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Dissolution of Trusts Opinion [1831] NSWSupC 52
schools - education law - trusts, dissolution of - letters patent, binding on crown - land law, trusts
Governor Darling to judges, 2 August 1831
Source: Chief Justice's Letter Book, 1824 - 1835, Archives Office of New South Wales, 4/6651
[P. 289] Gentlemen,
Having brought under the consideration of the Executive Council[1 ] the accompanying Extract of additional Instructions which I have received from His Majesty with reference to the corporation of Trustees of Clergy and School Lands in this colony, and the council being desirous of obtaining information on certain points connected therewith; I have the honor to request that your Honors will be pleased to consider and favour me with your opinion, whether the form for putting an end to, and dissolving the corporation, must indispensably be that which is pointed out in the letters patent establishing the same; and if not, whether the accompanying additional instructions revoking and annulling the instructions of His late Majesty under which the said letters were issued, are sufficient for that purpose, and for resuming the land granted to the corporation, in as full and ample a manner as if such letters patent had never been issued.
(Extract from additional Instructions under the sign manual dated 30th Jan 1831)
Whereas our late loyal Brother and predecessor His Majesty King George the 4th, did by a commission under the Great Seal of this United Kingdom, bearing date at Westminster the 16thday of July 1825, constitute and appoint you to be Captain Genl and Commander in Chief of our Territory called New South Wales, and did by certain additional Instructions under His Royal signet and sign manual having date the 17th day of July in the year 1825 require and command you to affix the public seal of the said colony to Letters patent for establishing within the same a corporation by the name of the Trustees of the clergy and School Lands, for such several purposes as therein mentioned - And whereas by certain other additional instructions bearing date the 19th day of June 1830 his said late Majesty did require and command you to affix the public seal of the said colony to letters patent to be issued in His name revoking the several provisions declarations and regulations contained in the letters [p. 290] patent referred to in the said additional Instructions of the 17th July 1825 and his said late Majesty did by the said additional Instructions of the 19th of June 1830, further authorise and require you, to establish constitute and ordain such rules orders and provisions as are therein mentioned for the performance of the several duties theretofore rested in the said corporation and His said late Majesty did thereby reserve to himself his Heirs and successors full power and Authority to ordain and establish all such rules orders and provisions in respect of the matters aforesaid, or any of them, as to him his heirs or successors might seem meet - Now we do hereby revoke and finally annul the said additional instructions of the 17th of July 1825 and the said additional Instructions of the 19th day of June 1830, and all acts deeds matters and things by you done under and in pursuance of the said additional instructions or either of them - And we do require and command you to affix the public seal of our said Colony to letters Patent to be passed in our name for revoking the before mentioned letters patent, establishing the said Corporation, and for further revoking the appointment of commissioners for managing the said corporation.
Forbes C.J., Stephen and Dowling JJ to Governor Darling, 8 August 1831
[p. 290] Sir,
We have to acknowledge the honor of receiving your letter of the 2d instant together with an extract of additional Instructions received from His Majesty by your Excellency under date 30thJanuary 1830 with reference to the corporation of Trustees of clergy and school Lands in this colony, requesting our opinion whether the form for putting an end to and dissolving the corporation must indispensably be that which is pointed out in the letters patent of the 9th March 1826, establishing the same; and if not, whether the accompanying additional instructions revoking and annulling the Instructions of His late majesty under which the said letters patent were issued, are sufficient for that purpose, and for resuming the lands granted to the corporation, in as full and ample a manner as if such letters patent had never been issued-
Upon the first point, we are of opinion that although His Majesty may in pursuance of the power reserved to the Crown, revoke the whole of the provisions of the Charter by Instructions under the sign manual and thus reduce the corporation to a nonentity in effect [p. 291] yet, as this power is coupled with that of establishing other provisions in their stead, and as there is a distinct mode pointed out by the charter of dissolving the corporation, in legal strictness the power of dissolving and putting an end to the corporation can be duly exercised only by force of an ``order to issued by His Majesty for that purpose with the advice of the privy council", and as we do not collect from your Excellency's letter to us, that the last clause in the extract transmitted for our perusal, from additional Instructions to Your excellency under the sign manual dated 30th January 1831, is founded upon an Order issued by His Majesty ``with the advice of the Privy Council", it would seem that the Instructions for dissolving and putting an end to the corporation are not conformable to the manner in which the power reserved to the crown, is required to the exercised by the express terms in the original letters patent establishing the corporations.
Upon the second point referred to us, we are of opinion that upon the dissolution of the corporation, the Lands granted to them for the purposes of the trust created by the Charter, will not revert to the crown, in as full and ample a manner as if the letters patent establishing such corporation had not been issued; but that by the terms of the 36th Section of the Charter, all such lands will continue still liable to the trusts therein particularly mentioned. And if it be intended to dispose of such Lands in any other manner, we presume that it will be necessary to resort to Parliament, or to an Act of the local legislature - We would take occasion to observe, that by a local ordinance of Your Excellency in Council, passed in 1826 (No 4 sec. 2) the lands therein mentioned, are vested in the Trustees of the Clergy and school Lands, and their successors for ever; and it will require another Act to enable the crown to resume such Lands, or to alter the trusts for which they were so vested.
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Marc Fest is the founder of Elevator Speech Training (EST).
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He first came to the US in 1994 as a Miami-based correspondent for a Berlin daily.
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The Nintendo Download – 11/13/2014 – The 90’s, Part 2
Mario Kart, Sonic, Pokemon, TMNT… it’s like the 90’s all over again!
Before we dive into this week’s new titles, there is some interesting news if you plan on downloading Super Smash Bros. for Wii U:
Starting now, Wii U owners can pre-purchase Super Smash Bros. for Wii U directly from the Nintendo eShop or by purchasing a download code for the game from participating retailers. At the time of pre-purchase, much of the game’s data will be pre-loaded to the purchaser’s Wii U system if it is in Standby mode. As soon as the game releases in the Nintendo eShop at midnight Eastern time on Nov. 21, the final data needed to unlock the full game will automatically download.
This includes those who have pre-ordered the game through Nintendo.com.
With that out of the way, it’s another week jam-packed full of cool and interesting titles. Let’s have a look!
Mario Kart 8 Downloadable Content Pack 1 – Not mentioned in the press release for this week is the first batch of downloadable content for Mario Kart 8 that was revealed a couple of months back. This pack contains three new characters in Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, and Link from The Legend of Zelda, four new vehicles (including F-Zero‘s Blue Falcon, the Tanooki Kart, Mario Kart DS‘s B-Dasher, and Link’s Master Cycle), and eight new courses (Yoshi’s Circuit, Ice Ice Outpost, Wario’s Goldmine, Dragon Driftway, Excitebike Arena, Classic Rainbow Road from Super Mario Kart, Mute City from F-Zero, and Hyrule Circuit from The Legend of Zelda).
Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Wii U – This week’s Game Boy Advance Virtual Console title is perhaps the most overlooked of the Mario Kart series. Released in 2001, this is the third in the series and the first to include the wide variety of bonus courses we’ve come to expect today, as ranking first in each cup will unlock all of the courses from the original Super Mario Kart. You can find a trailer for this one here.
Tengami for Wii U – Striking visuals, haunting music, and unique gameplay await as you in the fold and slide the beautifully crafted Japanese world of Tengami to solve puzzles and discover secrets. Check out the trailer here.
A World of Keflings for Wii U – As your Mii, you can help the tiny Keflings harvest resources, construct buildings, and create a thriving kingdom. Check out the trailer here.
Xavier for Wii U – Xavier is out to become an adult in this prehistoric side-scroller, and you can help! Overcome obstacles, find treasures, and defeat those standing in the way of Xavier becoming a man!
Flowerworks HD: Follie’s Adventure – Demo Version for Wii U – Show the gnomes who’s boss as you gather your scattered Flowerworks seeds in this free demo.
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U – One player can go it alone, two can form a co-op team, and even four can unite for a special “Team Challenges” mode as Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles set out to stop not only Dr. Eggman, but new villain Lyric in this 3D adventure. You can also link up with the Nintendo 3DS game, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (seen below) to unlock special upgrades. Check out the trailer here.
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS – DC’s greatest heroes and villains must unite to stop Brainiac and set right his latest scheme: Using the power of stolen Lantern Rings to shrink down and capture various worlds! Check out the trailer here.
As usual, the game is also on the Nintendo 3DS.
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for Nintendo 3DS – Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and newcomer Sticks the Badger must team up to free Amy from the clutches of Lyric! Play the main adventure, enjoy the StreetPass collectibles mini-game, and unlock special upgrades for Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Check out the trailer here.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze for Nintendo 3DS – Shredder and the Kraang are up to trouble again as they plan to use Super Mutagen to create an unstoppable army. This “Metroidvania”-styled game is a must-play for fans of the fab four. Check out the trailer here.
Tetris Ultimate for Nintendo 3DS – Tetris is back with six new game modes and a new Nintendo 3DS-exclusive challenge mode.
Pokémon Trading Card Game for Nintendo 3DS – It’s the Pokemon trading card game, but as a video game! It’s probably worth noting to newer fans that this originally came out for the Game Boy Color in 2000, and is going to be lacking a lot of the newer Pokemon and content added to the physical card game in the past decade and a half. Still, you can check out the trailer here, and if you do get it, you’ll also receive a free download code for the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version.
Castle Conqueror Defender for Nintendo 3DS – Take on 10 campaigns consisting of five levels apiece, or see if you can survive for 20 days in glory mode. Either way, you must defend your noble land from the oncoming barbaric invaders!
European Conqueror 3D – Demo Version for Nintendo 3DS – Experience the strategic elements of this World War II-themed game with a free demo version.
I’ve Got to Run: Complete Edition! for Nintendo 3DS – Six distinct modes await as you attempt to guide Roy the Marshmallow Boy through an ever more difficult series of challenges in this autorunning platformer.
PICROSS e5 for Nintendo 3DS – The fifth game in the series brings all-new challenges, but also tutorials and rule options to allow newcomers an easier time diving in.
Scarygirl Illustration Kit for Nintendo 3DS – “An easy, fun, and powerful vector illustration and animation program that lets you create your own MP4 movies and share them with the world!” Bunniguru guides you through an intuitive interface, and you can even export illustrations to an SD card in jpg or svg formats, and movies in MP4 format.
Winx Club Saving Alfea for Nintendo 3DS – Six playable characters with two forms apiece are at your disposal as you take on 32 replayable puzzle-platforming levels with 10 interactive objects.
Nintendo eShop Sales
BIT.TRIP Presents…Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien for Wii U – From 9am PT on November 14th until 8:50am PT on November 24th, this game will be reduced from $14.99 to $4.99, more than 60 percent off.
Abyss for Wii U – Until 8:59am PT on December 4th, this game will be reduced from $1.99 to $1.49, 25 percent off.
Chubbins for Wii U – Until 8:59am PT on November 20th, this game will be reduced from $3.99 to $2.99, 25 percent off.
European Conqueror 3D for Nintendo 3DS – Until 8:59am PT on November 27th, this game will be reduced from $3.99 to $2.79, more than 60 percent off.
Darts Up 3D for Nintendo 3DS – Until 8:59am PT on December 4th, this game will be reduced from $2.99 to $0.99, more than 60 percent off.
Soccer Up 3D for Nintendo 3DS – Until 8:59am PT on December 4th, this game will be reduced from $6.99 to $1.99, more than 70 percent off.
For more information, screens, and videos for each of this week’s releases, click on the corresponding links above.
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The Merk
1339 Commerce Avenue, Longview, WA
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▼History
RA Long Elevator Caper
The Rip Roaring 1920's
The Company Store Debate
Touchstones of Success
Reflections on Restoration
Walking Tour Guide
It was a grand time for a visionary. The economy was on a roll. Construction and transportation were booming. By 1921, the Long-Bell Lumber Company had grown from a single lumber yard to a large corporation with over 60 lumberyards, 5 sawmills, 6 subsidiary companies, a railroad system, and timber ownership of nearly 230,000 acres along with mining interests.
Born in 1850 on a Kentucky farm, R. A. Long took his work ethic seriously. At 25 years of age he opened his first lumberyard in a small Kansas town. He was the lumber handler, salesman, office staff, and manager. By 1904, 4,000 people were working for Long-Bell. By 1907, R. A. Long had built a new home which was Kansas City's first million dollar home. By 1914, He had built the "World's Most Beautiful Farm outside Kansas City, Missouri. The farm featured its own telephone system, power plant, water system and 7 miles of road with 25 miles of white wood fencing. By 1920, the Longview Farm sold over $260,000 in produce. All four departments: Jersey Cattle, Duroc-Jersey Swine, Hot House Flowers, and American Saddle Bred Horses showed an income increase, with the saddle bred horse operation doubling their income. One story farm employees enjoy telling was about the Long's new Rolls Royce touring car. Dissatisfied with its handling, R. A. Long stored the new car at the farm, never to drive it again. Eventually, farm employees removed the engine to power an irrigation pump.
At 73 years of age, R. A. Long drove the Company's expansion West. By 1923, the planned city of Longview emerged from the Columbia River bottom lands. Their move West was essential in securing vast timber holdings, plentiful labor, a deep water port, and market opportunities to the pacific rim countries. Longview would become home to the world's largest lumber mill turning· out one million board feet of lumber each day. R. A. Long's philosophy toward labor was apparent. The planned city was to provide all the comforts that go with "southern hospitality." A power generation plant, dikes to control flooding, streets, water and sewer system, houses, hotel, company store, bank, railroad, library, schools, YMCA community center, and churches were all efforts to provide workers the good life. It didn't come cheap. The final price tag rose to nearly $50,000,000. Longview would become the only "planned City" of this magnitude constructed during the 1900's, second only in size to the planned city of Washington D.C.
Until his death in 1934 at the age of 83, R. A Long was the driving force behind the giant Long-Bell Lumber Company. A man of vision, a risk taker, and a builder, he surrounded himself with highly competent managers, engineers, and architects, like Samuel Mark Morris, J. D. Tennant, J. C. Nichols, George Kessler, S. Herbert Hare, Wesley Vandercook, and Fred Bannister. Those years following Long's death proved difficult for the giant company. The Great Depression, global conflict during the 1940's, changes in !he forest products market, and an aging management placed economic hardships on the giant lumber company. The Long-Bell Store & Office Building (the Merk) sold to Allied Stores (Bon Marche) in 1950. By 1957, remaining Long-Bell operations had merged with International Paper.
1339 Commerce Avenue
Longview WA 98632
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Trailer Review: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS -Trailer #2
The new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows has hit the web and I have to say, it looks like a fun, nostalgia-filled ride and I can't wait to see it.
Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael return to theaters this summer to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April O’Neil (Megan Fox), Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), and a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell). After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (WWE Superstar Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly), to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
Check out the trailer below:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is the follow up to the 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which followed the Turtles as they first emerge from the sewers to try and stop the evil Shedder and his Foot Clan from completing their diabolical plan and save the city of New York.
This film steps it up a notch, bringing in iconic characters from TMNT lore such as Bebop and Rocksteady, Krang, and Casey Jones, while seeing the return of Shredder and April O’Neil. In this trailer, we also get a better glimpse at, what I assume to be, the Technodrome, the semi-spherical tank-like mobile fortress used by Krang. Hopefully, they’ll be able to do justice to this amazing, behemoth of a base and the character that resides within.
