power. The investors help producers expand, while reaping benefits from energy sales to utilities. “We’re all looking to see how it’s going to make out,” Hanis said. Compared to the rebates, grants or tax credits offered elsewhere, New Jersey’s approach is more ambitious but “still a little bit vague for some people,” she said. “It’s not really tried and tested,” Phillips said, adding it requires two inter-related factors to success. To be attractive to investors, SRECs need to be based on reliable values, meaning utilities must contract for long-term power purchases, she said. To serve those utilities, the investments must finance enough power to meet their requirements for more clean power, she said. Judged on that basis, “New Jersey’s program is good, but only half as good as they said it was going to be,” said Edward O’Brien, a partner in McConnell Energy Solutions of Wilmington, De. Last year, instead of a projected 90 megawatts of solar power, the state was at 45, the result of continuing uncertainty over credit values, he said. The theory is simple, O’Brien said. While not completely supplanting the mom-and-pop approach to solar panels, securitizing the solar marketplace should put it on the same funding as other major energy sources. “Why are you out putting solar panels up on your house, which is hard to do, instead of buying five kilowatts worth of solar power from some producer?” O’Brien said. In practice, though, the SREC system “has not been fully thought out,” he said. Added to the current recession, investors are cautious because of America’s patchwork of energy policies and regulations, which vary from state to state, O’Brien said. States have not helped by altering programs, he said. “Every state is different, and every state has a bait-and-switch,” O’Brien said. Still, he is optimistic that New Jersey will regain its momentum, and others in the field view the problems as a hiccough in the growth of solar power. In the short-run, “there could be a shake-out” during the transition from rebates, said Rick Brooke of Jersey Solar in Hopewell. But 25 years in the business and a number of false dawns, this opportunity looks golden. As long as the state SREC market allows small systems to participate, people who installed solar panels on the roofs of their homes or businesses still have a chance to participate, Brooke said. Moreover, people in the industry are expecting good things from the energy bill making its way through Congress. Nearby states have launched incentive programs, whether inspired by New Jersey or California, which has roughly two-thirds of the nation’s grid-connected solar systems, Brooke said. “It’s a good time to be in the business,” he said. “The state is committed to it, they have goals. People are moving ahead with it. Before, the interest came and went, but now it’s here.” Rebates and SRECs are not the only way to support the growth of solar power. This month, Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie each highlighted their support for renewable energy. Democrat Corzine was able to announce the availability $20 million in federal grants for projects at public institutions in the state. Christie promised to create a new agency to promote clean energy technology and jobs, and would remove those functions from the BPU. The Republican’s approach seemingly echoes Phillips’ complaints about the board’s “antiquated” procedures and primary purpose to regulate rates. But she said members of her association “were very underwhelmed by Chris Christie’s plan,” because it looks at the big picture and avoids the nitty-gritty. While the Corzine Administration has set laudable goals for increasing clean energy, Phillips said most of the growth in solar power can be traced to his predecessor, former Gov. Jim McGreevey. There’s been “some stagnation” in state efforts since then, she said. “Everybody likes to talk about clean energy job creation, but nobody explains how they’re going to do it,” she said. Whether the New Jersey approach catches on remains uncertain. Around the nation, some communities are coming up with their own answers. Many solar advocates are looking beyond America to more successful programs abroad. For more information on state incentives for renewable energy, visit njcleanenergy.com. NJ has made great strides to join the alternative energy evolution. Not to say it is perfect, but for the first time people can see an acceleraed return on their investment that makes sense. Rebates for systems under 5okw and the REC program has allowed funding to help underwrite these investments. Add the Federal incentives of a 30% tax credit and accelerated depreciation and the market is positioned to take off. Would you like to know more? Contact us 856-857-1230 or email george@hbsadvantage.com. We can provide an overview of your return on investment and help to develop the opportunity and make it become a reality. Filed in alternative energy, Alternative Energy Financing, Alternative Energy Solutions, DE Alternative Energy Financing, DE Solar, DE solar Financing, Green Financing, NJ Alternative Energy Financing, NJ energy star contractors, NJ Energy Star program, NJ Solar, NJ Solar Financing, NJ Solar Funding, NJ SREC Financing, NJ Wind Financing, NJ Wind Power, PA Alternative Energy Financing, PA Solar, PA Solar Financing, solar, Solar Development, Solar Financing, Solar in NJ ·Tags: alternative energy, economy, energy, energy alternatives, energy independence, NJ Alternative Energy, NJ REC market, NJ Solar, NJ Solar Funding, NJ Solar Incentives, NJ Solar Market, NJ Solar opportunities, PA Alternative Energy, PA alternative energy options, PA Solar, PA Solar Incentives, Pa Solar Market, PA Solar Opportunities CoStar Convenes Experts to Discuss Opportunities, Challenges of Green Building By Andrew C. BurrJune 17, 2009 Panel Examines Greening the Built Sector CoStar’s green building panelists, from left: Marc Heisterkamp of USGBC; Laurie McMahon of Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers; Steve Teitelbaum of Jones Day; and Thomas Olson of Environmental Defense Fund. If the energy consumption of commercial buildings was likened to the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, it would look something like this: one quarter of Americans currently work in buildings that are the equivalent of a Toyota Prius or other type of fuel-efficient hybrid while the remaining three-quarters work in buildings comparable to gas-guzzling Hummers, Winnebagos and Mack tractor trailers. But while it’s fairly obvious which vehicles are more efficient and environmentally friendly, it’s very difficult to tell from observation which buildings are designed and are being operated in the most environmentally efficient and responsible way. That is one of the challenges currently facing tenants and landlords who favor green workplaces and stores, according to a CoStar Group-sponsored roundtable discussion on green buildings that convened Wednesday. Hosted by CoStar Group President and CEO Andrew C. Florance, the panel included Marc Heisterkamp, director of commercial real estate at the U.S. Green Building Council; Laurie McMahon, managing director and principal of Washington-based Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers; Thomas Olson, a consulting attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund’s National Climate Campaign; and Steve Teitelbaum, principal of the law firm Jones Day. The issue of tenants, real estate brokers and landlords all having access to more transparent and readily available information to enable them to make better informed decisions remains one of the biggest challenges facing the industry today, noted the panelists. At the same time, they credited the growing awareness of sustainability and energy efficiency issues associated with commercial property largely to the success of the U.S. Government’s Energy Star label for energy efficiency and USGBC’s LEED green building certification. Before LEED, which was created about a decade ago, sustainable building design and operation lacked a “common framework” for the industry to coalesce around, Heisterkamp said. Today, the LEED program touches more than 5.6 billion square feet of commercial space and has transformed the once-boutique USGBC into an industry giant. According to McMahon, LEED has become “the glossary on how to be green” for many building stakeholders. Energy Star, which has enjoyed a similar swell in popularity, has been used to benchmark the energy usage of about 12 billion square feet of real estate, which includes roughly 40% of all U.S. office buildings, according to recent data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Buildings with either label have been tied to financial benefits for owners, health and productivity gains for tenants, and lower building operations and maintenance costs. Several academic studies, including one by CoStar, have published compelling evidence that sustainable and energy-efficient buildings command higher sales prices, rental rates and occupancy than their non-green peer buildings. Even during the recession, CoStar Group data shows that occupancy levels in LEED buildings continue to climb, while occupancy in comparable non-LEED buildings has eroded. “LEED buildings are dramatically outperforming the non-LEED buildings,” Florance said. According to Teitelbaum, the benefits for those who occupy green buildings go far beyond lower operating expenses. Employers are increasingly correlating their sustainable offices with increased work productivity, lower absenteeism and higher employee retention — significant advantages for businesses of all shapes and sizes. “We focus a lot, because we’re real estate people, on the operating expenses. It’s an easy one,” he said. “But the benefits go beyond just operating expenses. There are studies that show in many cases, you get productivity benefits out of green buildings that far outweigh any expenses.” Forces from outside the industry are also driving real estate sustainability. Policymakers are moving briskly to enact sustainability and energy efficiency mandates for commercial structures, which can account for up to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions in large cities. In April, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a sweeping package of energy efficiency mandates that would require commercial building owners to audit and disclose the energy use of their buildings, and in some cases, demonstrate energy efficiency improvements. Mandates for sustainable development are common now in many cities, and in Washington, DC, and the state of California, energy disclosure laws for privately owned buildings are also on the books. Those provisions, coupled with a national building energy label that is proposed at the federal level, would help the building industry become more energy-transparent Florance said. “You know if your neighbor drives a Hummer to work every day. You don’t know if they work in a “Hummer” building,” he said. But the green building movement remains a work in progress, the panelists said, with obstacles and misperceptions about sustainability still prevalent in parts of the market. For instance, cost premiums for LEED certification are still greatly exaggerated in many circles, and divergent definitions and expectations about what is “green” often put building stakeholders at odds with each other, the panelists said. And though landlords are often criticized for not being sustainable enough, tenants are known to hedge on rent increases in green buildings, public transit requirements and the cost of green cleaning programs, Teitelbaum said. “You see resistance on the tenant side as much as on the landlord side. It’s not a one-way street.” The industry is also coming to terms with how to best address the existing building stock, which remains a mostly untouched wilderness of inefficient and unsustainable buildings. Just 1% of all U.S. properties have achieved the Energy Star label or LEED certification, according to CoStar information, and a lion’s share of those have been constructed recently. To make a real impact on climate change, retrofitting existing buildings is an essential part of the equation, Olson said. “In the past few years, the amount of carbon dioxide the world has been emitting has actually been more than people thought was the worst that could possibly happen,” Olson said. “We are already seeing the effect of the carbon dioxide we’re putting into the atmosphere.” But if the commercial real estate industry remains committed to energy efficiency and sustainability, “you can be heroes in terms of climate change, make money, and you can go home and tell your kids that you’re green,” he said. I find the statistics of abuse staggering. When most of the commercial building were developed, the last thing they thought about was energy efficiency. For companies located in New Jersey, they have developed the Energy Star Program. the state will help to underwrite an energy efficiency audit done by an approved contractor and will also help to underwrite upto 50% of the investment to make the building more efficient. New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program – recognized as a national model – is a statewide program that: Promotes increased energy efficiency Supports installation of clean, renewable sources of energy Provides information to help reduce energy use Endorses climate change solutions, and Offers financial incentives, programs, and services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers to save energy, money, and the environment. Would you like to know more? Feel free to contact us george@hbsadvantage.com or call 856-857-1230. We can help walk you thru the process. 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__label__wiki	0.841697	0.841697	Found a Talent Player Discussion Some young belgian talents By Tampon, January 23, 2014 in Found a Talent Tampon 10 New Signing! Andreas Pereira Andreas Hoelgebaum Pereira, born in Duffel (Belgium) on 01.01.1996, is an 18 year old midfielder/ attacking midfielder. He was a double nationality: Belgium & Brazil. Pereira - who describes himself as a 'real No.10, setting up my team-mates, scoring goals and a good shot are my qualities' - joined United from PSV in 2012 and is already a regular squad member of their Under 21 side. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2525347/Manchester-Uniteds-Andreas-Pereira-new-Adnan-Januzaj.html Video: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Bo3NcKp4s Charly Musonda Junior He is a midfielder currently playing in Chelsea's Academy team.Charly moved to England with his two brothers when Chelsea expressed a determined interest in signing him. Father Charly Sr had previously told both Barcelona and Manchester City that if they wanted to sign the youngest Musonda, they had to accomodate the others in a package deal, but neither party was prepared to. Chelsea were, and they concluded the deal in June 2012. Charly made his competitive debut in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup Final against Norwich City. He immediately became a regular feature once eligible as a first-year scholar and was quick to make appearances at Under-19 and Under-21 levels too, earning praise for his mature approach and sensational individual skill. Charly has been capped by Belgium at Under-16 and Under-17 level, where he served as captain in the 2012-13 season. Video (2years old)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754622
__label__cc	0.633733	0.366267	July 31, 2017 dblancharddesign I’d like to introduce you to four new members of our flock. Compared to parrots you see on popular entertainment media, these guys might appear a little rough around the edges. When they look at me, however, I see the eyes of children. Abused children. They are aware they have no control over their environment. Their eyes say, “I am ultimately defenseless. Please don’t abuse me.” To which I say, “You needn’t worry any longer. You are safe here. That is why this place exists.” Of course they don’t understand the exact meanings of my words. But they do feel my manner to be non-threatening. And that’s a start. Otherwise, it will take months, if not years, to earn their trust. But that’s ok. Parrots are long-lived. So we’ve got the time. The first three birds have been riding together on the same roller coaster of uncertainty for the last couple of years. A bonded pair of Blue & Gold Macaws and a Moluccan Cockatoo, (from a different owner) all found themselves at the same “sanctuary” in Pennsylvania. The reason I implied derision with quotation marks is because one of the macaws was attacked by a dog during its stay, something that shouldn’t happen in a reputable sanctuary. A veterinary clinic in Pennsylvania contacted us, inquiring as to if we could take in a bonded (mated) pair of macaws. They explained that the male had been brought into the clinic over a year ago after being mauled by a dog. At first, it appeared this bird was missing the skin on the side of its head. But after extensive surgeries, the veterinary staff was able to reconstruct the mutilated skin. And despite severe damage to the eye, they managed to save it. Unfortunately, the function of that eye was greatly reduced. To properly address this level of damage, treatment would not be on an outpatient basis. The male macaw would be in for a short stay. At this point, the sanctuary owner asked if the female could stay at the clinic to be with her mate. He also asked if they could stay for a couple of months, along with a Moluccan Cockatoo. For reasons unclear, he needed to find temporary boarding for these three parrots. A year later, the sanctuary owner confesses that he absolutely cannot take these three birds back. The veterinary staff did an amazing job treating the attacked male macaw. And they did the best they could caring for the three birds. But a veterinary clinic is not the place for lifetime care. They knew these parrots would need the enriched quality of life that can only be found at a reputable sanctuary. To summarize; three very large, very intelligent parrots are abandoned by private owners to a “sanctuary” irresponsible enough to allow a nearly fatal dog attack. They are then abandoned again by that sanctuary to an unwitting veterinary clinic, after having been left to languish for a year. At that point in the story I said, “Alright. I’ve heard enough. This is ridiculous. They can live here.” Odin and Frigga Odin (showing damaged side) The veterinary clinic had no names on record for the macaws or the Moluccan. And the staff knew better than to name them, lest they invoke the curse that either the birds never leave, or the staff becomes emotionally attached to them. I, however, can name them. They aren’t supposed to leave here, (because we are a lifetime sanctuary). And we do tend to get emotionally attached to them. So when I saw the male macaw’s damaged eye, I assured him I would pick a name that makes it ok. Even cool. After a bit of contemplation, (largely on my favorite mythology, Shakespearean literature, Marvel Comics or other tales of intrigue and high adventure), I decided the Nick Fury character had done a lot to improve the potential coolness of individuals missing an eye. But he didn’t have a dynamic counterpart, a companion he would do anything for. The logical conclusion then, was Odin and Frigga. Mr. HufflePuff The veterinary staff in PA disregarded the curse and named the Moluccan Mr. HufflePuff, mainly because he puffs up and hisses when he feels vulnerable. This Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoo comes to us unrelated to the three previous inductees. A kind woman happened upon this handsome individual, for sale in a flea market. For the sake of reference, a parrot at a flea market is essentially at the end of their rope. Usually they’ve been juggled through so many homes and turned away from all of them. The woman that found him at the flea market purchased him, (without knowing anything about parrots) and hoped to find him a suitable home. She did manage to find him two different homes. Both returned him, complaining about violent aggression from the bird. At that point, her veterinarian’s suggestion was euthanasia. Fortunately, one more brave soul decided to give it a try before that final and extreme measure. In the nine months that followed, this man sustained numerous painful, blood-drawing bites. Most of these bites were on his hands and arm. But one time, our handsome Sulphur Crest flew up and bit this guy roughly one inch under his eye. Frankly, it’s hard to blame anyone for not wanting that in their home. When this fellow reached out to me for help, he already knew the type of metal band around the bird’s ankle indicated that it was stolen from its natural environment, rather than having been bred by a domestic breeder. What he was unaware of, but not surprised by, was that what he had was one of the most violently aggressive breeds of parrot. I described for him the painful realities of keeping a Sulphur Crest, as I did in my post The Wild Cockatoo Heart. In my opinion, these birds don’t belong in homes. They belong in specialized facilities, when not in their natural habitat. When most people hear about animals that have been discarded, mistreated and abandoned, they feel sympathy and pity. Most wish they themselves could rescue the animal and bring it comfort. But very few people are equipped to provide a good life for the types of animals I’ve been reporting on. Very few people are in a position to physically help. That is why non-profit rescues and sanctuaries like ours are so important. Garuda Aviary is a specialized facility. We know exactly what to expect from highly demanding animals like these. And we are equipped to meet their needs. Here, they can form bonds with parrots of their own kind. We have the space for them to fly around, socialize and play. If they want to vocalize at the top of their lungs, they are welcome to. We wear earplugs. Parrots, in general, are fairly destructive. Cockatoos are particularly destructive. That’s fine too. We make parrot-safe toys for them to destroy. We provide a diet customized to a parrot’s unique biology. And when the need arises, we have access to highly experienced, specialized veterinary care. Without Garuda Aviary, intelligent, sensitive animals like Havoc, Mr. HufflePuff, Odin and Frigga (plus the majority of our flock) would have continued to suffer, become more and more marginalized, and eventually euthanized. But you can’t realistically smile, turn away and act like these problems are covered permanently. It doesn’t work that way. There will always be parrots in need. And we cannot tackle the issue alone. We must work together to effectively make a difference. Garuda Aviary can provide the hands-on care that most can’t. That’s what we do. But we need your support to fuel the operation. Many ways to make a difference. Monetary donations are obviously the most effective way to help. Now I know when we think about making donations, we feel a little pang of anxiety in our wallets and pocketbooks. Most folks aren’t rolling in money and don’t feel like they have much to give. But it is still possible to make a difference without breaking the bank. Usually, facilities like Garuda Aviary aren’t funded by a small number of people making large donations. It’s better when a very large number of people are making small, regularly scheduled donations. We all have numerous automatic charges made to our bank accounts and credit cards every month that pay for our online music and movie streaming. Modest recurring payments for services and nonessential utilities that make our lives run more smoothly. If everybody who ever saw an animal in need and wanted to help took a few minutes to set up even a modest recurring donation to a non-profit organization that rescued and cared for those animals, then they really could smile, knowing that they were absolutely making a difference. That the money spent was well worth it because it relieved some suffering or made some nurturing care possible. Charity Support Services Charity support services are ideal for this kind of giving. You can donate without paying fees through PayPal Giving Fund. Another service is eBay for Charity. They can help you use your purchases to raise funds for non-profit charities. Garuda Aviary gladly accepts new or unopened packages of: Raw sunflower seed (in the shell) Raw almonds, walnuts and mixed nuts (in the shell) ZooPreem pellets (M/L FruitBlend flavor is preferred) 39 gallon lawn/leaf garbage bags Odoban Search us, Like us, Share us Tune in to Garuda Aviary on social media platforms such as: Garuda Aviary’s primary purpose is to give quality of life to parrots that otherwise have no future. We have facility and expertise devoted to this mission. What we need is you. With your support, Garuda Aviary will always be there to make a difference. Christopher Zeoli Previous PostNormalizing Compassionate ActivityNext PostDiet Talk (Yes, Again!)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754626
__label__wiki	0.692898	0.692898	September 2015: Pantomine curtain call for students FOUR students who attend the same high school and dance academy earned places in professional pantomimes. Haslingden High School students Siena Spall and Emily Biel from Newchurch and Bethan Nelson and Charlie Morris from Bacup successfully completed auditions. All attend Dansworks Dance Academy in Bacup. Siena, 14, and Charlie, 13, will be dancing and singing in the junior chorus of Cinderella at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, in December. They will also be dancing in the English Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Buxton Opera House in November. Emily, 13, was also successful in the auditions for Cinderella but unfortunately was ‘too small’ to have a role. She said: “Although I got through the audition there are two groups for the chorus and both of the girls have to be the same size so only one set of costumes in necessary.” Siena said: “Each of the chorus groups will be performing in 16 shows both evenings and matinees and we have a week of rehearsals in November. I am really looking forward to performing on the stage.” Charlie has been at Dansworks for five-and-a-half years and has been dancing since she was two. She said: “I am really looking forward to working with a professional company. “We will also be very professional about our school work and we will be catching up on any work we miss.” Bethan, 14, who has been taking lessons at Dansworks for a year, was successful in gaining a place as a dancer in the chorus for A Christmas Carol at the Stockport Plaza which has a four-night run in November. She said: “I like performing and seeing the audience reaction.” Principal of Dansworks Dance Academy Karen Roe said: “I am very proud of how well they did in the auditions and I am sure it will be a fantastic learning experience for them to perform on stage in the professional pantomimes.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754628
__label__wiki	0.684144	0.684144	Trump Claims Partial Remission of Delusional Disorder Washington, D.C. At the grandiose facade of his most recent attempt to erect a stable foundation to somehow secure his erratic, careening insecure, irrational, precarious, ultra-sensitive, slippery, unsteady, volatile, weak, borderline, capricious, dubious, fitful, shifty, suspect, temperamental, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, wavering, weaving, ultimately nihilistic self, Donald Trump claimed today that his five year episode of delusional disorder, one of the most serious, fixed, and untreatable of the psychotic disorders, was in partial remission. "Reality will now be different" Trump claimed, in royal tones that undercut his claims to be free of psychosis, & led to marked discomfort in his audience. "I now proclaim that Barack Obama was born in...America." He then raised and lowered his right arm in a gesture suggesting that he believed that he was holding a sceptre. In response to questions from the press that a) he had claimed that the birth certificate produced by the State of Hawaii was an "illusion"; b) that contemporaneous 1961 press reports repeatedly announced the birth as in Hawaiil & that c) African Americans were profoundly concerned that a Presidential candidate had, for five years, claimed that the President was not a citizen, Trump responded: "Birth certificates, real, false, just a issue made up by the press. The point is, I made the birth certificate real! What he said at the Correspondent's Dinner was just a sign that he knew...he knew...that I could do this. And when. So don't talk to me about Hawaii. I've licensed, I've built, I've created 2, 10, one hundred condos in Hawaii. You think I wouldn't know about one built in 1961! African Americans? Dad! Should I call Mr. Green?" Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway then moved to the microphone to announce that there would be no more questions, and the press was led back to its newly designed soundproof pen.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754631
__label__cc	0.737311	0.262689	HomeGenCon’s GoH are “diverse as the industry itself”? NOT GOOD ENOUGH. GenCon’s GoH are “diverse as the industry itself”? NOT GOOD ENOUGH. May 5, 2014 December 5, 2014 wundergeek conventionsGenCon, industry sexism, where are the women? Credit Where It’s Due Thanks to the people who helped me vet initial drafts of this post. I had harsh feels and made things tense and I’m sorry about that. Thanks also to Kimberley Lam, who is awesome and you should go buy Atop A Lonely Tower, which is an awesome RPG designed to be played online. Before reading, it’s super-important for me to note that there are some words and ideas here that aren’t mine. In some cases, where people have commented publicly, I’ve quoted them here. In many other cases, I’m summarizing thoughts and ideas that came from behind-the-scenes discussions on Google+. As incidents like the J Scott Campbell/Mark Brooks-incited hatesplosion illustrate, you should not ever force someone to speak publicly on the internet. Especially when someone is making critical statements about a venerable geek institution like GenCon. When I am quoting or paraphrasing other people, those sections will be clearly marked. Disclaimers. Several of Them. 1. Everything I write here is as someone who is a long-time attendee of GenCon. This year might be my eighth time attending GenCon. I say might because I’ve lost count, to be honest. Nothing I say here is meant to say that GenCon is terrible and must be destroyed with fire. I love GenCon. I love it and I don’t think I’ll ever stop going. So please don’t flame me. Okay? 2. This is not meant as an attack on or a question about the merits of any of the Guests of Honor chosen for 2014. Wait. That was important so I’m going to say it again. I AM NOT ATTACKING ANY OF THE GUESTS OF HONOR FOR THIS YEAR, NOR AM I SAYING THEY DON’T DESERVE TO BE GUESTS OF HONOR. I’ll admit to not knowing a lot of people on the list. But the people I do know are eminently worthy of respect – especially the women[1]. When I express anger in this post, it is anger at the big picture, anger at the outcome, and anger at the decisions that the organization made to get to this point. I AM NOT AM NOT AM NOT expressing anger at the people who are choosing to participate in this year’s GoH program. PERIOD. 3. One thing I’m not even going to talk about here is the lack of queer diversity. That’s also a thing. It’s also a thing I don’t feel prepared to talk about, because that gets too much into discussing private things about real people which I really don’t want to do. Down to Business: The Lineup GenCon recently announced the complete lineup of Guests of Honor for this year. As someone who has been pushing for increased diversity of Guests of Honor at GenCon, this is something I was very eager to see revealed. So I was pretty disappointed when the lineup looked like this: Lillian Cohen-Moore Steve Hensley Kenneth Hite Jon Hodgson Steve Kenson Eric Lang Nicole Lindroos Jay Little David Preti Greg Stafford Allen Varney Ray Winninger It felt like a punch to the gut. How. HOW could this happen? In 2011, a mere 1 out of 16 GoH was female – Margaret Weis. When the GenCon has made noise about wanting to increase the diversity of the GoH program, HOW IS IT that in three years they’ve gone from a humiliating 6% representation of women to a still-pretty-goddamn-embarassing 16% representation of women? THE WORST PART, however, is this completely fucking tone deaf blurb that they included at the top of the page announcing the GoH lineup: Our Industry Insider Guests are as diverse as the industry itself and have extensive knowledge and expertise. That’s the part that REALLY has me seeing red. So here’s where I where I start tearing shit down. (But remember #2, folks. This is about the BIG PICTURE.) Demographics: Why This is Really Not Okay (Gender) So first, let’s take a look at the gender breakdown of this lineup. Gender-wise, is this as diverse as the industry itself? Well. Unfortunately. Yes. It’s really hard to find current demographics of the North American game industry, especially given that it’s so fragmented across different platforms. But this 2005 International Game Developers Association survey pegged the number of female game developers at a mere 11%. And while this post on Gama Sutra collects data about students currently in game design programs, the numbers seem pretty consistent with the IGDA survey, despite being 8 years later. So depressing as it is to contemplate, 16% is probably a pretty accurate percentage when you’re looking at game industry professionals. Women account for FORTY-SEVEN percent of gamers. FORTY-SEVEN. It is absolutely ridiculous to have this kind of a lack of representation when women comprise such a huge part of the audience that you’re actually attempting to attract. Furthermore, while the percentage of women in the formal game industry is relatively low, there are a lot of fantastic women doing work related to games that would make them worthy of being a GoH. And of course all of this is ignoring the fact that this year’s lineup is actually less inclusive of women than 2012! What happened? Did they look at 2012 and think, whoa! Clearly too many women up in here. We have to do something about that? Well, considering that any conversation with more than 20-30% involvement by women is perceived to actually be dominated by women, that might actually be the case. (Science! It’s depressing.) Is this the “equality” that GenCon is shooting for with it’s GoH lineup? If so, that’s pretty fucking terrible if the most amount of space women can hope to occupy is a miserable 20%. Demographics: Why This is Really Not Okay (Race) All right. So this is where I’m going to step back and let some other people talk about their feelings on this. I think POC voices are more important than mine on the issue of racial diversity; there’s also the unfortunate complication that it’s not easy for me, as someone who is whiter than white, to decry lack of racial diversity without looking like I’m judging the racial identity of the people chosen to be this year’s GoH, which would be shitty. So instead, I asked the previously-mentioned Kimberley Lam if she’d be willing to offer comment, which I place here without additional comment of my own. I am a big fan of supporting self-identification and parsing ethnic backgrounds can be really hard. I’m the kind of person who uses, predominantly, “Asian” or “European” and hopes that the person I’m trying to figure out isn’t offended that I can’t get much more specific than a continent – and even then I stand a decent chance of getting it wrong. So, saying that the Industry Insider GoH roster isn’t ethnically diverse isn’t exactly something I’m willing to commit to since I don’t know how the Guests of Honor identify. I will say, though, that it’s disappointing (and yet, utterly unsurprising) that there aren’t many visible minorities on the roster. Being able to pass as white, no matter how you identify, can lead to a lot of differences in your experiences. Passing as white affords the privilege of being able to put down the social burden of your ethnicity. I’m ethnically Chinese. I can’t pass, so I’ve had the pleasure of being complimented on my English speaking skills, asked where I’m from (and then asked again when I answer that I’m from Canada), asked about insulting Asian stereotypes and assumed to have some sort of insight on the inner workings (and faults) of every Asian government or person in existence. I don’t ever get to put that down because I don’t get to decide when these interactions happen – the people who intrude on my life do. When Gen Con touts the GoH roster as diverse as the industry, I’m worried that they’re telling the truth. That the industry really doesn’t have people who might understand what it’s like, even in a general sense, to never be able to pass as white and to have your ethnicity come up in the most surprising and often irrelevant places. People who might understand how hard it can be to feel like I have to represent a whole culture even though the one I grew up with is Canadian (and to feel like I’m never allowed to represent Canadian culture because of the way I look). People who try to maintain their cultural heritage in the face of rampant stereotypes and misinformation. I’m not searching for sympathy. I’m searching for empathy, and empathy comes from a place of shared experiences. Additional Context: Some Miscellany Worth Addressing Note: some of this content will be cited. Some of it won’t, for previously-mentioned privacy concerns. Anything that’s not my words or original ideas will be italicized in green. Sorry for any confusion that might cause. GenCon’s GoH are not like any other con’s GoH Now of course, all of this is complicated by the fact that despite the fact that GenCon calls its program a Guest of Honor program, it’s really not anything that most people would recognize as a Guest of Honor program. Travel costs, lodging, food, incidental expenses – none of these things are covered. All that Guests of Honor receive are a badge and some marketing and possibly some other tiny perks. Now recently, GenCon has started calling it the Industry Insider Guest of Honor program to reflect that GoH are industry professionals who would have attended the convention anyway. But that change doesn’t really go far enough, as “Guest of Honor” is a pretty well-defined thing in convention culture and comes with pretty concrete expectations. One of the people behind the GoH program said that the program name should be changed further to something like “Industry Insider Select Speakers“, which I would certainly support. If GenCon has no intentions of changing the program, which it really sounds like they don’t, then it shouldn’t be called a Guest of Honor program AT ALL. But perhaps a better middle ground would be something like having the program split into the Industry Insider track, which would basically represent what the GoH program is now, and adding an actual “traditional” Guest of Honor track for diverse speakers, new voices, and people working to expand the boundaries of the gaming community. Because it is disappointing to look at a program that is being advertised as a Guest of Honor program and see that what is being honored is whiteness and maleness. Such a program doesn’t represent gamers of color, who are made to feel unwelcome and ostracized by things just like this. Lackluster enthusiasm for diversity of recruitment Over on Google+, Nicole Lindroos – one of the GoH and also someone responsible for helping run the GoH program, commented publicly on the selection process, saying [emphasis mine]: I personally reached out to female game professionals this year and last in an effort to get them to submit themselves for consideration. Many of them did not plan to be at GenCon (the first hurdle to participating). Many others gave some variation of the “I’m really not qualified” response, as I’d done myself in previous years (despite over 20 years of working in the game industry). Many very interesting, very qualified professionals aren’t represented because of those first two hurdles. I can’t bring people to GenCon, the participants on the Industry Insider track have to be pulled from attendees. I can encourage them to put themselves and their seminars up for consideration but again, we need to pull from people who are self-motivated to participate, not from reluctant speakers who have to be convinced it’s worth their time. There are enough people who are willing, eager even, to participate to fill the seminar slots several times over. (You can read the entirety of her post here) Here’s the thing. I appreciate where Nicole is coming from, on a certain level. As someone who is working to increase diversity in a volunteer organization that I’m involved in, it’s disappointing when your efforts don’t have immediate results. But “well we tried” is NOT an adequate response. There are reasons, many of them, for why women are hesitant to even attend GenCon, much less put themselves forward as a potential GoH. The overwhelming white-maleness of the GoH program is in itself a large part of that, and if GenCon is serious about meaningful change, they’re going to have to do some serious work to overcome that. The industry insiders who were going to attend anyway can pay their own way, save the money and support for the people who need the assistance to get there.[2] GenCon is a great convention, but it is also FUCKING EXPENSIVE. And hand-waving and saying “well we have to choose from the people who want to attend” is ignoring the fact that that privileges a certain class of attendee. One thing that I’ve appreciated about Avonelle Wing and the rest of the Double Exposure crew is that the conventions they run have made a real effort to increase diversity. Their lineup of panelists for Metatopia in 2013 included 4 men, 3 women, and 1 non-binary transperson. Their schedule of panels was very much diversity-focused as well! And if a small convention that’s being organized by a handful of people can manage to put in the work required to have balanced gender representation, what is stopping GenCon from doing the same? Well, it might be an unwillingness to talk about issues that would be uncomfortable for the majority of their convention attendees: “One of the GoH sessions I proposed more than once was about tips on including more diverse characters in your games (even historical/medieval-based fantasy ones), which was turned down without comment each time. The only diversity panel was about SFF artists.” –a former GenCon GoH Now I’ll admit that I don’t know Nicole or the other people behind the program, nor do I have any way of knowing how recently this was supposed to have taken place. But I would hope that a profit motive isn’t preventing these sort of conversations from happening publicly on the part of GenCon organizers, because there is A REAL HUNGER to see that sort of thing. All right, I’m starting to ramble, so I’ll wrap this up by saying this: We are here, women and gamers of color and queer people and non-binary people. WE ARE HERE. And we deserve to be reflected. IT’S TIME TO STOP ERASING US. [1] I was quite happy to see Lillian Cohen-Moore on the list. I think her project to collect the history of women in gaming is super-interesting and I’d like to see more of that sort of thing promoted! [2] Not to mention that it’d be nice to see some NEW faces as Guests of Honor. Is Ken Hite cool? Yeah. Does he really need to be Guest of Honor again? Nope. Not really. He’s coming to GenCon no matter what, and it’s not like he needs the exposure. ← The double-standard against women in activism [swearing] Friday Freebie: I got you some linkage → 22 thoughts on “GenCon’s GoH are “diverse as the industry itself”? NOT GOOD ENOUGH.” assman says: [Seriously? D-.] Nicole Lindroos says: Hoo boy, dare I jump into this issue again? I’m not sure I have the bandwidth to do it justice but I also have a lot of opinions and, perhaps, some additional perspective that would help the conversation along. I’m going to give it my best very quick try to throw out a couple of things that I think are important. First, I BEG people to take the “Our Industry Insider Guests are as diverse as the industry itself and have extensive knowledge and expertise” quote as it was intended. It is not my quote, I had nothing to do with crafting any of the messaging for the IIGoH stuff… that’s in the hands of the GenCon staff. But that quote is not about gender or racial diversity, it refers to a diversity of games being represented: miniatures games, board games, card games, family games, collectible games, roleplaying games, “indie” games that resist other categorization. Whoever wrote the blurb for the website was doing so in the context of their job and promoting the content of a game convention referring to the games therein. I’m positive they were neither trying to claim any other sort of “diversity” nor were they aware that the reference would be something that would make people actively angry. I’m also sure that if engaged, not just ranted at (or about) the GenCon staff would be happy to find a better way to both express their message (which is, essentially, gee look at all the different types of games you can learn more about here). Another matter of how this is structured that I’d like to bring up is how the people volunteering on the committee to help put together the programming from what is submitted are included in the “guest” list. GenCon is trying to express an appreciation to those professionals who are doing the work leading up to the con (and throughout, as we also volunteer to help moderate panels during the con as well), but like their expression about diversity, it ends up contributing to the impression that the same people are being chosen as guests repeatedly. I think it would help if we were listed as the advisory panel but not included in the “guest” count but I honestly don’t know how other (or future) participants on the advisory panel would feel about not getting that little bit of extra recognition. It’s not why I’m participating personally. I’d also like to say that slow change is still change. I was only invited to be part of the volunteer panel last year. This is my second year of trying to engage with more women and encourage them to participate. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE that this is not a “real” Guest of Honor program and I am STRONGLY advocating that the name be changed to avoid the hurt feelings, misunderstandings, and general snarkiness that erupts over the programming over the words “guest” and “honor”. The structure of this particular program (in that it pulls from willing participants already attending the con) is unlikely to change because what GenCon itself wants out of this program is a series of seminars, lectures, or panels with experienced industry professionals willing to engage with attendees on issues of interest to those attendees. That is definitely not to say that there aren’t more existing “industry insiders” who are people of color, women, or other under-represented groups who can find a place on these panels. I certainly intend to keep making my push for more inclusion, as long as I’m welcome on the advisory panel! I’d encourage you, or anyone else with strong feelings on the issue of diversifying GenCon to get involved. GenCon might not be sponsoring a diversity track at the moment but that doesn’t mean they’re hostile to the idea. And you don’t need GenCon management to anoint you in order to start something up on your own… just ask the gaymers who organized and have been running the Queer as a Three-Sided Die seminar for the last several years. They saw a need, they came together and they did something to meet it. I’ve been working in gaming since 1988 and going to GenCon nearly as long. When I started, it was not uncommon for me to be the only woman at a table with a dozen men at a professional meeting. It was very common for me to be mistaken for someone’s girlfriend instead of a professional in my own right. Women attending GenCon were rare enough to be noteworthy, their mere presence drawing comment. This goes double for gamers of color! That has changed drastically in my lifetime and is still changing. It’s certainly worthwhile to recognize that more can be done but if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the trenches of gaming all this time is that this is one of the areas where it’s possible to go out and enact a bunch of change as individuals. The gaming industry has a very strong DIY ethic and MUCH is possible. Gah, I have so much more to say (SO MUCH) but I also have work that needs to be done. I’m sorry if this is disjointed or doesn’t communicate my points efficiently. It’s the best I could dash off in the time I had. wundergeek says: Hi, Nicole! I appreciate you taking time to make such a detailed response! I’m going to take some time to digest this before I respond (tomorrow, most likely); I’m recovering from toddler-induced plague and want to make sure I don’t let that affect my response! Hi, Nicole First, I appreciate that you’re not the sole decision-maker in this situation and also that you’re making attempts to increase representation in the program. It’s also good to know that the “as diverse as the industry itself” tagline came from a different part of the organization. It sounds like perhaps some marketers are not as in touch with diversity issues in gaming and why diversity (or lack thereof) is a sore subject with many gamers. Unfortunately, that makes the tagline read as pretty tone-deaf, if not outright dismissive of the concerns of GenCon attendees who have been pushing for increased representation in the program. Language matters! And if GenCon is committed to the program in it’s current form, which it sounds like it is, then it needs to remove “Guests of Honor” from the program title entirely. “Guests of Honor” is a term that has come to mean something entirely different in the common parlance of convention speak, and the nuances of the outlines of this program are going to be lost on the average gamer. The language as it currently exists makes it appear that what GenCon is honoring is a lack of diversity, which I know doesn’t square with the actual goals of people like yourself who are working to counter that. So, yeah. Not calling it a GoH program would be great. Of course, I’d also love to see GenCon devote some actual resources to the GoH program and make it a real GoH program with some real diversity. Women and minorities are the fastest-growing demographic within gaming and I think it’s incredibly short-sighted of the larger GenCon organization to require the Industry Insider track to operate with so little support. That’s probably a tougher sell, though. Simon Rogers says: One tricky issue is demographic data. As you suggest, it’s thin on the ground. It would be truly marvelous if GenCon collected anonymous, voluntarily provided demographic information from their attendees. They would benefit from a marketing perspective. I could suggest this. One very simple thing someone on the advisory board could do is to go around and suggest to women and people of colour in the industry that they apply for the program. It would take a couple of hours, I imagine, so that could be a barrier. The problem with this sort of this is that, yes, getting women and minorities to apply requires active effort. Unfortunately, when a space is marked as heavily white and male as most gaming conventions are, people from minority groups often don’t apply. Not just because they don’t feel qualified, but because they’re considering their own fun. Would it be fun to go to a space where someone perceives they might feel unwelcome? Not really. Sadly, just saying that women can apply often isn’t enough. Active recruitment is often required to start shifting the balance in a less-than-diverse organization, because when people don’t see themselves represented they have to be told that they’re wanted in order to know they’re welcome in the first place. George Locke says: what is the citation for the “47% of gamers are women” figure? The only figures I can locate seem to refer only to people who play video games, which aren’t the main focus of gencon. I mean, if that’s the figure you’re using that’s fine, but you don’t say what your source is. That’s what I was referencing. Unfortunately, we just don’t have ANY data for other areas of gaming. And the problem is that the lack of visible participation by women doesn’t mean that they don’t exist, but then how do you quantify their existence? Frex, CCG games like Magic. I LOVE Magic but I won’t EVER attend a game store tournament. I also know lots of women who similarly love Magic and similarly wouldn’t go to a game store tournament. The same holds true with many conventions – I know women who love gaming but wouldn’t feel safe at a gaming convention. So how do you quantify the level of female participation? Or what about tabletop gaming? Well, shit. Then you get into indie versus trad and how you define a roleplaying game and… you know what? There are tons of women in tabletop gaming, but fuck if I know what percentage. So yeah, that’s a video games number. But that’s because it’s the only number that exists. I just want to reiterate that I am not complaing about the statistic, only asking what the statistic is. Thanks for your reply. Here is the full report: http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2012.pdf – the 2013 report says 45% http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2013.pdf . most figures I can find vary around 45-50%. Captain Planet says: Wundergeek, Why would you not attend Magic Tournaments? Last time I went to one I saw 30 young white men all playing together and I thought to myself that it seemed ridiculous. We definitely need more diversity in that area. I am puzzled when you say women don’t feel safe at gaming conventions. I have been to Dragon Con 5 years in a row now and I can’t remember a time when my wife felt threatened. If this is the case, the issue should be brought up to the promoters asap. The only way to get more women and minorities into gaming is if they feel safe and welcome to attend. In regards to the percentage of women that play video games I would put that figure lower unfortunately. When I attend video game tournaments I might see a few women out of a sea of diverse men. I think that 47% figure is factoring in women that play Angry Birds on their IPhones or something. Same goes with Role Playing night at the game store. You might see two women for every 30 males. I would think males would be more welcoming to female geeks. I mean…where else can you find women with similar interests? Please continue to try and get more women into gaming in general. The scene really needs it right now. Understand that I am not speaking for all women, but here is why I personally don’t go to Magic Tournaments: Because about 50% of the time when I enter a certain type of game store, men STOP and STARE at me like some kind of aberration. And I’m like LET ME TALK LOUDLY AND AWKWARDLY ABOUT MY MAGIC DECK TO THE CASHIER. And then I pay for my purchases and scuttle off because it’s like SSSSSSS. Seriously, that shit is NOT WELCOMING. Second, because of what happened to me at a game convention, as described here: https://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/1371/ I still go to gaming conventions, because convention centers are large and open and not confining, but for someone who has a touch of claustrophobia already? The one pre-release tournament I went to crammed 30 gamers into THE BACK of a tiny game store. There was 1 other woman, who was on the other end of the room from me. And about 30% of the men there obviously had no idea what social boundaries were. Nothing happened, but it was still hella uncomfortable and not really very fun. And you know what? Magic is an expensive hobby. I’m not going to spend MORE money to have less fun in the name of representation. I’m a gamer because I like gaming; the social activism is just a side effect. Secondly, ANGRY BIRDS IS A VIDEO GAME. It is a game that you play on a screen that has objectives that are reasonably attainable and is competitive AND FUN. Saying that things like Angry Birds aren’t video games is moving the goal posts so that gaming = whatever parts women aren’t participating in. The moniker “casual” gaming is just another way that women can be dismissed as “not real gamers”, and is inaccurate to boot. (Seriously, Candy Crush players are NOT casual about Candy Crush. They’re so not.) That drawing the hard line and saying THIS OVER HERE IS A GAME and THAT OVER THERE IS NOT, that contributes to making unwelcoming environments for women. Does someone call what they play a game? Do they enjoy it? Then don’t crap on it. Unless it’s FarmVille, because that’s literally not a game, it’s a psychological manipulation device. Gwen Stacy's Ghost (@sweetpavement) says: So here’s why I don’t go to Magic tournaments/FNMs/Events any more. (I’ve been playing MtG since 1994.) In my current FLGS I have been subject to abuse for: choosing my husband as my two-headed giant partner, playing with a play mat with an Angel on it (Gisela, because I have red hair, and she has red hair), building a deck around Chandra Nalaar because who plays a girl card like that, asking someone to change their deck sleeves because the image on them was pornographic (complete with nipples). In each case the store owner backed me up, which then subjected me to dudes grumbling that they had to shape up because a “chick was here.” In my last FLGS I was subject to: groping while in line for registration, dudes telling me how I built my deck wrong even when it pwned them because I’m a girl so I don’t know how cards work, dudes arguing I was cheating for asking a judge for a rules clarification and that I should go home if I don’t have the rules memorized, dudes talking about how they “bitchslapped” someone or how certain cards were for “pussies,” being asked to put on a sweater in July because my t-shirt was too tight (a t-shirt which, for perspective, hung straight down from my shoulders. Yes, it stuck out because I have boobs, but this was a t-shirt I’ve worn in public many times without so much as a second look). Oh, and one guy asking me to prove the maxipad in my pocket wasn’t extra cards. In front of the whole store. I don’t go to MtG events any more because I don’t have the energy to fight for my right to play cards. Not when I can play casual at home for free* (I mean, I buy cards but I don’t pay event fees) AND not take any of the grief. [Wundergeek: If any of my language is out of line, please let me know or edit accordingly. I know I used strong stuff in some of this.] ^ Plus a million. THIS, all the way. I also want to add something about gaming women, but I feel like I’m piling on, so I’m going to try to be generous. The same reasons I don’t go to MtG events have led me to not going to Pathfinder events at my FLGS. They’ve led to me buying my RPG books through DTRPG or from distributor sites directly. They’ve led to me going to the FLGS during the middle of the work day and praying that the guys who hang out have gone on a pizza run. They’re the reason I am afraid to go to cons. I do not feel comfortable going to a place where on an approved merchant’s table is the t-shirt “I like fangirls like I like my coffee. I hate coffee.” That says “you’re not welcome here.” I don’t feel comfortable going to cons where my #CarolCorps cosplay might be mistaken for a come on. I don’t feel comfortable going to cons where guys are critiquing RPG book art not because it’s unrealistic but because it doesn’t have enough boobs. Instead of us trying to get more women into gaming, we need you (and people like you) to get the douchecanoes out of it. Women are here. We’re just not going to make ourselves visible when visible == target. Wow! These stories are shocking and blow my mind. No wonder women never show up at these events anymore. It would seem the men that attend these events have never interacted with women before at any point in their lives. I can’t say that really surprises me with some of the neck beards I have seen. I feel like this may lead to a cycle in the sense that WotC will continue to put out cards that appeal only to males because they believe that is the only market for them to tap into. If women never attend these events, they will not realize it is demographic they should try and go after. Do you guys have any ideas on how women can attend events and still feel safe so that WotC knows they are out there? I don’t want to derail too much, since this post is about GenCon and not MtG, so I’m going to wait for a clarification from Wundergeek before I post any more on the topic. I do have thoughts, but I’m not sure this is the right venue for them is all. (Spoiler alert though, the summary version is “top down change,” which is something I think has about as much chance of happening as an ostrich learning to fly. ) [High marks for correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. However, minus points for weak premise, lack of originality, and meandering prose, so I give this troll a C+.] I’m sure Captain Planet won’t mind if I shit in his bed, because he’s been working on fixing the sewage system in Port-au-Prince. Everyone agrees waste management in Haiti is a much bigger problem than one gamer’s soiled sheets. That’s why he doesn’t mind sleeping in shit and doesn’t care when people treat his bedroom like a toilet. I mean, sure it would be better if he didn’t have to sleep in shit, but ladies come on. Haiti is a fucking disaster zone. Do you really want to look back at your life and say “I made all reasonable efforts to keep my house clean” when you could’ve been aiding the poorest country in the world at the expense of your own comfort? Truly a masterpiece of troll deconstruction! I would have deleted the comment sooner, but I was avoiding the internet so that I could enjoy Mother’s Day. Apparently I made the right call. Since CP apparently missed the analogy, I’ll just make the same point directly. There are women who like to game. They don’t like being mistreated and disrespected by the community. So they do consciousness raising and related activities to improve the situation. Few would suggest that the sexism in the gaming community is equal to the sexism in theocratic countries, but it’s BS to suggest that I shouldn’t be concerned with assholes in my back yard because there are bigger assholes two towns over. Gaming is my community, and I’m going to work to improve the situation in my community because I choose to live here. Simply put, pointing to disasters far away in no way excuses irritating issues that affect me where I live even if these irritations are in some meaningful sense lesser problems. Given that I care about the place that I live, there’s no sense in my shutting up about it. 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__label__cc	0.668009	0.331991	Articles Posted in Supreme Court of Indiana Lake County Council v. Honorable John R. Pera In this mandate-of-funds action in which the only remaining dispute was over what attorney's fees and expenses the Judges of Lake Superior Court should recover, the Supreme Court affirmed the Special Judge's ruling that the Judges were entitled to recover $176,467.17, holding that the Special Judge did not abuse his discretion. In 2017, fourteen Judges of the Lake Superior Court issued an order of mandate of funds requiring the Lake County Council and the Lake County Auditor (collectively, the Council) to provide funding, including raises, for court employees. A Special Judge heard the case, and the parties subsequently agreed to settle the dispute. The Judges requested $223,234.17 in legal fees and expenses incurred in prosecuting the mandate action. The Special Judge ordered the Council to pay the Judges $176,467.17 for their fees and expenses. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that substantial evidence supported the award to the Judges. View "Lake County Council v. Honorable John R. Pera" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Legal Ethics, Supreme Court of Indiana State v. Neff The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the Town of Yorktown’s Clerk-Treasurer, Beth Neff, holding that the State’s request to remove Neff did not fall within the exceptionally rare category of cases that warranted removal. Relying on Indiana Code 5-8-1-35, the Removal Statute, the State sought Neff’s removal for her alleged refusal or neglect to perform the official duties pertaining to her office. The trial court entered judgment in favor of Neff, concluding that Neff had not completely failed to carry out her duties. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) for a public official to be removed pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of the Removal Statute, the State must show that the official has generally failed to perform his or her official duties; and (2) Neff’s failures and errors did not result in such a general failure, and therefore, the removal statute did not apply. View "State v. Neff" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Supreme Court of Indiana Q.D.-A., Inc. v. Indiana Department of Workforce Development The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Liability Administrative Law Judge (LALJ) concluding that Driver was Q.D.-A.’s employee under the Unemployment Compensation Act, holding that because Q.D.-A. proved the Act’s three part test, Driver was an independent contractor. Q.D.-A., which matches drivers with customers who need large vehicles driven to them, classified its drivers as independent contractors and did not pay unemployment taxes for them under the Act. The Act presumes a worker is an employee unless the employer proves three factors. Driver in this case filed for unemployment benefits under the Act, and the Department of Workforce Development classified Driver as an employee. The LALJ affirmed the Department’s classification. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the LAJL unreasonably concluded that Driver was Q.D.-A.’s employee when Driver was not under Q.D.-A.’s control or direction, performed a service outside Q.D.-A.’s usual course of business, and ran an independently established business. View "Q.D.-A., Inc. v. Indiana Department of Workforce Development" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Supreme Court of Indiana Moriarity v. Indiana Department of Natural Resources January 3, 2019 by Justia Inc The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court affirming the order of the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) finding that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) use of a dam on Appellants’ property was proper, holding that the trial court properly enforced the order but that Appellants could, in the course of complying with the trial court’s order, modify their dam to remove it from the DNR’s jurisdiction under the Dam Safety Act, Ind. Code 14-27-7.5. Appellants had a large pond and related dam on their property. Since the early 2000s, the DNR attempted to exercise jurisdiction over the dam on the grounds that the dam was located in, on, or along a stream. Appellants contested DNR’s findings, largely without success, in administrative tribunals and the courts below. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the DNR’s definition of the word “stream” was reasonable, and Appellants had adequate notice of what constitutes a stream for purposes of the Dam Safety Act; (2) the DNR presented substantial evidence supporting its classification of Appellants’ dam as a high-hazard dam; and (3) Appellants could modify their dam to remove it from DNR’s future jurisdiction. View "Moriarity v. Indiana Department of Natural Resources" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Real Estate & Property Law, Supreme Court of Indiana Town of Ellettsville, Indiana Plan Commission v. DeSpirito In this property dispute, the Supreme Court retained Indiana’s common-law rule prohibiting the unilateral relocation of fixed easements and affirmed the trial court’s entry of judgment for Joseph DeSpirito on his petition for judicial review and against Richland Convenience Store Partners, LLC (Richland) and the Town of Ellettsville, Indiana Plan Commission (Commission). Despite the opposition of DeSpirito, who owned an adjacent lot, the Commission approved Richland’s request to relocate a utility easement on its lot. On judicial review, the trial court granted summary judgment against Richland and the Commission, finding that DeSpirito had a fixed utility easement through Richland’s lot and that the easement’s fixed location meant it could not be changed by either party without consent of the other. At issue on appeal was whether the Court should adhere to Indiana’s longstanding common-law rule requiring all affected estate-holders to consent to the relocation of a fixed easement or to adopt the position of the Third Restatement of Property (Servitudes), which permits the unilateral relocation of easements if a court finds the proposed relocation is reasonable, consistent with the normal use and development of the servant estate, and does not adversely affect the dominant estate. The Supreme Court rejected the minority approach reflected in the Third Restatement and affirmed. View "Town of Ellettsville, Indiana Plan Commission v. DeSpirito" on Justia Law State of Indiana v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Indiana’s blocked-crossing statute bars railroads from blocking railroad-highway grade crossings for more than 10 minutes, except in circumstances outside the railroads’ control. Ind. Code 8-6-7.5-1. Violations are Class C infractions and carry a minimum $200 fine. In one year, Norfolk Southern collected 23 blocked-crossing citations for violations near its Allen County trainyard. Norfolk argued that the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (ICCTA), 49 U.S.C. 10101, and the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) expressly preempt Indiana’s statute. The trial court found that train-switching maneuvers, track congestion, and mechanical defects can all cause traffic blockages lasting more than 10 minutes, and that, to shorten blockages, Norfolk would have to run trains faster, run shorter trains, or “cut” trains into segments—an onerous process that requires more than 10 minutes of reassembly and brake tests. The court granted Norfolk summary judgment on all 23 citations. The Court of Appeals reversed. The Indiana Supreme Court reinstated the trial court decision. Indiana’s blocked-crossing statute is a remedy that directly regulates rail operations, so the ICCTA categorically preempts it. View "State of Indiana v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co." on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Supreme Court of Indiana, Transportation Law Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc. v. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the Indiana Utility and Regulatory Commission (the Commission) in this appeal from the Commission’s decision authorizing a rate and charges increase lower than Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc. (HSE) requested. HSE petitioned the Commission to approve an 8.42 percent increase in its charges. The Commission issued an order authorizing only a 1.17 percent increase in HSE’s rates and charges. HSE appealed, arguing that the Commission erred in excluding some expenses from its rates. The court of appeals granted HSE’s motion to dismiss the Commission, concluding that it was not a proper party to the appeal and then found that the Commission erred in excluding some expenses from HSE’s rates. The Supreme Court held (1) the Commission should not have been dismissed; (2) because the court of appeals found that the Commission acted arbitrarily in excluding SAMCO-related expenses from HSE’s rate calculation without giving the Commission an opportunity to defend its order, this issue must be reversed and remanded to the court of appeals with instructions to permit the Commission an opportunity to brief the issue; and (3) the remainder of the court of appeals’ opinion is summarily affirmed. View "Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc. v. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Supreme Court of Indiana, Utilities Law NIPSCO Industrial Group v. Northern Public Service Co. At issue was the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s preapproval of approximately $20 million in infrastructure investments, for which the Commission authorized increases to NIPSCO Industrial Group’s natural-gas rates under the mechanism implemented by the so-called “TDSIC” statute. Under the TDSIC statute, a utility can seek regulatory approval of a seven-year plan that designates eligible improvements followed by periodic petitions to adjust rates automatically as approved investments are completed. Some of the largest customers of NIPSCO, an energy utility with more than 800,000 customers in northern Indiana, opposed NIPSCO’s entitlement to favorable rate treatment under the TDSIC statute on the grounds that the disputed projects did not comply with the statute’s requirements. The Commission approved various categories of improvements but did not designate those improvements with specificity. The Supreme Court reversed the Commission’s order in part, holding (1) the TDSIC statute permits periodic rate increases only for specific projects a utility designates, and the Commission approves, at the outset in a utility’s seven-year-plan and not in later proceedings involving periodic updates; and (2) the Commission’s approval of “broad categories of unspecific projects defeats the purpose of having a ‘plan.’” View "NIPSCO Industrial Group v. Northern Public Service Co." on Justia Law Ward v. Carter The Department of Correction’s change to Indian’s lethal injection protocol, which added Brevital to the lethal injection cocktail, does not carry the effect of law, and therefore, the new three-drug protocol is not a rule and thus not subject to the Administrative Rules and Procedures Act (ARPA). In 2014, the Department announced hat it would alter the three-drug combination used for executions, replacing Sodium Thiopental with Brevital. Plaintiff, a death row inmate, filed a complaint alleging that the Department’s change to the lethal injection protocol violated his rights under the ARPA. The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. The Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that the Department’s execution protocol constituted a rule, and because the Department failed to follow ARPA’s requirements when adding Brevital to the three-drug combination, the changed protocol was void. The Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals, holding that the Department’s lethal injection protocol did not constitute a “rule” for APRA purposes. View "Ward v. Carter" on Justia Law Posted in: Criminal Law, Government & Administrative Law, Supreme Court of Indiana Merchandise Warehouse Co. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue Here, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the longstanding principle that direct production involves a process that includes those steps essential and integral to transforming tangible personal property into a distinct marketable good. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Tax Court affirming the decision of the Department of State Revenue partially denying refund claims submitted by Petitioner for sales tax paid on blast freezing equipment and the electricity used in operating that equipment. Petitioner petitioned the Supreme Court for review, arguing that it qualified for exemptions under the relevant statutes because it engages in “direct production” when it blast freezes another company’s food product and that it engages in its own production process in producing the new, distinct marketable goods. In reversing, the Supreme Court held (1) Petitioner’s blast freezing process constitutes direct production because it represents the crucial final step in creating a distinct marketable good; and (2) the relevant statutes and regulations do not impose a requirement that Petitioner’s blast-freezing procedure be its own, separate production process. View "Merchandise Warehouse Co. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue" on Justia Law Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Supreme Court of Indiana, Tax Law	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754641
__label__cc	0.746537	0.253463	If you notice that you’re breaking out right around your period every month, your acne might be linked to hormones. “A sensitivity to the hormones called androgens manifests in the form of cystic acne,” says Linkner. Androgens, namely testosterone, cause the skin to produce more sebum. More sebum equals more acne. Birth control, which has estrogen and progestin, helps keep hormones balanced and skin clear. Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrostep, and YAZ are all FDA-approved as acne treatments. Salicylic acid is a topically applied beta-hydroxy acid that stops bacteria from reproducing and has keratolytic properties.[132][133] It opens obstructed skin pores and promotes shedding of epithelial skin cells.[132] Salicylic acid is known to be less effective than retinoid therapy.[20] Dry skin is the most commonly seen side effect with topical application, though darkening of the skin has been observed in individuals with darker skin types.[1] Combination therapy—using medications of different classes together, each with a different mechanism of action—has been demonstrated to be a more efficacious approach to acne treatment than monotherapy.[10][47] The use of topical benzoyl peroxide and antibiotics together has been shown to be more effective than antibiotics alone.[10] Similarly, using a topical retinoid with an antibiotic clears acne lesions faster than the use of antibiotics alone.[10] Frequently used combinations include the following: antibiotic and benzoyl peroxide, antibiotic and topical retinoid, or topical retinoid and benzoyl peroxide.[47] The pairing of benzoyl peroxide with a retinoid is preferred over the combination of a topical antibiotic with a retinoid since both regimens are effective but benzoyl peroxide does not lead to antibiotic resistance.[10] We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data was collected or otherwise processed. Under section 3 above, we have specified the retention time, or the criteria for determining the retention time, for our processing of data in relation to the different purposes the data is being processed. In addition to the retention time stated under section 3 above, please also note the following. To many parents’ dismay, their beautiful newborn’s face breaks out with red bumps at around 3 to 4 weeks of age. This is called baby acne. It tends to occur at about the same age as the baby’s peak gas production and fussiness. How attractive! (This all coincides with parents’ maximum sleep deprivation.) Parents are often quite concerned both about how these bumps look and about their significance. Bowling was right not to worry. Baby acne — or newborn acne, as it’s called to distinguish it from infantile acne, which occurs in older babies — is usually harmless and quite common. “It occurs in about 20 percent of newborns, typically around the time when they’re 3 – to 4-weeks-old,” says Mary Yurko, M.D., PhD, a pediatric dermatologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Therefore, it is very important that you wear sunscreen everyday, with an SPF of 30.Of note, after SPF 30, there are decreasing marginal returns in UVB protection. The % of UVB protection as a function of SPF Value is a log graph and plateaus after SPF 30. Therefore, there is not much difference in protection between SPF 40 and 50. Sunscreens with an SPF 100 are banned in some countries. Oral antibiotics are recommended for no longer than three months as antibiotic courses exceeding this duration are associated with the development of antibiotic resistance and show no clear benefit over shorter courses.[87] Furthermore, if long-term oral antibiotics beyond three months are thought to be necessary, it is recommended that benzoyl peroxide and/or a retinoid be used at the same time to limit the risk of C. acnes developing antibiotic resistance.[87] Acne vulgaris and its resultant scars have been associated with significant social and academic difficulties that can last into adulthood, including difficulties obtaining employment.[31][178] Until the 1930s, it was largely seen as a trivial problem among middle-class girls – a trivial problem, because, unlike smallpox and tuberculosis, no one died from it, and a feminine problem, because boys were much less likely to seek medical assistance for it.[166] During the Great Depression, dermatologists discovered that young men with acne had difficulty obtaining jobs, and during World War II, some soldiers in tropical climates developed such severe and widespread tropical acne on their bodies that they were declared medically unfit for duty.[166] Rosemary oil has been around for years and used topically for acne and inflamed skin. (15) A Chinese study concluded that rosemary essential oil helps decrease acne due to its antibacterial effects. To better understand the effects, the study increased the concentration of the rosemary essential oil, resulting in severely damaged bacterial bodies. Treated bacteria eventually led to bacterial death. (16) Pimples are raised red spots with a white center that develop when blocked hair follicles become inflamed or infected with bacteria. Blockages and inflammation that develop deep inside hair follicles produce cystlike lumps beneath the surface of your skin. Other pores in your skin, which are the openings of the sweat glands, aren't usually involved in acne.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754643
__label__wiki	0.569521	0.569521	JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU), stylized as jetBlue, is an American low-cost airline headquartered in New York City. A major air carrier and the sixth-largest airline in the United States. JetBlue is headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, with its main base at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It also maintains corporate offices in Cottonwood Heights, Utah[6][7] and Orlando, Florida. Once a sleepy second fiddle to Southern culinary powerhouses like Charleston and Nashville, Greenville is stepping into the limelight with hot new restaurants. The town will soon be home to an outpost of Sean Brock's heirloom-crop-focused Husk and a food-centric market hall called the Commons. Other recent additions include modern Italian spot Jianna from Michael Kramer (the opening executive chef of McCrady's in Charleston, pre-Brock) and the moody speakeasy lounge Vault & Vator. It's an impressive collection of quality restaurants for a city of just over 67,000. In September 2009, JetBlue made changes to its TrueBlue program.[132] In the new program, members receive three points for every dollar spent toward a flight, excluding taxes and fees, plus an additional three points for every dollar spent on a flight if booked online directly on the JetBlue.com website. Additional points are awarded if the member uses the Barclay's issued JetBlue Mastercard credit card to purchase the flight. The price of flights in points depend on the fare of the flight in U.S. dollars. The new program launched on November 9, 2009.[133][134] HI Vancouver Central C$ 47+ Budget Inn Patricia Hotel C$ 58+ Barclay Hotel C$ 66+ Kingston Hotel C$ 82+ The Empire Landmark Hotel C$ 83+ Howard Johnson by Wyndham Vancouver Downtown C$ 95+ Ramada by Wyndham Vancouver Downtown C$ 106+ Gec Granville Suites Downtown C$ 106+ Victorian Hotel C$ 115+ Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel C$ 122+ Best Western PLUS Sands C$ 124+ With an exciting influx of new and revamped hotels, an up-and-coming restaurant scene, and a blossoming wine industry, Idaho’s capital city—traditionally known as a convention destination — has started to attract the attention of leisure travelers. Boise’s invigorated downtown is evidence of the trend, with the newly opened Inn at 500, a 110-room boutique property whose perks include balconies overlooking the capitol, and its on-site restaurant, Richard’s, owned by James Beard Award-nominated chef Richard Langston, leading the way. (Meanwhile, Hotel 43 and The Grove both recently unveiled swank renovations.) The city’s craft-beer scene continues to impress; one noteworthy newcomer is White Dog Brewing, whose rustic taproom features a 24-foot “frost rail” that keeps your beer, well, frosty. In other toast-worthy news, Boise has become a hub for Idaho’s growing wine industry. Oenophiles shouldn’t miss a stop at the new downtown tasting room of Coiled Wines. Owner Leslie Preston — a native Idahoan who sharpened her skills at Clos du Bois and Stags’ Leap in California — makes a spectacular dry Riesling. Getting there is easier than ever: to meet rising demand, American Airlines has launched new nonstop service from Chicago O’Hare, while Southwest now runs a nonstop from San Diego. —Blane Bachelor jetBlue experienced its first-ever quarterly loss during the fourth quarter of 2005 when the airline lost $42.4 million, enough to make them unprofitable for the entire year of 2005. The loss was the airline's first since going public in 2002. JetBlue also reported a loss in the first quarter of 2006. In addition to that, jetBlue forecasted a loss for 2006, citing high fuel prices, operating inefficiency, and fleet costs. During the first quarter report, CEO David Neeleman, President Dave Barger, and then-CFO John Owen released JetBlue's "Return to Profitability" ("RTP") plan, stating in detail how they would curtail costs and improve revenue to regain profitability. The plan called for $50 million in annual cost cuts and a push to boost revenue by $30 million. jetBlue Airways moved out of the red during the second quarter of 2006, beating Wall Street expectations by announcing a net profit of $14 million. That result was flat when compared to jetBlue's results from the same quarter a year before ($13 million), but it was double Wall Street forecasts of a $7 million profit, Reuters reports. The carrier said cost-cutting and stronger revenue helped it offset higher jet fuel costs. In October 2006, jetBlue announced a net loss of $500,000 for Quarter 3, and a plan to regain that loss by deferring some of their E190 deliveries and by selling 5 of their A320s.[citation needed]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754645
__label__wiki	0.890289	0.890289	jetBlue previously had its headquarters at 80–02 Kew Gardens Road,[80] and then in the Forest Hills Tower, both in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City,[81][80] 6 miles (9.7 km) from the current office in Long Island City.[82] In 2001 the airline had announced that it wanted to take 74,000 square feet (6,900 m2) of space in the Forest Hills Tower, and by December 2002 announced that it planned to increase its leased space. Over the past few years, South Korea’s Gangwon Province has shed its sleepy past and come into its own as a prime winter-sports destination — a transformation that will take center stage during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (February 9–25). Ahead of the big event, the region will debut a new high-speed rail line that will whisk travelers from Incheon International Airport to the resort town in just 70 minutes, making it easier to access the Taebaek Mountains’ panoramic pistes and tourist-friendly attractions. Powder hounds will want to lodge at the InterContinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort, which commands a prime location at the foot of the Alpensia ski slopes, steps from two Olympic-class runs, and is one of a handful of hotels built for the games. Break from all the outdoor action at the Ocean 700 indoor water park, complete with wave pools and tubing rides. —Talia Avakian Since the government’s 2016 peace deal with the FARC paramilitary group, memories of Colombia’s civil war have begun fading. As a result, new parts of the country are becoming accessible — among them the Pacific coast, which contains a once-dangerous strip of virgin beach and rain forest known as El Chocó. Regular commercial flights now connect travelers from Bogotá and Medellín to the fishing villages of Nuquí and Bahía Solano. From there, small boats run along the shore to chic eco-lodges like Punta Brava, which sits above two private beaches, and El Cantil Ecolodge, which is near surf breaks and a thermal spring. —Nicholas Gill For many years, analysts had predicted that jetBlue's growth rate would become unsustainable. Despite this, the airline continued to add planes and routes to the fleet at a brisk pace. In addition in 2006, the IAM (International Association of Machinists) attempted to unionize JetBlue's "ramp service workers", in a move that was described by JetBlue's COO Dave Barger as "pretty hypocritical", as the IAM opposed jetBlue's creation when it was founded as New Air in 1998. The union organizing petition was dismissed by the National Mediation Board because fewer than 35 percent of eligible employees supported an election.