One of my favorite parts of this entire trailer is the appearance and interaction of hockey stick-wielding vigilante, Casey Jones, played by Stephen Amell, of Arrow fame. He is, by far, the perfect choice to play this character, seeing as he already has experience playing a vigilante (check out Arrow if you aren’t already watching), and his comedic chops will lend themselves well to this role.
I really enjoyed the first film, as I felt it captured the essence of the original films while mixing it with a modern twist. The sequel has that same feel, but to a higher level, with an amazing amount of nostalgic ties with the new characters. I can't wait to see this film.
Directed by David Green, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will arrive in theaters on June 3, 2016.
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Designed by architect brothers Alexander D. Melville and William N. Melville, Fire Hall No. 12 was constructed in 1911 in a Crescentwood neighbourhood that was, at that time, sparsely populated. The two-and-a-half storey building was made of brick on a stone foundation. Three vehicle doors opened into the garage with stables for eight horses at the rear. Bedrooms, a lavatory, and a sitting room for the firefighters were on the second floor, while the top floor was used for storage. The fire hall was closed with the creation of Unicity in 1972. It was sold for $67,000 in 1983 and renovated into private condominiums. The building is a municipally-designated historic site.
The former Fire Hall No. 12 (2011)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
No. 12 Fire Hall, 1055 Dorchester Avenue, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, February 1983.
“‘Santa Bus’ scheme endorsed by city,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 June 1985, page 9.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
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Good News For Organ Transplants
Jade Moon
on February 1, 2012 at 12:01 am
Hawaii patients waiting for organ transplants are very, very lucky. Thanks to The Queen’s Medical Center, with help from the Kidney Foundation of Hawaii and the state Legislature, we will continue to have a transplant program in our state.
The situation was precarious for quite a while. Hawaii Medical Center, which housed the only transplant program in the state, was struggling to survive. Its shaky financial situation forced the transplant operation to move three times in five years. Most of the people in the program understood an eventual shutdown was inevitable.
Dr. Whitney Limm (who was my surgeon when I donated a kidney to my dad in 2006) says Queen’s made it clear early on it was willing to help. But the timing had to be right.
“There was this bankruptcy proceeding and Queen’s did not want to interfere, so it stayed in the background. But the board of trustees at Queen’s did vote to spend $7 million to $8 million in a five-year period to bring the program to Queen’s.
“So in December, on a Friday, HMC said, OK, we’re shutting down. It was very abrupt. Immediately nurses started notifying the patients on the list that the program was shutting down and that they should come to get their medical records.
“At the same time the people at Queen’s started the application for getting the transplant license from UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing). And this was right before Christmas.”
According to Limm, the team at Queen’s worked late into the night tackling an almost overwhelming amount of paperwork, requesting permission to handle liver, kidney, pancreas and heart transplants. UNOS, knowing the dire and special situation of patients in Hawaii, is supportive and “they’re trying to make it quick. And we heard that they’ll probably give a favorable ruling in early February for liver transplants, and then for kidney transplants later in the month.”
The decision to OK the liver program first makes sense, even though kidney patients far outnumber those waiting for livers. Says Limm: “Liver transplants are lifesaving. There’s no dialysis for it, so it’s more critical.”
And critical is exactly the right word to describe what it would be like for patients without a local transplant program.
“When you donated to your dad, he was on the waitlist for a cadaver kidney while you were being evaluated,” says Limm. “The people in Hawaii who are on the current list are on a waitlist that’s inactive. Hawaii doesn’t have an active transplant program, so they’re on a list that isn’t getting them anywhere.”
Donors and recipients would have to go to the Mainland for surgery and follow-up, placing a tremendous burden on them and their families.
The Kidney Foundation, according to Limm, also saw what was coming and was working independently to keep the program alive. It urged the Legislature to provide funding to help get a new transplant center off the ground. Last week a legislative conference committee advanced a bill that will give $1.5 million to help fund the liver and kidney transplant program at Queen’s.
Every dollar from both Queen’s and the state will be needed. Queen’s already has hired close to 20 people from the HMC program. They include nurses, transplant coordinators, social workers, financial advisers, pharmacists and staff members.
And there will be a lot of training involved for the existing staff at Queen’s. According to Limm, “almost every department in the hospital is involved in the care of the transplant patient,” from admitting to ER and intensive care, to the laboratories, pathology and surgery departments. The electronic records system has to be tweaked. Also, Queen’s is renovating a floor to include a new transplant clinic for evaluations and follow-ups.
All of this will take not only money, but time. It’ll be months before the program is up and running. According to Limm, the state acted quickly and has already granted a Certificate of Need. But UNOS will be issuing licenses organ by organ over a period of weeks or months. And finally, the program must win approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Limm, who will do double duty as Queen’s vice president of Clinical Integration and medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program, is looking forward to a busy and challenging year. “I’m feeling very thankful that Queen’s and the Legislature have offered that kind of support.”
I’m grateful, too. And so are hundreds of people in Hawaii anxiously awaiting an operation that can improve or save their lives.
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Mind Control in America
Mind Control in the United States
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Steven Jacobson is a graduate of the Boston University School of Communications. He worked in the film industry for 13 years, produced sponsored films, was a production manager and editor for a New York City documentary film company, did contract work for a Washington, DC film institute and re-cut features for U.S. theatrical distribution, TV syndication and cable.
"Working as an editor, it was easy to see how simple it is to change the meaning of an event or of what someone says through editing," says Jacobson. "But I did not fully appreciate the extent to which we are all manipulated and controlled by mass media (even those who work in it) until I was given the results of private medical research investigating mental programming and deprogramming."
This led to his leaving the film business to research the mind control issue and the use of hypnotic programming in the mass media, leading to the development of the "Mind Control in America" audio series. Steven's goal is to bring the use of mass hypnosis and manipulation to the attention of the general public.
Mind control is the most important issue facing America. Freedom of mind is the first freedom from which all others are derived. The solution to the problems we face requires a raising of consciousness that allows people to discern for themselves the difference between what is real and what is illusion.
We live in a "virtual reality" where deception has become an integral part of the framework of society. The audios "Mind Control in America" and "Wake-Up America" illustrate exactly why this is and how it came to be.
To learn more about the medical research that contributed to the development of this audio series, read about the "Personal Comfort Training" audio by Steven's father, Samuel J. Jacobson.
"The information in your packages is outstanding. Everyone in America should listen to "Mind Control in America" and "Wake-Up America" as well as "Personal Comfort Training" which I listen to at least once a day. I would like to thank you for putting together such a clear and concise block of information that should be taught in our nation's school system, and offered in our libraries where I worked for some five years. So my hat goes off to you, and I look forward to your next project release." - K.K. San Francisco, California
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High Court Upholds Mining Law
Source: Manila Times ()
By Ma. Elisa P. Osorio, Reporter, Manila Times
Manila, Philippines - 'The Constitution should be read in broad life-giving strokes. It should not be used to strangulate economic growth or to serve narrow, parochial interest...Rather, it should be construed to grant the President and Congress sufficient discretion and reasonable leeway to enable them to attract foreign investment, as well as to secure for our people and our posterity the blessings of prosperity and peace.'
The Supreme Court yesterday, with a vote of 10 to 4 with one abstentation, effectively reversed itself as it declared the Philippine Mining Act as constitutional.
In a 246-page decision, the court en banc overturned its January decision that nullified the mining law (Republic Act 7942) as well as the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) between the government and Western Mining Corporation Philippines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Mining Corporation Holdings Limited of Australia.
Those who voted for the reversal of the January decision were Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. as well as justices Artemio V. Panganiban, Reynato S. Puno, Leonardo A. Quisu mbing, Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, Alicia Austria Martinez, Renato C. Corona, Dante O. Tinga, Minita V. Chico-Nazario and Cancio C. Garcia.
Those who dissented were justices Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Antonio T. Carpio, Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Romeo J. Callejo. Justice Adolfo A. Azcuna abstained because he was a former lawyer of one of the parties.
The decision, penned by Justice Panganiban, ruled that the 1995 FTAA did not contravene the 1987 Constitution because the charter expressly allowed service contracts in "large-scale exploration, development, and utilization of minerals, petroleum and mineral oils."
'Life-Giving Strokes'
"The Constitution should be read in broad life-giving strokes. It should not be used to strangulate economic growth or to serve narrow, parochial interest," the court said.
"Rather, it should be construed to grant the President and Congress sufficient discretion and reasonable lee way to enable them to attract foreign investment, as well as to secure for our people and our posterity the blessings of prosperity and peace," it added.
The court also said the government may undertake mining activities through "agreements with foreign-owned corporations involving either technical or financial assistance."
The court also said there was nothing unconstitutional about the mining law's Implementing Rules and Regulations that were drafted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
It noted that the State, through the President, still retained and exercised full control over mining operations despite FTAAs.
"The drafters [of the Constitution] in fact knew that the agreements with foreign corporations were going to entail not mere technical or financial assistance, but rather, foreign investment in and management of an enterprise for large-scale exploration, development, and utilization of minerals," the court decision read.
"Indeed, the Chief Executive is the official constitutionally mandated to enter into agreements with foreign owned corporations," it added.
The law also states that Congress may review the action of the President regarding "every contract entered into in accordance with this [constitutional] provision," the court said.
In reversing itself on earlier nullifying the mining law, the court also said "the judiciary should not inordinately interfere in the exercise of this presidential power of control over the EDU [exploration, development and utilization] of our natural resources."
The court also said its new decision would answer "the need to develop our stagnating mining industry and extract what NEDA [National Economic and Development Authority] Secretary Romulo Neri estimates is some $840 billion worth of mineral wealth lying hidden in the ground, in order to jump-start our floundering economy on the one hand, and on the other, the need to enhance our nationalistic aspirations, protect our indigenous communities, and prevent irreversible ecological damage."
"Verily, the mineral wealth and natural resources of this country are meant to benefit not merely a select group of people living in the areas locally affected by mining activities, but the entire Filipino nation," the court added.
The Supreme Court, last January 27 struck down as unconstitutional the provisions of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 that allowed 100% foreign-owned firms to exploit the country's mineral resources.
In that 95-page ruling, the court en banc declared provisions of RA7942 void in so far as they pertained to the so-called FTAA.
That ruling likewise declared as void the FTAA between the government and Western Mining.
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Reacting to the decision, the Chamber of Mines of th e Philippines said "the knowledge and wisdom of the court in this landmark case [was] expected to draw support from the entire business community, locally and internationally."
In a separate statement, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Executive Director Robert Sears said the court decision would help the government "create jobs, increase revenues from exports, and bring in needed foreign direct investments."
Stock market analysts said the decision would also bode well for the local market and the economy.
In telephone interview, Astro del Castillo of First Grade Holdings, Inc. noted that mining, being an untapped sector for some time, had plenty of potential.
"This will open the floodgates [for developments] that will impact the country's fiscal problems," he said.
"They [foreign and local companies] will complement each other and enhance competition, which will result in more efficie nt operations for the sector," he added.
The mining and oil indices were up in yesterday's trading.
Jose Vistan, Jr. of AB Capital Securities, Inc. also welcomed the court ruling. "This is good news, which brings into the country not only potential capital but also technology. Mining companies short in capital can now tap the technology of those foreign companies and help the economy," he said.
He added the ruling was a "much-needed shot in the arm" for the economy to take off.
"Oil and copper prices are high. The Philippines is rich in these resources so the decision of the Supreme Court is good news for the economy, the stock market and the country as well. It is pro-business for a change," he added.
Meanwhile, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael T. Defensor said, "We would now be assured of investments [in the mining sector], the economy would surely benefit from it. Any decision otherwise would have been disastrous for us."
"We see a potential $2 billion to $3 billion worth of investments during the first three years, and about $2 billion annually after that," he added.
Mr. Defensor also said, "There are about 30 potential investments with pending process of implementation because of the issue on mining. Now it is all systems go." -- with reports from Roulee Jane C. Calayag and Rommer M. Balab
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Bamiyan Buddhas to be Commemorated
In the memory of the two Buddha statues destructed by Taliban in Bamiyan province of Afghanistan early March 2001, according to reports, the Queen of Thailand Sirikit, has outlined plans to build a 32-metre Buddha at the Thip Sukhontharam Temple in Kanchanaburi province, about 100 kilometers west of Bangkok. That will be a great way to commemorate the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan by a nation whose 90 percent of population stands to be Buddhist.
The intention of the queen to honor the Buddha signals the invaluable love and respect of Thai nation towards the historical Buddha statues of Bamiyan. In June, 2006, the Thai government had offered to reconstruct the ancient statues of Buddha but like many other countries' promises, this offer remained unprocessed either.
The loss caused by Taliban to Afghanistan and the whole humanity by destructing the statues in Bamiyan can not be compensated by any way. The former Afghan Islamic fundamentalist regime dynamited and used artillery to deface and destroy the priceless twin Buddha statues, carved into the heart of the Hindu Kush mountains in Bamiyan, claiming that all statues are idols and therefore their existence was contrary to Islamic belief. The Taliban action against one of Asia's great historical treasures caused international outrage and widespread condemnation.
Since the ouster of Taliban, nonetheless, many countries have shown willingness to rebuild the Buddhas in Bamiyan. But due to certain reasons – majorly security – their willingness is not taking any practical shape. To create an art piece, such as Buddhas, it takes years and needs knowledge, creativity and consistent hard work.
Demolition of Buddha that took only some days can never be compensated by any means, as we have permanently lost them. Early this year, German scientists said that it was possible to reconstruct one of the two Buddhas dynamited by Taliban. Even if the Buddha is reconstructed, there is no guarantee that it would remain safe.
Although Buddhas have not been re-constructed and the Bamiyan province has seen very little development in the last ten years, every year thousands of tourists, national foreign, pay visits to Bamiyan. This shows the historical importance and capacity of Bamiyan to generate huge amounts of tourism revenue for the government.
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Chinese Box Office: "Chinese Zodiac" Uncovers $76.5M; "Lost in Thailand" Sails Pass "Titanic 3D" Towards Avatar's Record
8:53 PM 1/1/2013 by Senh Duong
Like last year at the box office in China, there are only room for two big event films during the Christmas and New Year holidays. In 2011, Zhang Yimou’s “The Flowers of War” (Christian Bale) and Tsui Hark’s “The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate” (Jet Li) were the two dominant films, claiming the top two spots for weeks.
Popcorn Index: "Titanic" and "Wreck-It Ralph" Top Monthly Facebook Charts
5:59 PM 10/24/2012 by Senh Duong
We’ve just launched Monthly Facebook Charts in the Popcorn Index section. As usual, we have two charts: one for every movie we’ve covered since May, and another one just for upcoming movies.
What's Popping: 'Titanic', 'Fifty Shades of Grey', 'Van Helsing', 'Master of the Universe', 'The Goon'
3:32 PM 10/13/2012 by Binh Ngo
We suspected for a long time now that there was probably enough room for both Jack and Rose on that floating board that neither of them had to die in the movie Titanic. Both could have lived. This was confirmed by the folks over at Mythbusters. Why did Jack had to die then?
Did Jack Have to Die in 'Titanic'? Mythbusters Say No
hollywoodreporter.com – Long the subject of debate between moviegoers, the issue of whether Leonardo DiCaprio's character had to freeze to death is finally laid to rest. 6 years 40 weeks ago via jetli
James Cameron and 'Mythbusters' Will Prove Rose Did Not Needlessly Let Jack Die in 'Titanic'
feedproxy.google.com – The director says it's not a question of room -- but that the plank wouldn't have stayed afloat under the weight of two people. 6 years 43 weeks ago via jackiechan
'Titanic 3-D' first movie released in Myanmar in decades
feedproxy.google.com – "Titanic 3-D" will be the first movie to play in Myanmar in more than a decade as 20th Century Fox has struck a deal to release the film in the Southeast Asian nation that is slowly opening to the world. 6 years 48 weeks ago via jackiechan
New Feature: Find Out Which Movies Are Most Liked by Facebook Users; "Ted" Has More Likes Than "The Dark Knight Rises"
Studios have been creating Facebook pages for each of their movies and marketing those pages on their marketing materials. What they’re after are our “likes.” We thought it might be interesting to track the number of “likes” a movie’s Facebook page receives on a daily basis, so we’re launching a new feature called the Popcorn Index, in which the “likes” is just one of the components.
China Turned "Titanic 3D" into The Most Successful Re-Release of All Time
I was curious to see how the re-release of "Titanic" would do.
Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Continues Record Run With $21.7 Mil, 'Stooges' No. 2 With $17.1 Mil
feedproxy.google.com – "Hunger Games" becomes the first film since "Avatar" to spend four straight weekends at No. 1, while fellow Lionsgate pic "Cabin in the Woods" opens third with $14.9 million; "Battleship" Beat Overseas by "Titanic 3D" in surprise upset. 7 years 13 weeks ago via jackiechan
Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Sinks 'American Reunion,' 'Titanic 3D'
feedproxy.google.com – The blockbuster tops Easter weekend with $33.5 million and crosses $300 million mark domestically; "American Reunion" opens to $21.5 million, while "Titanic 3D" takes in $17.4 million for five-day debut of $25.7 million. 7 years 14 weeks ago via brucelee
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiance, Cal...
Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Victor Garber
Director: James Cameron
Studio: Paramount Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 194mins
Stage: Distribution
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Nipsey Hussle's Childhood Intersection In L.A. Will Be Named In His Honor
The petition got nearly 500,000 signatures
Trey Alston 04/10/2019
Nipsey Hussle's spiritual and mental estate, following his shooting death at the end of March, is vast. His physical being's gone from the world, but as tweets, stories, and interview clips pour in about his generosity, authenticity, and charisma, it's clear that the essence of what kind of person he was will endure eternally in addition to his gritty brand of Los Angeles hip-hop. To commemorate the late rapper's legacy, the city of Los Angeles is doing something spectacular: renaming the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and West Slauson Avenue – close to where he grew up – to Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom Square.
Following Nipsey's tragic death, a petition for Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson to rename the intersection was created and it has received almost 500,000 global signatures to date. Harris-Dawson recently announced the change and gave a statement to the LA Sentinel.
"Ermias Asghedom known as 'Nipsey Hussle' was an icon and West Coast hero," he said. "Nipsey’s genuine nature allowed him to be a light to everyone he interacted with from family, friends, fans, and his larger community. As a father, brother, and son, Nipsey was a rock helping to build an empire that will continue through generations. Nipsey will always be remembered for delivering a pure, authentic Los Angeles sound, his numerous philanthropic efforts, his innovative, community-focused business mindset, and his humble heart."
It's a beautiful tribute for the rapper who had a massive public presence and philanthropic spirit. On Thursday (April 11), Nipsey's family will be having a memorial service for him at the Staples Center.
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The Musician As Artist - Jon Langford
By Mick Polich - 01/28/2011 - 03:14 PM EST
Happy 2011 out there in ‘Netville – winter has set in for good here in the City Beautiful. The temps are nestling somewhere between zero and the low thirties during the day, teens and BELOW zero at night. It’s all good – to me, there’s a nice little blanket of comfort that’s settled in. Weird to some, but it works for me.
Several cool gifts appeared Christmas Day ( thanks Santa, for that Philly Eagles throwback jersey – De Sean Jackson, number 10, the kid’s a talent). One gift was book by artist/musician/author Jon Langford.
The Welsh –born Langford rose to prominence as the guitarist with seminal punk/country rockers the Mekons back in the ‘80’s. Since then, Jon has found a home on Bloodshot Records, where he continues to release solo albums, and collaborations with Toronto surf /country/punkers the Sadies , as well as numerous Bloodshot – associated musicians. As stated in these hallowed pages before, I found out about Bloodshot back in the mid-1990’s while out family was living in Columbus, Ohio. A Chicago label, the brave men and women at Bloodshot continue to uphold, defend, and bring forth to the public, under-the-radar country ,roots – rock, punk, and blues, while shouting out the long-forgotten threads of an anthem to the musical roots that not only Chicago held at various point in the 20th century, but America held as well. But I digress, pilgrims – and even as I do, the ideals behind Bloodshot are the ideas behind Jon Langford, and his artistic vision, so it all ties in……
Taking photos of musicians from a by – gone era, Jon transfers, etches, scratches, and re-configures the photos to show a dark underbelly and reflection of not only the music itself, but our society as a whole.
I bought Jon’s book, ”Nashville Radio”, a collection of his artwork, musings, and a companion CD of songs – it’s a mystical, thought – provoking collection that forces you to look at one of America’s oldest musical traditions, wrapped up in a dark, grim wrap that’s presented back to us ( because we had a heapin’ handful creating it….).
I’m still reading Jon’s book, and haven’t listened to the CD that is included – I wondered if I should even comment on the book at this point. But I can comment on Jon Langford as artist and musician – I like what I’ve seen and heard so far. Here’s an example of the powerful reactions Jon can emit as a visual artist: there are a series of etchings that are based on Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, two powerful cultural icons. Two etchings of Cash jump out at me – the hues are grey, black, and blue, and Jon has deepened the lines in Cash’s face and hair that seem to bring up images of Boris Karloffs’ Frankenstein monster. It’s eerie, because of what we now know of Cash, and the demons he tried to keep at bay throughout most of his life – his brother’s early death, drugs and booze, womanizing, the casualties of trying to be a good Christian on the touring road, and the great patriot that used to put out material that shouted what-the-hell-happened-to-my-country? The symbolism is scary…….
Hank Williams is portrayed as Saint Sebastian in one etching – pierced with arrows, the martyr for country music, and it’s dark lyricism of retribution, and redemption. Another etching is Hank signing his recording contract, surrounded by demons and angels, skulls, and symbols of death. But the one etching that really gets me is Hank in a suit and cowboy hat, playing his guitar, one boot propped on a skull – the harbinger of things to come in a tragic life.
Skulls, blindfolded cowboys, angels, demons – Jon brings these images to remind us of a music and culture that celebrates an art form, then eats it’s young. Jon GETS it –the thin line between country and punk. One celebrated country songwriter has gone so far to state that, well, hell, punk ain’t nuthin’ but country sped up. He’s right – in form, function, attitude, and life.
Jon gives us a wake-up call with his art, as if we need to rise up from our cheap hotel room bed, hung over from whiskey, cigarettes, and a hard life that keeps barking at us to confront our own demons, to look at where we’re at, and where we’re headed . We created country music, and the truths it presents to us – except we gloss it up, gloss it over, and throw it in the wastebasket. Jon Langford isn’t throwing anything away – in fact, he’s rummaging thru the trash to see what art he create NEXT……..
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Cannes Lions 2019: Brand trust becoming essential says Edelman
Only one-third of consumers (34 percent) trust most of the brands they buy or use, with trust now an essential buying consideration for most consumers, according to a new report released at Cannes Lions.
The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report, In Brands We Trust?, prepared for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, quizzed 16,000 people in eight countries.
It reveals that brand trust (81 percent) is a deal breaker or a deciding factor when they’re considering a purchase, trailing only quality (85 percent), convenience (84 percent), value (84 percent) and ingredients (82 percent).
Trust is a strong purchase consideration for the vast majority of respondents across geographies, age groups, gender and income levels. Trust is becoming more important to consumers because of their growing concerns about product experience (62 percent), including the fast pace of innovation and their increasing reliance on brands for automation; customer experience (55 percent), including brands’ collecting consumers’ personal data and tracking and targeting them; and brands’ impact on society (69 percent), including consumers’ expectation that brands will help express their values.
Speaking at Cannes Lions, Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, said: “The world is dominated by fear. 2/3 people believe that they’re going to be replaced by robots in the next decade… [this is] dominating thinking.”
Watch part of his presentation below:
“The world is dominated by fear. 2/3 people believe that they’re going to be replaced by robots in the next decade… [this is] dominating thinking” – @richardwedelman Global President and CEO, @EdelmanPR
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— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) June 18, 2019
“Trust has always played an important role in brand purchase,” said Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman. “But consumers now have much larger expectations of brands, and their trust is predicated on how well a brand can pass through the three gates of trust—product, customer experience and impact on society.”
When brands build trust, consumers reward them. Consumers who trust a brand are more than twice as likely to be the first to buy the brand’s new products (53 percent versus 25 percent). They are more than twice as likely to stay loyal to a brand they trust, even in the face of disruption, such as a trendy or innovative competitor (62 percent versus 29 percent). They are more than twice as likely to advocate for a brand they trust (51 percent versus 24 percent), and almost twice as likely to defend it when things go wrong (43 percent versus 22 percent). And when a brand is trusted on product, customer service and societal impact, the percentage of consumers who will buy first, stay loyal to, advocate for and defend it (68 percent) is 21 points higher than consumers who buy on product trust only (47 percent).
Despite its importance, brands are currently failing the trust test. A majority of respondents believe every brand has a responsibility to get involved in at least one social issue that does not directly impact its business (53 percent), yet fewer than one in four (21 percent) claim to know from personal experience that the brands they use keep the best interests of society in mind.
More than half of respondents (56 percent) said that too many brands are using societal issues as a marketing ploy. And consumers have lost faith in brands and their ability to ignite social change: 41 percent, down five points from last year, believe brands have better ideas for solving a country’s problems than government; 49 percent, down four points from last year, say brands can do more to solve social ills than government; and 48 percent, down six points from last year, feel it’s easier for people to get brands to address social problems than to get government to take action.
“Consumers are wary that brands are ‘trustwashing’ and being less than truthful about their commitment to society,” said Amanda Glasgow, global chair of Brand at Edelman. “Talking about an issue in an ad isn’t enough. Brands need to go further to impact real change. This could be anything from advocacy to financial support to internal reforms.”
Brands can build trust by communicating with consumers through various platforms and voices, not with advertising alone. While nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of respondents say they find ways to avoid advertising, our supplemental online influencer study found that a majority of consumers age 18-34 (63 percent) are more trusting of influencers than a brand’s advertising. Repetition and specific sequencing of the brand message are also key. Eighty-seven percent of respondents have strong trust in a brand message after seeing it across six different channels, compared to 13 percent who have strong trust in a message after just one viewing. The most effective channel sequence for building trust in a message among people who are not customers of the brand begins with peer conversation, amplified by owned (74 percent).
“It’s time for brands to take the next giant step,” said Edelman. “They must accept the responsibility consumers have given them to effect change and welcome greater accountability and measurement of their impact.”
www.edelman.com
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11. Buck Williams
Published in Basketball
One of the great power forwards of all-time, Buck Williams was a blue collar player who excelled under the boards. A solid low post scorer, Williams is best remembered for his ability to rebound and defend. Although not as flashy as some of his generation, his long career is a testament to hard work. Tenth all time in games played and one of only seven players to score 16,000 points and grab 13,000 rebounds, Williams never played on a championship team but was a huge part of some very successful teams. More importantly he played the game the way it was supposed to be played and always showed up for battle.
Should Buck Williams be in the Hall of Fame?
Definitely put him in! Maybe, but others deserve it first. Probably not, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. No opinion. No way!
Definitely put him in! - 76.5%
Maybe, but others deserve it first. - 11.8%
Probably not, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. - 9.8%
No opinion. - 0%
No way! - 2%
The Bullet Points
Country of Origin: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Eligible Since: Saturday, 01 January 2005
Position: Center, Power Forward
Played For: New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
College: Maryland
Drafted: 1st Round, 3rd Overall in 1981
Major Accolades and Awards: NBA Rookie of the Year (1981-82)
NBA All Star Teams (3) (1982, 1983 & 1986)
Second Team All NBA Selection (1) (1982-83)
First Team All NBA Defensive Team (2) (1989-90 & 1990-91)
Second Team All NBA Defensive Team (2) (1988-89 & 1991-92)
Most Minutes Played (1) (1984-85)
Highest Field Goal Percentage (2) (1990-91 & 1991-92)
Most Offensive Rebounds (1) (1983-84)
Other Points of Note: Top Ten Finishes: Minutes Played (4) (1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-5 & 1985-86)
Top Ten Finishes: Field Goal Percentage (7) (1981-82, 1982-83, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91 & 1991-92)
Top Ten Finishes: Free Throws (1) (1986-87)
Top Ten Finishes: Offensive Rebounds (8) (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88 & 1993-94)
Top Ten Finishes: Defensive Rebounds (7) (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87 & 1989-90)
Top Ten Finishes: Rebounds (8) (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88 & 1989-90)
Top Ten Finishes: Minutes per Game (4) (1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86 & 1987-88)
Top Ten Finsihes: Rebounds per Game: (8) (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88 & 1988-89)
Top Ten Finishes: Win Shares (1) (1982-83)
Notable All-time Rankings: 4. Offensive Rebounds: 4,526
14. Defensive Rebounds: 8,491
17. Rebounds: 13,017
18. Field Goal Percentage: .549
19. Games Played: 1,307
26. Minutes Played: 42,464
48. Win Shares: 120.1
Buck Williams
39. Rasheed Wallace
75. Sidney Wicks
53. Otis Birdsong
89. Michael Ray Richardson
16. Maurice Lucas
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0 #2 Mike Coy 2015-02-24 23:16
Did this guy have a mom and dad? No siblings, no info about his family? Helping a child in school doing a report on Buck will not be complete. Sad, we can't even find a book at the library to further our knowledge about this great man. If anyone have a solution please write...mdkoi yahoo.com. Thanks in advance.
+3 #1 djb 2014-03-23 02:45
16000 points 13000 rebounds. Only 1 of 7 players in history
4th all time offensive rebounds
But Buck Williams was way more than his stats. It did all the little things that don't up in stats. He could defend anyone even much bigger players..... .when he was in he changed everything.. ...definitel y a hall of famer
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Speech by the Chair at the Inauguration of the 141st Sessions
Address by the Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Dinah Shelton, at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 141st Regular Session of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., March 21, 2011
Mr. Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States;
Distinguished permanent representatives of the member states,
Distinguished observers and colleagues;
Representatives of civil society;
Ladies and gentlemen:
It is an honor for me to address you as the incoming Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at this inaugural ceremony of the Commission’s 141st Regular Session. I am delighted to be joined here by my colleagues Mr. Felipe Gonzales, outgoing chair of the Commission; Mr. Jose de Jesus Orozco, First Vice-Chair; Mr. Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Second Vice-Chair; and Commission members Luz Patricia Mejia Guerrero, Paolo Sergio Pinheiro, and Maria Silvia Guillén. Also present with us are Mr. Santiago Canton, Executive Secretary; Ms. Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Assistant Executive Secretary, and other members of our excellent and hard-working secretariat. I know that everyone would like to acknowledge and thank our outgoing chair, Felipe Gonzalez, for his wise and purposeful leadership and careful direction.
As the Inter-American Human Rights Commission commences its second half-century, we can note that over the first five decades of its existence, it has achieved significant progress, in cooperation with other organs of the OAS, in strengthening the effective exercise of human rights in the region and beyond. As someone who worked closely with the European system in its early days, and has been involved in developing the work of both the African and ASEAN human rights commissions, I can attest to the global impact of the OAS’s contributions to and leadership in the field of human rights. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights routinely cites with approval the decisions of the Inter-American Commission and Court. Within its first six months, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with the IACHR to discuss its future work and to gather inspiration from developments in this region. In sum, the OAS can be justly proud of its contributions to the origin of and constant evolution towards effective promotion and protection of human rights.