[citation needed] In October 2013, jetBlue introduced Mint, a premium cabin service on transcontinental and select Caribbean flights. The service began in 2014, using the Airbus A321-231 aircraft ordered by jetBlue. These planes are outfitted with winglets, as well as with "lie flat" seats, and moveable partitions that can create small suites on the airplane.[56] Called "Mint" by jetBlue, these planes are configured with 16 business-class seats and 143 economy seats, instead of an all-economy configuration of 190 seats.[57] Travel & Leisure is part of the Travel & Leisure Group. CopyRight 2019 Meredith Corporation. Travel & Leisure is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation Travel & Leisure Group All Rights Reserved, registered in the United States and other countries. Travel & Leisure may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service \| Ad Choices \| Your California Privacy Rights \| EU Data Subject Requests A century ago, Shanghai was China’s star city, a cosmopolitan center of art, technology, and finance. Today, it’s reclaiming that mantle, parlaying the economic boom that began in the 1990s into a world-class array of cultural and culinary attractions. On the West Bund riverfront, Tank Shanghai will transform disused oil tanks into a sprawling arts complex with a gallery, an education center, and parks when it’s completed later this year. Farther north, the Norman Foster and Thomas Heatherwick–designed Fosun Foundation, with its façade of shifting bronze cylinders, began hosting performances and art shows last fall. The North Bund is being redeveloped with a park linking it to a new lifestyle development that’s anchored by the city’s first W Hotel. In the residential Minhang district, Cordis debuted in May, and Amanyangyun will open nearby after relocating Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, as well as 10,000 ancient camphor trees, from Jiangxi province. More luxury stays are still to come in 2018, including the Middle House, the Bulgari, and the Edition. —Samantha Culp Though decades of civil war made parts of the island unsafe, tourism is on the rise in Sri Lanka, where international visitors exceeded 2 million for the first time in 2016. The momentum is particularly strong along the south coast, which has the highest concentration of hotels and resorts after Colombo. The 172-room Amari resort recently opened on the beachfront in Galle (known for its UNESCO-protected Dutch fortress) with ocean views from every balcony. Water also plays a central role at Alila Koggala, a new luxury eco-resort with 36 suites and private villas, opening 20 minutes outside of Galle in June. The property sits on the serene shores of Lake Koggala and will feature an ayurvedic spa where treatments can be taken on a platform floating on the lake. Further along the south coast, Mirissa Beach is attracting travelers in need of a full mind-body reset. The laid-back surfer town — think Venice Beach minus the tech crowd — comes alive at night with bars and barbecue restaurants overlooking the turquoise bay; when you’re ready to turn in, there are earthy, low-key lodges peppered throughout the jungle, such as Surf & Yoga, which offers daily on-site yoga and private surf lessons. —Alex Schechter In July 2007, the airline partnered with 20th Century Fox's film The Simpsons Movie to become the "Official Airline of Springfield".[26] In addition a contest was held in which the grand prize would be a trip on JetBlue to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of the film. The airline's website was also redecorated with characters and their favorite jetBlue destinations and the company was taken over by the show/film's businessman villain Montgomery Burns.[27] Of all the islands that make up Italy’s Aeolian archipelago, Salina is arguably the most alluring: it is not yet a celebrity haven like its neighbor Stromboli, where Giorgio Armani, Domenico Dolce, and Stefano Gabbana have homes; and it’s not yet overrun with the luxury yachts of affluent soccer players like nearby Panarea. That the isle has stayed blissfully unspoiled for this long eludes those who know of its imposing natural beauty — steep mountains blanketed in blossoming trees and wildflowers, small villages speckled with olive and lemon groves, fig trees, and miles of terraced Malvasia vineyards. The Relais & Châteaux property Capofaro Malvasia & Resort is one of Salina’s finest places to check in to, thanks to its secluded location, private beach, Tasca d’Almerita wines, and restaurant spotlighting local flavors (think wild fennel, orange, and caper leaves). Once you’ve settled in, skip on over to the town of Lingua to watch the sun set on the Marina Garibaldi, and order the best almond granita of your life at the Da Alfredo waterfront café. —Rocky Casale In March 22, 2010, jetBlue turned down incentives from the City of Orlando and announced its headquarters would keep its Forest Hills office,[46][47][48][49] start leasing and using a new office in the Brewster Building in Long Island City, New York.[50][51] in Queens Plaza in Long Island City,[49] move its headquarters there in mid-2012,[52] and start a joint branding deal with New York State using the iconic I Love NY logo.[49] A new marketing strategy has been partnerships with professional sports teams and venues. As the official airline of the New York Jets, JetBlue has specially painted the exterior of one of their Airbus A320s (N746JB) in the team's colors. Aircraft N605JB is based on the design of the Boston Red Sox road uniform and sports a grey fuselage with navy lettering. This aircraft was unveiled in February 2012, just in time for the opening of the Red Sox new spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida named JetBlue Park at Fenway South. Additionally, JetBlue and MasterCard have pledged to refund select flight purchases made online at JetBlue.com using a MasterCard.[96] JetBlue has also partnered with various other sports teams and sporting venues in cities they serve. ^ Jump up to: a b Cuozzo, Steve. "JetBlue Triples Size of its Queens Offices." New York Post. December 24, 2002. Retrieved on January 20, 2010. "74,000 square feet at 118–29 Queens Blvd., also known as Forest Hills Tower" and "Boulevard in Forest Hills – possibly the largest office lease in Queens this year. JetBlue was previously at 80–02 Kew Gardens Rd., across the street." From the Northwest Florida’s Emerald Coast to the coral-reefed Keys, the state is filled with an array of activities for all ages and tastes. On a Florida vacation, families can plan several days of theme park fun in the Orlando area, or they can ride horses at a secluded ranch in central Florida, ride bikes along nature trails in north Florida, learn about astronauts and rocket science at the Space Coast or take one of the garden tours in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. In December 2006, jetBlue, as part of their RTP plan, removed a row of seats from their A320s to lighten the aircraft by 904 lb (410 kg) and reduce the cabin crew size from four to three (per FAA regulation requiring one flight attendant per 50 seats), thus offsetting the lost revenue from the removal of seats, and further lightening the aircraft, resulting in less fuel burned.[16] The project culminates in September with a week of public arts programming developed by Cecilia Alemani, chief curator of the High Line in New York. Then, in October, 4,000 teen athletes from more than 200 countries will flock to the city for the Youth Olympic Games. The southern Villa Soldati neighborhood has seen significant development in anticipation of the events, with new housing, parks, and sports venues that will breathe life into the area well after the Olympians return home. Should you miss out on the world-class athletes, drown your sorrows in a world-class meal. Tegui, an eight-year-old restaurant in trendy Palermo, was recently named one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants — the first time an Argentinean spot has made the list in 15 years. —Sorrel Moseley-Williams On July 24, 2007, jetBlue reported that its second-quarter revenue increased to $730 million, compared to $612 in 2006. Second quarter net income grew to $21 million for the quarter, from $14 million the previous year. CEO David Barger said the airline will take delivery of three fewer planes this year and will sell three planes from their current fleet, "slowing capacity growth ... to strengthen our balance sheet and facilitate earnings growth", but will continue to add two to four new destinations each year.[25] Flight Edmonton - Vancouver (YEG - YVR) C$ 99+ Flight Calgary - Vancouver (YYC - YVR) C$ 119+ Flight Kelowna - Vancouver (YLW - YVR) C$ 261+ Flight Winnipeg - Vancouver (YWG - YVR) C$ 266+ Flight Cranbrook - Vancouver (YXC - YVR) C$ 267+ Flight London - Vancouver (YXU - YVR) C$ 277+ Flight Toronto - Vancouver (YHM - YVR) C$ 298+ Flight Prince George - Vancouver (YXS - YVR) C$ 334+ Flight Toronto - Vancouver (YYZ - YVR) C$ 342+ Flight Fort St. John - Vancouver (YXJ - YVR) C$ 350+ Flight Saskatoon - Vancouver (YXE - YVR) C$ 372+	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754646
__label__wiki	0.812876	0.812876	According to Martin St. George, senior vice president of marketing and commercial strategy at jetBlue, the new "You Above All" campaign was created to get jetBlue back to their "DNA" and speak to the "core of who we are as a brand". This motto is meant to support their efforts to always put the customer first and "bring humanity back to air travel".[95] Rising above its associations with the annual hot-air-balloon festival, Albuquerque will this year set out to prove itself as a fully-fledged destination. The Sawmill District, just north of the historic Old Town, is being revived as a creative center, anchored by the arrival of the Hotel Chaco. The design of this boutique property, which opened in April, is inspired by the state’s indigenous culture, with handmade Navajo wool textiles and pueblo-inspired motifs. Come spring, downtown ABQ will also see the arrival of a new entertainment hub: the $40 million One Central, which will have a sleek bowling lounge, as well as upscale stores and restaurants. And just outside town, visitors will soon be able to experience the striking Sandia Mountains in a nail-biting new way. The proposed Mountain Coaster, an alpine sled-style ride that plunges riders down the mountainside in a total vertical drop of 380 feet, is due to open this fall. Getting to Albuquerque is becoming even easier, thanks to new nonstop flights from major U.S. cities via Southwest, United, and Alaska Airlines. —Melanie Lieberman The Emerald Isle has seen a rush of American visitors recently, spurred by favorable exchange rates and increased airlift. If you haven’t yet made the trip, now’s the time to go. Adare Manor, a hotel set in a grand 19th-century mansion on 840 acres of rolling County Limerick countryside, reopened in November after an 18-month overhaul. The picturesque estate now has a new 42-room wing, a redesigned golf course, and the first La Mer Spa in the British Isles. Ireland’s whiskey scene has been quietly blooming for the last decade, and recently historic estates have embraced the trend. In August, Slane Castle in County Meath opened its new distillery to the public, and later this year, the iconic Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow will debut its own craft facility. In Dublin, Pearse Lyons, a wealthy Irishman with Kentucky-bourbon bona fides, recently opened his namesake distillery in the former St. James’s Church, and more whiskey destinations with visitor centers are soon to come from the Dublin Liberties and Roe & Co. And now that Luas, Dublin’s light rail system, has finally completed its latest expansion, getting around the city is a breeze — the $433-million project has linked two lines and added new stops near many of the city center’s most popular sights. —Lila Battis Central Park West Hostel $53+ Broadway Hotel And Hostel $56+ Blue Moon Boutique Hotel $65+ Pod 51 $101+ Hotel Pennsylvania $104+ Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street $112+ Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District $113+ The Watson Hotel $116+ DoubleTree by Hilton New York Times Square West $126+ Night Hotel Times Square $127+ The Gallivant Times Square $127+ DoubleTree by Hilton New York City - Financial District $128+ Row NYC $131+ The Manhattan At Times Square Hotel $131+ Hotel Edison $136+ Hudson New York, Central Park $140+ Paramount Hotel $143+ Empire Hotel $145+ MOXY NYC Times Square $152+ The Roosevelt Hotel $153+ YOTEL New York $156+ Dream Midtown $159+ It’s easy to see why this outcrop of land just an hour’s drive from Melbourne has long been a weekend retreat for the city’s well-heeled residents. Rolling vineyards in its interior give way to seaside villages and sandy shoreline. Travelers can swim with wild dolphins, visit wineries on horseback, or soar above the landscape in a gondola. And with a new flurry of openings, the region has begun to attract global attention. The latest addition is Point Leo Estate on the peninsula’s southernmost point. Set on 330 acres, it combines a tasting room, a 110-seat fine-dining restaurant, and a sculpture park, with more than 50 works by Australian and international artists like George Rickey and Inge King. Its arrival follows the launch of Jackalope, a seductive, art-infused boutique hotel neighboring a working winery. Elsewhere, Peninsula Hot Springs, a day spa set amid geothermal pools, is slated to unveil seven new pools and a new treatment list in 2018. —Carrie Hutchinson It’s no secret that Fiji is home to some of the world’s most spectacular scenery — powdery beaches fringed with palms, crystalline waters with colorful reefs, and rugged coastlines covered in greenery. But the islands’ new crop of luxury accommodations is making a case for the archipelago’s man-made phenomena as well. At the exclusive, family-owned Kokomo Private Island Resort, which is spread across 140 acres of dense tropical rain forest and white-sand beaches, guests will have their pick of 21 beach villas (among the most spacious in Fiji) and four hilltop residences featuring infinity pools and walled tropical gardens. If you’re a diver, you’re in luck: the Great Astrolabe Reef, which is teeming with kaleidoscopic corals and exotic marine life (like reef sharks, rays, and dolphinfish), is in the resort’s backyard. The luxury ante will only be upped in March when a Six Senses debuts on Malolo Island. Set on a private beach, the boutique property will offer the brand’s namesake spa and wellness offerings (including yoga, meditation, and nutrition and sleep counseling), plus a restaurant with ingredients sourced from the resort garden. Also slated to open in 2018: Nihi Fiji, from hotelier James McBride and Christopher Burch — the same duo behind Nihi Sumba Island, which Travel + Leisure readers named the best hotel in the world for 2017. —Melanie Lieberman The city has cemented its reputation as a must-visit destination with its most recent honor: it’s been named 2018 World Design Capital, the first ever in the Americas. It’s no wonder: despite challenges like the recent earthquake, young Mexican creatives are no longer searching for opportunities abroad but staying to build something meaningful at home. Their success is evident in arts initiatives like Zonamaco and the Material Art Fair in February, Design Week Mexico in October, and the Condo Fair, which will debut in Mexico’s capital in April. Aesthetes have plenty of design-forward places to stay and eat, too. Bed down at Downtown Mexico, the newest hotel by Grupo Habita, which plans to open another property, Catedral M X, nearby in 2018. Or book a room at the Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City, which unveiled an ambitious redesign by Gilles & Boissier in 2016. Dine at Enrique Olvera’s world-famous Pujol, which relocated last year to a mid-century house and has a fresh, pared-down look. The new space is outfitted in natural materials — a fitting design for a restaurant that celebrates wood-fired cooking. —Laura Itzkowitz Our travel experts — from travel writers around the globe to T+L's A-List travel advisors to our own editors — offer their recommendations. Then, we take a look at what places are now at the forefront of the global conversation, whether for new hotels and museums or major international events. In any given year, the cities and countries we recommend as the best places to travel in the world have a lot going on. And of course, we think about those travel destinations that are perennial favorites to determine which ones are reinventing themselves, ensuring there’s always something new to explore. Thai tourism is as robust as ever: more than 21 million international visitors poured into the capital in 2016, making it the world’s most visited city. To accommodate all those arrivals, the metropolis is welcoming a bevy of posh new hotels in the coming year. The Waldorf Astoria Bangkok will have a spa, rooftop bar, and outdoor infinity pool overlooking the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, while the 155-room Bangkok Edition will open this summer in MahaNakhon, a towering skyscraper with a swirl of cubical cutouts wrapping around the building. Four Seasons and Capella both have properties in the works on the Chao Phraya Estate, a lush riverfront development that’s part shopping and dining destination, part tropical escape. The Michelin Guide will make its long-awaited debut here this year, drawing attention to one of the world’s most dynamic culinary scenes. And for art lovers, there’s a flock of brand-new multipurpose creative spaces to explore, including the Thailand Creative & Design Center, which just relocated to a former General Post Office on historic Charoen Krung Road; Warehouse 30, a series of World War II-era warehouses revamped by starchitect Duangrit Bunnag; and ChangChui, an immense complex of bars, shops, and restaurants constructed out of upcycled materials, including an airplane salvaged from the scrap pile. —Diana Hubbell Leaf-peeping and a thriving farm-to-table food scene (the country’s first CSA sprouted here) lure out-of-towners to the bucolic far western corner of Massachusetts. But the arts have long been their own major draw: Tanglewood, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival all call the area home, as does MASS MoCA, a popular modern art destination housed in a circa-1800s textile mill in North Adams. JetBlue's in-flight options consist of gate-to-gate Fly-Fi service, offering over one hundred channels of DIRECTV, Sirius XM Radio, and movies, and on the Airbus A321, a 15″ interactive video screen which is not available on the rest of the fleet. JetBlue's partnership with Amazon lets customers watch Amazon Prime videos by connecting to Wi-Fi and downloading the Amazon Video app on their mobile phone or tablet. The in-flight WiFi under the "Fly-Fi" network is complimentary on all flights, at speeds of 12–15 megabits per second. VISIT FLORIDA® is the Official Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation. The content for this web site has been provided both by professional travel writers and by individual consumers. The opinions expressed in the getaway ideas, Floridians' Favorites and readers' comments do not necessarily represent those of VISIT FLORIDA. Please contact us to send a comment or to report a problem. All material © 2001-2019 by VISIT FLORIDA®, all rights reserved. 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__label__wiki	0.819794	0.819794	In 2007, jetBlue was also facing reliability problems with its Embraer 190 fleet. For a couple of months, jetBlue contracted ExpressJet to operate four Embraer 145 regional jets on behalf of jetBlue. While this was going on two E-190 aircraft at a time were sent to an Embraer maintenance facility in Nashville, Tennessee.[19] ExpressJet operated routes between Boston Logan and Buffalo, New York and Washington Dulles, and between New York–JFK and Columbus, Ohio (has terminated) and Richmond, Virginia.[20] On December 13, 2007, jetBlue and Germany-based Lufthansa announced jetBlue's intent to sell 19% of jetBlue to Lufthansa, pending approval from US regulators. Following the acquisition, Lufthansa stated they plan to seek operational cooperation with jetBlue.[30] Lufthansa plans to offer connections to JetBlue flights in Boston, New York (JFK), and Orlando International Airport (no longer a connection).[31] The Big Easy turns the Big 3-0-0 this year, and in this city where the good times roll, the parties will be epic — think citywide art shows, supersized Mardi Gras parades, and a festival of lights using landmark buildings as backdrops. Thirteen years after Hurricane Katrina, there is much to celebrate: The Central Business District, once a dead zone after dark, now crackles at all hours thanks to four new hotels (the Ace, Troubadour, Catahoula, and NOPSI), each with its own rooftop bar. The neighborhood is also home to new restaurants like Maypop — a Vietnamese-Creole joint from acclaimed chef Michael Gulotta. Another area coming to life is the three-mile riverfront, where a renovated Spanish Plaza will reopen this spring. More riverfront updates, including a new Four Seasons Hotel, will roll out in the next few years. Toast the tricentennial at the Sazerac House, a French Quarter museum dedicated to the official cocktail of New Orleans, opening later this year. —Allison Entrekin This year is San Antonio’s 300th anniversary, and the city is marking the occasion with events, activities, and new infrastructure. Ahead of the festivities, there’s been a flurry of development: In the past few months, the botanical gardens completed an expansion; the city’s first food hall, the Bottling Department, debuted at the Pearl; and San Antonio’s iconic passenger barges got an upgrade, with colorful electric models replacing the old gas-fueled boats. In January, the city will unveil Confluence Park, an expanse of trails and science-focused education facilities near the convergence of San Pedro Creek and the San Antonio River. A commemorative week is planned for early May, with celebrations at each of San Antonio’s five missions and the dedication of San Pedro Creek Culture Park, a once-unremarkable drainage ditch that’s been transformed into a waterfront promenade with public art and performance spaces. Ruby City, a new David Adjaye–designed art center that will house more than 800 pieces from the Linda Pace Foundation Collection, is expected to be completed at the end of 2018. And boutique stays still in the works — including a Thompson Hotel and the third location of the Saint Hotel — hint that San Antonio’s heyday is just beginning. —Devorah Lev-Tov Make your next trip one to remember by exploring your national parks! Download Happy Trails: 25 Unforgettable National Park Hikes for descriptions and insider recommendations on trails and treks for all ages and ability levels, as well as general hiking tips. Sign up to get this guide, a must-have for planning an unforgettable national park adventure. Those with a predilection for high-thread-count sheets will soon be able to luxuriate at the Grand Bohemian Hotel, a ritzy boutique property with Carolina charm. In the meantime, discerning visitors can bunk at the swank Westin Poinsett, a historic hotel that was rescued from the wrecking ball in the late '90s, laying the groundwork for Greenville’s great Southern revival. —Rachel Tepper Paley Visitors may want to return to the Belgian capital in 2018 to visit two cutting-edge museums. The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art opened in the once-infamous Molenbeek district’s old Belle-Vue brewery this past spring, to showcase contemporary art from around the world. There’s also the Citroën Cultural Centre, a new collaboration with Paris’s Centre Pompidou, which will launch its first exhibition in May. The edgy JAM Hotel, an industrial-chic property with exposed brickwork and concrete beams housed in a former art school, is the perfect place for culture-lovers to stay. Don’t leave town without paying homage to Belgium’s UNESCO-recognized beer culture at youthful breweries like Brasserie de la Senne or Brussels Beer Project, both of which are shirking brewing traditions in favor of more experimental microbrewery techniques. —Meredith Bethune jetBlue also utilizes various forms of advertising media. They use print, online, and television ads as well as advertisements on popular social media sites including Hulu and YouTube. jetBlue emphasizes a secondary slogan, "If you wouldn't take it on the ground, don't take it in the air" poking fun at competitors with hidden fees, little, or no amenities and what jetBlue considers an unacceptable level of customer service.[97] Landlocked Laos might be quieter than Southeast Asian neighbors like Vietnam and Thailand, but 2018 could transform the country into the region’s next hot spot. Wattay International Airport, in the capital of Vientiane, is set to complete a terminal expansion to accommodate more international links next year, but the biggest changes are foot in the UNESCO World Heritage–inscribed town of Luang Prabang, in central Laos. This serene riverside spot lures travelers to its golden Buddhist temples, French-colonial architecture, hiking trails, nearby elephant sanctuaries — and now, glamorous new digs. Last year, the design-forward Azerai opened inside a century-old French-colonial building that was formerly an officer’s quarters. The debut concept from Aman Resorts founder Adrian Zecha has airy, light wood interiors that nod to local culture in their use of batik textiles and Laotian artwork. There’s also an 80-foot swimming pool in a tree-shaded central courtyard. The upcoming Rosewood Luang Prabang aims to be a destination in itself. Opening in mid 2018, this highly anticipated resort will feature pavilion-style villas, luxury tents, and a spa that seems to float above the jungle. —Kate Springer Although the former Soviet republic might seem remote, Uzbekistan once sat at the very center of the world. In the first millennium, no traveler could pass from Asia to Europe without stopping in the Silk Road strongholds of Bukhara and Samarkand, and as a result these cities evolved into rich cultural centers. For intrepid travelers, today’s Uzbekistan is a promised land: a Muslim-majority nation that’s both safe and affordable, with few tourists and an abundance of well-preserved mosques and harems. And since the death of authoritarian president Islam Karimov last year, the new regime has taken steps toward reform that have given both Uzbeks and the international community reason for optimism. Improving relations with Iran could soon bring a rail link to the Persian Gulf, and in 2016, the Afrosiyob high-speed-train line began connecting the country’s major cities. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan should benefit from the so-called Iron Silk Road, or Trans-Asian Railway — a Chinese-funded network of routes knitting together Beijing and Europe — once a segment connecting the country through Kyrgyzstan is completed. Book a customized journey with Exeter International, which specializes in the region. —Heidi Mitchell Beyond offering a glimpse into ancient history, Jordan is also making a name for itself as a luxury destination. Hilton opened the Dead Sea Resort & Spa in March 2017, making it the first Hilton in the country. Located at the lowest point on earth, some 1,345 feet below sea level, the resort offers beach access, Middle Eastern cuisine, and treatments containing the mineral-rich black mud. —Jess McHugh jetBlue's first major advertising campaign incorporated phrases like "Unbelievable" and "We like you, too". Full-page newspaper advertisements boasted low fares, new aircraft, leather seats, spacious legroom, and a customer-service-oriented staff committed to "bringing humanity back to air travel".[92] With a goal of raising the bar for in-flight experience, jetBlue became the first airline to offer all passengers personalized in-flight entertainment. In April 2000, flat-screen monitors installed in every seatback allow customers live access to over 20 DirecTV channels at no additional cost.[93] To better accommodate the millions who visit Iguazú Falls, a UNESCO site of 275 mighty waterfalls straddling the border of Argentina and Brazil, nearby Cataratas del Iguazú Airport is being modernized and enlarged. Within Iguazú National Park, the Ecological Jungle Train, which takes visitors on a 25-minute journey to the epic Devil’s Throat cascade, is converting from gas to environmentally friendly electric trains. Starting this February, travelers will be able to bed down at the long-awaited Awasi Iguazú resort where 14 rainforest villas will each have plunge pools and guests will have access to a personal excursion guide and 4WD vehicles. Expect visits to native Guarani tribes, river kayaking, and jungle treks led by a resident biologist. Selvaje, an upscale 12-room lodge, will also open early this year and will offer a menu of couple-friendly activities, from picnics to spa treatments. For the ultimate in romance, though, Argentinean travel outfitter Mai 10 (run by Travel + Leisure A-List Agent Maita Barrenechea) can arrange private dinners alongside the falls under the light of a full moon. —Nora Jean Walsh	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754648
__label__cc	0.690702	0.309298	The Russian-Chinese Institute of Transport Education opened at Irkutsk State Transport Uni ... Irkutsk State Transport University has established the Russian-Chinese Institute of Transport Education that will train world-class engineers. On June 11, Irkutsk State Transport University and Shandong Jiaotong University concluded an agreement that provides training in joint educational programs. The document was signed by Sergey Kargapoltsev, Rector of ISTU and Xiang Yun Kun, Vice-Rector of the partner university. International cooperation between sectoral universities includes several aspects, one of which is the training of specialists in the 2+2 educational program. Third- and fourth-year students of ISTU can study at Shandong Jiaotong University. One of the main conditions is a good command of English and absence of academic failures. Upon completion of their studies, graduates will obtain two diplomas - a Bachelor's degree from ISTU and a Bachelor's degree from Shandong Jiaotong University. The relevant cooperation agreement was also signed as part of the opening of the Russian-Chinese Institute of Transport Education. The document is valid for five years. “We hope that cooperation between our universities will allow us to expand and develop not only educational, but also scientific activities,” said Sergey Kargapoltsev, Rector of ISTU. According to the Vice-Rector of Shandong Jiaotong University, cooperation of two universities in the field of education will allow them to train world-class specialists. http://snews.ru/news/v-irgups-otkrylsya-rossiysko-kitayskiy-institut-transportnogo-obrazovaniya	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754654
__label__cc	0.696412	0.303588	Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, MORE BREAKING NEWS CONTROVERSIES SPARK REVIVAL OF AUDIT COMMITTEES AT HCGM AND ST-MICHAEL’S Posted by Hellenic Post ⋅ February 25, 2019 A controversial proposal by HCGM president Nicholas Pagonis and his board to sell the Holy Trinity property – acquired in 1925 – for $10 million in order to extinguish long term debt has sparked a renewed interest amongst local Greeks in the affairs of Canada’s largest Hellenic Community and a petition by a group of members to revive a heretofore inactive Internal Audit Committee. The petitioners oppose the sale of the Holy Trinity property without a strategic long-term plan and have expressed concerns about the dramatic increase in the Community debt during the past few years due in part to the over-budget reconstruction of «Panagitsa» church in Parc Extension following a ravaging fire and total loss on Orthodox Easter Monday, April 13, 2015. A Special General Assembly held on October 14, 2018 for the purpose of approving the sale was a non-starter as five of six members of the Hellenic Community’s «Montreal Regional Board» had already exercised their constitutional right to veto the joint recommendation made by both the elected central board and the appointed advisory board to sell the grounds of the 2nd oldest Greek Orthodox Church in Montreal. After relentless efforts by the petitioners to call and hold another Special General Assembly for the purpose of filling all five of the vacant seats on the inactive Audit Committee, Mr Pagonis and his board called a new Special General Assembly for that specific purpose on Sunday, February 24, 2019. On Sunday, February 24, 2019, the Board of Directors surprised everyone by representing that three members of the Audit Committee had never resigned (albeit their absence at the Special General Assembly and never having filed a report) and that there were only two vacancies to fill on the 5-member Audit Committee. Despite vehement objections of the Board of Directors and more than three hours of procedural wrangling that is typical of Community General Assemblies, the members present approved a joint motion by Messrs. Christos Manikis and Constantin Pappas to elect a new 5-member Audit Committee with 129 members in favour of the motion, none against and 54 abstentions (including all directors). After nominations were taken and elections held the following were elected to the new Audit Committee: Vicky Kombogiannis, Evangelos Konstantakakos, Antonis Papagiannakis, George Plessas and John Vathis. First incorporated in 1925 as the Holy Trinity Congregation and later amalgamated with the Socrates School in 1926, the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal today manages six churches and six day schools. St Michael’s Community Controversial decisions by St Michael’s Community interim president Dimitrios Harakidas and his board to spend $28,000 in August 2017 to repair a small part of the parking lot without the requisite approval of members – and to withdraw restricted funds from the Contingency Fund without the requisite approval of members – were well publicized in a series of critical editorials in the local Greek-language weekly newspaper BHMA and scathing open letters from disenfranchised members of St Michael’s Community. After a two-year delay and a controversial decision to dismiss accountants in June 2017, a Regular Annual Meeting of Members of St Michael’s Community was belatedly held on Sunday, December 2, 2018 that included distribution and presentation of audited financial statements for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2017. And after prodding from a member present at the meeting, never-before-seen financial statements for the preceding 12-month period ended December 31, 2016 were photocopied while the meeting was in progress and also distributed to the members present at the meeting. After a lengthy question-and-answer period, the members present adopted a Resolution by unanimous consent that admonished the interim president Dimitrios Harakidas and council for abuse of power a) for ordering a single-bid contractor to make $28,000 in repairs to the parking lot in August 2017 without a competition and without the required prior approval of members, b) for withdrawing $20,665 in restricted funds from the Contingency Fund in order to pay the contractor without the required prior approval of members, and c) for issuing a press release with the Community’s letterhead and logo (published in the local BHMA Greek-language newspaper on November 11, 2017) that contained dishonest statements. The Resolution ordered Mr Harakidas and the council to inform the Bank of Montreal that any withdrawal in whole or in part of the remaining $127,131 in restricted funds from the Contingency Fund will require a formal resolution of the members. In response to a member’s question about the dishonest statements and cheap rhetoric contained in the Community’s press release, Mr Harakidas admitted that he was aware of «the requirement to obtain the prior approval of members as discussed at an earlier General Assembly held on November 10, 2011» while serving as vice-president in 2011 … but remained defiant and unrepentant when asked why he defied the by-laws of the organization and multiple decisions of the General Assembly while serving as interim president in 2017. About three hours into the meeting, the meeting concluded with the appointment of a Special Audit Committee to conduct an internal audit of the organization and to report to the members. Founded in 1967, Saint-Michael’s Community is one of twelve New-Calendarist Greek Orthodox churches in and around Montreal and the only church to have donated $40,000 or more to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto each and every year since 2005. Read the full text of the Resolution adopted by unanimous consent herein below : « Hellenic Scholarships Foundation	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754656
__label__cc	0.645778	0.354222	Pune: Suspended FTII student goes missinghttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/pune-suspended-ftii-student-goes-missing-5546770/ Pune: Suspended FTII student goes missing Manoj Kumar hails from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and had got married about a year ago. He was studying Art Direction and Production Design at the institute. By Express News Service \|Pune \| Published: January 20, 2019 7:53:58 am On January 16, Kumar’s batchmates received frantic calls from his wife, who said she had not been able to contact him for a few days. A final year student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Manoj Kumar, is reported missing from the institute campus since January 14. Kumar, who was suspended in December last year for allegedly misbehaving with his department head, was last seen leaving the institute Monday. Kumar hails from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and had got married about a year ago. He was studying Art Direction and Production Design (ADPD) at the institute. On January 16, Kumar’s batchmates received frantic calls from his wife, who said she had not been able to contact him for a few days. The students contacted the administration and the next day, they approached police. One of his classmates registered a missing persons report at the Prabhat police chowky. 1 Women commission considers skill training for widows of martyred Armymen 2 Thane: BJP leader held for possessing 170 weapons remanded in police custody 3 Shortage of doctors inescapable: FSSAI chief	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754658
__label__wiki	0.711764	0.711764	Arrest how made, Arrest by Magistrate and Procedure for Investigation (Detailed Discussion). Comments Off on Arrest how made, Arrest by Magistrate and Procedure for Investigation (Detailed Discussion). Arrest how made, Arrest by Magistrate and Procedure for Investigation. Arrest, Right of Arrestee and Procedure of Investigation Author: Mr. Krishna Murari Yadav Assistant Professor, LC-I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi. LL.B. DU Question 6(a)– 2017) (1)When may a police officer arrest without warrant? (2)What are the rights available to an accused in the Cr.P.C. (3)Discretion to arrest a person in the cognizable matter is one thing but the justification of arrest is quite different. How the Supreme Court interpreted this position with specific reference to section 41A in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014). Discuss. (4)Discuss the development of jurisprudence of right of an accused person in our country in the light of various constitutional and statutory provisions. (5)Discuss the procedure and power of the police to investigate cognizable cases. (6) Enumerate briefly the rights of an accused or arrested person. Bihar (J) 2011 Question No. 10(b) When a Magistrate arrest a person without a warrant, is he required to inform the person arrested of the grounds of such arrest? If so under which provision of Criminal Procedure Code? Explain. When can police arrest a person without a warrant? What are guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court for the police while arresting a judicial officer? Uttar Pradesh (J) 1992 What are the provisions under Cr.P.C. for the investigation when it is not completed within 24 hours? Answer- 167. I have already discussed. Briefly describe the circumstances where under a police officer, a private person or a Magistrate may arrest a person without a warrant. In what circumstances may a police officer arrest a person without an order from a magistrate and without a warrant. Can an arrest be made by a person other than a police officer? Explain and illustrate. Discuss briefly the distinction between the procedure of investigation by a police officer in cognizable and non-cognizable offences. On the basis of decided cases discuss briefly the distinction between the procedure of investigation by a police officer in cognizable and non-cognizable offences. Specially for the protection of women against heinous crimes, what major amendments are made in the Cr.P.C by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. Discuss in brief. Effect of Arrest Article 21 says that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. In the Joginder Kumar Case, Supreme Court observed, “Arrest and detention in police lock-up of a person can cause incalculable harm to the reputation and self-esteem of a person.” In the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) Supreme Court observed that arrest curtails freedom, brings humiliation and casts scars forever. So there is needed to make a balance between individual liberty and social order. Justification of Arrest LL.B. DU Question 6(a) – 2017) Question – Discretion to arrest a person in a cognizable matter is one thing but the justification of arrest is quite different. How the Supreme Court interpreted this position with specific reference to section 41A in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014). Discuss. Answer – This question can be solved with the help of two leading cases namely; (1) Joginder Kumar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (April 25,1994) and Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (July 2, 2014). Joginder Kumar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh Facts- Joginder Kumar who was 28yrs was an advocate. SSP Ghaziabad called him in his office for some inquiries. He along with his brothers reached to the office at 10 a.m. on January 7, 1994. When 12.55 P.M. inquiries were made, it was replied that he will be set free in the evening. It was further informed that Joginder has been sent to Mussoorie. On 9-1-1994, in the evening when the brother of petitioner along with relatives went to P.S. Mussoorie to inquire about the well-being of his brother, it was found that the petitioner had been taken to some undisclosed destination. Under these circumstances, the writ petition for habeas corpus was filed. The said Senior Superintendent of Police along with petitioner appeared before this Court on 14-1-1994. Judgment – It was laid down that his friend or relative shall be informed and who has been informed it shall be entered into the prescribed book. In this case, the Supreme Court observed, “No arrest can be made because it is lawful for the police officer to do so. The existence of the power to arrest is one thing. The justification for the exercise of it is quite another. The police officer must be able to justify the arrest apart from his power to do so. Arrest and detention in police lock-up of a person can cause incalculable harm to the reputation and self-esteem of a person. No arrest can be made in a routine manner on a mere allegation of commission of an offence made against a person. It would be prudent for a police officer in the interest of protection of the constitutional rights of a citizen and perhaps in his own interest that no arrest should be made without a reasonable satisfaction reached after some investigation as to the genuineness and bona fides of a complaint and a reasonable belief both as to the person’s complicity and even so as to the need to effect arrest. Denying a person of his liberty is a serious matter.” Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar Facts –In this case section 498A, IPC and section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 were involved. Anticipatory bail was rejected matter reached to Supreme Court through SLP. Supreme Court discussed thoroughly sections 41(1)(b), 41A and section 167 of Cr.P.C. Certain guidelines were laid down regarding arrest of a person and at the time of using section 167 of Cr.P.C. Judgment-Police officers make arrest as they believe that they possess the power to do so. We believe that no arrest should be made only because the offence is non-bailable and cognizable and therefore, lawful for the police officers to do so. The existence of the power to arrest is one thing, the justification for the exercise of it is quite another. Apart from the power to arrest, the police officers must be able to justify the reasons thereof. No arrest can be made in a routine manner on a mere allegation of commission of an offence made against a person. It would be prudent and wise for a police officer that no arrest is made without a reasonable satisfaction reached after some investigation as to the genuineness of the allegation. Supreme Court further observed, “In pith and core, the police officer before arrest must put a question to himself, why arrest? Is it really required? What purpose it will serve? What object it will achieve? It is only after these questions are addressed and one or the other conditions as enumerated under section 41 is satisfied, the power of arrest needs to be exercised. In fine, before arrest first, the police officers should have reason to believe on the basis of information and material that the accused has committed the offence. Apart from this, the police officer has to be satisfied further that the arrest is necessary for one or the more purposes envisaged by sub-clauses (a) to (e) of clause (1) of Section 41 CrPC.”’ Kind of Arrest Arrest may be divided into two parts namely; (1) arrest without warrant and (2)arrest with warrant. Rule is that cognizable cases person can be arrested without warrant and in case of non-cognizable cases cannot be arrested without warrant. But there is a certain specific circumstance in which a person can be arrested without a warrant even in case of non-cognizable offences.For example section 42. Another example is under section 44word ‘any offence’ have been used. It means it covers all types of offences whether cognizable or non-cognizable offences. Cognizable Offence – According to Section 2(c) “cognizable offence” means an offence for which, and “cognizable case” means a case in which, a police officer may arrest without warrant. Non- cognizable offence – According to Section 2(l) “non- cognizable offence” means an offence for which, and “non- cognizable case” means a case in which, a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant. Issue of process- According to section 204 (1) in a summons case, the summons shall be issued and in warrant case, either summons or warrant may be issued. There are three exceptional cases mentioned under section 87 when in summons case warrant may be issued. In these cases warrant may be issued either in lieu of or in addition to summons. These are – (1) If, before the issue of summons, the Court sees the reason to believe that the person has absconded or will not obey the summons. (2) If, after the issue of the summons but before the time fixed for his appearance the Court sees the reason to believe that the person has absconded or will not obey the summons. (3) If the person fails to appear on the fixed day for appearance even after receiving the summons and he did not provide reasonable grounds for non-appearance. An analysis of the provisions under Cr.P.C. shows that a person may be arrested by – (1) By Police Officer (i) A police officer without a warrant under sections 41(1) and151; (ii)under a warrant under section 72 and 74 ; (iii)under the written order of an officer in charge of a police station under section 55 and 157 ; (iv) under the orders of a Magistrate under section 44 and (v)in non-cognizable offence under section 42; (2)Officer in charge of a police station An officer in charge of a police station under section 41(2) and 157. (3)A superior police officer A superior police officer under section 36. (4)Military officer A military officer under section 130 and 131. (5) Private person – (1) A private person without warrant under section 43; (2) Under a warrant under section 72 and 73; (3) Under the orders of the police officer under section 37, and (4) Under the orders of a Magistrate under section 37 and 44. (6) Magistrate A Magistrate whether judicial or Executive under section 44 When may a police officer arrest without warrant? When can police arrest a person without warrant? Briefly describe the circumstances where under a police officer, a private person or a Magistrate may arrest a person without warrant. In what circumstances may a police officer arrest a person without an order from magistrate and without a warrant. Can an arrest be made by a person other than a police officer? Explain and illustrate. Arrest without warrant by police (Sections 41(1) and 42) Section 41(1) enumerates certain circumstances when police can arrest without warrant. This section was amended in 2009. Arrest in cognizable cases was classified in two categories namely cognizable cases punishable up to 7 years and cognizable cases punishable more than 7 years or life imprisonment or death sentence. Section 42 enumerates certain circumstances when police can arrest without warrant in non-cognizable cases. When police may arrest without warrantSection 41(1) Any police officer may without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person- (a)Cognizable offence in presence – who commits, in the presence of a police officer, a cognizable offence; (b)Cognizable offence punishable less than or up to 7 yrs.(Arnesh Kumar Case on this point) – against whom a reasonable complaint has been made, or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to seven years whether with or without fine, if the following conditions are satisfied, namely:– (i) the police officer has reason to believe on the basis of such complaint, information, or suspicion that such person has committed the said offence; (ii)the police officer is satisfied that such arrest is necessary– (a) To prevent further offence-to prevent such person from committing any further offence; or (b)To proper investigation-for proper investigation of the offence; or (c) Evidence-to prevent such person from causing the evidence of the offence to disappear or tampering with such evidence in any manner; or (d)Witness- to prevent such person from making any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to the police officer; or (e) Presence in court –as unless such person is arrested, his presence in the Court whenever required cannot be ensured, and the police officer shall record while making such arrest, his reasons in writing: Provided that a police officer shall, in all cases where the arrest of a person is not required under the provisions of this sub-section, record the reasons in writing for not making the arrest. (ba)Cognizable offence punishable more than 7 yrs. or LI or Death Sentence – against whom credible information has been received that he has committed a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to more than seven years whether with or without fine or with death sentence and the police officer has reason to believe on the basis of that information that such person has committed the said offence; (c)Proclaimed offender – who has been proclaimed as an offender either under this Code or by order of the State Government; or (d) Stolen property in possession- in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be stolen property and who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to such thing; or (e)Obstructs a police officer in the execution of duties- who obstructs a police officer while in the execution of his duty, or who have escaped, or attempts to escape, from lawful custody; or (f) Deserter from army – who is reasonably suspected of being a deserter from any of the Armed Forces of the Union; or (g) Offence committed outside India – who has been concerned in, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made, or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists, of his having been concerned in, any act committed at any place out of India which, if committed in India, would have been punishable as an offence, and for which he is, under any law relating to extradition, or otherwise, liable to be apprehended or detained in custody in India; or (h) Breach of rule – who, being a released convict, commits a breach of any rule made under sub-section (5) of section 356; or (i) Request to arrest from another police station- for whose arrest any requisition, whether written or oral, has been received from another police officer, provided that the requisition specifies the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the arrest is to be made and it appears therefrom that the person might lawfully be arrested without a warrant by the officer who issued the requisition. Arrest on refusal to give name and residence in non -cognizable case – (1) When any person who, in the presence of a police officer, has committed or has been accused of committing a non-cognizable offence refuses, on demand of such officer, to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by such officer in order that his name or residence may be ascertained. (As per syllabus of DU) Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar(2014) Facts- Arnesh Kumar got marriage with SwetaKiran in 2007. SwetaKiran claimed that there was dowry demand by Arnesh Kumar and his family. There was an apprehension of arrest under section 498A of IPC and section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1981. The maximum sentence provided under Section 498-A IPC is imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and fine whereas the maximum sentence provided under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act is two years and with fine. Arnesh Kumar applied for anticipatory bail was rejected by Court of Session and High Court. He approached Supreme Court through SLP. In this section Supreme Court thoroughly discussed section 41(1) (b) & (ba). Decision – Supreme Court directed that all the State Governments to instruct its police officers not to automatically arrest when a case under Section 498-A IPC is registered but to satisfy themselves about the necessity for arrest under the parameters laid down Section 41(1) (b), Cr.P.C. All police officers are provided with a checklist containing specified sub-clauses under Section 41(1)(b)(ii). Section 43.Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest. (1) Any private person may arrest or cause to be arrested any person who in his presence commits a non-bailable and cognizable offence or any proclaimed offender, and, without unnecessary delay, shall make over or cause to be made over any person so arrested to a police officer, or, in the absence of a police officer, take such person or cause him to be taken in custody to the nearest police station. (2) If there is a reason to believe that such a person comes under the provisions of section 41, a police officer shall re-arrest him. (3) If there is reason to believe that he has committed a non-cognizable offence, and he refuses on the demand of a police officer to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he shall be dealt with under the provisions of section 42; but if there is no sufficient reason to believe that he has committed any offence, he shall be at once released. Problem – A pretty and adorable girl who is law student was being molested in front of the gate of UmangBhawan, Faculty of Law, the University of Delhi by some goons. She opposed. Other students were also seeing this offence. There is no police van and no time to take recourse of police authority. They decided to take some actions. They are justified which of the following act or acts – (1) To beat them till death i.e. mob lynching. (2) To beat them and confine them into the building of UmangBhawan. (3) To beat them in exercise of right of private defence and to hand over to the family of victim. (4) To beat them in exercise of right of private defence and to hand over to the families of them (accused). (5)To beat them in exercise of right of private defence as per section 97 of IPC and arrest and hand over to police officer. Answer – Option 5is correct. This problem is related to section 354, sections 96, 97, 99,101 and 102 of IPC and section 43 of Cr.P.C. In this problem students are ‘private person’. Here private person means those persons who are not legally bound to take action. They had no duty to save the girl. Even though if they are taking action they are justified under Chapter IV of IPC and authorised to arrest under section 43 of Cr.P.C. According to Schedule First of Cr.P.C. offence under section 354 is cognizable and non-bailable. Generally all offences against women are cognizable and non-bailable. As person section 10 of IPC the girl is woman under section 354. They are not justified for mob lynching. Commencement and existence of right of private defence is governed under section 102 of IPC. Problem 2– A was raped by X, Y and Z who are very powerful. Victim along with some village members reached to the police station. Officer in charge of police station denied to register FIR against these persons and directed to go back. Family members and other villagers became aggressive and they confined him because he denied to register FIR and handed over him to other senior police officers. Which of the following option is correct- (1) Family members and other villagers were authorised to confine. They had not committed any wrong because they handed over to senior police officer. (2) Family members and other villagers were not authorised to confine. SHO was authorized to deny registration of FIR. (3) Family members and other villagers were authorised to confine because SHO by denying from registration of FIR had committed cognizable and bailable offence under section 166A of IPC. (4)None of the above. Answer – (4) None of the above. Family members and other villagers were not authorised to confine SHO. Non-registration of FIR is cognizable offence under section 166A of IPC. But it is a bailable offence. A private person is authorised to arrest under section 43 of Cr.P.C. only when offence is cognizable and non-bailable offence.So Family members and other villagers were not authorised to confine SHO. So Family members and other villagers had committed offence of wrongful confinement as defined under section 340 of IPC. Arrest by Magistrate Section 44–(1) When any offence is committed in the presence of a Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, within his local jurisdiction, he may himself arrest or order any person to arrest the offender, and may thereupon, subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, commit the offender to custody. (2) Any Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, may at any time arrest or direct the arrest, in his presence, within his local jurisdiction, of any person for whose arrest he is competent at the time and in the circumstances to issue a warrant. Difference between Section 44(1) and Section 44(2) Ground Section 44(1) Offence in his presence Section 44(2) Competent to issue warrant Local Jurisdiction Local Jurisdiction is sine qua non. In absence of local jurisdiction section 44(1) shall not apply. Local Jurisdiction is sine qua non. In absence of local jurisdiction section 44(2) shall not be apply. In the presence Offence is committed in the presence of Magistrate Offence is not committed in the presence of Magistrate. But he is present in front of Magistrate. The Magistrate is competent to issue warrant for arrest. Commission of offence in his presence is necessary. Commission of offence in his presence is not necessary. But Magistrate must be competent to issue warrant for arrest. Custody Magistrate has power to commit him into custody. Such power is not conferred here. If a Magistrate arrests a person he cannot detain for more than 24 hours. In case of exceeding 24 hours he must comply section 167 of Cr.P.C. Question – Mr. R is a judge in Patna. He came into Delhi. In his presence a girl was molested by Z in bus. Is R authorised to arrest Z? If Yes under which provision? Option – (1) R is not authorised. (2) R is authorised to arrest under section 44(1). Answer – R is authorised to arrest under section 43(1). Explanation – R as a judge is authorised to arrest under section 44. Offence has been committed in his presence. But other conditions of this section are not being fulfilled. For example, Delhi does not come under his local jurisdiction. His local jurisdiction is confined to Patna. So R as a judge is not authorised to arrest under section 44. But he is authorised to arrest under section 43 of Cr.P.C. A judge outside his jurisdiction come under the category of any private person. R will come under the category of a private person. Outrage of modesty come under the categories section 354 which is cognizable and non-bailable offence. So R is authorised under section 43 of Cr.P.C to arrest Z. Note – Section 45 is an exception of section 41 to 44 of Cr.P.C. It provides special protection to army personal (section 45(1)) and State security personal(section 45(2)). Answer –Guidelines for arresting judges were laid down by Supreme Court in the case of Delhi Judicial Service Association Tis Hazari Court, Delhi vs. State of Gujarat And Ors. Delhi Judicial Service Association Tis Hazari Court, Delhi vs. State of Gujarat and Ors. (Sept.11, 1991) Facts of Case Mr. N.L. Patel was posted as Chief Judicial Magistrate at Nadiad in October, 1988. He soon found that the local Police was not cooperating with the courts in effecting service of summons, warrants and notices on accused persons, as a result of which the trials of cases were delayed. He made complaint against the local police to the District Superintendent of Police and forwarded a copy of the same to the Director General of Police but nothing concrete happened. On account of these complaints, Mr. S.R. Sharma, Police Inspector, Nadiad was annoyed with the Chief Judicial Magistrate and he withdrew constables posted in the CJM Court. In April 1989, the CJM filed two complaints with the Police against the Police Inspector and other Police Officials, Nadiad for delaying the process of the Court. On 25th July, 1989, the CJM directed the police to register a criminal case against 14 persons who had caused obstruction in judicial proceedings but subsequently since unqualified apology was tendered, the CJM directed the Police Inspector to drop the cases. The Police Inspector reacted strongly to the CJM’s direction and he made complaint against the CJM to the Registrar of the High Court through the District Superintendent of Police. On account of the aforesaid facts there was hostility between the Police of Nadiad and the CJM. On 25th September 1989, the Police Inspector met the CJM in his chambers to discuss a case where the Police had failed to submit the charge-sheet within 90 days. During discussion the Police Inspector invited the CJM to visit the police station to see the papers and assured him that he would mollify the sentiments of the police officials. At 8.35 p.m. on the said date, the Police Inspector sent a Police Jeep to the CJM’s residence and he went to the Police Station. According to the CJM when he arrived in the Police Station he was forced to consume liquor and on his refusal he was assulted, handcuffed and tied with rope by Police Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Head Constable, and Constable and that he was sent to Hospital for Medical Examination under handcuffs. A photographer was arranged to take his photograph which was published in the newspapers. The Police Inspector disputed these allegations and according to him the CJM entered his chamber at the Police Station in a drunken state, shouting and abusing him and since he was violent, he was arrested, handcuffed and sent to Hospital for Medical Examination. He himself wanted to be photographed and that is why the photographs were taken by the press photographer. A Magistrate, Judge or any other Judicial Officer is liable to criminal prosecution for an offence like any other citizen but in view of the paramount necessity of preserving the independence of judiciary and at the same time ensuring that infractions of law are properly investigated, Supreme Court issued the following guidelines – (A)Before arrest intimation to the District Judge or the High Court- If a judicial officer is to be arrested for some offence, it should be done under intimation to the District Judge or the High Court as the case may be. (B)In case of necessity, only formal arrest-If facts and circumstances necessitate the immediate arrest of a judicial officer of the subordinate judiciary, a technical or formal arrest may be affected. (C)After arrest intimation to the District Judge and High Court-The facts of such arrest should be immediately communicated to the District and Sessions Judge of the concerned District and the Chief Justice of the High Court. (D)Not taken to Police Station without prior order ofDistrict & Sessions Judge – The Judicial Officer so arrested shall not be taken to a police station, without the prior order or directions of the District & Sessions Judge of the concerned District, if available. (E) Immediate facilities –Immediate facilities shall be provided to the Judicial Officer to communication with his family members, legal advisers and Judicial Officers, including the District & Sessions Judge. (F)No statement, no panchnama, no medical test except in the presence of the Legal Adviser –except No statement of a Judicial Officer who is under arrest be recorded nor any panchnama be drawn up nor any medical tests be conducted except in the presence of the Legal Adviser of the Judicial Officer concerned or another Judicial Office of equal or higher rank, it’ available. (G) No handcuffing-There should be no handcuffing of a Judicial Officer. If, however, violent resistance to arrest is offered or there is imminent need to effect physical arrest in order to avert danger to life and limb, the person resisting arrest may be over-powered and’ handcuffed. In such case, immediate report shall be made to the District & Sessions Judge concerned and also to the Chief Justice of the High Court. But the burden would be on the Police to establish necessity for effecting physical arrest and handcuffing the Judicial Officer and if it be established that the physical arrest and handcuffing of the Judicial Officer was unjustified, the Police Officers causing or responsible for such arrest and handcuffing would be guilty of misconduct and would also be personally liable for compensation and/or damages as may be summarily determined by the High Court. The above guidelines are not exhaustive but these are minimum safeguards which must be observed in case of arrest of a judicial officer. How to arrest? Powers to arrest have been mentioned under sections 41 to 44. Manner to arrest has been mentioned under section 46. Section 46 Arrest how made (1) In making an arrest the police officer or other people [1] making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested unless there be a submission to the custody by word or action: [2][Provided that where a woman is to be arrested, unless the circumstances indicate to the contrary, her submission to custody on an oral intimation of arrest shall be presumed and, unless the circumstances otherwise require or unless the police officer is a female, the police officer shall not touch the person of the woman for making her arrest.] (2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such police officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest. (3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life.[3] [4](4) Save in exceptional circumstances, no woman shall be arrested after sunset and before sunrise, and where such exceptional circumstances exist, the woman police officer shall, by making a written report, obtain the prior permission of the Judicial Magistrate of the first class within whose local jurisdiction the offence is committed or the arrest is to be made. Submission to the custody by word or action is sufficient and it must be followed as a rule. When there is no submission by word and action then arresting authorities become competent to touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested. State of U. P v.DeomanUpadhyaya (May 6, 1960) In this case, Supreme Court said, “Section 46 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not contemplate any formality before a person can be said to be taken in custody: submission to the custody by word or action by a person is sufficient.” Shri D.K. Basu, Ashok K. Johri vs. State Of West Bengal, State Of U.P.[5] (Date Of Judgment: 18/12/1996) Bench: Hon’ble Justices Kuldip Singh, A.S. Anand) Facts (1)Shri D.K. Basu Case- Shri D.K. Basu,the Executive Chairman, Legal Aid Services, West Bengal, a non-political organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, on 26th August, 1986 addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of India drawing his attention to certain news items published in the Telegraph dated 20, 21 and 22 of July 1986 and in the Statesman and India express dated 17th August 1986 regarding deaths in police lock-ups and custody. It was requested that the letter must be treated as a writ petition under “public interest litigation” category. Considering the importance of the issue raised in the letter being concerned about frequent complaints regarding custodial violence and deaths in police lockup, the letter was treated as a writ petition and notice was issued on 9.2.1987 to the respondents. Facts (2)-Ashok K. JohriCase – ShriD.K.Basu case was pending. A letter addressed by Shri Ashok Kumar Johri on 29.7.87 to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India drawing the attention of this Court to the death of one Mahesh Bihari of Pilkhana, Aligarh in police custody was received. That letter was also treated as a writ petition and was directed to be listed along with the writ petition filed by Shri D.K. Basu. Guidelines – After considering the gravity of custodial death eleven guidelines were laid down which are following – (1). The police personnel carrying out the arrest and handling the interrogation of the arrestee should bear accurate, visible and clear identification and name tags with their designations. The particulars of all such police personnel who handle interrogation of the arrestee must be recorded in a register. (2). That the police officer carrying out the arrest of the arrestee shall prepare a memo of arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least one witness, who may either be a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable person of the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be countersigned by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest. (3). A person who has been arrested or detained and is being held in custody in a police station or interrogation centre or other lock-up, shall be entitled to have one friend or relative or other person known to him or having interest in his welfare being informed, as soon as practicable, that he has been arrested and is being detained at the particular place, unless the attesting witness of the memo of arrest is himself such a friend or a relative of the arrestee. (4).The time, place of arrest and venue of custody of an arrestee must be notified by the police where the next friend or relative of the arrestee lives outside the district or town through the Legal Aid Organisation in the district and the police station of the area concerned telegraphically within a period of 8 to 12 hours after the arrest. (5). The person arrested must be made aware of this right to have someone informed of his arrest or detention as soon as he is put under arrest or is detained. (6). An entry must be made in the diary at the place of detention regarding the arrest of the person which shall also disclose the name of the next friend of the person who has been informed of the arrest and the names and particulars of the police officials in whose custody the arrestee is. (7). The arrestee should, where he so requests, be also examined at the time of his arrest and major and minor injuries, if any present on his/her body, must be recorded at that time. The Inspection Memo must be signed both by the arrestee and the police officer effecting the arrest and its copy provided to the arrestee. (8). The arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by a trained doctor every 48 hours during his detention in custody by a doctor on the panel of approved doctors appointed by Director, Health Services of the State or Union Territory concerned. Director, Health Services should prepare such a panel for all tehsils and districts as well. (9). Copies of all the documents including the memo of arrest, referred to above, should be sent to the Illaqa Magistrate for his record. (10).The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation. (11).A police control room should be provided at all district and State headquarters, where information regarding the arrest and the place of custody of the arrestee shall be communicated by the officer causing the arrest, within 12 hours of effecting the arrest and at the police control room it should be displayed on a conspicuous notice board. Failure to comply with the requirements – Failure to comply with the requirements hereinabove mentioned shall apart from rendering the concerned official liable for departmental action, also render him liable to be punished for contempt of court and the proceedings for contempt of court may be instituted in any High Court of the country, having territorial jurisdiction over the matter. Addition to the constitutional and statutory safeguards –The requirements, referred to above flow from Articles 21 and 22 (1) of the Constitution and need to be strictly followed. These requirements are in addition to the constitutional and statutory safeguards and do not detract from various other directions given by the courts from time to time in connection with the safeguarding of the rights and dignity of the arrestee. Comparison between D.K.Basu Case and Cr.P.C as amended in 2009. Grounds D.K.Basu Case Cr.P.C as amended in 2009. 1st Guideline Clear identification of arresting authority The police personnel carrying out the arrest and handling the interrogation of the arrestee should bear accurate, visible and clear identification and name tags with their designations. The particulars of all such police personnel who handle interrogation of the arrestee must be recorded in a register. Section 41B(a) Every police officer while making an arrest shall bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification; 2nd Guideline Preparation of memo of arrest The memo shall be attested by at least one witness and countersigned. That the police officer carrying out the arrest of the arrestee shall prepare a memo of arrest at the time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least one witness, who may either be a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable person of the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be countersigned by the arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest. Section 41B(b) Every police officer while making an arrest shallprepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be (i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made; (ii) countersigned by the person arrested. 3rd Guideline Information to friend A person who has been arrested or detained and is being held in custody in a police station or interrogation centre or other lock-up, shall be entitled to have one friend or relative or other person known to him or having interest in his welfare being informed, as soon as practicable, that he has been arrested and is being detained at the particular place, unless the attesting witness of the memo of arrest is himself such a friend or a relative of the arrestee. Section 41B(c) Every police officer while making an arrest shallinform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest. 4th Guideline Notification or display about arrest and arresting authority The time, place of arrest and venue of custody of an arrestee must be notified by the police where the next friend or relative of the arrestee lives outside the district or town through the Legal Aid Organisation in the district and the police station of the area concerned telegraphically within a period of 8 to 12 hours after the arrest. Section 41C (2) The State Government shall cause to be displayed on the notice board kept outside the control rooms at every district, the names and addresses of the persons arrested and the name and designation of the police officers who made the arrests. 8th Guideline The arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by a trained doctor every 48 hours during his detention in custody by a doctor on the panel of approved doctors appointed by Director, Health Services of the State or Union Territory concerned. Director, Health Services should prepare such a panel for all tehsils and districts as well. Section 54. Section 54 was substituted in 2009. When any person is arrested, he shall be examined by a medical officer in the service of Central or State Government, and in case the medical officer is not available, by a registered medical practitioner soon after the arrest is made. 10th Guideline Meeting of advocate of his choice. The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation. Section 41D When any person is arrested and interrogated by the police, he shall be entitled to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation, though not throughout interrogation. Police Control Room A police control room should be provided at all district and State headquarters, where information regarding the arrest and the place of custody of the arrestee shall be communicated by the officer causing the arrest, within 12 hours of effecting the arrest and at the police control room it should be displayed on a conspicuous notice board. Section 41C The State Government shall establish a police control room– (a) in every district; and (b) atState level. Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar(July 02, 2014) Fact- Marriage between Arnesh Kumar and Sweta was solemnized in 2007. Sweta alleged that her husband and his family members were demanding Maruti car, eight lakhs rs. an air conditioner, television set etc. In anticipation of arrest for an offence committed under section 498A (Maximum punishment 3 Yrs) and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act(Maximum punishment 2 Yrs) Arnesh Kumar applied for anticipatory bail which was rejected by Court of Session and later on it was also rejected by High Court. Special Leave Petition (SLP) was filed before the Supreme Court. Decision- In this case mainly interpretation of section 41(1) (b) was involved. As we know that by 2009 amendment section 41 was substituted drastically. Supreme Court issued guidelines and said that section 41(1)(b) must be strictly followed. Section 41A deals those cases when arrest was not done under section 41. It was directed that if section 41 is violated arresting authority will be responsible. If Magistrate is not strictly complying section 167, he will also be responsible. Guidelines- Supreme Court observed, “Our endeavour in this judgment is to ensure that police officers do not arrest accused unnecessarily and Magistrate do not authorise detention casually and mechanically. In order to ensure what we have observed above, we give the following direction: (1) Arrest under Section 498-A– All the State Governments to instruct its police officers not to automatically arrest when a case under Section 498-A of the IPC is registered but to satisfy themselves about the necessity for arrest under the parameters laid down above flowing from Section 41, Cr.PC; (2) Checklist – All police officers are provided with a checklist containing specified sub-clauses under Section 41(1)(b)(ii); (3) Forwarding of checklist to Magistrate–The police officer shall forward the checklist duly filed and furnish the reasons and materials which necessitated the arrest, while forwarding/producing the accused before the Magistrate for further detention; (4) Section 167 of Cr.P.C –The Magistrate while authorizing detention of the accused shall peruse the report furnished by the police officer in terms aforesaid and only after recording its satisfaction, the case with a copy to the Magistrate which may be extended by the Superintendent of police of the district for the reasons to be recorded in writing; (5) Notice within two weeks under Section 41A – – Notice of appearance in terms of Section 41A of Cr.P.C. be served on the accused within two weeks from the date of institution of the case, which may be extended by the Superintendent of Police of the District for the reasons to be recorded in writing; (6) Consequences of failure to comply direction -Failure to comply with the directions aforesaid shall apart from rendering the police officers concerned liable for departmental action, they shall also be liable to be punished for contempt of court to be instituted before High Court having territorial jurisdiction. (7) Punishment for Judicial Magistrate- Authorizing detention without recording reasons as aforesaid by the Judicial Magistrate concerned shall be liable for departmental action by the appropriate High Court. Direction for all cases punishable up to seven years-We hasten to add that the directions aforesaid shall not only apply to the cases under Section 498-A of the I.P.C. or Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, the case in hand, but also such cases where offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to seven years; whether with or without fine. Some other important point- (1) Effect of Arrest –Arrest curtails freedom, brings humiliation and casts scars forever. So there is needed to make a balance between individual liberty and social order. (2) Power of arrest and justification of it- The existence of the power to arrest is one thing, the justification for the exercise of it is quite another. Apart from the power to arrest, the police officers must be able to justify the reasons thereof. No arrest can be made in a routine manner on a mere allegation of commission of an offence made against a person. It would be prudent and wise for a police officer that no arrest is made without a reasonable satisfaction reached after some investigation as to the genuineness of the allegation. For example arrest under section 41(1), (b) need some justification. There is a total of six justification i,e. one + five =Six. (3) Right of accused – An accused arrested without warrant by the police has the constitutional right under Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India and Section 57 Cr.P.C. to be produced before the Magistrate without unnecessary delay and in no circumstances beyond 24 hours excluding the time necessary for the journey. (4) Relation between section 167 and section 41- Before a Magistrate authorises detention under Section 167 CrPC, he has to be first satisfied that the arrest made is legal and in accordance with law and all the constitutional rights of the person arrested are satisfied. If the arrest effected by the police officer does not satisfy the requirements of Section 41 of the Code, Magistrate is duty-bound not to authorise his further detention and release the accused. Provisions Rights of Arrested Person Article 22(1) Right to be informed the grounds of arrest Article 22(1) Right to consult legal practitioner of his choice Article 22(2) Right to be produced before Magistrate Article 22(2) No detention beyond 24 hours. Code of Criminal Procedure Section 41B (c) Right to be informed his friend or relative(Section 41B ) Section 41D Right to meet an advocate of his choice Section 49 Right not to unnecessary handcuffed Section 50 (1) Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest Section 50 (2) Person arrested to be informed about right to bail Section 54 Right to be medically examined Section 56 Right to be produced before Magistrate without delay Section 57 No detention beyond 24 hours Leading Cases Guidelines Joginder Kumar vs State Of U.P (1994) (1) An arrested person being held in custody is entitled if he so requests to have one friend, relative or other people who is known to him or likely to take an interest in his welfare told as far as is practicable that he has been arrested and where he is being detained. (2) The police officer shall inform the arrested person when he is brought to the police station of this right. (3) An entry shall be required to be made in the diary as to who was informed of the arrest. D.K.Basu vs. State of West Bengal (1) Relative or friend must be informed (2) Medical Examination every 48 hours during his detention in custody (3) Meeting with his lawyer There are following rights of an arrested person under the Constitution of India – (1) Right to be informed the grounds of arrest – According to Article 22(1) of Constitution of India no person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest. Article 22(1) of Const. Arrest with or without warrant Section 50 of Cr.P.C. Arrest without warrant Section 55 of Cr.P.C. Arrest without warrant by subordinate officer Section 75 of Cr.P.C. Arrest during execution of warrant Question – When a Magistrate arrest a person without warrant, is he required to inform the person arrested of the grounds of such arrest? If so under which provision of Criminal Procedure Code? Explain. Answer – R.V. Kelkar – According to R.V.Kelkar – A magistrate is authorized to arrest under section 44. The right to be informed of the grounds of arrest is recognised by sections 50,55 and 75 of Cr.P.C. If the arrest is made without warrant under section 44 the case is neither covered by sections 50,55 and 75 nor any other provisions of Cr.P.C. But this lacuna can be ratified by Article 22 of the Constitution. This Article deals with right of the arrest person to be informed ground of arrest and this right is available against every person including Magistrate. According to my opinion – Section 50 says “Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.” Under the category of ‘other person’. Magistrate will come. Section 46 also says…. In making an arrest the police officer or another person. Mode of arrest is the same for all. These laws have been enacted to establish a just, fair and reasonable procedure. So these sections must be liberally interpreted. Judges are also bound to arrest as per law mentioned under section 46 of Cr.P.C. (2) Right to consult a legal practitioner of his choice- According to Article 22(1) arrested person shall not be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner of his choice. Constitution (Article 22) Arrested person shall not be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner of his choice. D.K.Basu Case The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation. Section 41D of Cr.P.C When any person is arrested and interrogated by the police, he shall be entitled to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation (3) Right to be produced before Magistrate- According to Article 22(2) every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate. Article 22(2) Arrest in any circumstances either with or without warrant Section 76 of Cr.P.C. Arrest in the execution of warrant (4) No detention beyond 24 hours. According to Article 22(2) arrested person shall not be detained in custody beyond 24 hours period without the authority of a magistrate. An accused arrested without warrant by the police has the constitutional right under Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India and Section 57 Cr.P.C. to be produced before the Magistrate without unnecessary delay and in no circumstances beyond 24 hours excluding the time necessary for the journey. Section 76 of Cr.P.C. Arrest in execution of warrant (1) Right to be informed his friend or relative(Section 41B ) – According to section 41B every police officer while making an arrest shall inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest. It was also observed in D.K.Basu Case (1996). (2) Right to meet an advocate of his choice (Section 41D) – According to section 41D when any person is arrested and interrogated by the police, he shall be entitled to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation. It was also observed in D.K.Basu Case (1996). (3) No handcuffing without reasonable grounds –According to section 49 of Cr.P.C. the person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape. Arrested person shall not be handcuffed without reasonable grounds. In the case of Prem Shankar Shuklavs. Delhi Administration (1980) Supreme Court observed, “Handcuffing is prima facie inhuman and, therefore, unreasonable, is over-harsh and at the first flush, arbitrary. Absent fair procedure and objective monitoring, to inflict ‘irons’ are to resort to zoological strategies repugnant to Art. 21.” If any police officer knowingly handcuffing, he will be liable under section 220 of IPC. (4)Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest– According to section 50 (1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest. (5)Person arrested to be informed about right to bail – According to section 50(2) where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a non-bailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf. (6) Right to be medically examined section 54-When any person is arrested, he shall be examined by a medical officer in the service of Central or State Government. (7) Right to be produced before Magistrate without delay- According to section 56 a police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station. (8)No detention beyond 24 hours- No police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of a special order of a Magistrate under section 167, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court. (8) The right to free legal services –In the case of Khatri and Others vs.State Of Bihar &Ors (19 December, 1980) Supreme Court held that the right to free legal services is clearly an essential ingredient of just fair and reasonable procedure and it is implicit in the guarantee of article 21 and the State is under a constitutional mandate to provide a lawyer to an indigent arrested person. Discuss the procedure and power of the police to investigate cognizable cases. Procedure for Investigation For the purpose of arrest and investigation offences have been divided into two parts namely (1) Cognizable offence, and (2) Non-cognizable offence. In cognizable cases, person can be arrested and investigation can be started without order or warrant of Magistrate. In the case of non-cognizable cases neither person can be arrested (except 42) and nor investigation can be started without order or warrant of Magistrate. There are following differences between both- Procedure of Investigation Cognizable offence Non-cognizable offence Registration of Information If information is given regarding commission of cognizable offence, generally police officer is bound to register FIR without preliminary inquiry. Here informant is not sent to Magistrate. When information is given to an officer in charge of a police station of the commission of a non-cognizable offence, he shall enter the substance of the information in a prescribed book and refer the informant to the Magistrate. Sending of Report According to Section 157, Officer in charge of Police Station shall forthwith send a report of the FIR to a Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of such offence upon a police report. Here investigation starts on the direction of Magistrate so there is no such provisions for sending of report Initiation of Investigation Generally investigation starts after lodging an FIR under section 154. But FIR in all cases is not necessary. If Officer in charge of police station has reason to believe the commission of offence he can start investigation even without FIR. According to Section 155(2) investigation in non-cognizable cases starts only after the order of Magistrate. Power to investigate According to section 156 (1) any officer in charge of a police station may, without the order of a Magistrate, investigate any cognizable case. According to section 155(2), no police officer shall investigate a non-cognizable case without the order of a Magistrate having the power to try such case or commit the case for trial. Arrest Police have the power to investigate as well as arrest without. According to section 155(3) any police officer receiving such order may exercise the same powers in respect of the investigation (except the power to arrest without warrant) as an officer in charge of a police station may exercise in a cognizable case. Investigation within 24 hours If investigation is not completed within 24 hours then procedure mention in section167 must be followed. Here there is no such specific procedure. Question-What are the provisions under Cr.P.C. for the investigation when it is not completed within 24 hours? Answer- According to section 57 person arrested without warrant cannot be detained beyond 24 hours without the special order of Magistrate under section 167. 