Among recent successes, we can point to the enhanced participation and cooperation of the member states in the various activities of the Commission, including its hearings, on site missions, development of reports, and case processing. The high level of the delegations who engage with the Commission during its sessions is not only rewarding, but essential to the effectiveness of the system. The constructive dialogues that occur facilitate the resolution of matters, often achieving friendly settlement of cases consistent with the enjoyment of human rights, and contribute to raising standards throughout the hemisphere.
Through its recommendations in cases and reports, the IACHR has inspired the adoption of new laws and the implementation of public policies that ensure enhanced respect for the human rights of vulnerable populations, including indigenous peoples, workers, migrants, human rights defenders, women, children and persons of African descent. During the past year, the Commission has released reports on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights over their Ancestral Lands and Natural Resources; on Immigration in the United States: Detention and Due Process, on Maternal Health and on Citizen Security and Human Rights, among others. Through these reports, its rapporteurships and case processing, the IACHR has inspired improvements in the rights of vulnerable populations, as well as greater freedom of expression and judicial guarantees. The Commission’s efforts in all of these areas are directed not only to affording redress to victims of human rights violations, but to preventing future violations, helping to build democratic systems in which the rule of law and human rights are equally ensured.
The Citizen Security report highlights the difficulties faced by states in responding to organized violence and crime, yet it is based on the reality that States need not choose between security and respect for human rights. Both can and must be achieved. As the report highlights, citizen security must be regarded as a public policy, whose purpose is to ensure that human rights are respected in law and in practice, as well as in the conduct of state institutions and agents, through a comprehensive approach to the causes of crime and violence. A human rights perspective enables the issues of crime and violence, and their impact in citizen security, to be tackled through the strengthening of democratic participation and the implementation of policies focused on the protection of the individual. The IACHR recommends that all member States generate the necessary institutional capacity within the public sector to carry out the recommended measures, while making available adequate human, technical, and economic resources. It recommends with particular strength the need to ensure the special standards of protection for those persons or groups that are particularly vulnerable to violence and crime, such as children and women.
While the autonomy of the IACHR is a central and foundational premise of the system, the work of the Commission depends on the active participation of member states and civil society. Last Thursday members of the Commission and the Court joined member states in the on-going dialogue taking place through the CAJP on strengthening the Inter-American human rights system. We look forward to continuing this process and engaging in fruitful exchanges with the member states about their concerns and aspirations in respect to the Commission’s mandate and functions. As part of this process the IACHR continues to examine its rules and regulations with a view to improvements to ensure an open and transparent system in which states and civil society can be engaged.
To facilitate greater participation by civil society, essential to our functioning, we are pleased that the Victim Assistance Fund has been inaugurated. The IACHR adopted its rules for the Legal Assistance Fund and they entered into force on March 1st of this year. The rules allow any person who has a case that has been declared admissible by the Commission (or in regard to which the IACHR has decided to join admissibility and merits) to seek resources from the Fund to defray the expenses of gathering and sending documentary evidence, or the appearance of the alleged victim, witnesses of experts in hearings held by the Commission. While the creation of this Fund is to be celebrated, its effective functioning will depend on contributions actually arriving from member states, which we hope will occur.
A priority during the coming year will be to develop the proposed Friendly Settlement Group for the resolution of cases consistent with respect for the human rights at issue. The Commission will analyze previous friendly settlement experiences to enhance its capability to support and follow up on friendly settlements. We will take the opportunity to review lessons learned and best practices. At present, reaching a friendly settlement requires considerable time on the part of the Commissioners and officials from the Executive Secretariat. The proposed Friendly Settlement Group, consisting of specialized trained lawyers, will be in charge of tracking and facilitating the process and assisting the Commissioners with those petitions and cases where the parties have decided to embark upon this procedure.
Recently, the IACHR completed and adopted a Strategic Plan that maps out the priorities and goals for the coming years. The Plan is results-oriented and ensures accountability for the fulfillment of its goals. The recent meeting in Ottawa, Canada, based on the Commission’s Strategic Plan, was gratifying and gives rise to optimism that the resources necessary will be forthcoming, to enable the Commission to execute fully and efficiently the functions and mandates conferred upon it. One of the main challenges in recent years has been the lack of sufficient human and financial resources to keep pace with the volume of petitions, cases, precautionary measures, general monitoring, and other mandates conferred on the IACHR by the OAS member states. Reliance on external funding has been a hallmark of the Commission and there is hope that this will be less of a need in the future.
Undeniably, the system has encountered difficulties and obstacles, some of which have been resolved and others of which persist and demand continued or even priority attention. Challenges to the functioning of the Commission remain. As one representative mentioned during Thursday’s dialogue “justice delayed is justice denied.” The Commission is committed to eliminating the backlog of pending cases in a timely manner and ensuring that new submissions are processed quickly and efficiently. But if justice delayed is justice denied, it is equally true that a rush to judgment can lead to substantive and procedural errors. It is critical that the Commission proceed deliberately, to ensure that the highest standards are maintained in fact-finding and legal analysis. Its decisions must be and must be seen to be impartial, credible and legitimate. To fulfill the qualitative and quantitative demands is both a challenge and a commitment.
A very significant priority involves ensuring appropriate implementation of recommendations of the Commission and judgments of the Court. There has been a progressive trend in recent years respecting compliance with decisions awarding reparations to victims, but the lack of investigation, prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the most serious human rights abuses remains a matter of concern. States Parties to the American Convention have undertaken the obligation to respect and ensure all the rights enshrined in the Convention and are responsible for organizing their internal governance structures and adopting the necessary legislative and regulatory reforms to comply with this obligation. The IACHR depends on the OAS political bodies as the collective guarantors of compliance.
As we well know, compliance is not only a matter of political will, but it can also be a matter of capacity. We have seen the devastating impact of natural disasters and the need for regional solidarity and assistance to address the complex issues associated in particular with the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. More generally, we are seeing the necessity of ensuring respect for human rights in the process of economic development, where too often major projects and extractive industries operate without the controls necessary to avoid significant human rights violations. The report on Indigenous Land and Resource Rights examines some of the problems that have arisen and, based on inter-American human rights standards, recommends measures to ensure that development projects proceed consistent with human rights standards and domestic law.
Through the Commission’s hearings and cases, we have identified a number of issues that have not received the attention they deserve, with the result that particularly vulnerable groups have suffered marginalization and exclusion, including those suffering from mental and physical disabilities, ethnic, racial and sexual minorities, and the rural poor. In particular, widespread discrimination and harassment of individuals based on their sexual identity and orientation have been brought to our attention as a critical problem that we must address in the immediate future.
While these new issues demand attention, we must continue to monitor and respond to the chronic problems of strengthening fragile democratic institutions, ensuring free and fair elections, freedom of expression and assembly, civilian control of the military, and functioning independent judicial systems. Access to justice and redressing human rights at the domestic level is critical to ensuring that the system does not collapse from a rising caseload.
Though experience the IACHR has recognized the fundamental importance of on site visits. The willingness of member states to invite the Commission to see firsthand conditions in their territories, to hear the accounts of individuals in government as well as in civil society, and to observe the efforts being made to overcome human rights problems, including the obstacles, faced, is critical to the work of the Commission. In this respect, the IACHR is particularly grateful to the increasing number of governments who have announced open door policies. We encourage other government to consider adopting this attitude towards this essential part of IACHR practice.
Two issues remain to be mentioned. First, the importance of continuing to advance towards universality of the system, to encourage member states to ratify inter-American human rights treaties and ensure their effective implementation. The Commission is ready to assist in any way that will contribute to achieving this goal. Second, despite the priority that must be given to monitoring and enforcing existing norms, there are issues that can benefit from further elaboration. In this sense, the IACHR will continue to collaborate with the Working Groups of the OAS Permanent Council that are engaged in preparing a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All forms of Discrimination and Intolerance and a Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The challenges to the system should not be minimized, but neither should the progress that has been achieved over the past five decades since the Commission was created. We cannot be satisfied with partial success, however, and the IACHR remains dedicated to supporting the member states as they fulfill their responsibilities to respect and ensure the human rights of all persons. The Commission will continue to comply with its mandate to promote and protect human rights in the region, open and willing to improve its procedures and legal analysis to meet the expectations of all the system’s stakeholders, especially those of the victims who have suffered violations of their human rights.
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Lighting the National Christmas Tree
The first official"National Christmas Tree" was lighted by President Calvin Coolidge in1923, the culmination of an idea begun a decade earlier.
Officially called asymbol of good will and peace, the tree has, at times, also been a politicalmessenger. Those given the honor of "flipping the switch" to light thetree have included presidents, first ladies, children representing humanitarianorganizations, and "first dogs."
Erecting the first National Christmas Tree, 1923
Before the "National Christmas Tree"... In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson insisted that a tree lighting be at the U.S. Capitol so it would be recognized as a national event.
Then in November 1923, First Lady Grace Coolidge gave permission for the District of Columbia Public Schools to erect a Christmas tree on the Ellipse south of the White House. The organizers named the tree the "National Christmas Tree."
That Christmas Eve, at 5 p.m., President Calvin Coolidge walked from the White House to the Ellipse and "pushed the button" to light the cut 48-foot Balsam fir, as 3,000 enthusiastic spectators looked on.
The tree, donated by Middlebury College, was from the President's native state of Vermont. From 1924 to 1953 live trees, in various locations around and on the White House grounds, were lighted on Christmas Eve.
1924-1933 Sherman Plaza
The first living Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, was planted in 1924 in Sherman Plaza, near the east entrance to the White House. This tree was presented by the American Forestry Association to President Coolidge and the nation.
In 1925, the first Christmas message and the official program was first broadcast coast to coast on radio. This tree served as the "National Community Tree" until 1934.
1934-1938 Lafayette Park
Two Fraser fir trees were planted, one on each side of the Jackson statue in Lafayette Park. They were supposed to be used alternately each year, although the same one was actually used each year.
1939-1940 The Ellipse
The program was again moved to the Ellipse and cut trees were used.
1941-1953 On the Executive Mansion grounds
Two living Oriental spruce trees were used on alternate years for the purpose.
1972, the last year a cut tree was used. 1954-1972 The Ellipse
In 1954 the Christmas Pageant of Peace Inc. was organized and the scope of the National Community Christmas Tree Celebration was broadened to emphasize the desire for peace through the spirit and meaning of Christmas.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower lighted the first National Christmas Tree for the Pageant of Peace.
In 1963, the tree was not lighted until Dec. 22 by Lyndon Johnson, following a national thirty-day period of mourning for the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Cut trees were used each year through 1972.
1973, the first living National Christmas Tree and the first year a nativity was omitted from display, following a decision court decision on religious freedom.
1973 The Ellipse
A 42-foot, living Colorado blue spruce from northern Pennsylvania was planted to serve as a permanent National Christmas Tree. The National Arborist Association donated the tree.
The first living tree was commemorated with a bronze plaque by John W. Dixon, President of the Christmas Pageant of Peace Committee, Inc.
The 45-foot Colorado blue spruce was lighted by President Gerald Ford.
1976, the last year for this diseased Colorado Blue Spruce
The 45-foot Colorado blue spruce, which had been the National Christmas Tree since 1973, was dying and this would be its last year. President Ford did the honors of lighting.
A temporary, new living Christmas tree, 1977.
A 30-foot Colorado blue spruce was transplanted on the Ellipse to replace the previous tree.
The 1978 tree, and our present-day National Christmas Tree.
The tree in use today, a Colorado blue spruce from York, Pennsylvania, was planted on the Ellipse. President Jimmy Carter and his daughter Amy, pushed the button to light the tree.
The tree carried a political message in 1979: Only the top was lighted, to remind the nation of Americans being held hostage in Iran.
The 1980 tree was lighted just 417 seconds, one second for each day the Americans were in captivity in Iran.
The nation's Christmas tree was not lighted during the 1979 season, except for the top ornament. This gesture was made by President Carter in honor of Americans being held hostage in Iran.
In 1980, for the second year in a row, the tree remained unlighted. However, in a special tribute sponsored by the National Broadcasters Association, the tree was fully lighted for 417 seconds--one second for each day the hostages had been in captivity.
When the hostages finally were released on President Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Day Jan. 20, 1981, the tree was hastily decorated and lighted just as the aircraft carrying the former hostages home cleared Iranian airspace.
President Reagan illuminated the red, white and blue lights of the National Christmas Tree on December 17 by pushing a remote button in the East Room of the White House.
The National Christmas Tree was lighted by President Reagan on December 16 from the White House.
In 1983, the tree lighting becomes a little girl's lifetime wish.
The National Christmas Tree was lighted from the White House by President Reagan and seven-year-old Amy Benham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Benham, of Westport, Washington.
Amy wrote to the "Make A Wish" program and asked to participate in the tree lighting ceremony. The program helps make dreams come true for children with disabilities or life-threatening illnesses.
Christmas 1984, marked by the return of the nativity scene, after a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the legality and historical appropriateness of the display.
The National Christmas Tree was lighted by the President's wife Nancy Reagan on December 13 from the South Portico of the White House. With temperatures above 70 degrees, it was one of the warmest tree lightings in history.
The nativity scene was reinstated as being historically and legally appropriate for display during the Pageant of Peace in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The tradition of displaying the nativity scene had been discontinued in 1973, following a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which decided an argument based upon U.S. Constitutional rights of religious freedom.
1985: A message about hostages in Lebanon is sent, when the tree lights are dimmed on Christmas Eve.
Other firsts:
The first year since 1959 that reindeer are not part of the Pageant.
First Lady Nancy Reagan's dog, "Rex," helps throw the switch to light the tree.
Vice President Bush's wife Mrs. Barbara Bush topped the National Christmas Tree November 25.
President Reagan, accompanied by The First Lady holding her dog "Rex," turned on the Christmas tree lights from a remote on the South Portico of the White House on Dec. 12.
In his broadcast Christmas address, The President mourned the deaths of a planeload of U.S. 101st Airborne Division servicemen whose homeward-bound plane had crashed in Newfoundland.
On Christmas Eve at 6:15 p.m., the President directed that the lights on the tree be turned down momentarily in support of American hostages in Lebanon and their families at home.
1986: With pouring rain on tree lighting day, President Ronald Reagan's Christmas address is delivered by video remote. The reindeer return for display.
Nov. 24, Vice President George Bush's wife Mrs. Barbara Bush started decorating for the Pageant of Peace by topping the National Tree, with a 4-foot-tall starburst ornament.
For the opening of the Pageant, Dec. 11, President Ronald Reagan delivered his Christmas message by video remote and then, along with The First Lady, was joined by 8-year-old Byron Whyte and "Big Brother" Francis Hinton of the National Capital Area Big Brothers and Big Sisters who helped the President throw the remote switch to light the National Christmas Tree.
A crowd of 6,500 braved rain to attend opening ceremonies.
Reindeer, a nativity scene, and burning Yule log were included as a part of the traditional displays.
1987: The tree is lighted early so President Reagan can attend a Soviet summit meeting.
The National Christmas Tree lighting program was held Monday, Dec. 7, earlier than usual because of the President's impending four-day summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
President Ronald Reagan and a 5-year-old cystic fibrosis patient from New Jersey lighted the tree by remote control from the White House. On stage on the Ellipse, the program headlined The California Raisins and Ted E. Bear & Patti Bear from "The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas."