24 hours have been allowed so that investigation in non-serious offences can be completed at level of police station. If it could not be completed within 24 hours and further detention of the arrested person is necessary, the recourse of section 167 has to be taken. Section 167 deals procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours. There are following procedure mentioned under section 167- (1) Investigation not completed in 24 hours and grounds for believing that the accusation or information is well-founded – Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody, and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hours fixed by section 57, and there are grounds for believing that the accusation or information is well founded, the officer in charge of the police station or the police officer making the investigation, if he is not below the rank of sub-inspector, shall forthwith transmit to the nearest Judicial Magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary hereinafter prescribed relating to the case, and shall at the same time forward the accused to such Magistrate.[6] (2) Police custody and Judicial custody and vice-versa for 15 days- The Magistrate to whom an accused person is forwarded under this section may, whether he has or has no jurisdiction to try the case, from time to time, authorise the detention of the accused in such custody as such Magistrate thinks fit, for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the whole; and if he has no jurisdiction to try the case or commit it for trial and considers further detention unnecessary, he may order the accused to be forwarded to a Magistrate having such jurisdiction: (3) Judicial Custody for 90 or 60 Days – (a) the Magistrate may authorise the detention of the accused person, otherwise than in custody of the police, beyond the period of fifteen days, if he is satisfied that adequate grounds exist for doing so, but no Magistrate shall authorise the detention of the accused person in custody under this paragraph for a total period (i) ninety days, where the investigation relates to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years; (ii) sixty days, where the investigation relates to any other offence. State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Rustam (1995) (SC) Facts- The accused was sent jail on Sept. 3, 1993. Challan was submitted on December 2, 1993. (Sept 1993- 30Days, Oct. 1993- 31Days and Nov 1993- 30Days).In this case counting of 90 and 60 days were involved. Supreme Court held that clear 90 or 60 days must expire before the right begins. In computing, the period of 90 or 60 days on either side has to be excluded as required under 9 and 10 of the General Clauses Act. In this case, challan was submitted within 90 days so there was no question of granting bail by default. (4) Bail- On the expiry of the said period of ninety days, or sixty days, as the case may be, the accused person shall be released on bail if he is prepared to and does furnish bail, and every person released on bail. ShardulbhaiLakhmanbhai vs. State Of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) Whether an accused person has an absolute right to be released on bail under proviso (a) to Section 167 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 even after submission of the police report/charge-sheet, if the charge-sheet has been submitted after the period prescribed in the said proviso? In this case Gujarat High Court observed that compulsory bail under section 167 is available only during the investigation. Once charge-sheet is submitted investigation closed. So the accused does not have the right to be released on bail under proviso (a) to section 167 (2) once the investigation comes to an end by filing charge-sheet. An accused person must be ready to get bail. The accused has absolute right to be released on bail under the proviso (a) to section 167 (2) of the Code for the default of the prosecution in not completing the investigation within time limit prescribed thereunder in the sense that he is entitled to be released on bail by showing that the investigation has not been completed or the charge-sheet has not been filed within the prescribed time limit, without anything more. (5) Cancellation of Bail- There is no specific provisions for cancellation of bail under section 167. But it has been provided that bail granted under section 167 shall be deemed to be granted under Chapter XXXIII. So it can be cancelled under section 439 (2) of Cr.P.C. Conclusion – In the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar Supreme Court observed that before a Magistrate authorises detention under Section 167 Cr.P.C., he has to be first satisfied that the arrest made is legal and in accordance with law and all the constitutional rights of the person arrested are satisfied. If the arrest effected by the police officer does not satisfy the requirements of Section 41 of the Code, Magistrate is duty-bound not to authorise his further detention and release the accused. [1]Here ‘Other Person’ means all persons who are authorised to arrest under this Code. [2]Ins. in 2009. [3] Rule is that death cannot be caused during arrest. But there are two exceptions when in case of necessity death may be caused – (1) When offence is punishable by death sentence or (2) When offence is punishable by life imprisonment. [5] This judgment is available at:https://www.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/14580.pdf (Last visited January 27, 2019). 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__label__cc	0.5409	0.4591	← Super Ninja Warrior Extreme Indies In Due Time IS BACK! April 3, 2012 Edition → You Are Nothing Special (But You Can Be) April 2, 2012 by Indie Gamer Chick 35 Comments I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told by some extremely enthusiastic indie developer “the difference between indie games and mainstream games is indie games are made with passion.” No. It’s just not true. Although I do not deny that indie developers are overflowing with so much passion that they cause all surrounding dust mites to hump like bunnies, it’s not a trait unique to them. Simply put, if you work in the game industry, you probably have a passion for video games. Yes, even crap like Duke Nukem Forever was made by a crew who have a love of video games. Who would take this job if they didn't have it? Here’s a story for you. There was this guy named Larry who did an internship at our office. Larry was an accounting major at Stanford. Larry was a really cool guy. Funny, worked hard, and he was really smart. Also, Larry thought accounting was fucking boring as hell and dreaded the tedium his job would no doubt bring him in the future. I’m not the most talkative person, but I had to ask him why he would want to go to a prestigious school like Stanford on his own dime to study for a job he knows he would hate. Larry was intelligent enough that his options were, in my opinion at least, limitless. But Larry chose accounting because it’s a career that pays well and typically has a high degree of security. Nobody who works in the game industry is like Larry. There’s nobody going to school who has aspirations for a job in game production who dreads the concept of their chosen career path. And that’s before we talk about the wages. Although some people can make exceptionally good salaries in gaming, most jobs in the industry typically pay less than what comparative jobs in different industries make. Indie game developers are a proud group of people, and they should be. But when it comes time to describe what makes them unique, passion should be left off the table. No matter what anyone believes, I promise you that almost every schmo working at Electronic Arts, Activision, or any other major gaming company has a true passion and love of video games. They have to, because who would choose a career in an industry with below-average salaries, long hours, and job security that is often shaky at best? So no, you are not special because of your passion. Quit bringing it up every interview. Mainstream writers need to quit using it as their all-encompassing adjective to describe the scene. It’s simply not true. Stop it. Please. But, indie developers have something amazing that does make them unique. It’s precious enough that it should be the centerpiece of the entire indie development scene. The thing people point to that sells newcomers on why indie gaming is so important. Yet, for whatever reason, I rarely see developers talk about it. You, the indie game developer, have it. Those people at EA or Activision that are every bit as passionate as you do not. You’re free to experiment. You’re free to get weird. You’re free to make mistakes. You’re free to try something that has never been attempted before. Why is this not the biggest crowing point on the scene? Stuff like DLC Quest would never get made by a major studio. When you make an indie game, you’re limited only by your imagination. Well, that and any technical limitations, but my point still stands. You can do anything you want with your game. They can’t. This is why you are special. So take advantage of that, and brag about that, and be proud of that. Go ahead, rub it in. But above all else, use it. One of my biggest disappoints since starting my site is how devoid of originality the indie scene at large seems to be. I’m sure the lure of making an easy couple grand on yet another zombie TwickS or Minecraft clone is tempting, but it won’t get you any attention. You could be the next big thing in gaming. I mean, whose to say you don’t have it in you? But the only way you can get there is by taking advantage of the one thing you have that they don’t. Yea, you’re also free to play Follow the Leader if you so desire. Just remember, there’s only one winner in that game and it already isn’t you. They’ll still get all the attention. All you’ll get is familiarity with the scent of the leader’s ass. Filed under Editorials Tagged with Gaming, Indie Games, mainstream games 35 Responses to You Are Nothing Special (But You Can Be) Alan C with Tea says: “You’re also free to play Follow the Leader if you so desire. Just remember, there’s only one winner in that game and it already isn’t you.” – Insightful! I like it. I argued recently (though I’m still waiting for it to be published by Albatross Revue) that indie development is where the next crop of Tim Schafers, Sid Meiers and Peter Molyneuxs will come from. XBLIG already has people like Ben Kane and Ian Stocker experimenting with ideas and genres. Plus, look at the simple yet potent hybrids, like Lexiv. Kairi Vice says: Lexiv is a prime example of what you can do with that level of freedom. Oddly enough, the stuff Lexiv does is so obviously the next step in Scrabble that I’m shocked nobody had done it before. Starglider says: Being experimental comes at a real financial cost; most of the bestselling games on XBLIG are clones or parodies, because experiments often fail and are very hard to sell even when they succeed. Hate to say this, but anyone who publishes games to XBLIG as a career is a fool. Treat it as a hobby, and budget your game accordingly. Agreed. If you’re thinking about making money, you’re going to be disappointed. XBLIG simply is not lucrative, with very very few exceptions. And if you’re in it for the money, then you can’t really make a claim to more ‘passion’ than the professionals. I hate to keep referring to this interview, but wise words are contained therein. When Ed McMillen was interviewed by Design3, his advice was to give no thought whatsoever to financial gain while developing indie games. And he was talking about PC, where there’sa much better change of profit than on XBLIG. Basically, he said if you’re thinking about how you could make money from your games, then you’ve completely missed the point. And I agree. Robert Boyd says: I strongly disagree that financial gain shouldn’t be a consideration when developing indie games. Rather, financial gain shouldn’t be the ONLY consideration when developing indie games. The more financially successful your games are, the easier it is to make the next game. Well I was specifically talking XBLIGs. I think people need a realistic view of their chances. I was told by one developer that they had mortgaged their house to fund their game on XBLIG. That’s borderline tragic. Above all else, you should not make choices that put yourself in financial peril. Eversor says: Yeah totally agree with Mr.Boyd, but money itself is not the big point anyway. We don’t make games to play them ourself, we make them to have them played by people, and reviewd , and shown to friends. Making money means selling our game, selling our game means more people play it and likes it enough to take the hassle to buy some MSP for it. It’s a win/win game for me. Only thing is, on the long run, a game made to sell from beginning to the end, will lok a lot like the other games made to sell. Ivatrix Games says: Exactly, I wouldn’t like to make XBLIGs as a career. I treat it as a hobby which will earn me experience in the gaming industry, something to put on my CV when I leave college and a bit of money on the side. This means my games won’t be too amazing, I won’t hire a artist or a musician because then that means I’m relying on making cash from my games. Cash is only a bonus to me, I’m in it for the experience. If you want a career in gaming, XBLIG is a perfectly fine place to build a résumé, and to get experience. It’s also a great place to experiment. No promoted platform (even if its barely promoted) has a smaller barrier of entry as Xbox Live Indie Games does. You can try new things and still get published on a major CONSOLE, with minimal resistance. It’s such an amazing chance. So few take advantage of what you can really do with it. Indeed. I’m not sure yet whether I want to be mainstream or indie by the time I Ieave college but XBLIG is definitely a good play ground for now. If this is what your career is going to be, wherever you land, you should make enough to support yourself. There’s no shame in working for an established studio doing licensed games or shovelware if that’s what you need to do to pay the bills. As long as you never lose your love of what you do, it will reflect in your work. Build your résumé and continue to gather experience. If you can make enough money to fully support yourself or your family if you have one, doing indies, then do it. But whatever choice you make, make sure you can live as comfortably as possible. Don’t end up working hand to mouth. Independent game design will be around. Build a reputation first. I think there is still a lot of fun to be had at a mainstream company. Especially for a designer or a director, which is the fields I would want to get in if I became mainstream. The bottom line which will really affect my decision is which would be the most fun for me. I don’t have to worry about paying for anyone other than myself for quite a while now anyway(and I don’t even have to pay for myself yet!) so money isn’t the problem here. Most people would assume being indie is always the most fun, but you miss out on that cool team building experience you get with a group of game developers working on a big hit. It’s really two completely different yet very similar experiences being indie or mainstream. It’s not a set in stone decision either, I could be mainstream for a while then go indie if I wanted to. Then again, who says I can’t be both? dannobot says: A lot of game companies make their employees sign non-compete agreements which specify “no outside projects”, which includes indie games, apps, open source projects, etc. So usually, your employer will say you can’t be both 😦 mautat says: I think there is another thing that makes indie gaming awesome: we are like insects in respect to mammals. Ok, I’m not (entirely) crazy. What I mean is that, with short production time games, we can have very quick “generations” of our production that can lead to a rapid evolution of our style and skills. Something that even a medium sized studio, focusing on many years spanning projects, can’t have. Then, about the money thing, as I said in other places, between starving and being Notch there are a thousand middle ways we can aim to (though not through XBLIG, I admint :P). I actually like that way of putting it. It’s true, that you do grow and change faster. That’s what working with nearly-unlimited freedom does do. Good point, insightfully made. Unfortunately between starving and notch the place is like this: ………………………………………………………………………………Notch Inc. Planes of starving…………………………………………………….\| I have to disagree 🙂 I’ve been in the industry for quite a while before going indie and I have observed a lot. It is true that many and more are doomed to disappear quickly, but the ones with the will to learn and refine themselves can remain and earn a decent living from indie games, though becoming rich is very unlikely. And if one doesn’t think he can belong to the second group, better not to start at all, I think. The point is being realistic in our projects, keeping low budget (as Kairi said before) and be prepared to both success and failure. And, most of all, having the will to learn from our mistakes and from more experienced people. Also, I want to stress again that certainly XBLIG alone is not the right way to earn a fair amount of money. P. S.: I saw your site, I’ll check your game as soon as I can 😉 I fear the industry you have been into for quite some time is changing at the speed of light, the problem is, nobody knows where it is going. Surely it is, but I’m still observing, making guesses and willing to take the challenge… as I said, I am also prepared to failure. Most of all, as you said in another comment, money is not the big point here: we just want to make what is necessary to fund our passion and continue having our games played as much as we can 🙂 (ok, now I just sound like Optimistic Indie… :P) oh, and obviously it’s also about defining what is “a decent living” 😛 Maurizio Tatafiore (@CaranElmoth) says: Also, about the money thing, as I said in other places, between starving and being Notch there are a thousand middle ways we can aim for (though not through XBLIG, I admit :P) Echo? 😛 Ops! I am sorry for the double post. I thought the first had missed the login. All first-time posters need to be approved. You should be good to go from here out without going into moderation. Welcome to the site 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the editorial. Our freedom and the ability to grow and show off our unique skills is one of the great things about indie gaming. And I’m really excited and looking forward to seeing everyone in their prime making some great games, which will take a while. 😀 BigDaddio says: It always bothered me how indie devs were “passionate” and others were just from the collective. The sad part is how large companies like EA use this passion to their advantage, knowing that most people looking for a programming job there are passionate and will work for less than they may get paid working for an insurance company or some such. Lots of young programmers will happily go to work for EA etc thinking they are doing great when other types companies will pay more. Depending on what you are doing you can even get a similar challenge. Yea, statistically speaking, the generic title of “programmer” earns slightly under what others in comparative jobs make in different industries. It’s not a significant dip, but it’s there. And by the way, there is nothing wrong with EA running their business like that. Because BigDaddio, you have to remember that EA has a pretty employee turnover rate. I don’t blame them for not paying average wages, because a LOT of people treat the job as a temporary résumé builder. Be-Rad (@BeRad_Ent) says: Nothing makes me cringe more than seeing a developer’s ‘About’ page say how passionate they are about making games. Often times people who say that create the buggiest/most unwieldy games. magicaltimebean says: There’s nothing I can really contribute to this discussion, so I just wanted to say, good article. They can take our lives, but they can never take our independence day! I think for bad movie quotes, your front door gets kicked in and someone shoots your cat. If you don’t have a cat, one can be provided for you. You’ll name it Patches and let it wrestle with a ball of yarn. It will be adorable. You’ll make a video and put it on Youtube and it will get 250,000 hits in it’s first month. And as soon as the bonding is finished, BAM goes door, BANG goes gun, BLAPH goes pieces of Patches. Randy Napier (@AMU_Games) says: Yeah, but that was a quality hybrid butchered quote. It’s like the hot pink prius of quotes. I think for that Patches should just get a moderate head wound. I agree that I hate it when people go on about how passionate they are about making games. I want to meet the guy in the industry who says he’s indifferent about making games and is just working a game job to spite that nerd he hated in high school, taking a job he otherwise might have been able to get. As for the money, saying to treat game development as a hobby is fine if that’s all you ever want it to be in your life: a hobby. Those who make enough off of games, treating it as a hobby, to cross over from hobbyist to professional are far and few between. If you’re serious about developing games for a living you do have to treat it as your profession, which means while you’re getting that first professional quality game developed you’re likely essentially working two jobs. I think there’s where the passion shows: if you’re willing to work one job to support yourself while you’re developing that first game essentially unpaid then you pass the passion prerequisite. ‘Treat it as a hobby’ means ‘be realistic about your chances of making money from it’. It’s not impossible, but you have to be realistic. Be prepared to make the best game you can three or four times a year for ten years before you start making a living from it. Pingback: The 4th Wall « Indie Gamer Chick	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754660
__label__wiki	0.874219	0.874219	Jeffkellylowenstein’s Weblog Silent Spring: A Timeless and Haunting Classic Global warming, and the urgent need to take action to combat it, have become news staples. Former Vice President Al Gore has become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, earning a stature for his crusade to educate the world about the perils of global warming that he never achieved during his previous 30 years in public life. In An Inconvenient Truth, the Oscar-winning documentary that follows Gore as he makes several of the thousands of PowerPoint presentations he has done on the topic, he notes that a scientific consensus has emerged where hundreds of studies agree that global warming is occurring, while zero dispute that fact. It wasn’t always that way, and Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s classic text about humans’ path of unrelenting environmental destruction, played a major role in the modern environmental movement of which Gore and his work is a current and major part. Published in 1962, Silent Spring takes as its starting point and overarching metaphor a spring in which no birds sing because none exist anymore. “This town does not really exist, but it might easily have a thousand counterparts in America or elsewhere in the world,” Carson writes in her eerily prophetic first chapter. What follows is a remarkably accessible and devastating expose of the various ways that human, through their modern way of life, according to Carson, have wreaked havoc on the environment. Already a National Book Award winner by the time she wrote Silent Spring, Carson makes her way through the levels of environmental wreckage, dedicating chapters to DDT, water, soil and plants, among others. She takes consistent aim both at what she perceives as the arrogance and negligence of companies and the government as well as her insistence that humans are subject to the same environmental and health consequences as other animals. Although Silent Spring deals with nature and ecology, it is fundmentally a moral plea for a more rational and considered approach toward environmental stewardship. As Pulitzer Prize winning-author Edward O. Wilson writes in the 40th Anniversary Edition of the work, Carson did not so much perform original research as synthesize the widespread effects of pesticides and other toxic pollutants on the environment into “a single image that everyone, scientists and the general public alike, could understand.” The image was a powerful one, and led to both immediate and long-term results. Silent Spring, delivered a sharp slap to a somnambulant public provided impetus for the modern environmental movement-many credit the book as contributing mightily to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the banning of domestic production of DDT- and also provoked strong negative reaction from the polluters. In her introductory essay, Linda Lear notes that the industrial chemical industry spent a quarter of a million dollars trying to discredit Carson and her work. The effort did not succeed. The book is not without its flaws. The documentation is general rather than specific, Carson’s explanation of alternatives are relatively thin and her position about intelligent spraying seems hard to reconcile with the tale of environmental wreckage she spends the vast majority of the book depicting. Still, the book is undeniably a classic, both in its content and its impact. Although Carson died of breast cancer shortly after its publication, her work’s power endures and continues to challenges us to consider our own responsibility and the need to take constructive action. The questions she asks at the end of the chapter, And No Birds Sing, continue to be relevant to us today: “Who has made the decision that sets in motion these chains of poisonings, this ever-widening wave of death that spreads out, like ripples when a pebble is dropped into a still pond … Who has decided-who has the right to decide-for the countless legions of people who were not consulted that the supreme value is a world without insects, even though it be also a sterile world ungraced by the curving wing of a bird in flight?” Other books by Rachel Carson: The Edge of the Sea Under the Sea Wind Tags:environment, global warming, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Gang Leader for a Day: Vivid Description, Incomplete Reckoning Sudhir Venkatesh’s first trip to the Robert Taylor Homes is the stuff of legend. A newly minted graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, the Indian-born Californian walked up to residents at the notorious housing project-at one point, America’s largest-holding a survey from MacArthur Award-winning professor William Julius Wilson. “What does it feel like to be black and poor?” read the first question, which Venkatesh earnestly if naively tries to have the residents answer. Far from answering, Venkatesh’s subjects proceeded to hold him hostage for close to day, debating whether to kill him before releasing him with a clear warning not to return. Steven Levitt told the story first in the bestselling Freakonomics, which included a chapter about the economics of drug dealing based, it turns out, on data Venkatesh said he got during his subsequent research. Gang Leader for A Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets Is Venkatesh’s turn to tell his own story of that first day, as well as of many of the ones that followed during his six and a half years of research during his doctoral studies. And tell it he does, in a book that both intrigues with its memorable and intricate description of a community many people never enter, yet disappoints slightly with its incomplete moral reckoning. Venkatesh’s relationship with J.T., a Black Kings leader, is at the heart of the book. It is J.T. who intervenes on Venkatesh’s behalf to end his hostage saga, After finding the pluck to return to Robert Taylor, Venkatesh eventually gains access, with J.T.’s approval, both to the projects and to much of the gang’s operations. Venkatesh makes it clear that the gangs see themselves as community leaders, providing jobs, mediating disputes and keeping order in the area in a way that no one else can. Venkatesh does talk about the violence he hears about, witnesses, and, in one instance, even participates, while also discussing the managerial structure and continual decisions a leader must make. The relationship with J.T. is not an easy one for many reasons, and J.T. makes it clear early in the story that Venkatesh must decide whether he is with J.T. or with other elements of the community (Venkatesh eventually branches out, but appears comforted when he is planning to move to Boston at the end of the book that J.T. is writing a letter of introduction to East Coast members, saying, in essence, “Sudhir is with me.”) Venkatesh depicts in extensive detail both the myriad mundane decisions gang leaders must make and the violence that underpins relationships within the gang and in the community. J.T. eventually comes to trust Venkatesh, believing that Venkatesh is writing a book about his life, and supplies him with access to events that would otherwise be impossible to attend. The title, which is a bit misleading, refers to a day when the gang chief and his associates appoint Venkatesh the leader for a day-but only after he has established his unwillingness to mete our or assign physical punishment. Within the parameters he has established for himself,Venkatesh’s judgment and instincts are solid, according to J.T. Although central to the narrative, J.T. is just of many characters in Gang Leader for a Day. Other memorable people include T-Bone, the gang’s bookish accountant who supplies Venkatesh with four years of records of the gang’s finances, J.T.’s warm-hearted mother, already ready with a smile a plate of home cooked fun and home spun wisdom, and Ms. Bailey, the Local Advisory Council leader and one of the most compex people in the book. Ms. Bailey does tend to the needs of the families in her building—in one memorable scene, she chews out Venkatesh when he feels she has been hoodwinked by a drugged mother whose children Venkatesh buys groceries for, telling him that no one in her building goes hungry-largely by dealing with the gangs. Because he had such detailed access, Venkatesh is able to create the feeling of an entire world in which strong ties community and chilling violence coexist, in which cops are more feared than criminals and in which connection to political leadership and traditional sources of resources is utterly non existent. Gang Leader for A Day is Venkatesh’s third mining of the material and experiences he had during the period from 1989 to 1996, and is by far his most personal work to date. American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto was converted from his dissertation and told the history of the Robert Taylor Homes from its inception through its planned destruction under the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan For Transformation. While a major contribution to several bodies of literature and far more readable than many converted dissertations, the book was far from intimate in tone and substance. Off The Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor, an examination of the underground economy in “Marquis Park,” a thinly veiled neighborhood on the city’s South Side, was Venkatesh’s second look, and one in which his voice appeared more frequently. To his credit, Venkatesh includes a number of excerpts of interviews in which residents tell him that, despite his having been in the community, he still “doesn’t know shit. Gang Leader For A Day’s signature strength is in its depiction of the world inside the Robert Taylor Homes and in the gang members’ lives. Far from being caricatures, many people in Venkatesh’s book have hidden desires for a different path-one gang member confesses that he wants to leave and start teaching dance-that often do not get realized. Venkatesh also effectively shows just how trickly moral judgments can be tricky, especially when applied from an outsider to the community. As in Off the Books, Venkatesh includes the words of women who prostitute themselves to help pay for the children’s needs are not judged negatively by the community, but a drug consuming mother who does not tend to her children is. Venkatesh does not back away from depicting his own moral quandaries, which are many and, at times, unanticipated. An example of the latter comes when he shares the substance of his conversations with residents about their underground economic activities with J.T. and Ms. Bailey leads to both shaking down residents for money they didn’t know was coming in and to Venkatesh being perceived as a snitch. Venkatesh’s years-long misleading of J.T. about his plans to write about him-a plan that Wilson, who eventually becomes Venkatesh’s advisor, quashes, instead directing him to write about the whole community-is another (He appears to have written the book in part to honor his earlier commitment.). But the most basic, of course, is how Venkatesh strikes an uneasy balance between her fascination with gang life, his admiration for J.T.s charisma and leadership and his revulsion both with the violence that undergirds their community control and the drug dealing that drives their income. At different times in the book, Venkatesh takes solace in also being seen as a hustler of a different stripe who won’t take no for an answer. J.T.’s having left the gang and gone straight, but more particularly, appearing not to be bitter that Venkatesh has continued on his path toward academic stardom and has moved on to other research subjects is another. Venkatesh does an effective job of articulating the moral challenges he encounters, but he does far less well with reckoning with the implications of what he has seen and learned for his responsibilities as a scholar, a citizen and his allegiance to his moral code. This is a significant omission, both because his insights would be valuable and because judgment of these actions raises questions of responsibility and accountability for Venkatesh and the people with whom he interacts so extensively. Ironically, several of the residents nudge Venkatesh in that direction. One woman states emphatically the first time she meets Venkatesh: Don’t treat us as victims. We know what we are doing. Venkatesh, however, does not apply the same standards to himself. While he clearly would be overstepping his boundaries were he to offer sweeping conclusions that could be widely applied from his experience, his failure to apply the same compass to himself that the woman urges him to bring to bear on community residents them leaves an unsatisfying savory taste in the reader’s mouth. A vivid description of a world many people never see, and that in a certain way has been altered fundamentally with the destruction of the Robert Taylor Homes through the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation, Gang Leader for A Day feels in the end more an exercise in personal catharsis than moral reflection and confrontation. Books by Sudhir Venkatesh: Gang Leader for A Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto Off The Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor Tags:Chicago Housing Authority, Gang Leader for a Day, J.T., Plan for Transformation, Robert Taylor Homes, Sociology, Sudhir Venkatesh You are currently browsing the archives for the Uncategorized category. New Book Blog!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754669
__label__cc	0.653495	0.346505	Much of the art surviving from Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire is Christian art, although this in large part because the continuity of church ownership has preserved church art better than secular works. While the Western Roman Empire's political structure essentially collapsed after the fall of Rome, its religious hierarchy, what is today the modern-day Roman Catholic Church commissioned and funded production of religious art imagery. Christian Gifts "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,read more. Bible Verse Wall Art The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,read more. Christian Canvas Art Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Share Your Faith Products Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Christian Gifts "If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Publication date: May 9, 2019. Publisher: OpenBible.info. Christian Gifts and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. ... Christian Canvas Art Please note: Although the exquisite framed and unframed Christian art prints, posters, and canvases displayed in our online Christian art gallery portray strong traditional family values, biblical themes, and God's wonderful creations; not all of the artwork is Christian. Since we have partnered with art.com and allposters.com who carry a vast inventory of secular artwork, please use discretion when searching for art. Christian Gifts Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Bible Verse Wall Art 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that ALL Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. The Bible is a work of God that was written by human men that were inspired by God. What better source of inspiration than our Creator! Whether you are looking for motivation, encouragement, reassurance, or peace, the Bible should be the first resource you turn to! The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” ... Christian Gifts 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that ALL Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. The Bible is a work of God that was written by human men that were inspired by God. What better source of inspiration than our Creator! Whether you are looking for motivation, encouragement, reassurance, or peace, the Bible should be the first resource you turn to! Christian Canvas Art Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.read more. Bible Verse Wall Art 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Since the advent of printing, the sale of reproductions of pious works has been a major element of popular Christian culture. In the 19th century, this included genre painters such as Mihály Munkácsy. The invention of color lithography led to broad circulation of holy cards. In the modern era, companies specializing in modern commercial Christian artists such as Thomas Blackshear and Thomas Kinkade, although widely regarded in the fine art world as kitsch,[4] have been very successful. "You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.read more. Bible Verse Wall Art Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men. But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” Christian Gifts In the West, the Renaissance saw an increase in monumental secular works, but until the Protestant Reformation Christian art continued to be commissioned in great quantities by churches, clergy and by the aristocracy. The Reformation had a huge effect on Christian art, rapidly bringing the production of public Christian art to a virtual halt in Protestant countries, and causing the destruction of most of the art that already existed. Share Your Faith Products 19 designers and 31 writers invested their energy and creativity to this collection, each riffing on the timeless, inspired words of Scripture. Each designer worked hard to capture the essence of each verse in its historical and cultural context, and to design in a way that makes clear the way in which the original readers would have understood it. Then, after each design was complete, a writer reflected on each piece of art and the verse that inspired it. The result is 100 pairs of art and devotional that illuminate the words of Scripture. Share Your Faith Products As a secular, non-sectarian, universal notion of art arose in 19th-century Western Europe, ancient and Medieval Christian art began to be collected for art appreciation rather than worship, while contemporary Christian art was considered marginal. Occasionally, secular artists treated Christian themes (Bouguereau, Manet) — but only rarely was a Christian artist included in the historical canon (such as Rouault or Stanley Spencer). However many modern artists such as Eric Gill, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Jacob Epstein, Elizabeth Frink and Graham Sutherland have produced well-known works of art for churches.[1] Salvador Dali is an artist who had also produced notable and popular artworks with Christian themes.[2] Contemporary artists such as Makoto Fujimura have had significant influence both in sacred and secular arts. Other notable artists include Larry D. Alexander and John August Swanson. Some writers, such as Gregory Wolfe, see this as part of a rebirth of Christian humanism.[3] Christian art, CHRISTIAN ART, Christian artwork, christian prints, CHRISTIAN ARTISTS, Christian Art Depot, framed Christian art, Christian framed art, pictures of Jesus, Christian artists, inspirational art, religious artwork, religious art prints, Christian, art gallery, art work, artwork, artworks, canvas prints, canvases, custom framed art, custom framing, decor, fine art, fine arts, giclee, giclees, giclee on canvas, home decor, images, inspirational, interior decorating, interior decorators, limited edition prints, limited editions, lithograph, lithographs, open edition prints, open editions, original art, paintings, paper, photographs, photography, photos, pictures, poster, posters, print, prints, reproductions, religious, spiritual, tapestries, tapestry, vintage originals Bible Verse Wall Art	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754670
__label__wiki	0.879098	0.879098	The community living movement has undergone some major developments since its early beginnings, and Kenora Association for Community Living has been involved in advancing the cause for the majority of time progress has taken place. The community living movement advocates for equality and diversity in communities, which means that everyone has the right to the same opportunities to participate in community life, including chances to live, learn, work, enjoy recreational time, and contribute to community, regardless of whether or not a person has an intellectual disability. It is difficult to pinpoint when exactly progressive action began. The Canadian Association for Community Living describes early activities in Canada dating as far back as 1930, with the CACL being formed in 1958, whereas the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services posits that attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities were changing by the 1960s, when the community living movement was spreading across North America. KACL's beginnings were much the same as other associations for community living in Canada. February 9, 1961, the association held its first meeting, two months before becoming incorporated, when a group of local parents gathered to discuss their dissatisfaction with their children not being allowed to attend school because of their IQ scores. At that time, two decades before Bill 82 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Section 15(1)), tests in Kenora were performed by the Child Development Centre's psychologist, and children who scored less than 70 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale were clinically diagnosed as being mentally retarded and were not admitted into public schools. Mental retardation was a medical term used to describe people's intelligence quotient. It became a negative term from people's ill-use, and today usage typically has no bearing on its definition - to slow or delay. Efforts by the group of parents led to classes being offered in the old Norman Community Centre and then, in 1964, Kinvalley school. Kinvalley was a purpose-built school, named after the Kenora Kinsmen for their generous contributions that led to the school's construction; Norvalle Sommerville was its first teacher. Despite the positive grassroots activities of local parents, their children would eventually become adults and there were few alternatives for adults with an intellectual disability other than being placed in an Ontario Hospital - an institution. The community living movement grew from grassroots activities to government involvement in the 1970s. The progressive action gained a lot of attention after Pierre Berton's 1960 Toronto Star article about the living conditions inside Huronia, "What's wrong at Orillia: Out of sight, out of mind," but it started to gain momentum after Walter Williston's report, "Present Arrangements for the Care and Supervision of Mentally Retarded People in Ontario, A Report for the Minister of Health." The Williston report recommended to the government that institutions be phased out and that supports be available, provided, and integrated in the community. Mr. Charlie Strachan, one of KACL's founding members, was acknowledged in the report for providing Mr. Williston with information. Removing people from Ontario Hospitals and getting them back to their home communities was known as deinstitutionalization. In Northwestern Ontario, specifically the Kenora-Rainy River district, people were placed in Thunder Bay's Northwestern Regional Centre. Repatriating Kenorites back into the community from the Northwestern Regional Centre meant that there needed to be housing, efforts to provide spaces for skill development, and opportunities to allow people to reconnect with where they grew up. July 15, 1975, KACL opened its first residential building, a fifteen bed residence, called Charlie McLeod Manor. Two years later, KACL began its Infant Development program. The Infant Development (Infant Stimulation) program began as a pilot project in Etobicoke's Surrey Place Centre in 1974, and KACL was among the first in Ontario to adopt the program, when the pilot phase concluded, in 1977. The community living movement continued its mission to get people out of institutions during the 1980s, but it also expanded its scope to work toward a vision of inclusive communities. KACL's board of directors hired a new executive director in 1984, who worked hard to define the association's values. Mr. James Retson used Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger's theories to develop the association's Mission Statement and Service Delivery Principles, which continue to guide the association's initiatives and efforts today. Based on the recommendation by People First, the Kenora-Keewatin Association for the Mentally Retarded became the Kenora Association for Community Living, March 10, 1986. To provide people with employment opportunities in the community, KACL opened a dedicated ARC Industries building in 1983; its purpose was to make available skill development that could be used in the workforce, and it sold whatever wares it produced during its daily workshops. Although this was not the first time the KACL had offered this type of skill development model, it was the first time it had provided its own employment space for people with intellectual disabilities to work. KACL furthered its work to provide more natural living and working environments for people with intellectual disabilities during the 1990s. At the end of the 1980s, KACL closed its large residence, Charlie McLeod Manor, and instead facilitated independent and shared residences, where two to five people living as roommates would be the greatest number of people living in a home. Furthermore, KACL began its Host Family initiative in the early 1990s, an agreement in which a person needing support and the person or persons providing support shared their homes and their lives. The association began an Employment Services program in the early 1990s, which started around the same time ARC Industries closed. Employment Services is geared to the individual, and securing a job for that person in the community, doing something that is best suited to his or her interests, as opposed to a group setting. These initiatives marked a lot of progress toward realizing the ultimate goal of the community living movement, as people had opportunities to live and work in the community. KACL's initiatives to further the community living movement expanded during the end of the 1990s and throughout the 2000s. In 1996 Sunshine Nursery became Kids' Zone, and then moved to its permanent location in Lakeside the following year. Kids' Zone expanded its services to offer the Toddler program in 2005, it added the SMB program in 2007, and after the 2009 renovation to the Lakeside location, Kids' Zone became the first and only facility in Kenora to have an Infant room. KACL created two programs in 2006 to provide opportunities for people to engage in physical activities: Fitness Friends and Community Wellness. And in 2010, KACL opened the Arts Hub. The Arts Hub, and the opportunities it provided for all people to explore their artistic interests, was unique to KACL and to the community living movement in Ontario. These initiatives contributed to making Kenora an inclusive community, and they provided people with an intellectual disability opportunities to live, work, and enjoy recreational time in the community of their choosing. However, the community living movement could not yet be defined as fulfilled or achieved, rather it remained an ongoing effort. Like all other participants in the community living movement, KACL was necessarily changing its service models to accommodate the requirements of the people it serves. In March 2009, Huronia was the last institution to close in Ontario, which marked the last stage of the deinstitutionalization process; while this was certainly a major milestone and an achievement for the community living movement, it represented a new development. Many people receiving support from KACL, and virtually all people who will receive support in the future, had never been in an institution. After over fifty years of providing services to Kenora, and being part of the community living movement, KACL is now best characterized as being adaptive to change. KACL's commitment to social justice continued to be one of the driving forces behind the work. Mr. Retson retired in 2013, following his 29 year tenure as executive director. The board of directors hired Ms. Debbie Everley as the new executive director. The association moved forward in its advocacy work, with the grace, precision, empathy, and focus on building and maintaining strong relationships through positive conversations, guided by Ms. Everley's belief that all people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754673
__label__cc	0.724431	0.275569	← ‘David and Goliath’ by Malcolm Gladwell ‘The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict’ by the Arbinger Institute → ‘The Amateur Marriage’ by Anne Tyler Anne Tyler is one of those great authors whose books you can just pick up and enjoy. Her books are mostly about family and messy relationships. Her characters are vividly drawn without a lot of description, which is always refreshing. You feel like you could meet these people on the street – or even in your own family – and know them. Not a lot happens in this novel, no major twists and turns, it’s just the understated events of three generations and a marriage under the microscope. Tyler plays with the question of what makes a good marriage? Can it survive the test of time and hardship and tragedy and perhaps even divorce? Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple to others, but underneath lies the reality that they are really quite mismatched. But is that bad? Most married people would say that they are quite opposite in a lot of ways. A ‘successful marriage’ is a mystery that Tyler doesn’t attempt to solve, leaving it to the reader to draw the conclusions (although I do believe she hints at her own opinion of Michael and Pauline’s marriage at the end). ‘Amateur’ first struck me as a strange word to use to describe marriage. We use adjectives like: committed, failed, arranged, mixed, etc. Amateur is defined as being engaged in an activity like sport or photography on an unpaid basis. But can a marriage be professional? And then I learned that the word amateur comes from the Latin word ‘amare’ – to love, in other words a ‘lover of’. Tyler has written more than a dozen books, some of which have been made into film adaptations. My all-time favourite of hers has to be Ladder of Years. It’s about a mother who does what every mother has probably thought of doing, but never has actually done. One day on vacation with her family, she simply walks away down the beach and doesn’t return. She gets on a bus, heads to another town, and begins a new life with a new identity where she feels that she is more than a “bee buzzing around the edges” of her husband and children. After this shocking casting off all responsibility, it is so interesting and surprising to see what she actually does with her new life! This entry was posted in Fiction and tagged Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage. Bookmark the permalink. One response to “‘The Amateur Marriage’ by Anne Tyler” haridasgowra \| March 17, 2014 at 4:25 am \| Reply New life…………! #wordpress!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754674
__label__cc	0.584417	0.415583	By John Nyman performances, Players, Toronto Gerald Lampert Award shortlist / IFOA Poetry NOW recap Most of what I have to say has already made its social media rounds, but I think it’s important to step back and reflect on the last few weeks. They’ve been a little overwhelming–full of new connections as well as the re-emergence of unanswerable-as-ever questions. First, I want to thank the League of Canadian Poets for continuing to sponsor and promote the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for a first book of poetry published by a Canadian, for which Players has been shortlisted this year. There’s probably little to say outside the many congratulations and thanks that have already been offered, although I do want to express my deep appreciation and respect for those who administer the LCP and its awards, those who have served as jurors (both this year and in past years), those who read and spread the news of this year’s shortlist, those who were shortlisted, and those who weren’t–basically, everyone whose contributions of attention, expression, and acknowledgement help support a community of which the 2017 LCP awards shortlists are only one of many centres. I’ve been telling friends outside the poetry community that awards like these are really about creating dialogue and (where necessary) solidarity in the artistic and literary landscape; I just hope I’m not alone in thinking that. Second, I wanted to drive home what a great time I had at the International Festival of Authors‘ Poetry NOW reading at the end of last month. Aside from making new friends and acquaintances (and reconnecting with some old ones) among the poets and patrons I had the opportunity of spending time with at the event, I was also privileged enough to have a front row seat for some of the best readings/performances I’ve ever heard/seen. Pretty much everyone was good, even though the group represented a massive variety of styles that leaves me no less confused about the performance genre of ‘page poetry’ reading than I was a few weeks ago. Still, I came away with the feeling that I’d learned a lot. Stuart Ross’s victory was very well-earned–Ross has definitely perfected a unique style of performance well-suited to his writing, which may be just the thing that makes a reading memorable–although I was also delighted to see that the IFOA invited a generous helping of the evening’s performers back to give readings at this year’s festival in October. Of course, I’m also excited to say that I was one of the poets invited, which means, I guess, that we’ll be having this conversation all over again in the fall. See you then! (Finally, I couldn’t help but finish this post off by poaching another of the IFOA’s super-sleek promo photos for Poetry NOW. Congratulations again to all the readers!) Tagged award, Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, International Festival of Authors, League of Canadian Poets, Players, poetry, Poetry NOW, shortlist, Stuart Ross One thought on “Gerald Lampert Award shortlist / IFOA Poetry NOW recap” Reading at the International Festival of Authors October 21 \| John Nyman says: […] ahead to my next performance, which will in fact be quite different. As a very welcome follow-up to my reading at the International Festival of Authors Poetry NOW competition earlier this year, I’ve been invited to participate in the festival’s main programming […]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754676
__label__cc	0.636637	0.363363	Build a new playground at Ripponlea Primary A Shorten Labor Government will invest $43,186 towards a much-needed new playground at Ripponlea Primary School. Ripponlea Primary School’s playground is run-down and no longer fit for purpose. A well-designed, modern playground is critically important for our young kids, supporting the ordinary development of physical and social skills. That’s why a Shorten Labor Government will invest $43,186 towards a playground at Ripponlea Primary School. Labor’s investment will support the installation of new playground equipment for the students to use during break times, and provide students with the best opportunities for play. Moreover, under a Shorten Labor Government, Ripponlea Primary School will receive an extra $290,000 funding boost compared to the Liberals, and local schools in Macnamara will receive an extra $11 million over the first three years. Labor is committed to reversing the Morrison Government’s $14 billion cuts to public schools, so that every kid has the best start in life. Josh Burns, Labor’s candidate for Macnamara, said, “Australia deserves better than the Morrison Government – we can be more ambitious, and elect a government that gets things done. Only a vote for Labor will change the government, and deliver world-class education for our kids. “We’ll deliver every school the funding it needs, two years of subsidised pre-school education for every child, and boost university funding to give around 200,000 more Australians the chance to go to uni. Australia needs a progressive government to give our kids the best start in life.” This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better hospitals and better schools, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready. JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN FOR FAIRNESS For Fairness Authorised by J Burns MP, 219 Barkly Street, St Kilda 3182	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754677
__label__cc	0.732533	0.267467	Transcript: Obama's "Prescription for America" June 24 2009 tags: health care, Obama, ObamaCare, Socialism, transcript ANNOUNCER: From the White House, a special edition of “Primetime.” OBAMA: We have finally decided to fix what’s broken about health care in America. ANNOUNCER: The president calls for sweeping reforms. What the changes would mean to your family. (UNKNOWN): What’s going to happen if my cancer comes back? ANNOUNCER: Who decides what doctors you can see and the treatment you’ll receive? (UNKNOWN): Who should decide whether you live or die? The government? ANNOUNCER: And how much are we willing to pay? Real people, real fears, and tonight, real answers. OBAMA: We need to get this done. ANNOUNCER: Questions for the president, prescription for America. Now, from White House, Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. GIBSON: Good evening. Diane and I are delighted that you could join us this evening. We are going to be talking about what will be the number one subject for public discourse all through this summer, and that is health care reform. SAWYER: The president has said it’s the ticking time bomb at the center of the American economy, and so we have gathered 164 people in the East Room of the White House tonight. They’re from all over the country, all walks of life, on the front lines of health care in America. They are doctors, businessmen, patients, Republicans, Democrats, independents. And we know we can’t cover every question tonight, but we’re going to get the conversation started. GIBSON: They will be questioning the president, as will we. And we think by the end of the evening, you will have a pretty good sense of what the parameters of this debate are, just what’s at stake for each of you and for the country as a whole, because this will be discussed, as we said, all through the summer in the Congress. It will be discussed, I think, also in your living room. Every family, I think, will be debating this. So with that as preface, we want to thank the president for giving us his parlor and his living room tonight to do this broadcast. OBAMA: Thank you so much, Charlie. GIBSON: Mr. President, I think this could be an interesting evening. OBAMA: Thank you so much, Diane. SAWYER: Mr. President, thank you. OBAMA: Grateful to have you. SAWYER: And while we head into the East Room, we’re going to have the audience waiting for us there. Dr. Tim Johnson, who’s our medical editor, is going to give everyone a sense of some the key questions. We’re heading to the East Room. DR. TIMOTHY JOHNSON: First: access and choice. The president constantly stresses that, if you like what you have, you can keep it. But he also wants to offer more choice and competition with a one-stop shopping list of approved private insurance plans through a so-called health insurance exchange. So far, he has also insisted that a public option be one of the choices. It has sometimes been described as Medicare like, meaning the government would be involved with the financing, but patients would be able to choose their own doctors and hospitals. He says this public option would keep pressure on private insurance to hold down costs. Critics say government’s advantages — easy funding, huge bargaining power — would eventually put private insurers out of business, which could affect your current coverage. Second: effective treatment. The president agrees with experts who say that about a third of what we now spend on health care is unnecessary. He says we reward doctors and hospitals the wrong way, paying for simply doing more tests and procedures, rather than paying for good outcomes. And he stresses that primary care, readily available family doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners is essential in promoting prevention, making sure we get screening tests and lifestyle advice, and coordination, orchestrating the care of specialists and home care for chronic diseases. Critics say that, if third-party government experts set the rules for what is covered and paid for, patients and doctors will have less of a voice and choice. And, finally, cost control. The president insists that increasing coverage without controlling costs is a formula for economic disaster. That will be a tough job, given that estimates for reform now run between $1 trillion and $2 trillion over 10 years. Besides savings from the reform of Medicare and Medicaid, he has advocated new tax revenue by limiting deductions for charitable giving, but he has not yet agreed to taxing any insurance benefits from employers as income. Critics say his plan spends too much and the government just does not have the money. So, Diane and Charlie, three huge challenges, a formula for heartburn, which, by the way, is something we doctors can fix. GIBSON: Dr. Tim Johnson there outlining some of the parameters of the debate. And we’re going to try to loosely organize things. We have this — we’re calling this prescription of America, but basically this is, how does this affect me? How does it affect all of you at the doctor’s office? Should there be a public option, public — government insurance in all of this? And what is the cost of all of this? Can we afford it? And as we mentioned, 164 people here from all walks of life, Mr. President. Before we start, I’m curious. I want to get a show of hands. How many of you — whether you agree with the president’s approach or not, how many of you agree that we need to change the health care system in America? And is there anybody here who believes the system should be left unchanged? Interesting. But there is a lot of disagreement, because the devil is in the details, as we all know. OBAMA: Let’s — let’s stop now. OBAMA: Let’s go. We’re ready to… GIBSON: So, as we say, all of this is, how does this affect me? And we want to get your questions. And I want to start with Dr. Orrin Devinsky. Is he here? Dr. Devinsky? DR. ORRIN DEVINSKY, EPILEPSY SPECIALIST: Yes, in the past, politicians who have sought to reform health care have tried to limit costs by reducing tests, access to specialists, but they’ve not been good at taking their own medicine. When they or their family members get sick, they often get extremely expensive evaluations and expert care. If a national health plan was approved and your family participated, and, President Obama, if your wife or your doctor became seriously ill, and things were not going well, and the plan physicians told you they were doing everything that reasonably could be done, and you sought out opinions from some medical leaders and major centers, and they said there’s another option that you should — should pursue, but it was not covered in the plan, would you potentially sacrifice the health of your family for the greater good of insuring millions? Or would you do everything you possibly could as a father and husband to get the best health care and outcome for your family? OBAMA: Well, first of all, Doctor, I think it’s a terrific question, and it’s something that touches us all personally, especially when you start talking about end-of-life care. As some of you know, my grandmother recently passed away, which was a very painful thing for me. She’s somebody who helped raise me. But she’s somebody who contracted what was diagnosed as terminal cancer. There was unanimity about that. They expected that she’d have six to nine months to live. She fell and broke her hip. And then the question was, does she get hip replacement surgery, even though she was fragile enough that they weren’t sure how long she would last, whether she could get through the surgery. I think families all across America are going through decisions like that all the time. And you’re absolutely right that, if it’s my family member, it’s my wife, if it’s my children, if it’s my grandmother, I always want them to get the very best care. But here’s the problem that we have in our current health care system, is that there is a whole bunch of care that’s being provided that every study, every bit of evidence that we have indicates may not be making us healthier. GIBSON: But you don’t know what that test is. OBAMA: Well, oftentimes we do, though. There are going to be situations where there are going to be disagreements among experts, but often times we do know what makes sense and what doesn’t. And this is just one aspect of what is a broader issue. And if I could just pull back just for a second, understand that the status quo is untenable, which is why you saw — even though we’ve got Republicans, Democrats, independents, people from all parts of the health care sector represented here, everybody understands we can’t keep doing what we’re doing. It is bankrupting families. I get letters every single day from people who have worked hard and don’t have health insurance. It is bankrupting businesses who are frustrated that they can’t provide the same kind of insurance that they used to provide to their employees. And it’s bankrupting our government at the state and federal level. So we know things are going to have to change. One aspect of it, the doctor identified, is, can we come up with ways that don’t prevent people from getting the care they need, but also make sure that because of all kinds of skewed incentives, we are getting a lot of quantity of care, but we’re not getting the kind of quality that we need. SAWYER: I want to ask about this, Mr. President, because you said to me when we talked yesterday that you think if everyone has the right information, that doctors will make the right decisions, patients will make the right decisions. And you just said we think we do know what is over-treatment. And Dr. John Corboy from Colorado, do we always know? And what if a patient comes to you and says, no, I want that extra CT-scan, I think I need that extra CT-scan, and you’re at the risk of being sued, among other things, what are you going to do? DR. JOHN CORBOY, NEUROLOGIST & MEDICAL PROFESSOR: Well, I think you still have to provide the appropriate care. And I think we all know that there is a significant amount of care that actually is inappropriate and unnecessary. And the question then is — for you, Mr. President, is, what can you convince — what can you do to convince the American public that there actually are limits to what we can pay for with our American health care system? And if there are going to be limits, who is going to design the system and who is going to enforce the rules for a system like that? OBAMA: Well, you’re asking the right question. And let me say, first of all, this is not an easy problem. If it was easy, it would have been solved a long time ago, because we’ve talking about this for decades, since Harry Truman. We’ve been talking about how do we provide care that is high-quality, gives people choices, and how can we come up with a uniquely American plan? Because one of the ideological debates that I think has prevented us from making progress is some people say this is socialized medicine, others say we need a completely free market system. We need to come up with something that is uniquely American. Now what I’ve said is that if we are smart, we should be able to design a system in which people still have choices of doctors and choices of plans that makes sure that the necessary treatment is provided but we don’t have a huge amount of waste in the system. That we are providing adequate coverage for all people, and that we are driving down costs over the long term. If we don’t drive down costs, then we’re not going to be able to achieve all of those other things. And I think that on the issue that has already been raised by the two doctors, the issue of evidence-based care, I have great confidence that doctors are going to always want to care, I have great confidence that doctors are going to always want to do the right thing for their patients, if they’ve got good information, and if their payment incentives are not such that it actually costs them money to provide the appropriate care. And right now, what we have is a situation, because doctors are paid fee-for-service, and there are all sorts of rules governing how they operate, as a consequence often times it is harder for them, more expensive for them, to do what is appropriate. And we should change those incentive structures. GIBSON: And people, I think, understand that you want to get away from quantity for quantity’s sake, because that’s the way the doctor makes more money, and get to quality. But the question is, how do you do that? How do you get to the point and still assure people, as both of the doctors have asked, that their cousins, their nephews, their husbands, their wives, are going to get everything that is necessary? OBAMA: Well, let’s take an example. And I — they may be represented here, I wasn’t sure, but the Mayo Clinic, everybody has heard of it. It has got some of the best quality care in the world. People fly from all over the world to Rochester, Minnesota, in order to get outstanding care. It turns out that Mayo Clinic oftentimes provides care that is as much as one-third less expensive than the average that’s provided or — or some other health care systems that aren’t doing as good of a job. Now, why is that? Well, part of it is that they have set up teams that work together so that, if you go first to your primary care physician and they order a test, you don’t then have to duplicate having two more tests with other specialists, because they were in the room when you first met with that primary care physician. They know how to manage chronic diseases in an effective way so that we have people who are getting regular checkups, if they’re trying to manage diabetes, as opposed to us paying for a $30,000 foot amputation because we didn’t manage the disease properly. So they are doing all kinds of smart things that we could easily duplicate across the system, but we don’t. And our job in this — in this summer and this fall, in which I think everybody understands we’ve got to move in a different direction, is to identify the best ways to achieve the best possible care in a way that controls costs and is affordable for the American economy long term. SAWYER: Mr. President, you mentioned the Mayo Clinic, and I’m going to cross as I talk here, if you don’t mind. But I’ve been reading a lot of the e-mail questions that we’ve been getting online. They’ve been saying the Mayo Clinic is exactly the point. They’re doing it. Private industry is doing it. Private hospitals are doing it. The Safeway company is taking action. Why get the government involved in something that is being done already in the private sector and, with the right initiative and impetus, could be done in the private sector without government involvement? OBAMA: Well, you just said “with the right initiative.” And, unfortunately, that initiative hasn’t been forthcoming. And as a consequence, what’s happening is — here’s what’s happening to ordinary families, because I know one of those boxes was, “How does this affect you?” The average family has seen their premiums double in the last nine years. Costs for families are going up three times faster than wages. So if you’re happy with your health care right now — and many people are happy with their health care right now — the problem is, 10 years from now, you’re not going to be happy, because it’s going to cost twice as much or three times as much as it does right now. Out-of-pocket expenses have gone up 62 percent. Businesses increasingly are having to cut back on health care or — and if you talk to ordinary workers, they’re seeing this all the time — employers, even if they don’t want to, are having to pass on costs to others. So — so, unfortunately, whatever it is that we’re doing right now isn’t working, Diane. What we see is great examples of outstanding care, businesses that are working with their employees on prevention, but it’s not spreading through the system. And, unfortunately, government, whether you like it or not, is going to already be involved. You know, we pay for Medicare. We pay for Medicaid. There are a whole host of rules both at the state and federal level governing how health care is administered. And so the key is for us to try to figure out, how do we take that involvement, not to completely replace what we have, but to build on what works and stop doing what doesn’t work? And I think that we can do that through a serious health care reform initiative. GIBSON: But you say we have to figure out how to do that. Don’t we have to do that first, figure out so people have a good sense that my medical care is going to be sufficient for me? OBAMA: The… GIBSON: That’s what people are afraid of… OBAMA: Well… GIBSON: … that they’re not going to get… OBAMA: … absolutely, people are afraid of it. People are concerned — they know that they’re living with the devil, but the devil they know they think may be better than the devil they don’t. And — and that’s understandable. Look, every time we’ve made progress in this country on health care, there has been a vigorous debate. You know, senior citizens love Medicare now, but there was a big debate about whether we could set up Medicare. Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides millions of children health care across this country, that was a big debate. So there’s — these things are always going to be tough politically. Let me tell you, though, that we actually do know in a lot of instances what works and what doesn’t. What’s lacking is not knowledge. We’ve been debating this stuff for decades. What’s lacking is political will, and that’s what I’m hoping the American people provide, because genuine change generally does not come from Washington. Whether we like it or not, it comes from the American people saying, “It’s time for us to move forward.” And I think this is that moment. SAWYER: And when we come back, Mr. President, from the break, we’re going to be talking more about the centerpiece of this in many ways, primary care doctors and providers. And I’m going to turn to Hershaw Davis here, who’s a nursing student and also an emergency tech at Johns Hopkins. Stand up, if you will, because how bad is our shortage out there? HERSHAW DAVIS, NURSING STUDENT: It’s bad, sir. Currently, our patient load is increasing due to patients not having access either to insurance or primary care. And I want to ask, what’s the administration going to do to place primary care providers — physicians and nurse practitioners — back in the community so the E.R. is not America’s source of primary care? SAWYER: All right. GIBSON: Let’s leave that question on the table. SAWYER: On the table. GIBSON: We’ll give you a second to think about the answer, and we’ll take a commercial break. Be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ANNOUNCER: Questions for the President, Prescription for America continues. Once again, from the East Room of the White House, Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. GIBSON: Mr. President, before we went to break, Hershaw Davis raised what is an elemental question, which is, any kind of new system needs to be built around primary care, and not all the specialists with all the tests, but primary care physicians who can then farm you out, in effect. So how do we reorient the system very quickly to get better primary care and more primary care? OBAMA: Well, first of all, we need more people like Hershaw, who are going to school and committed to the kind of primary care that’s going to be critical to us bringing down costs and improving quality. We’re not going to be able to do it overnight. Obviously, training physicians, training nurse practitioners, that takes years of work. But what we can do immediately is start changing some of the incentives around what it takes to become a family physician. Right now, if you want to go into medicine, it is much more lucrative for you to go into a specialty. Now, we want terrific specialists, and one of the great things about the American medical system is we have wonderful specialists, and they do extraordinary work. But increasingly, medical students are having to make decisions based on the fact that they’re coming out with $200,000 worth of loans. And if they become a primary care physician, oftentimes they are going to make substantially less money and it’s going to be much harder for them to repay their loans. So what we’ve done in the recovery act, we’ve started by seeing if we could provide additional incentives for people who wanted to go into primary care. Some loan forgiveness programs, I think, are going to be very important. But what we’re also going to have to do is start looking at Medicare reimbursements, Medicaid reimbursements, working with doctors, working with nurses to figure out, how can we incentivize quality of care, a team approach to care that will help raise and elevate the profile of family care physicians and nurses, as opposed to just the specialists who are typically going to make more money if they’re getting paid fee-for-service? GIBSON: Is Mary Vigil in the room? Mary Vigil, there you are. You’re a — you’re a medical student, right? Coming out — and how much debt will you — can we get a microphone to Mary? How much debt… SAWYER: (OFF-MIKE) GIBSON: How much debt will you have? MARY VIGIL, MEDICAL STUDENT: I’ll be in about $300,000 in medical education debt. GIBSON: And you would — you would like to go into primary care? VIGIL: Definitely. That’s — that was my primary motivation in going in to medical school. GIBSON: But you know you will be remunerated at a lesser level than a specialist? VIGIL: Yes. OBAMA: Right. And so one of the things that we’ve got to figure out is how to change that calculation. Now, you may still go into primary care — and I hope you do — but I don’t want to make it tougher for you. I want to make it easier for you. And one of the things that I’d like to explore — and I’ve been working with the administration and with Congress is — are there are loan forgiveness programs where people commit to a certain number of years of primary care. That reduces the costs for their medical education. That would make a significant difference. GIBSON: But let me ask a basic question, which may sound silly and naive. But we’ve got 46 million people who are uninsured in this country. (Gross over exaggeration -“includes 9.7 million non-citizens as well as 7.9 million under 24 years old and more than 9 million who make at least $75,000 a year and should be able to afford insurance without government assistance.) Speaking of Illegal aliens, why are they never brought up by the ObamaDems as an economic drain on the US health care system? Rhetorical question folks. Do the math… OBAMA: Right. GIBSON: And one of your goals, one of the goals of health care reform is to get those 46 million people insured. GIBSON: We only have X number of doctors in the country. If you add 46 million people to the insurance rolls, you can’t get an appointment now, Mr. President. How are you going to get an appointment then, when there’s 46 more million people competing for that doctor’s time? OBAMA: Well, this is going to be a significant issue. First of all, I think it’s important that, whatever we do, we’re going to phase it in. It’s not going to happen overnight. If we provide the right incentives, I think we’re going to start seeing more young people say that going into medicine is a satisfying, fulfilling profession, especially if we can eliminate some of the paperwork and bureaucracy that they have to deal with right now. And I — I have a lot of friends who are doctors, and they complain to me all the time about the administrative and business sides of the practice when they actually got into medicine because they wanted to heal people. But I also think that one of the big potential areas where we can make progress is what Hershaw talked about, and that is, how can we get nurses involved in more effective ways? If you look at what’s happening in some states like Massachusetts, where they tried to create a universal system — and they haven’t quite gotten there yet — they have had a problem with an overload of patients. But one of the areas where we can potentially see some savings is, a lot of those patients are being seen in the emergency room anyway. And if we are increasing prevention, if we are increasing wellness programs, we’re reducing the amount of emergency room care, then that frees up doctors and resources to provide the kind of primary care that will keep people healthier, but also allow them to see more patients and hopefully give more time to patients, as well. SAWYER: I want to turn to someone who thinks we should follow up on what we were talking about a while back, namely about, in some way, reducing the vicious cycle of lots of tests, lots of treatment, what’s necessary, what isn’t necessary, and saying that somebody has got to enforce this. It’s not going to happen if somebody doesn’t. And, by the way, he is James Rohack from Texas, and he is president of the AMA, the American Medical Association. DR. J. JAMES ROHACK, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: Thank you. Mr. President, clearly, when you spoke to us last week, you said that we entered the medical profession not to be bean counters, not to be paper pushers, but to be healers. And we totally agree. How are you going to assure the American public that medical decisions will still be between the patient and the physician and not some bureaucracy that will make decisions on cost and not really what the patient needs? GIBSON: Once again, we’ll leave that question on the table. OBAMA: All right. GIBSON: You answer it when we come back from commercial break. “Prescription for America” will continue. GIBSON: So, Mr. President, you remember the question. OBAMA: I do. Well, first of all, I want to thank the American Medical Association. I did appear before them just last week in Chicago, my hometown, and had a terrific exchange of ideas. And we’re continuing to work with all stakeholders — doctors, nurses, insurers, and obviously patients, you name it. Folks out there are interested in seeing this happen. The most important thing I can say, James, on this issue is, if you are happy with your plan and you are happy with your doctor, then we don’t want you to have to change. In fact, if we don’t do anything, if there’s inaction, I think that’s where the great danger that you lose your health care exists, because of the cost problems that I already talked about. So what we’re saying is, if you are happy with your plan and your doctor, you stick with it. If you don’t have insurance, if it’s too much for you to afford, if your employer doesn’t provide or you’re self-employed, then we will have what is called an exchange, but you can also think of it as a marketplace where essentially people can compare and look at what options are out there. They’ll have a host of different health care plans available, each with their own physicians network. And you will be able to sign up for the plan that works for you. We will help people who don’t have insurance get insurance. Doctors are not going to be working for the government. They’re still going to be working for themselves. They’re still going to be focused on patient care. And in terms of how doctors are reimbursed, it’s going to be the same system that we have now, except we can start making some changes so that, for example, we’re rewarding quality of outcomes rather than the number of procedures that are done. And this is true not just for doctors, it’s also true for hospitals. One of the things that we could say to hospitals is, reduce your readmission rate, which is also often a sign that health outcomes have not been so good. And it turns out that hospitals, when they’re incentivized, actually can find ways to do it that, every study shows, does not have adverse effects on outcomes. GIBSON: You keep coming back to that point, about, if you like what you have, you can keep it. GIBSON: I will return to that subject when we get to the issue of the public option and whether the government should be in the insuring business. But one of the things when we talk about the kinds of changes that may occur, the elderly are affected. Medicare will be affected. Twenty-eight percent — 26-28 percent of money in Medicare is spent in the last year of life. The elderly are very critically affected. Just a quick sound bite from a couple of people to lay out the parameters of the problem. DR. MICHAEL JENSON, MAYO CLINIC: I’m Dr. Michael Jenson at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I see too many patients who have terminal illnesses or no hope of recovery who receive weeks or months of intensive care unit treatment, only to prolong their death. I find this approach very distressing and the waste of money is appalling. We just can’t afford to provide all treatments to all people. ROBERT WASSON: My name is Robert Wasson. My mother is 74 years old. She has terminal cancer in the stomach lining that has spread to the lungs. She deserves to be treated medically to the best of their ability. To say it’s too expensive is not right. I just don’t think you can put a price tag on quality time with loved ones, especially at the end of their lives. SAWYER: And we have with us a couple of people who really represent the opposite ends on this spectrum too. I want to talk, if I can, to Jane Sturm. Your mother, Hazel… JANE STURM: Caregiver for 105-year-old mother: Yes. SAWYER: Hazel Homer (ph), 100 years old and she wanted… STURM: She’s 105 now. Over 105. But at 100 the doctor had said to her, I can’t do anything more unless you have a pacemaker. I said, go for it. She said, go for it. But the arrhythmia specialist said, no, it’s too old. Her doctor said, I’m going to make an appointment, because a picture is worth a thousand words. And when the other arrhythmia specialist saw her, saw her joy of life and so on, he said, I’m going for it. So that was over five years ago. My question to you is, outside the medical criteria for prolonging life for somebody elderly, is there any consideration that can be given for a certain spirit, a certain joy of living, quality of life? Or is it just a medical cutoff at a certain age? OBAMA: Well, first of all, I want to meet your mom. OBAMA: And I want to find out what’s she’s eating. OBAMA: But, look, the first thing for all of us to understand is that we actually have some — some choices to make about how we want to deal with our own end-of-life care. And that’s one of the things I think that we can all promote, and this is not a big government program. This is something that each of us individually can do, is to draft and sign a living will so that we’re very clear with our doctors about how we want to approach the end of life. I don’t think that we can make judgments based on peoples’ spirit. That would be a pretty subjective decision to be making. I think we have to have rules that say that we are going to provide good, quality care for all people. GIBSON: But the money may not have been there for her pacemaker or for your grandmother’s hip replacement. OBAMA: Well, and — and that’s absolutely true. And end-of-life care is one of the most difficult sets of decisions that we’re going to have to make. I don’t want bureaucracies making those decisions, but understand that those decisions are already being made in one way or another. If they’re not being made under Medicare and Medicaid, they’re being made by private insurers. We don’t always make those decisions explicitly. We often make those decisions by just letting people run out of money or making the deductibles so high or the out-of-pocket expenses so onerous that they just can’t afford the care. And all we’re suggesting — and we’re not going to solve every difficult problem in terms of end-of-life care. A lot of that is going to have to be, we as a culture and as a society starting to make better decisions within our own families and for ourselves. But what we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste that exists in the system that’s not making anybody’s mom better, that is loading up on additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care, that at least we can let doctors know and your mom know that, you know what? Maybe this isn’t going to help. Maybe you’re better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller. And those kinds of decisions between doctors and patients, and making sure that our incentives are not preventing those good decision, and that — that doctors and hospitals all are aligned for patient care, that’s something we can achieve. We’re not going to solve every single one of these very difficult decisions at end of life, and ultimately that’s going to be between physicians and patients. But we can make real progress on this front if we work a little bit harder. SAWYER: Is that a conversation you could have had with your mom? STURM: What I wanted to say was, that the arrhythmia specialist who put the pacemaker in said that it cost Medicare $30,000 at the time. She had been in the hospital two or three times a month before that, so let’s say 20, 30 times being in the hospital, maybe going to rehab, the cost was so much more. And that’s what would have happened had she not had the pacemaker. OBAMA: Well, and that’s a good example of where — if we’ve got experts who are looking at this, and they are advising doctors across the board that the pacemaker may ultimately save money, then we potentially could have done that faster. I mean, this can cut both ways. The point is, we want to use science, we want doctors and — and medical experts to be making decisions that all too often right now are driven by skewed policies, by out-dated means of reimbursement, or by insurance companies. And everybody’s families, I think, have had to experience this in one way or another. That’s — that’s the reason we need reform right now. GIBSON: We’re going to take one more commercial break, Mr. President. When we come back, we’re going to get into the issue of whether or not in a reform measure there should government insurance for people, because a lot of people are very uncomfortable with that idea. “Prescription for America” continues. ANNOUNCER: “Questions for the President: Prescription for America” continues. Once again from the White House, Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. GIBSON: As I probably could have anticipated, this is running a little longer than we thought. The president’s been nice enough to stay. He would say that he would stay during your local news, and we will continue this discussion during the “Nightline” half-hour. And so we’re going to get into that public option and whether there should be government insurance as part of all of this. But I do want to get to cost, because, as you know, the Congressional Budget Office is estimating that this is going to cost over the next 10 years $1 trillion to $2 trillion. There’s all these estimates. And the question is, can we afford it? And there’s a lot of people who have that question on their mind. SAWYER: And bringing in Christopher Bean from Maryland. Christopher Bean, Allint Tech Systems Human Resources Department: Good evening. It’s a pleasure to be here and meet you. OBAMA: Thanks. BEAN: I do have a — kind of a two-base question. I’m going to read it, because I’m very nervous. In light of this proposed health care reform and national health care system, I have many concerns. One of them is the big — is the big brother fear. How far is government going to go in reference to my personal life and health care treatments? And then, secondly, how and who will pay for the national health care system? OBAMA: Good. Well, look, both are great questions. We’ve been sort of circling around your first question, the whole big brother fear. What kind of insurance, Chris, do you have right now? What kind of coverage do you have? BEAN: Blue Cross Blue Shield. OBAMA: It’s a Blue Cross Blue Shield. So if you’re happy with your plan, as I said, you keep it. Now, there are some restrictions we want to place on insurers. Pre-existing conditions is a tool that has prevented a lot of people from either not being able to get insurance or, if they lose their job, they can’t find insurance. We think those policies should end. So there are going to be some areas where we want to regulate the insurers a little more. Now, in exchange, they’re going to have a bigger customer pool. And so we think that they may not make as much profit on every single person that they provide coverage to. On the other hand, overall, I think they can still be profitable. In terms of cost, understand that the system is already out of whack in terms of costs as it is. So if we do nothing, costs are going to keep on going up 6 percent, 7 percent, 8 percent per year, and government, businesses and families are all going to find themselves either losing their health care or paying a lot more out of pocket. That’s going to happen if we do nothing. What I’ve said is, let’s change the system so that our overall cost curve starts going down, by investing in a range of things, prevention, health I.T., et cetera. We will have some upfront costs, and the estimates, as Charlie has said, have been anywhere from $1 trillion to $2 trillion. But what we’ve said is, what my administration has said, what I’ve said, is that whatever it is that we do, we pay for, so it doesn’t add to our deficit. Now, we’ve put forward some specific ways of paying for the health reform that we talked about. About two-thirds of the cost would be covered by re-allocating dollars that are already in the health care system, taxpayers are already paying for it, but it’s not going to stuff that’s making you healthier. So a good example of that — we spend $177 billion over 10 years on providing subsidies to insurers. And if we can take that money and use it to help train young doctors for primary care, to provide more coverage, to improve prevention and wellness, that’s a good way of spending money that we’re already spending. About a third of the costs will come from new revenue. And so what I’ve proposed is, is that we cap the itemized deductions that the top 2 or 3 percent get, people making over 250 a year, me and Charlie, so that our item — so that we’re itemizing our deductions at the same level at — as most middle class families are. With that additional money, we would have paid for all of the health care that I’m proposing. So there is a way of paying for this that doesn’t add to the deficit. And the last point I’ll make, it’s a big question — I was trying to be quick, because Charlie is looking at his watch, the last point is, all of this money that I just talked about, those are hard dollars. We know where they are and so we know that this would not add to the deficit. It doesn’t count all of the savings that may come from prevention, may come from eliminating all of the paperwork and bureaucracy because we have put forward health IT. It doesn’t come from the evidence-based care and changes in reimbursement that I’ve already discussed about. And the reason is, is because the Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, which sort of polices what our various programs cost, they’re not willing to credit us with those savings. They say, that may be nice, that may save a lot of money, but we can’t be certain. So we expect that not only are we going to be able to pay for health care reform in a deficit-neutral way, but that it’s also going to achieve big savings across the system, including in the private sector where the Congressional Budget Office never gives us any credit. But if hospitals and doctors are starting to operate in a smarter way, that’s going to help you even if you’re not involved in the government system. That’s how we can end up achieving cost. But it requires all of us making some up-front investments. And I think we can find a bipartisan way to do that. SAWYER: Mr. President, we’re going to take a break, come back with a lot more questions about whether the government should be involved in all of this, who is going to be covered, and not, and how. We’ll be back. SAWYER: We have a question from Dr. Gail Wilensky, who ran Medicare in the Bush administration. Your question? Gail Wilensky, Senior Fellow, Project HOPE: I want to go back to how we pay for the expansions. Estimates, as you indicated, probably $1.5 trillion to cover everyone. You mentioned savings in Medicare and Medicaid, $500 billion to $600 billion, from the numbers you’ve provided. Another $300 billion from additional revenue. That leaves about $300 billion to $600 billion more. What do we do in ways that CBO will count so that we can actually get everybody covered? GIBSON: And run that down in about 30 seconds. OBAMA: Look, that’s the challenge. And, obviously, there’s a vigorous debate taking place. There are a whole host of ideas, some that cut across parties. There are people who think that we should tax benefits — health care benefits at a certain level, cap the deduction. There are others who proposed a surcharge on high-income individuals. There are other cuts that may be obtained that ultimately we could find scorable. Here’s my general point, because I know that we’re starting to wrap up. This is not an easy problem, and it’s especially not an easy problem when the economy is going through a difficult phase. You know, we’ve taken a body blow to the economy, and families were oftentimes hurting even before then. But the one thing I’m absolutely confident about is that, whenever this country has met a significant challenge to our long-term well-being, that we ultimately rise up and meet it. And this is one of those moments where the stars are aligned. (WTH? Stars are aligned? [blink] What kind of mumbo jumbo is that?) We’ve got insurers who are interested, doctors who are interested, nurses, patients. AARP is here, and they’ve seen some of the potential benefits. We’re actually going to be filling the donut hole. Drug companies have said that they’d be willing to reduce the cost for seniors for prescription drugs as part of health care reform. But we have to have the courage and the willingness to cooperate and compromise in order to make this happen. And if we do, it’s not going to be a completely smooth ride. There are going to be times over the next several months where we think health care is dead, it’s not going to happen. But if we keep our eye on the prize, and if we recognize that America’s always stood up to these big challenges, and we can’t afford not to act, then I’m absolutely convinced that we can get it done this time. GIBSON: Mr. President, thanks. We’re going to take a break. Be right back. GIBSON: So that concludes our primetime special of “Prescription for America,” but your local news is coming up next, and we hope you’ll stay with us. The president is going to stay with us. Our audience stays with us. And we will have more questions for him about health care reform during the “Nightline” half-hour. GIBSON: And we welcome you to this special edition of NIGHTLINE. Just to tell you where we are, we’re in the East Room of the White House with the president and the 164 invited guests here who represent all different perspectives on the subject of health care reform. And we have questions for the president. Call this “Prescription for America.” We had an hour there on “PRIMETIME,” earlier, before your local news, but the president is going to stay with us and we have more questions. And there are some critical things that we did not get to in that hour. Most critically of all, in talking about health care reform, this very controversial subject of whether there needs to be a public option, whether there needs to be government-run insurance as one of the options to get more people insured, and for the general nature of health care reform. Your critics on the Republican side of the Senate Finance Committee wrote you a letter and said: “At a time when major government programs like Medicare and Medicaid are already on a path to fiscal insolvency, creating a brand new program will not only worsen our long-term financial outlook, but also negatively impact American families who enjoy private coverage for their insurance.” What do you say to them? OBAMA: They’re wrong. OBAMA: And so let’s just explain as clearly as possible what we’re talking about. What we want to do, as I said before, was set up a health the same kind of options that members of Congress do or federal employees do. There is a range of options that are available. Private insurers will participate. You will be able to do some one-stop shopping and compare all of the different plans, what kind of benefits they provide, what are the deductibles, figure out what is best for you. Now what we’ve said is, as one option among multiple options, should be a public option where we set up an insurer that isn’t profit-driven, that can keep administrative costs low, and that can serve as competition to the private insurers. Now what — the argument that has been made has been that somehow the public option will crowd out private insurers. GIBSON: It’s not a level playing field. OBAMA: And that’s the argument, that it’s not a level playing field. And what we’ve said is, it wouldn’t be a level playing field if the government can just print money and subsidize that public plan so that premiums are a lot lower than costs and doctors are getting reimbursed a lot lower than they do in the private sector. Well, that’s true. It also wouldn’t be a very good plan. But what we’ve said is that we can set up a public option in which they’re collecting premiums, just like any private insurer, that doctors are reimbursed at a fair rate, but, because administrative costs are lower, we are able to keep private insurers honest in terms of the in terms of the growth of costs of premiums and deductibles and so forth. Now, you’ll always hear folks say that the free market can do it better, government can’t run anything. And what I say, well, if that’s the case, nobody is going to choose the public option. So, you know, the private insurers who I think are very confident that they’re providing a good service and a good product to their customers should feel confident that they can compete with just one other option. A lot of the objection to the public option idea is not practical. It’s ideological. People don’t like the idea of government being involved. But keep in mind that the two areas where government is involved — are involved in health care, Medicare and the V.A., actually there’s pretty high satisfaction among the people who participate. GIBSON: Well, Diane is here with the head — with the head of a major insurance company. SAWYER: If I could, I’m going to bring in Ron Williams from Aetna, CEO of Aetna. And if I can reverse the order a little bit, Mr. President, I’d like to ask a question of him and then let you come in on his answer. OBAMA: Absolutely. SAWYER: Mr. Williams, Aetna, so take one. An insurance company we hear all over the company people see their premiums going up 119 percent in the last several years. They see the profits of the insurance companies in the billions and billions of dollars. Even in a lean year, they see profits in the billions of dollars. Is the president right that you need to be kept honest? RONALD WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AETNA: Well, I would first say I would commend the president for the commitment he’s made to really try to get and keep everyone covered. And I think, as a health insurance company, we’re committed to that. In the context of the question that you asked, I think that it’s difficult to compete against a player who’s also the person who’s referring the game. And so I think in the context of thinking about a government plan, what we say is, let’s identify the problem we’re trying to solve. Let’s work collaboratively with physicians, hospitals, and other health care professionals, and make certain that we solve the problem, as opposed to introduce a new competitor who has the rulemaking ability that government would have. SAWYER: Mr. President? OBAMA: Well, I think that… SAWYER: Premiums going up… OBAMA: First of all, I want to say that Mr. Walters (sic) has been very cooperative. We’ve been having a series of conversations, and I appreciate the constructive manner in which we’ve been trying to work together. But I just want to make clear that the government, whatever rules it provides to insurers, a public plan would have to abide by those same rules. So we’re not talking about unlevel — unequal playing field. We’re talking about a level playing field. I also want to point out that one of the incentives for private insurers to get involved in this process is that potentially they’re going to have a whole bunch of new customers, paying customers. And if we are, as part of health care reform, going to go forward in providing additional coverage to people who either don’t have health insurance or who are underinsured — and that’s a lot of working people. I just want to be clear. These are people who are working everyday and are still finding themselves having a great deal of trouble, and oftentimes collecting huge amounts of debt. If we’re going to give all these new customers to the insurance industry, one of the things that we should say is, in return, that we change some of our practices and at least have some competition so that, for example, you can’t eliminate people for pre-existing conditions, you can’t cherry-pick just the healthiest folks, and a public option is one tool by which we can do this. And I think that the insurance companies will still thrive. They’ve got terrific leadership. Aetna is a well-managed company, and I’m confident that your shareholders are going to do well. GIBSON: Mr. President, there is a lot of doubts about this as to whether it’s a level playing field. The Lewin Group studied this. There’s 177 million in this country with private insurance through their employers. That group estimates, with government insurance, that employers will go to that because it will be cheaper. And they estimate, the head of the Lewin Group, I believe, is here, Mr. Sheils — they estimated that two-thirds of people would go to the private — go the public insurance option. Let me get you a microphone. Can we get him a microphone, please? Thanks. JOHN SHEILS, THE LEWIN GROUP: Well, we looked at several different options. You could design it in several different ways. There was a particular scenario that people looked at, and that’s what got all the attention. It’s one where the premiums would be — for a family, for example, would be as much as $2,500 a year less than in the private market. The reason for it is that they paid under — under — they used the Medicare payment reimbursement methodology, and they paid physicians a lot less, hospitals a lot less. So the premium came out as much as $2,500 a family lower in that particular scenario. That’s pretty attractive. We estimate that 70 percent of anybody with private insurance would — would make the shift to the public plan. GIBSON: Which would be millions of people going over to public insurance. You keep saying, if you have what you like, you can keep it, but if your employer goes over to the government program, maybe you can’t keep what you have. OBAMA: First of all, I think it’s important to understand — and I think the Lewin Group acknowledges this — that there are a whole series of ways that we could design this. One of the things that we’ve said is that, if you are eligible for your employer plan, then you can’t just go into the public plan, you can’t decide that you’re already having a pretty good deal in insurance, and you’re just going to dump that, what’s called a firewall. The other thing we’re doing is we’re saying to employers, to provide them a disincentive for just dumping people out of existing plans, is there’s going to be a pay-or-play provision. If you’re not providing health insurance to your employees and you’re a large employer, you’re going to have to kick in a certain amount of money because it’s not fair for taxpayers to have to cover your employees, whether it’s through a public plan or through uncompensated care — essentially sending people to the emergency room — which, by the way, adds to all of our premiums collectively about $1,000 bucks a year. So we would have — I think there are some legitimate questions in terms of how the public option is designed. One thing I have to say, though, is, it’s not an entirely bad thing if, as long as they’re reimbursing doctors in an adequate way, and — and — and so not being oppressive on — on health care providers, and as long as there are not a whole bunch of taxpayer subsidies going into a public plan, if the public plan can do it cheaper and provides good quality care, that’s the competition that we talked about. I don’t think you’re going to get a lot of complaints from people if the deal is a better deal. If it’s not a better deal, then people aren’t going to choose it. And — but what we think is, is that we can set up a system in which you are expanding choices for individuals as opposed to constricting them. GIBSON: All right. We’ll take a commercial break. “Nightline” will continue. Stay with us, more questions for the president. GIBSON: And we’re back. Our special edition of “Nightline” continues. Mr. President, on this issue of costs, of this entire thing, a lot of people are concerned that it’s going to be so expensive, their taxes are going to go up. And we have a question on that very subject. Is David Hattenfield here? David, where you are? Stand up. DAVID HATTENFIELD, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Cumberland, MD: Yes, I guess the — the — first of all, I’d like to — just to say it is good to be here this evening. OBAMA: Thank you, David. HATTENFIELD: With the — with the cost of health care, you know, I’m pretty satisfied with my own plan. It’s not everything that it should be or could be, but I am concerned that — of the government taking over halth care. And, you know, Social Security isn’t — isn’t doing real well. At least that’s what we’re being told. And how can we know that the government is going to be able to handle the cost of health care? Isn’t that going to tax me? Isn’t it going to be taxing my benefits, those kind of things? OBAMA: Right. Well, look, I think it’s a very legitimate question. I guess that the first point I’d make is, if we don’t do anything, costs are going to go out of control. Nobody disputes this. Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin. And at the pace at which they’re going up, if we don’t do some of the things that we’ve talked about tonight, you know, changing how we pay for quality instead of quantity, making sure that we are investing in prevention, all those game-changers that I discussed earlier, if we don’t do those things, Medicare and Medicaid are going to be broke, and it will consume all of the federal budget. Every program that currently exists under the federal budget, except defense and entitlements, all that would be swept aside by the cost of health care if we do nothing. So that’s point number one. Point number two is that a lot of what we’re talking about is reallocating existing health care dollars that are not being spent wisely. And almost everybody agrees that there is a lot of room for us to improve how we’re spending existing health care dollars. And point number three. There is going to be a need initially for some additional revenue. And I talked about our suggestion — my administration’s suggestion the best way to do that, capping itemized deductions for people making over $250,000 a year. But I also believe that if we are doing this right and we’re bending the curve on health care, then you who keeps a private plan will see reductions in your out-of-pocket costs over time. So that instead of your health care premiums going up three times your wages over the next decade, it may only go up by the amount that inflation goes up generally. And that’s real money in your pocket. That’s real savings that would offset any potential increases. By the way, I suspect that Charlie and I, again, 2-3 percent of the population, we’re the ones who would see our taxes go up a little bit to pay for that initial outlay. GIBSON: But let me — on this tax question, let me get to this issue of taxing health care benefits. GIBSON: It isn’t — there is a massive amount of money that employers pay for health care benefits, and it is not taxed for me or anybody else in this room. You went after John McCain when he suggested taxing that money. That we would have to pay taxes on that. Should we pay taxes on that? A lot of people question whether there is enough money to pay for all of this. GIBSON: Are you willing to entertain the idea of taxing health care benefits? OBAMA: Well, I continue to strongly disagree with John McCain’s plan that he presented during the campaign which was to eliminate the deduction — let me finish… GIBSON: But you went after — you went after him for suggesting that we tax that money. OBAMA: I’m about to answer your question, Charlie. GIBSON: OK, good. OBAMA: The — I continue to believe that it would the wrong way to go for us to eliminate the deduction — or the exclusion on health care benefits that essentially taxes current benefits. What is being discussed in Congress right now is capping those — that deduction or that exclusion at a certain level. I continue to believe that’s not the best way to do it, because I think that what you would see, certainly if you eliminate it completely, essentially employers would stop providing health insurance. And then we would really have to have either a public plan or what John McCain was proposing, everybody just gets that money back in wages and then — or tax credits and you go out and you shop by yourself. The problem is that the amount of money you’re getting back is not going to be the same as the cost of an average insurance plan, especially if you’re not in a pool. What’s being — that’s not what is being discussed right now in Congress. They’re saying, at a certain level, whether it’s $13,000 or $17,000 a year, which is what they consider to be a high-end or a “Cadillac plan,” maybe your deduction would phase out. I continue to believe that the better way for us to fund this is through the capping of the itemized deduction. But I think there are people, you know, in good faith who are saying a cap would at least prevent these “Cadillac plans” that end up having people over-utilizing the system. That’s a debate that is taking place in Congress right now. I’m pushing my idea, other folks are pushing their ideas. There is going to have to be some compromise at the end of the day. GIBSON: All right. Mr. President, we’ll take another break. NIGHTLINE continues. Stay with us. SAWYER: One quick question, if we can here, Charlie. Marissa Milton, skeptical? MARISSA MILTON, HR Policy Association: A little skeptical on cost, Mr. President. Other industrialized nations provide coverage for all of their residents, they have higher quality care, and they do so spending about less than half of what we spend on health care now. So there’s an argument that could be made that we actually don’t need to spend any new money to fix the system if we’re willing to make some tough decisions. Could you comment on that and maybe exploring that as an approach? OBAMA: Well, you’re absolutely right that we spend at least 50 percent more than any other advanced country, and we don’t have better outcomes, in terms of infant mortality, longevity, all those various measures of wellness. Now, a lot of those other countries employ a different system than we do. Not all of them, by the way, use a — socialized medicine, as I think the — the British National Health Service is called. Some of them have what would be considered — almost all of them have what would be considered a single-payer system, in which the government essentially operates a Medicare for all, even though doctors and health care providers are still separate. The problem is, is that we have an employer-based system that has grown up over decades. For us to completely change our system, root and branch, would be hugely disruptive and I think would end up resulting in people having to completely change their doctors, their health care providers in a way that I’m not prepared to go. This is one-sixth of our economy. I think that we can build on what works, fix what’s broken, and still save some substantial money. SAWYER: Gary — Gary Cloutier, who is a body shop owner. GARY CLOUTIER, UNINSURED SMALL BUSINESS OWNER: Yes, body shop owner from Westfield, Massachusetts, Cloot’s Auto Body. Got to give myself a plug. OBAMA: There you go. CLOUTIER: And I don’t have insurance. I’m one of those 46 million that has none at all. Under Massachusetts policy, I make too much money and I don’t qualify, so I’m on the outside looking in. What are you going to do for people like me so that we don’t fall through the cracks and we’re able to get insurance like everybody else? OBAMA: Well, I think the self-employed are a huge example, and that’s a growing part of our population. And that’s a huge portion of the people who are having a very difficult time getting health insurance, partly because, if you’re not part of a big pool, you just can’t get a good deal. It ends up being really expensive. That’s why we want to set up these exchanges, because for a person like you who’s self-employed, doesn’t have health insurance, for you to be part of this exchange, this marketplace, along with millions of others, suddenly you’ve got a little bit of market clout. Private insurers are going to want your business, and that means that you can negotiate for a better price. If we’ve got a public option in there, then that’s also an alternative. And one of the things that we’re going to need to do is to provide some subsidies for folks who just can’t afford it even when the option is provided to them. That’s where some of the new money is going to come in, is to make sure that people who don’t have health insurance are able to get it without taking on huge amounts of debt. GIBSON: Dr. Tim Johnson, our medical editor, we started this with you, outlining the parameters of this. An observation? JOHNSON: An observation would be, if you’re successful in getting rid of some of that 30 percent of unnecessary care, you’re going to dislocate a lot of people. Now, some of them are criminals committing fraud; they ought to go to jail. But a lot of them are real people with real jobs. Why not right now start talking about retraining these people for primary care jobs, nurse practitioners, physician assistants? I hear no talk about that. OBAMA: Well, I think you make a — a reasonable point that, if you’re going to change the health care system over time, then to be very specific, the amount of person power that goes into billing, administration, all the things that we hate about the health care system, even though those are wonderful people who are doing great work, they’re over time hopefully going to be moving into the actually providing care side of the health care industry as opposed to the bean-counting side of the health care industry. Keep in mind, though, that this is — our goal here is to over time change the system, over time reduce costs, over time transition those folks into the — the health care side of it. We already mentioned that we still have a nurse shortage out there. We still have a shortage of people who are providing primary care. People who are already in the health care system, I think, naturally would gravitate towards that. And the last point I would make is, we’ve got an aging population, so we know that health care is still going to be a growth industry. And that’s not an entirely bad thing. As societies get older, we spend a certain larger portion of our overall income on health care. And that’s OK. We just don’t want to spend it badly and in a way that bankrupts the entire economy. And that’s why we need the changes that I’ve discussed. GIBSON: Mr. President, we want to thank for joining us this evening, both for the earlier hour and for this half-hour of “Nightline.” As we mentioned at the beginning, I think this is a topic that is going to be discussed in every living room over every kitchen table, not only in the Congress, but mostly in the living rooms and in the kitchens of America, and that probably is where the decisions overall will be made. Can we support this? Are we for this? Are we certain that we’ll have the care we need? And are we certain that this country can pay for it in a time when we don’t have a lot of money? OBAMA: The answers are “yes” to all of that. And if the American people get behind this, this is going to happen. GIBSON: All right, Mr. President, I thank you for being with us. Thanks very much. OBAMA: Thank you so much. Enjoyed it. Thank you. GIBSON: And we thank you for being with us for this edition of “Nightline.” Take care, and good night. ← Summertime Film Fun! Did Hollywood Bitchslap Obama? Low Class Alaskan Trash Blogger Attacks Sarah Palin Through Trigg → YES, GRANDMA, THERE IS A DEATH PANEL « THE MILLSTONE DIARIES Published Commentaries « THE MILLSTONE DIARIES We Are Not God’s Partners - Socrates’s blog - RedState	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754681
__label__wiki	0.850485	0.850485	Field of Dreams: Public Higher Education in the United States By Paul Reitter, Chad Wellmon SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH in 2010, the historian Tony Judt recalled driving across the United States as a young man. Having come of age in the austerity of postwar Britain, Judt saw much to marvel over in 1970s America. As he traveled by Buick from Boston to a job at the University of California, Davis, which he described as being “halfway between San Francisco and nowhere,” he was amazed by amenities such as the portions in Texas eateries. There he and his wife made the mistake of ordering two large pizzas for two people. But on this and other trips throughout the States, what impressed him most wasn’t the standard stuff of European travelogues from the period. If Davis didn’t inspire Judt, the sight of a stone monument to public knowledge rising out of Midwestern farmland certainly did. “By far the best thing about America,” it moved him to write, “is its [public] universities”: Not Harvard, Yale e tutti quanti: though marvelous, they are not distinctively American — their roots reach across the ocean to Oxford, Heidelberg, and beyond. Nowhere else in the world, however, can boast such public universities. You drive for miles across a godforsaken midwestern scrubscape, pockmarked by billboards, Motel 6s, and a military parade of food chains, when — like some pedagogical mirage dreamed up by nineteenth-century English gentlemen — there appears … a library! And not just any library: at Bloomington, the University of Indiana boasts a 7.8-million-volume collection in more than nine hundred languages, housed in a magnificent double-towered mausoleum of Indiana limestone. For Judt, a public research university in the heartland perfectly evoked the United States’s unique experiment in what Christopher Lasch called “the democratization of intelligence.” Only Americans would build a research library next to a cornfield, because only Americans would design a single institution devoted to technical training, the advancement of knowledge, and liberal education. Between 1870 and the eve of World War I, the American system of higher education expanded from just over 300 colleges and universities, and an enrollment of 52,000 students, to include over 1,690 institutions with a total enrollment of more than 1.4 million. The reformers spearheading this expansion worked with ideas and models from abroad. This, perhaps, is what Judt meant to remind us of by alluding to the 19th-century British gentlemen who would have found their pedagogical dreams realized in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But the man whose vision brought many of the universities that Judt celebrated into existence was the son of a blacksmith from Vermont. A self-made businessman without a college education, Justin Smith Morrill entered Congress in 1854 and was a founding member of the Republican Party. In 1862, he led the effort to pass the Morrill Land-Grant Act, the legislation that laid the foundations for public universities across the country. Congress had long been debating whether it should fund a national university. George Washington, for one, had supported the idea. But coming up with a workable plan proved difficult, in part because those in favor of a national university couldn’t agree on whether it should provide a technical education or pursue advanced scholarship. The Morrill Act, however, was passed at a time when action seemed imperative and the empowerment of individual states was a pressing issue. In the midst of the United States’s bloodiest war, Republican senators voted for a federally sponsored, state-centered nation-building project. The Act apportioned states more than 17.4 million acres of land based proportionally on the size of each state’s congressional delegation. States were allowed to sell or rent these lands and use the funds to endow, support, or maintain, as the Act read, “at least one college whose primary purpose was to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts.” Morrill led the legislative drive with the hope of giving people from circumstances resembling his own — rural and without a college degree — access to post-secondary education. Morrill had other designs, too. He imagined an American higher education that would replace pure scholarship, which he derisively called “European,” with scholarship that had “practical value” and would do “the greatest good for the greatest number.” But the Act itself included a different sort of charge as well, which is ultimately what made its effects so unique. Although the legislation stressed technical and military education, it also stipulated, albeit in the vaguest of terms, that any college using its funds should “promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes.” Similarly, while the Act set forth rules for the appropriation of the funds it made available, it left open the question of how the institutions receiving support should be organized. The congressmen who drafted the Act gave no guidance as to how states should understand, much less institutionalize, the relationship between “agricultural and mechanical” learning and “liberal” education. They voted on a vision, not a plan. Not surprisingly, states interpreted the Morrill Act’s mandate broadly. The Universities of California, Wyoming, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Illinois, as well as Cornell and MIT, were founded with Morrill funds. Columbia and Princeton used the funds to add scientific schools. Some of the land-grant institutions focused almost exclusively on technical education, whereas others, such as California and Wisconsin, established liberal arts colleges that would soon flourish and redirect the flow of influence in American higher education. As Clark Kerr put it in 1963, “Michigan became a German-style university and Harvard a land-grant type of institution, without the land.” Reflecting on the importance of the Morrill Act a century earlier, Andrew Dickson White, Cornell’s founding president, wrote, “In all the annals of Republics there is no more significant utterance of confidence in national destiny out from the midst of calamity.” White sought to use Morrill Act funds to fulfill Ezra Cornell’s dream of creating a university where “any man can study anything.” White himself had proposed to build a “place where the most highly prized instruction may be afforded to all — regardless of color or sex.” It would of course take many years, more wars, hot and cold, and reforms related to those wars — General Education programs, the G. I. Bill, federal agencies issuing research grants — before American public universities reached the form and dimensions that so impressed Judt in 1975. Today, after decades of state disinvestment from public higher education, Judt’s image seems remote and White’s pioneering efforts toward combining access, excellence, and curricular breadth at a land-grant school seem so, too. But White’s words can also resonate with renewed force as a call to arms. This is especially so among critics who are familiar with the improbable rise of public universities in the United States and who, in addition, believe that the United States’s social successes have long been bound up with its public institutions of higher education. Christopher Newfield is one such critic. And in The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them, his latest book about the crisis of public higher education, he invokes White, crediting him with seeking not only to make university study at the highest level accessible to traditionally excluded groups, but also to institutionalize the “principle of inclusion” in American higher education. Newfield looks to the ideals of founders such as White to revitalize the notion that great public multiversities (to use Kerr’s term) benefit the whole nation. Amid much hand-wringing over the corporatization of the university and much chatter about the impending digital disruption of higher education, Newfield’s contribution stands out. He mounts a deeply informed and impassioned defense of the idea that our economic, cultural, and political progress depends to a large degree on quality higher education — or more specifically, on quality higher education that has a liberal arts component, that affords equal access, and that is guaranteed by the “public provision.” A professor of English at UC Santa Barbara, Newfield devotes most of The Great Mistake to laying out the political and economic predicament of contemporary higher education in the United States. Indeed, the book is organized around what he calls the “decline cycle,” a process he documents by marshaling a large amount of compelling and disheartening evidence. Newfield’s cycle begins with the shift toward thinking about higher education as a private rather than a public good. But his aim is not so much to analyze why states have withdrawn so much support from public higher education over the past 40 years, or why their citizens haven’t resisted this trend, as to explain how state disinvestment and its chief consequence — privatization — have affected public universities. Newfield’s message is clear enough. Replacing public funding with private support cannot bring about affordable mass quality in public higher education. The tuition increases of the past 15 years are clearly unsustainable, and they undermine both access and learning, since they force many students to spend more time on their jobs and less on their classes. Nor has focusing on tuition as a source of revenue protected the quality of instruction, since admitting more students to cover existing costs only works if you keep costs down. As it happens, the hiring of tenured and tenure-track faculty at public research universities has lagged far behind growth in both student enrollments and the corporate-style administrative positions that seem so necessary in a climate of privatization. More than 70 percent of the courses at these institutions are now taught by instructors who aren’t tenured or tenure-track faculty. As recently as 20 years ago, the ratio of faculty to senior administrators at UC Berkeley was about 5:1. By 2015, it had become 1:1. In a way, both private support for research and charitable giving actually cost universities money, because both entail leveraging public resources to further private interests. Research grant dollars are in effect seed money that covers only less than half of the total expense of the projects they fund. Much the same goes for federal grants, which give public universities far less money for overhead costs than they do private institutions, since public universities already receive money from state governments, albeit it not in the way they once did. Thus the units at public universities that boast of attracting the most money in industry and government grants are actually the most expensive units for their universities to maintain. And most charitable gifts are restricted and similarly seed-like: they pay for only a small percentage of the research centers that bears the donor’s names, and whose construction probably diverted resources away from more pressing educational needs. It is, after all, hard to say no to a multimillion-dollar gift, especially in tough times. Then of course there is the labor and expense involved in applying for grants and bringing in private gifts. Both endeavors get in the way of research and teaching — ostensibly the core mission of faculty — and necessitate significant overhead in the form of grant writing and fundraising specialists. Newfield isn’t particularly hard on the wealthy corporations and people leveraging public universities for R&D and to burnish their brands. They are just doing what wealthy corporations and people do. Nor does he excoriate academic administrators for thinking that privatization is the answer to their financial problems. To be sure, Newfield calls out some public university administrators for reinforcing popular misperceptions about university budgets (e.g., that STEM disciplines subsidize the dreamier-seeming ones, such as English, when the reverse is the case), and others for having been less than forthright about the budgets over which they presided, particularly when it comes to the issue of how much financial aid students actually receive. But Newfield acknowledges that public university administrators often operate under difficult circumstances, where asking the state for reinvestment is treated as a “nonstarter” by their own boards of trustees. If they made mistakes, even great ones, their intentions were mostly good. Where Newfield takes off the gloves is in going after those actors in his decline cycle whom he sees as the profiteers of crisis: certain outfits within the student loan industry and the hawkers of MOOC platforms. But the professoriate, too, gets its share of blame. According to Newfield, professors have failed to do their part. They could have pressured administrators to agitate for public reinvestment or fought for it themselves, yet they mostly haven’t. Perhaps the best line in the book comes from Jerry Brown, who once gave public higher education advocates strategic advice for breaking down his own resistance: make needs into rights and rights into lawsuits. Newfield seems to agree. He also claims that professors should have tried harder to communicate the importance of their research to the public, both in and beyond the terms of its market value. In addition, he faults the faculty for neglecting to make the case for accessible world-class higher education as a public good, one we do without at our peril. Newfield himself stresses that the interpretive social sciences, arts, and humanities — the “SASH” fields, as he dubs them — are less costly and at least as crucial as their STEM counterparts in managing the great problems of the 21st century, pretty much all of which cry out for cultural knowledge and creativity. From this it follows that society simply cannot afford not to make a high-quality liberal education broadly accessible. How else will it ensure that the most talented problem solvers are equipped to engage with the most urgent problems? Another point of emphasis is that Americans with a BA or BS are healthier and more likely to participate in the political process than those without degrees. And quality public higher education that is affordable not only makes for greater political participation, but it also makes for shared prosperity, which many of us feel democracies need some measure of in order to be worthy of the name. High-quality, low-tuition public higher education, Newfield impresses upon his readers, has a usefulness that is no less vital for being irreducible to market value. No luxury, it is an essential public good. Earlier reformers of American higher education, such as White and Kerr, claimed that it was in the national interest to make quality higher education accessible to a broad public. At a speech given at UC Berkeley, William Rainey Harper, the founding president of the University of Chicago, described universities as the “priests of democracy.” Today’s public university presidents, by contrast, tend to emphasize how their institutions advance private interests. Ohio State University, for example, recently featured on its website the work of an educational economist who has calculated the “return on investment” for a bachelor’s degree from a public institution. Such advertising diminishes the prospect of public reinvestment, because it reinforces the kind of thinking that allowed for disinvestment in the first place. Higher education is in the business of conferring credentials that give economic advantages to those who hold them. Why, then, should the public support individuals as they pursue their private interests? Why should I pay to equip other people’s children to compete more effectively against my own? Newfield, who has some intriguing things to say about how demographic shifts have affected taxpayer attitudes toward public higher education, counters this logic by enumerating the public benefits just mentioned and also by citing the work of the economist Walter McMahon. McMahon has tried to estimate, in cash value, the “social benefits” of a BA or equivalent degree: $31,380 per year in 2007 dollars. For Newfield, however, the greatest public good afforded by universities is deeply humanistic. In two previous books, Ivy and Industry (2003) and Unmaking the Public University (2008), Newfield offered extended accounts of the sort of self-development — the “mass Bildung,” as he has called it elsewhere — that he believes liberal public higher education should make happen. Both books also contain much institutional history. The first told the story of how in the United States big business and research universities “grew up together,” influencing each other in complex and often surprising ways. The second tried to show how anti-egalitarian forces undermined the systems of public higher education that had not only profited from, but also done so much to bring about, the United States’s postwar boom. But both of these books advanced a common ideal. Drawing on such thinkers as John Dewey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Robert Pirsig, Newfield embraced a “liberal humanism” that extolled the free self, experiential knowledge, robust agency, and autonomy. The end of university education, he maintained, was the development of individual agency. In these earlier books, Newfield went to great lengths to distinguish his more liberal and pluralist humanism from what he considered “weak” and exclusive humanisms, such as those of Irving Babbitt or Allan Bloom, which he saw as having impeded the university’s own higher self-development. The Great Mistake is less philosophically inclined, less classically humanist than Ivy and Industry and Unmaking the Public University. It is longer on graphs and shorter on learned exegesis. But like the other works in Newfield’s university trilogy, The Great Mistake grounds the case for public higher education on the premise that public universities can provide affordable mass Bildung. They can offer a liberal, humanistic education that develops the self toward a higher freedom and fulfillment that, in turn, benefits society in multiple ways. The United States, he concludes, must restore this vision and its “core assumption” that “university humanities serve at least three core missions — self-development, democratic citizenship, and sustainable economic development.” Toward the end of The Great Mistake, Newfield returns to the accomplishments of founders like White and Kerr. He does so in framing his most fundamental aim. “In an earlier book of mine, Ivy and Industry,” he writes, I showed that a consensus version of university humanism has long consisted of “five interwoven concepts: the free self, experiential knowledge, self-development, autonomous agency, and enjoyment.” University philosophers and administrators did not simply espouse these ideals, but institutionalized them. As he concludes The Great Mistake, Newfield also stresses that the humanities need to adapt to new circumstances; academic humanists would do well, he claims, to engage more concertedly with ongoing social problems. Yet to a great extent, the way forward for public higher education turns out, in his account, to be the way back. It is a process of recovery. That Newfield terms the counterpart to his decline cycle the “recovery cycle,” whereby public universities regain public funding and educate students more effectively, is thus doubly apt. Recovery projects of this sort typically engage in an elegiac prettifying of the past. But Newfield deftly avoids that trap, even if some passages seem to suggest otherwise. He is clear-eyed in his depictions of American academia since the late 19th century. He recognizes that, to paraphrase Kerr, American research universities are in the world but not quite of the world, that they have always struggled to balance conflicting design objectives: utility with free inquiry, social engagement with autonomy, professional training with liberal education, etc. But in seeking to recover an older concept of Bildung for the sake of mass education, Newfield at times puts aside his discerning lens. As a result, his project exhibits a lack of conceptual clarity at its core — at precisely that place where the scrubscape meets the research library. For Newfield, democracy and Bildung are entirely compatible, with the latter powerfully reinforcing the former. But what makes Judt’s image of a research library amid the scrubscape so inspiring is just how jarring the juxtaposition is. There are deep and persistent tensions between Bildung and democracy, and progressive defenders of liberal education should face them honestly, rather than dismiss them as the hobbyhorses of reactionaries and elitists. The very tradition of progressive humanism that Newfield sees himself connecting with abounds, when it comes to the link between Bildung and democracy, with notable complications and double-valences. Newfield’s own early work on Emerson’s “submissive individualism” — The Emerson Effect (1995) — does a fine job of bringing some of them to light. The Great Mistake is, to be sure, a different sort of book, meant for a broader audience — it begins with an extended hypothetical scenario that at once evokes and addresses the concerns of middle-class parents of college-age children. And as Anthony Grafton and Lisa Jardine showed decades ago in From Humanism to the Humanities (1986), overpromising is itself part of the humanist tradition. Since the Renaissance, humanists have routinely made claims about the benefits of humanist education that seldom played out in the classroom. But certainly the degree of overpromising matters. The very pressures on humanist education that Newfield discusses have been pushing this overpromising toward self-undermining extremes. Worried not simply about irrelevance or marginalization, but rather about budgetary oblivion, progressive defenders of the humanities — a group we consider ourselves part of — have been eager to avoid implying that there is any tension between the humanities’ promise of self-development and democratic values. The result can be, as it sometimes is in The Great Mistake, too much telling and too little showing, and a different — but also central — promise of the humanities goes unfulfilled: that of engaging tradition in meaningful conversation. What did Humboldt and his fellow German neo-humanists have in mind when they made Bildung a basic aim of university study? For Humboldt, despite what bad translations have suggested, Bildung was never simply self-development. It always implied a Bild, an image beyond the self to which a person submitted himself. No person could simply form himself. Such a process required authoritative texts, images, models, traditions, and practices in terms of which one was formed. It presupposed models — Vorbilder — that could be trusted and were worthy of critical engagement. The process of formation was both active and passive. Liberation required subordination and, to use one of Humboldt’s key terms, “restriction.” The institutionalization of Bildung at German universities was not, originally at least, a democratic project, though it certainly drew on democratic thinking about the self. Writing at the beginning of the 19th century, Humboldt did stress that anyone could, theoretically, unfold himself to his “full humanity” through humanistic education. But it was clear to him and his contemporaries that most people — that is, most young men — would have neither the opportunity nor the mettle to succeed. Nor could the Bildung-fostering university, as Humboldt imagined it, accommodate masses of students. The humanistic education envisioned by Humboldt — and by centuries of humanistic learning — was based on intimate practices of intellectual and moral apprenticeship. In the German tradition, these practices were adopted and adapted in the necessarily exclusive and intimate setting of the research seminar. A higher freedom — “the autonomous individual or personality,” as he put it — was certainly the goal. But the way to get there for Humboldt, a master at integrating opposing programs (for example, the social utility and the autonomy of the research university), was by cultivating virtues that don’t accord so easily with democratic values. In this tradition, the ideal scholar was both critical and in awe of intellectual traditions that preceded him. Although there are exceptions to the trend — Danielle Allen’s brilliant essay Equality and Education (2016) comes to mind — today’s humanists looking to stress how their teaching advances the cause of democracy seldom mention both sides of the Humboldtian equation. These authors — for example, Martha Nussbaum in Not for Profit (2010) — argue that they offer training in critical thinking, which facilitates the independent-mindedness a democracy needs in its citizenry. Often this training is framed as sufficing to represent, as well, the opportunity for self-transformation that a democracy should do its best to make widely available. But while Humboldt, too, wanted the university to produce independent minds, he thought that Bildung was not just a sharpening and disciplining of one’s unique mental powers. Indeed, the character of the person who would ultimately emerge from the process was never certain. Bildung, as Hegel wrote, was an “ordeal.” It demanded supreme commitment and meant existential risk, both for the person undergoing it and the culture responsible for it. There was, for Hegel and Humboldt alike, a necessary duration to the formation of the self. Bildung could — should — have its joyful moments, but it could not be had without intense struggle and certainly not on the quick. In the centuries since Humboldt, a diverse group of thinkers has echoed these views. In the winter of 1872–’73, Friedrich Nietzsche, then a young classics professor at the University of Basel, delivered a scathing rebuke to Prussia’s attempts to democratize Humboldt’s humanist education system. Mass Bildung was an oxymoron, according to Nietzsche. In The Future of Our Educational Institutions (1887), he warned that Prussia’s attempts to democratize its institutions of higher learning through more liberal admission standards and expanded curricula would negatively affect the quality of the education it provided. Democratizing the system of education had already reinforced a climate, he complained, in which students were encouraged prematurely to hold forth as critics of the most formidable classical material. The process would also overextend limited resources, financial and otherwise, and reduce education to the production of a particular type of person. It would routinize Bildung and sacrifice great human potential in order serve the immediate interests of a state in need of highly skilled but predictable citizens. Shortly after World War II and her emigration to the United States, the German philosopher Hannah Arendt, as we have discussed in an article in The Hedgehog Review, argued something similar in her 1958 essay “The Crisis in Education.” “Exactly for the sake of what is new and revolutionary in every child,” she wrote, “education must be conservative.” Rather than “instructing in the art of living,” the misguided method of her American colleagues, teachers of the humanities should lead young minds to a formative awareness of their place in the “old world” in which they find themselves, a journey requiring rigorous learning about that world. An education, especially in the modern world, that forgoes “either authority or tradition” does its students a grave disservice. Lionel Trilling, too, understood that the German ideal of Bildung entailed “strict sanctions and required submission.” It signified fashioning, forming, and cultivating but also being fashioned, formed, and cultivated. Writing in the state of liberal education in the 1970s, Trilling had come to think that what stood in the way of Bildung in the United States — and he used the German term — was not only a native attachment to autonomy but also an unwillingness to commit to just one self and its development. Americans, he claimed, wanted to have multiple selves and the attendant feelings of possibility. For Newfield, Bildung of the transformative kind seems to happen merely through the teaching of critical analytic skills — where the practical and the liberal come close to each other — and the process neatly aligns with democratic ideals of autonomy, self-expression, and individual creativity. But if Humboldt, Nietzsche, and Arendt are right, there are other virtues necessary for Bildung: humility and a willingness to be formed by something that exceeds the self. In an American culture that celebrates individualism, self-reliance, and autonomy, these virtues can seem not just antiquated but authoritarian as well. Yet any humanistic case for the compatibility of Bildung and democracy should recognize them as counterpoints long thought to be necessary parts of the process. The case for mass Bildung would also profit from an account of how mass Bildung might look concretely, in a contemporary institutional setting. Newfield presupposes that in the days of better public funding for higher education and of an expanding professional class, public universities offered mass Bildung, from which he infers that, with public reinvestment, they could offer it again. In the end, he says little about the specific institutional circumstances in which mass Bildung occurred. He tells us what mass Bildung might do, but not where exactly and how exactly the process worked. The vague imperatives of the Morrill Act for universities to pursue practical and liberal ends in higher education suggest that utility and liberal ends — or economic productivity and moral formation — can be melded in a single institution. Under the leadership of figures such as White at Cornell, American research universities even held out the promise that these ends could reinforce each other. But this has always been a struggle. White accomplished a great deal in Ithaca, but Cornell eventually became an extremely selective and expensive institution. The phenomenon of the public university president who seems contemptuous of liberal education is nothing new and in fact has loomed large. Andrew Draper, who oversaw the expansion of the University of Illinois at the turn of the 20th century despite never attending college, was militantly devoted to the cause of vocational higher education. His spirit has lived on in the disdain with which professional colleges at land-grant universities often treat General Education programs, the beleaguered — and in many cases, shrinking — systems of mandatory liberal arts courses that get in the way of more rapid vocational training. White and Draper further complicated the already tenuous relationship between a practical and liberal education in their polemics against Christianity and what they claimed was its “war” on science. In A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, first published in 1896 and dedicated to Ezra Cornell, White wrote that their efforts to establish an institution for “advanced instruction and research, in which science, pure and applied, should have an equal place with literature,” had been stymied not only by pious competitors but also by the grand historical antagonism between “theology and science” or the “interference of science in the supposed interest of religion.” Late 19th-century participants on both sides of the science-versus-religion conflict, perhaps unwittingly, institutionalized their commitments. Modern science, theoretical and practical, came to be associated with the university, especially the research university, whereas religion and its more secular forms, character formation or development, came to be associated with the college. By 1900, the dual imperative of the Morrill Act had been sundered into two distinct institutional mandates. Having taken his readers through the wreckage caused by privatization, Newfield holds out the hope that some of the crises besetting the world today might lead to the better coordination of these two mandates. Technological solutions often fail to solve problems not because of faulty science, but rather because scientists lack the humanistic knowledge needed to integrate them effectively into foreign cultures. What if, in the face of apocalyptic threats like climatological disasters and super-viruses, scientists and humanists worked together in new ways, ways that made the public value of humanistic knowledge compellingly palpable? The rise of innovative programs in medical and environmental humanities and the involvement of leading scientists in such programs suggest that there is reason to be (darkly) hopeful. Progress for research universities has tended to begin, to speak with White, “in the midst of calamity,” starting with the German research university model, which took shape during — and in response to — Napoleon’s victories over the German states. But it is hard to see how realigning practical and liberal education will help public universities meet the challenge of providing mass Bildung. Even with increased public funding, this challenge will remain as difficult, as intractable, and as inspiring as the contrast between the cornfield and the tower of learning. Paul Reitter directs the Humanities Institute at Ohio State University. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Harper’s, The Paris Review, TLS, and Bookforum. Chad Wellmon is associate professor of German Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author, most recently, of Organizing Enlightenment: Information Overload and the Invention of the Modern Research University (Johns Hopkins). 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__label__wiki	0.988983	0.988983	‘Big Bang Theory’ Actor John Ross Bowie Launches Campaign to Fund ‘A Play About the Ramones’ The Ramones are one of punk's most beloved bands and as 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of their debut album, there are a number of tributes the iconic rockers. Big Bang Theory actor John Ross Bowie is hoping his project is among them as he's attempting to raise funds to put on A Play About the Ramones in honor of this anniversary year. Bowie has launched an Indiegogo campaign in order to help offset the costs of the production, which he hopes to put on at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. The actor says the campaign will not only help secure the theater for the production, but will also help in securing top notch designers and take care of the director and cast as well. Speaking about the idea for the production, Bowie says in the video above, "It's about a two or three year period in the band's career where they were working on their fifth studio album [1980's End of the Century], but they were still playing big clubs and small theaters and they actually wanted to try and graduate and sort of become big rock stars and the label suggested they work with legendary reclusive producer Phil Spector." As the band has discussed, it was a chaotic work environment in which Spector had even wielded a gun while in the studio. "All hell broke loose while they made a beautiful record that became the biggest seller of their career," says Bowie. "Hearts were broken, guns were drawn, and a legend was born -- so funny, sexy and tragic it has to be true," reads a description of the production. There are a number of incentives on the site that make it worth your while to contribute. At press time, just over $14,000 has been raised with the goal of reaching $35,000. There are two weeks remaining on the campaign and if you wish to donate you may do so here. See Ramones on the Top 25 Punk Albums of All Time Marky Ramone Pays Tribute to Deceased Original Ramones Members Revisit the Anniversary of Ramones' Self-Titled Debut Album Source: ‘Big Bang Theory’ Actor John Ross Bowie Launches Campaign to Fund ‘A Play About the Ramones’ Filed Under: Ramones	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754687
__label__wiki	0.854978	0.854978	Saturday, 18th November 2017 Tickets £9 – £10 on the door (Concessions £7) 14+ Doors open 7.30pm. Show starts 8pm Headline Act: Tanyalee Davis Supporting Acts: Christian Reilly & Rod Shepherd Compere: Nick Wills Tanyalee Davis Tanyalee Davis is standup comedian who inspires, enlightens and entertainsher audiences while headlining at comedy clubs, colleges, and comedy festivals throughout North America, the UK, and other parts of the world with her own unique perspective and somewhat racy brand of comedy. Standing at 3′ 6″ tall, Tanyalee is the Ferrari of comedy – low to the ground and kind of racy. Canadian born, Tanyalee currently makes the stage her home while touring all over the world bringing the funny! In 2007 Tanyalee premiered her first one-woman show called “Little Do They Know” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she received 4 star reviews. From January to June 2011, Tanyalee performed her very successful one-woman show called “Little Comedian, BIG Laughs” , just off the Las Vegas strip, four nights a week for six months. In July 2011, the pilot episode of “Adam Hills: Comically Challenged” aired on BBC Northern Ireland where Tanyalee was featured. This show is currently being targeted at the US market. Tanyalee starred in the premiere episode of “Last Comic Standing 2”, “Little People, Big World” as well as featuring on “World’s Smallest People” on ITV (UK) and TLC -The Learning Channel. Working on “Austin Powers 3: Goldmember” movie teaser was a highlight of Tanyalee’s career, along with featuring in a movie called, “For the Love of Money”. Tanyalee has also appeared on MTV’s BASH and Dave Attel’s Insomniac show: Live at the House of Blues. In 2012, Tanyalee supported the amazing Frankie Boyle on his national UK tour. 2012 also saw her star in Season 1 of CH4’s hit TV show “Im Spazticus”. The show was so successful that she was subsequently invited back to star in a bigger role in Season 2, which aired in late 2013. 2013 also saw her appear as a guest on Adam Hill’s CH4 hit show, “The Last Leg”. Tanyalee is also part of Abnormally Funny People, an ensemble show, performing throughout the United Kingdom. Tanyalee’s perception of people, and how they perceive her, exaggerates the humour of life’s “little” tasks and routines. One theme in Tanyalee’s act is about being “sexy”. The “sexy comes from within”, which means everyone can be sexy and Tanyalee proves it. 2015 saw her UK Television prime-time debut when she appeared on BBC1’s The John Bishop Show, quickly followed by her amazing debut on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo 2015 Christmas Special. Both of these dazzling performances saw her stock as a headline comic rise to even greater heights! Tanyalee continues to make a significant dent in the worldwide comedy circuit, headlining throughout the US, Canada and the UK. What she lacks in height she makes up in tenacity. She is often referred to as “The Little Lady With A Lot Of BIG Laughs.” “Tanyalee Davis is simply one of the funniest people I know. She has a unique view of the world and if you haven’t seen her I urge to go, sit back, relax and laugh. ” “Joan Rivers meets a pile-driver”. “A master of physical punctuation” THE LAS VEGAS SUN “touch you, amaze you, entertain you hugely”, “cleverly crafted” “Tanyalee Davis is a punch-packing stand-up” KATE COPSTICK “She was rude and crude but side-splittingly hilarious” THE SHIELDS GAZETTE Christian Reilly At the age of 15, Christian Reilly joined a band to get laid. The Salvation Army had different ideas… As former integral part of the Perrier award-winning show Otis Lee Crenshaw and the Black Liars, with comic/songster Rich Hall, Christian’s career has taken him around the world three times. On his way, he received accolades at international festivals and numerous network TV credits in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Britain. Now a solo stand-up performer and playing all the major comedy venues in his own right, Christian uses his dynamic guitar and vocal skills to target histrionic rock bands, musical theatre and morose indie musicians. He recently wrote and performed for ‘That Was Then This Is Now’ (BBC Radio 2) as musical counterpart to Richard Herring and Emma Kennedy, as well as giving his improvisation skills an outing on Radio 2’s ‘Jammin’. Christian’s comic songs, improvisations, sharp wit and youthful energy have delighted audiences wherever he performs. He was recently interviewed for the British Comedy Awards Magazine, and will be appearing in Edinburgh in 2006, performing in the ever-popular ‘AAA’ at the Pleasance Courtyard. “The word ‘charisma’ is bandied around too often, but Christian does have it in spades” CHORTLE.CO.UK <http://CHORTLE.CO.UK> “If you’re a fan of Bill Bailey or Rich Hall, you’re probably a Christian Reilly fan already” THE GUARDIAN “Bill Bailey watch out, there’s a new kid on the block!” ONE4REVIEW.COM Rod Shepherd Conspiracy Theorist Rod Shepherd, Croydon’s second best conspiracy theorist and ex-cult leader is here to talk to you about the murky world of ‘conspiracies theories’ and to feed you the truth! You’ve probably heard of the JFK assassination, Roswell & alien autopsies, crop circles, 9:11, the Diana ‘accident’ and global warming. Are you being brainwashed by your government? Of course you are, wake up, you’re all slaves, being slowly starved by the system. Don’t be Frightened. Don’t be Scared. Be petrified! He’s described as David Icke with a splash of Koresh, that’s not an aftershave, that was a mass murderer from Waco, so the FBI said! “He’s a f**king nuisance” Croydon Metropolitan Police “He’s stolen my act” David Icke “Not to be taken seriously” Sutton and Carshalton Times Jeff Downs is a writer and comedian. He has created several comedy characters such as self-help life-coach Larry Black and appeared in the long running Edinburgh Festival hit sketch show ‘The Bootleg, Bootlegs’. Jeff was a regular contributor as writer and performer to Bob Sinfield’s Laughter Zone on ‘One Word Radio’. Currently he is collaborating with Alfie Joey on a number of projects which include Spinners, a sketch show for Channel 4 Radio. “…had some truly great observations, a very likeable character that makes it easy for an audience to follow him on his ever more bizzare course…” CHORTLE.CO.UK “Seen him twice … and he’s ripped the roof off the building both times.” CHORTLE.CO.UK Over the last 2 years, our compere Nick Wills has created a fun and friendly club where top acts love to perform and where the audience play their part in making a great night. Tickets for this and other events are available from Waterstones, High Street, Kettering. By post including an SAE to Jaime Ferreira at Flat 1, 15 Havelock St, Kettering NN16 9PZ (cheques made payable to “PCC of St Andrew’s Kettering”). Tickets are now also available from Petite Pantry at The Yards, 10 Market Street, NN16 0AH Kettering, United Kingdom	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754689
__label__wiki	0.975382	0.975382	Girls Varsity Soccer · Dec 31 THIRD AT SAN GORGONIO AND GROWING Like the boys’ team, the girls soccer program competed in the San Gorgonio Tournament at the end of last week. The girls would finish third place. They opened the tourney with a 2-1 victory over Bloomington High School. Kaylee Hauck and Andi Hanjie led the scoring for the Wolves. Rancho Cucamonga, who would go on to eventually take the tournament title defeated King in the second game but the Wolves played well, losing by a slim 0-1 margin. The girls rebounded with a 1-0 win over Yucaipa, but then lost to Claremont which put them in the third-place game where they defeated Brea Olinda to earn the third-place prize for the tournament. Freshmen Kaylee Hauck and Samanth Patten were the scorers in that final game, each with a goal to win 2-0. Coach Smith was impressed with the attitude of his players. “The girls came away from each loss, proud of their effort and feeling that they could do better against (their opponent) if they were given the opportunity to play them again.” Indeed, the educational component of high school athletics is a big reason for suiting up in the first place. “I feel like we are starting to come together as a team and it shows on the field” said senior captain, Abby Najera. Smith was happy with the team’s showing in the tournament. “We played five games in three days and started a lineup with four freshmen.” he said. “I feel that the girls are growing closer as a team ad this will help them as we head into our last month of league play. To navigate that competitive month that starts tomorrow, Smith noted that the team will continue to grow in playing with trust on the field. “When we share the ball and are committed to getting everyone involved in the game, we can compete with anyone” he said. At 6-6-4, the girls have now exceeded the four wins the program had all of last season. And while third-place is never the goal, the growth they’ve made over last season has to feel pretty good. By Brad Peters on Dec 31, 2018	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754691
__label__cc	0.653783	0.346217	In 1680 Robert Hook discovered the phenomenon of visualizing sound by using a violin bow and placing flour and sand onto a plate then running a violin bow along the side of the plate, it created various patterns which were to become known as Nodel Patterns. Ernst Chaldni was a musician and physicist. In 1787 he became known for his discovery, which was vibrational patterns of sand/ salt formatting on plates, they are now known as Chaldni Figures. Hans Jenny was a physician and natural scientist, in 1967 he published The Study of the Wave Phenomena in which he established and described the process of Cymatics. Cymatics is the visualization of sound frequencies using fluids, powders, and various other materials. Click here to read the research paper on SEEING SOUND: HANS JENNY AND THE CYMATIC ATLAS By Stephen D. Lewis University of Pittsburgh, BPhil, 2010 John Stuart Reid is one of the most current researchers to be expanding the knowledge into Cymatics. Click here on notes from his live interview in May 2016 John Stuart Reid interview 2016 John Stuart Reid did a lecture that was filmed in 2006, please visit link, The Shape of Sound. A paper and research has just been released in Faraday Wave Patterns please click here to read. For a more up to date study visit link Seeing Sound a thesis written by Stephen Lewis. Evan Grant has a detailed Ted Talk please visit the link, Making Sound visible through Cymatics. All this research backs up the theory that nature has a frequency, and vibration is the language used to create an order for the universe to communicate with all and everything. Throughout my research, I have begun to deepen my understanding on a scientific level and have discovered that every cell in our body and our brains are communicating via a frequency. Take a look at this paper written by Matthias Schneider, Boston University, Can Cells Signal each other via Sound Waves. In my process I have researched it from a scientific angle. I enjoy using science to inform and direct my practice. Artists and Scientists use a similar approach in their research and processes. They are creating new undiscovered theories. Scientists and artists are creators and they often work around and outside of the known concepts. The artist’s approach can assist the scientist in their new found discoveries by making their research a physical object or a sound. When an artist and scientist work together they create a physical thing that can communicate the scientist’s theory to the outside world. It is often found that the artist has been working around and with various theories well before the scientific discovery is made and documented. Pollock was a controversial artist, many people thought his work was erratic and lacking in skill. We have now discovered that Pollocks paintings contain a pattern that represents fractual data. Physicist Richard Taylor realized that the fractual equation could be applied to Pollock’s work. Richard Taylor has created a machine called The Pollockizer which replicates Pollocks process. Some fractal patterns exist only in mathematical theory, but others provide useful models for the irregular yet patterned shapes found in nature—the branchings of rivers and trees, for instance. Mathematicians tend to rank fractal dimensions on a series of scales between 0 and 3. One-dimensional fractals (such as a segmented line) typically rank between 0.1 and 0.9, two-dimensional fractals (such as a shadow thrown by a cloud) between 1.1 and 1.9, and three-dimensional fractals (such as a mountain) between 2.1 and 2.9. Most natural objects, when analyzed in two dimensions, rank between 1.2 and 1.6. Student presentation. Escher followed mathematical equations when creating his complex patterns. The visual results he achieved are very powerful. When the human brain interacts with the image it tries to work out the code. For more info on using science and theories in an artist, practice click here. Sonification of Matter. I have been researching in the sonification of matter, being able to hear the molecule structure of a rock, or the process of cells being created, the human brainwaves or the formation and structure of the world wide web is a process called sonification. Sonification is an auditory display, it requires an interdisciplinary approach in fields that include Physics, Audiology, Audio Engineering, Computer Science, Product Design, Acoustics, and Sound Design. Since the formation of The International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) began in 1992, Herman, Hunt, Neuhoff, Logos (2011, 1), sonification has become another technique for artists, designers and scientists to present their found data. Due to the invention of computing and new technologies, forward thinkers, scientists, artists, and physicists are able to transmit their found data into an audible presentation. Having audible data alongside visual data could assist in developing new ideas and concepts. The presentation of audible data strengthens our perceptualization. Sonification is very different from sound art and music, it is the audible transmission of information and data. The world we live in is full of visual and auditory stimulation. Atoms, molecules, form, matter, and objects all contain a code or form of data. Frequency is another source of universal communication and code that is used by living and non-living matter. If human beings were able to transpose all the coding, communication and these frequencies were audible to the human ear our sensory system would overload, we can, however, use technology as the source of research and presentation. In the field of sonification, there is a wealth of complex concepts for the artists to use as inspiration. The artist would need to familiarise themselves in subjects of physics, computer science, psychology, acoustics and audio design and approach their chosen subject or object in a multidisciplinary approach using the listed fields to process their final piece. Having to use so many processes, academia may argue that the artist’s conceptual final piece may be diluted through the many processes used. The artist may also lack knowledge in the required fields and will be constrained by their abilities, which will have a negative effect on their final piece. If the artists presents its final piece as sonification without visuals, the viewer may find the final piece has lost conceptual value and aesthetically lacking in presence. There are many artists presenting their work in sonification such as Aftershock (Natasha Barratt, Karen Mair, 2014). The work was exhibited in Gallery ROM, Oslo in 2011 it is the sonification of the meteorological data found in real time. The artists and physicist working on the collaboration are hoping that the research and process that was presented would assist to the knowledge of learning rock defragmentation pattern, which influences earthquakes. Electrical Walks (Christine Kubisch, 2004), this piece is the invention and use of headphones that pick up electromagnetic fields. An Instrument for the sonification of everyday things (Paul Dennis, 2012) is a laser that converts a physical object into sound. Physical matter based sonification is still in its infancy. Due to the growth of the world wide web artists are able to research and collaborate with each other in most parts of the world. There are many Institutes and Communities to be found that specialize in the process of MBS, matter-based sonification. There are many organizations throughout the web using open source, such as Fablab, where the artists can find coding and information on MBS that can assist their process. The skill set of a sonic artist requires an understanding of multiple subjects, they need to approach their work as a scientist, computer programmer, designer, and artist. This approach educates the artists on many levels and enriches the final piece. The ability to present your work through sonification, as an artist allows the viewer to have multiple perceptional experiences within the work presented. Below is an interesting variety of different approaches into the sonification of matter, which includes the use of a laser taking recordings from the silhouette of the item, and the film below is Fermi Gamma-Ray data that been converted into music. Physics in Tune Dennis Paul has created a musical instrument called, An Instrument for the Sonification of Everyday things. Click here to watch video demo Kubisch, C 2004, Electrical Walks, Festival Klangraum- Raumklang, Cologne. Miranda, Eduardo Reck, and Marcelo M. Wanderley. New digital musical instruments: control and interaction beyond the keyboard. Vol. 21. AR Editions, Inc., 2006. Reas, Casey, and Ben Fry. Processing: a programming handbook for visual designers and artists. Vol. 6812. Mit Press, 2007. Hermann, Thomas. “Taxonomy and definitions for sonification and auditory display.” (2008). Reas, Casey, and Chandler McWilliams. Form+ Code: In Design, Art, and Architecture. Princeton Architecturel Press, 2010. Hermann, Thomas, and Andy Hunt. The sonification handbook. Berlin, GE: Logos Verlag, 2011. Dennis, P 2012, An Instrument for the Sonification of every day things. Franinović, Karmen, and Stefania Serafin. Sonic interaction design. Mit Press, 2013. Barrett, N. & Mair, K. 2014, “Aftershock: A science-art collaboration through sonification”, Organised Sound, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 4-16. Vickery, L. (2014). The Limitations of Representing Sound and Notation on Screen. Organised Sound, 19, pp 215-227.