1988, President Reagan's eighth and final year lighting the National Christmas Tree.
Mrs. Barbara Bush, wife of then Vice President Bush, and puppets "Rex and Rita Readasaurus," stars of a nationwide Reading is Fundamental program topped the National Christmas Tree on December 1.
President Ronald Reagan said, "thanks for a free America," as he threw the switch at the White House to light the National Christmas Tree for the eighth and last time as president.
1989: The tree is used to symbolize President George Bush's "thousand points of light" election campaign speech.
President and Mrs. Bush and their granddaughter Marshall pulled the switch which illuminated the National Christmas Tree with thousands of red, white and blue lights symbolic of the President's "thousand points of light" speech during his election campaign. The First Family was watched the opening ceremonies from a box near the stage.
1990: 57 trees representing the states, District of Columbia and U.S. territories are added around the National Christmas Tree.
For the first time, trees grown on reclaimed surface coal mine land were used to form the Pathway of Peace comprised of 57 small scotch pine trees representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.
For the second year, President and Mrs. Bush watched the opening of the Pageant of Peace from a box near the stage and turned on the lights on the National Christmas Tree.
Terry Anderson, the last hostage released from Lebanon joined President Bush in lighting the tree in 1991.
Barbara Bush kicked off the Pageant of Peace preparations Nov. 25 by placing the top ornament on the National Christmas Tree. She and pageant head Joseph Riley, along with her grandchildren Lauren and Pierce Bush, rode to the tree top in a hydraulic lift.
President George Bush was joined for the tree lighting, Dec. 12, by Terry Anderson, the last hostage to be released from Lebanon, and four other former hostages Alann Steen, Thomas Sutherland, Joseph Cicippio and Jesse Turner. A estimated crowd of 12,000 attended the opening ceremony.
The live National Christmas Tree was decorated with red, white and blue lights and garland symbolizing the theme charity.
1992: The twelfth and final year First Lady Barbara Bush kicked off the Pageant of Peach by placing the top ornament on the National Christmas Tree.
For twelve years the Vice President's wife and then First Lady Barbara Bush had been the one to kick off the Pageant of Peace by placing the top ornament on the National Christmas tree. After making her last ride to the top of the tree, National Park Service Director James Ridenour presented Mrs. Bush with a plaque for her years of enthusiastic support of the Pageant.
President Bush pressed the switch to turn on the Christmas tree lights during a rain-drenched stage program that still attracted an audience of estimated 7,000.
1993: The first of the years President Bill Clinton would light the tree.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in the topping ceremony Nov. 29, riding to the top of the tree in a lift with Pageant of Peace president Joseph Riley to crown the 38-foot Colorado blue spruce with a fiber-optic starburst ornament.
Ornaments for this year's Pageant of Peace followed the theme Unity. President Bill Clinton gave his Christmas message to the nation and then threw the switch to light the National Christmas Tree.
Hilary Rodham Clinton officiated Nov. 28 at the traditional Topping -of-the-Tree ceremony. Some 6,500 persons attended the Dec. 7 lighting of the National Christmas Tree. President and Mrs. Clinton and daughter Chelsea lighted the tree.
A garden-sized model railroad display around the tree was added for the first time to the customary exhibits of creche, reindeer and Yule log.
1995: Solar powered display
For the first time, the National Christmas Tree was lit by solar energy -- all 6,000 white, red, green and blue lights. And for the first time in many years, the popular "reindeer" were not on display. Citing a "rising level of concern in the society at large over the gratuitous use of animals for display purposes," the Pageant of Peace discontinued the display of Luray deer.
Althought the theme for this pageant was "unity," the federal government shutdown and the ensuing lapse of appropriations for all non-essential federally sponsored events, caused the cancellation of Pageant of Peace activities beginning on December 16. However, the National Park Service provided funds to light the tree and keep it lit as scheduled, through midnight on January 1, 1996.
The lights were turned off at 10:00 p.m. instead of 11:00 p.m.
The Office of Surface Mining rescinded a standing offer to locate, donate, and arrange for the donation of trees grown on reclaimed mining lands, due to the difficulty of finding trees that met these conditions. The Christmas Pageant of Peace thus began to purchase the state trees planted on the Ellipse.
The tree was decorated with 110,000 red, white and blue lights and was topped with a jewel-like star. The National Christmas Tree Growers Association offered to donate cut Christmas trees for use as state trees. This offer would cause a switch from live trees to cut trees.
1998 -- The 75th Anniversary of the National Christmas Tree
This lighting ceremony was celebrated as the 75th Anniversary of the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.
Al Roker, weatherman and feature reporter, on NBC- TV's Today Show served as Santa Claus (first African American Santa for the Pageant) and Master of Ceremonies.
1999 -- The End of the Millennium
For the 37th year, GE Lighting donated the lights. The tree was decorated with more than 75,000 lights in customary holiday colors of red, green and clear along with red garland, and large bow and poinsettia flower ornaments.
On New Years Eve, at 10 pm, the multicolored lights on the tree turned to all white in honor of the Millennium.
On December 11, President Bill Clinton delivered his Christmas message and pushed the switch to light the 125,000 lights on the 40-foot Colorado blue spruce.
This was the last of eight years for the Clintons lighting the National Christmas Tree.
2001 -- Post-September 11, a patriotic tree
Originally planned as a traditional seasonal color scheme of red, green and gold; the decorating scheme was changed to a patriotic red garland with 100,000white and blue lights and 100 white star ornaments. The tree topper was a star.
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush shared the lighting honors with five-year-old Leon Patterson and six-year-old Faith Elseth, children of victims of the September 11th terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
A return to a more traditional lighting scheme.
Photos andhistory from the National ParkService, and the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (1923, 1924,1927, 1934, 1937, 1948 and 1963; Aldon Nielson, NPS 1965-95.
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The Origins of 1:1 Computing in the US: Cincinnati Country Day
Tablet PCs: A Powerful Environment with Flexible Tools
A Tablet with a stylus, despite Steve Jobs’ best attempts to discredit the pen, is simply the best tool for the trade.
Country Day Academic Dean, Dr. Greg Martin
Janus, the two-faced Roman god of antiquity, greets people as they walk through doors, experience changes in life, and come to new beginnings. It is for him that January is named because he represents transition. As he looks forward, he looks backward. It was earlier this year (not quite January, but close!) that I was reminded about the importance of looking both forward and backward when examining the role technology plays in education.
In February, my colleague Rob Baker (Director of Technology at Cincinnati Country Day School) and I traveled to Seattle to take part in a new program sponsored by Microsoft. “Windows in the Classroom,” developed by Sean Tierney and Bruce Dixon and a team of inspired educators, is succeeding in Australia in helping redesign schools and assist school officials in making informed educational decisions about the direction of technology integration in their institutions. Many readers will recognize Bruce Dixon’s name, as he was the originator of the 1:1 concept in Australia. Sixteen years ago, almost to the day, two officials from Country Day were flown to Seattle by Microsoft to attend a series of meetings and workshops inspired by the work of Bruce Dixon and schools in Australia. Joe Hofmeister, our former Director of Technology, and Dr. Charlie Clark, our former Head of School were taken by what they experienced and, upon returning to Cincinnati, laid the groundwork for what would be the first 1:1 initiative in the United States. In 1996, Country Day put a laptop in the hands of every faculty member and every fifth through twelfth grader. The rest, they say, especially in cliché terms, is history.
The rest is also a futuristic vision of the role technology can and should play in education in the United States, for it was this impetus, not a desire to rest on our laurels, that Rob and I agreed to go to Seattle to hear what Microsoft executives had to say about their own vision. Over the next few months, I will be posting entries on the NTA site about the ways technology has been altering the learning environment at Country Day, and I will likely be using the voices and experiences of those people who make it happen—and have been making it happen—day in and day out, year in and year out. For now, however, I want to look into the dark and backward abysm of time, in Shakespeare’s words, to create a foundation for future postings.
We are not free from error at Country Day, even though hundreds of educators have attended our Tablet PC conferences over the past decade and a half. In fact, we recognize fully that any great educational initiative, be it technological, pedagogical, or curricular, is not without growing pains. We have learned a lot from our mistakes, but perhaps the most important lesson we have learned is that we cannot possibly know everything there is to know about a piece of hardware, about a software package, or about how technology might get used in the classroom. We are willing and eager to learn from our errors, from each other, from our students, and from the outside world. This spirit of innovation permeates much of what we do, and it is in many ways linked to those decisions that Hofmeister and Clark made back in 1996.
Do me a favor, and try to imagine where you were in the spring of 1996 and what kind of technology existed in your life. I bought my first laptop, interestingly enough, as an undergrad at Miami University, in the fall of 1990, an IBM Thinkpad. They were relatively new to the market, and few students had any interest in them. Computer labs were mainly places “to go” and often just massive word processing venues. Frankly, this was “good enough.” In 1995, after graduating with an M.A. in English Literature from The University of Alabama, I enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Kent State University, earning a Teaching Fellowship to support my studies. Half of my fellowship required teaching Freshman Composition, the other, working in Kent’s “Technology and Writing Research Classroom.” In the fall of 1995, I was teaching first year students how to left click on a menu item to italicize a title in Microsoft Word. Now, while I’m being reductive here, the world in 1995-6, was clearly not ready for technology to permeate the educational process. I had just gotten my first e-mail account, wireless was something for phones—big ones—and the internet was just developing up in Minnesota and at military and government facilities around the country . . . and, yet, Cincinnati Country Day was launching a 1:1 initiative. School leaders, faculty, students, and parents learned many lessons about hardware and software, but the most important lessons came from taking a look at the educational process from 50,000 feet.
Fast forward again to this February. One of the most inspiring features of the Windows in the Classroom workshop and training was the recognition that the role technology plays in education is itself changing from teaching technology (“right click here, left click there to widen columns in Excel” . . . or, “here’s how to format an essay in MLA style”) to using technology to make the kinds of changes in teaching and learning we’ve been wanting for years—student-centered learning (as opposed to faculty-centered teaching); in Singapore’s distilled phrasing, “teach less, learn more”; collaborative learning across disciplines; creative application of innovative ideas; learning that is more, not less, human; continued adherence to the best of traditional education (high-level research, excellent writing skills, active , passionate participation in a discipline); and much more. We’ve been seeing this sea-change at Country Day for many years, especially since the dawn of Tablet PCs. I hint above that the cultural environment of an educational institution clearly supersedes the hardware and network infrastructure deployed, but these, too, matter a great deal. Over the past six years, we have capitalized on lofty educational goals thanks to a strong and vigorous Windows network and Tablet PCs in the hands of all faculty and all students in grades 5 through 12. The Windows network allows for a dizzying array of communications and collaboration possibilities that simply are impossible right now in the cloud and in BYOD deployments. I will focus on this concept in a future post. The wide array of meaningful educational activities enabled by Tablet PCs (and the inherent program environments such as OneNote and DyKnow) is significantly greater than with other forms of hardware that lack keyboards, active digitizers coupled with a stylus, and, most importantly, the best in flexibility of form factors. I will post on this, too, in the future. Simply put, many technologies ignore the cognitive linkage between hand and brain that has evolved over the past ten millennia. A Tablet with a stylus, despite Steve Jobs’ best attempts to discredit the pen, is simply the best tool for the trade.
For now, I hope that readers will come away with something I want my Freshmen to understand when studying Shakespeare and Homer—“balance is best in all things.” We have struck harmonious chords at Country Day between teaching and learning, between innovation and tradition, between hardware and environment. Each of these influences the other in a symbiotic way, and, while there are natural tensions between and among these forces, there is also the possibility for strong bonds. In making technology decisions at Country Day, we continue to focus on pedagogy, learning, environment, students, and the future . . . all while embracing the best of the past. We’re doing incredible things at Country Day because we have a sound Liberal Arts philosophy of education and Tablet PCs. We can look backward and forward at the same time, something unique in today’s world.
My Next Post: Reflecting on 1:1 School Leadership
Posted in: Tablet Teacher Blogs, Teacher insight on implementing tablets in the classroom
About Dr. Gregory K.
Martin is currently the Academic Dean at Cincinnati Country Day, where he teaches English and history in the Upper School and runs the Pedagogical Growth and Development and Curriculum Review programs. Working with Technology Director Rob Baker, he helps administer the oldest 1:1 program in the country. Martin and Baker host three Tablet PC Conferences at Country Day during the school year to help other educators experience the powers of their technology-rich environment. Prior to coming to Country Day, Martin helped another Cincinnati school launch a Tablet PC program. He has also taught at the college level, initially as a teaching fellow in Kent State University's Technology and Writing Research Classroom, a space where scholars could explore the relationship between technology and the composition process. Martin is married and has three children. He plays ice hockey in his spare time to blow off steam. Google
Greg, Thanks for the post. I forgot that your school has been working with Tablet PCs and students for nearly 10 years now. Thanks for being pioneers and continuing to share what you have learned. I look forward to future posts!
Posted by NTAChris on 2012-05-11 19:24:57
Bobbie, This predates me at Country Day, but the first roll out of Tablets was in 2003! A Toshiba rep had brought a prototype to school to show off the new device, and it took off like wildfire. Almost every faculty member participated in an optional trial where we shared ideas, trials, and tribulations about Tablet PCs.
Rob Baker and I do a full "history lesson" as part of our Tablet Conference and discuss the success of the Tablet roll out. It was carefully planned and executed and depended upon faculty buy-in. There was flexible accountability, and faculty could work in collaborative groups over the summer to explore the power of Tablets. Keep in mind that we'd been in a clamshell modality for seven years and, in many ways, trying to fit square pegs in round holes. (*I suppose you're experiencing this a bit with netbooks. How does one "grade" an essay in MS Word without a pen? Yes, one can track changes, but this isn't really how English faculty wanted to offer feedback on essays. The stylus changed all of that.)
There are just so many educational projects that can be done well with a Tablet PC (full-processor, full operating system, ability to multi-task, keyboard, active digitizer, stylus) that cannot be done with other form factors. People do indeed tend to focus on the higher costs of Tablet PCs, but my response is twofold. First, we should always consider opportunity costs in making purchases for schools. What will I NOT be able to do if we get something else? Second, my child's piano lessons are more costly than a Tablet PC, and she only gets one lesson per week. When viewed this way, especially if the Tablets are used in sound ways, the costs are quite low.
Posted by Greg Martin on 2012-05-11 16:32:45
Greg, What year did your school switch from laptops to Tablets and was the transition tough? We have netbooks but I'm pushing to go for tablets.
Posted by Bobbie on 2012-05-10 00:24:28
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Food Safety Issues: America in 2014
Having written recently about China's food problems, I knew there were some remaining in the Untied States, but their scope amazed me. Each year forty-eight million of us suffer from food poisoning. Over 125,000 of that group are ill enough to be hospitalized and 3,000 die.
Having seen those numbers on a government website, I decided to review the modern timeline of food-related illness in America and how our laws help prevent it.
One step in meat processing
My initial thought was of Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, a powerful expose' of the American meat-packing industry. After its publication, public outcry led President Theodore Roosevelt to appoint a special commission to verify Sinclair's tale of the horrors of meat production in Chicago and elsewhere, and eventually led to the meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
For many years a so-called "Poke and Sniff" system prevailed. The 1907 law said federal employees could inspect and approve (or disapprove) any animal carcasses which were to be sold across state lines. The inspectors could physically monitor the slaughter line, touching and smelling the animals and cuts of meat. They could remove any meat that was rotten, damaged or had abrasions or growths. Some felt that provided only minimal protection for the public, but that's what we had for over eighty years.