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754694
__label__wiki	0.641635	0.641635	Range Rover is luxurious, rugged, big — and economical The big Range Rover turns heads, and it's versatile. Dale Edward Johnson The interior is pure luxury, and two display screens in centre help make navigation easier. DALE EDWARD JOHNSON REGwp If you’re looking for a luxurious, large, tough, fast — and economical — SUV, consider the Range Rover HSE Td6. I recently had a HSE Td6 media test vehicle, and it’s easy to see why the Range Rover is so popular. But it’s not so easy to figure out the competition. The Range Rover is pure luxury and is a status symbol for the wealthy. People considering a Ranger Rover may also shop for other SUVs, crossovers and even luxury sedans from Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes, Porsche and others. The base price is $113,000 and the media test vehicle, with options, came in at $129,370. High-end loaded Range Rovers start at $234,500. No wonder Range Rovers are plentiful in the driveways of posh neighborhoods and the parking lots of high-end stores. The Range Rover’s roots go back to the Land Rover — which came out just after the Second World War and was essentially a British version of the Jeep. And because of this heritage, the Range Rover is a tough SUV that’s equally at home in the great outdoors as in upscale urban areas. It can climb hills and cross shallow waterways like any good SUV. So the Range Rover combines luxury with off-road abilities. The Range Rover is very quick — there are faster vehicles for sure — but the 245 hp engine can do 0-100 km/h in 8.0 seconds, which is not bad considering its large size and the fact that it has a 3.0-litre, diesel 6-cylinder engine. And there are other engine choices too, including a 3.0L supercharged gas V-6 producing 380 hp, two V-8s, producing either 518 hp or 557 hp, and a plug-in hybrid for those who want make a statement about environmental responsibility. The Range Rover handles remarkably well for such a big, boxy vehicle. More than once I had to remind myself to take it easy because I was piloting a tall, heavy SUV and not a small coupe. In other SUVs I’ve tested, I have never had these mixed feelings — I clearly understand I’m piloting a big box. But not so in the Range Rover. The bulk requires going slowly in tight spots — like underground parkades — but the cameras front and back make it an easier chore than it first appears. It’s a quiet, smooth cruiser on the highway thanks to its 2922 mm wheelbase and an overall length of 5000 mm. The biggest surprise: the Range Rover is economical. During my 10-day test drive — about two-thirds highway driving — the diesel engine averaged 8.7 litres/100 kms, which is surprisingly good for a vehicle of this size. A lot of smaller sedans struggle to sip fuel like that. Exterior styling is not distinctive, and without the lettering this vehicle could come from a variety of manufacturers. My tester was all black — including black wheels and black trim. Even the Range Rover lettering front and back and the door handles were black. This is all part of the optional $2,140 “Black Pack.” The luxurious interior is not monochromatic; the seats are black, and so is the top of the dashboard, but the door panels, dash front and steering wheel centre are cream. Tasteful wood and chrome accents help to make the interior very upscale and pleasing. The dashboard, like so many these days, offers a variety of settings through menu selection buttons on the steering wheel. However, I have seen more intuitive setups on lower-priced vehicles. There needs to be a balance between all the information that can be made available on the display screens and ease of operation. The ideal can be pretty subjective, but it seems to me that the Range Rover may be overdoing things just a bit. However, I really liked having two screens in the centre of the dashboard — the upper one primarily for navigation (and other duties) and the lower screen for heating and ventilation (as well as some other duties). The benefit is the map on the nav screen remains in place while you adjust, for example, how much heat you want in the seats or how high you want the defroster. I found it easier to navigate these two centre screens than the speedometer, tachometer and related functions, directly in front of the steering wheel. The seats are fully adjustable, although after a couple of hours behind the wheel I realized there are more comfortable seats in other vehicles, like Lincolns and Volvos. The rear seating also has lots of luxury touches, including two video screens, centre armrest and controls for heating and ventilation. There’s lots of hauling space, and the back seat can be folded down at the touch of a button for even more room. The Range Rover may not be for everyone. Indeed, there are plenty of similarly sized SUVs for about half the money. And there are smaller, less expensive SUVs and crossovers from Land Rover. The big Range Rover turns heads, and it’s versatile. It works as a pure luxury vehicle that is used only in cities, and the only hauling is to bring home name-brand goodies from high-end shops. It can also be a way to get off the main roads and explore the great outdoors. And with the variety of power sources, it can be fast, economical or environmentally responsible. But the biggest attraction of the Range Rover may be the name — something none of its competitors have, and something that attracts a lot of attention. Dale Edward Johnson is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. The test vehicle was supplied by Jaguar Land Rover Canada, and the automaker did not review or approve this article before publication. Looking at the future of cars at the Detroit auto show When General Motors in Oshawa made Regina 'Western Canada’s motor city'	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754697
__label__wiki	0.878605	0.878605	NDP idea on federal electoral review committee should be embraced by Liberal government Greg Fingas, Regina Leader-Post Canada's voting system is being reviewed by a parliamentary committee. Windsor Star Last week, NDP MP Nathan Cullen unveiled a proposal for party representation on the House of Commons committee tasked with a review of Canada’s electoral system. While most parliamentary committees reflect party seat counts, Cullen proposed that the committee set up to consult on electoral mechanics should broadly reflect the results of the 2015 federal election under a system of proportional representation. (The exception is Cullen’s inclusion of a Green MP where a fully proportional seat allocation would include one more Conservative MP — and it would be hard to argue against changing that in a finalized structure.) At first glance, Cullen’s proposal has been interpreted by some as favouring one electoral philosophy over others in consulting on electoral reform. But its real significance lies in its potential to ensure any new electoral system is legitimate no matter which system one prefers now — as well as to establish the standard we should apply to any future change in electoral systems. Let’s start by making it clear that no change to Canada’s electoral system would occur based on the committee’s decisions and actions alone. Any system designed and approved by the committee would only come into effect if it were passed through legislation in a Parliament in which the Liberals have a majority. And that means Cullen’s structure would confirm the legitimacy of a new system under all plausible interpretations of the results generated by the current one. It’s fairly clear that the range of options under serious consideration includes three primary models. And two of them — first-past-the-post (to the extent it’s still seen as a possibility in light of the Liberals’ explicit election promise to scrap it) and ranked ballot — would both have resulted in Liberal majorities, based on 2015 voting patterns. (To be clear, we don’t have full information about voters’ alternative preferences in 2015. But second-choice polling suggests the Liberals’ majority would only have grown under a ranked-ballot system.) That leaves the possibility of a system of proportional representation, where we can easily tell how the first-choice preferences of voters would have translated into seats. And with the small change noted above, Cullen’s proposal would give parallel effect to that set of voter preferences solely for the purpose of electoral reform. That would completely remove what could otherwise be a serious complaint about the development of any new system — or indeed the preservation of the current one — under an electoral structure which itself is seen to produce false majority governments. And Cullen’s proposal could also implicitly answer the question of what more than a bare parliamentary majority should be required to position electoral reform above any reasonable complaint. It would be entirely unfair to insist on unanimous support among all parties or MPs before any change could be implemented. But there’s no reason to question the validity of a model that is able to earn majority support in Parliament regardless of the structure in place at the time the election process is amended. And similarly, there’s no plausible basis to insist on retaining a system that can be replaced based on that multiple-majority support, no matter how much the Conservatives in particular whinge about wanting to preserve their advantages under first-past-the-post. It remains to be seen whether the Liberals will respond positively to Cullen’s proposal. If they don’t, that may signal that they’re not making a serious effort to seek cross-party co-operation on the issue. But if they do, it should ensure both a more inclusive discussion of Canada’s electoral system and a more legitimate result. Greg Fingas is a Regina lawyer, blogger and freelance political commentator who has written about provincial and national issues from a progressive NDP perspective since 2005. His column appears every Thursday. You can read more from Fingas at gregfingas.com Building trust in the broken community of La Loche Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall gets credit for jobs at the wrong... Opinion: What happened to Saskatchewan's high ideals on transparency? Government secrecy and a tight grip on information are now the dismaying norm in Saskatchewan. Why should we accept CIC Minister Joe Hargrave's argument for higher utility costs when profitable Crowns are paying dividends? Why no rebates? Mandryk: MLAs like Brkich underrated part of Sask. Party success Greg Brkich isn't the sole reason why the Sask. Party has won three majorities but he surely is one reason why it's on its way to a fourth. Opinion: So many questions remain about the end of coal, but not enough answers It seems to me that sometimes the action plan comes along before the strategy job is completed, writes Norm Park.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754698
__label__wiki	0.863672	0.863672	Tag Archives: Mogullumbidj Posted by Jacqui Durrant in Aboriginal, Beechworth, Convicts, Squatters, Uncategorized, Wangaratta Ben Barber, Benjamin Warby, Charles Cropper, Convict Ship Brittania, David Reid, Dhudhuroa, George Edward Mackay, George Grey, John Chisholm, Joseph Docker, Mogullumbidj, Mount Dispersion Massacre, Pelican Lagoon, Sir Thomas Mitchell, Waywurru, William Brodribb Lately I’ve been wondering what kinds of people were living around the Beechworth area when gold was first discovered in early 1852. By this time, the local Aboriginal peoples had been reduced to small bands of survivors who had witnessed an horrific genocide of their families and clansmen — a genocide wrought by the first European settlers. While it cannot be said that every single white settler was directly involved in this genocide, the killers were thick among them — and so it’s worthwhile asking, in a broad sense, who were these people? The answer is, in fact, reasonably simple; even though generations of local historians almost never mention it. Image: courtesy National Museum of Australia. WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this blog post includes subject matter that may cause sadness or distress, particularly to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. While researching this period of early European invasion and settlement of North East Victoria (broadly mid-1830s to mid-1840s, although most of the settlement happened in a single year — 1838), I’ve come across a number of glaring ‘myth-conceptions’, which are perpetrated in just about every history book concerning the region. It’s perhaps understandable how such errors came about: the well-to-do early European settlers who continued to stay living in the region and who went on to have descendants who in turn stayed locally, became the people who were remembered best in local histories. (If you read local history, you’ll be familiar with names like David Reid and Thomas Mitchell). As a consequence, their experiences were taken as indicative of the whole picture of early European settlement in North East Victoria. And yet, numerically, these men were very much in the minority. Conversely, the people whose involvement in settling the North East Victorian region was either comparatively brief, or those who did not go on to become ‘pillars’ of local society, were barely remembered at all. Thus local history became slanted in favour of the ‘stayers’, who would be forever memorialised as ‘our pioneers’ — as if the only early settlers of the region were free men who came here of their own volition, with the ‘heroic’ intention of single-handedly converting ‘virgin’ countryside into productive grazing land. To say that this picture is at odds with the truth on numerous counts is an understatement. Several of the largest misconceptions perpetrated about the early European settlers of North East Victoria are ones of omission, and in this post I will tackle but one of them. To illustrate this point, I will for now avoid narrating historical events, if only to present a simple characterisation by way of examples. It should be obvious that none of the ‘pioneers’ who ‘settled’ North East Victoria (the ‘squatters’ who took out licenses to ‘despature flocks and herds’ on Crown Lands, establishing the first pastoral stations of the region) did so single-handedly. When they first arrived in search of grazing lands, invariably with a few thousand head of sheep and/or hundred head of cattle in tow, they arrived in territory which was already fully occupied by Aboriginal peoples of the region: clans of the Waywurru (Waveroo), Dhudhuroa, and so-called ‘Mogullumbidj’ peoples [1]. They not only had to establish head-stations and out-stations from which stock could be managed, but do so while simultaneously dispossessing the original inhabitants. Such a feat could only be managed with the assistance of a labour force. Each station commonly had a manager or overseer, and various stockmen, shepherds, bullock drivers, and sometimes their wives (who worked as hut-keepers). This workforce, which comprised the majority of non-Aboriginal people in North East Victoria from the late 1830s through to perhaps the gold rush of 1851-2 — people who have remained largely invisible in most local history books — were convicts, comprising either those who had been allocated as ‘assigned servants’ while still serving out their sentences, those who had been given a ‘ticket-of-leave’ (akin to being ‘on parole’), or those who had finished their sentences. The predominance of convicts can be found in any description of the first overlanding parties to settle in North East Victoria. Among the earliest to attempt to settle were the Faithfull Brothers. After their ‘Convoy of sheep and Cattle’ was attacked and seven men killed by Aborigines at Winding Swamp (Broken River, present-day Benalla), in April 1838, Governor Gipps lamented to Lord Glenelg ‘These men (who were chiefly convicts) did not defend themselves, but ran at the first appearance of their assailants’. [2] The partnership of Morrice, Wilde and McKenzie, who would take up Kergunyah station, was rare among squatters in that they had decided to employ a free man, George Kinchington, as their station manager. Nevertheless, their overlanding party, which arrived with 200 head of cattle on the Murray in June 1838, also had an ‘ex-convict for stockman, and two convict prisoners, one acting as bullock-driver, the other as helper with the cattle.’ [3] Likewise, when David Reid Junior reached the Ovens River on 8 September 1838 (settling on what would become ‘Carraragarmungee’ station), he had been equipped by his father Dr David Reid with 500 head of cattle, 2 bullock wagons and teams and 6 assigned servants. [4] Not only were members of the convict class to be found among the labourers of the pastoral runs; but emancipated convicts were, on occasion, also to be found as station holders in their own right. Among their number were George Grey and his family, at ‘Pelican Lagoons’ (a small run neighbouring George Faithfull’s, situated in the wedge of land between the Ovens and King Rivers, after which the property ‘The Pelican’ on the Oxley Flats Road is named today). While touring the North East of Victoria in the Autumn of 1840, Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, and Assistant Protector James Dredge, met the Greys. Robinson said of them, ‘These people have, I believe, been convicts… They are in middling circumstances and have commenced dairying, but appear not the most efficient’, [5] while Assistant Protector James Dredge, added dryly, that they were ‘a large family, apparently not remarkable for cleanliness or industry.’ [6] Before going to North East Victoria, Grey had operated a station in the Monaro district in association with Benjamin Warby, and it is likely that he came over with cattle from the Monaro to Wangaratta at the same time as, and in association with the Warbys, who took up land at Taminick Plains. [7] While Robinson wrote that, ‘One of the Warby brothers, I have been informed, has been transported for cattle stealing,’ [8] it seems that is it was Benjamin’s father, John Warby, who (with William Deards) had been convicted of stealing two asses in October 1790 and had been sentenced to seven years transportation. [9] On the face of it, stealing two asses is not the worst crime known to man, but before you gallop away with the romantic notion that most convicts were downtrodden souls cruelly incarcerated for stealing a loaf of bread or a packet of sewing needles, let me impress upon you the findings of eminent academic historian Alan Frost: ‘It is one of the abiding myths of Australian history that many of those sentenced to transportation… were hapless victims of a savage penal code and an uncaring, class-driven society. It seems not to matter how often or with what clarity the real situation is explained… It would be silly to claim that there were never miscarriages of justice, or that harsh penalties were not given for what we should now consider minor offences. … However, the plain fact is that the majority of 18th century convicts sentenced to transportation were convicted of crimes that we continue to consider serious.’ [10] This is to say, most convicts arrived in Australia after committing either violent crime, theft of a substantial criminal nature (often with threats of violence), or very occasionally, political crimes. For example, on Oxley Plains, one of George Faithfull’s original stockmen (and longest surviving — he would die a centenarian at Edi in the King Valley in 1903), had been transported for beating a man to death in a fist fight. [11] And like all convicts, these people also had been subjected to a harsh penal system, which may have reinforced their worst tendencies. Squatter George Grey had been given a conditional pardon for what was originally a life sentence (he was an Irish rebel, convicted as a member of the agrarian-terrorist movement, the Defenders), and he also had been given three hundred lashes for his role in an attempted mutiny aboard the convict ship Brittania in 1797 — a voyage which in itself became infamous for the cruelty of its sadistic captain, Thomas Dennott. [12] In other words, the convict servants (and some of the lower-tier squatters) working on the stations of North East Victoria, were people who, for the most part, were either brutal before they hit the penal system, or had been brutalised by it. Making matters worse, the region’s ‘Border Police’ force had been established on the cheap by using soldiers who had been transported from South Africa to New South Wales as convicts. [13] It’s an unstated fact, but the ability to undertake wanton acts of brutality was a payable skill on frontier. Brutality was of practical use in dispossessing Aboriginal peoples of their land, and many convict labourers were — in their day — notorious for their violent attitudes and actions towards local Aboriginal peoples. Writing many years later of the years 1839-44, during which he had overlanded through Yackandandah, Barwidgee and the King Valley with a group of stockman, James Demarr recalled, ‘the white men had been flowing into this newly-discovered country with their flocks and herds… and many of the men they had brought with them were the scum of the earth, so that collisions with the blacks were inevitable.’ Demarr continued: ‘The blacks were driven away from their ancient positions, their hunting grounds taken possession of, their game either destroyed or driven away, and they themselves driven back into mountain fastnesses; the consequence was the black sort every opportunity of revenge, killing the solitary shepherd and stockman whenever they had the opportunity of doing so, and scattering, and partly destroying the flocks and herds. The settlers retaliated in their own way, and old colonists know what that means. … Many of the settlers were well-disposed towards the blacks, and there were men [i.e.: labourers] also like-minded, but the ruffian element mixed up with them, brought on conflicts with the blacks that the kindly disposed were powerless to prevent.’ [14] Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, and Assistant Protector, James Dredge, were among those who came face-to-face with such ‘ruffian elements’ at ‘Myrhee’ station on the west bank of the King River, owned by absentee squatter John Chisholm (yet another station neighbouring George Faithfull) — ruffian elements which by May Day of 1840 had been inflamed by the fact that a shepherd on their run had been ritually murdered by Aborigines only days before. [15] Robinson wrote, ‘Harry Broadribb, a man who has been a prisoner, acts as overseer.’ [16] Dredge noted with displeasure, ‘His wife got some refreshment for us, but raved an swore awfully against the blacks.’ [17] Robinson provided more detail: ‘Mrs Broadribb is a low hard woman, been I imagine a prisoner. She was not acquainted with us and went on about the blacks in a most strange manner. She would have them all burnt, hung, drowned or any death, provided they were got rid of. She applied the vilest epithets to them and would shower out of volley of abuse upon Broadribb for harbouring the wretches.’ [18] Two stockmen who worked for Dr George Edward Mackay at ‘Whorouly’ (on yet another station that bordered George Faithful’s ‘Oxley Plains’), became notorious for their violence towards the Aboriginal population, particularly after another attack made by a band of Aboriginals resulted in the death of one of Whorouly’s stockmen. Writing his anonymous reminiscences for the Border Post in 1875, one old station hand recalled Mackay’s stockman, named Bill Thomas — a ticket-of-leave man, who had served as a bullock driver on two of Major Thomas Mitchell’s expeditions into the interior, including the Third Expedition during which Mitchell and his party killed seven Aborigines near Mount Dispersion. [19] According to this writer in the Border Post, Thomas ‘was a most diabolical fellow – a perfect tiger – who was determined to have his revenge on the natives, and, indeed, there were others amongst us that thirsted for satisfaction. Some advised poison, but Thomas met them with the quotation – “Whose sheddeth man’s blood, by blood shall his blood be shed”.’ [20] Thomas clearly escaped any form of repercussions for his actions, but when word got back to Governor Gipps that ‘acts of cruelty had been committed on the aborigines’ of the Ovens district, none could overlook rumours and suggestions regarding the actions of stockman Ben Reid (no relation to squatter David Reid), whose ‘conduct toward the aborigines was complained of by Robinson’ and who subsequently had his ticket-of-leave cancelled and was returned to Sydney. [21] Ben Reid was no doubt among those who, in squatter Joseph Docker’s words, was responsible for the ‘considerable amount of black men’s blood which has already been shed.’ Robinson’s chief complaint against him was that, ‘Reid has had several collisions with the natives, it is feared many have been of fatal character to the aborigines.’ [22] This characteristic aspect of the early settlement of North East Victoria — it’s settlement in the main either by seasoned absentee pastoralists or by inexperienced young sons of the same, who were in turn supported by a crude if not wholly brutal convict labour force — ranks among the factors which combined to make it possible for the European invaders to kill large numbers of local Aboriginal peoples, and to keep the facts of the matter sufficiently secret from government authorities so that effectively nothing could or would be done to stop it. It would be disingenuous to suggest that every convict labourer was blood-thirsty and wanted to destroy local Aboriginal people — indeed at least three local squatters Joseph Docker (‘Bontharambo’), Ben Barber (‘Barnawatha’) and for as long as he was there, William Brodribb (who held a station on the Broken River which became known as ‘The Junction’, [and who was no relation to the manager of ‘Myhree’]), were notable for the way in which they all employed local Aboriginal people as labourers in the very early days of ‘settlement’. [23] In the Autumn of 1840, George Augustus Robinson ruminated in his journal on why some stations suffered from what was commonly termed ‘depredations from the blacks,’ including substantial losses from having stock either speared or chased away; whereas other station holders suffered almost no losses of stock at all. ‘Mr Broadrib said yesterday that the blacks had speared more of Mr Faithful’s cattle, than of any other person. … There must be some cause for this’ he pondered. ‘Mr Christie lost one or 200 cattle, yet these people say they never allow blacks to come to their stations.’ Conversely, the stations which employed Aboriginal people, and allowed them to travel and camp on the land, had few problems. [24] All is suggestive of a ‘top down’ attitude being responsible for the treatment of Aborigines: that whereas every station employed a brutal and brutalised labour force, on some stations these convict labourers were encouraged by their employers to slaughter Aboriginal people; whereas on other stations they were encouraged to act towards them with tolerance. And the Aboriginal peoples responded accordingly. [1] Concerning the Waywurru (Waveroo), Dhudhuroa, and so-called ‘Mogullumbidj’ peoples, the best works I have read on the nation-boundaries and naming for these Aboriginal peoples, which take into consideration all previous work on the North East area (E.M. Curr (1883), R.B. Smythe (1878), A. Howitt (1904), R.H. Matthews (1905), N. Tindale (1940, 1974), D. Barwick (1984, plus manuscript material produced shortly before her death in 1986, now held in the State Library Victoria), M.H. Fels (1996, 1997), S. Wesson (2000), et al), are by Dr Ian Clarke. Clark has written his papers with a knowledge of the various professional limitations associated with earlier works — those written especially prior to access to critical primary source materials such as the Journals and collected papers of George Augustus Robinson, the journals of William Thomas, and the private papers of Alfred Howitt. Clark, Ian, ‘Aboriginal language areas in Northeast Victoria: ‘Mogullumbidj’ reconsidered.’ Victorian Historical Journal, Volume 81 Issue 2 (Nov 2010), 181-192. Clark, Ian, ‘Aboriginal languages in North-east Victoria – the status of ‘Waveru’ reconsidered’, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 2011, Vol. 14(4): 2-22 Clark, Ian, ‘Dhudhuroa and Yaithmathang languages and social groups in north-east Victoria – a reconstruction,’ Aboriginal History, 2009, VOL 33, pp.201-229. [2] SIR GEORGE GIPPS TO LORD GLENELG. (Despatch No. 115, per ship Superb; acknowledged by Lord Glenelg, 21st December, 1838.) in: Australian Aborigines: Copies or extracts of despatches relative to the massacre of various Aborigines in Australia, in the year 1838, and respecting the trial of their murderers; compiled by the British Colonial Office, 19 August 1839. [3] ‘YACKANDANDAH IN 1838. SOME REMINISCENCES. BY MR. GEORGE KINCHINGTON,’ Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 16 September, 1899, p.8. [4] Reminiscences of David Reid: as given to J.C.H. Ogier (in Nov. 1905), who has set them down in the third person, type-written manuscript, p.21. [5] Ian D Clark (ed), Journals of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Protectorate, issued in 6 parts, Heritage Matters, Melbourne, 1998-2000, this entry from Volume 1, entry for Friday 1 May 1840, p.273. [6] James Dredge, Assistant Protector, Goulburn Protectorate, Three volumes and one transcript of the diary, a letter book and a note book are in the La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection of the State Library [MS 11625 and MS 5244 (transcript) Box 16]. The diaries contain daily and weekly entries from 1817 to 1833 and 1839–1843. This entry: Friday 1 May 1840. [7] Harry Stephenson, Cobungra Station and Other Mountain Stories, published for the Mountain Cattleman’s Association, Omeo, 1985, p.3. [8] George Augustus Robinson, Vol 1, 2 May 1840, p.275. [9] For information on Benjamin Warby’s father John Warby, see entry on the well-researched website called ‘Australian Royalty’. [10] Alan Frost, Botany Bay — The Real Story, Black Ink, Melbourne, 2012, p.54. [11] ‘DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN AT EDI.’ Euroa Advertiser, Friday 27 February 1903, p.3. [12] On George Grey, see entry on the well-researched website called ‘Australian Royalty’. On the voyage of the convict ship Britannia, see Charles Bateson, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1959. [13] John Conner, The Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838, UNSW Press, 2012. [14] Demarr, James, Adventures in Australia fifty years ago: being a record of an emigrant’s wanderings through the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland during the years 1839-1844, Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1893, p.132. [15] George Augustus Robinson, op cit. Volume 1, p.273, 1 May 1840, also 7 May, p.280. [16] George Augustus Robinson, ibid. Volume 1, p.276, 2 May 1840. [17] James Dredge, op cit., diary entry 2 May 1840. [18] George Augustus Robinson, op cit. Vol 1, p.276, 2 May 1840. [19] D. W. A. Baker, ‘Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (1792–1855)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-sir-thomas-livingstone-2463/text3297, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 12 January 2019. [20] ‘The Blacks,’ Border Post, Albury, NSW, 7 August 1875, p.2. [21] Copy of Despatch No. 90, Gipps to Lord John Russel, 9 April, 1841, in British Parliamentary Papers, Despatches of Governors of Australian Colonies, illustrative of Condition of Aborigines, House of Commons Paper Series: House of Commons Papers, Paper Type: Accounts and Papers Parliament: 1844, Paper Number: 627, p.106-7. [22] Joseph Docker to Governor George Gipps, 31 December 1840; and Enclosure 2 in number 25, Report of George Augustus Robinson to Charles Joseph LaTrobe; in British Parliamentary Papers, ibid., p.108. [23] For Brodribb, George Augustus Robinson, Vol 1, p.232, entry for Monday 20 April; for evidence of Aboriginal people working on Docker’s and Barber’s stations, see their submissions to the NSW Legislative Council’s Select Committee Enquiry into Immigration, 1841. [24] George Augustus Robinson, op. cit. Vol 1, entry for 9 May, 1840, p.283.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754704
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__label__wiki	0.545255	0.545255	Seen as luxury yachts are also seen as an important source for the design industry, today we’ve decided to bring you a complete list of the 100 best interior designers from around the globe. This list aside from being a guide to any and all design lovers has the purpose of celebrating the best of what the industry has to offer. Some of these designers in this list have also been involved in the conception of some of the most amazing vessels to roam the seven seas. Enjoy part 1 of our list and stay tuned for part 2! AB Concept AB Concept was founded in 1999 by Ed Ng and Terence Ngan, a designer and architect duo who together have throughout their career made a remarkable impact in the world of luxury design. The company has become a well-respected name in hospitality, wellness, F&B, commercial and residential properties. 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The renowned interior designers established their office in Basel in 1978, and nowadays it features an international team of five Senior Partners, five Partners, 44 Associates and around 400 collaborators works on projects across Europe, the Americas and Asia. HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, that finds design ideas and solutions through the creative blending of human need, environmental stewardship, value creation, science and art. The design solutions result from a collaborative process that encourages multidisciplinary professional teams to research alternatives, share knowledge and imagine new ways to solve the challenges of the built environment. India Mahdavi Known for her colourful modern projects, India Mahdavi is the perfect example of the Empowering Women Movement! Architect, Designer and Scenographer, Madhavi managed to overcome her complex past in Iran and managed to showcase her natural talent in France, becoming one of the most successful Female Interior Designers of France and the World! The designer imposes herself on the contemporary design industry as a singular, eclectic and nomadic way to celebrate an orient pop in the west. Jacques Grange Jacques Grange is, without a doubt, one of the best interior designers and decorators in the world. Known for his exquisite style, characterized by a harmony between traditional and contemporary tastes, Grange is one of the very few interior designers who received strict, classical education in the field. He attended École Boulle and École Camondo, where he learned the history of architecture, design and decorative arts. After graduating, he joined the team of French interior design legend Henri Samuel. Years later, he opened his own design office at the shop of Didier Aaron, the Parisian antiquaire, and he is now partners with Didier’s son, Herv’ Aaron. Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid in 1974. His artistic vision was first fully exposed in the ‘Mediterranean Digital Baroque’ and ‘Mon Cirque’ installations. These collections put Jaime at the forefront a new wave that blurred the lines between art, decoration and design and a renaissance in finely-crafted, intricate objects within the context of contemporary design culture. Jean-Louis Deniot Recognised worldwide for his emblematic and eclectic interiors, Jean-Louis Deniot plays in a multiplicity of repertoires, never sticking to a purity of style, rather letting his academic training translate into a vocabulary that is both informal and bold. If he does a contemporary project, it is always with a weighty dose of history and references infused into it to produce a timeless yet timely scenario. Jeff Andrews Jeff Andrews is an internationally celebrated interior designer that creates sophisticated and livable interiors for families and celebrities alike. The interior designer became a worldwide inspiration to the interior design community by pushing creative boundaries in ways that respect and redefine traditional design aesthetics. Joana Astolfi Joana Astolfi is an artist, architect and designer who draws visual inspiration from a broad universe of found objects. Porcelain statuettes, miniatures, vintage chairs, lamps, toys, diaries and photographs of people she never met, populate and shapes her creative vision. Her artworks, installations and window displays are inspired by imperfections, mistakes and the irrepressibility of humour. Jonathan Adler is a potter, designer, and author whose design inspirations have mainly come from the Mid-Century Modern Style art and global pop culture! He includes his passion for culture, craftsmanship and mid-century in every single one of his projects. In addition to designing furniture and product, as well as producing some stellar interior designs, Adler has also collaborated with other luxury brands in the creation of some magical places. Jorge Canete A Genevan of Catalan and Andalusian origin, Jorge CAÑETE did not choose to devote his life to interior design by chance. Following a career in luxury products which sharpened his sense of items of beauty (Ungaro, Bvlgari, Mugler) and an MBA, he decided to express his creativity in 3D through interior design. A diploma in “Interior Design” by the London Metropolitan University and several architectural projects at architecture studios in Rome and Geneva served as his launch pad allowing him to set up his own studio: INTERIOR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY. Juan Pablo Molyneux Juan Pablo Molyneux is an internationally acclaimed interior designer. A committed classicist, he creates spirited interiors that are rooted in history without being historical recreations. His work is bold, eclectic, witty and unmistakably his own. Katharine Pooley Katharine Pooley design studio was established over fourteen years ago and has succeeded to create bespoke luxury interior designs for the most discerning clients. The companies refined yet eclectic aesthetic has earned a position as one of the most sought-after interior design studios globally. The Katharine Pooley design studio continues to win commissions for landmark commercial and residential projects in London and worldwide. Based in London, Kelly Hoppen is clearly an icon and one of the most celebrated interior designers in the world. With a differentiating signature style and over 40 years of experience, the interior designer is known for the idea of giving the most personalized and proper interiors for the client’s lifestyle. Hoppen is an author, entrepreneur and proprietor of her own design company, Kelly Hoppen Interiors. When Ken Fulk burst onto the scene in 2010 with a splashy masquerade ball honouring jet-setter Denise Hale at his South of Market studio, it seemed he’d come out of nowhere. The little-known interior designer brought together socialites, politicians and business leaders, titillated them with lavish fare and voyeuristic scenes from San Francisco’s underground subculture and used the event, dubbed Halestorm, as his calling card. Kirill Istomin Kirill Istomin is a founder of a company Interior Design & Decoration. It was created in 2002 and is internationally known for its high-end residential and commercial designs. The company manages projects in France, Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States, and Great Britain. Kitzig Interior Design Kitzig Interior Design is an outstanding interior design company based in Lippstadt, Germany and with offices in Bochum, Munich, and London. The company was founded in 1998 by Olaf Kitzig and it is specialized in the creation of extraordinary projects for the Hospitality and Catering Industries, but it also creates tailor-made design projects for Shop and Retail Trade fields. Kris Turnbull Kris Turnbull Studios is the best at giving a modern approach to a luxury interior design project, and that’s exactly why his design firm is so highly sought after. With a creative team that offers the best interior design, architecture, interior architecture and styling services, Kris Turnbull is definitely a reference to all the contemporary interior design community. Lashmanova Interiors Katerina Lashmanova is currently one of the best interior designers in Russia. Young and talented, Lashmanova has an outstanding portfolio with a special talent for luxury interior design. Katerina was also one of the speakers at iSaloni Moscow, giving a masterclass about contemporary Russian design. At 37, architect Laura Gonzalez is already well-known for working her magic across Paris, and for the past two years has been spreading her wings overseas, stamping her “reworked classical” style on a whole host of restaurants, bars, hotels and stores. Maison et Objet highlights the work of this amazing designer by naming her Designer of the Year September 2019. Lorenzo Castillo Considered one of the most renowned interior designers from Spain, Lorenzo Castillo balances very well the classic with the modern vibe. He creates his own ambiences and you can really see his signatures in all his work, thanks to Castillo’s daring combinations of colours and patterns and over the top sense of drama. The Spanish interior designer definitely likes to take risks and break some boundaries. Lori Morris Having built an exceptional foundation over the past twenty-eight years, the multi-faceted House of LMD team orchestrated by Lori Morris helps transform clients’ dreams and art reflections into reality. Ludovica+Roberto Palomba Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, architects and designers founded Palomba Serafini Associati in 1994. Since 2003, Roberto Palomba has also been a professor at the Polytechnic of Milan, in the industrial design department. Feel free to share your thoughts on this article. Did you like our picks for our top 100 best interior designers so far? Which designer are you expecting to see in the upcoming part 2 of our article?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754712
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__label__wiki	0.576041	0.576041	Celebrity / Family / Film / Forgiveness / Humor / Relationships / Religion / Week In Review Another Week Ends: Forgiving Mothers, Malick’s Tree of Life, Self-Control Tips, The Cult of Apple, Zach Galifianakis, Gracious Parenting by David Zahl on May 20, 2011 • 1:15 pm 1 Comment 1. NPR has sure been on a roll this past week. They brought us another extremely powerful and must-read/-listen item this morning, “Forgiving Her Son’s Killer: ‘Not An Easy Thing.'” It tells a story of radical forgiveness involving mother Mary Johnson and her son’s killer, Oshea Israel. Very, very inspiring stuff (and that the church has played a laudable but key behind the scenes role is to its credit), ht MC: As Johnson recalls, their first face-to-face conversation took place at Stillwater Prison, when Israel agreed to her repeated requests to see him. “I wanted to know if you [Oshea] were in the same mindset of what I remembered from court, where I wanted to go over and hurt you,” Johnson tells Israel. “But you were not that 16-year-old. You were a grown man. I shared with you about my son.” “And he became human to me,” Israel says. At the end of their meeting at the prison, Johnson was overcome by emotion. “The initial thing to do was just try and hold you up as best I can,” Israel says, “just hug you like I would my own mother.” Johnson says, “After you left the room, I began to say, ‘I just hugged the man that murdered my son.’ And I instantly knew that all that anger and the animosity, all the stuff I had in my heart for 12 years for you — I knew it was over, that I had totally forgiven you.” Johnson’s forgiveness has brought both changes and challenges to [Oshea’s] life.”Sometimes I still don’t know how to take it,” he says, “because I haven’t totally forgiven myself yet. It’s something that I’m learning from you. I won’t say that I have learned yet, because it’s still a process that I’m going through.” “I treat you as I would treat my son,” Johnson says. “And our relationship is beyond belief.” In fact, the two live right next door to one another in Minneapolis. 2. Terrence Malick’s much-anticipated film Tree of Life made its debut at Cannes this past week and the notices have been rapturous. In both senses… That is, it would appear, as suspected, the film has a very strong religious sensibility. Which it’s amusing to see those involved, in Malick’s typical absence, do cartwheels around. So I give Manohla Dargis all the more credit for her frank and flattering review in The NY Times: [Tree of Life] serves as a reminder of how few contemporary filmmakers engage questions of life and death, God and soul, and risk such questioning without the crutch of an obvious story. It isn’t that these life questions aren’t asked in our movies; they are, if sometimes obliquely. Rather it’s the directness of Mr. Malick’s engagement with them that feels so surprising at this moment, and that goes against the mainstream filmmaking grain. The film opens with a quotation from the Book of Job — “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?” — taken from a passage in which God, like a hectoring, aggrandizing father, challenges Job with questions….It’s a beautiful if hermetic vision that I admire for its ambition if finally not for its philosophy. 3. Lifehacker.com struck gold this past week with their guide, “How Self-Control Works and How To Boost Your Willpower By Better Understanding It.” It begins from the premise that each of us has a finite amount of self-control we can dole out each day, and goes on to advise us on how was can make the most of what we’ve got. It’s more than a little entertaining. Not only because it amounts to a kind of behavioral manipulation that feeds on our lack of self-control (and reveals it as the spiritual dead-end that it is), but because it sheds more than a little light on certain strains of religion. Their thoughts on fear as a motivating factor for self-control, for example, are particularly audacious, ht JD: Fear is also a great means of self-control. It’s easier to adjust your diet or kick a habit if you truly believe it’s going to kill you or cause immediate harm… What you can do is spend time with people who are the poster children for poor life choices and fearfully think of them next time you want to indulge. 4. The Onion radio contributes the following little gem: 5. Andrew Sullivan put up a great little quote this week on “The Language of Judgment,” ht MS. 6. Digital Trends confirms what we already knew, namely, that Apple causes a ‘religious reaction’ in the brains of its fans, ht TB. 7. Some relevant tidbits in TIME’s profile of comic Zach Galifianakis about the nature of fame and comedy: Galifianakis didn’t suffer fans gladly before The Hangover made him famous, you should see him now. “He has a hate-hate relationship with his audience,” says Todd Phillips, the director of Due Date and the Hangovers. “Comedy is about the unexpected. That’s about as surprising a thing as you can do — hate being loved.” “It’s not good for comedy to be like, Thanks for liking me,” Galifianakis says. “Being popular is poison. My mom and dad are like, ‘You’re not enjoying any of this.’ I say, ‘It’s your fault for not raising me to be superficial.'” “He’s the best kind of comic, who makes you just uncomfortable enough to wonder why you’re laughing,” [actor Jon] Hamm says. “That’s the role of comics in our society — to call out the weirdness and make you think about it.” 8. Over at the Gospel Coalition, Tullian Tchividjian reflects on a forthcoming parenting book that sounds very promising, Give Them Grace. Almost sounds like Dorothy Martyn’s insights made more explicit. With maybe a little Alfie Kohn mixed in. Can’t wait to read it! 9. Finally, a FAIL for the weekend: Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Apple, FAIL, Lifehacker, Muppets, NPR, NY Times, Self-Control, Terrence Malick, The Onion, Tullian Tchividjian, Zach Galifianakis Read more on and from David Zahl. Jim E says: Here’s a compelling, wonderfully evocative review of THE TREE OF LIFE by Roger Ebert… I definitely want to see this. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/05/a_prayer_beneath_the_tree_of_l.html	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754720
__label__cc	0.576433	0.423567	The White Star Capital Summer Associate Class of 2017 White Star Capital Jun 22, 2017 · 7 min read Since the founding of White Star Capital, we have experimented with different models of adding brain-power to our team to help identify trends and investment opportunities. A few years ago we hired our first interns, Matt, who’s now rocking it at Entrepreneur First, and Max, who finished his Masters at UCL last year and is now working on FinTech at Accenture. Both experiences taught us the value of sharp, analytical minds helping us to learn more about industries and technologies. In return, we hopefully gave our interns a unique insight into the world of Venture Capital. Matt actually wrote a great post on his experience as “the intern.” This summer, we decided to expand our informal internship program into a more structured, and larger class. As with the rest of the White Star team, the Summer Associate Class carry multiple passports, multiple backgrounds and multiple areas of interest. The young bright minds listed below are conducting research into mobility, logistics, data-as-a-service, utilities, InsuranceTech amongst other subjects. As they finalise their areas of research we will publish some of their insights on this post. Please join us in welcoming the White Star Capital Summer Associate Class of 2017: Victoire Hayek “My name is Victoire and I’m a rising junior at Princeton University studying Operations, Research and Financial Engineering. I’ve lived in New York and Geneva, and come from French and Lebanese descent. My areas of interest include anything tech-related, from mathematics/algorithms to automatization in the food and fashion industries. I wanted to get firsthand experience in a VC because they provide exposure to many different fields, and I really wanted to gain insight on how to evaluate an exciting company from an investment standpoint.” Louis Dussart “I was born in London and raised in Paris and am at college in FranceFrench student. After entering HEC Paris in 2014 and getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics in parallel, I worked 6 months as an intern for Bolloré’s financial management in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, then joined White Star Capital for another 6-month internship in Montreal, New York and London. Next year, I’ll enter L’École Polytechnique to study for a Master’s Degree in Big Data and Machine Learning. I’ve always been fond of tech (AI, VR and FinTech), and was naturally attracted by the world of VC: a mix of finance, new technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship.” Yannick Folla “I began my career as a hockey scout for the Omaha Lancers of the USHL while pursuing studies in Entrepreneurship and Finance at HEC Montreal. While finishing my college degree, I joined Residence Ventures, a family office investing in tech in New York City, with the mandate of developing its Canadian investment thesis and the fund’s presence up north. Even though I’ve always had an entrepreneurial drive, I felt I needed to see how others succeeded and failed in order to be successful in my own career. The overview Residence Ventures and White Star Capital gives me is unmatched in order to develop into a better investor and eventually a better operator. A generalist by definition, I thrive on discovering new verticals and business models but also calls myself a Blockchain and token economy aficionado as I’ve been following the industry closely for the past 18 months.” Karolina Mrozkova “Hi, my name is Karolina Mrozkova and I was born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic. My path has been quite unconventional so far as I spent 4 years working full-time between high school and college, living mostly between Europe and NYC. The shift gave me a good understanding of the basic differences in cultures, lifestyles and the market, while living in NYC since 2010 has allowed me to take a front-row seat in watching how new tech startups disrupt seemingly unshakable industries — even the one I was in at that time. This experience, together with my father’s entrepreneurial history and studying finance and marketing at NYU Stern (graduating in Fall 2017) has naturally pulled me towards VC. I am especially interested in the consumer, e-commerce and retail tech markets, which is what I do at WSC and I love it:)” Grant Shen “My name is Grant and I am a rising junior at NYU Stern studying finance and computing & data science, as well as pursuing a minor in music. I am originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, but I have also spent a few years living in Beijing. Regarding areas of interest in tech, I am interested in VR/AR, payments, and clean tech. Overall, VC represented a great opportunity for me to merge my business studies with my interest in technology.” Vithushan (Vitu) Jeyakumaran “After completing a Bachelor’s in Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, I spent 2.5 years as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where I worked on strategy and operations projects for Fortune 1000 clients, eventually focusing on e-commerce and digital strategy. I joined White Star Capital to get direct exposure to the start-up worlds in North America and Europe, while supplementing my theoretical finance knowledge with first-hand investing experience. I’m particularly interested in B2C (or B2B2C) disruptive commerce, applications of AI for consumer products (including IoT), and AR platforms/applications. I will be starting my MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in September 2017; upon completion of the program, I plan on either continuing to work in venture capital or founding/joining an early-stage start-up.” Sami Khleif “I am an MBA candidate at the London Business School. Prior to reading for my MBA degree, I worked as a consultant with Roland Berger across the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa advising clients in the TMT and logistics space on strategy and corporate finance topics. I also interned at Babylon Health, a London based health-tech startup building an artificial intelligence doctor and angel invested in retail companies in the Middle East. I have a Bachelor’s in Business Administration Degree from the American University of Beirut and am a CFA Charterholder. I’m interning at White Star Capital to learn the intricacies of Venture Capital investing and deepen my exposure to the London technology ecosystem.” Edouard (Teddy) Favre-Gilly “I’m studying for a BSc in IT & Management at University College London. Prior to UCL I attended Westminster School in London where I co-founded the Entrepreneurial Society. My interests lie mainly in programming and innovation and have competed in Hackathons in London, coming third in the UCL IMB Challenge. Outside of programming my other interest is in music and I performed as a soloist the Royal Opera House and English National Opera. I previously interned for two consecutive years at Humetrix, a California-based health-tech firm. In the summer of 2015 I interned at Menlo Park VC firm Glynn Capital, focused on research in the e-Gaming space. I am currently interning at White Star Capital in New York, hoping to further my knowledge of start-up venture ecosystems outside the Silicon Valley and applying my academic knowledge of machine learning to real-case analysis in the industry.” Josh Lebacq “I’m a graduate student at the Richard Ivey School of Business pursuing a dual-degree in partnership with CEMS. I joined White Star after spending the last few months in India advising on growth strategies for a FinTech and InsurTech venture. Prior to pursuing my graduate studies, I earned three promotions working in the FMCG industry; started an award-winning Not-for-Profit in Hong Kong; represented Canada as a Junior Trade Ambassador in China; experienced Investment Banking in New York City; as well as completing internships in the public sector and for a leading Canadian financial institution. My interest in technology and innovation combined with my passion for entrepreneurship culminated in a desire to pursue a career in Venture Capital. I’m looking forward to being part of the growing VC ecosystem in Canada and to gaining exposure to new and innovative ideas in the tech sphere.” Gauthier Salavert “I’m an MBA graduate from Columbia Business School. Previously, I was an investor in Growth Equity at Finatech and prior to that an entrepreneur disrupting construction in Emerging Markets at HD Alliance. I was also involved with Medef International and Arborescence Capital, a renewable energy investment firm. Over time, I have built a strong interest in SaaS, Mobility and Fintech ventures. Working in Venture Capital is a way to leverage my strong investor and entrepreneurial background. It’s also my way to be a part of the exciting times in which we live. At White Star, I’ve found a team of thoughtful investors with deep knowledge of their ecosystem and market. Working with them provides me with an amazing learning opportunity.” Venture Beyond White Star Capital is an early-stage VC firm. Our international presence, perspective and people enable us to partner with our Founders to help them scale	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754723
__label__cc	0.640666	0.359334	All About Stories Muse with Me About Books & Other Stories My Progress on Breaking Bad March 17, 2015 January 13, 2018 RyanLeave a comment Spoiler Warning for Breaking Bad up to the end of Season 2 This past week I finished watching the second season of Breaking Bad. The last time I wrote about the series I was only two episodes in. Now that I’m a good two seasons in, I figured it’s as good a time as any to share my experience with the series now that I’ve made significant headway. Right off the bat, not surprisingly, I love the series. While I would have liked to have watched it as it was being released, I find it very interesting to watch knowing the little tidbits that I do. While I understand that Walter White rises up in the drug world in a big way, at this point he is still a very small fish, and I appreciate that they’re taking their time with it. I can see the foundation for what he will/may become, but teamed up with Jesse the two are still very much amateurs. One thing that I really like is how they’ve begun to invert the preconceptions of who the pair are. While at first Walt is the law-abiding man acting out of desperation and Jesse is the drug dealing/using criminal, it became especially apparent in season two that Jesse is the one who might actually be too good-natured for the business. This became especially clear in the episodes “Peekaboo” where Walt pushes Jesse to act as an enforcer when one of their dealers has been robbed. He finds himself severely comprised by the presence of a neglected child of the couple he is there to deal with, and is quickly in over his head. Even when things to in his favour as the couple turn against each other he screams out in dissent. Despite being in a situation where both would stab him in the back without a second thought, he does not want to see someone killed. Inversely, Walt can be very ruthless when things come to a head. He didn’t appear to be against the idea of killing Badger, pushed Jesse to expand territory, and has an increasingly aggressive nature toward the business. The persona of Heisenberg is shining through in him a lot, laying the foundation for what is to come. One gripe I’ve had so far with the series I didn’t realize I had until close to the end of season two. In the episode “Phoenix” after Jane had relapsed into heroin and began using with Jesse, she blackmails Walter into handing over Jesse’s share of their latest sale, despite him not wanting to until Jesse can prove his sobriety. While I had liked Jane a fair amount before this time, it started to appear to me that she was using Jesse as a means to an end — once she found out how much money he was owed — rather than having legitimately strong feelings toward him. This was evidenced by the fact that she continued to keep her relationship with him a secret from her father, and her ability to sound sincere to a loved one (her father) without really meaning it. I understand that a lot of her behaviour is consistent with that of a severe addict, and doesn’t make her a terrible person outright, but it quickly made her unlikable to me. Before she could be fully fleshed out she became an obstacle. This is the core of the problem I realized: of the prominent female characters in the show, there hasn’t been a single one I’ve liked so far. Skyler and Marie are aggravating, and Jane became something that needed to be dealt with for the narrative to progress. In the case of Skyler, I do think she is an excellent character and very necessary to the plot, but I find her to be a predominantly negative presence nonetheless. I don’t consider this to be a damning criticism of the series thus far, despite the word count I’ve dedicated to it, but I would appreciate, and hope, that some female characters come along that add to the cast more positively. Overall, I do find the series to be fantastically written and performed. With the addition of new characters like Saul Goodman, Gus, and Mike, I am eager to continue. Breaking Bad, Crime, drama, Gus Fring, Heisenberg, Jesse Pinkman, Mike, Personal Experience, Saul Goodman, Vince Gilligan, Walter White The Division of The Dark Knight Returns Video Game Review – Tormentum: Dark Sorrow Short Fiction, Podcasts, and Others WWW Wednesday – July 17, 2019 I Have A Good Feeling About This (Part One) Book Review – The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham WWW Wednesday 7-17-19 on Deanna Writes About... WWW Wednesdays! – 16/07/19 on Secret Library Book Blog WWW Wednesday 7/17/2019 on Reviews from the Stacks Follow Muse with Me on WordPress.com	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754725
__label__wiki	0.964205	0.964205	A look at the cast of ‘Star Wars’! A look at the cast of Star Wars! Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: This month, Vanity Fair magazine celebrates the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith with magnificent photos of the actors and crew taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, and an exclusive interview with George Lucas. The Star Wars creator reveals several secrets, including explaining midi-chlorians once and for all, as well as giving his own views as to why Darth Vader should be regarded less as the ultimate monster than as a potential hero who made all the wrong choices throughout his journey. This issue commemorates the entire Star Wars saga with a special fold-out cover that features Lucas posing with actors and characters from all the films, photographed by Leibovitz. Included are Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker), Jake Lloyd (young Anakin), Natalie Portman (Padmé Amidala), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Christopher Lee (Count Dooku), Ian McDiarmid (Supreme Chancellor Palpatine), Pernilla August (Shmi Skywalker), Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn), Jimmy Smits (Senator Bail Organa), Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa) and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian). Among the characters spotlighted on the cover are Yoda, Darth Vader, C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), R2-D2, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), Jar Jar Binks and General Grievous. Vanity Fair contributing editor Jim Windolf talks to Lucas about his feelings regarding a saga that has encompassed 33 years of dedication and passion, and examines how a simple tale of a hero's journey became an epic legacy. Related: Rise of Skywalker Reshoot Details Arrive with Leaked Concept Art "I was interested in learning why George Lucas sat down with a pencil to write Star Wars in the first place, and where the story came from," Windolf explains. "I read plenty of biographies about George as well as The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, who was a big influence on him. If you tried to explain the plots of these films to someone who had never seen them, they might seem wacky. But as I read Campbell's work, it really began to make sense how George boiled down the common elements about heroes and their struggles." Throughout Windolf's discussion with Lucas, the filmmaker revealed not only his appreciation for Campbell's work but also his own opinions on why Vader should not be viewed as a monster but instead as a sad man who made a deal with the Devil...and lost. "It occurred to me as I was watching the movies again how strong Palpatine is and that Darth Vader is more or less a henchman," Windolf says. "It was exciting to hear George say that in Anakin's defiant quest to save someone he loved from death, he literally wanted to be able to stop them from going down the river Styx. But to do that, you have to ask permission from a god. He was denied, so he made a pact with the Sith...with dire consequences." In addition to revealing comments about Anakin's dark journey in Revenge of the Sith, Windolf received a rather detailed explanation from Lucas about the intricate concept of midi-chlorians and the Force, as well as the misconstrued view that Vader was the all-powerful bad guy. "Even in the very first movie -- A New Hope -- when Vader is in the meeting and he chokes the guy for mocking him, someone else tells Vader to ease up," Windolf explains. "There's always someone there giving Darth Vader an order. It also comes back to the idea that the Force has a physical embodiment. Because Anakin's body is so injured in Episode III, he isn't as strong in the Force as the Emperor had hoped. And that's why it was so important to the Emperor in the original trilogy to replace Vader with Luke, who was stronger in the Force than his own father. In fact, George mentioned that Anakin and Luke's lives are extremely parallel but while Anakin chooses the dark side at almost every turn, Luke chooses the right path." In the article, Windolf also points out parallels between the Skywalker family and Lucas' own past, whether it's comparing young Anakin's adrenaline rush from Podracing and Lucas' own fascination for race cars, or Luke's dream to leave the homestead to have adventures and Lucas' quest to escape what he considered the boredom of selling stationary in his father's store for the exciting life of a filmmaker. Windolf is quick to point out in the article that the Star Wars saga does more than gives moviegoers a glimpse of what it feels like to be a hero, but also gives fans a brief insight into the bits and pieces of Lucas' own experiences as a filmmaker who broke through to make movies his own way. "George said to me during the interview that in his opinion the really great authors like Shakespeare and Tolstoy could write beyond their own experiences through research and reporting, and just observation of other people, but all he had to go on was his own experience because he didn't have time to research other peoples' lives," Windolf recalls. "It's a good sign, especially in the context of Hollywood movies where so many of them are written by committee and mapped out as devices to manipulate audiences rather than act as someone's self expression. He's invested a lot of his own life story into the characters with personal details, so he's not just cynically coming up with some systematic storyline. He's writing from the heart. Showing that his biography is intertwined with the stories of the characters is a way of explaining that he means what he writes." Claiming that he's earned the "right to fail," Lucas also explains to Windolf the desire to return to his THX 1138 roots and make more experimental films now that the cinematic element of the Star Wars saga is coming to a close. "I think the one thing George wanted to make clear was that there aren't going to be any more Star Wars movies after this," Windolf explains. "However, I am curious now if that means he'll consider making a historical epic like Troy. I wouldn't be shocked to see him making a film about Napoleon or another legend. But more than likely, I believe he's craving a chance to make smaller movies on the fly. It's going to be a pleasure for him not to have a huge machinery around him when he's trying to make a movie. But I wouldn't be surprised in a couple of years if the bug bites him again and he wants to show that he can make a grand movie that's not a Star Wars movie, just to make one final statement." One of the main elements Windolf hopes fans grasp from the article is Lucas' passion in telling a tale that mirrors his own hopes and regrets as a person. Fans may sit mesmerized by the fight scenes, the vivid special effects and the memorable creatures, but underlying all the sensational aspects of Star Wars is a strong sense of iconic storytelling that only a talented filmmaker can pull off. "I wanted to point out that many directors with lofty reputations have made a movie for hire, but not Lucas," Windolf says. "I wanted to write against the conventional ideas about Lucas; everyone assumes that he's a studio director and all these other things that just aren't really true. I wanted to show that George does invest himself in these movies, and that they're not machine-made products created to manipulate audiences. He has something to say by expressing himself through an artistic statement that just so happens to be in this unusual medium of adventure sci-fi fantasy." Topics: Star Wars Will Rise of Skywalker Satisfy Fans? Daisy Ridley Sure Thinks So Galaxy's Edge Rise of the Resistance Dates Announced for Disneyland & Disney World Sith Trooper Revealed in Rise of Skywalker Comic-Con Exclusives Mark Hamill Reveals the Real Taste of Star Wars Blue Milk On Set: It Made Me Gag Kanye West Creating Star Wars Themed Housing for Low-Income Families Why Is Jar Jar Binks Suddenly Trending on Twitter? Star Wars Fans Have No Clue	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754727
__label__wiki	0.558784	0.558784	Gunnar Hansen Stars in ‘Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre’ Gunnar Hansen Stars in Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre Original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen, star of Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has just been cast as the lead in a new thriller. According to Variety, the film is entitled Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. The new horror flick with be a comeback for Iceland's producer-director Julius Kemp, who hasn't directed anything since 1997's Blossi/810551. Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre has been described as The Blair Witch Project meets The Evil Dead. The film is being produced in Iceland. A start date has yet to be announced.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754728
__label__wiki	0.911347	0.911347	Jeff Fahey Joins the Cast of ‘Lost’ Jeff Fahey Joins the Cast of Lost According to Entertainment Weekly, Jeff Fahey has joined the cast of The new season of Lost is still over five months away, but shooting on the first episode is underway, and the show's five new cast members are officially in place. Yes, we said five: Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tell EW.com that Jeff Fahey - a cult-pop fave most famous for The Lawnmower Man and most recently seen in Grindhouse -- has been added to the show, joining previously announced newcomers Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), and British actress Rebecca Mader (The Devil Wears Prada). Dont't forget to also check out: Lost	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754729
__label__wiki	0.941946	0.941946	Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Set For ‘The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Set For The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt According to Variety, Paramount Pictures has optioned the Pulitzer Prize-winning Edmund Morris book "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" and will develop it for Martin Scorsese to direct and Leonardo DiCaprio to star as the 26th U.S. president. Nicholas Meyer is writing the script. The pic will chronicle the formative years of Roosevelt as he reinvented himself from a slight and privileged New York politician with a Harvard degree to the burly commander of the Rough Riders, a track that would lead him to the New York governorship, the vice presidency and the White House, when William McKinley was assassinated. Daniella Taplin, who controlled the book, will produce with Scorsese and Appian Way's DiCaprio and Brad Simpson. "From the first page of the book, ... his life reads like a movie that requires a big bag of popcorn," Meyer said. "...We start at 25, as he begins to transform himself through sheer force of will from this asthmatic, nearsighted 125-pounder to this Sherman tank of a man so tough that he once got shot on the way to make a speech and completed his talk, bleeding with a bullet in his chest." The deal comes as DiCaprio and Scorsese are in the midst of their third film together, The Departed, the Warner Bros. remake of the Hong Kong crime drama Infernal Affairs. The duo also made Gangs Of New York and The Aviator together.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754730
__label__wiki	0.905946	0.905946	Lionsgate Acquires Stephen Susco's ‘Sanctuary’ Lionsgate Acquires Stephen Susco's Sanctuary Lionsgate and Sobini Films have bought screenwriter Stephen Susco's spec script Sanctuary, based on the novel Bad Men written by John Connolly, according to Variety. The supernatural thriller revolves around a mysterious woman who takes refuge on a haunted island off the Maine coast. Mark Amin's Sobini Films has a first-look deal with Lionsgate. Susco, who wrote The Grudge and The Grudge 2, also wrote Circle of Confusion's Red, set to start filming next month.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754731
__label__wiki	0.975093	0.975093	Mahesh Bhatt Creating Film About London Bombings According to Variety, Bollywood helmer Mahesh Bhatt will make a film about the July suicide bombings in London that left 56 people dead. His aim is to show Islam as a religion of peace. Hindi-language pic Suicide Bomber will star Bhatt's son Rahul as one of the bombers, the director said, adding that shooting of the 50 million rupee ($1 million) pic will start in June in London and India. "I will attempt to bring out the virtues of Islamic living and also show how the state can sometimes be a demon. The film will delve into the heart and mind of a suicide bomber," said Bhatt. The July 7 attacks in London hit three subway trains and a double-decker bus. The dead included four suicide bombers, all Muslims. Three of them had Pakistani parents and were born and raised in Britain. Bhatt is known for tackling bold scripts, often inspired by Hollywood.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754732
__label__wiki	0.733613	0.733613	STUDIO BRIEFING: April 16, 2009 — April 16th, 2009 BUSINESS BOOMS AT BOX OFFICE With analysts predicting that box-office records will be shattered for April, investors have been buying stocks in movie-theater chains -- particularly Regal Entertainment, Carmike Cinemas, and Cinemark Holdings, Businessweek magazine reported on its website Wednesday, with Regal's stock price up 42 percent over the past three months; Carmike's, 30 percent; and Cinemark's, 25 percent. Northlake Capital Management President Steve Birenberg told the magazine: "People have assumed for years that home theater and DVDs were killing off the business. ... Now we're seeing that's not true and it's much more stable and sustainable than investors thought." Noting that during the first two weeks of April ticket sales have soared (up 61 percent during the Easter weekend), Piper Jaffray analyst James Marsh told Businessweek: "These are really strong numbers, especially when you don't see a real blockbuster in there." The magazine observed that theater owners could see additional profits if they were able to upgrade to digital 3D, but they have been stymied by the current credit crunch. SLUMDOG MOVIEMAKERS REPAY INDIAN SLUMS Responding to criticism that they exploited slum dwellers in their Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, the makers of the film said today (Thursday) that they had donated $750,000 to Plan, an international children's charity that has been working in India since 1979. The money would be earmarked to help educate 5,000 children in Mumbai over the next five years. In a statement, director Danny Boyle said, "Having benefited so much from the hospitality of the people of Mumbai it is only right that some of the success of the movie be plowed back into the city in areas where it is needed most and where it can make a real difference to some lives. ... Despite intimidating odds, extraordinary work is going on to help people break the cycle of poverty through education. We're delighted that this initiative will add to that ongoing work." BLUETOOTH REPLACING MOVIE POSTERS IN BELGIUM Predicting that it will one day replace movie posters in theaters, the Belgian theater chain Utopolis said today (Thursday) that a communications system has now been activated that will allow visitors with Bluetooth-equipped cell phones to download trailers of each of the movies playing in the theaters as well as previews of forthcoming films. In the future, the company said in a statement, moviegoers will also be able to access special promotions, including "coupons" for snacks in the concessions area. The free service, which uses a "proximity marketing" technology developed by another Belgian company, Alterwave, also reminds users to turn off their cell phones when they enter the theater. DEFENDANT INTENDS TO ATTACK WOODY'S PERSONAL LIFE Woody Allen has accused lawyers for American Apparel of launching a "scorched earth" defense against his $10-million lawsuit against the clothing company. Allen had claimed in his suit that by using his image on billboards and its website, American Apparel had damaged his reputation. Allen does not endorse products. But lawyer Stuart Slotnick, representing the company, said, in effect, that Allen had no reputation to defend, citing the scandal over his breakup with actress Mia Farrell over his relationship with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom Allen later married. Slotnick has asked for documents concerning the scandal and information about any endorsement requests that were subsequently withdrawn. The founder of American Apparel, Dov Charney, has also been embroiled in scandal -- fending off sexual harassment allegations by several employees. NETFLIX ON THE MOVE, BUT IS IT OVERPRICED? Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter predicted Wednesday that business will boom for online video renter Netflix. In a note to clients, Pachter forecast that much of Netflix's growth will come as more and more movies become available for immediate streaming. He also predicted that as the size of Netflix's subscriber base expands, prices for movie rentals will come down. Nevertheless, Pachter downgraded the company's stock to "hold" from "buy," noting that it had already become too expensive.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754734
__label__cc	0.661763	0.338237	Nia Qms Manual Uploaded by Jan Marciano National Irrigation QMS manual saveSave Nia Qms Manual For Later Global Quality Manual Chalmers & Kubeck, Inc..pdf SGS CBE ISO TS 16949 2016 Transition Brochure A4 en 16 06 E 2013 4 Strategy and Progress LQMS Quality system Manual IS 09001:2008 New OpenDocumenmbnkljt Text (2) Auditing and Managerial Accounting IIAM Planner 2018 3-9-PPT-2A-Types-of-audit-and-some-experiences.pdf QMS Auditor QB Port 54 - 2016 - General Requirements for Medical Devices-English Final Mtl Ar 2016 Sample Checklist for Management Internal Control Framework Cbok Top 7 Skills Caes Want April 2016 time budget.pdf Ch08 Summary Mantel Republika ng Pilipinas National Irrigation Administration (Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Patubig) Document Code : NIA-QMS-2016-0001 National Irrigation Administration Revision : 1.1 Issue Date : August 31, 2016 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANUAL Page(s) : 1 of 29 CONTENT NO. TITLE PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE NIA QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANUAL .................................................4 1.2 NIA VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................4 1.2.1 VISION .................................................................................................................................................4 1.2.2 MISSION ..............................................................................................................................................4 1.2.3 OBJECTIVES .........................................................................................................................................4 1.3 QUALITY POLICY.............................................................................................................................................5 2. OUR ORGANIZATION ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 NIA PROFILE ..................................................................................................................................................6 2.2 FUNCTION DESCRIPTION ..............................................................................................................................7 2.3 ISO CORE TEAM .......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3.1 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.............................................................................................................. 10 3. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 14 3.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SCOPE ................................................................................................ 14 3.2 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION ........................................................................... 15 3.2.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANUAL .............................................................................. 15 3.2.2 QUALITY PROCEDURES .................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.3 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND PROCEDURAL FLOWS ........................................................ 15 3.2.4 RECORDS .......................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3 DOCUMENT CONTROL AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT .......................................................................... 16 4. SERVICE PROCESSES ........................................................................................................................ 16 4.1 MANAGEMENT PROCESSES ........................................................................................................................ 18 4.1.1 DELIVER STAKEHOLDERS’ EXPECTATION .................................................................................. 18 4.1.2 PLAN AGENCY OPERATIONS ......................................................................................................... 18 4.1.3 DELIVER LEADERSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ..................................................................... 19 4.1.4 MANAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGE .................................................................................... 19 4.1.5 MONITOR AND ASSESS PERFORMANCE ...................................................................................... 20 4.2 CORE PROCESSES......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.1 PROJECT PREPARATION ................................................................................................................ 22 4.2.2 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION .............................................................................................................. 22 4.2.3 NATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM (NIS) OPERATION & MAINTENANCE (O&M) ............... 23 4.2.4 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (IDP)................................................................... 24 4.3 SUPPORT PROCESSES .................................................................................................................................. 24 4.3.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................. 24 4.3.2 PHYSICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 25 4.3.3 FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 25 4.3.4 GOODS AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT ....................................................................................... 25 4.3.5 INFORMATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT ................................................... 26 4.3.6 LEGAL SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 27 4.3.7 INTERNAL AUDIT ............................................................................................................................ 27 APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... 29 FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE Figure 1-1. NIA Organizational Chart ...........................................................................................................6 Figure 2-1. ISO Core Team Structure ........................................................................................................ 10 Figure 3-1. Service Process Model .............................................................................................................. 