I grew up in Wisconsin in the 40s and 50s. My father, in addition to his medical practice, was the local Public Health Officer and I remember going to inspect local area dairy herds with his sanitarian when I was a teenager. I don't recall major food safety issues surfacing in those decades., although there may have been some isolated cases that I didn't pay attention to.
I was in medical school from 1962 to 1966. During that time, two women died in Michigan from botulism, a rare but extremely serious paralytic disease caused by a toxin produced by a bacteria. In their case the toxin was in canned tuna fish. There were other botulism outbreaks in 1971, 1977, 1978 and 1983 with 59 people being affected in the largest such episode. All were related to food being improperly canned or prepared.
In 1985 a huge outbreak of another form of food poisoning happened. This one involved at least 16,284 people (and perhaps up to 200,000) in six different states and was caused by bacterial contamination of milk.
Some new laws only applied to a few food items.
The Department of Agriculture's food safety and inspection timeline appears to skip over a considerable period of time, although a number of laws were passed to strengthen federal regulation of the food chain. The 1957 Poultry Products Inspection Act and the 1970 Egg Products Inspection Act added to the government's ability to prevent food-related illness in specific areas, but wouldn't have prevented the major food-related episodes I just mentioned.
Then in late 1992 and early 1993 an E. coli outbreak sickened 623 and killed 4 children in four western states (Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California). It was eventually traced to contamination of under-cooked Jack in the Box hamburgers with that common bowel bacterium. Those affected developed bloody diarrhea and, in a few cases, severe kidney disease from an entity termed hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). This is a disease which is the most common cause of acute kidney failure in children and usually occurs when an infection in the digestive system produces toxic substances that destroy red blood cells, causing severe kidney injury. The CDC traced the meat back to five slaughter plants in the United States and one in Canada.
In 1998 the USDA introduced a brand-new method for inspecting meat. The "Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system had been pioneered by NASA. That agency had protected our astronauts by adopting a system of critical control points, anywhere a germ, invisible to the naked eye, could find its way into a food meant for a space mission.
Pinging off the NASA approach, the USDA also mandated inspectors could order meat plants to do microbial testing. The meat industry became responsible for establishing and submitting their own HACCP plans. Then USDA would review the plan, approve it if it seemed appropriate and inspectors could monitor the plans' compliance with their own safety plans. The problem is the age-old one of the fox guarding the hen-house; inspectors no longer had the power to physically examine the meat on the line. The acronym HACCP was often derided as "Have a cup of coffee and pray."
On January 10th, 2014 two articles were published that changed my mind: the first, in UPI.com's website simply said, "U.S. food Safety a big issue in 2014." It mentioned that already in 2014 the U.S. Department of Agriculture had shut down a meat-processing facility in the state of Minnesota.
The other online article was written by Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, i.e., the head of the FDA. It discusses the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed by President Obama in early January, 2011. It was a reaction to the figures I mentioned at the start of this article.
This law gave the FDA "a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, science-based preventive controls across the food supply."
But let's look at its provisions, some of which make eminent sense and others, in my opinion, ask for the impossible.
On the one hand the FSMA required food facilities to have a written preventive control plan. I agree with that idea, but note it's a complex process with multiple steps involved. Such a plan includes evaluation of possible hazards, figuring out what one has to do to marked alleviate or totally eliminate them, noting how you will monitor these control measures (and keep appropriate records) and specifying what you will do when issues arise. Oh, and by the way, you had a year and a half to do all that.
Other parts of the FSMA involved standards for safely producing and harvesting vegetables and fruits plus another set involving the prevention of "intentional contamination" of food. The latter may be quite difficult. As the law is written, 600 such foreign food facilities must be inspected in its first year with the number doubling for each of five additional years. let's see, that's 600, 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600 and 19,200. Where in the world would the FDA get enough trained inspectors? And that's assuming that the foreign countries would allow such detailed examinations of their food-producing and exporting businesses.
One of every six Americans becomes ill from food-bourne disease each year. Only a small fraction of them (approximately 1/4th of 1%) need to be hospitalized and even of those who do only 2.3% die. But another way of looking at those mortality statistics is to say it's equivalent to almost 10% of the number who die from motor vehicle accidents each year in this country.
Tags: botulism, FDA, food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, food-related illness, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, meat processing, Upton Sinclair
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OYO hotel market out of Asia into Britain for the first time
OYO the surprise move constitutes a great threat to the Whitbread's Premier Inn, because in the past few years, Premier Inn has always been the dominant force in the UK hotel market.
OYO is India's rapid development of the hybrid OTA hotel companies, it is expanding the market, and plans for the next 18 months in the UK 10 cities to open the hotel property.
According to Reuters, OYO will use the franchise and the marketing strategy, is expected to sign 300 independent hotels.
The expansion plan is the first time that OYO in the center of the southeast Asia region (in India, China, Malaysia and Nepal) business outside the expansion of the business.
OYO in London in the UK will be the first to open four hotel property, its in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh have opened the hotel plan.By 2020, OYO planned to use the initial investment of $53 million (40 million pounds) employs 100 people, providing more than 5000 rooms.
OYO consolidator early is a guest room, but it soon became a hotel operator with the traditional light assets of similar enterprises.Its claim to be the world's largest digital hotel chain, and to be slightly different with the traditional hotel chain business model.
Founder and CEO of OYO Ritesh Agarwal said: "in recent years, the UK has been one of the most popular international tourist destination, and last year's global visitors number more than 19 million people.The vigorous development of the international and domestic tourism situation and economic industry to promote, in the UK for OYO offers opportunities for the development of billions of dollars.We are happy to be able to offer guests around Britain OYO economy, accessibility and quality of life experience and through technical and operational expertise to provide support to the monomer hoteliers, helping them to focus on customer experience, thus creating more sustainable income."
Threat to Premier Inn
Whitbread's Premier Inn is the main operators, the economy hotel market so OYO move to have certain threat.Private equity-backed hotel group, as well as the solid foundation of large hotel chains such as intercontinental hotels group, will surely pay close attention to the expansion of business process.
Bernstein, a senior analyst Richard Clarke said in report offers investors "OYO brand aimed at economic hotel market, aims to open 300 budget hotel, which would make it become the third largest economy hotel brand, to become the Premier Inn new competitors.It is important to note that for the Whitbread, management, the description of the structural opportunities in Britain, is to win the share of independent hotels, and OYO will provide another choice for independent hotels."
What is OYO mode?
Clarke said OYO is a "hybrid OTA/brand network".OYO runs a called "OYO Rooms" online market, although the market is the hotel in the independent hotels, but OYO design will provide standard services, and have their own loyalty programs.
Since then, the company has entered the field of franchising, some hotels will have the right to property management OYO brand.
So far, OYO from softbank corp and hanting hotel chain group of investors so as to obtain funds at $446 million.
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What’s New This Week?
Walt Disney World Theme Parks
Magic Kingdom Park
Reminder! Adjusted Times for Move It! Shake It! Dance & Play It!: Due to refurbishment work on Main Street, U.S.A., Move It! Shake It! Dance & Play It! will be presented at 12:30 and 5:40 p.m. on June 29, 2015.
Reminder! Splash Mountain Now Open During Extra Magic Hours: Splash Mountain will be open during evening Extra Magic Hours beginning June 13.
Reminder! Sounds Like Summer Concert Series Under Way: Enjoy the Sounds Like Summer Concert Series at Epcot through July 25. Every night, hear talented tribute bands bring top rock n’ roll hits to the America Gardens Theatre stage. Showtimes for the concert series are 5:30, 6:45 and 8 p.m., and on July 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45 and 9 p.m.
Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot – The Ultimate Billy Joel Show – June 21-26
Don’t Look Back – A Tribute to Boston – June 27- July 4
Fire & Ice – A Tribute to Pat Benatar – July 5-11 NEW!
Stayin’ Alive – A Tribute to the Bee Gees – July 12-18
Hotel California – A Salute to the Eagles – July 19-25
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
New! Change to Queue at Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show: As part of a test at Disney’s Hollywood Studios June 25-26, the queue at Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show will not open until 30 minutes prior to the show.
New! Attraction Enhancements and New Photo Opp Debuts at The Great Movie Ride: The Great Movie Ride, which transports Disney’s Hollywood Studios guests through film history, has been updated with some new interior and exterior enhancements thanks to a new relationship with Turner Classic Movies. Guests visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios can now enjoy an all-new photo opportunity that allows them to walk the red carpet and “cement” their handprints outside our Chinese Theatre. (Other enhancements inside include new digital movie posters in the queue (watch carefully to see the classic poster images move). A few new clips will be added into the attraction’s finale montage later this summer. Guests will also hear new audio components during the tour from Robert Osbourne, actor and Turner Classic Movies film historian. The enhanced narration will assist attraction tour guides in leading guests from famous scene to famous scene, layering in more fun movie facts.
Reminder! ‘Frozen Summer Fun’ Kicks Off Jun 17: Now through Sept 7, Guests will be able to enjoy a full day of “Frozen” fun during this summer-long event. Here are the highlights of what’s new this year:
Frozen Royal Welcome – This procession happens twice each day, and this year Olaf is joining the fun. Guests will get to see Anna, Elsa and Kristoff make an appearance on an all-new ice palace float.
Olaf’s Summer Cool Down – This new show located in the Center Stage will bring Olaf and some of his friends together to have fun with Guests “In Summer.”
“Frozen Fever” – New this year, Guests will be able to head into the ABC Sound Studio to enjoy special screenings of the new animated short “Frozen Fever,” along with a peek behind the scenes at the making of the film.
For the First Time in Forever: A “Frozen” Sing-Along Celebration – This popular show will move into The Hyperion Theater at the heart of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, where Guests will experience all-new in-theater effects and special appearances by Anna, Elsa and Kristoff.
“Frozen” Fireworks – Following the “Coolest Summer Ever” Dance Party, Olaf returns to the Center Stage with Anna, Elsa and Kristoff for a grand finale of a firework spectacular.
New! Creature Comforts Now Open: Walt Disney World Resort Guests looking for their next caffeinated pick-me-up now have a new favorite to go wild for! Creature Comforts at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park proudly opened their doors on June 18, 2015, and became the sixth Disney Parks location to serve Starbucks® coffee and espresso beverages, Frappuccino® blended beverages and signature breakfast sandwiches and pastries. This new coffee spot conveniently located on Discovery Island reflects a celebration of animals and embraces the sense of fun that comes from discovering and learning about the world around us. In honor of its cotton-top tamarin neighbors, Creature Comforts donates a portion of the proceeds from every “flat white” latte sold to Cotton-Top Tamarin conservation is Colombia, South America.
New! Early Entry Test Beginning June 29: Beginning Jun 29, 2015, Guests will be able to enter the Oasis area of Disney’s Animal Kingdom up to 30 minutes prior to the published park opening on most days. During this additional time in the park, Guests can make FastPass+ selections, rent strollers or wheelchairs and receive help from Cast Members to make the most of their day in the park. Attractions, shows and other experiences available within Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be available after the published park opening time, typically 9 a.m. This test will continue for approximately four weeks, except for those days with Extra Magic Hours.
New! Pocahontas New Meeting Location: Pocahontas has made the journey to the Discovery Island Character Landing at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, where she has stepped ashore to meet friends old and new. You can find her there throughout the day. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the only place to meet Pocahontas at Walt Disney World Resort, and the park is also the exclusive home to several other popular characters who can’t be found anywhere else. During your next visit, look for Tarzan, Rafiki from “The Lion King,” Dug and Russell from Disney•Pixar’s “Up” and Baloo and Louie from “The Jungle Book.”
Reminder! Zuri’s Sweets Shop in Harambe Market Now Open: Guests now have even more flavors to savor at Zuri’s Sweets Shop. As the latest addition to Harambe Market, Zuri’s Sweets Shop is an extension of Mombasa Marketplace and is sure to become a must-stop shopping location for Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park Guests. This traditional candy counter with an African twist features 80 exclusive food items inspired by the sights, sounds and flavors of Africa. Guests can buy assorted bulk trail mixes, bottles of the signature sweet and spicy sauce from Flame Tree Barbecue, themed sweets from “The Lion King,” and much more. In addition to flavorful treats, Zuri’s Sweets Shop also includes items for the home, such as decorative “Blessing
Baskets,” which are beautiful, handcrafted baskets created by artisans from Africa.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
New! New Spa Offerings at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge: Pamper yourself with new hand and foot treatments at the Zahanati Massage & Fitness Center, located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Manicure (45 minutes) – $35. Pedicure (50 minutes) – $55, Polish Change (15 minutes) – $12.
New! Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside Fair: Red, White & Blue on the Bayou Event July 3 and 4: Celebrate Independence Day at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside Fair: Red, White & Blue on the Bayou Guest event. Festivities will be held at the Riverside Courtyard on July 3 and 4 with a poolside barbecue taking place
from noon-5 p.m., followed by games, crafts, live entertainment and character meet and greets from 5-8:30 p.m. Specialty Food & Beverage and Merchandise offerings will also be available for purchase.
New! Disney Junior Pool Parties at Walt Disney World Resort Hotels: Pool season is in full swing at Walt Disney World Resort, and now there’s something to make a day by the water even more fun for little ones. Earlier this month, Disney Jr. Pool Parties began daily at all hotels across property. The interactive 22-minute Disney Jr. Pool Parties feature music and activities from some of kids’ favorite shows like “Sofia the First,” “Doc McStuffins,” “Jake and the Neverland Pirates,” “Miles from Tomorrowland” and of course, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” Sing-a-longs and games like “Sofia Says” are tailored to our youngest guests so they can stay excited and engaged.
Reminder! Direct Transportation Test for Guests at Select Resorts: From June 14-30, select Guests at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Disney’s Contemporary Resort have been asked to participate in a pilot dining test that will provide direct transportation to other resort hotel signature restaurants including: Artist Point at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Jiko at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Flying Fish at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort. As part of the test, Guests will receive complimentary round-trip taxi vouchers that will be delivered to their rooms upon arrival. By doing this, we hope to better understand Guest interest in resort-to-resort dining.
Walt Disney World Resort – General
New! Starbucks Summer Promotions Begin July 7: Beginning July 7, Main Street Bakery at Magic Kingdom, Fountain View at Epcot, Trolley Car Cafe at Disney Hollywood Studios, and Creature Comforts at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will offer a variety of new items as part of the Starbucks Summer Promotions.
Reminder! “Teen Beach 2:” Beach Party at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park: As part of the Coolest Summer Ever at Walt Disney World Resort, a new summertime dance party is surfing into Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. From May 22 through July 5, Guests can join in the “Teen Beach 2:” Beach Party daily (weather permitting) at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park Surf Pool Beach. Guests can join “bikers” Rev and Kicks and “surfers” Bingo and Sunny as they dance and play beach-themed games while DJ “Amp” spins remixes of retro tunes. “Teen Beach 2:” Beach Party is inspired by the Disney Channel Original Movie, “Teen Beach 2,” set to premiere this summer.
Merchandise Events
June 24 – 27: Meet Fragrance Designer Geir Ness throughout the day at Puffin’s Roost in the Norway Pavilion at Epcot.
June 26 – 27: Meet artist Kristin Tercek from 5 – 8 p.m., each day at WonderGround Gallery in Marketplace Co-Op at Downtown Disney Marketplace. Learn more.
Quick Reminder: Tickets to this year’s GenEARation D Pin Trading event taking place Sept. 11 – 12 are going quickly and are in limited supply. Don’t miss out! Find out all the details and get a peek inside the merchandise catalog for the event. Learn more.