14 LIST OF ANNEXES ANNEX A. FLOW OF ACTIVITIES/ACTIONS BETWEEN NIA OFFICES ANNEX B. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT PREPARATION ANNEX C. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ANNEX D. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - NIS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ANNEX E. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ANNEX F. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ANNEX G. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PHYSICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANNEX H. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANNEX I. SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - GOODS AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AD Administrative Department APP Annual Procurement Plan ARE Acknowledgment Receipt for Equipment CIS Communal Irrigation System CMD Construction Management Division CO Central Office COA Commission of Audit CorPlan Corporate Planning Services CSC Civil Service Commission DBM Department of Budget and Management DICT Department of Information and Communications Technology DPCR Division Performance Commitment Review DQMR Deputy Quality Management Representative DSD Design and Specification Division ED Engineering Department EMD Equipment Management Division FMD Financial Management Department GSD General Services Division HRD Human Resources Division IAs Irrigators’ Associations IAS Internal Audit Services ICS Inventory Custodian Slip ICT Information and Communications Technology ICTO Information and Communications Technology Office IDD Institutional Development Division IDP Institutional Development Program IEC Irrigation Engineering Center IISO Integrated Irrigation Systems Office IMO Irrigation Management Office IMT Irrigation Management Transfer IPCR Individual Performance Commitment Review IQA Internal Quality Audit ISF Irrigation Service Fee ISO International Organization for Standardization ISSP Information Systems Strategic Plan LS Legal Services MID Management Information Division NIA National Irrigation Administration NIP National Irrigation Project NIS National Irrigation System O&M Operation & Maintenance OD Operations Department ODAAF Office of the Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance ODAEO Office of the Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations OPCR Office Performance Commitment and Review OSDA Office of the Senior Deputy Administrator PAIS Public Affairs Information Staff PD Presidential Decree PMO Project Management Office PO Purchase Order POW Program of Work PPD-ED Project Planning Division-Engineering Department PPD-AD Procurement and Property Division-Administrative Department PPE Property, Plant and Equipment PPMP Project Procurement Management Plan PSB Personnel Selection Board QMR Quality Management Representative QMS Quality Management System RA Republic Act RIS Requisition and Issue Slip RO Regional Office SMD Systems Management Division SPMS Strategic Performance Management System SUCs State Universities and Colleges 1.1 Objectives of the NIA Quality Management System Manual This NIA QMS Manual defines the advocated policies, systems, and procedures to achieve Quality Management System (QMS) for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). The NIA QMS Manual aims to:  Present the basic elements of NIA’s QMS and serve as reference in its implementation and continual improvement undertakings;  Inform the internal and external stakeholders and enable them to observe and implement the Quality Management System that is being maintained in NIA; and  Serve as reference and guide for newly hired employees and make them familiar and appreciate NIA’s QMS. 1.2 NIA Vision, Mission and Objectives 1.2.1 Vision By 2020, NIA is a professional and efficient irrigation agency contributing to the inclusive growth of the country and in the improvement of the farmers’ quality of life. 1.2.2 Mission To construct, operate and maintain irrigation system consistent with integrated water resource management principles to improve agricultural productivity and increase farmers’ income. 1.2.3 Objectives  To develop and maintain irrigation systems in support of the agricultural program of the government;  To provide adequate level of irrigation service on a sustainable basis in partnership with the farmers and local government units;  To provide technical assistance to institutions in the development of water resources for irrigation;  To improve and sustain the operation of NIA as a viable corporation and service- oriented agency. 1.3 Quality Policy We are committed to provide efficient, effective, and sustainable irrigation service aimed towards the highest satisfaction of the Filipino farmers contributing to the country’s inclusive economic growth. We shall strive for the attainment of our strategic themes of Technical and Operational Excellence, and Good Governance through Partnership with the farmers and other stakeholders. We shall remain dedicated to the core values of Commitment, Integrity and Professionalism, to continually improve the NIA’s Quality Management System. “Ang NIA at Magsasaka, Magkatuwang sa Ginhawa” 2. OUR ORGANIZATION 2.1 NIA Profile The National Irrigation Administration (NIA), a Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) is responsible for irrigation development and management. It was created by Republic Act (RA) 3601. Its charter was amended by Presidential Decree (PD) 552 and PD 1702, which increased the capitalization and broadened the authority of the Agency. Corporate Board Secretary OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE OF THE SENIOR DEPUTY Corporate Planning Public Affairs & Legal Services Services Information Staff OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATOR FOR ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCE SECTOR SECTOR Engineering Financial Management Department Department Operations Administrative Regional Irrigation Integrated Irrigation Offices Systems Offices Engineering & Administrative Engineering & Administrative Operations & Finance Operations & Finance Division Division Division Division Dam & Reservoir District/ Division Division Offices Figure 1-1. NIA Organizational Chart 2.2 Function Description The Administrator, under the general direction of the Board, conducts the affairs and business of the NIA and enforces the resolutions, instruction and orders approved by the Board, in accordance with the provision of RA No. 3601 as amended by PD No. 552 and 1702 and other relevant laws. Office of the Senior Deputy Administrator (OSDA) The Senior Deputy Administrator assists the Administrator in planning, organizing and directing the activities of the Agency. It conducts/reviews studies of the internal and external environment affecting the Agency and assists in formulating policies to achieve corporate objectives or to improve the operation of the Agency. Corporate Planning Services (CorPlan) The CorPlan provides recommendations in determining medium and long-term corporate objectives, prepares agency’s corporate plan and formulates corporate strategies, designs master plan and contingency plan in implementing strategic alternatives, undertakes policy formulation and review, formulates and implements the information systems plan of NIA. Public Affairs and Information Staff (PAIS) The PAIS plans and implements an information and communication outreach for public affairs and information drives to ensure public acceptance of irrigation projects. Legal Services (LS) The Legal Services provides services for the protection of corporate rights, interest and property of the Agency; appears before the courts and other quasi-judicial bodies in the prosecution and/or defense of all cases involving the Agency. Internal Audit Services (IAS) The IAS reports functionally to the Board Audit Committee (BAC) and administratively to the Administrator of NIA. It is responsible for appraising the adequacy of internal control, the conduct of management audit and the evaluation of the results of operations. Office of the Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance (ODAAF) The Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance plans, organizes, directs and controls the financial activities of the Agency to achieve optimum allocation and utilization of its resources and increase corporate income. Administrative Department (AD) The department formulates/updates plans, programs, policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to personnel management and development programs, procurement and property management, building and facilities maintenance, and records management, monitor their implementation. Financial Management Department (FMD) The FMD conducts assessment of financial operators of the NIA to effect better financial management; develop plans and programs for a more effective and efficient management of funds; manages and safeguards the financial resources of the Agency, and prepares, consolidates and control the annual Current Operating Budget (COB) and monitor the implementation thereof. Office of the Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations (ODAEO) The Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations plans, coordinates, directs, and controls the overall irrigation development program of the Agency. Engineering Department (ED) The Engineering Department serves a vital role in the Agency’s main thrust of Irrigation development. The department provides technical support to RIOs, PMOs, LGUs and other Stakeholders in project planning, design and construction management of irrigation Operations Department (OD) The Operations Department provides assistance and advices on the operation and maintenance (O&M), repairs and improvement of irrigation systems; review annual plans and programs submitted by Field Offices on the management of irrigation systems. Special Projects/Project Management Office (PMO) Responsible in the implementation of construction activities of NIA Special Projects per approved plans and programs. Central Project Management Office: For foreign assisted projects: Responsible in the planning, designing and constructing irrigation facilities in coordination with the Regional and Irrigation Management Office; monitor, evaluate and validate periodically the progress of accomplishment as submitted by the field offices. For locally funded projects: Plans and designs irrigation facilities for approval by the concerned NIA officials; implements and manages the project implementation in coordination with RO and IMO; Monitor, evaluates and validates submitted reports from field offices and ensure that the implementation followed the specified guidelines and objectives. Regional Office (RO) - Region IV-A The RO implements the irrigation plans and programs for the region; formulates short and long-range plans and programs for the development of feasible irrigation and related water resources projects, construction/rehabilitation of irrigation projects, O&M of irrigation systems, and utilization and repair of equipment in the regions. Integrated Irrigation Systems Offices (IISO) - UPRIIS The IISO prepares irrigation development plans and implements repair & rehabilitation of existing irrigation systems, Operation & Maintenance of Irrigation Systems, Development and Assistance to Irrigators’ Associations, and Technical Assistance to Local Government Units on Communal Irrigation Project/Systems development. Irrigation Management Office (IMO) - Quezon The IMO implements the irrigation plans and programs for their respective provinces; assistance in the development and formulation of short and long-range plans and programs for the development of feasible irrigation and related water resources projects, construction/rehabilitation of irrigation projects, O&M of irrigation systems and utilization and repair of equipment in their respective provinces. Page(s) : 10 of 29 2.3 ISO Core Team The ISO Core Team is composed of key officials and staff from different departments and divisions which establishes the QMS Manual and supervises its implementation. QMR DQMR: UPRIIS DQMR: DQMR: Region IV-A Head Office Central Office RO/ Quezon IMO Internal Quality Training & Planning & Records Quality Workplace Education Team Control Audit Team Team Team Figure 2-1. ISO Core Team Structure 2.3.1 Roles and Responsibilities The specific roles and responsibilities that each ISO Core Team function fulfills are as  Provides overall direction, full commitment and support in ensuring that the organization has an effective QMS;  Ensures focus on customer requirements throughout the organization and ensures that appropriate processes are implemented to enable the requirements and other interested parties to be fulfilled and quality objectives to be achieved;  Establishes and maintains the quality policy and quality objectives of the organization;  Ensures that an effective and efficient QMS is established, implemented and maintained to achieve set objectives;  Upholds the quality policy and quality objectives throughout the organization to increase awareness, motivation and involvement;  Ensures the availability and manages necessary resources to attain objectives;  Evaluates the QMS periodically;  Decides on actions regarding the quality policy and quality objectives and improvement of the QMS;  Dynamically supports and participates in ISO-QMS activities;  Encourages a proactive and optimistic approach to continuous improvement; and  Ensures a quality work life for the employees in the organization. Quality Management Representative (QMR)  Ensures the establishment, documentation, implementation and maintenance of the QMS;  Ensures that the QMS is regularly reviewed by top management for effectiveness and propriety and in accordance with the ISO standards;  Implores corrective and preventive actions and ensures their effective implementation;  Ensures the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the  Reports to top management on the performance of the QMS and any need for improvement;  Liaises with external parties on matters relating to the NIA’s QMS; and  Addresses appeal cases on QMS issues as head of the Committee on Discipline (COD). Deputy Quality Management Representative (DQMR)  Assists the QMR in performing their duties and responsibilities;  Reports to the QMR on the performance of the organization’s QMS and need for improvement, if any; and  Ensures cooperation and implementation of the quality policy and quality objectives in their area/s of responsibility. ISO Secretariat  Provides the administrative support to the ISO Core Team (such as but not limited to: budget preparation; coordination of meetings, provision of ISO work area; provision of logistical requirements; provision of highlights of meetings; follow-ups on tasks of the teams; coordinates with officials and consultants; disseminates important information to members of the Core Team, etc.); and  Ensures the coordination between and among members of the Core Team (such as but not limited to: coordination of the implementation of directions set; coordination of submissions and deadlines; schedule of inter- team meetings; follow-ups with ISO officers’ communications provided by teams; etc.) Planning Team  Prepares for adoption and ensures, upon adoption, that quality objectives (targets and key results areas) are established at relevant functions and supported by programs within the organization;  Reviews how customer information is currently monitored; identifies objectives for customer satisfaction; identifies how customer satisfaction is captured and quantified;  Plans and directs effective deployment and efficient use of human, financial (in coordination with the drawing up by the ISO Secretariat of the ISO budget); and other physical resources of the project;  Establishes links between the QMS and NIA’s strategies and the achievement of  Identifies key aspects of processes affected by the QMS; and  Takes the lead in the following: – Defining corporate and process level quality plans and objectives – Preparing the QMS roadmap – Developing strategy maps Document & Records Control Team Document Controller:  Ensures that documents needed are properly maintained and are readily available;  Keeps track and records revisions/modifications of controlled documents and keeps the original copy of the obsolete documents;  Updates the Master list of Controlled Documents as needed and registers externally generated documents that are used as references; and  Keeps itself updated on and/or determines and/or recommends use of new ways and methods of securing, keeping, and retrieving documents that may apply to the organization’s document control system. Records Controller:  Ensures that records needed are properly maintained and are readily available;  Oversees the overall implementation of Records Management;  Ensures the proper labeling, storage and protection of files following retention periods, proper labeling of filing equipment, segregation of active from inactive files; and disposal of obsolete records;  Conducts and/or coordinates training on Records Management (including storage and disposal); and  Coordinates closely with the organization’s Department/Division Heads on matters concerning Records Management. Internal Quality Audit Team  Conducts internal quality audit at least annually to determine conformity of the QMS to the planned arrangements, to the requirements of the International Standard and to the quality management system requirements established by the Agency;  Determines whether NIA’s QMS is effectively implemented and maintained;  Prepares audit plan, coordinates, facilitates and implements NIA’s Audit Program;  Identifies the necessary resources for managing the Agency’s Audit Program;  Provides inputs during management review regarding audit findings;  Monitors and maintains records of implementation of corrective action and preventive actions taken;  Develops procedure for IQA; and  Provides criteria for the selection of QMS auditors. Quality Workplace Team  Prepares a Quality Workplace Program and ensures consistent implementation including safety and security in all Departments/Divisions and regularly monitors and assesses its effectiveness;  Oversees the setting and presentation of standards to top management;  Conducts and/or coordinates briefing and training regarding Quality Workplace to concerned personnel in his/her Department/Division as needed; and  Coordinates closely with the Department/Division Heads on all matters concerning the Quality Workplace program. Training and Education Team  Prepares a communication and promotions program to promote awareness on the ISO QMS;  Organizes training, orientation, briefing, cascades sessions and other similar activities relevant to dissemination of important information and/or transfer of knowledge relating to the ISO QMS;  Coordinates with resource persons in providing the necessary collaterals, training and workshops needed to implement the QMS;  Scouts for and evaluates possible quality trainings and/or memberships in quality organizations that will continuously upgrade and improve on quality service by the organization; and  Conceptualizes and implements the organization’s customer satisfaction surveys, and analyzes/prepares summary reports on survey results. 3. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NIA believes that the key to managing its operations is to manage its processes which are supported by various units and thus need systematic management. Hence, we adopt the process-based model shown below: Figure 3-1. Service Process Model Note: Processes cover Central, Regional, Irrigation Management Offices and Project 3.1 Quality Management System Scope NIA adopts a Quality Management System that covers the “Provision of Irrigation Services through the Development, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation Systems” undertaken in the Central Office, Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (UPRIIS) Head Office, Region IV-A Regional Office (RO), and Quezon Irrigation Management Office (IMO) relative to its strategic map thrust through facilitative assistance and informative guidance to investors and other stakeholders, and other processes in support thereof. The Provinces covered by UPRIIS consists mostly of the whole Nueva Ecija Province and parts of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Tarlac. The main source of water supply for UPRIIS is the Pantabangan Dam. The main base of operations for UPRIIS is located at Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City Nueva Ecija. Region IV-A consists of five provinces, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, also known as Calabarzon. Region IV-A has a jurisdiction on Laguna-Rizal IMO, Cavite- Batangas IMO and Quezon IMO. 3.2 Quality Management System Documentation NIA’s documented Quality Management System provides the framework for a consistent approach to the issues concerning the processes found in Section 3.1 of this manual. The QMS is ever-changing and evolving in order to ensure its suitability with current NIA’s Quality Management System is described in the following documents: 3.2.1 Quality Management System Manual This document describes NIA’s QMS which adheres to the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. The QMS Manual aims to establish a concise reference of procedures and other documents needed to meet the QMS requirements. 3.2.2 Quality Procedures The Quality Procedures refer to documented methods for consistent management and control of critical issues relating to the QMS and continual improvement that include the following procedures:  Control of Documents  Control of Records  Internal Quality Audit  Control of Nonconformity  Corrective and Preventive Action 3.2.3 Operational Procedures and Procedural Flows This refers to formal documented methods for ensuring consistent and effective approach to satisfy operational goals embodied in the following, among others:  NIA Charter  Process Flow on the Project Preparation is comprised of six (6) activities which include Project Identification, Project Investigation, Project Design Studies, Plan Formulation, Feasibility Report and Project Authorization.  Project Construction Flow Process  Operations Process of NIS Operation and Maintenance 3.2.4 Records Documents are designed for recording information for communication to concerned personnel and for documenting evidence of conformity with the QMS requirements. Specific examples of records are as follows:  Management review records  Internal audit reports  Corrective / preventive action records  Highlights of the Managers’ Meetings  Highlights of the Management Reviews 3.3 Document Control and Records Management To ensure that NIA staff work with the right versions of the correct documents, the designated Document Controllers shall provide the direction. The Document Controller maintains an electronic master list, which identifies all controlled documents, their revision status and distribution. Any controlled document can be compared with this master list to verify if the latest revision is in use. To be able to demonstrate that NIA actually implements the QMS as designed, NIA implements a procedure for records management. Each core and support unit maintains a Records Matrix for easy retrieval and disposition, which indicates the controlled records’ location, method of filing and retention period. Reference: Control of Documents Procedure Control of Records Procedure 4. SERVICE PROCESSES NIA’s service processes are a set of interrelated management, core, and support processes which aims to achieve the organization’s commitment to provide quality service to its customers and ensure their utmost satisfaction. Our service processes and corresponding units and teams involved are summarized in Table 1. Table 4-1. Summary of Service Processes and Responsible Unit A. Management Processes 1. Deliver Stakeholders’ Expectation Top Management; 2. Plan Agency Operations All Department, Regional & 3. Deliver Leadership and Good Governance Project Managers; 4. Manage Improvement & Change Technical Working Groups; 5. Monitor & Assess Performance Corporate Planning Services B. Core Processes 1. Project Preparation Central Office - Engineering 1.1 Project Planning Department; – National Irrigation Project – Small Reservoir Irrigation Project Regional Office – – Small Irrigation Project Engineering & Operations 1.2 Project Design Division; – Small Reservoir Irrigation Project Irrigation Management 1.3 Project Procurement Office – Engineering Section – National Irrigation Project (NIP), Locally Funded and Foreign Assisted Projects – National Irrigation System (NIS), Foreign Assisted Projects – Small Reservoir Irrigation Project 2. Project Construction 2.1 Construction Planning and Scheduling 2.2 Contract Administration 2.3 Project Monitoring and Evaluation – NIP, Locally Funded & Foreign Assisted 3. NIS Operation & Maintenance Central Office - Operations – Water Delivery Department; – Irrigation Service Fee (ISF) Collection – Repair and Improvement Regional Office –  Irrigation Facilities Engineering & Operations Division;  Drainage Facilities  O&M Equipment Irrigation Management 4. Institutional Development Program Office – Operation & Maintenance Section C. Support Processes 1. Human Resources Management HRD 2. Physical Resources Management GSD 3. Financial Resources Management FMD 4. Goods and Services Procurement PPRD 5. Information and External Relations MID, PAIS 6. Legal Services Legal 7. Internal Audit IAS 4.1 Management Processes 4.1.1 Deliver Stakeholders’ Expectation In the delivery of services to its customers, NIA geared itself with efficient service delivered with commitment, integrity and professionalism. This is defined more empathically with the setting up, in written form, of the agency service standards known as the NIA Citizen’s Charter. The NIA Citizen’s Charter details the following information:  Vision, Mission and Objectives  Frontline Services, Requirements and Procedures  Filing of Complaint at NIA Central Office Committee on Discipline The Charter promotes transparency in the manner of personnel’s delivery of services to its transacting public and therefore, enhances integrity and accountability, as well as engenders effective practices aimed at preventing graft and corruption in the service. Farmers’ Satisfaction One of the methods to measure the performance and the effectiveness of our QMS, NIA monitors its customers’ perception on whether or not we fulfill their requirements, by way of the following:  Survey on Satisfaction rating on services rendered  Review of positive and negative customer feedback reports  Action on Negative Feedback A survey on our delivery of services is conducted and reviewed annually through State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). Results are presented in the Managers’ Meetings. Positive Feedback are published in the In-house publications and posted on the Agency Negative feedbacks are addressed with appropriate actions in order to ensure that the levels of Farmer Satisfaction are as high as reasonably possible. Reference: Survey Form on Satisfaction rating on services rendered Feedback and Redress Mechanism in NIA’s Charter 4.1.2 Plan Agency Operations The formulation of NIA’s strategy, operational programs, short/long term goals, targets and action plans and their corresponding performance review against the established plans and programs is the result of NIA’s strategic planning. This is the forum where NIA’s strategic thrust is laid out, targets are set, responsibilities are defined and resource requirements are determined. 4.1.3 Deliver Leadership and Good Governance A general NIA-wide Managers’ Conference, held at least once a month, is an essential part of our approach to continual improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the QMS with the objective of enhancing our achievement of customer satisfaction. In addition, separate management review meetings will be held for each of the major performance measures under the ISO requirements, such as but are not limited to, results of internal audit, customer feedback and attainment of quality objectives. Effective Management Review requires the assembly of meaningful performance data – performance of service, process and personnel – to allow fact-based decision-making. The review includes information on:  Results of internal and external audits;  Farmers’ feedback;  Process performance;  Status of objectives, targets and action plans;  Status of corrective and preventive actions;  Follow-up actions on previous management reviews;  Changes that could affect the Quality Management System; and  Recommendations for improvements. 4.1.4 Manage Improvements and Change Our organization ensures that the QMS continues to be responsible in attaining NIA’s quality objectives. Implementation, relevance and compliance with the established QMS are verified by regular and systematic independent internal audits conducted by qualified Internal Quality Auditors (IQA). Control of Nonconformity Our organization ensures that nonconformities that arise from our operations are effectively controlled. The Control of Nonconformity, Corrective and Preventive Action procedure was established to identify, review and take action on nonconformities that may be observed on listed sources:  Nonconformities listed in the Nonconforming Services Matrix;  Customer-related nonconformities;  QMS audit findings; and  Supplier-related nonconformities Reference: Control of Nonconformity, Corrective and Preventive Action Procedure, Nonconforming Services Matrix Continual Improvement NIA’s Strategic Plan, Highlights of Managers’ Meetings, Quality Policy, Departmental Objectives, Targets and Action Plans, Reports on Farmers’ Feedback, and Corrective and Preventive Actions are evidences of NIA’s commitment for continual improvement. 4.1.5 Monitor and Assess Performance Top Management will preside in the Management Review for the purpose of assessing QMS as to suitability, providing resources and giving instruction on courses of action for the QMS’ improvement. As such, Top Management is similarly responsible in appointing member/s of the organization’s management who, irrespective of their responsibilities, shall have responsibilities and authority that includes ensuring that processes needed are established, implemented and maintained, promoting of awareness of customer requirement throughout the organization and reporting to Top Management on the performance of the QMS. The Management Review of the QMS, which shall be held at least annually, shall be the joint responsibility of the Department Head, Section Head, Top Management, and similarly extends to the Committees to whom the Process Owner reports, per approved NIA organizational structure; in sum, thus providing all the necessary avenues should a more timely evaluation and response be necessary in addressing operations and performance issues. The review shall focus on how NIA ensures the continuing suitability and effectiveness of the system in satisfying the requirements of the customers/citizens and other stakeholders. Its agenda may include, but not limited to, the following:  Follow up actions from previous management reviews;  Results of audits;  Customer feedback including complaints (dissatisfaction);  Process performance and product conformity;  Recommendations for improvement Output from management review shall contain:  Improvement of the effectiveness of the quality management system and its  Improvement of services related to customer requirements  Resource needs Records resulting from the Management review shall be appropriately maintained. 4.2 Core Processes NIA’s core processes consist of project preparation, project construction/ implementation, operations and institutional development processes. Stated under the NIA Charter Section 2, Power and Objectives of the Republic Act No. 3601 and Presidential Decree 552 are the Agency’s powers and objectives. To ensure that the ISO standards are applied across all Sections, Divisions and Departments of NIA which are covered by NIA’s Process Model under its QMS, the quality procedures of control of documents, control of records, internal audit, control of non- conforming services and performance corrective and preventive actions are implemented continuously and consistently in all of NIA’s organizational units. QUALITY NIA’s SERVICE QUALITY PROCEDURE PROCESS MODEL PROCEDURE Process owners are responsible for ensuring that all core activities affecting quality services are accomplished in accordance with controlled documents such as quality systems manuals, procedures, work instructions and controlled data such as stakeholders’ requirements and documents of external origin. These documents contain appropriate criteria for determining whether core processes have been undertaken and/or completed satisfactorily. Specific guidelines and procedures are established which will be the basis of document review, approval and issuance of changes to ensure stakeholders satisfaction in the implementation necessary for the planning and operation of the quality management system. All personnel are responsible for ensuring that the correct revisions/amendments of applicable standards are used in accordance with stakeholders’ requirements. Internal audits of the core activities affecting NIA’s quality of services are scheduled, planned and conducted in accordance with established procedures. The need for corrective action is identified through sources such as nonconformances, audits, and stakeholders’ complaints. Quality data is analyzed for trends in services, processes, and the systems that may require action to eliminate causes of potential nonconformities. The results of these analyses are raised to management to determine the preventive action required to prevent occurrence. 4.2.1 Project Preparation Integral to the execution of its mandate to develop water resources for irrigation, NIA undertakes a deliberate technical or organizational project planning process of developing an optimal strategy and outlining tasks and schedules to solve problems and achieve a desired set of goals. The process, therefore, encompasses the determination of needs and the formulation of appropriate response interventions. In light of this central theme, the Project Planning process is comprised of six (6) activities which include Project Identification, Project Investigation/Validation, Project Design Studies, Plan Formulation, Feasibility Report and Project Authorization. Project Detailed Engineering Design The design processes of an irrigation project starts from preparation of conceptual designs during the preliminary investigation and determination of feasibility of the project. The preliminary designed irrigation facilities shall be translated into efficient water use and areas to be irrigated to come up with the design of the required irrigation projects/facilities. The basic objective of facility design is to produce adequate irrigation and drainage related infrastructure that will meet the needs of the project at minimum cost with due consideration for economical operation and maintenance. All these facilities shall comply with hydraulic and structural design requirements. After the Detailed Engineering Design for an irrigation project is approved this is ready for the preparation of the corresponding Program of Works (POW), Project Procurement Management Plan (PPMP), Annual Procurement Plan (APP) and after approval of same, procurement process and implementation shall follow. 4.2.2 Project Construction Construction management is a diverse discipline wherein the ultimate objective is to implement and complete the project without any constraint. It provides importance for optimum utilization of resources. The ideal construction management framework, there should be a clear roadmap in Construction Planning and Scheduling, Contract Administration and Project Evaluation and Monitoring. The Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9184, Commission on Audit (COA) and Office policies and Foreign Financing Procurement guidelines are used by the Construction Management Division in performing their functions. 4.2.3 National Irrigation System (NIS) Operation & Maintenance (O&M) The Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of NIS monitored in the central office by the Systems Management Division (SMD) under the supervision of the Operations Department (OD) and carried out through the Regional Offices down to the Irrigation Systems guided by the following objectives to its level:  To maintain a financially viable system – this can be realized by increasing the efficiency of the Irrigation Service Fee (ISF) collection above the total operating and maintenance expenses without sacrificing the quality of services to farmer- beneficiaries.  To maintain physical facilities in good operating conditions – the field offices should implement a continuing preventive maintenance program to avoid higher repair and maintenance cost in the future.  To supply adequate irrigation water to farmer-beneficiaries and avoid wastage of irrigation water and conflicts arising from the farmers discontent and other similar irrigation related causes.  To encourage increased participation of farmer-beneficiaries in the O&M of the system. The field offices should continually engage in the organization and development of the Irrigators Associations (IAs) and extend technical and managerial assistance to keep them viable. The Irrigation Engineering Center (IEC) under the supervision of the OD acts as the Research, Development and Extension (RDE) unit of NIA which prioritizes effective, appropriate and efficient irrigation and water management through irrigation research activities to upgrade performance of irrigation structures and facilities; improve performance of irrigation systems; and promote modern irrigation technology to support the operation & maintenance of NIS. Equipment used in the O&M of NIS are also monitored in central office through the Equipment Management Division (EMD) under the supervision of the OD guided by the following objectives:  To provide timely and adequate equipment support for the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and restoration of NIS.  To provide adequate equipment support for repair of irrigations canals and brass dam in times of calamities.  To provide transportation vehicle in monitoring implementation of on-going irrigation construction and/or rehabilitation projects.  To generate additional income to the agency thru equipment rental. 4.2.4 Institutional Development Program (IDP) The NIA’s Institutional Development Program (IDP) is geared towards building and sustaining the Agency’s capacity to effectively implement its mandate to organize and develop irrigation farmer-beneficiaries into irrigators associations (IAs) or in some cases into irrigation service cooperatives. The overriding mandate of NIA is to capacitate the IAs and eventually delegate to the latter the partial or full management of national irrigation systems under the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) program or complete turnover including ownership in the case of communal irrigation systems under the IA O&M System Turnover program. The Institutional Development Division (IDD) is the main organizational unit of NIA tasked with the overall provision of policy direction and guidelines, and supervision of IDP as implemented in all Regional Irrigation Offices. While, IDD is administratively and technically under the Operations Department, it also provides oversight functions to projects, both locally and foreign-assisted, being supervised by the Engineering Department in as far IDP is concerned. IDP encompasses IA involvement and participation practically in every aspect of irrigation development and management stages, i.e, during project preparation, construction/ implementation, and operation and maintenance. All throughout these stages, the organized IAs are provided with various capacity building trainings to equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitude and be able to perform their tasks, duties, and responsibilities. Likewise, IDP also includes assistance programs to IAs to enable them establish strong and sustainable linkages and access to support services from other agencies both in the government and private sectors. Planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of IDP engage various processes, approaches and strategies to nurture IAs’ growth as NIA’s vital partner in irrigation development and management. 4.3 Support Processes 4.3.1 Human Resource Management NIA believes that human resources is the most vital resource in any organization. Qualified and competent human resources are one of the essential elements of an effective, efficient and competitive organization. The Human Resources Division (HRD) is tasked to recruit and select personnel based on approved qualification standard for the different units of NIA. It adopts the Qualification Standards in terms of education, training, experience and eligibility requirement per position title set by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and NIA (for positions unique to NIA). Recruitment policies/guidelines are based on CSC-approved NIA Revised Merit Selection Plan and applicable CSC issuances on appointment. The selection process is deliberated upon by the Personnel Selection Board (PSB) and the concerned Division or Department Manager recommends appointee to the Appointing Authority for approval of appointment. The HRD plans and implements internal and external training program geared towards enhancing knowledge, skills and attitudes of NIA employees. New entrants are inducted with an informal orientation on the basic information about NIA, benefits, simple rules and regulations. Employee’s performance assessment is conducted annually and semi-annually in accordance with the CSC prescribed Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) using the Office Performance Commitment and Review (OPCR), Division Performance Commitment and Review (DPCR) and Individual Performance Commitment and Review (IPCR) forms. Retirement benefits under RA No. 8291 and RA No. 1616 are administered by the HRD. 4.3.2 Physical Resource Management NIA maintains a safe and comfortable work environment, its surroundings, landscaping and various facilities such as office areas, canteen, lounge, social hall, auditorium for all employees, where every possible and reasonable accommodation is made for every individual’s accessibility and needs. Workstations are arranged to support personal comfort and productivity. Work areas are organized according to space required for the assigned task. The end objective of this is to establish a quality work-life for the employees in order to work more effectively and efficiently. 4.3.3 Financial Resource Management Overall financial operations of NIA through the office of the financial management department establish and maintain a cost accounting system and financial controls consistent with the needs of management and administrative accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations for more effective and efficient management of funds. 4.3.4 Goods and Services Procurement The Procurement Section ensures effective and prompt procurement of supplies, materials, equipment, spare parts and contract services for Central Office in accordance with RA 9184. After validation of the Project Procurement Management Plan (PPMP) of Regional/ Project Offices and Central Office for the succeeding year by the Budget and Revenue Division, the Procurement Section consolidates said PPMP into APP. In addition, it monitors supply market trends (e.g. material price increases, shortages, changes in suppliers) and interpret the impact of these trends on the Agency’s strategies. Identify the critical materials and services required to support the Agency in the key performance areas. Common-use supplies, materials and equipment are being procured from the Procurement Service attached to Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Facilitate payments to suppliers by preparation of the Budget Utilization Request and Disbursement Vouchers. Regardless of the mode of procurement, the Property Section ensures that all receipt/ accepted delivered goods shall be in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions as provided in the Purchase Order (PO)/ Contract subject to technical and COA inspection. Likewise, said delivered goods are properly documented and issued to personnel/end-users with signed and approved Acknowledgement Receipt for Equipment (ARE), Inventory Custodian Slip (ICS) and Requisition and Issue Slip (RIS). Pursuant to COA Circular No. 80-124, physical inventory activity being an indispensable procedure for checking the integrity of property custodianship shall be strictly enforced. Thus, the Inventory Committee undertakes Physical Inventory of all CO Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) every last quarter of current year and submit Annual Inventory Report to COA every January 15 of ensuing year. The Property Section registers and pays the corresponding insurances of CO buildings, facilities and service vehicles at LTO and GSIS, respectively. Auction/ Disposal of unserviceable, no longer needed, obsolete, forfeited/seized supplies, materials and equipment are done regularly. Procurement and Property Division provides both internal/ external stakeholders with timely, cost-effective and efficient procurement and property management services integrated with the mission and vision of the Agency. 4.3.5 Information and External Relations Management The Management Information Division (MID) under CORPLAN is tasked to manage the agency’s database for information, monitoring, reporting, management decision making, research, publications and other purposes. MID is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of information communication technology resources, and facilities of the organization ensuring efficient and secured Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure. MID is in-charged in the development of information systems compliant for automation and computerization of NIA’s processes. The official website of the agency is administered by the division guided by the agency’s Information System Strategic Plan (ISSP) in accordance with the rules and regulations of ICTO. External Relations Management The Public Affairs and Information Staff (PAIS) is directly under the Office of the Administrator. Its mandate is to project the best image of the Agency using various means of tri-media, such as print and broadcast, social media, among others. To be guided with its activities in attaining its mandate, PAIS develops a Yearly Comprehensive Communication Plan, defining its core functions as stated below:  Publicity and Public Relations  Publication/IEC Materials  Audio-Visual/Information & Communication Technology  Communications and Program Monitoring  Other Activities 4.3.6 Legal Services NIA through the Legal Services department undertakes legal research, renders legal advice to queries and undertakes defense of all cases on various legal issues emanating from different department/regional offices of the Agency. The office also provide legal services for the protection of corporate rights, interest & property, and review of all contracts, agreements & other legal instruments that may be entered into by the Agency with private entities and other government instrumentalities for legal validity. 4.3.7 Internal Audit The Internal Audit Services (IAS) is in charge on the conduct of audit and evaluation of audit findings to determine the extent of compliance with established laws, rules, guidelines and ISO 9001:2008 standards. The audit processes are as follows: AUDIT SCOPE AND CRITERIA Audit Engagement Planning Audit engagement planning involves the listing down of the audit objective, audit criteria and scope, the detailed audit procedures to accomplish the audit objective, the auditor to perform the procedures and the specified time frame. The audit plan should be based on a sound understanding of the internal control system, operating and support systems and processes. In planning and scoping audits, audit effort and resources are directed to the key issues that matter most and to complete the audit in the least time necessary, without compromising its quality. It is the most important part of the audit as the success of an audit depends on how well it has been planned. Audit Execution Execution of the audit is initiated with an entry conference to discuss the focus, requirements and timeliness of the audit. It involves performing the audit techniques and procedures enumerated in the work program to gather data and pieces of evidence, to achieve the stated audit objective/s. Compliance Audit is the first approach in the audit execution either in Management or Operations Audit, to determine the effectiveness of control and whether the government operations are in accordance with the organization’s mandate and objectives. Highlights of the audit findings are discuss in the exit conference with the auditee and/or the responsible official who has sufficient knowledge about the audit area to provide an opportunity to get the auditee’s comments and insights about the significant audit issues. Audit Reporting Audit reporting represents the culmination of the audit execution and the associated analysis and considerations made during the audit. The audit findings should align with the audit objectives and should be rational and based on specific standards and criteria. The recommendations provide courses of action as the basis for improving internal controls. Audit recommendations are management/legal remedies to avoid occurrence (preventive action) or avoid recurrence (corrective action) of control weaknesses and incidences. Audit Follow-up Follow-up is a monitoring and feedback activity undertaken to ensure the extent and adequacy of preventive/corrective actions taken by the Management to address the inadequacies identified during the audit. 5. APPROVAL ROGELIA C. DELA TORRE Acting Manager, Corporate Planning Services/ Chairman, ISO Secretariat ESTRELLA E. ICASIANO Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance Sector/QMR ENGR. FLORENCIO F. PADERNAL, DPA QMS MANUAL ANNEXES ANNEXES PAGE ANNEX A: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES/ACTIONS BETWEEN NIA OFFICES .................................................... 4 ANNEX B: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT PREPARATION ......................................................... 5 1. PROJECT PLANNING .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 CENTRAL OFFICE PROCESS FLOW ................................................................................................ 5 1.2 REGIONAL OFFICE PROCESS FLOW .............................................................................................. 5 1.3 IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE PROCESS FLOW ................................................................. 5 2. DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 6 ANNEX C: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ........................................................ 7 1. CENTRAL OFFICE PROCESS FLOW ........................................................................................................... 7 2. REGIONAL OFFICE PROCESS FLOW.......................................................................................................... 7 2.1 PROGRAM OF WORK (POW): ...................................................................................................... 7 2.2 PROCUREMENT: .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.3 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING: ........................................................................ 8 3. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE PROCESS FLOW............................................................................. 8 ANNEX D: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - NIS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ........................................ 9 1.1 WATER DELIVERY:......................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 ISF COLLECTION: ........................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT: ...................................................................................................... 10 1.4 REPAIR OF O & M EQUIPMENT AND EVALUATION OF EMD REPORTS:................................. 10 2. REGIONAL OFFICE PROCESS FLOW........................................................................................................ 10 2.1 OPERATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT: .................................................... 11 3. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE PROCESS FLOW........................................................................... 11 3.1 PRE-IRRIGATION PHASE: ............................................................................................................ 11 3.2 IRRIGATION PHASE: ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.3 POST - IRRIGATION PHASE: ......................................................................................................... 12 ANNEX E: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.......................... 13 1. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ............................................................................................ 13 2. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STAGES FOR IA STRENGTHENING AND SUSTENANCE . 14 3. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT FRAMEWORK ..................... 15 3.1 PROJECT PREPARATION/PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE: ........................................................... 15 3.2 CONSTRUCTION/IMPLEMENTATION: ......................................................................................... 16 3.3 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE PHASE: ...................................................................................... 18 ANNEX F: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ..................................... 19 1. EMPLOYEE WELFARE & BENEFIT SECTION ......................................................................................... 19 1.1 PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF FINGER SCAN REPORT (FSR): .............................................. 19 1.2 LEAVE PROCESSING: .................................................................................................................... 19 1.3 RETIREMENT UNDER R.A. 1616: .............................................................................................. 20 1.5 TERMINAL LEAVE: ....................................................................................................................... 20 2. RECRUITMENT SELECTION AND COMPENSATION SECTION ................................................................ 21 3. TRAINING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT SECTION ................................................................................... 21 3.1 CONDUCT OF CAPABILITY BUILDING PROGRAMS: .................................................................... 21 3.2 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS: .......................................................................................................... 22 3.3 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT:.................................................................................................. 22 3.4 STUDY LEAVE: .............................................................................................................................. 22 ANNEX G: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PHYSICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ................................... 23 1. MAINTENANCE WORK MANAGEMENT PROCESS ................................................................................. 23 2. GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION (GSD) WORK FLOW DIAGRAM .......................................................... 24 3. QUALITY WORKPLACE INSPECTION FLOW CHART .............................................................................. 25 ANNEX H: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ................................. 26 1. BUDGET AND REVENUE PROCESS .......................................................................................................... 26 2. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF DISBURSEMENT VOUCHERS ...................................................... 28 3. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FUNDING CHECKS ...................................................................... 28 4. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF PAYROLL ..................................................................................... 28 5. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF DISBURSEMENT VOUCHER FOR CONTRACT PROGRESS BILLINGS .......................................................................................................................................... 29 6. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF DISBURSEMENT VOUCHER FOR GOODS, UTILITIES, GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND OTHER CLAIMS.......................................................................................... 29 7. WORK PROCESS FOR BOOKKEEPING SECTION ..................................................................................... 30 8. PREPARATION OF BANK RECONCILIATION STATEMENT .................................................................... 31 9. PREPARATION OF STATEMENT OF BALANCES OF CASH ADVANCES TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 10. PREPARATION OF DEMAND LETTERS FOR EMPLOYEES/OFFICERS WITH UNLIQUIDATED CASH ADVANCES ............................................................................................................................................ 31 11. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF BILLINGS AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS ........................... 32 12. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL PROJECT FINANCIAL REPORT (APFR)................................................ 32 13. PREPARATION OF WITHDRAWAL APPLICATION FOR JRMP II – DIRECT PAYMENTS THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF KOREA .................................................................................................... 33 14. WORK PROCESS FOR CASH DIVISION ................................................................................................. 33 ANNEX I: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - GOODS AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT .................................. 34 ANNEX J: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - INFORMATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT.. 35 1. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 35 1.1 DATA MANAGEMENT: .................................................................................................................. 35 1.2 NETWORK OPERATION:............................................................................................................... 35 1.3 INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT:.................................................................................... 36 1.4 WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION: ...................................................................................................... 36 2. EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 37 ANNEX K: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - LEGAL SERVICES ................................................................... 38 ANNEX L: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL-INTERNAL AUDIT .................................................................... 39 1. AUDIT ENGAGEMENT PLANNING ........................................................................................................... 39 2. AUDIT EXECUTION .................................................................................................................................. 39 3. AUDIT REPORTING .................................................................................................................................. 40 4. AUDIT FOLLOW-UP ................................................................................................................................. 40 ANNEX A: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES/ACTIONS BETWEEN NIA OFFICES Monitoring and REGIONAL OFFICE/ INTEGRATED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OFFICE IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE (IMO) Monitoring and Evaluation of actions taken by RO/IMO Implementation/Accomplishment Report ANNEX B: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT PREPARATION 1. Project Planning 1.1 Central Office Process Flow INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT  Project Proposals  Project Identification  Project Feasibility Study  Project Investigation/ Report  Project Design Studies  Plan Formulation 1.2 Regional Office Process Flow  Project Proposals  Project Identification  For go projects, inclusion - Request of farmers  Project validation in the Ten Year Irrigation - Resolutions of LGU - with source of water Development Master Plan - NIA identified projects - area to be irrigated  Project Feasibility Study - farmers/beneficiaries Report 1.3 Irrigation Management Office Process Flow  Project Proposals (For  Project Identification  Project Feasibility Study New Project)  Project Investigation/ Report for new Project  Medium Term Validation  Design data for Rehab Development Plan (Rehab  Project Design Studies Project Project)  Plan Formulation 2. Detailed Engineering Design  Approved Feasibility  Civil Works Design  Approved Plans, Program Study Report  Mechanical - Electrical of Work, Project  Proposed  Architecture and Drafting Procurement Structures/Projects Management Plan and including Electro- Annual Procurement Plan Mechanical Equipments from Regional Offices, Systems Offices, Project Management Offices, Offices, Central Office  Approved Feasibility  Check/review the General  Approved Plans good for Study Report, Detailed Layout Construction Plans Survey & Other Design  Check/review profiles & Data cross-sections  Check/review plans of canals, canal structures, drainage and road  Design of diversion works and other appurtenant  Drafting of diversion  Approved FS Report  Detailed survey and  Approved Plans, POW,  Design Data for Rehab Plotting Property Procurement Project  Design and Plans Management Plan and Preparation Annual Procurement Plan.  Quantity Estimates and POW preparations ANNEX C: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PROJECT CONSTRUCTION 1. Central Office Process Flow  Overall and Current Year  Contract Administration  Project Completion and Program of Work  Evaluation and Turnover to Operations Monitoring Department 2. Regional Office Process Flow 2.1 Program of Work (POW):  Approved plans  Evaluate programs of  Inclusion in the PPMP,  Programs of Work work submitted by IMOs APP submitted by IMOs (i.e. attachments,  Release of funds derivation of unit cost and quantity estimates)  Submission of POW to 2.2 Procurement:  Request for Bidding (RFB)  Procurement planning  Perfect Contract  Approved POW, plans and  Posting of Invitation To  Notice to Award work schedule Bid  Notice to Proceed  Approved ABC  Pre-bid conference  Approved PPMP, APP  Opening of Bids  Bid Evaluation and Post 2. Regional Office Process Flow (cont.) 2.3 Project Implementation and Monitoring:  Memorandum of  Evaluate MPRs  Project Completion and Agreement (MOA) with IA  Consolidate MPRs for Turn-over to Irrigators’  Monthly Progress Report submission to Central Association (MPR) Office  Fund Release to IMOs  Periodic inspection of work progress  Accepts completed works thru Inspectorate Team 3. Irrigation Management Office Process Flow  Overall and CY POW  Contract Administration  Project Completion and  Awarded Contract  Force Account Turnover to Operations Administration Section (NIS),  Project Completion and Turnover to IA ANNEX D: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - NIS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 1.1 Water Delivery:  Monthly/Quarterly  Review  Evaluated Operation & Maintenance  Evaluation Monthly/Quarterly (O & M) Reports  Validation Reports  O & M Plans  Updating  Evaluated O & M Plans  Policy Guidelines /  Inspection  Revised/Updated Policy Operating Procedures Guidelines / Operating  Ocular/Field Inspection Procedures  Annual Plans / Programs  Duly Noted Back-To Office /Budgetary Requirements Report  Evaluated Annual Plans/ Programs/ Budgetary  Revised/Updated Policy Guidelines/Operating  Approved ASA/FC 1.2 ISF Collection:  A1-QS Reports  Review  Evaluated A1-QS Report  Evaluation  Validation 1. Central Office Process Flow (cont.) 1.3 Repair and Improvement:  Program of Work  Review  Approved POW  Monthly Progress Report  Evaluation  Evaluated Monthly  Ocular/Field Inspection  Validation Progress Report  Inspection  Duly Noted Back To Office 1.4 Repair of O & M Equipment and Evaluation of EMD Reports:  Program of Works (POW)  Evaluation  Approved POW for Equipment Repair  Validation  Approved ASA and ADA  Progress Report for  Preparation of request for  Back to Office Report Equipment Repair ASA and ADA  Physical and Financial  EMD Reports  Monitoring accomplishment report - EM-12C2  Consolidation  Evaluated EMD Reports - EM-4Q  Quarterly and Annual - EM-12B Reports  Reports from Field  Review of reports  Return of evaluated/ Offices:  Monitoring of data approved reports to Field - Target Performance  Evaluation of performance Offices - O&M Plan  Field Validation  Consolidation and - Farming Activities submission of reports to - O&M Report NIA-CO. - SOEM A1-QS - Report of Exemption - Typhoon Damages - Inventory of Irrigation - MC 55 s. 2014 2.1 Operation, Repair and Maintenance of Equipment:  Approved TO and  Dispatching  Approved Trip Ticket and Transport Request  Monitoring Fuel Slip  Program of Work  Repair  Approved POW with  Monthly Progress Report  Preparation ASA/FC  EMS Report  Evaluation  Evaluated Monthly  Disposal of Equipment  Validation Progress Report  Appraisal  Consolidated and Submitted  Inspection Reports to NIA-CO.  Bidding and Notice of 3.1 Pre-Irrigation Phase:  Preliminary data (Hydro-  SMC Meeting  O&M Plan Climatic)  Field Visits  Discharge  O&M Planning  Rainfall water 3.2 Irrigation Phase:  Implementation of O&M  Monitoring and  Monthly O&M Report Plan assessment of system  Farming Activities/ LIPA operations thru FIA Reports meetings  Monthly Maintenance  Field visits/monitoring Report  Mid-season O&M  Bill Statement of Accounts Evaluation  Minutes of the Meeting  Billing Preparation  Strategy for ISF Collection 3. Irrigation Management Office Process Flow (cont.) 3.3 Post - Irrigation Phase:  O&M Performance  Evaluation of performance  Seasonal O&M  Exemption Request against target Performance  Repair & Rehabilitation  Post-season SMC  Seasonal ISF Collection  Request for IA Share Meeting/IA O&M contract Report evaluation  Payment of IA Share  Maintenance,  Repair and Maintenance Rehabilitation, and Plan Improvement works  Approved List of ISF  Field visit/validation Exemption  Farmers' Satisfaction ANNEX E: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 1. Institutional Development Division  Policy guidelines and  Review and update  Updated existing policy directions in IDP on: existing policy guidelines guidelines; new policy - IA organizing and and directions; formulate guidelines formulated; development process and develop new ones capacitated/trained staff - Training and assistance based on identified needs; capable and equipped to program guidelines provide capacity building implement the Agency’s - Training, information, to field offices IDP; education,  Evaluate and provide  IDP implemented according communication feedbacks on submitted to approved targets and materials and manuals plans and programs budget  IDP Programs of works,  Review, evaluate and  Timely reports and annual plans and provide feedbacks on feedback led to appropriate programs reports received management action (also  Periodic reports:  Generate reports from applicable to Process # 4) Quarterly, seasonal, MIS and provide updates  Technical guidance and annual to management. directions received by field  Management information  Conduct periodic IDP staff led to smooth program systems review and planning implementation  Field visitation workshops, seminars, symposia and conferences 2. Institutional Development Program Stages for IA Strengthening and Sustenance ORGANIZING TRAINING the Provision of Irrigation farmer IAs to equip them with ASSISTANCE and beneficiaries into the necessary knowledge, support programs to IAs Irrigators’ Associations skills and attitude to to support their goals of (IAs) or Irrigators’ perform their tasks, becoming strong, Service Cooperatives duties and cohesive, self-reliant and (ISCs) responsibilities viable organizations A Strong, Cohesive, Self- Reliant and Viable Irrigators’ Assumption of management, O&M O&M IMT NIS responsibilities of the CIS System Turnover 3. Institutional Development Program Input-Process-Output Framework 3.1 Project Preparation/Pre-Construction Stage:  Profile / Baseline  Recruitment of Profile  Profile Writers hired Information Writing Writer/  Project Profile established  Preparation of Project  Potential farmer Profile beneficiaries listed  Identification of Farmer  Hiring and Training of IDO  Recruitment and selection  IDO hired and trained on of IDOs various capacity building  Pre-Deployment training  IDO Deployment in  Integration  Acceptance in the Project Area  Social Investigation community - Preliminary Social  Firmed up socio-cultural, Investigation economic and political - Deepening Social profile Investigation  Validated list of farmers  List of problems and issues  List of Potential Leaders 3.1 Project Preparation/Pre-Construction Stage (cont.)  IA Formation  TSA Group Consolidation  IA Organized and Provided and Formation of Ad Hoc with Capacity Building Committee of Potential  Drafting, finalization, dissemination and ratification of AOI & CBL by the General Assembly  Election of IA Officers  Formation of standing  Training and Capacity  SEC Registration  Facilitate SEC Data  IA Registered to SEC  Submission of IA Registration papers to SEC 3.2 Construction/Implementation:  Pre-Construction  Presentation of Project  MOA on Construction Conference Details: program of work signed (POW), plans and design, facilities to be constructed or rehabilitated, locations/stations, construction schedules, manpower requirement, equity generation program (EGP).  Formulation of Joint NIA-  Construction Policies and 3.2 Construction/Implementation (cont.)  IA participation and  Formation of Construction  Systems Construction/ Monitoring of Working Committees Rehabilitation completed Construction/  Mobilization of Rehabilitation activities Construction Working  Conduct of Cost Reconciliation Session  IA Capacity Building  Conduct of training needs  Proper Recording of IA assessment Financial Activities  Preparation of training  Conduct of IA Trainings  Test Run and Debugging  Conduct walkthrough of  Acceptance of the of Completed System (CIS) completed irrigation completed construction/ facilities and structures Rehabilitation works  Conduct test run and  MOA on O&M & System debugging Turnover signed  Repair of defective irrigation facilities and structures (if any)  Conduct final Cost 3.3 Operation & Maintenance Phase:  Pre-O&M Conference  Mobilization of IA  Agreed IA O&M Plans, Standing Committees Policies and Systems  Formulation of O&M Plans  Presentation and critiquing of O&M Plans  NIA – IA O & M  NIA- IA consultation  IMT Contract in NIS signed Contracting Meetings  IA Capacity Building  Formulation of Terms and Conditions between the NIA and IA  Conduct of training needs  IA Sustenance  Monitoring on the  Strong, Cohesive, Self- implementation of O&M Reliant and Viable IA plans, policies and  Linkages with other agencies (with NIA assistance)  Continuous assessment of IA performance through conduct of O&M/IMT and annual IA Functionality Survey ANNEX F: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 1. Employee Welfare & Benefit Section 1.1 Processing and Issuance of Finger Scan Report (FSR):  Receipt of Assumption to  Enrollment of Employee’s  FSR HRD Copy for Duty and Approved Biometric Information submission to HRD for Appointment  Registration of Finger updating of leave credits print and safekeeping  Input of Data to Bio Admin Database  Uploading of Raw data from Biometrics Machine using BioAdmin Software  Export/Process of Raw Data using of the Attendance Monitoring Info Systems (PAMIS)  Input of Submitted Travel Documents/Locator Slips and Processed Leave Application to the Database of Attendance  Printing of Finger Scan Report (FSR)/Advanced Copy for attachment to Salary Voucher 1.2 Leave Processing:  Receipt of Leave  Retrieval of Leave Card  Processed Leave Application from the vault Application  Check if Leave Card is  Processing of Leave 1.3 Retirement under R.A. 1616:  Receipt of Retirement  Evaluation of  Approved Proceed Sheet Application completeness of with transmittal to FMD for documentary requirement preparation of voucher  Receipt of completed  Process Retirement  Prepare Proceed Sheet  Receipt of Retirement  Evaluation of  Certified form with AAO Application completeness of declared signature  Preparation of Service  Verification of correctness of filled up form 1.5 Terminal Leave:  Receipt of Terminal Leave  Evaluation of  Approved Proceed Sheet documentary preparation of voucher  Receipt of the required 2. Recruitment Selection and Compensation Section  Approved Authority to Fill  Publication  CSC Approved  Posting Appointment  Preliminary / Initial  PSB Deliberation  Selection of Proposed appointee  Approval of Personnel Action Slip  Preparation of Appointment Proposal  Transmittal to CSC of Approved Appointment  Oath of Office 3. Training & Career Development Section 3.1 Conduct of Capability Building Programs:  List of trainings needed  Coordination with unit  Training proposal and and resource speakers course design  Development of course  PPMP and purchase request design  Instructional materials  Development/preparation  Training implementation of instructional materials  Procurement and preparation of 3. Training & Career Development Section (cont.) 3.2 Scholarship Programs:  Training invitation from  Information  Nomination letter sponsor dissemination  Acceptance letter from  Receiving of application sponsor and shortlisting of  Briefing  Coordination with sponsor and endorsing  Assistance in internal processing of papers and in the interview of third 3.3 Performance Management:  Graded Individual  Monitoring of submission  Overall summary of Performance Commitment  Validation of computation Summary List of Individual and Review form Performance Rating 3.4 Study Leave:  Letter of request for study  Evaluation and processing  Approved/ disapproved leave of request request  Scholarship service contract ANNEX G: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - PHYSICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Maintenance Work Management Process 2. General Services Division (GSD) Work Flow Diagram 3. Quality Workplace Inspection Flow Chart ANNEX H: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Budget and Revenue Process  Request for ASA Release  Evaluate request and  Release of Advice of Sub- (Operations/ supporting documents Allotment Engineering)  Prepare ASA  Release for signature of  Budget Utilization  Check accuracy/ validity  Duly Processed BUR Request for Personal  For funding/ charging to services, MOOE and allotment Capital Outlay under COB-  Release/ Forward to Regular Accounting Division  Budget Utilization Request  Check accuracy/ validity  Duly Processed BUR for Capital Outlay of locally  For funding/ charging to funded projects. allotment  Release/ Forward to Accounting Division  Purchase Request for  Check if within the APP  PR with earmarked funds Supplies/MOOE for  Verify accuracy Earmarking  Release to PPD for appropriate action 1. Budget and Revenue Process (cont.)  Civil Works Contracts  Check POW and balance of  Contract with earmarked project allocation funds  Earmark amount  Forward to accounting for  Obligation Request for  Check accuracy/ validity  Duly Processed OR Capital Outlay for FAPs  For funding/ charging to  Statement of Allotment,  Evaluation/ Review  Evaluated SAOB Obligation and Balances  Consolidation  Monthly Status of Funds submitted by  Financial Accountability Regions/Projects Reports  Monthly Disbursement  Evaluation/ Review  Evaluated MDP Programs (MDP)  Consolidation  MDP Prepared and submitted by Submitted to DBM Regions/Projects 2. Preparation and Processing of Disbursement Vouchers  Disbursement Vouchers  Assign number to  Certified Disbursement with complete supporting Disbursement Vouchers Voucher (Box A) for the documents including  Verify validity of claims preparation of payments by certified Budget  Check completeness of the Cash Division Utilization supporting documents Request/Obligation  Post to control records Request  Certify completeness of supporting documents, availability of funds (Box A) of Disbursement 3. Preparation and Processing of Funding Checks  Request for release of  Verify ASA and funding  Disbursement Voucher for Funding Checks balance release of funding checks  Copy of Advice of Sub-  Prepare Disbursement Allotment (ASA) Voucher  Record in NCA Control 4. Preparation and Processing of Payroll  Data for deductions  Update data entries  Payroll Reports  Leaves without pay  Encode deductions  Payroll request  List of employees with  Check DTR  Remittances less than 15 days leave  Process and print payroll  Disbursement Vouchers &  Salary increase/step  Prepare Disbursement Budget Utilization Request increment Voucher and Budget for approval  Updates on individual Utilization Request  Daily Time Record (DTR)  Disbursement Vouchers  Verify/check claims and  Certified Disbursement with complete supporting supporting documents Voucher (Box A) documents  Process  Index to control records  Check mobilization/ recoupment/ 10%  Review and approve Disbursement Voucher 6. Preparation and Processing of Disbursement Voucher for Goods, Utilities, General Support Services and Other Claims  Disbursement Vouchers  Verify/check supporting  Certified Disbursement with complete supporting documents Voucher (Box A)  Index  Review  Certify 7. Work Process for Bookkeeping Section  Report of Checks Issued  Analysis and verification  Journal Entry Voucher  Report of Cash  Preparation of Journal  Special Journals Disbursement Entry Vouchers  General Ledger and  ATM payroll with LBP  Preparation of Special Subsidiary Ledgers  Report of Collections and Journals  Central Office Trial Deposit  Preparation of General Balance  Fund 501 Subsidy per Ledger and Subsidiary Project Distribution Ledgers  Preparation of Central Office Trial Balance  Trial Balance from  Analysis and Verification  Consolidated Trial Balance Regional and Project  Reconciliation of Accounts  Consolidated Statement of Offices  Preparation of Working Financial Condition  Supporting Schedules Paper Adjustments  Consolidated Statement of from Regional and Project Financial Performance Offices  Consolidated Statement of Changes in Government  Consolidated Statement of 8. Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement  Subsidiary Ledgers  Account for transactions  Bank Reconciliation  Monthly Bank Statements affecting cash in bank Statements  Books of debits and credits per Accounts/Journal Entry books and per bank Voucher  Reconcile  Verify reconciling items  Prepare letter to the bank for errors/unaccounted  Make adjustments  Prepare Bank Reconciliation Statement  Certify / Sign 9. Preparation of Statement of Balances of Cash Advances to Officers and  Logbook for monitoring  Get balance per Trial  Statement of Balances of cash advances & Balance/ General Ledger Cash Advances liquidation  Prepare details of cash  Trial balance/General advances refer to special Ledger/ Subsidiary journals/SL/logbook Ledger  Prepare statement of  Special Journal balances 10. Preparation of Demand Letters for Employees/Officers with Unliquidated  Statement of Balance of  Check and advances and  Demand Letters cash advance liquidation  Logbook for monitoring  Prepare demand letters cash advance  Review  Index cards  Sign demand letters 11. Preparation and Processing of Billings and Statement of Accounts  Disbursement Vouchers  Check supporting  Bills and Statement of with copy of billings for documents Account to tenants, utilities and other  Review computations projects, different agencies supporting documents  Prepare billings and  Journal of Bills Rendered  Lease Contracts Statement of Accounts  Distribution of Charges  Prepare certified true copy of supporting  Prepare journal of Bills 12. Preparation of Annual Project Financial Report (APFR)  Cost Summary Reports  Analysis and verification  Annual Project Financial (CSR) of data submitted Reports for Management,  Project Profiles  Consolidation COA, & Lending  Loan Withdrawal  Preparation of Reports Institutions Registers  Consolidated Statement of  Statement of Physical Sources and Application of Accomplishments Funds (Annex 1)  Notice of Cash Allocation  Consolidated Use of Project & Notice of Transfer Funds by Disbursement Allocation Categories for the Year (Annex 2A)  Consolidated Uses of Project Funds by Disbursement Categories- Project Start to Date (Annex 2B)  Consolidated Statements of Financial Accomplishments (Annex 3) Export-Import Bank of Korea  Approved Disbursement  Review Disbursement  Application for Voucher with complete Voucher & supporting payment/withdrawal supporting documents documents application  Exchange Rates  Prepare and Review summary sheet of  Prepare and Review application for payment 14. Work Process for Cash Division  Cash Position from ROs  Analyze  Consolidated Cash Position  Payroll and DVs  Consolidate Report  Request for Cash Support  Evaluate  Report of Disbursement  Issuance of CA  Report of Checks Issued  Deposit Check  Encash Check  Release of Salaries  Prepare ADA  Prepare Check  Transfer ADA to ROs &  Liquidation  NCA  Evaluate  Report of Collection  Order of Payment  Process Payment  Summary of One-Way  Statement of Account  Issue OR Deposit  Reconciliation & verification of NCA received and Bank ANNEX I: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - GOODS AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT ANNEX J: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - INFORMATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Information Management 1.1 Data Management:  Data collection from CO, Manage databases for:  Physical and Financial RIOs, PMOs & Field Offices  Transforming the data Accomplishment Data into useful outputs.  Irrigation Development of  Evaluation and Analysis the Philippines  Actions for data banking  Irrigators Associations  For other purposes Master List  Equipment and Vehicles 1.2 Network Operation:  Information  Operation and  Efficient and secured ICT Communication Maintenance of infrastructure (network Technology/Network and Information facility) meeting the users’ Equipment Services Communication requirement Technology/ Network 1. Information Management (cont.) 1.3 Information System Development:  Existing Data, Reports,  System Development  Computerized/Automated Policies and Manuals from Cycle Information System NIA and Partner Agencies 1.4 Website Administration:  Data and Information  Uploading of Data and  Updated Data and from NIA CO, RIOs, PMOs, Information compliant to Information posted in the Field Projects and Partner various Government website Agencies Programs 2. External Relations Management INPUT PROCESS Significant Events  Attend the event/s or  Groundbreaking  Gather and evaluate data of specific ceremonies event/s.  for NIA projects  Write, edit, proofread, and finalize  Contract signing news/press release for the Manager’s  Turnover of IP to IAs approval. For sensitive issues, the Administrator’s approval is essential.  Disseminate/release the information thru: email to all media contact, posting in NIA website thru MID, sharing in Facebook page account  Monitor the news release/s  Public queries/dialogue  Organize and conduct Press conference OUTPUT on critical issues (for critical issues) with pre-selected  Interagency initiatives Press people  News/Press Releases  Other newsworthy  Organize, coordinate, participate, and  In-house NIA events: NTP, NIA document all NIA Programs and inter- Publications/IEC Anniversary, NIA agency activities for news releases and Materials Christmas Program inclusion to in-house publications.  Press Conferences  News from quad media  Monitor news from quad media for  Radio interview and proper and immediate action of TV guesting appropriate offices with given timeline  Technical Assistance  Intra-office data  Gather, collate, evaluate data (including high-resolution photos) needed for  Inter-Agency activities articles or reports.  Management  Write, edit, proofread, and finalize for Information (Reports) Manager’s /Administrator’s approval is essential.  Include these events in NIA in-house publications (NIA Currents, NIA Digest, NIA Annual Report, IEC materials)timeline  External Environment  External concerns are evaluated and  Queries (walk-in or (Walk-in or telephone acted upon accordingly through telephone) queries) attended are recorded and filed ANNEX K: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL - LEGAL SERVICES  Legal Opinion  Review  Legal Opinion  Review of ROW  Investigation  Approved of ROW  Contract Review  Evaluation  Signed / Approved Contract  Filing of Case  Validation Review  Process of Documents  Complaint / Answer /other ANNEX L: SERVICE PROCESS MODEL-INTERNAL AUDIT Audit Process Flow Diagram AUDIT ENGAGEMENT AUDIT AUDIT AUDIT PLANNING EXECUTION REPORTING FOLLOW-UP 1. 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__label__cc	0.636341	0.363659	#MIDDLEEAST#PHOTOS 01.10.2016 - 3,463 views Little Uighur Jihadists of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (Photos) 4 out of 5 based on 5 ratings. 5 user reviews. Little Uighur Jihadists of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (Photos) A video, showing armed children, “little warriors of jihad,” have been published online by the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist group. Photo: warsonline.info The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist group, consisting of Chinese Uighurs, has published online a video with armed children and called them “little warriors of jihad.” The video, dedicated to celebration of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, shows footage of the recent fighting in the province of Aleppo and armed children. Dozens of Uighur families have moved to this country from the China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region (Urumqi city) during the war in Syria. Initially, Uighurs have settled in the north of Latakia province, but after the liberation of the most part of the region, they moved to the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. Children of Uighur jihadists are prepared to “jihad” from an early age. The Turkistan Islamic Party actively cooperates with the Al-Qaeda and takes part in fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Earlier, the TIP published a video and photos of a children’s training camp, located on the territory of the Pakistan’s Tribal Zone. The Uighur problem is rather urgent for China. In this way, supporting Uighur jihadists in Syria, the US-led block kills two birds with one stone: conducts the fight against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and trains personnel for destabilization of the situation in the areas near the Chinese-Pakistan border. Tags:aleppo, jihad, syria, TIP, turkistan islamic party, Uighur jihadists, Uighurs, Xinjiang Uyghur Military Situation In Northwestern Syria On July 13, 2019 (Map Update) Military Situation In Syria On June 24, 2019 (Map Update) Syrian War Report – June 3, 2019: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks On Syria Israel Carried Out Missile Strike On Syrian Army Targets. Casualties Reported (Video, Photos) Nexusfast123 Sickening that children are used in such propaganda. TheLulzWarrior The “civilians” that the silly, ersatz propaganda we have keeps yapping about!