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"Wait...I Get Another Copyright?"
Sound Recording Copyrights
You’ve written a great song, and, because you read my articles on “Songwriting Copyright Basics” and “What Happens When You Co-Write a Song,” you understand the fundamentals of the songwriting copyrights (you did read those articles, right?). So, now what happens when you record the song? You get another copyright! Congratulations.
Although the sound recording contains the musical composition (your song), which has its own copyright, the sound recording of the musical composition is a separate artistic creation, with its own separate copyright. Similar to the copyright in the musical composition, the copyright in the sound recording is created automatically when the recording is made (a sound recording is by necessity a “tangible” expression, so, unlike a song in your head that has to be written down or recorded to be tangible, and therefore protected by copyright, the copyright in the sound recording exists the minute you press the record button).
On a side note, I like to be precise in the words used to distinguish a musical composition from a sound recording. In past articles, I have used the word “song” because it is a word familiar to most people. But “song” can be confusing, because it can mean the musical composition, or the sound recording, or both. When you are talking about things that have specific legal meanings, confusion is a really bad thing. For that reason, the musical composition, meaning the lyrics and melody that are a “song” should be referred to as the “composition,” and the recording of the composition should be referred to as the “sound recording” or the “master.” “Master” is generically used in the music biz to refer to the sound recording. However, this term can also be a bit confusing, because technically a “master” is a final two-track mix of the sound recording which is reproduced for distribution. There is also the process of “mastering” a two-track mix to equalize and balance the sound for optimal sound quality across all the possible devices on which people might listen. Sound recording copyrights exists in all versions of the recording, throughout the recording process, from raw tracks, to rough mixes, to the final master. But when you hear the term “master” know that it generally refers to the sound recording of the musical composition, and in future articles, if I say “composition” or “master” you’ll know what I mean.
The fact that a sound recording of a composition contains two copyrights (in the composition and the master) is the reason why, when someone wants to license a recorded composition (for example, to put in a movie or television show), they have to get two licenses; a synchronization license for the composition and a master-use license for the sound recording, and these copyrights are often owned by different people. When the copyrights in the composition and the sound recording are owned by the same person (or people), the synchronization license and the master-use license are often combined in one agreement. Also, the term “sync license” is often used in the music biz, rather imprecisely, to refer to licensing both the composition and the master, so make sure when someone uses the term “sync license” that you have a clear understanding of exactly what they mean.
So, who owns the masters? One common misperception is that whoever pays for the recording, owns it. Payment (to a producer or studio) may be a reason for having ownership, but payment in itself does not determine ownership. Just as with a musical composition, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the law presumes that anyone who participated in creating the sound recording owns an equal share of the copyright. This is usually much messier and more complicated that splitting up the copyright in the composition. The reason is, there are usually many more people involved in creating the sound recording, and most of them are not intended by the songwriter or recording artist to have any ownership interest in the sound recording.The producer, sound engineers, mixers, featured artists, session musicians, and anyone else who has a hand in the recording can claim they own a share of the copyright in the masters (or even the composition). And believe me, if a song becomes a big enough hit, those people will come out of the woodwork looking for a piece of your money. For this reason, it is extremely important to have signed agreements with everyone, before you begin recording, that clearly state what they are entitled to for their participation. Customarily, the contributions to the sound recording made by most of these people are “works made for hire” (which I will explain in more detail in another article). A “work for hire” agreement is a written contract that says the person contributing to the recording gets paid in exchange for the person paying them having ownership of the copyright as if they had created the work themselves.
If the recording artist or band is signed to a record label, the record label typically owns the masters. The artist or band is then paid, based on the terms of their record contract, for money the masters earn. The featured artists performing on the recordings also earn a performance royalty for certain types of digital transmission of the masters (non-interactive streaming such as Pandora or SiriusXM) which are paid through SoundExchange.
Without sounding too self-serving, I cannot stress enough that locking down your rights in your sound recordings is complicated and not something you should attempt to do without the advice of counsel.
Negotiating Key Deal Points In An Artist Management Contract
What Happens When You Co-write A Song?
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Super Mario Bros. 2: The Inaugural Nintendo Power Cover
The source, straight from the pros.
To kick off this whole project, it only makes sense to go back to the beginning. However, seeing as I already covered what I believe is the first encounter I can recall with the game some years ago, we’ll just move on to what I remember as my second major encounter with the game I’d begun to be intrigued by:
Isn’t she a beaut? However, I’m not here to talk about the contents of the magazine (another time, perhaps), but rather, I’d like to focus on the cover itself.
One thing to get out of the way is that in hindsight, it’s kind of interesting that they refer to Super Mario Bros. 2 as simply “Super Mario 2.” I’m not sure if this began the trend of dropping “Bros.” from the title in casual parlance, or if it’s merely a result. But what I do know that when I was working on the magazine in its later years, while we might have been able to get away with using the truncated form of the title within the magazine itself, we almost certainly would not have been able to get away with it on the cover. Just goes to show how things change in time.
(On a related note, just beneath that is “Zelda – Second Quest.” It seems even less likely we’d have been able to get away with that.)
Moving on, something people take notice of right away (aside from the use of cool clay models) is that Mario’s colors are very mixed up. At this point in time, he was typically presented with red overalls, a blue shirt, a red hat, white emblem with a red “M” on said hat, yellow buttons, and brown shoes. Meanwhile, his hair seemed to vary from picture to picture, being either black like his mustache, or brown. These days, they seem to be going with a dark brown for both, at least in 3D modeled assets.
Mario’s overalls and shirt would settle on blue and red respectively over time, but the rest was still off. One might guess that with Mario seemingly adopting a new color scheme with each new appearance that Nintendo hadn’t settled on anything firmly yet, but I don’t think anything has been firmly said on the matter to this day — merely speculated upon.
That said, it turns out that the colors aren’t exactly wrong for Mario, they just more closely reflect an earlier game: The arcade version of Mario Bros., as seen at right. Though not a perfect match, it seems a more likely link that makes it easier to get an idea of where the cover artist might have been coming from.
Or someone just screwed up royally. We may never know, but some of the images used inside the issue itself would at least seem to imply it wasn’t solely the cover artist’s doing.
On a more personal level, what originally stood out to me about the cover was the first time I ever laid eyes on Wart. The cover’s vivid imagery combined with my imagination to immediately try to rationalize what I was seeing, and what I came up with was a bit… odd, to say the least.
Keep in mind, this is based on a first impression of seeing the cover and not yet having witnessed the contents inside. Part of that comes from my first time seeing it being a classmate’s copy at school, and I was fortunate enough to get to borrow it and bring it home, which eventually led to my parents subscribing for me. (Maybe I’ll delve into that more another time.)
Furthermore, I had not yet beaten the original Super Mario Bros., whose instruction manual obscured the visage of one Princess Peach, nee Toadstool. She wasn’t really featured in merchandise much yet at this point, either, so I basically had absolutely no idea what she looked like at all.
As a result of all these factors, I thought that this frog-ish guy with a very prominent crown chasing Mario was the unseen Mushroom King spoken of in the original Super Mario Bros. story. The logic of my young mind posited that if his daughter was Princess Toadstool, then it would make sense if she — and hence, her father — were the actual toads for which the term “toadstool” was coined.
So, in summation: I thought Wart was Princess Toadstool’s father, the Mushroom King, or “King Toadstool.” But that’s not where the rabbit hole ends, as why would the Mushroom King be chasing Mario? Well, I reasoned, it stands that the first game probably ended with Mario rescuing Princess Toadstool from Bowser. Plus, a not-uncommon trope of cartoons and other such fiction back then would involve a hero rescuing a fair maiden, only to discover her somehow undesirable.
My conclusion?
Mario rescued Princess Toadstool from Bowser in Super Mario Bros., only to discover that she was a literal frog princess who must have fallen head over heels for her hero and want his hand in marriage. Mario, wanting no part of that, decides to get out of there, angering Princess Toadstool’s father, who sets out on a crusade to bring the plumber back to marry his daughter.
And from that one image, this is what I thought the story to Super Mario Bros. 2 would be. Well, for the few hours until I could read the issue myself, at least.
The Super Mario Bros. 2 Project mission statement and index.
David Oxford is a freelance writer of many varied interests. If you’re interested in hiring him, please drop him a line at david.oxford (at) nyteworks.net.
“At this point in time, he was typically presented with red overalls, a
blue shirt, a red hat, white emblem with a red “M” on said hat, yellow
buttons, and brown shoes.”
Also known as the One True Mario. Once I put this costume on in Super Mario Odyssey, I never took it off except when a Power Moon required it. This is my Mario, the Mario I grew up with, and I hadn’t realized how much I missed him.
“Mario rescued Princess Toadstool from Bowser in Super Mario Bros.,
only to discover that she was a literal frog princess who must have
fallen head over heels for her hero and want his hand in marriage.
Mario, wanting no part of that, decides to get out of there, angering
Princess Toadstool’s father, who sets out on a crusade to bring the
plumber back to marry his daughter.”
Now *that* should have been a What If? tale in the old Valiant comic books! It’s never too late for fan fiction…
http://www.nyteworks.net/ LBD “Nytetrayn”
I love that version of Mario, too. Though this game effectively marks the debut of the modern Mario color scheme, I still appreciate the original colors from back then. I was ecstatic when the Mario amiibo unlocked that outfit in Super Mario Odyssey.
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Home Editorial Anyone find it weird that I can watch HD CCTV footage from a gas station robbery last week yet I'm not able to view one second of video from a casino where someone murdered over 50 people?
Anyone find it weird that I can watch HD CCTV footage from a gas station robbery last week yet I'm not able to view one second of video from a casino where someone murdered over 50 people?
Arthur Martin Editor POW Report Editorial,
It's been nearly one month since the shooting in Las Vegas and it's becoming obvious that there is a cover up going on, since nobody is answering any questions and the people who are intimately involved are fleeing the country.
We have the girlfriend of Stephen Paddock (the shooter) who was given $100,000 a week before the shooting but won't talk to the feds and refuses to leave the Philippines.
We have the brother of Stephen Paddock who was clearly holding certain truths back from the media when he was interviewed:
And now he has been arrested for child pornography:
The estranged brother of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was arrested Wednesday on child pornography charges stemming from an investigation that predates the massacre.
Bruce Paddock, 58, was detained at a Los Angeles assisted-living facility, where he was awaiting surgery for spinal stenosis. A felony complaint said he had over 600 explicit images of minors in 2014 and had also swapped pornography.
He faces 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography, the complaint says.
The LAPD said the images were discovered inside a building where Paddock was squatting, but they could not find him at the time. After his brother's crime, they learned where he was and obtained a warrant, police said.
The interesting part is Jesus Campos the supposed 'security guard' who was shot by Paddock about 6 minutes before the main shooting took place, had fled to Mexico just days after the shooting took place:
According to a document from a confidential source, Tucker [Carlson] revealed that Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos left the United States to go to Mexico just days after being an eyewitness to the Las Vegas mass shooting committed by Stephen Paddock.
Carlson said that he has a “customs and border patrol form that shows Jesus Campos entering the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego county almost exactly one week after the Las Vegas shooting. The document does not reveal how long Campos had been in Mexico.”
He continued, “Our source told us that Campos entered the United States at the same crossing in January of this year. At that time, he was driving his own vehicle, with Nevada plates. And yet in this document from a little over two weeks ago, Campos was driving what appears to be a rental car with California plates.”
Carlson said, “Jesus Campos is the only eyewitness to the biggest mass shooting in modern American history. At the time he was in Mexico, the press was reporting that investigators thought Paddock may have had an accomplice. Why did authorities allow him to leave the country just days after it occurred, while the investigation was still chaotic?” [source]
However, tin foil hat aside, I don't know if you have ever been to Las Vegas (I have) there are more security cameras and guards than any other place in the world, probably better than even the CIA. So the fact that they haven't released a single... A SINGLE clip of footage of Stephen Paddock in the most secure and watched place in the world is WEIRD.
So weird that a judge had to make an order to ensure that Mandalay Bay would not try to erase the data or evidence.
Remember back to the most recent Muslim attack in the Orlando Nightclub massacre? We had footage less than 24 hours later of the shooter and what happened inside the club. Stephen Paddock in this case was in Vegas and in Mandalay Bay for close to a week so there are hours and hours of him waiting to be released.
A child can figure out that something isn't right.
When someone is telling the truth and trying to prove their innocence they will let anyone and everyone know every last detail of their life in order to clear their name. In this instance, if Mandalay Bay is innocent they would release all the information and video or atleast something--just like every other mass shooting in recent memory. However, they haven't even after a month. Why?
I'll let you speculate but I can tell you it's because their is much more to this mass shooting than we are told and we aren't told much of anything. The MSM has essentially buried this entire story already.
Because of the lack of leadership in government during this investigation citizens can't help but speculate and come up with theories for what happened. Alternative theories of course don't help anyone and have a danger of sparking conflict if they point to the wrong conspirator. I for example, when this shooting first happened blamed ISIS (a retraction that i'm still unwilling to pull because the government hasn't given any evidence to counter this).
Of course I didn't just blindly blame ISIS either, months before this shooting ISIS had come out and directly threatened an attack on San Francisco and Las Vegas and voila we have such an attack:
A chilling new video has been released by terror group ISIS where it threatens both San Francisco and Las Vegas.
The footage shows shaky clips of both the Golden Gate Bridge and the Las Vegas Strip while jihadis praise Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub earlier this month.
It is believed the video was released after being made by militants in Mosul, Iraq, while some of the footage was actually filmed on the streets of the west coast cities. [source]
When i've talked to my friends about this they didn't even have a clue that ISIS made this threat and of course the FBI immediately denounced that ISIS had any connection to Stephen Paddock DESPITE the fact that ISIS claimed ownership of the attack saying Stephen was a 'soldier of Muhammad' and DESPITE the FBI a month after the event giving us any answers for what motivated Stephen.
The Islamic State continues to claim responsibility for Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, reportedly on Thursday specifying its claim that the gunman had converted to Islam before his rampage.
The militant group, also known as ISIS, claimed in its weekly newsletter that the shooter "converted to Islam six months ago," according to a translation from the SITE Intelligence Group. The group initially said on Monday that the gunman had converted to Islam "several months ago." [source]
The longer the government goes without giving us citizens any information on this shooting the less credible they look when they finally do release information. After all, everything that they have give us at this point contradicts the previous narrative and the previous timeline.
So, why is it that I, a small (but growing) news site in Alaska is talking about this when nobody else in media is? Because mainstream journalism is all but dead and citizen journalists are replacing the mainstream. It's sad and quickly becoming a reality, at least in my view, that anyone of 'authority' has lost their credibility and should be questioned when such events happen in the future. Since it's without question that this Mandalay shooting investigation has been fumbled embarrassingly bad thus far.
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Arizona State University ranks in top 50 universities for US patents
Arizona State University now ranks among the top 100 universities worldwide for patents issued to its researchers.
ASU innovators received 43 U.S. patents in 2012, reflecting the university's commitment to use-inspired research.
Patents help faculty and student innovators bring their ideas to the marketplace, and reflect ASU’s commitment to use-inspired research.
Tempe, AZ (PRWEB) December 19, 2013
Arizona State University now ranks among the top 100 universities worldwide for patents issued to its researchers. The most recent annual report, covering calendar year 2012, was released by the National Academy of Inventors and the International Property Owners Association, based on data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
This report ranks ASU 48th worldwide, but actually undercounts the number of patents issued to ASU inventors in 2012 due to language variations in assignment of patents to ASU in the PTO database. In fact, 43 U.S. patents were issued to ASU during calendar year 2012. This would put ASU 33rd overall and fourth in U.S. universities without a medical school, behind only MIT, Caltech and Georgia Tech.