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754743
__label__cc	0.545509	0.454491	Gender Equity for Africa’s Scientists ImageFeaturedScience By A warsame On Dec 14, 2017 by Aminata Garba,Hendrina Doroba,Ivy Mwai,Dorothy Nyambi-Mareeg.com-KIGALI – A girl in Ethiopia could grow up to engineer a new method for improving agricultural yields, if only she could meet the right mentor. A young woman in Malawi has ideas for new cancer treatments, but will never apply them if she is pushed out of school. And a girl in Rwanda has all the skills to create a mathematical model to mitigate droughts; all she needs is a research grant to help her pay for college. There is a global gender imbalance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – the so-called STEM disciplines. But in Africa, this imbalance is doing more than threatening individual futures. It is also depriving the continent of talents and contributions needed to drive development and progress. A 2011 African Development Bank report finds that “getting women into science and technology ultimately promises to benefit society as a whole.” Gender equity in STEM is achievable, and many African scholars are showing the world how to do it. But they need help, and programs that offer scholarships and support are among the best ways to achieve parity in the sciences. The causes of Africa’s STEM gender imbalance are often compared to a leaky pipe: girls start out with interest and aptitude, but drop out of the disciplines at various points in their education. Early data from a Mastercard Foundation initiative aimed at reversing these trends show that a comprehensive approach to plugging the leaks can make a difference. Success begins with acknowledging that gender equity in STEM matters. “Science needs us” is how Armanda Kouassi, an industrial engineer and former Mastercard Foundation scholar, puts it. “With different ideas and perspectives come better solutions and thinking that can move scientific innovations forward and benefit the whole of Africa.” Kouassi is right. Africa cannot afford to squander its young, female talent. Sub-Saharan Africa faces a shortfall of some 2.5 million engineers, technologists, mathematicians, and scientists. This dearth of expertise threatens a number of Sustainable Development Goals, such as food security, health care, clean water and sanitation, energy, and infrastructure. Removing gender barriers to STEM requires African governments to make equity in the sciences a priority. Nowhere is this happening more successfully than in Rwanda, where our collective experience has helped more than 1,250 girls and young women excel in STEM disciplines. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, is one of these agents of change. The school believes that the next Einstein could be an African woman, an educational approach that informs its comprehensive strategy to plug leaks in the STEM development pipeline. AIMS’s innovative approach includes helping governments train teachers, ensure that female students are not vastly outnumbered in their classrooms, support students who are mothers, and engage with industry leaders to help graduates succeed in their careers. To attract more female students, 30% of the school’s scholarships are reserved for female applicants, and the school aspires to reach 50% in the near future. Similarly, Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa), also in Kigali, is championing change by allocating 30% of its scholarships to young women. These commitments will have a positive effect on the entire institution, as CMU-Africa seeks to increase dramatically enrollment of female scientists. Finally, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) in Rwanda has funded the education of 1,200 girls enrolled at the country’s top-performing secondary schools specializing in STEM subjects. Of these students, an estimated 70% are expected to study science at the university level. Despite these positive developments, quotas alone will not achieve parity. To make lasting gains, opportunities outside the classroom are also needed. At FAWE Rwanda, a program called Tuseme (a Swahili word meaning “let’s speak out”) offers girls leadership training through drama, song, and creative arts to teach presentation, negotiation, and decision-making skills. FAWE Rwanda also works with teachers to develop gender-responsive pedagogical methods. Likewise, at CMU-Africa, scholars are invited to participate in the university’s Meeting of the Minds Symposium, an annual global gathering for undergraduates to showcase their work to a wider audience of faculty, students, government officials, and industry representatives. And, the Next Einstein Forum, a select program at AIMS that recognizes Africa’s best young scientists and technologists – of which 40% are women – provides emerging innovators with an opportunity to lead their own research while inspiring the next generation of scientific thinkers. Inequalities faced by girls and young women in African education cannot be erased overnight. As Rebecca, a Mastercard Foundation scholar from Uganda, remembers, “When I was at my school, the boys used to call us ‘half-men,’ because if you’re a lady and you go for sciences, you’re a half-man.” But, Rebecca adds, “It was cool being a science student.” Africa needs more women who share Rebecca’s enthusiasm for STEM. To ensure that science remains appealing to girls, schools, governments, and industries must cooperate to educate teachers and mentors, and allocate funding to close the gender gap. As Miranda, another Mastercard Foundation scholar, recently observed, “As we try to find new innovations and inventions to drive the economy, I believe that math and science is at the forefront of that progress.” As professionals working to improve African education, we couldn’t agree more. Copyright: Project Syndicate 2017 – Gender Equity for Africa’s Scientists	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754744
__label__cc	0.670871	0.329129	Choose from the biggest selection of Holiday Activities in Mauritius Activities Categories Rodrigues Activities Mauritius Accommodation Recommended Villas Rodrigues Accommodation Holiday Blog Mauritius Guide Extreme Activities Horse Riding Nature & Adventure Activities Overnight Theme Packages Quad Activities & 4x4 Catamaran Cruises Dolphins & Whales Safari Wildlife Adventures Sightseeing Tours Ile aux Cerfs Tours Attractions, Parks & Sites Underwater Activities Mauritius Tour Packages Helicopter & Flight Trips Canyoning & Zip Lines Massages & Spa Sea & Water Activities Airport Transfers Deep Sea Fishing Evening Activities Hiking & Trekking Diving Speed Boat Trips Hotel Day Packages Golf Packages Luxury Packages Rodrigues Island Sport Activities Children Activities Yacht in Mauritius Tourist Attractions in Mauritius Main Tourist Attractions and Sightseeing Destinations in Mauritius On this page you will find information on the most important tourist attractions and sites worth visiting in Mauritius. Mauritius Tourist Attractions Mauritius Botanical Garden Mauritius Botanical Garden, also known as Pamplemousses Garden and SSR Botanical Garden, is one of the most popular tourist attraction in Mauritius, and is located near Port Louis. It is the oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere. The spectacular garden was built by Pierre Poivre in 1767, and covers an area of around 37 hectares. The botanical garden is most famous for its giant water lilies, spice garden and unique collection of 85 varieties of palms from Central America, Asia, Africa and the islands around the Indian Ocean. Black River Gorges National Park is a national park stretching on an area of 6,574 hectares in the hilly south-western part of Mauritius. It was construction in Mauritius Black River Gorges Nature Reserveorder to save the natural vegetation of the island and make it one of the most important Mauritius sightseeing. One can walk along the greenery and reach the highest point of the island, which is the Black River Peak. Facilities for visitors include two information centres, picnic areas and 60 kilometers of trails. The Black River Gorges National park protects most of the island's remaining rainforest, and is home to many species of wild animals and birds. Many endemic plants and animals can be found in the park including the Mauritian flying fox, Mauritius kestrel, pink pigeon, Mauritius parakeet, Mauritius cuckoo-shrike, Mauritius bulbul, Mauritius olive white-eye, Mauritius grey white-eye and Mauritius fody. Île aux Cerfs Island Île aux Cerfs Island, known in English as the deer island is an island near the east coast of Mauritius in the Flacq district. Ile Aux Cerfs is famous for its sandy beaches, beautiful lagoon and big selection of activities and facilities. In Ile Aux Cerfs you are sure to have a day of relaxation and fun on one of the picture-postcard beaches, and to enjoy a swim and snorkeling in the lagoon. This paradise island of Mauritius constitutes of around 100 hectares of land. Nowadays there are no more deers on the island, but you will find there some of the worlds beautiful beaches and as such it is one of the must place to visit and see in Mauritius. Port Louis is the capital city and main port of Mauritius, Port Louis was constructed in the year 1735 by the noted French governor, Mahe de Labourdonnais. Today Port Louis is the largest city in Mauritius. Port Louis is surrounded by a mountain range, called the Port Louis Moka Range which makes it worth watching.Mauritius Capital Port Louis Port Louis has conserved many historic and colonial buildings through the years. One of them is a fortification named Fort Adelaide or La Citadelle, built by the British in 1835. The latter dominates the city. The main tourist attractions in Port Louis include the Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis Bazaar, Police Barracks, the Mauritian Chinatown and the old Port Louis theatre. The capital has also three museums which are: the Blue Penny Museum, the Mauritius Natural History Museum and the Mauritius Stamp Museum. Also, the biggest and oldest post office in Mauritius is found in Port Louis near the Caudan Waterfront. At the city center there are number of French styled buildings, which enhances the charm of Port Louis. Port Louis is definitely a must place to see and visit during your visit to Mauritius. Grand Bassin, known also as Ganga Talao is a lake situated in a secluded mountain area in the district of Savanne, deep in the heart of Mauritius. It is about 600 meters above sea level. The Grand Bassin is a holy lake for Mauritian of Hindu faith. It is said that the water inside the lake communicates with the waters of the holy Ganges of India. The Hindus of Mauritius declared the Grand Bassin as a Holy lake. The Hindu community performs there a pilgrimage every year on the Maha Sivaratri/“Siva’s Great Night”, on this day they honor the Lord Siva. Beside the lake there a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and other Gods including Hanuman and Lakshmi. Also, overlooking the lake is the statue of Mangal Mahadev (Shiva statue) which is of 33 meters, making it the highest statue in Mauritius. Chamarel park - 7 colored earth & Chamarel falls Chamarel park - 7 colored earth & Chamarel falls - The “seven-coloured earth” of Chamarel is a geological curiosity and a major tourist attraction of Mauritius. The landscape at Chamarel is truly unique, it is the only place in world where you can find a clay earth of 7 colors at one place. The colors of these unique dunes are red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow, purple and red are predominant. Also when visiting the park you get to see a great view of the neighboring falls and of the lush vegetation all around. The Chamrel park offers another attraction to be relished first, the Waterfall of Chamarel. It is a truly beautiful waterfall, some consider it as the best in Mauritius. Three distinct stream plunging down a free fall of nearly a 100 meters down into the gorge. Trou aux Cerfs is a 605 m high extinct volcano located in Curepipe, Mauritius. The crater has been alternately described as 300 meters in diameter, and is 85 meters deep. Trou aux Cerfs is considered the main attractions of Curepipe. In the center of the crater there is a small lake. From the view point on the crater you will have a spectacular view of major part of Mauritius Island. The volcano is considered as a dormant volcano, which has been formed millions of years ago and was active until 600,000 to 700,000 years ago. Ile aux Aigrettes Ile aux Aigrettes is a tiny coral island (25 hectares) just off the coast of the town of Mahebourg. The island has been declared a nature conservation site and today is being preserved by the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. Owing to the remarkable work accomplished by the Mauritius Wildlife Fund, the island has become an international standard for the protection of natural resources and endangered species. A few of the world’s rarest birds, including the kestrel, can be seen there. You can also discover the extremely rare Pink Pigeon, the Green Gecko Phelsuma and the Aldabra giant tortoise. Some of the plants found in Ile aux Aigrettes grow nowhere else in the world and they form the last remnant of a coastal forest that once surrounded much of Mauritius. Eighteen Mauritian plant species which grow on the island are classified as endangered or very rare. Gabriel Island Gabriel Island, known also as Îlot Gabriel, is located near the Round Island and the Flat island, at the extreme north of Mauritius, about 10 kilometers north of Cap Malheureux. The distance between Gabriel Island and Flat Island is only 750 meters. The size of the island is 42 hectares and the highest point is of 28 meters. Gabriel Island is a protected natural reserve and is most famous for if its beautiful unspoiled beaches, with crystal clear water surrounding the entire island. It is a very popular site for snorkeling, it offers great dive sites, and is the ideal destination for a day of relaxation on the beach. Eureka Creole House Eureka House is a unique Creole house built in 1830 in a magnificent garden surrounded by waterfalls of Moka River and the Moka Range. Eureka House is reputed to be one of the largest houses on the island, with 109 doors and windows. The Eureka house was restored and opened to the public as a museum in 1986. The museum has areas dedicated to music, art, antique maps, Chinese and Indian house wares and quirky contraptions like a colonial-era shower. Most famous Waterfalls in Mauritius Chamarel waterfalls Alexandra waterfalls Tamarind waterfalls Rochester waterfalls Exil waterfalls Additional Tourist Attractions in Mauritius and Sights worth visit include Balaclava Ruins - few meters away from Baie aux Tortues, can be found the ruins of the old Balaclava estate. Visitors will be able to see the sea walls, whose initial foundations were laid down by Mahé de Labourdonnais. Flacq Market - Flacq is one of the most important villages in Mauritius. This meeting point for inhabitants of the East Mauritius, boasts the country’s largest open air market. The extremely colorful market attracts a large number of people. Mahebourg - Mahébourg is one of the main fishing villages on the island. Built on the magnificent Grand Port Bay it was founded in. The main attraction of the city is the Monday markets which are one of the biggest and best on the island and can be found right next to the main bus station, and the Mahebourg waterfront area. Golf in Mauritius Fishing in Mauritius Mauritius Tours Mauritius Wedding Tel (Office) : +230 269 1000 Tel (Hotline) : +230 52-57-57-57 info@mauritiusattractions.com, mauritiusattractions@gmail.com © ABZ Travel. Member of the Attractions Planet Group 2008-2019	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754748
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__label__wiki	0.537908	0.537908	By Natasha Frid GRACE MICELI: YOUR NEW CYBERGIRL ART CRUSH While we often find ourselves warped into the matrix known as the Internet, endlessly stalking insta-famous celebs and keeping up with the lives of our 7th grade crushes, the Internet can also be a catalyst for young artists to start up their careers. Just three years ago, Grace Miceli was another girl roaming the web looking for a place to share her art. Now the NYC based artist has founded her own online gallery, Art Baby, designed her own clothing line, and has even been showcased in Petra Collins’ upcoming photo book Babe. From her depictions of Lizzie McGuire, Gwen Stefani and Furbies (those big eyed furry zombies from back in the day), her work embodies girlhood — but don’t let that fool you into thinking that Miceli’s childhood was filled with flouncy dresses and bubble gum pop songs. The former tomboy only found a love for all things pink once she outgrew it all. The cyberstar spoke to Milk Made’s Natasha Frid, where she dished about life in New York, her love of Chef Boyardee and how she ‘freaks what she feels’. There’s a deep sense of nostalgia throughout your work. What draws you to depicting these themes of girlhood and adolescence in general? Why do you think we like looking at the past so much? For me, when I was actually a teen or preteen, or whatever those years from 12-17 are, all I could think about was growing up. I was a total tomboy, I wasn’t into the color pink. I didn’t care about the aesthetics that I find myself celebrating now — all that girly shit. When I was younger, I was like ‘this is so dumb, I just want to be a serious adult’, but then when I became one I realized that being an adult sucks [laughs]. So I’m trying to hold onto the fun stuff about being female and being young. What is your favorite childhood TV show and snack? Everything. I loved Clarissa Explains It All, she was a totally cool role model. She had this pet alligator and I have a pet lizard now. She wore baseball hats, and I feel like I’ve definitely become her. I loved CatDog and all those cartoons. My mom didn’t let me have TV for a while when I was younger and I think I accidentally got cable— like we didn’t buy it or anything, but we somehow got it— so then I would watch everything all the time. So when I’m drawing or paining, I’ll sit in front of the TV and do it, I’m sure it’s terrible for my eyes and my brain but I don’t care. Snacks–same thing. My mom was a total hippie, all healthy, and never let me have any of the fun shit. The other day I went to the beach and bought those crackers with the fake cheese, where you spread it yourself, because I never got to have it when I was a kid. But now I eat dumb stuff like Chef Boyardee because I couldn’t have it when I was younger. Is there a motto you live your life by? This is my friend’s thing but I’ve started saying it too. She always says ‘freak what you feel’, so I’ve been trying to do that— if you want it, just do it, just FREAK it. I’m definitely stealing that from her, but that’s what I’ve been trying to do. Just do whatever you want. You say you ‘grew up online.’ what do you mean by that? I’ve been making Internet friends since I started using the Internet at 11. I lived in the suburbs, which is a big part of it. I was also really into pop-punk and would go on message boards and live journal and that’s where I’d find people who were into the same music. I didn’t go to parties, I was just on the Internet all the time. It definitely stemmed from boredom but it allowed me to discover so many things. I’d like to think that I’ve figured out a way to use it in a good way. I think I’ve finally figured out that balance. I’m online still but I prefer to go out and do stuff too. You don’t want to just live online. I mean it’s fun, but it’s not totally real. Is there any advice you’d give to your younger self? Yeah, I’d tell myself to chill out. I used to be so high strung and take everything so seriously and that’s definitely the thing I realized most about growing up–that you just have to relax. I know you went to Smith. How do you think going to a women’s college has shaped you? Going to a women’s college has definitely taught me the importance of having a strong community of people that support each other — not that it only has to be females at all— but just that sisterhood vibe of supporting each other and being there for each other. Growing up, young women are taught to be in competition with each other and I see that in the art world because there are so few famous young female artists. It feels like a boy’s club, and what I like about the other young women I collaborate with is that we know we’re all in this together. There’s not one spot for the ‘cool girl artist’. We can all do it. Any chance we get, we support each other, we mention each other. I feel like I’ve made that same community here that I had at Smith and it’s great. Do you feel that your work has a tone of female empowerment? I’d definitely like to think so, but I don’t set out to make an important feminist work. You know, I’m like a privileged white girl and I don’t want to tell anyone what feminism is and say that my work is what feminism is. Everyone has their own version and experience of feminism. I mean, feminism is so important to me and so I’d like to think that shows itself through my work. That’s how I consider it happening. I’m a feminist, so I’m gonna make work that is a part of it. How would you describe your sense of style? Do you think your artwork reflects that at all? Recently, I’ve realized that I’ve started dressing like boys I had a crush on when I was a teenager. Like I’ll find myself wearing a Thrasher hoodie and baggier pants — a young vibe. You’ll never find me in a blazer. I always look a little bit of a mess, but my work is messy, it’s definitely not refined in any way. What are three articles of clothing you couldn’t live without? I have these overalls that my friend Sonya made. Have you heard of Cometees? Rihanna just bought a pair of her pants. Sonya custom made them for me. They’re these white overalls with her art screen printed all over them. I’m also really into this XL white tee — I can’t really get away with wearing it as a dress because I’m tall, but that’s another. And I just got a new pair of white Nike Air Force Ones. That’s my thing– all white — which is hard because I’m always snacking, but I’m trying to make that my summer look. If you weren’t making art what do you think you’d you be doing? When I lived in Vermont I worked for this nonprofit called Vermont Works for Women that had all these rad programs where they did dirt biking, mechanics and coding classes for girls. So, I’d definitely like to do something that’s focused on empowering teen girls. My dream would be to one day have a gallery space that on weekends could teach art to young girls, empowering the next generation and all. Check out Grace’s website here #Cometees #feminism #grace miceli #Lizzie McGuire #Nike Air Force One #petra collins #Rihanna #Smith College PETRA COLLINS x LEVI'S GIVES DENIM A NEW ATTITUDE Petra Collins' Babe Book is Exactly What Feminism Needs Exclusive: Judith Bernstein's Trailblazing Genital Paintings	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754753
__label__wiki	0.620008	0.620008	Behind the lights-out pitching of Brandon McCarthy, the Yankees were able to salvage the final game of their three-game series against Houston this afternoon, beating the Astros 3-0; the Bronx Bombers picking up their first win since Sunday. McCarthy danced to a complete game tune, putting on a four-hit shutout performance with eight strikeouts and no walks – an outing that looked more like a Roger Clemens start, circa 2001. The Yankee offense, which has basically struggled since the end of 2012, scored all of its runs in the second inning this afternoon. Chase Headley swatted a double into the right field corner to bring in Mark Teixeira and Martin Prado, and later came in on a sac fly out to center off the bat of Ichiro. Other than that, it was McCarthy’s day to shine. The much-needed victory brought the Yankees to 64-61 this season; now trailing Baltimore for first place by nine games in the American League East. The Yanks are also four and a half games out for the second Wild Card spot – but that comes with the task of hurdling Cleveland, Seattle and Detroit for a postseason seed. Numerically, the Yankees still have a chance at capturing the AL East, with eight games left to play against the Orioles in the month of September. Realistically however, given the immense lack of hitting and team inconsistency on both sides of the field, it’s fair to just hope for a fight into a sudden death Wild Card game down the stretch. This weekend the Yanks welcome the Chicago White Sox into town, and before Saturday afternoon’s showdown with the pale hose, will honor Joe Torre with a ceremony. The newly crowned Hall of Famer will have his no. 6 rightfully retired by the organization. Whether or not the Yankees take the game from the White Sox that will follow the ceremony remains to be seen, as they’ve had bad luck winning games on days they pay homage to Monument Park newcomers. Recent history hasn’t been on their side. In summation, it’s been a very lackluster summer in the Bronx. The season just has not given off the World Series vibes of 2009 and the ‘90s Dynasty years, which is tragic not only because of the amount of money “the brass” spent in the offseason on players; buying some sought-after free agents in hopes of turning the team around – but you would hope in Derek Jeter’s final year, the captain could go out a winner. Right now, it doesn’t even seem as though Jeter will play autumn baseball in New York again, let alone collect his sixth World Series ring. While the Yankees are upsetting fans and not living up to the hype generated in the preseason, a minor league team from just up the Hudson River has been doing what the Yankees haven’t been this year: playing well and consistent. The Hudson Valley Renegades, the New York-Penn League MiLB squad affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays, have been as clutch and as fun to watch as the ’09 Yankees this year. The ‘Gades are one of the top teams in the NYPL, and are on track for the playoffs as the season enters its final week and a half. I’m now in my third season covering Hudson Valley and it wasn’t long ago – 2012, in fact – that the Renegades won only their second championship in team history, and first since 1999. They certainly have a chance to go for their third, and second in three years. This week was the NYPL All-Star Game in Brooklyn, held at MCU Park where the Cyclones play; the Cyclones, of course the New York Mets farm team. The Renegades sent a record seven players to the ASG. I wrote a little feature about it that ran in the newspaper I work for, The Examiner, this week. Since the Renegades are playing great baseball – virtually the polar opposite of the Yankees – I figured I’d share my feature on the Hudson Valley all-stars. Note: The NYPL ASG took place Tuesday night, and as I understand it, ended in a 1-1 tie. Our newsweekly prints on Tuesday mornings, so the story was run timely, but now is actually a couple days late. Nonetheless: Renegades to Send Record Seven Players to NYPL All-Star Game The New York-Penn League All-Star Game may be taking place tonight at MCU Park in Brooklyn, but a strong Hudson Valley presence will be felt. The Renegades will be represented in the All-Star Game by seven players, a record number for the minor league franchise. “It’s awesome; a great accomplishment to them,” said Renegades skipper Tim Parenton, who will be managing the game with his coaching staff. “They put up the numbers, they got the recognition by the league president and they’re going to do great.” Two Renegade outfielders in Bralin Jackson and Hunter Lockwood were selected. Jackson, the Tampa Bay Rays’ fifth pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, has tallied 56 hits in 54 games and has demonstrated a keen eye at the plate, drawing 24 walks. He also hit .324 in the month of July and leads the Renegades with 18 multi-hit games. Lockwood has been as clutch as they come, leading the league with 13 home runs and 43 RBIs. Three of his 13 round-trippers have been of the walk-off variety, and he’s very excited to be playing in his first All-Star Game. “I’m looking forward to it,” Lockwood said. “Going there with a bunch of guys that you know and get to play with every day is just going to make it all the more special. We’ve had a lot of guys playing well for us all year; been hitting the ball, throwing strikes and getting the job done when we need it.” Along with a pair of outfielders, three Renegade infielders will be playing tonight. Utility man Coty Blanchard, second baseman Jace Conrad and first baseman Casey Gillaspie each received the nod. Blanchard currently sports a .287 batting average, has driven in 24 runs and he leads the league with 20 stolen bases. Meanwhile Conrad has 17 steals, boasts a .277 average, and has knocked in 18 runs. Gillaspie, the Rays’ first pick in this year’s draft, has been worth the price of admission with his seven home runs this summer, coupled with 38 RBIs and a .273 clip at the plate. The younger brother of Chicago White Sox third baseman Conor Gillaspie is looking forward to the experience. “It should be a fun time,” Gillaspie said. “We have a good team, the guys work hard. I’m happy for all the guys who got invited.” Rounding out the Renegades in the All-Star Game are pitchers Nolan Gannon and Hunter Wood. Gannon is currently 5-2 in nine starts with an ERA of 2.68. The tall right-hander has struck out 43 batters in 47 innings while only allowing five walks. Wood, another lanky righty, has been equally as dominant, with a 3-3 record in 11 starts for the Gades, and a 2.91 ERA. You can check out my latest gamer on the Renegades’ 6-1 win over the Lowell Spinners last Saturday here. Lowell is the NYPL’s Boston Red Sox affiliate. Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with AL East, American League, Baseball, Brandon McCarthy, Chase Headley, Derek Jeter, Hall of Fame, Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Renegades, Ichiro, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball, Mark Teixeira, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, MLB, New York, New York – Penn League, New York Yankees, Renegades, Yankee Yapping, Yankees No hits and hat tips If you watched the brilliant 2007 miniseries The Bronx is Burning, which detailed the radical 1977 New York Yankees season, you might remember how eccentric former Yankee owner George Steinbrenner was portrayed. The Boss would get ticked off very easily at the most minute happenings, if you recall. “We lost an exhibition game to the Mets – to the METS!” he snarled in one scene. It leads me to believe that if Steinbrenner was still alive, and saw what happened last night in Panama, he would have lost his marbles. Not only did the Yankees lose an exhibition to the Miami Marlins, baseball’s biggest joke in the eyes of most fans, they were no-hit. I repeat: the Yankees were no-hit by the Marlins. Though only an exhibition, or a game that doesn’t count, Joe Girardi was not thrilled, saying afterwards, “You never want to be no-hit. I don’t care what game it is, what level. You never want to see that.” The fact that the game was being played in honor of Mariano Rivera in his native Panama at Rod Carew Stadium – and the fact that Rivera was in attendance to witness this negative piece of history – only hurt more, in this writer’s eyes. Now granted, a number of big names like Ichiro, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann and Brian Roberts didn’t participate in the no-hitter, as they were stateside in Florida playing the Baltimore Orioles. Yet a few of the key regulars didn’t impress. In fact, they played a royal hand in being no-hit. Derek Jeter, Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano, Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli were a combined 0-for-14 with one walk and six strikeouts. Gardner was the only one of the five regulars to reach base via a walk, and was only one of two base runners all night. Zelous Wheeler drew a walk in the eighth inning but that was all the offense – if you can call it offense – the Yanks could muster. The question I kept asking myself was, when is the last time the Yankees were no-hit in spring training? Better question: have they even ever been no-hit in spring training? The last time they were no-hit (to any capacity) was June 11, 2003 at the hands of the Houston Astros. Coincidently enough, Jeter and Soriano were a part of the no-hitter in ’03 to Houston, as well as a part of last night’s struggle. What’s funny is today, in the second game of the Legends Series in Panama, the Yankees no-hit the Marlins through six until Giancarlo Stanton singled to begin the seventh inning. So, the day after being no-hit by the Marlins, the Yanks took a no-no of their own deep into the game. Can’t make this stuff up, folks. Luckily after all the excruciating, no-hit nonsense to report on last night, the Yankees took out their frustrations in split squad action this afternoon. The stateside crew beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 and the team that was no-hit last night pounded out 15 hits today, and shutout the Marlins 7-0. Everyone looked good in this afternoon’s action, including Masahiro Tanaka and CC Sabathia. Tanaka pitched 4.1 innings at “The Boss” vs. Atlanta and only let up one earned run on just three hits. He walked two but fanned six, looking as tactical and as effective as Mike Mussina once looked. Mussina, if you remember, was not incredibly overpowering but so methodical in facing hitters; he had a game plan. Tanaka looked to possess that “Moose”-like style today, at least in my opinion. Sabathia, in the meantime, worked his best outing of the spring, tossing a perfect five innings against the Marlins; no walks and five Ks. Coming off such a subpar 2013, and not exactly turning any heads this spring, you have believe he needed a performance like today. Tip of the Hat on #TBT I’ve recently become “one of those people” on Twitter who partakes in #ThrowbackThursday, posting an old picture from the past and describing it. This past Thursday, March 13, was the five-year anniversary of my story on John Flaherty; the former Yankee catcher and current YES broadcaster came to my college (Mercy; Dobbs Ferry, NY) in 2009 to speak to the baseball and softball teams at their fundraiser breakfast. Flaherty told some awesome stories that morning, including how he was hung over the day he was called up to the major leagues – because he and his friends had gone out for “sodas” the night before. To celebrate the fun memory, naturally I decided to post a collage photo of my newspaper article on the former Yankee catcher, the ball Flaherty signed for me that day, and the picture he took with me. Tweeting the photo at him, Flaherty remembered the day and offered me kudos on a job well done, which was very nice of him. Thanks for the kind words, John! You can follow me on Twitter @YankeeYapping and @AJ_Martelli Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Alfonso Soriano, Baseball, Brett Gardner, Brian McCann, Brian Roberts, Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Exhibition, George Steinbrenner, Grapefruit League, Ichiro, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Girardi, Legends Series, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Marlins, Masahiro Tanaka, Miami Marlins, Mike Mussina, MLB, New York Yankees, no-hitter, Spring Training, Yankee Yapping, Yankees While there’s plenty of offseason left and the Yankees haven’t seen a lot of back page action, there’ve been a few recent stories from the so-called “Bronx Bomber Front,” if you will. First and foremost, the Yankees signed back 2007’s two breakout pitchers, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain, inking both to one-year deals to avoid arbitration. Hughes was signed back for $7.15 million while Chamberlain was given just $1.88 million – startling, considering these two were pegged as the future of the Yankee pitching staff, and they’re coming back on a dime with no long-term commitment. The 27-year-old promising rookies of ’07 haven’t exactly shown much promise. In this writer’s opinion, 2013 will be their final chance to prove whether or not they are truly the new breed of Yankee arms. Last year Hughes went 16-13 with an ERA of 4.23, which is somewhat respectable for a middle-of-the-rotation starter, but he was second in the majors in the home runs allowed category with 35. Not to mention he gave up two more long balls in the playoffs while posting a record of 0-1 in October. If Hughes doesn’t get it straightened out this coming season, I’m afraid his time in pinstripes may be up. His main problem, as noted every year in Spring Training, seems to be his faith, or lack of faith, in his breaking ball. Hughes is characteristically a high-fastball pitcher, and when he hangs his breaking ball, hitters absolutely feast off it. Bottom line: Hughes needs to right many wrongs this year, if he wants to stay a Yankee. Chamberlain’s biggest problem in recent seasons has undoubtedly been his inability to stay healthy. In 2012 Chamberlain logged just 20.2 innings in 22 games, a bizarre ankle injury claiming most of his season. It got worse for him in the playoffs when, in Game 4 of the ALDS, Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles shattered his bat facing him; the broken shard of wood coming back and striking Chamberlain in the elbow, forcing him out of the game. Aside from an electric debut in 2007 and a 2009 World Series ring, I would say it’s not unfair to compare Chamberlain to another injury-prone pitcher: Carl Pavano – who, I just read today, ruptured his spleen shoveling snow. Why am I not surprised? Only Pavano. I mean…who else would that happen to? But back to Chamberlain. 2013 will be a test for him. And if he fails, like Hughes, Chamberlain might have to bow out of the Bronx – and as we saw with Nick Swisher, it could potentially be a not-so-gracious departure. Along with Hughes and Chamberlain, the Bombers announced the re-signing of another 27-year-old pitcher, David Robertson. The setup man from Alabama received $3.1 million for one year, also avoiding arbitration. Typical move that made sense. Obviously the Yankees weren’t letting go of him. I suppose they got him for so cheap because of his 2-7 record last year – as he also proved he may not be suited to fill Mariano Rivera’s cleats. In his first save opp following Rivera’s season-ending injury, Robertson blew it vs. Tampa Bay and lost the closer role out to Rafael Soriano, who as we recently learned walked to the Washington Nationals. Thankfully for the Yankees, Rivera is returning. And I expect Mo to be Mo, barring any lingering effects from his torn ACL. If his body responds nicely, it’s good news for the Bombers. However, as we saw with Chien-Ming Wang a few years back, leg injuries can damage a pitcher’s footing, causing a world of problems. Then again, Wang’s injury was different from Rivera’s. Wang injured his pivot foot running home during an interleague game in Houston. Nonetheless, we’ll find out just how Mo will do after he runs out of the Yankee bullpen in April, “Enter Sandman” blaring through the Yankee Stadium speakers. In addition to the retention of some pitchers, the Yankees announced that on March 30, in their last exhibition before Opening Day, they will travel to West Point and face the ARMY baseball team at the United States Military Academy. Ever since they announced this special game, I’ve been wondering which key players the Yankees will bring to West Point. Being two days before Opening Day, I’m not exactly sure if many of the regulars, like Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Kevin Youkilis, Ichiro, Mark Teixeira, and Robinson Cano, will be playing. I could see them bringing a few bigs, but certainly not all of them. I’d also like to explore the possibility of covering this game, if humanly possible. I might have to ask my publisher and editors to contact West Point for a credential to get in. I’d be honored to cover such a game, even though it’s simply an exhibition. One player who won’t be at West Point on March 30 (at least not there to play, anyway) is Alex Rodriguez. The third baseman had surgery on Jan. 16 to repair a torn labrum, a procedure that was said to have gone off without a hitch. Today Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman was interviewed on WFAN radio in New York and said Rodriguez may miss the entire 2013 season, although it is believed he could be back after the All-Star break. A-Rod is signed on for a long time – through 2017, to be exact. I’m probably not in the minority here; a lot of folks probably feel the same way, but I for one would be interested to see how the Yanks would fare for a whole year without the 37-year-old slugger-in-decline. The postseason, should the Yankees make it, would be most interesting sans A-Rod, for sure. Think about it: if the Yankees go all the way with no Rodriguez, it’ll be the classic “we never needed A-Rod to win” mind frame. By chance the Yankees get ousted early – or don’t make the postseason at all, for that matter – it’ll be the heavy “we need A-Rod to win” spiel. Again, interesting for sure. In the meantime, pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Tampa on Feb. 12 and their first full workout will take place the very next day. Position players report to camp on Feb. 17; their first full team workout scheduled, again, for the following day. The Yanks’ first exhibition game will happen on Feb. 23 at the Braves – the tune-up games beginning nine days earlier because of the World Baseball Classic this spring. Teixeira will play for the USA team, which will be managed by former Yankee skipper Joe Torre. Cano will play for the Dominican Republic squad, so even though real, meaningful baseball will not completely return until April 1, we’ll be treated to some Yankees playing in games featuring quality competition. Until then, basketball and next Sunday’s Super Bowl are dominating the sports pages. Just for the heck of it, I’ll entertain you guys with a story from a high school girls’ basketball game I covered a couple weeks back. Basically this winter my editor put me on the girls hoops beat. My responsibility is to attend games and write about the girls’ basketball teams in our coverage area – and our newspaper has two of the top-ranked teams in New York state, which makes the job a lot of fun. The girls have been enjoying a tremendous amount of success these past two months. On Thursday Jan. 10 I was covering a game; the final score being 38-32. Pretty close and low-scoring game, all the way through. After interviewing the coaches from the winning team and the losing team, collecting their thoughts and impressions, I went to interview the girl with the most points on the winning side. The young lady, a junior forward, finished with 19 points (including two, 3-point field goals) leading all scorers. Before I could conduct my interview, her friend ran up to her and embraced her, giving her a big hug. Standing next to her with my recorder in hand, ready to conduct the interview, her friend (in an attempt to be discreet, although I heard every word) asked her, “Is that your boyfriend?” She looked at me chuckled and replied, “No, he’s…the interviewer.” Confused, yet aware of what her friend had asked her, I looked at her and said, “Wait, did she just…” Smiling, and clearly a little embarrassed, she mustered the response, “Yeah, she did.” With a beat red face I tried my best to shake it off, and then carried on, conducting my interview with her. First of all, at 25 years old I’m so glad I look young enough to still be in high school. Makes me feel so grown up. And secondly, when things like this happen, it gives me more and more motivation and incentive to want to take the next step in my career; cover pro sports and not just high school games – risking incidents similar to this one because I apparently look as if I belong on “Barney & Friends.” Not that I haven’t had a taste of pro sports coverage – I did, covering the Hudson Valley Renegades and Eli Manning’s appearance at the Guiding Eyes Golf Classic this past summer – but I’d like to expand upon that; do a lot more of it, more consistently. MLB.com. YES Network. #GetAtMeBro Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with ALDS, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Curtis Granderson, David Robertson, high school sports, Ichiro, Joba Chamberlain, Kevin Youkilis, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, MLB, MLB.com, New York, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Robinson Cano, Yankee Yapping, Yankees, Yes Network Youk can’t be serious In light of the tragic events in Newtown, Conn. this morning – a tragedy that hit rather close to home – I thought it might be nice to blog about something good, or at least go back to Yankee matters. Instead of ending the day on a sad note, it might be nice to write about something positive, because positivity is what we all need right about now. Once again, thoughts and prayers are with those affected here in Newtown. Within the last 72 hours, the unfathomable has occurred. Longtime Yankee nemesis, third baseman Kevin Youkilis, has jumped ship. The former member of the Red Sox signed a one-year deal valued at $12 million, and will indeed play for the “Evil Empire” in 2013. Youkilis will be filling the void at third base which will be left by an aging and ailing A-Rod, who will not return to the team from rehabbing from his hip surgery until mid-season. Yes, it’s really happening. Youkilis joins a number of former Red Sox who have made the switch from Red Sox Nation to Yankee Universe, and even he admitted he was shocked that he’s changing teams – coming to the Yanks being painted so heavily with Red Sox colors. According to Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch, Youkilis was said to be “humbled” and “amazed.” It’s important to keep in mind Youkilis was moved to Chicago last season and played for the White Sox before becoming a free agent this off-season, and the Red Sox never made him an offer to return. That might take a little bit of heat off him in the eyes of the Boston fans, but the reaction he receives when the Yankees first visit Fenway Park on July 19 this season will be interesting. What will also be interesting will be his relationship with (now) teammate Joba Chamberlain. Youkilis and Chamberlain have a noted past – and by “noted” I mean hostile. Chamberlain has thrown at Youkilis multiple times over the years, and the so-called “Greek god of walks” never took too kindly to it. However, I did read earlier today that Chamberlain has already reached out to Youkilis on the phone – but Youkilis has said he hasn’t had time to return the call. Hmmmm. OK. Now, the Yankee fans can only hope Youkilis will help them, as oppose to punishing them, as he has in the past wearing the Sox; do some great things for them rather than against them. With Boston and Chicago Youkilis smacked 13 lifetime home runs vs. the Bronx Bombers, including one of the loudest blasts this writer has ever heard on April 24, 2009 – when he smashed a walk-off home run over the Green Monster off Damaso Marte; a well-struck shot to lift the Red Sox past the Yankees. If history shows us anything, this move could be good for the Yankees and has the potential to pay dividends. A few noted former BoSox have gone on to thrive in pinstripes. It all started with Yes, the Sultan of Swat. The Colossus of Clout. The King of Crash…and every other one of his nicknames we learned in “The Sandlot.” The Babe brought his power and might to the Yankees, as we all know, after a stint in Boston. It seemed almost instantly when Ruth joined the Yankees they became relevant. The Bombers won their first World Series in 1923 and the rest is basically history. His presence made the Yankees a better team – and before he got there, he was a member of the Red Sox. Of course later in the century there was Boggs brought his six batting titles from Beantown to the Bronx, where he rode off into the sunset in 1996. The one picture that remains printed in everyone’s mind is undoubtedly Boggs on the back of the horse after the World Series that year. Then after Boggs was Like Youkilis, Clemens spent time with another team after his time in Boston – the Toronto Blue Jays – before making his debut in New York in 1999. The Rocket accomplished with the Yankees what he couldn’t with the Red Sox: winning the World Series (in ’99 and 2000). Clemens also captured the AL Cy Young in 2001, and remains the last Yankee to ever win the coveted award (CC Sabathia won the AL Cy in 2007, but as a member of the Cleveland Indians). It might even make sense for Youkilis to take Clemens’s number, 22. I don’t think there’s a chance they give him number 20, which belonged to Yankee fan-favorite Jorge Posada for 16 years. Anywho, the next notable BoSock to turn heel was Or, as the Red Sox fans called him, “Judas DamoNY.” In making the leap from Boston to New York, Damon had to shave his beard and cut his hair; and it obviously didn’t affect his play on the field. The outfielder gave the Yanks four remarkable years of service, capping it off by stealing the show in the 2009 World Series. Damon, in one of the most heads-up plays of all-time, stole second base and third base in one deft move, putting himself in scoring position to line the Yanks up for a 7-4 Game 4 win over the Phillies. There are also a number of other players to go from Boston to New York and vice versa: Derek Lowe, Ramiro Mendoza, Alan Embree, Doug Mientkiewicz, Mark Bellhorn, Mike Myers, Don Baylor…the list can go on and on. Some have made lasting impressions, other haven’t. Of the players mentioned, Ruth, Mendoza, and Damon are three that have won the World Series with both Boston and New York. Youkilis, a World Champ in 2004 and 2007 with Boston, will look to add his name to that list. If the history among Ruth, Boggs, Clemens, and Damon is any indication, it’s certainly possible. And from a fan’s perspective, maybe Youkilis can serve as a lightning rod; spark the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, which was in a lot of ways dormant for most of 2011 and all of 2012. Ichiro has decided to return to the Yankees, agreeing to come back on a two-year deal worth between $12-13 million. The Yankee Stadium outfield, through 2014, can be called “Area 31.” It surprised me to see Ichiro get two years, being 39 years old. The reason may have been because of the Phillies – they might have forced the Yanks’ hands. From what I gather, Philly was ready to offer Ichiro two years and close to $14 million, probably looking to fill one of their outfield holes. Last year Philadelphia traded away center fielder Shane Victorino to the Dodgers – and now Victorino has signed with Boston for three years. Lucky the Yanks were able to negotiate with Ichiro and get him back before Philly snagged him, being that Nick Swisher is basically gone and the option of signing Josh Hamilton is off the table. Not that I expected the Yankees to make a run for him, anyway, but nonetheless the option no longer exists with Hamilton’s agreement with the LA Angels yesterday afternoon. Next year’s Yankee outfield is looking like: CF Curtis Granderson LF Brett Gardner RF Ichiro If nothing else, the Yanks will have an awful lot of speed and athleticism in the outfield. Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with American League, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Brett Gardner, CC Sabathia, Curtis Granderson, Ichiro, Joba Chamberlain, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, Kevin Youkilis, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Red Sox, Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Yankee Yapping, Yankees, Youkilis Following the untimely and bitter end of the 2012 season last night, the Yankees are undoubtedly heading back to Yankee Stadium to clean out their lockers, and are going to prepare for what will be about a five month layover until Spring Training kicks up in February. Now that the season has come to a close, it’s time to reflect on everything that made 2012 a great baseball season. There’s no need to dwell on the tragic ALCS sweep at the hands of the Detroit Tigers, so instead, let’s take a look back at some of the best moments and times of this past season. Just a note, I’ll be including some personal highlights as well; some moments that made it personally a fun season for me, as a writer, a reporter, and most importantly, a fan. Without any further ado, Yankee Yapping is proud to present its Top 12 of 2012! 12. Catching up with Bernie Williams Believe it or not, one of the best highlights of the season (for me) came before the season even began! While I was covering a high school girls’ basketball game in February, I happened to be sitting next to none other than the former Yankee center fielder, Bernie Williams. His daughter Bea led her team to a win, and getting to sit next to a Yankee legend – and a proud father – while it happened was truly an honor. Read all about my evening with Bernie here! 11. The return of Andy Pettitte He had an itch to come back, and he went ahead and scratched it. In March, retired longtime Yankee favorite Andy Pettitte announced that he would be coming out of retirement. He signed a contract, got back in shape, and unfortunately it didn’t work out for him in the end. Pettitte was sidelined for the majority of the season after getting struck in the left ankle with a come-backer on June 27 – fracturing his fibula. I’ve discussed my feelings on the whole “coming-out-of-retirement” spiel, but when Pettitte went down, I legitimately felt bad for him, knowing he wanted to pay dividends for the Yankees. At the very least, however, he pitched well in the postseason, as he always does. 10. Home opener shutout There is nothing like Opening Day. Spring; the feeling of new life is in the air, and baseball is back. The Yankees made their home opener this year one to remember, beating Albert Pujols and the LA Angels 5-0 behind a brilliant start from Hiroki Kuroda. The Yankee win was one of the first of their 95 victories in 2012, setting the table for yet another strong, winning campaign. 9. Beating up the BoSox On April 20 the Yankees’ most hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, honored Fenway Park; their home that turned 100 years old. Red Sox Nation could only hope a nice ceremony and a champagne toast would be followed by a Red Sox win over the Yankees. No such luck. The Yankees beat the Red Sox quite decisively, 6-2, ruining their centennial celebration. And it only got sweeter the next day. Boston rebounded from the loss with a bang, touching up the Yanks for nine runs through the first six innings. Leading 9-1 in the seventh, the Red Sox had seemingly answered their loss with a win, but things are rarely what they seem in Beantown. The Yanks came back with a vengeance; plating seven runs in the seventh and adding another seven in the eighth, clawing their way back for a huge, 15-9 win over Boston. Without question those two losses took a lot of air out of Red Sox Nation, and the BoSox went on to have one of their worst seasons since the 1970s. 8. A YES contribution On June 8 the Yankees absolutely clobbered the Mets, beating their inferior cross-town rivals, 9-1. Robinson Cano led the way with two homers off Mets’ ace Johan Santana, and Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones followed with homers of their own. As a matter of fact, the Yanks smacked three consecutive homers that night. During the game, I submitted a tweet to the YES Network, and they used it on their “Extra Innings” postgame show – marking the third time they have used my insight on TV. Hosts Jack Curry and Bob Lorenz even agreed with my comment. More YES Network action to come later. 7. A win over Atlanta There’s nothing like going out to your first game of the season. It took me a couple months, considering covering Minor League Baseball basically consumed my summer, but on June 18 (three days after my birthday!) I finally got out to the big ballpark in the Bronx. The Yanks hosted the Atlanta Braves in an inter-league showdown, and backed by a dominant, complete game performance from CC Sabathia, won 6-3. The victory kept a 10-game Yankee winning streak alive; Cano and Mark Teixeira each going yard to pace the Yanks at the plate. I did get out to one more game on Aug. 31 – yet it wasn’t as memorable, the Yankees losing 6-1 to the team they eventually ousted in the ALDS, the Baltimore Orioles. 6. Welcome, Ichiro! The Yankees made a splash before the trade deadline, acquiring Ichiro from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old veteran outfielder joined the team on July 23, and certainly did a fine job on both sides of the field. Ichiro played in 67 games for the Yankees – and 162 overall, proving just how durable he really is. In those 67 games in pinstripes he recorded 73 hits and scored 28 runs with 14 stolen bases, 13 doubles, and five homers. Yes. He’s still got it. Much like Derek Jeter, Ichiro has shown he is ageless. And he certainly helped propel the Yankees down the stretch and into the postseason. Domo arigato, Mr. Suzuki. 5. YES Network Games Another game, another YES Network appearance. On Aug. 6, my tweet was used on the YES Network, during their “YES Network Games” competition. Michael Kay even admitted my question was difficult, although he, John Flaherty, and Meredith Marakovits all came up with the correct answer. It’s only too bad the content and nature of the question in a way foreshadowed the season’s end. 4. Not so fast, Oakland The 2012 Yankees had a handful miraculous late-game wins under their belt – maybe not as many as the ’09 Yankees – but when the Bombers fought back this season, you could be sure they would win. Case in point: Sept. 22 at home vs. Oakland. Tied 5-5 in the top of the 13th, the A’s were able to score four times and take a 9-5 lead. Facing a surefire loss, the Bombers showcased some resiliency, and battled back to knot it up at nine, highlighted by a game-tying, two-run homer off the bat of Raul Ibanez. Ichiro later scored on an error for a 10-9 Yankee victory. To think, while all this was happening I was hanging out with (of all people) Hulk Hogan. 3. Taking the tour Game after game, the Yankees sit in their dugout; chill in the clubhouse. On Sept. 30 I got a taste of what that feels like. The Yankee Stadium tour is offered year-round and on Yankee off-days during the regular season. It was something I had wanted to do for awhile, and I finally had my day. Read all about my Yankee Stadium tour here! 2. Raul Ibanez’s heroics Baseball in October is sometimes defined as, “unlikely hero.” And the Yankees certainly had one this year. At the end of the regular season and into the postseason, Raul Ibanez proved to be the Yankees’ most clutch player. With game-tying and game-winning hits, he made a name for himself and earned the respect and love of all Yankee fans. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth on Oct. 2 vs. Boston, Ibanez slammed a two-run home run, tying it all up, 3-3. Three innings later he came up and sank the Red Sox with a walk-off single – a hit that gave the Yankees a 4-3 win over their humiliated hated rivals, but more importantly, kept them alone in first place in the AL East going into the game number 162 of the regular season. Talk about enough drama for one season. But it was only the beginning. Against the Orioles – the team that crept up on the Yanks for first place in the AL East towards the end of the year – in Game 3 of the ALDS, Ibanez put on an encore performance. Down 2-1 this time in the ninth, Ibanez swung his bat hard, lifting the ball deep into the New York night and into the seats for another incredible, game-tying homer. He came up, again in the 12th, and clubbed another death blow; another long ball to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory, sending the Bronx faithful home with smiles on their faces. Two game-tyers and two game-winners within eight days of each other. And he still had some left. Last Saturday in Game 1 of the ALCS when defeat looked imminent, Ibanez tied the game with one swing yet again, taking Detroit closer Jose Valverde’s offering into the seats in right field. Sadly for Ibanez and the Yankees the magic stopped there. But there’s no question that Ibanez had the best October of any Yankee player on the roster. 1. Getting past the O’s The ALCS may not have ended the way the Yankees would have hoped for, but if nothing else, they should take winning the ALDS away from this postseason as a huge step in the right direction. After all, the Yankees had not beaten a team in the ALDS not named the Minnesota Twins since 2001, when they beat the A’s. By the numbers, the Yankees were 4-0 vs. the Twins in the ALDS – and 0-5 vs. everyone else. The biggest question on my mind entering October was, “if it’s not the Twins, can the Yankees even win?” Yes, they can. And moving forward, hopefully it gives them confidence. Let’s say (hypothetically) the Yankees are up against the Chicago White Sox, or the Texas Rangers, or the Angels – or even the Tigers again in the ALDS next year. With the win over the Orioles this year, they now know they can win an ALDS against a team other than the Twins. Beating the Orioles may have taken a lot of effort, but perhaps it gave them some knowledge. Honorable Mention: The Hudson Valley Renegades As I’ve written about several times, I had the pleasure of covering the Hudson Valley Renegades this season, a MiLB team. The ‘Gades were a huge part of my summer. I spent many nights in the Dutchess Stadium press box, watching the team battle to win after win. The Renegades went on to beat the Tri-City Valley Cats in the New York-Penn League Championship Series, winning their first league title since 1999 – and only their second league title in team history. I had so much fun covering the Renegades, and it meant a lot when their manager, Jared Sandberg, told me that not only had he read several of my articles about the team/game recaps, but he was impressed with how well-written they were. Very encouraging to hear, especially from a former big leaguer and the nephew of a Hall of Famer. It’s tough to say goodbye to the 2012 baseball season, because it was one heck of a time. My only hope now is that 2013 will be just as awesome. Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with ALCS, ALDS, American League, American League Championship Series, American League Division Series, Andy Pettitte, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Bernie Williams, Boston Red Sox, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Detroit Tigers, Hiroki Kuroda, Hudson Valley Renegades, Ichiro, Jared Sandberg, Major League Baseball, Mark Teixeira, MLB, MLB Postseason, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Orioles, Raul Ibanez, Red Sox, Renegades, Robinson Cano, Yankee Yapping, Yankees, Yes Network The bitter end The Yankees made all kinds of history in the American League Championship Series. Unfortunately for them, it was the type of history they didn’t want to be making. For the first time since 1976, the Yankees were swept in a four-game postseason series, thus ending their run for what could have been their 28th World Series title. The Detroit Tigers have clotheslined the Yanks to the canvas on their chase for 28. There’s always blame to go around when the postseason ends prematurely, but most of it lies on the lack of production at the plate. The Yankee offense went about as frozen as a cooler in Antarctica, batting .188 overall for the playoffs and a miserable .196 with runners in scoring position. Any self-respecting manager or coach would say those numbers will just not get the job done in October, and obviously it didn’t for the Yankees. Up until CC Sabathia’s rough Game 4 outing, the pitching was certainly a bright spot for the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS. As a matter of fact, every pitcher (save for Sabathia this evening) turned in a quality performance. Phil Hughes left Game 3 early, but David Phelps and the bullpen piggy-backed him, and the Tigers only scored two runs – the Yankee offense flaking and falling 2-1. It’s clear pitching wasn’t the problem this postseason. The bats just died. Now with the off-season on the horizon, the Yankee front office has a number of decisions to make. The hitters have around 4-5 months to think about what happened in 2012, but will some of them be back in pinstripes in 2013? Let’s start with the giant elephant in the room. A-Rod was once again the center of October attention – and again, not in a good way. After being benched in Game 5 of the ALDS for batting .125, Rodriguez only saw seven at-bats in the ALCS. He finished with an overall BA of .130 with no homers, no RBIs, and 12 strikeouts. Aside from 2009, A-Rod has been a non-factor in the postseason. What really caught everyone by surprise were his antics in the dugout during the ALCS, sending the ball boy to give two women (reportedly models) sitting in the stands a baseball with his phone number on it. His act garnered all kinds of media attention, and may have led to his benching in the ALCS. He only played in six of the Yanks’ nine postseason games. Then, out of nowhere, speculation and trade rumors came up about the Yankees possibly moving Rodriguez to the Miami Marlins. General Manager Brian Cashman quickly squashed the rumors as bunk, but later several sources claimed the possible deal wasn’t as false as Cashman initially said it was. During his postgame interview Rodriguez didn’t indicate that he wants to leave New York – and he does have a no-trade clause in his contract, although according to sources he told his close friends he’d approve a deal to be traded, if it meant going to another big-market team. “I will be back,” he said after tonight’s loss. “I have a lot to prove. I’ve never thought about going to another team. My focus is on staying here. Let’s make that very, very clear.” If A-Rod opts to stay, it will be a tough road moving forward for the Yankees. Rodriguez has been plagued by injuries these last few seasons, his offensive numbers have steadily declined, and as evidenced by this October, he struggles in the postseason – to the point where they’re paying him, a key player, to sit on the bench in important games. The way I see it, if the Yankees can move A-Rod and receive decent, younger players in exchange for him, jump at the chance. Rodriguez is 37 and will be 38 next year – and he is under contract for another five years. Bottom line: if you can get out of it, get out of it, Yanks. Nick Swisher Unlike Rodriguez, Nick Swisher is a free agent. He durably played in 148 games this season and hit 24 home runs, knocked in 93 runs, and batted a respectable .272 for the season. Sadly for Swisher, once the postseason begins everyone forgets about those solid numbers. Swisher absolutely tanked in the playoffs, batting .167 with no homers, just two RBIs, and 10 strikeouts. He came up short in several key spots in the ALDS and ALCS, and wasn’t his normal self before Game 2; not even facing the crowd in right field while warming up. He also missed a ball in the lights in Game 1, which in turn helped lead to the Yankees’ loss. Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch at one point tweeted, “The Yankee faithful have seen enough of Swisher, I’m afraid.” I’m afraid he may be correct. Although Swisher did hint that he does in fact want to return to the Yankees, there’s a good chance it might not happen. He will certainly find another team willing to take him on if he doesn’t come back to the Bronx, because he offers such a strong, positive presence wherever he goes – and his success reflects that. It’s just unfortunate that in what could have been his last game at Yankee Stadium, the fan-favorite was booed and jeered off the field – an ungracious way to bow out, if it was indeed his last game in pinstripes. Other Free Agents & Decisions Hiroki Kuroda. The righty from Japan signed a one-year deal during the off-season and won 16 games – and probably would have won more had he received better run support. If I’m Brian Cashman, I’d certainly try to return Kuroda. He earned it. Andy Pettitte. I’ll be the first to admit, I was at first a little unhappy when Pettitte decided to come out of retirement (in my personal view, I feel he went back on his retirement, a la Roger Clemens and Brett Favre). However, when he was struck in the leg by that come-backer, and he was sidelined for the majority of the season, I felt bad for him, because I know he wanted to pay dividends for the Yankees, and he didn’t exactly get the chance to. I could see him returning for 2013 but ultimately it’ll be a decision he makes over the winter. If he does come back, I’d expect him to come back for a cheap price. Rafael Soriano. The man who filled in so nicely for Mariano Rivera this year can opt out of his contract and attempt to test the open market for more money. If so, the Yankees will have to decide whether or not to pursue him in free agency. But will they have to if… Mariano Rivera returns? Rivera is a free agent and reportedly made a decision about retirement following 2012, but after his season-ending knee injury in May he told the world he will be back. I can’t imagine him being with another team other than the Yankees, especially if 2013 is his final year. Eric Chavez and Andruw Jones. The way I see it, the Yankees have to get younger. Chavez and Jones are both past their prime; their best playing days behind them. I covered a high school football game last week, and as it was, I happened to catch up with the school’s baseball coach – also a Yankee fan. He raised a legitimate question: “Where’s our versions of (Bryce) Harper, (Mike) Trout, and (Manny) Machado?” I answered him, “Playing for the Seattle Mariners,” referencing Jesus Montero. The Yankees have to breed their younger guys better – and they can’t do that clinging to the older guys. Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. Both made their respective debuts in 2007, and both were touted to be the future aces of the Yankees. Six years later, neither has lived up to the hype; both with injury-ravaged careers and mediocre-to-subpar numbers. The Yankees are facing a tough decision with Hughes and Chamberlain. I could see them bringing one back and not the other, but right now I couldn’t tell you which would stay and which would go. Raul Ibanez. About as clutch as clutch can be in the postseason, Ibanez is now a free agent. However, he’s also 40 years old. If he does return, I can’t see him coming back for a lot of money; he’d have to sign back for an inexpensive price. Looking at it objectively though, he may have earned himself another contract, simply by his late-inning October heroics. It’s just another decision the Yanks will be faced with. Ichiro. Although he’ll turn 39 on Monday – and this kind of goes against my plea to develop younger players – Ichiro this year proved he can still field, hit, and run just fine. If it were up to me, I’d try to get him back. It’ll be interesting to see if the Yankees make him an offer to play next year, and if they do, what type of money they’ll offer him. I’d imagine it’d only be a one-year deal. Anywhere between $7-9 million, perhaps? Derek Lowe. No I don’t expect him back. He was a rental. Jayson Nix. He’s a maybe. We’ll have to wait and see. There are also a number of free agents on the open market; potential players from other teams the Yankees can pursue. I’m anticipating a busy off-season, given the number of possible moves the Yankees can make. I’m also anxious to see what happens, considering Cashman and the front office are hoping to keep the payroll under $189 million. As per the end of every season, I’d like to thank the loyal readers of Yankee Yapping! I know 2012 didn’t end with a World Series Championship like we wanted, but it was still a fun year for baseball and the Yankees. Be sure to keep up with YY during the off-season. I’m sure I’ll have stories, and analysis and highlights of what’s happening as the hot stove cooks. Also be sure to follow me on Twitter (@AJ_Martelli) and keep up with YY on Facebook (#ShamelessPlug) Thanks again, everyone. And Go Yankees! Written by A.J. Martelli Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with ALCS, ALDS, Alex Rodriguez, American League, American League Championship Series, American League Division Series, Andruw Jones, Andy Pettitte, Baseball, CC Sabathia, Detroit Tigers, Eric Chavez, Ichiro, Jesus Montero, Joba Chamberlain, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, MLB, MLB Postseason, New York, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Phil Hughes, Rafael Soriano, Raul Ibanez, Tigers, World Series, Yankee Yapping, Yankees	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754755
__label__cc	0.546444	0.453556	Why we Love the Drama Posted on October 8, 2007 by awkward shaka As much as the modern mixed martial arts world (in the west, at least) tries to distance itself from the fakery of professional wrestling, there is one aspect we just can’t get away from. The Drama. Love it or hate it, it’s a big part of the sport. And, I suspect, even those who hate it might secretly have a soft spot for it. There are a few reasons to shun the mouthing off, the pre-fight hype, the feuds. They can bring an element of disrepute to what is still a fledgling sport in search of credibility. We–the fans, the promoters, the fighters–seek to elevate mixed martial arts above its oft-perceived status as boxing’s bloodthirsty and brutal distant cousin. It’s difficult to tell the layperson about the technical intricacies, the hard training regimes, or the amount of competitors who are well educated, when Tito Ortiz is blurting out that he might be the first person to actually kill someone (Ken Shamrock) in the ring. It’s hard to persuade your family that the sport you love is full of humble and respectful athletes when Wanderlei Silva is storming into the ring with his gang of cronies behind him to try to stomp his team-mates’ opponent. And credibility seems a long way round the corner when BJ Penn and Jens Pulver are identifying the exact body parts they would like to break off each other in the pre-fight banter. The Drama can also draw attention away from the fight itself, and attract the wrong kind of fans. What’s more, when match-ups are picked for the drama value alone, the fights themselves might end up being less than spectacular (see the one-sided Ortiz-Shamrock feud that fans got to enjoy in not one, not two, but three snooze-inducing ‘contests’, and the snore-fest that was Sanchez-Koscheck, for proof of that.) The fans that turn up to events where the main event has been hyped up as some kind of centuries-in-the-making, battle-to-the-death grudge match (complete with Mike Goldberg splurging out “There is no love lost between these guys” fourteen thousand times a minute) usually end up being the kind of people that go to Monster Truck rallies, or headbutting competitions, or crowbar eating contests, or whatever it is that they like to do, and one thing is for sure: they aren’t there to see a sporting contest. They are there to see motherfuckers get their shit wrecked, y’hear! And when the promised shit-wrecking does not materialise, well… that’s when the boos start. Et voila. You are left with a horribly hyped-up death match that doesn’t deliver and a bunch of booing fans ready to tear up seats and possibly each other. Not a good image for a sport trying to gain credibility. So why do we love The Drama, then, if it seems so negative? Simple. It’s exciting. It gets the pulse pounding, and it can really engage you in what would otherwise be a run-of-the-mill fight. If we have no emotional investment in the fighters, then their winning or losing does not affect us, and the fight becomes unexciting. Sure, we can appreciate it from a detached, technical point of view, but there is none of the raw emotion that tugs at our guts when we see someone we are a big fan of squaring off against his nemesis. I went through a long period of only watching Pride FC. When I returned to the U.K., I started catching up on my UFC. At the beginning, I had no idea who the fighters were. I couldn’t tell my Phil Baroni from my Matt Lindland, or my Andrei Arlovski from my Large Insane Badger. As a result, I could only enjoy the matches from a technical perspective. The fights were good, but not great, not inspiring or emotional. Soon, though, I got to know who liked who, who hated who, who had a big brash personality, and so on. The fights became much more exciting. The fighters came alive, and I began to invest emotionally in them. The fights became battles of wills, of personalities. It is an incredibly exciting thing to contemplate dream matches, purely because we want to see what happens when two egos clash, we want to see the drama unfold. I remember watching Wanderlei Silva fight Sakuraba all those times, and my mind was racing as I tried to imagine Silva’s huge, menacing persona clashing with Sakuraba’s calm, calculating cheek, and which would be the stronger. I remember wondering if Nogueira’s fiery and passionate personality could melt the icy determination of Fedor, and sitting in front of the television with my jaw open watching these contests unfold. Plonk any newborn MMA fan in front of the same matches, and chances are they wouldn’t find them so exciting because they don’t know who the fighters really are–where they have been, what they have done, what their dreams are. Which brings me to the type of drama that I, personally, love. It’s the kind perfected by Pride FC and their pre-fight hype team, led by supremely talented video editor Sato Daisuke. They would create short videos that hyped matches to heart-attack inducing levels, without an over-reliance on ‘blood feuds’. Fighters were hyped up for who they are. Their history, their challenges, their trials and tribulations, and their own personal battles, were all brought to the forefront. You could really understand just how much a fight meant to them, and the fact that they were shown to be human meant that you could identify with them, and really begin to care whether they won or lost. That created an incredible sense of excitement and enjoyment when the battle itself finally came about. Fighters rarely expressed a personal dislike for their opponents (of course, there were some exceptions…) and the hype was all about whether or not the hard work each fighter had done, and their will to succeed, was strong enough to carry them through to victory. You can’t talk about drama in MMA without referring to the Ultimate Fighter. This show, and its immense popularity, is proof that we, collectively, love the drama. I’ve seen people on internet forums complain about the drama in the show, lamenting the reality TV aspect, and wishing that the show would be nothing but fights. Well, if you don’t want to watch drama, don’t watch a reality TV show, simple as that. The Ultimate Fighter proved that millions of people around the world love watching a show where they can get to know fighters and really get behind them, and see what they go through before and after the fight. In short, they get to see the real drama behind fighting. I can remember being more excited than I had been for a long while watching Michael Bisping smash his way through series three, purely because I identified with him as an Englishman and a down-to-earth bloke doing it for Queen and Country. It wasn’t his technical prowess or his aggression that won me over (although it did help), it was what I knew about him as a person. When all is said and done, when the bell rings and John McCarthy pulls your opponent off you kicking and screaming, we are all human beings, and all emotional creatures (except Fedor, of course.) Our lives are all about emotion, about feelings. Mixed martial arts wouldn’t be the same without the drama. Don’t take the drama out. Don’t lobotomise MMA. But do tone down the hate-mongering. Filed under: Article, drama, Martial arts, MMA \| Tagged: drama, mixed martial arts, MMA, Pride, TUF, UFC \| 3 Comments »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754756
__label__wiki	0.777773	0.777773	Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Britain's School for Scandal Author: Browne, Kevin Thomas Examines the life and work of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and his significant and unique place in the theatrical and political life of Great Britain. A man of middling background, he was simultaneously a leading Whig politician and, because of the success of his two plays, The Rivals (1775) and The School for Scandal (1777), the most dominant figure in the British theatre during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Theatre historians have tended to view these works as manners comedies which are long on style but appropriately short on substance. Therefore, previous criticism of the plays has concerned itself mainly with questions of genre classification, leading to an under appreciation of Sheridan’s historical context. This book argues that, given the fact that the British theatre was central to the discussion and formation of the nation’s evolving ideology, Sheridan’s dramaturgy, far from being empty of content, offers snapshots of the state of negotiations between the classes over the nature of British identity centering on issues of money, gender, class, morality, and language. “To be sure, the eighteenth century is not the only period of English history during which tensions between aristocratic and middling ideologies are evident: one can find signs of similar struggles in Tudor morality plays and today’s London Times. This is precisely why Dr. Browne’s work is so important. By revealing a familiar pattern of cultural transformation, it places Sheridan’s life and work in a much broader context than most previous critics and biographers have done. That Dr. Browne writes clear, jargon-free prose and exhibits such passion for his subject only adds to the bargain. This is a cultural reading of eighteenth-century theatre that will introduce readers not only to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, British Gentleman, but also to cultural reading as a critical practice.” – (from the Preface) Professor Oliver Gerland III, University of Colorado “This book is an excellent accounting of one of the greatest and most influential playwrights in the English language, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. While his output is lamentably spare, two of his play, The Rivals and The School for Scandal, have entered the canon, both academically and theatrically, as peaks of eighteenth-century comedy . . . Dr. Browne’s work, written without resorting to the impenetrable jargon of all too many scholars, is, both for the beginner and the advanced student, an invaluable and important contribution to our studies of this period in the theatre.” – Professor Steven Dedalus Burch, University of Alabama “Dr. Kevin Browne has produced a nuanced and intriguing study of Sheridan’s plays. Taking as his cue Sheridan’s lifelong aspirations to become an English gentleman, he confidently argues that his early years, theatrical career and political activities were part of a larger discourse in British identity. Dr. Browne does what many academics fail to do: he resists simplistic class readings of the plays in favor of embracing their complexities . . . This book is a must for readers willing to turn a critical eye toward eighteenth-century comedy; Dr. Browne’s book brings us closer than ever to one of the most fascinating figures of the age.” – Professor Charles Mitchell, Loyola College in Maryland Preface by Oliver Gerland III 1. Contexts of Eighteenth-Century Theatre 2. Bourgeois Gentlemen 3. Track of a Comet: The Rivals 4. Determined to Succeed: The School for Scandal 5. Puffing and Patriotism: The Critic 6. The Whig Politician and Pizarro	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754757
__label__wiki	0.769749	0.769749	Work Sam Dean August 24, 2016 Can Honor Turn Home Care Jobs Into Good Jobs? Just don’t mention unions to the Uber of home healthcare “It’s not enough for Honor” — a startup that sends workers to take care of aging relatives — ”to create technology that helps make people’s lives better,” the company’s CEO Seth Sternberg wrote on Medium this past January. “We also have to create jobs that make people’s lives better.” Sternberg wasn’t talking about the lives of the well-paid white-collar workers that make a tech company a tech company — it’s a given that they have good jobs already, at least when it comes to pay and perks. He was talking about improving the lives of the blue-collar workers at the base of the Uber-for-X economy: The drivers, maids, couriers, cooks, and, in Honor’s case, home care workers who do the bulk of the decidedly low-tech work. To that end, Sternberg announced that the company would classify all of its caretakers (Care Pros, in the company lingo) as actual employees, rather than independent contractors, making them eligible for benefits and stock options. That’s a big deal in a tech industry that’s better-known for fighting tooth and nail to keep its independent contractors from becoming employees — and has seen a recent wave of successful lawsuits against companies like Uber, Postmates and Homejoy over that precise issue. In the domestic care industry, in particular, the change could make a major impact. Almost half of home care workers live in poverty, with a mean salary of a little more than $18,500 (compared to the mean American salary of almost $46,500). For decades, the most basic labor laws in the country haven’t even applied to these jobs — like agricultural workers, domestic service workers have been exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act from the get-go. But the Supreme Court recently upheld a new Department of Labor rule that brings domestic workers under the FLSA, entitling them to minimum wage and overtime pay — if they’re classified as actual employees. Labor researchers have identified the industry’s “pervasive outsourcing of employer responsibility” and wage theft as major obstacles to turning poverty-level jobs into ones “that make people’s lives better,” to use Sternberg’s language. Honor itself was likely trying to avoid potential lawsuits by classifying its workers as employees: A fact sheet released by the National Employment Law Project in May found that “home care workers should very seldom, if ever, be classified as independent contractors” unless they are working directly for a family. Still, if Honor can succeed financially while taking responsibility for its employees, it could disrupt the fastest-growing industry in the country and its history of treating workers poorly. “We do this because we believe it’s the right thing to do,” says Honor’s Head of Care Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, when asked about the company’s decision to hire workers as employees. But she emphasizes that there’s a business reason, too. “Our goal has always been to provide the highest-quality care professionals, and clients want consistency.” Honor won’t say just how many clients are using the service, but it makes sense that its value proposition — personalized care from qualified professionals using an app for scheduling and communication — would appeal to plenty of people. Since launching in 2014, the company has gotten two major votes of confidence in the form of venture capital: $20 million in its first round of fund-raising ($15 million of which came from Andreesen Horowitz, whose founder Marc Andreesen now sits on Honor’s board) and another $42 million in a series B funding announced two weeks ago, some of which Honor is using to fund its expansion from California into Texas. But how is Honor’s commitment to good jobs playing out six months after its big announcement? Ellis-Lamkins is uniquely qualified to talk about what it takes to improve worker conditions. Before joining Honor, she had worked with unions and union-backed organizations for her entire career, from an job as an organizer for the SEIU in San Jose to leadership roles at multiple union-backed think tanks — a rare C.V. for an executive in an industry that’s not exactly famous for its pro-union politics. Asked whether she sees her work at Honor as a continuation of her efforts on behalf of unions, she replies: “Yes, and here’s the thing I realized: I ran a lot of organizations, and what I know is that change is possible, but it only happens really effectively when you have an ability to scale.” Can she see Honor employees unionizing? “I love the labor movement and think it’s an important part of the foundation of this country, but Honor is not organized. Our commitment is to getting people in homes as quickly as possible with as high quality care as possible. … Right now we’re doing it the best way that we believe we can.” It was far from the most hard-hitting interview. But immediately after my conversation with Ellis-Lamkins, Honor’s publicist who had been listening in our conversation, called me back. I answered, expecting to set up interviews later that week with a couple L.A. Care Pros, as we had previously discussed. Instead, she told me that Honor was revoking my access; that the “union angle” was unwelcome; that the company didn’t want to attract the attention of organized labor, or subject Care Pros without media training to questions about organizing. I was dumbfounded — I thought I was writing a positive piece about a company doing things right. But apparently, asking an executive who had spent a career in unions about how that past connected to her new employer’s efforts to create “jobs that make people’s lives better” had crossed a line. The $62 million startup appeared spooked. I wasn’t surprised that Honor isn’t gunning for an organized workforce — Silicon Valley has a storied history of being proudly anti-labor. A 2015 survey showed that, even though their politics on the environment and issues like healthcare reform line up with the Democratic party, tech company founders tend to be overwhelmingly anti-union. Steve Jobs famously called teachers’ unions “what’s wrong with our schools,” and Marc Andreesen, board member of Honor, once said at a conference that “There may have been a time and a place for unions, but not sure I see it anymore.” Still, I was surprised by the abrupt, eject-button reaction to my even mentioning the issue. (Over email, Honor denied the two were related: “We chose to not work with you on this article. There is no tie to your specific questions.”) Even at tech giants famous for their press-unfriendliness, it’s hard to imagine a question on unionizing their coders or marketing teams being met with anything but a confused laugh. Does hiring home health-care workers as employees change that dynamic — and give Honor something to be afraid of? Thirty percent of the home care workforce is unionized, compared to only 11 percent of all workers nationwide. (Most of those unionized workers are government employees, working for Medicaid-funded home care programs.) Outside of traditional unions, the home care labor movement has been buoyed by newer players like the National Domestic Workers Alliance. In the past few years, it managed to push a “Domestic Workers Bill of Rights” law through the legislatures of seven states, which ensured minimum wage and overtime rights for domestic workers (including maids and nannies, not just home care workers). And the Fight for 15 movement has proven surprisingly successful, working with the SEIU to pass laws to raise the minimum wage to $15 (incrementally over the course of several years) in cities like Seattle and Washington, D.C. and statewide in California and New York. They’re building on that momentum to expand their focus beyond fast food to home care workers and others. Honor’s wages hover around the goal set by Fight for 15, but don’t quite hit the mark. In the Bay Area, new postings for Care Pro positions offer as much as $16/hour, but in the rest of California, including Los Angeles and it suburbs, that drops to $12, and in Texas, down to $11. Good benefits and stock options could add up to a better deal than a flat $15/hour, but Honor said it couldn’t share compensation details, so there’s no way to know. As Silicon Valley continues to eat the world and more domestic workers find themselves employed (or at least dispatched) by VC-backed companies, the NDWA is trying to reach out to tech companies in particular. Palak Shah, the Social Innovations Director at the NDWA, helped create the Good Work Code, an effort to get tech companies to publicly declare their intentions to treat their workers right. As tools of labor agitation go, this is a lot closer to an olive branch than a picket sign. “We want to offer proactive guidance on the kinds of values we want companies to pay attention to,” Shah said of the Good Work Code, “and what we’re hearing, especially from early-stage startups, is that it’s helpful to have a roadmap.” Shah emphasized that she would love to work with Honor and get them to sign on with the Good Work Code, but admitted that there were limits to the opt-in system. “Workers need and want ways to assert their independent voice, and that’s where the innovation is going to be, that’s the kind of stuff we’re going to have to be really creative about. Because I don’t think the labor movement is going to be satisfied, nor should we as a public writ large be satisfied, with a company saying ‘no, no, we’ve got this,’ without consulting workers and worker advocacy groups.” Without a place at the bargaining table, or a voice in corporate decisions, employees will always be subject to the whims of their employers, or their investors, who are ultimately dedicated to the bottom line. Honor wouldn’t let me speak to their employees; how do we know they’re going to give their employees a chance to speak up for themselves? Still, Shah is genuinely optimistic about Silicon Valley’s growing presence in the home care industry. “I think there is a small window of opportunity right now, where labor and tech can work together to build systems that actually work for all of the stakeholders,” she said. But not if Honor decides to slam that window shut. 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__label__cc	0.704935	0.295065	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire September 3, 2008 at 2:49 pm \| Posted in Language, Naming, Siberia \| Leave a comment Tags: Aleuts, Aliutors, Asiatic Eskimos, book, Chukchis, enets, Evenks, evens, Ingrians, itelmens, Izhorians, Karelians, Kereks, Kets, Khants, Kola Lapps, koryaks, Language, Livonians, Manchu-Tungus, Mansis, Nanais, Negidals, nenets, Nganasans, Nivkhs, Orochis, Oroks, Paleo-asiatic, russia, Selkups, Siberia, tribes, Udeghes, Ulchis, Uralic, Veps, Votes, Yukaghirs Deepening into the geography of Russia is not easy, as it is en enormous country with lots of tribes and peoples. This website, The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, offers a very good guide to wide our knowledgment, as it lists and describe a long list of Russian languages and tribes. It is based on a book with the same name published in Estonia, that you can also buy. I present the site today, and I will keep posting about the Nordic tribes later on: In the cliché-ridden propaganda of the Soviet era tsarist Russia was frequently dubbed the “prison of nations”. When the Soviets came into power this “prison”, by virtue of new national policies, transformed into a family of friendly and brotherly nations in whose bosom all the national cultures flourished. To boast of the achievements under the Communist Party leadership, grandiose cultural festivals were arranged in the Soviet republics, folkloristic dance, song and instrumental groups were established and the revival of old peasant culture was encouraged. The slogan “socialist in content, nationalist in form” came to be applied to the new Soviet culture. Behind this deceptive facade of ethnographic originality, the tsarist prison of nations never ceased to exist: russification was carried out on a large scale, nationalist intellectuals were persecuted, a policy of extensive exploitation of land was pursued and nations were continuously resettled and mingled. The desired result was the birth of a new, Russian-speaking “Soviet nation”, and to lay the theoretical foundation for this a whole army of scholars was employed. The evolution of the Soviet nation was seen as the process of history within the cognizance of Marxist-Leninist principles which was as inevitable as the process of life itself. The recent rapid collapse of the Soviet economic and political system has revealed the consequences of these brutal colonization policies: hundreds of culturally and economically crippled nations, with the smallest of them nearing the crucial point of extinction. The authors of the present book, who come from a country (Estonia) which has shared the fate of nations in the Russian and Soviet empires, endeavour to publicize the plight of the small nations whose very existence is threatened as a result of recent history. Perhaps it is not too late to give a supporting hand to them without an attempt at either ideological brainwashing or economic exploitation. Peoples according to language groups [I quote the only the groups related with this blog, if you want to read the complete list you have it here] PALEO-ASIATIC PEOPLES: Aleuts, Aliutors, Asiatic Eskimos, Chukchis, Itelmens, Kereks, Kets, Koryaks, Nivkhs, Yukaghirs. MANCHU-TUNGUS PEOPLES: Evens, Evenks, Nanais, Negidals, Orochis, Oroks, Udeghes, Ulchis. URALIC PEOPLES: Enets, Ingrians, Izhorians, Karelians, Khants, Kola Lapps, Livonians, Mansis, Nenets, Nganasans, Selkups, Veps, Votes. It seems that my work it has been multiplied now! But I see they use the language as a criteria to stablish the boundaries of a tribe, so I have not been wrong until the date. They offer also a selected bibliography of the different tribes for further research.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754760
__label__cc	0.674105	0.325895	Vol. 4, No. 5 Documentary Filmmakers write about their work. by Ervin Beck Documentary film is the creative nonfiction genre in the cinematic arts. Since its early form as newsreel, it has morphed into a ubiquitous expressive and artistic medium, with examples abounding in television networks, classrooms, popular movie theaters and art film houses. Documentary films have earned their inclusion in the Academy Awards. Yet, except for such stars as Michael Moore and Ken Burns, the makers of documentary films tend to be invisible, partly because of the seemingly functional nature of the films and partly because of the collaboration required to produce them. If a film is made by a team of ... Salvation for a Skeptic's Soul by Burton Buller “The movie is the rival of schools and churches, the feeder of lust, the perverter of morals, the tool of greed, the school of crime, the betrayer of innocence…They debauch the minds of children, inflame the lusts of youth, harden the hearts of sinners. They are a trap for souls, a mocker of God, a curse to America!” – John R Rice in What’s Wrong with the Movies? (1938, 1964). I Want To Be a Filmmaker! I grew up in a Mennonite Brethren community. One of the key markers that distinguished us from those around us was that we ... A Passion for Film: My Life as a Filmmaker by David Dueck Like the rest of my Mennonite Brethren Church congregation in Boissevain, Manitoba, I sat with growing anticipation as the lights went down and the first flickering images lit up the screen. It was my first experience seeing and hearing an actual film presentation. It was 1954 and, as a fourteen year old who had grown up on a mixed farm in rural southern Manitoba, this was a moment that would alter the course of my life! The group that was presenting the film was The Shantyman Organization, whose mission was to visit the logging camps throughout the province and present ... Dedicated Observers by Paul Hunt I had just returned from filming a family of seven for a fundraising video for the Centre for Autistic and Developmental Disabilities (CADD) and wondered why I had such an enjoyable time. There were no interviews, no prompting, just me capturing their everyday lives, honestly, in real time. Back in my days of illustrating children's books, much like a photographer, I had to be content with the drawn and painted image of a book cover on a single, two-dimensional plane. But I always wanted to move inside the picture and see what the image would look like from different ... There's No Money in Documentary Filmmaking by Dirk Eitzen I might as well say that right up front, for anybody who might suppose otherwise. This is not a complaint; it’s just an observation. But I am guessing that, in one way or another, it is a subtext of much of what appears in this special issue on documentary. I don’t make documentaries for a living. I’ve made a bunch, but my bread and butter come from teaching. I’m a professor. I’m occasionally envious of filmmaker friends who travel the globe working on fascinating documentary projects, but when the conversation turns to health insurance and job security and the challenges ... Branch Valley Productions by Jay Ruth I have worked at video production since 1985, almost all my adult life. A “selected” list of my work includes 82 titles ranging from 4 to 120 minutes, about 35 hours worth, plus many more I haven’t kept a record of other than through old invoices. Much of my work has been of a “documentary” nature, with a focus on history, church, community, identity, and storytelling. It’s not hard to see why, as I look back at the way I began. I never studied, anticipated, or really even thought about film or video before taking it up. I got a ... Burton Buller Filmography David Dueck Filmography Paul Hunt Filmography Dirk Eitzen Filmography Jay Ruth Filmography	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754761
__label__cc	0.669435	0.330565	Kenneth Cobonpue Pure Cycles CAPACITA t-shirts for men Withings Steel HR Sport Netflix Films sports Hennessey’s “Goliath” 2019 Chevrolet Silverado American tuner Hennessey now comes out with its own six-wheeled version of the all-new Chevrolet Silverado, nicknamed Hennessey Goliath 6×6. The car began life as a Trail Boss Z71 model, but now it’s gained a third axle with an additional pair of wheels (all six run on automatic transmission), which means it also has a new suspension system as well. Hennessey says it lifted the truck by eight inches to help it course through anything that stands in its way. You’ll find more upgrades upon closer inspection. Among them is the 6.2-liter V8 engine (same as the base vehicle) with a 2.9-liter supercharger. That’s if you want to boost the Silverado’s horsepower to 705 at 6,200 rpm and 675 pound-feet of torque at 4,200 rpm. Outside, you’ll find that Hennessey created a grille specific to this model. In addition, there’s also a roll bar in the bed. Also, you’ll find BF Goodrich 37-inch off-road tires for the 20-inch wheels. However, there’s no information yet on whether the company did some tinkering in the interior, too. Planning to get your hands on the Hennessey Goliath? Bear in mind that it’s not going to be easy. Production of the custom car is underway, to be sure. However, Hennessey is only making 24 examples worldwide, costing $375,000 apiece. Optionals include Brembo brakes on all three axles, a custom-designed interior, and an upgraded V8 engine. That’ll bump the horsepower to 808 if you’re mad for speed. The best part about all this is that Hennessey’s latest handiwork is actually approved by Chevrolet, which means customers will be able to order the vehicle at participating Chevrolet dealers knowing that Chevrolet itself gave the go-ahead. SEE MORE HERE Photos courtesy of Hennessey Legacy Chevy 3100 Napco Pickup Truck Legacy Classic Trucks, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is the culmination of founder, Winslow Bent’s lifelong love of vintage automobiles. With over 40 years of cumulative experience, they are the premiere… Chevrolet has just unveiled their 2016 Chevrolet Camaro ($TBA), and it’s a muscle car in modern packaging. So, let’s forget that the new Camaro it’s available with six or even… Borrowing looks from the Camaro and build from the GMC Acadia, the 2019 Blazer announces the model’s comeback, this time arriving in a midsize crossover SUV body instead of the… 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe Custom Midnight Edition Chevrolet has just rolled out their 2018 Tahoe Custom Midnight Edition, a stealthy, blacked-out SUV that’s as capable as it looks and doesn’t cost a fortune. Based on the LS… Hennessey ‘Exorcist’ Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 As a direct response to the much-anticipated arrival of the Dodge Demon, Hennessey tuners out of Texas, USA, have conjured with a Chevy CamaroZL1 to create a machine capable of… 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Even though its makers say it’ll do just fine as a commute car, the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 ($TBA) is really all about delivering waves of pure adrenaline at the race track.…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754762
__label__wiki	0.949688	0.949688	No New MEGADETH Album Until 2020, Says DAVID ELLEFSON In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson shared an update on the progress of the writing and recording sessions for band’s new album. “We shut down pretty much the end of 2017, was when we wrapped up in South America. And then the intention was 2018 would be writing a new album. Probably our biggest challenge is we don’t live in the same cities — Kiko [Loureiro, guitar] and Dirk [Verbeuren, drums] are in L.A.; I’m in Scottsdale; Dave‘s [Mustaine, guitar/vocals] over in Nashville. “Nashville is kind of the creative hub of our operation, where we rehearse and we do everything. We did only about eight weeks of shows last year that kind of came up — Europe and Mexico and stuff. But it’s funny, we have a Dropbox folder that we all access. But it’s organized well, where we keep track of what people are putting in there and contributing.” “We were obviously planning to do the Ozzy [Osbourne]- MEGADETH tour, and now that that’s been pushed back to next year, in a way, probably opens up a perfect window for us to really get in now [and work on the new record]. “All things happen for a reason, so I think on the MEGADETH schedule, it’s probably maybe good timing, actually, to just go right in, and we’re gonna definitely be really hunkering down now to get that going. Because we have some of our own shows in August that have been on the books — there’s actually a few more coming in now — there’s Rock In Rio, and that’s early October, and then there’s the [MegaCruise]. “As much as we were hoping to have a record out this year, looking at how the ‘Dystopia’ timeline was where we were working on it early in 2015, we started doing some shows later that year, we put out a heavy track, ‘Fatal Illusion’, and then the record dropped in early 2016. So, in this case, sometime probably early 2020 is my thought that that’s probably when the record will be ready to come out.” MEGADETH‘s latest album, “Dystopia” opened with 48,000 copies, marking MEGADETH‘s highest-charting album since 1992’s “Countdown To Extinction” debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the chart dated August 1 of that year. “Dystopia” also logs the group’s best sales week since 2007, when “United Abominations” landed at No. 8 with first-week sales of 54,000. david ellefson megadeth Montreal Declared A Heavy Metal City KAOSIS Release New Single ‘Hitech – Lowlife’ Feat. FEAR FACTORY’s DINO CAZARES	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754764
__label__wiki	0.983443	0.983443	Jonathan Groff & Lucy Liu to Announce 2014 Tony Nominations March 25th, 2014 \| By Broadway.com Staff Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and Emmy nominee Lucy Liu will co-host the Tony Award nominations announcement on April 29 at the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel. The nominations will be aired live at 8:30AM ET on CBS This Morning and in their entirety at TonyAwards.com. As previously reported, the 2014 Tony Awards will broadcast live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 8, hosted by Hugh Jackman. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. Broadway productions must officially open by April 24 to be considered eligible for a 2014 Tony Award nomination. Also attending with Looking and Frozen star Groff and Elementary star Liu, will be William Ivey Long, Chairman of the American Theatre Wing, Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing, Nick Scandalios, Chairman of The Broadway League and Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of the Broadway League.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754765
__label__wiki	0.619785	0.619785	Did Chris Rock go too far with his monologue about Hollywood diversity:: a guest blog post from my friend Diana Hope you all enjoyed the Academy Awards Sunday night; always one of my favorite nights of the year. This year’s telecast, though, wow, I thought it was pretty dreary. Lot of long, boring speeches and silly skits. I was, however, elated and shocked that “Spotlight,” a movie about newspaper journalists doing huge, important work won Best Picture, and I thought host Chris Rock, who had a huge amount of pressure on him this year given the #OscarsSoWhite stuff and the boycott, did a fantastic job with his monologue (Best line: “This year it’s going to be different. The in memoriam segment is just going to be black people shot by the cops on the way to the movies.”) As I’ve done occasionally in the past here on Oscar night, I’m turning today’s post over to my hilarious, awesome and witty friend Diana, who’s a much bigger pop culture maven than I am and who graciously agreed to file a report on the Oscars. Diana, take it away… It’s been 20 minutes since the Oscars ceremony ended, and I’m still trying to absorb all that happened. It was not the light-hearted event I used to watch; the most difficult question tonight wouldn’t be “Did Angelina Jolie stick her leg out like that to draw attention away from her possibly pregnant tummy?” a la 2012. (The answer, it turned out, was no. She was just, well, being Angelina.) No, tonight I’m battling with whether Chris Rock was helpful or hurtful to the diversity problem in Hollywood. Tonight, I’m thinking about Lady Gaga and the dozens of men and women on the Oscars stage whose pain you could see and hear so clearly. Tonight, I’m pondering “Spotlight’s” win for Best Picture and if there will ever be another newspaper movie again, if the industry I’ve poured my heart into will continue to have chances to make a difference in the world. Heavy stuff. Thank God for Jacob Tremblay. The pint-sized star of “Room” saved the Oscars for me. He was charming on the red carpet, smoothly slipping his hand inside his tux as he walked up to reporters and mentioned how his view on the red carpet was “lots of legs.” He was adorable as he stood up from his seat in the auditorium, wide-eyed, to get a better view of C3PO, R2D2 and BB8 on stage. And he was both polite and cute as can be when Chris Rock brought him a box to stand on when he was presenting and called out, “Thanks Chris. I loved you in ‘Madagascar’!” So, yes, thank goodness for Jacob Tremblay. Because the rest of the Oscars wasn’t so easy to form an opinion on. I’m a huge fan of Chris Rock. And I was thrilled that he would be the host this year, the year of #OscarsSoWhite, which came about after no minority was nominated for an acting award and, while it wasn’t the first time, it wasn’t the first time. I couldn’t wait to see how Rock would approach the Oscars ceremony. Rock approached it head-on. His opening monologue was solely about race. Many jokes landed, but some did not (suggesting that they fill the “In Memoriam” with black people who were killed by cops on the way to the movies). And he carried the theme throughout the ceremony. There were the movie clips with black actors inserted and ignored (funny but I felt like I had seen it before — and had in a similar “Saturday Night Live” sketch). There was the Black History Month Minute segment. The Stacey Dash spot. The movie theater commentary in Compton (which I enjoyed for the most part). And the Oscars beginning and ending with the song “Fight the Power.” Rock was a one-note. And while some may say that by addressing the issue so forcefully he made Hollywood pay attention, I think that when you push something so hard, so much, people start to tune you out. They don’t listen. Had he sprinkled other jokes into his performance, the race jokes and commentary would have had a greater impact. Another thing that bothered me was the reinforcement of stereotypes. When talking to a black woman outside a Compton movie theater about why she didn’t protest the Oscars by looting, he said, “This was your time to get that TV.” As in, if you’re black and you’re protesting, rioting and looting must certainly be involved. But I felt like Rock really set back his mission with the introduction of PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants, bringing out three Asian kids (bad enough) and then adding that they were the same kids who made your iPhone. So racism is bad, but not when it’s involving Asians? Could he see what he was doing? I don’t think he could. After all, his entire commentary about race involved the black race. Not Asians, not Hispanics, not Native Americans – all of whom were also missing from the acting nominations. That said, I thought a few other people who took the stage did a much better job at addressing the issue. Kevin Hart was both funny and serious and it worked. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs eloquently explained the steps the Academy was taking to be more inclusive. And Best Director Winner Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu gave one of the most beautiful speeches on race, issuing a call to “our generation to really liberate ourselves from all prejudice.” Oscars So White was the dominant theme of the night, for sure. here are some of my other views from the night: — Oscar Dresses So White: It appeared that white was a dominant color on the red carpet. Purple, too. My personal best-dressed award goes to Brie Larson, who I think was perfect from head to toe in dark blue. I also thought Tina Fey in purple, Charlize Theron in red, Jennifer Garner (whom I mistook for Angelina Jolie on more than one occasion) in black and Naomi Watts in metallic were quite beautiful. I wasn’t a fan of Heidi Klum’s dress (the draping and light purple color were beautiful, but I hated the one big sleeve and the appliqués). Ditto for Cate Blanchett. She looked like a craft project to me. And I really disliked Kerry Washington’s black and white dress, particularly the black hip lines. — I also hate it when presenters pretend to be drunk, a la Tina Fey tonight. — I’m starting to like the black and blue tuxedo. — Lady Gaga’s performance of “Till It Happens to You” was spellbinding. It came from such a deep place and you could feel her pain, as well as see it on the faces of all the sexual assault victims on that stage. To me, it was one of the most powerful moments of the Oscars. — The idea of having a list of names scrolling on the TV screen (so award recipients didn’t have to recite a bunch of people) seemed smart in theory. But in execution, unsuccessful. People still recited names on stage. They still got played off. The scrolling list just seemed to offer them a way to list a million names they would have never otherwise said. And it went way too fast to be effective. — I thought it was funny a few years back when Ellen ordered pizza and then collected money from the audience for the pizza delivery guy’s tip. This year, Chris Rock brought his daughter’s Girl Scout troop in to sell cookies. Sure, it was cute, and it’s always fun to watch who pulls money out of their pockets and waves it around. (Also fun to imagine how much those starving actresses must have wanted a Samoa.) But I just hate when a shtick is repeated. — My second-favorite person of the night: Louis C.K., whose made us laugh when he announced the winner of the Documentary Short Film award as “‘Mad Max’?!” — I quite enjoyed those Kohl’s commercials with past Oscar speeches dubbed in – clever and kept you wanting more as you tried to figure out who the people were. — Almost as adorable as Jacob Tremblay? Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton grabbing Girl Scout cookies from Chris Rock as the Oscars ended. I’m pretty sure that’s something we can all agree on. Tagged Brie Larson, Chris Rock, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Spotlight Good News Friday: A homeless New Jersey man is overwhelmed with gifts from the 49ers. Baby of a twin Dad meets her uncle and is adorably confused. And Tim Tebow holds a prom for special needs kids And a Happy Friday to you! Honestly, I could make this entire GNF post about last night’s Republican presidential debate, because as a Democrat, that was 2.5 hours of wonderful. Just crazy, insane, off-the-wall stuff from every candidate but Kasich, and there’s no way the GOP will be smart enough to nominate the guy who might actually win. I consider it wonderfully good news because there’s no way in hell Trump, Cruz or Rubio is winning a general election. But no, I won’t torture my Republican friends and readers (I promise, I have a few of them! They’ve emailed me!) by gloating over that shit-show last night. Onward for some REAL happy news… First up today, a few weeks ago there was a horrible video circulating of a New Jersey homeless man named Ronald Leggatt being paid $5 so an obnoxious kid could pour coffee over his head. (Personal aside: Are kids THAT cruel and bored these days that this is a thing to do?) The video spread around the world as a pretty good example of evil and stupidity, but remarkably, some good has come out of it. Lots of good-hearted people saw the video and wanted to help Leggatt; money was raised to put him up in a hotel and get him off the streets, and the San Francisco 49ers saw that Leggatt was wearing a worn team jacket in the original video, and so they sent him a huge box full of new 49ers gear. “Unbelievable,” Leggatt told News 4 New York. “From California! That’s just unbelievable! Best thing that ever happened!” Good for the Niners. Next up, these videos are adorable. A father of a new baby boy wanted to introduce his wee one to his twin brother, her uncle. Watch the baby’s reaction and quite understandable confusion as he goes from her dad to her uncle. And finally today, you can mock former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow for a lot of things, and I certainly have over the years. But one thing that has absolutely never been in doubt is his genuinely good heart, and concern for others. Tebow is incredibly charitable and does tons of good work that gets very little press anymore since he’s pretty much washed out as a pro player. But I saw this last week and again was reminded what a good guy he is. The Tim Tebow Foundation sponsored a worldwide prom, “Night to Shine,” for people with special needs over last weekend. This year’s event, which was simultaneously hosted on Friday by 200 churches in 48 states and seven countries, provided a night to remember for more than 32,000 people with special needs. Tebow attended one of them in New York City, and made a lot of kids very very happy. Beautiful job, Tim Tebow. Beautiful. Tagged GOP debate, Ronald Leggatt, San Francisco 49ers, Tim Tebow “Making A Murderer” was amazing, and infuriating. John Oliver’s great segment on abortion. The bus that lets you give confession while you ride. For the past two months, I have been trying to avoid any and all news about “Making a Murderer,” the 10-part Netflix documentary about a man named Steven Avery, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 years on a rape charge, then was free for a year before getting arrested again and being charged with murder. So many people in my life had told me it was fantastic, that the 10-year process undertaken by filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos had resulted in an amazing look at our criminal justice system, as seen through the small-town Manitowoc County, Wisc. sheriff’s office. I knew I would love it. What I didn’t know, and what I learned as I finally plowed through it over the past few weeks, was just how infuriated “Making A Murderer” would make me. Over 10 episodes, you will get outraged and angered over and over again, and wonder how in the world what happened to Steven Avery could happen in America. It was a sensational, sensational movie. Of course I have some thoughts, but first, a WARNING! THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD!If you plan to watch “MAM” and don’t want to know anything about it, skip ahead to the video underneath this part of the post. OK, for the rest of us, some thoughts I must share: — Point No.1: Steven Avery was no saint. He may even be considered a bad guy, and not very helpful to society. But when a person is put on trial, the prosecution must prove they are guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt,” and I don’t know how anyone can watch this series and NOT see reasonable doubt. From the lack of Teresa Halbach’s DNA on her car key, to the completely ridiculous story told by Avery’s nephew Brendan Dassey (more on him in a bit), the amazing conflicts of interest the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Dept. had, I saw reasonable doubt all over the place. There was so little evidence tying Avery to the crime that it stunned me not only that he lost, but that every appeal so far has been denied. — Point No. 2: What the Sheriff’s office and his own attorneys did to teenaged, low-IQ Brendan Dassey was absolutely deplorable. Between his extremely-coerced confession, where he was basically led by the hand, to the horribly biased job done by Dassey’s public defender, who was basically in cahoots with the sheriff, this poor kid was railroaded by the system. I don’t think he had anything to do with Teresa’s murder at all, and yet he’ll be in prison for 40 years because of a grossly unfair arrest and trial. — No. 3: Avery’s lawyers, who he hired with the $400,000 he settled for in a civil suit from the earlier false conviction, were fantastic. Dean Strang and Jerry Buting did a marvelous job picking apart the prosecution’s case, and pointing out how easily Manitowoc Co.’s investigators could have planted evidence. — No. 4: On the other hand, special prosecutor Ken Kratz struck me as just an asshole. From his smug attitude, to his completely unethical story-changing of how Avery committed the murder, Kratz was everything that’s wrong with our legal system. Happy to find out that he eventually resigned from his post after a sexting scandal. — Finally, of all the crazy things that happened during this series, what dumbfounded me the most was how both Kratz and Strang/Buting held daily press conferences, during Avery’s trial, where they explained their strategy and answered very detailed questions. I have never, ever seen anything like that, and I can’t possibly imagine why the lawyers thought it was a good idea. I mean, that’s unheard of. I strongly, strongly recommend “Making a Murderer.” It’s fairly addictive, and it’s a fantastic portrait of just how easily our criminal justice system can ruin lives. Next up today, John Oliver’s fantastic series “Last Week Tonight” began its third season last week, and thank the Lord for that. As I’ve said many times in this space before, Oliver is the funniest, smartest and downright clever-est late-night host out there, and I never, ever watch his show and fail to be wildly entertained. For his second show back he tackled the always-controversial issue of abortion, and how states over the past few years have disgustingly rolled back laws and made the procedure incredibly more difficult to procure. As usual, Oliver’s biting commentary hit home. Really, really important stuff. Quick interlude here to show you this amazing play from Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors, who may be the most entertaining athlete in any sport right now. Wow, is he amazing… And finally today, I’m Jewish so this wouldn’t apply to me, but I think it’s pretty funny and awesome. There’s a new bus driving around England these days called the “Mercy Bus,” and on it you can give confession if you feel the need, and you’re too busy to get to church. Commit a sin on your way to the bus stop? No worries, friend! You can get that off your mind immediately. Steal someone’s seat on the bus? Say something horrible on a cell phone call while on the bus? Don’t sweat it another minute, you can get absolution before your next stop! Says Father Frankie Mulgrew, the inventor of the bus: “The Mercy Bus is for everybody, as God’s mercy is for everybody. If anybody has a burden, we’re inviting them to come onto the bus and be free from it.” Grab a token and get your Hail Marys ready, all aboard! Tagged Brendan Dassey, Dean Buting, Jerry Strang, Ken Kratz, Laura Ricciardi, Making a Murderer, Mercy Bus, Moira Demos, Steph Curry, Steven Avery Trump is up (frighteningly) and Bernie’s down after weekend primaries. And a wrestler proposes marriage to his opponent during the match (and it’s great) It has gone from an impossibility, to a “probably never going to happen,” to a “it can’t REALLY happen, can it?” to a “dammit, it really could happen,” to now, finally “Holy cow, it’s really going to happen, isn’t it?” I speak of course, about the chances the biggest egotistical a-hole in America, Mr. Donald J. Trump, could be one of two candidates with a chance to be elected President of these United States. It’s no longer in the theoretical, it’s no longer “come on, this couldn’t possibly what we’re going to be stuck with,” mode. Donald Trump, a man who I don’t even think wants to be President, has won 2 of the 3 contests held so far, and stands a good chance of winning a bunch more on Super Tuesday (March 1). I know everyone has already said this, but it’s truly like nothing we’ve ever seen before. No matter what Trump says, or does, his poll numbers and popularity stays the same, or rises. He insults the Pope? No problem. Muslims, women, handicapped people, his opponents? All good, Donald! We’re still with you, Donald! I thought Mitt Romney, and John McCain, and W. were frightening, but it was really just their beliefs and values that scared me. With this idiot, I really have no idea whatsoever what he would do or say as President. Him in power would be worse than anything we’ve ever seen in American politics. Now, I know there’s still time, and with Jeb Bush dropping out of the GOP race maybe Marco Rubio or John Kasich gets a bump. But goddamn, this Trump phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down. I can’t possibly believe he’d ever win a general election, because he’s a madman. But I don’t want to take that chance. Somebody, somehow, someway in the Republican Party is going to find a way to stop this man. Right? Right? A few more thoughts from Saturday’s primaries: — Looking a little bleak for my man Bernie Sanders. He lost Saturday by 6 points in Nevada, lost most key demographics, and Hillary will probably clean his clock in South Carolina. My heart tells me that lots of voters are still getting to know Bernie, and he’ll do better in some of the more liberal Super Tuesday states like Minnesota and Massachusetts. But my head says Hillary may have taken his best punch and survived, and now she’s home free. — Here’s the kind of stuff that would be totally approved of in a Trump Presidency: From Vox.com: “An Oklahoma gun range wouldn’t let Army reservist shoot there because he’s Muslim.” — So disappointed we won’t have a 3rd Bush Presidency (sarcasm font). Whoever would’ve thought W. would be so much better as a politician than Jeb? Or maybe Jeb is just running for President at a time where the old rules no longer apply? I think the mainstream media is still kind of shocked Jeb did so poorly. — Finally, John Kasich is hardly a moderate, but in this field he appears to be the only candidate who doesn’t make insane statements and lies frequently. He also seems to have a heart, as evidenced by this great clip at one of his town meetings last week. A really sweet, emotional moment. OK, next up, something you just don’t see every day: A pro wrestler proposing marriage to his opponent in the middle of a match. Minor league wrestler Joey Ryan was in an intergender match against his girlfriend, Laura James, when the referee got “knocked out,” (as so often happens in pro wrestling, those poor refs get so much abuse). With a pause in the match, Ryan walked over to his corner, pulled something out of a bag, and suddenly got on his knees in front of his opponent and asked her to marry him. (the good part starts at about the :30 mark) She was shocked, and it was awesome! And then, of course, because it’s wrestling, the match continued and he pinned her. Nothing says love like proposing in tights on a mat. Tagged Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Joey Ryan, John Kasich, Lauren James Good News Friday: A 100-year-old Rangers fan gets to meet her heroes. Elton John and James Corden in carpool karaoke. And a 10-year-old’s clean energy project helps hundreds And a Happy Friday to you all! I’m still buzzing in amazement at that remarkable Duke win over North Carolina Wednesday night; truly one of the most improbable and shocking wins I’ve seen in 30 years as a Blue Devils fan. But since that win is only “good news” to the small portion of us that root for Duke, let’s move on to some more universally-accepted good news. Like, for example, a woman hitting the century mark and getting to meet her heroes. Mila Zavodni went to her first hockey game in 1926, 90 years ago. Her father took her to a Rangers exhibition game in Czechoslovakia when she was 10, and she got hooked on the sport. Zavodni, who lives in White Plains, N.Y., watches Rangers games on TV all the time, and is a huge diehard fan. So a few weeks ago her neighbor and good friend, Tim Khachetoorian, contacted the Rangers and let them know about their biggest fan’s birthday milestone. So Tuesday Zavodni got to go to a Rangers practice, meet star players Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan, and got a ton of souvenirs. “It’s beautiful. It’s perfect,” Zavodni told the Journal-News of Westchester. “It’s not the same as watching on television. You don’t sense the physicality of what they do. These boys are so tall and majestic, and they glide across the ice like ballerinas.” I loved this quote from her, too. “It was so fun, I can’t wait to call my sons and tell them about it,” she told the paper. “I love watching hockey because it makes you forget about your problems. This sport is so full of joy, full of life. Sometimes I wish I weren’t so old, because it can be hard. But then, there are moments like this.” God bless her. I hope at 100 I’m still able to watch the Rangers and complain about their awful penalty killing and refusal to shoot the puck. Nezt up, these James Corden Carpool Karaoke segments keep getting better and better. This might be my favorite one yet, with the legendary Elton John. His story about how “Your Song” was written is just beautiful, and I thought it was really interesting to hear him talk about how other new and exciting music still motivates him, after all these years. Plus, James Corden’s wig… Finally today, I love stories like this, of little kids taking on huge problems and actually making a difference. From Upworthy.com comes the story of Cassandra Lin, who at 10 years old began learning about global warming and how if the world’s addiction to fossil fuel continues, her home state of Rhode Island would be completely underwater by 2100. So Cassandra and her friends decided they wanted to do something about it, and hit on an idea: She formed the Turn Grease Into Fuel organization, soliciting restaurants to, instead of throwing away used cooking oil, transferring it into biofuel, energy that is much, much better for the environment than fossil fuels. Cassandra got the town of Waverly, R.I. to help out, and since its launch seven years ago TGIF has, with the help of 132 local restaurants, used the biofuel to heat the homes of 400 local families. They’ve also recycled enough cooking oil to offset 3 million pounds of CO2 emissions, according to the EPA’s estimations. What an amazing kid. Tagged Cassandra Lin, Elton John, James Corden, Mila Zavodni, TGIF The Coen Brothers new movie is a total mess. Kendrick Lamar and “Hamilton” rock the Grammys. And a fascinating profile of the guy who knows Obama better than anyone Here’s what I feel about Coen Brothers movies: They have the widest range of quality of any filmmakers I’ve ever seen. When their movies are good, they’re great, tremendous, classics: I’m talking about “Fargo,” and “No Country for Old Men,” and “True Grit,” and of course “The Big Lebowski.” But when their movies are bad… man, they are more putrid than my son’s diaper Genie. I cannot tell you how much I hated “A Serious Man,” and “Intolerable Cruelty,” and “The Man Who Wasn’t There.” I walked out of those flicks wondering “how could the same people who gave us “Fargo” also do this?” With all that in my head, I went to see “Hail Caesar” on Tuesday, their newest flick. It has an all-star cast, with George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, and Scarlett Johannson. I had high hopes. The trailer looked fabulous. And … it was awful. Really, really bad. The plot, such as it was, was barely fleshed out. The acting was meh. Even the production numbers were so-so. The basic “story” was this: It’s 1950s Hollywood, and Eddie Mannix (Brolin) runs Capitol Pictures, a big movie studio. During filming of a big picture, his star Baird Whitlock (Clooney) is kidnapped by some Communists, who then spend a long time convincing Whitlock their philosophies about the world are correct. There are a few other subplots, featuring a dumb-as-rocks country boy actor being forced to be a dramatic leading man, and Mannix having a career crisis, but mostly it’s Clooney in a room with Communists. I nearly fell asleep during the movie, and I never do that. There were maybe three laughs the whole film, and it wasn’t dramatic enough to be a drama. So disappointing. Joel and Ethan Coen are like Dave Kingman now, either they hit a massive home run or strike out feebly. Sadly, this was a big strikeout. Next up today, I experienced my annual shame and confusion viewing of the Grammy Awards Monday night, the one night where I try to catch up on all the “current” music that I’ve ignored for the past year, so I can sound partly intelligent should I ever get into a music discussion. And while, of course, my favorite performance of the night was Jackson Browne jamming with the remaining members of The Eagles (Jackson Browne is phenomenal, always), I thought these two songs brought the house down. First, Kendrick Lamar, who I first took notice of at the Grammys two years ago, was blazing during his set (above): Then, the cast of the Broadway sensation “Hamilton” performed the opening scene of their show live. Getting tickets to this show is only slightly more difficult than a Super Bowl ticket; somehow, someway, I gotta get myself to see this. Finally today, this was a very cool “behind the scenes” story I really enjoyed. For the past seven years, Brian Mosteller has been the closest person to President Barack Obama, literally being with him for almost every meeting, speech and plane ride. He’s part body man, part “fixer,” and he basically just makes the President’s life easier (think Gary on “Veep” but nowhere near as nutty). The Washington Post’s Colby Itkowitz wrote a terrific profile on the anonymous Mosteller. Here’s a quick excerpt; I highly recommend reading the whole story: Mosteller’s official title is director of Oval Office operations, although a more apt name might be anticipator in chief. When Obama is in Washington, every move the president makes, every person he meets and every meeting he attends has been carefully orchestrated by Mosteller. He knows where Obama likes his water glass placed on the table at meetings and whom he’d want to sit beside. He knows how he prefers the height of a lectern. He researches a head of state’s favorite drink so that the president can offer it. He readies Obama’s remarks and sets them, open to the first page, wherever the president will be speaking. He tells Obama when a sock is bunched at his ankle or his shirt is wrinkled, before an interview… Mosteller “knows the president very well. He pays attention to everything,” said Valerie Jarrett, the president’s longtime senior adviser. “The president knows how much Brian cares about him and that it isn’t ‘I care about you from afar,’ it’s ‘I’m going to ensure the nitty-gritty details of your life from large to small are attended to.’ The president trusts him completely.” Tagged Brian Mosteller, Coen Brothers, George Clooney, Hail Caesar, Hamilton, Josh Brolin, Kendrick Lamar, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ralph Fiennes Thoughts on the death of a sexist, racist Supreme Court Justice who died. NBA slam-dunk contest gets great again. And funny Valentine’s Day poems for married people When the weekend started, there were nine sitting Supreme Court justices, a mostly 5-4 margin in favor of conservatives, and we had no idea of knowing when that would ever change. By Saturday night, it was a whole new ballgame. And Hallelujah for that. I know it’s bad form to speak ill of the dead. Everyone is supposed to be remembered fondly. But I’m having a real, real hard time finding anything nice to say about Antonin Scalia, the 30-year Supreme Court Justice who died in his sleep Saturday. Scalia was incredibly divisive, so anti-progress in so many areas, that it would take far too long to list all of his horrible decisions. For example, a Tweet from comedian Justice Wainwright summed up Scalia and his incredibly anti-choice position on abortion beautifully. Said Wainwright: “Antonin Scalia requested cremation in his will, but millions of women will meet tomorrow to discuss if that’s really best for his body.” Scalia wasn’t just anti-choice, an incredible originalist who believed the Constitution should be interpreted literally in the 21st century. Scalia was an incredibly smart, calculating, powerful Supreme Court Justice, who I disagreed with on almost everything. This man did a LOT to stop the progress of gay rights, voting rights, and so many other progressive causes. He was a bully, dismissive of his foes and as arrogant as one could be. He deserves respect for his career, and I’m sure many on the right will mourn his passing. But in my mind, Scalia was a titanic force for preventing progress, and I for one will not miss him. Next up, I don’t watch much of the NBA anymore (except if Steph Curry and the Warriors are involved), but I heard so much on social media about Saturday night’s All-Star Slam Dunk contest that I had to check it out. And, yeah, it was pretty sensational. Orlando’s Aaron Gordon and Minnesota’s Zach Levine The best dunks, in my mind, were at the 40-second mark, and the 2 in a row at 2:10-2:20. The final one by Gordon, at 2:20? Just incredible, mind-blowing athleticism; I can’t believe some of this stuff can actually be done. Finally today, Sunday was of course Valentine’s Day, and instead of hitting you some sweet, sappy story of love and hearts melting and all that (like, let’s face it, I normally would), I give you some great poem humor from The New Yorker magazine’s website I saw over the weekend. These “Valentine’s Day poems for Married People” were written by John Kenney, and most are hilarious. My two favorites are below, read all of them here. Valentine’s Day really does become MUCH less important when you’re married, doesn’t it? Of course the wheels on the bus go round and round. And the wipers go swish, swish, swish. But here’s something: The daddy on the bus says, “This is not what I signed up for.” And maybe the driver on the bus doesn’t go beep, beep, beep. Maybe he just hits the guy in the crosswalk because he feels like it. Sing that verse, why don’t you?” And my favorite… I was almost feeling fondness for you As you gave me a shoulder massage at the sink— What a small, lovely surprise. And then you grabbed my boobs and made a “wha-wha” noise. In an instant, I felt disgust and sadness and regret. Tagged Aaron Gordon, Antonin Scalia, John Kenney, NBA Slam Dunk contest, Steph Curry, Zach LaVine A Dad’s school excuse note for his daughter is fantastic. “The People vs. O.J. Simpson” is great television. And a female high school hockey goalie makes more than 100 saves… and loses And a Happy Friday to you! Another fabulous Democratic debate last night, very substantive and really getting into the weeds on issues. HRC had a great close, Bernie was better on foreign policy and really nailed her for her admiration for all-time evildoer Henry Kissinger. Game on… First up on Good News Friday today, even if you’re not a Bruce Springsteen fan, I think you have to appreciate this. Meet Patrick Pipino, a loyal Boss fan who lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (one of my old stomping grounds!). He took his daughters to a Bruce show in Albany the other night, and well, as Bruce shows tend to do, it went on for 3.5 hours. So the kids had trouble getting up for school the next morning, and of course their father wrote them a note. It’s above, it went viral, and it’s awesome. As I said to my wife, I’m totally writing a note like this for our son one day. And I’d be proud to do it. Next up, not sure if I blogged about this but I was unreasonably excited about the new FX mini-series “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” I was obsessed with the trial at the time, have watched several great O.J. documentaries (including the fabulous “June 17, 1994” that was part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series), and with the cast assembled for this piece, I thought it might be great. Through two episodes, I’ve been very impressed. Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. has been terrific, showing the combination of fear and arrogance that marked the first few days after the murders. Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark is perfect casting, but the biggest surprise has been David Schwimmer as O.J. pal (and patriarch of the Kardashian clan) Robert Kardashian. Schwimmer has been fantastic, really really good, as a loyal friend who can’t believe O.J. could commit these murders, but also as a guy just trying to keep his pal alive during the Bronco chase. The show so far has been entertaining, dramatic, and really well-written. Each week it’s on FX on Tuesdays at 10 Eastern (and can I just add how happy I am that FX is running promos for “The Americans” throughout each episode? It’s a crime more people don’t watch that fantastic show.) Finally today, how about a few big cheers for an extraordinary performance by a high school hockey goalie in Apple Valley, Minn., named Taylor DeForrest. In a ridiculously great game last week, she made 111 saves in a six-overtime game her Apple Valley H.S. team played against East Ridge in the Class 2A state playoffs. One hundred and eleven saves! That’s insane. Can’t imagine how exhausted she must’ve been afterward. The other goalie only had to stop 38 shots, so there was a more than 70 shot differential, which is crazy one-sided. “It’s hard to top,” DeForrest said. “[My next game] is going to feel pretty short.” Bravo, Taylor. What an amazing effort. Tagged Cuba Gooding Jr., Marcia Clark, O.J. Simpson, Patrick Pipino, Sarah Paulson, Taylor DeForrest A political revolution gets a major win: Bernie Sanders takes New Hamshire (Trump does too). James Corden and Cindy Crawford hilariously re-create her Super Bowl ad. And the craziest story, maybe ever, from Australia Six years ago, my mother told me Bernie Sanders should run for President, and that he would win. I love my mother more than anything. She’s a wonderful, huge-hearted woman who is as bleeding-heart liberal as they come, and she truly doesn’t understand why everyone doesn’t feel the same way she does about things. So, given that she gave me life and everything, I gently patted her on the head, laughed pretty hard, and sweetly and patronizingly said “Mom, that’s completely nuts. Never could happen. Only in your wildest dreams.” Well now … I’ve decided, six years later, that my mother might be the female Jewish Karl Rove, or at least, the James Carville of the Whole Foods crowd. She saw what no one else did, or at least, what no one else would admit publicly. A 74-year-old Jewish man from Brooklyn (L’chaim!) won a resounding 22-point point victory over Hillary Clinton Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primary. And even though it’s looked for weeks like Bernie would win, and win big, this is still yuuuge news. (Here’s his victory speech from Tuesday night.) He’s now tied one state and won another, an incredible underdog suddenly scaring the bejeezus out of the Clinton machine. I just kept smiling during his victory speech Tuesday, because of what the great Rachel Maddow verbalized right after Sanders finished: We liberals have NEVER had a serious Presidential candidate say these things on a national stage, and it’s glorious to behold. I know, I know. It still seems kinda impossible that Bernie can beat Hillary, and then win a general. But then you see, seconds after Bernie finished his victory speech, a complete sexist, racist gasbag who has no bleeping idea what he’s saying get up on stage after his yuuge primary win, and you think: If it’s Bernie vs. Trump, really, Bernie couldn’t win that? Dare to dream, folks. Dare to dream. Tuesday night was a wonderful night. Couple other thoughts from Tuesday night… — Hillary Clinton’s concession speech was fabulous. She sounded like a true firebrand liberal. And if Bernie has done nothing else over the past six months, he’s forced her far to the left, which is a good, good thing for America. Since she’ll probably be our next President. — I can’t wait to see some new South Carolina polling numbers following tonight’s win. Methinks it’ll be pretty damn close. — Congrats, John Kasich, on coming in 2nd! Sadly I think this is the last we’ll hear from him. He’s way too reasonable to win. — So much for that “Marco-mentum, huh?” Chris Christie really destroyed Rubio in the debate last Saturday, and Marco may never recover. — There is not one genuine bone in Trump’s body. Not one. I listened to his victory speech and it was just so obnoxious. I will never, ever understand how this man could be so worshipped by so many. He makes Dick Cheney look uncertain. Next up, as I wrote on Monday, this year’s Super Bowl commercials were pretty lame. Very few memorable ones. Not like the magical Cindy Crawford Pepsi ad from 1992, which was pretty huge for 16-year-old me at the time, since I, like millions of other red-blooded American males, positively worshipped the ground Cindy walked on (I had several Cindy posters in my room, as did most of my friends). Well, James Corden and the still insansely-pretty Cindy did a great “update” spoof of the commercial recently, and it’s hilarious. Finally today, this might be the craziest story I ever heard (except, you know, Donald Trump maybe being President.). An Australian woman confronted her husband at her own funeral. He’d paid men to kidnap and kill her, they took his money, but decided not to murder her. They told him they’d done it, he planned a funeral, than in the parking lot on the way out, she scared the hell out of him. He eventually confessed, and just got sentenced to nine years in prison. I’m nowhere near close to doing this story justice, though. Read it, and then go hug your spouse and be very, very glad they’re not as crazy as this guy. Tagged Bernie Sanders, Cindy Crawford Pepsi Super Bowl commercial, Donald Trump, James Corden, John Kasich The Broncos win an excruciatingly boring Super Bowl, filled with lame commercials. And the Larry David/Bernie Sanders SNL was terrific Posted on February 7, 2016 \| 1 comment I’ve watched every Super Bowl since 1983. I’ve seen blowouts, I’ve seen nail-biters, I’ve seen incredible performances and goats that will live forever. Not sure I’ve seen a Super Bowl that had fewer exciting plays than this one. Wow. That was a boring, boring game. I went to an 8-1 NHL game Sunday afternoon and I think that was more entertaining. On the 50th anniversary of the first Super Bowl, there was just … not a whole lot of excitement. Oh, the Denver defense played amazing, and MVP Von Miller was doing his Lawrence Taylor impersonation all night, and that strip-sack and defensive touchdown in the first quarter was kind of cool, but I just … kept waiting for something exciting to happen. Ah well, you can’t always get a thriller. Some thoughts on the game, the halftime and the commercials.. — Peyton Manning has been one of my favorite NFL players ever since he entered the league. I’ve always rooted for him, admired his style and humility off the field, and loved how hard he competed. So I was thrilled to see him get carried to the finish line of an amazing career Sunday. He was not good most of the night, after the first drive I’m not sure he made more than 1-2 good throws. But so what? He carried plenty of his teams with terrible defenses over the years, he’s earned the right to get carried to a Super Bowl win. — I truly think he retires now, and finishes with 2 Super Bowl wins. At the same time, you know Eli’s sitting there, with 2 SB wins of his own, thinking, “I gotta get me another ring.” — I mean, look how excited Eli looked at the end of the game! — Difference in the game? Cam Newton just had no time to throw all night. Broncos were in his face on practically drop-back, making him throw off-balance, off his back foot. I don’t know if the Panthers should’ve double-teamed Miller more, or thrown some short passes or screens to slow down the pass rush, or what. But nothing worked. — Not to be “that guy,” but let’s not forget Von Miller was suspended for using steroids two years ago, and allegedly tampered with the urine sample that tested him positive. — The commercials were thoroughly underwhelming, were they not? Nothing in the first half was particularly memorable, except for the fantastic Steve Harvey-T Mobile ad spoofing his famous screw-up at the Miss Universe Pageant recently. But the Bud Light Party one was silly, I thought. — I thought the domestic violence PSA at halftime was very strong. Second-half commercials were better; the Doritos dogs ad (above) was my favorite of the night, and the Helen Mirren drunk-driving ad was stellar: — Halftime show was pretty solid, considering Coldplay was in it. Beyonce is just… an electric performer, someone I’d pay to see even though I don’t know her music that well. Loved that shot of Bruno Mars and Bey walking together and singing with Chris Martin in the middle. I’ve never craved an Oreo so much in my life when that happened. — Lady Gaga’s national anthem was, um, something. That red eye shadow was fierce. — Disappointed we didn’t get to see Cam Newton score once and then try desperately to find a little kid who could afford tickets to the Super Bowl, to give the ball to. — Finally, Donald Trump says America never wins anything anymore but a team from the U.S. just won the world championship of football, so what do you say to that, Donald???? **Next up today, in a perfectly timed episode, Larry David, the world’s foremost Bernie Sanders impersonator, hosted “Saturday Night Live” a few days before the New Hampshire primary Saturday night. Bernie was in one sketch and it was funny, but to me the most hilarious piece of the night was David playing Bernie in a fantastic “Curb Your Enthusiasm” spoof, starring some of the characters from “Curb” and David acting as Bernie. If Bernie keeps doing well, Larry David’s going to get some serious mileage out of this impression. 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__label__cc	0.58084	0.41916	Tag Archives: Lynn Kreps Good News Friday: A beautiful interaction at a Brewers game. My annual Jim Murray tribute. And a novel way of telling someone they’re gonna be a Grandma First up on Good News Friday today, we have a very cool and seemingly random story out of Milwaukee. A woman named Sarah went to a Brewers baseball game recently with her two sons, and had such a wonderful experience with a total stranger that she wrote wrote an open letter to “The Mystery Man in Section 113, Row 17, Seat 22” on her blog. In it, Sarah talks about this stranger playing with her kids kindly throughout the game (that’s them, above), encouraging them about catching foul balls, and then at the end of the game, taking him down to the dugout to try to get a ball from one of the players. If that was the whole story, it would be a nice, sweet tale of two strangers. But it gets better. I urge you to click here and read Sarah’s post, and the updates below the awesome photos. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Next up, I thought this was kind of sweet. This couple from Florida, Sean and Lynn Kreps, were trying to come up with a unique way to tell Sean’s mom that Lynn was pregnant. And so they led her on a little scavenger hunt around their kitchen until she opened the oven. To find… you guessed it, a bun. I love the smile on the mother’s face when she discovers it. So cute. And finally today, it’s August 16, which means three things: It’s my father’s birthday (Happy birthday Dad!), it’s one day before my 38th birthday (Man, I’m old…) and it’s time for my annual tribute to the greatest sportswriter who ever lived, on the anniversary of his death. Jim Murray died on Aug. 16, 1998, and to say he was one of my writing heroes is a massive understatement. Murray wasn’t just a great sportswriter for the L.A. Times; he was a storyteller, a comedian, and a man who wrote with a tremendous heart. He wrote now-legendary lines like “Rickey Henderson’s strike zone is smaller than Hitler’s heart” and “Gentlemen, start your coffins,” at the Indy 500. He also said, of the in-his-prime Muhammad Ali, “I’d like to borrow his body for just 48 hours. There are three guys I’d like to beat up and four women I’d like to make love to.” and that former Lakers star Elgin Baylor “was as unstoppable as a woman’s tears.” If you’ve never read the former L.A. Times columnist, here are a couple of my favorite pieces by him. The first is a beautiful elegy to his late wife, (he describes her as “a champion at living”) and the second is his heartfelt “obituary” to his left eye, which had finally completely failed him (the last three paragraphs are just so perfect). If you want to read a couple of pieces that will make you laugh and maybe make you cry, there’s no one better than Jim Murray. And rest in peace, Jim Murray, the greatest there ever was. Tagged Jim Murray, Lynn Kreps, Rickey Henderson, Sean Kreps, Wilt Chamberlain	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754767
__label__wiki	0.935233	0.935233	Home/Celebrity Net Worth/Celebrities/Brian Stann Net Worth Brian Stann Net Worth Brian Stann Net Worth 2019: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships 258 1 minute read Brian Stann net worth is Brian Stann Wiki Biography Brian Michael Stann is an ex- US Marine, and retired mixed martial artist, born on 24th September 1980 on Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan, where his father was stationed. He competed as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion. Now, Brian serves as a color commentator for both ACC football games and UFC on Fox Sports Net. Have you ever wondered how rich Brian Stann is? According to sources it has been estimated that Brian Stann’s overall net worth is $3 million, accumulated in mixed martial arts and his military career. The numerous acknowledgements and rewards he earned have significantly helped increase his net worth. Brian Stann Net Worth $3 Million Although born in Tokyo, Japan, Brian grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, attending Scranton Preparatory School and later the US Naval Academy, where he played football as a middle linebacker for the Midshipmen. After graduating, he was assigned to the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer, achieving the rank of Captain. During his service, Brian commanded the 2nd Mobile Assault Platoon in Operation Matador in Iraq, where his unit was ambushed and held out for six days under a heavy attack – all the Marines in Stann’s platoon survived and Brian was awarded the Silver Star in March 2006. Apart from this, Stann was also the commanding officer of the 8th Marine Regiment Headquarters Company. Two years later, he left active duty in the Marine Corps, but his net worth was well established. On the other side, Brian started his mixed martial arts career in 2006, while still serving duty and became the WEC Light Heavyweight champion just two years later. The same year, it was announced that some of the WEC’s weight classes would be merged with UFC counterparts, and so Stann made his UFC debut in December 2008 at the Army Base of Fort Bragg, North Carolina and his Middleweight debut in August 2010. During this time he earned several awards including the 2013 Best Fight of the Half-Year and winning the Ultimate Fighting Championship three times. After numerous fights and injuries, during which his style was praised both by judges and the media, Brian announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on a special edition of the MMA Hour in July 2013. Since then, Stann has been working as a broadcast analyst and commentator on both football games and UFC for Fox Sports Net. For his work he was declared Broadcast Analyst of the Year in 2015 by CombatPress.com; all his exploits have sihnificantly added to his net worth. Brian has also released his memoir entitled “Heart for the Fight: A Marine Hero’s Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion”, in autumn 2010, which has added somewhat to his net worth. When it comes to his private life, Brian is married to Teressa, and the couple has two daughters; the family currently lives in Johns Creek, Georgia. Full Name Brian Stann Date Of Birth September 24, 1980 Place Of Birth Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Tokyo, Japan Profession Mixed Martial Artist, Soldier Education United States Naval Academy, Scranton Preparatory School Spouse Teressa Stann Parents Elizabeth Cieless Siblings Allee Stann Facebook https://www.facebook.com/All-American-Brian-Stann-116304348440649/ Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianStann?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianstann IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm3141570 Movies UFC 97, The Best of Sportfight TV Shows UFC 97, World Extreme Cagefighting, The Best of Sportfight 1 Played football at the United States Naval Academy. 2 UFC fighter. 3 Former U.S. Marine. Roadtrip Nation 2016 TV Series documentary Himself UFC 200 Greatest Fighters of All Time 2016 TV Mini-Series Himself Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight 2016 TV Series Himself The Joe Rogan Experience 2015 TV Series Himself UFC Ultimate Insider 2012-2013 TV Series Himself UFC on Fox 2012-2013 TV Series Himself - Co-Host / Himself UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort 2012 TV Special Himself MMA Uncensored Live 2012 TV Series Himself Golden Boy Boxing 2012 TV Series Himself - Ringside Commentator / Himself - RIngside Commentator Fight Gym 2012 Video short Himself UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III 2011 TV Special Himself UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill 2011 TV Special Himself ESPN Friday Night Fights 2011 TV Series Himself - MMA Live / Himself - MMA Live Host UFC 125: Resolution 2011 TV Special Himself UFC 97: Redemption 2009 TV Special Himself Rome Is Burning 2008 TV Series Himself - Correspondent World Extreme Cagefighting 2007 TV Series Himself Fight Gym (2012) World Extreme Cagefighting (2007) UFC 97: Redemption (2009) UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort (2012) $3 Million 1 1.85 m 1980 1980-09-24 1980-9-24 3000000 6' 1" (1.85 m) 84 kg Actor Allee Stann American Brian Stann Brian Stann Net Worth Elizabeth Cieless Fussa Japan Libra Mixed Martial Artist Pennsylvania Scranton Scranton Preparatory School September 24 Soldier Teressa Stann Tokyo United States Naval Academy USA Yokota Air Base Matt Lattanzi Net Worth Lisa Ann Net Worth Edir Macedo Net Worth Courtney Hansen Net Worth Jaimee Foxworth Net Worth Eris Huemer Net Worth Joe Gebbia Net Worth Ralph Sonnenberg Net Worth	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754772
__label__wiki	0.584324	0.584324	Home \ Thought Leaders \ //Kharas character transformation programme – hope for a better future //Kharas character transformation programme – hope for a better future Jan Scholtz Namibia is facing multiple challenges at the moment. The prevailing drought and difficult economic circumstances are factors that have further negative spin-off effects. Jobs and resources are scarce and national morale is low. It became apparent that crime, domestic violence and the decay of personal values and ethics in our youth are on the rise. What is causing it? This is a complex situation, not easily grasped and explained. We do know however, that this situation will hamper the future development of Namibia, as businesses struggle to recruit committed and educated young people and increasing crime and vandalism is costing the country tremendous amounts of money, not even to speak of jeopardising our international reputation (which is important for our economy). As it often does not happen at home anymore, the schools have an enormous responsibility in teaching our children the important life skills and to alleviate the effect that many parents are not in the position anymore to help their kids becoming responsible, morally stable and forward-thinking adults. Finances are a problem for our schools and after school teaching cost money. It was identified, that children in the //Kharas Region are struggling when they have to enter the adult and work life, lacking enthusiasm, ethics and the will to learn and to “hang in there”. Violence and substance abuse are daily news in our national newspapers and have us worried for the future of our beautiful country. During my regular visits to Aus, I met Reverend Koos Engelbrecht who has been concerned about the youth and their susceptibility to violence for a while and felt that there was a need to do something about it. After several meetings and discussions, we came across a programme for character building that had shown success in South Africa. We embarked on a research mission and made contact with the Adonai Trust, which is funding such programmes. With the support of the Executive Director of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, as well as the regional director of the same ministry in //Kharas Region, made possible by the financial backing by the Adonai Trust and in cooperation with //Kharas Christ in Lüderitz, a pilot programme will be launched at schools in Lüderitz, Aus, Keetmanshoop and Koës in July, and further rolling out in due course. Together with a delegation from the Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture, we will embark on a familiarisation trip in July 2019, visiting the Upington High School, where this programme has shown significant impact on the learners. For instance, schools that have embarked on the programme have reported that overall, academic performance had increased and substance abuse, bullying, theft, racism and forgery had decreased. A ray of hope for the future! The //Kharas Character Transformation Programme will be embedded in the school curriculum under the subject of Life Skills, focusing on the pillars of fairness, citizenship, responsibility, integrity, care, respect and trustworthiness. The campaign will be offered by specifically trained mentors after normal school hours, in order to avoid disruption to the normal teaching programmes. It will be compulsory for the learners though. While our young learners will pro-actively be re-introduced to the pillars of a caring and ethical society and to change thinking patterns, the responsibility to spread the values and increase morale lies with all of us. The programme must not stop at the school gates and the sole responsibility cannot lie with the teachers and mentors. As coordinator of the programme, in my consultations with the life skills teachers, suggestions were that all parents, churches, state organs and Namibian business owners play a pivotal role in carrying these values forward. As the programme evolves, the public will be informed about the progress and the role each and everyone must play. If we in the //Kharas Region can succeed in instilling these character traits in our young people and give them back the hope for a tomorrow, that it worth living and working for, we can be the example for the rest of Namibia. Let us spread the news and let us embrace these ethical values every day. Let us work together towards unity, respect, responsibility and integrity. The future is in our hands. Reverend Jan. A. Scholtz writes in his personal capacity. Reverend Jan. A. Scholtz is a holder of Diploma in Youth Work and Development from the University of Zambia (UNZA), Chairperson of the //Kharas Regional Council and !Nami#nüs Constituency Councillor.This article is written in his personal capacity. Home \ Thought Leaders \ //Kharas character transformation programme – hope for a better future - New Era Live	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754773
__label__cc	0.687114	0.312886	Ceremony to mark 100th anniversary of entry into World War 1 State organizations will gather on April 6 in downtown Nashville to commemorate America’s entry into World War I on April 6, 1917. The Declaration Day ceremony will honor all Tennesseans who served in WWI, often referred to as the Great War. It will also recognize the more than 3,400 Tennessee soldiers who lost their lives during the war. The event is organized by the Tennessee Great War Commission, Tennessee State Parks, the Tennessee State Museum and the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services. “The Great War propelled Tennessee into the twentieth century,” said Dr. Michael Birdwell with the Tennessee Great War Commission, in a press release announcing the special event. “Although it was a war of staggering destruction and devastation, it also paved the way for enormous opportunities. Sergeant Alvin C. York earned a Medal of Honor along with five other Tennesseans and used his fame to improve public education across the state. The story of the war abroad and at home needs to be relearned for a new generation.” Staff with Tennessee State Park’s Interpretive Programming and Education Division will be present in period uniforms of WWI doughboys. Reenactors will be distributing copies of the Gold Star records with the names of Tennesseans who lost their lives in the war. Tennessee National Guard will provide a color guard and bugler. The first mass war of the twentieth century lasted four years – from 1914 to 1918. More than 100,000 Tennesseans volunteered or were drafted. In September 1925, the War Memorial Building was dedicated to commemorate those who served. What: Commemoration of the U.S. entry into WWI Who: Jeff Wells, Tennessee State Parks Director of Interpretive Programming and Education Dr. Michael Birdwell, Tennessee Great War Commission Chair Many-Bears Grinder, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services When: Thursday, April 6, 2017 Noon – Introduction by Jeff Wells, Master of Ceremonies 12:15 p.m. – Presentation of Colors and Pledge of Allegiance 12:30 p.m. – Remarks and Commemoration Where: Courtyard of War Memorial Auditorium 301 6th Ave. N., Nashville TN 37243 For more information on the Tennessee Great War Commission, visit http://tnsos.net/TSLA/GWC/. Previous : Rec Center offers “Parents Night Out” during Franklin Art Scene on Friday Next : What stores are opening, closing and moving? Celebrate the best of Music City at this free August event County school board’s Fiscus gearing up for run against Casada in 2020 legislative election Residents invited to review Nolensville zoning ordinances Obituaries are brought to you by Williamson Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Gilliam Otis Traughber,… https://t.co/hx9xJbrS6Y Nolensville football standout C.J. Ware commits to Miami-Ohio: https://t.co/N0U95FVxNO @wcsNHSzh @wcsNHS @wcsNHSpd @NHSNAC @cjware58 First Tennessee Bank’s trust division is the largest among all banks headquartered in Tennessee with assets under a… https://t.co/dcgIhE2IEW The Fox Nation host and conservative commentator will be at the Barnes & Noble Cool Springs tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.… https://t.co/eawSMoeXwt Mayor Jimmy Alexander welcomed a new face at last night's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. https://t.co/3ws1YGeobi	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754775
__label__wiki	0.588094	0.588094	Gay Dublin: 5 gay travel highlights to Ireland’s cultural capital When Ireland legalised gay marriage in 2015, they made history by becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote. Despite long having the reputation for a very conservative approach to LGTBQ rights, the country is undoubtedly one of the most gay friendly destinations in Europe. Even the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), Leo Varadkar is an openly gay man. A little walk around the city’s famous Stephen’s Green Park in Dublin will eventually bring you to one of history’s most famous Irishmen, Oscar Wilde. The iconic playwright and literary legend’s statue is an incredible testament to Ireland’s appreciation for its LGBTQ community. But it does not stop there. These are our 5 gay Dublin travel highlights that all gay travellers need to add to their bucket list: A night out at The George gay club The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Learn more at the Irish Queer Archive Panti Bar: best drag shows in town Attend the Dublin gay pride parade in June To say this gay club is iconic is an absolute understatement. To put things into perspective: The George opened in 1985, some 8 years before homosexuality was legalised in Ireland. During this period, The George provided a safe and fun place for gay people to come to and simply be themselves. In 2018, The George is still running loud and proud, and as raucous as ever. It is still one of the best meccas for everyone in the Irish LGBTQ community, and one you need to check out on your next visit here. We loved SaturGays! for one of the best gay nights out in Dublin, and we also recommend checking their Facebook page for the most up to date information. The George gay bar in Dublin The Irish are renowned for their love of the arts. As writers, poets, and musicians, they are exceptionally difficult to beat – just check out their astonishing Eurovision Song Contest record! The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is an annual event, taking place in May, celebrating contribution of gay people to theatre, past and present. It started in 2004 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, and has since has grown to become the largest event of its type in the world. To find out the dates of the next festival and to purchase tickets, check out the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival's website. The Irish Queer Archive is a living archive in the National Library of Ireland with a huge collection of around a quarter of a million press cuttings from the late 1960s onwards, a library of several hundred international titles (the earliest, a US title, dates from 1951), a complete set of every lesbian/gay title (periodicals and single issues) published since 1974 on the island of Ireland, and a collection of audiovisual material, photographs and slides, flyers, posters, badges and other ephemera. Each material relates to the social, cultural and political history of the LGBT communities in an Irish and international context during the latter half of the 20th century. The collection also includes the archives of the Alternative Miss Ireland event, the Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, the National LGBT Federation, Lesbians Organising Together, Dublin LGBT Pride and many more. Memorabilia from the Alternative Miss Ireland 2018 event This is arguably one of the best gay bars in Europe! It is run by Irish drag queen sensation and mainstream icon Panti Bliss for over 10 years. It's a popular LGBTQ hotspot, with something always happening every night here. Panti is well known to the Irish public because of her dedication to LGBTQ equality and support to gay-rights activists. Panti Bar is open daily from 2pm till late. Check their Facebook page for the most up to date information for what's happening. Panti Bliss performing at the Panti Bar in Dublin Dublin Pride started in 1974 as a one day event and has since evolved into a huge 2 weeks annual festival in June. It culminates with a massive street celebration where everyone, usually on the last Saturday in June The entire city joins in and becomes one big colourful party. Just like Justin Trudeau joining the Fierte Canada Pride in Montreal, Leo Varadkar, the Irish leader always joins in the big parade. For more, read about the best restaurants, cafes and bars in Dublin. Leo Varadkar at the Dublin gay pride festival IRELAND PRACTICAL TRAVEL TIPS Flights: most of the European budget airlines fly to/from Dublin, especially Ryanair, which is based here. We use Kayak and Skyscanner to research the best flights. Mobile apps: we cannot recommend apps like Googlemaps enough. You can pre download the map of an area to use offline, or if you have internet access, it now gives you the most up to date and efficient method of transport options for getting to one place to another. For more advice, check out our favourite mobiles apps for travelling. Tripadvisor: we love using this as a starting point to research the best hotels to stay, restaurants to eat at nearby, and inspiration of what to do/best tour companies. Travel insurance: don’t even dare think about whether you should or shouldn’t bother. Everyone should have it, end of discussion! We always use World Nomad, which is tailored to travellers. ⭐️ SAFETY & SECURITY — All travelers (gay or not) can sometimes encounter danger when traveling. CloseCircle is your “virtual body guard” mobile app which provides security alerts and support wherever you are in the world. They have a 24/7 emergency response team monitoring their users who will contact you immediately if the SOS swipe button is activated. Support can include anything from practical advice, to free evacuation from areas with extreme weather or security risks. You can read more about CloseCircle in our article about how to stay safe whilst traveling. ⭐️ ONLINE ANONYMITY — A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a must in many countries: it allows you to surf anonymously and maintain your privacy whilst traveling. You'll particularly need it in countries where gay dating apps are blocked by the government. We recommend ExpressVPN, a reliable and cost effective service which we used and loved during our travels. 2 thoughts on “Gay Dublin: 5 gay travel highlights to Ireland’s cultural capital” 8 June, 2019 at 2:20 pm \| Reply The George is one of the best bars in Dublin full stop. Many an amazing night in there 🙂 Agreed 🙂	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754776
__label__cc	0.57217	0.42783	College Destinations The Weinstein Effect: ‘The floodgates have opened’ Amy Fong, Staff Writer British feminist Marai Larasi (left) with Emma Waston wear black in support of the Time's Up movement at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. The floodgates have opened. Sexual assault victims are speaking out more than ever. The gate was wedged open by comedian Bill Cosby’s outing in late 2014, a shocking revelation widely regarded as the beginning of the purge of powerful men accused of sexual abuse or harassment. However, since then, the public has been overwhelmed by the deluge of disillusionment that their beloved celebrities weren’t exactly the esteemed characters we thought they were. Starting in the 1960’s, Cosby has engaged in sexual abuse, according to recent allegations made against him. So far, there are nine lawsuits against him. It wasn’t until comedian Hannibal Buress called Cosby a rapist during a stand-up, that the public started to pay close attention. Yes, it took Buress to kickstart this and not the fifty year period of suspicions against Cosby. There is a severe distinction between society’s ability to take a man’s word against a woman’s word. It has been speculated, that after singer Courtney Love spoke out against producer Harvey Weinstein in 2005 she was, subsequently, blacklisted by the Creative Artists Agency. Following Weinstein’s reputation and livelihood, men and women have come forth with their own stories of alleged sexual abuse by Hollywood producers. Originally created in 2006, the hashtag #MeToo saw a revival, denouncing sexual assault and harassment. In 2017, producer Harvey Weinstein was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, his wife left him, and he was fired from his namesake company. Sexual abuse is a common occurrence, though sometimes hidden, in cases with men in powerful positions. Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Roger Ailes were a few decades ago—to highlight some mainstream knowledge. Late last year two famous journalists – CBS’ Charlie Rose and Today Show host Matt Lauer – were fired. Eight women working for Rose had accused him of sexual misconduct. When covering the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a fellow employee claimed Lauer continuously harassed her. Additional alleged incidents have followed them since. Both have also released apologetic statements. The most recent outcry against sexual assault took place on Jan. 7 at the Golden Globes. With an all black dress code, celebrities stood tall in solidarity against the issue that permeates the film industry. Throughout the night there was the mention of Time’s Up, an organization proclaiming that time is up on staying silent. To top off the night, Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Demille Award touched on how much women endure as they live their everyday lives. The tide is turning but finding credibility is one of the biggest hurdles victims face after sharing stories. Victim blaming has a large part in lowering their confidence. What those who disregard the allegations don’t realize is the tremendous strength required to put oneself on a platform and go through the trials. As for male victims, the public has made it taboo to talk about it in detail. Actor Terry Crews came forward to dispel that notion, sharing his alleged harassment and finally naming producer Adam Venit lent credibility—the credibility that should’ve been given from the start to female accusers. It is important to remember, that although it may seem like it’s a good thing that many unsuspected people were revealed to have potentially harassed people, there is a fine line between a witch hunt and a professional investigation. In the past, people had their future ruined, even if their accusations were false. But it is also a fine reminder that abuse can’t stay under the currents forever. The Sentinel • Copyright 2019 • FLEX WordPress Theme by SNO • Log in	cc/2019-30/en_head_0013.json.gz/line1754778

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