Patents help faculty and student innovators bring their ideas to the marketplace, and reflect ASU’s commitment to use-inspired research. One example is the groundbreaking patent issued to Wayne Frasch, ASU professor in the School of Life Sciences, titled “Methods for generating a distribution of optimal solutions to nondeterministic polynomial optimization problems.” (US Patent No. 8,126,649)
The patent covers a DNA-based computer, a type of computer that uses DNA, biochemistry and molecular biology, rather than the traditional silicon-based electronic computer technologies. This computer has demonstrated the ability to solve some problems that are unsolvable by electronic computers in fields such as transportation engineering and supply chain management.
Patent management of ASU discoveries is provided by Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE), which was formed in 2003 as the exclusive technology transfer organization for ASU.
“AzTE supports our entrepreneurial research culture through their innovative approach and by offering outstanding IP services to the ASU research community,” says Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, senior vice president for Knowledge Enterprise Development at ASU. “These new rankings are another testimony to the creativity and productivity of our world-class faculty.”
The university has continued to increase its technology transfer activities since 2003. In fiscal year 2013, ASU researchers submitted a record 250 invention disclosures and spun out 11 new start-up companies. In the same fiscal year, start-up companies that have licensed ASU IP received more than $68 million in venture capital and other funding.
ASU joined the National Academy of Inventors in May 2013 to provide greater capacity for its innovators to develop and commercialize their academic inventions. A university membership enables university-affiliated community members to join as individuals, giving them access to academy resources and a network of more than 75 other U.S. universities and nonprofit research institutions.
Earlier this month, Panchanathan was named a fellow of the academy. This distinction is reserved for those nominated by their professional peers for inventions that have a positive societal impact. Panchanathan holds four U.S. patents that solve fundamental problems in multimedia. As director of the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC), he oversees the creation of technologies to aid people with disabilities. One such device is the Social Interaction Assistant, which helps people who are visually impaired to communicate by providing important facial expression information.
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IMPROVING PUPIL BEHAVIOUR THROUGH A RESTORATIVE PROCESS
Features: March 5th, 2010
By Wendy Woodcock
The behaviour of pupils in schools is not improving. The traditional response to bad behaviour is exclusion, but the number of exclusions remains constant each year and many pupils are excluded more than once. The author describes an alternative restorative approach which has proved effective in resolving conflict and improving behaviour.
The behaviour of pupils in schools has become a highly politicised issue with a great deal of media interest; but we should not forget that responses to pupil behaviour in schools should principally be driven by the school’s primary role to educate and create the generations which make up our future society.
Altering behaviour by exclusion
Behaviour in schools has typically followed a punitive approach of strict adherence to set rules and punishments yet in recent years this approach has been tainted by the use of the term ‘zero-tolerance’. In practical terms the evidence of the zero-tolerance approach in schools is in exclusions, both fixed term and permanent. Whilst the rate of exclusion has remained more or less the same in the last decade there were still 8,130 permanent exclusions and 324,180 fixed-term exclusions in state schools in 2007/8. However, using these statistics as a general view of behaviour in schools it conceals the complexity of an issue that has taken up so many column inches in recent years.
There is no one uniform approach as to how and when to use exclusions results because of the vast differences in approach within each local authority and even between individual schools. It appears that exclusion rates are not principally determined by pupil behaviour, but rather the institutional response to that behaviour. The failure of exclusion to alter behavioural patterns in the long term is reflected in the high proportion of pupils who are excluded more than once; in 2006/7 over 40% of the fixed term exclusions from state schools in England were repeat offenders.
Whilst zero-tolerance has a ready, tough, populist appeal that is easily planted into public consciousness as being seen to be ‘doing something’ about behaviour in schools, it is not necessarily the most effective. As we have seen the prevalence of multiple exclusions combined with an extremely varied approach begs the question, what are children and young people learning about appropriate behaviour and relationships as a result of this approach?
The restorative approach
In contrast a restorative approach embodies the role of the school as educator to resolve conflicts, improve behaviour and develop well-rounded individuals. After working with three schools in East Sussex to see how restorative practice could work in the classroom CfBT Education Trust have published a paper looking at the wider potential of restorative practice in the classroom as an alternative approach to behaviour – ‘Beyond Punishment: Reframing Behaviour in Schools’.
The basic principles of restorative practice are based on an understanding and acceptance that conflict is a part of life and that in a conflict there is an underlying damage to the two parties involved that needs to be addressed to resolve the issue and prevent any further incidences of the same nature. In an educational setting this basically means that instead of simply being punished as a result of bad behaviour a pupil is asked to take responsibility for their actions, understanding what they have done wrong and accepting that their actions can be harmful to others.
This approach seeks to address the flaws of the traditional punitive approach; namely that the ‘offender’ has the responsibility for their actions taken away from them and once punished they have no need to address the underlying harm caused. This is like applying a sticking plaster to the problem. When third parties i.e. teachers deal with conflict the outcomes are superficial punishments whilst underlying issues remain unaddressed. Like a plaster on a dirty wound seals the infection, punitive approaches to conflict seal in the harm within the relationship which will reoccur in subsequent behaviour.
Shifting responsibility to the pupil
By placing the responsibility for conflict resolution back onto the pupil they will be in a much better position to learn about appropriate behaviour and dealing with social relationships rather than always relying on a third party to monitor their actions, dealing with them as necessary. Bringing a holistic restorative approach into schools can not only resolve specific incidences of behaviour but can also create a much nicer learning environment, getting to the heart of issues before they flare up into incidents.
The focus of restorative practice is very much on building strong social relationships. At a time when community cohesion is viewed as a key concern for many local authorities, the development of a systematic, restorative approach could provide a tool to strengthen social relationships within the community from a young age. Particularly in communities dealing with racial and cultural tensions an approach that places responsibility and understanding at the heart of conflict resolution could go some way to breaking down the barriers of ‘us and them’.
There is an increasing body of evidence that suggests that restorative practice is an effective way of dealing with behaviour in schools. Our own research in East Sussex backed this up; in the secondary school 95.3% of the conflict mediations resulted in a positive outcome, and of these positive outcomes there were no instances or recurrence in the following year. So why then, with all this evidence, does the Government’s leading authority on behaviour in schools – the Steer Committee Report – make very little reference to restorative practice as a vehicle for behaviour change and learning?
Pressure from public opinion
The young seem to have become an easy target for adult criticism and any politician that takes a traditional hard line approach to behaviour in schools is guaranteed to have populist support. Whilst it is understandable that politicians and policy influencers want to be seen to be working to improve our society, particularly through school development, we can’t end up in the situation where a proven approach to behaviour in schools is ignored in favour of populist approaches.
The principle challenge for politicians is to resist the temptation to make political capital out of the demonization of children and young people. The language of zero-tolerance plays on the misrepresentations of youth portrayed in the media despite an increasing case for evidence that this approach is not working. With exclusion rates staying at the same high level the easy response is to say that schools need to be tougher on the worsening state of pupil behaviour. But it is more difficult to say that the whole approach is not working and needs to be addressed.
Restorative practice in schools is a proven vehicle for demonstrating the skills and potential of young people, including those whose behaviour may be viewed as problematic; politicians therefore have an opportunity to focus on the social capital of young people instead of simply focusing on those aspects of behaviour that are classed as anti-social. Politicians and policy influencers need to have a greater openness to really understanding about child development, behaviour and learning. To be most effective policy developments need to be based on the evidence base from both research and professional practice.
Wendy Woodcock is a Director of CfBT Education Trust www.cfbt.com
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Whole Wide World, The (United States, 1996)
A movie review by James Berardinelli
During the course of his short, stormy life, Depression era writer Robert E. Howard created more than two dozen pulp heroes, and wrote hundreds of short stories. His best-known creation, Conan the Barbarian, became so popular during the 1970s and '80s that he spawned comic books, more than fifty original novels (far outstripping Howard's original output), and two motion pictures (Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer, both starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). It's said that the best way to know an author is to read his writing, and, as Dan Ireland's The Whole Wide World shows, Howard was a man who gave his all to his work.
During Conan's resurgence in the 1970s, a lot of things -- many of them profoundly uncomplimentary -- were written and said about the author, who had died some forty years earlier from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Novalyne Price Ellis, a woman who had enjoyed a special relationship with Howard, decided to set the record straight by revealing "the real Bob Howard." The result was One Who Walked Alone, which was published in 1985. This memoir became the basis of The Whole Wide World, which presents a portrait of Howard as seen through the eyes of a woman who loved him, but would never in return be loved in the same way.
The film opens during 1933 in Brownwood, Texas, with the meeting of Novalyne (Renee Zellweger), a would-be author, and Robert (Vincent D'Onofrio), "the best pulp writer in the whole wide world." The two hit it off almost immediately, despite the difference in their life-views. Over the course of the next three years, their relationship ebbs and flows, with Novalyne falling for Robert in a way that is never reciprocated. It's clear that he cares for her, but he is emotionally unable to commit to a relationship. In his own words: "The road I walk, I walk alone."
Although The Whole Wide World is primarily a study of the characters and their romantic liaison, Michael Scott Myers' script finds time to explore other fascinating issues, including the philosophy of writing and the power of imagination. Robert and Novalyne spend hours on end debating their craft and the dubious virtues of the Conan stories. He explains to her that "excitement's my specialty... excitement and adventure." When she relates the plot of one of her recent stories, he breaks out laughing.
The Whole Wide World contains some wonderfully tender moments, including one where Robert and Novalyne hold hands with a glorious, golden sunset in the background. There are also some startling sequences that evoke the state of Robert's mind. In one scene, the camera zooms in on his eyes as he speaks passionately about who Conan is. As his speech becomes more animated, we can hear the distant clang of clashing swords. Ireland uses such innovative audio tricks to open the window to Robert's mental state a little wider. And, while we never fully comprehend the complex workings of the author's mind, we understand that his extreme devotion to his mother (Ann Wedgeworth) lies at the core of his inability to resolve his feelings for Novalyne.
This film would not be as stirring, nor would the love story be as poignant, if not for the dynamic portrayals of the two main actors. Vincent D'Onofrio is commanding as Robert, presenting him as a "morose, ungainly misfit among men" whose shy, gentle nature is occasionally ripped apart by brief, psychotic episodes. Renee Zellweger, who has become a hot prospect after her eye-opening turn in Jerry Maguire, here proves that the talent displayed opposite Tom Cruise was no fluke. Novalyne, not unlike Maguire's Dorothy, is a strong, independent woman -- a spitfire with a vulnerable side. And, considering the strength of her performance, you'd never guess that the role was developed with Olivia D'Abo in mind. (D'Abo was five months pregnant when The Whole Wide World went into production, and, as a result, was unable to appear.)
There's nothing earthshaking about The Whole Wide World, a film that is, by the director's own admission, very small. Nevertheless, it successfully accomplishes what it sets out to do, and the result is affecting and involving. So, while it may be true that the best way to get into the mind of Robert E. Howard is to read his stories, seeing The Whole Wide World will give you an appreciation of a side of him that was never revealed in any Conan yarn.
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renee Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell, Benjamin Mouton
Screenplay: Michael Scott Myers based on the novel One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price
Cinematography: Claudio Rocha
Music: Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregory-Williams
U.S. Distributor: Sony Classics
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Subtitles: none
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Three...better movies of this genre
Cider House Rules, The (1999)
Maria, Full of Grace (2004)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003)
worse movies of this genre
Hole in My Heart, A (2005)
Neon Demon, The (2016)
Showgirls (1995)
Three...better movies of Vincent D'Onofrio
Strange Days (1995)
Cell, The (2000)
Thumbsucker (2005)
worse movies of Vincent D'Onofrio
Break-Up, The (2006)
Judge, The (2014)
(There are no more worst movies of Vincent D'Onofrio)
Three...better movies of Renee Zellweger
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
worse movies of Renee Zellweger
New in Town (2009)
Price above Rubies, A (1998)
Three...better movies of Ann Wedgeworth
(There are no more better movies of Ann Wedgeworth)
worse movies of Ann Wedgeworth
(There are no more worst movies of Ann Wedgeworth)
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) Declared New Partners, Partner Pool Increased to 467 Partners
One of the most reputed financial institutions of the world, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), continued its traditional work culture by introducing 78 new partners to its overall partners pool. The previous announcement for partners was in 2012 and the company announced 70 partners in that period.
The partner pool of the company is among one of the most exclusive clubs of the Wall Street and with these new partners, the group has 467 members. While talking about the new partners, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), Lloyd C. Blankfein, said,
“These appointments recognize some of the firm’s most senior professionals and acknowledge their embodiment of our culture and values, and their leadership of the firm’s business and people. We look forward to their continued strong performance and leadership in the years ahead.”
Announcing new partners in every two years is a complicated process that involves interviews, reviewing the “commercial excellence” of the candidate, strategies of increasing firm’s revenue, and client relationships. It takes several months to select the right partners and this tradition memorizes the days of Private Goldman Sachs firm.
The recent list includes partners from different departments including 25 partners from securities, 23 from investment banking, 11 partners with investment management background, 12 from “the Federation,” four partners from the merchant banking section, and three more from research. The elite partners’ group of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) has its special benefits including higher pay, status symbol, additional bonus, and the opportunity to invest in the funds managed by the company.
This traditional approach has received a neutral response from the experts like Alan Johnson, Johnson Associates Inc, New York, who said,
“It’s consistent with Goldman’s past DNA and the DNA they want to have going forward. The big banks are no longer the pay leaders, no longer the masters of the universe, so they’ve got to be more creative.”
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Stewardship: Building on our Past, Securing our Future for God’s Kingdom
Your weekly financial gift supports our mission of making the Parish a place to meet Jesus, by giving meaning and purpose to our lives. Your contribution assures that our children, teens and adults have the necessary resources to grow in faith. Just as important, your gift sends a message that our parish mission is important and worthy of support. For almost 150 years, St. Peters has been a beacon on Main Street, reminding all who pass that Christ’s mission is alive.
Our ministry is alive due to the dedication of many people over the years devoted to passing on the faith and their willingness to help financially in this parish.
What Is Stewardship?
Stewardship is an expression of our gratitude for all of God’s gifts. Stewardship embodies our commitment to follow the Lord as active participants in our Catholic community. To become stewards in the Church, each of us should strive to share three valuable gifts with others. These gifts are time, talent and treasure.
Why is Stewardship Important?
Stewardship is a daily expression of our discipleship. By giving of ourselves, we strengthen our faith, parish and community. With stewardship as a way of life, striving to emulate Jesus, we “love our neighbor” and grow closer to the Lord. We can bring a new “balance” to our lives— lives of peace and joy centered in God.
How Do I Get Started in our Stewardship Program?
Giving of our time, talent and treasure is not always easy. Stewardship may require us to establish new priorities for our daily lives. Embracing stewardship can be a gradual growth process. Just as an individual who wants to run a marathon must train for months or years to achieve his goal, successful stewardship begins with a personal commitment to improve our spiritual lives.
How Can I Contribute My Time and Talent?
There are dozens of opportunities within our St. Peter the Apostle community to give of your time and talent. From serving as a reader at Mass to serving the homeless, you can find a place to give of yourself. Identify an outlet that allows you to express your enthusiasm. Find and area where you can have fun while serving those around you. Ask yourself: What do YOU need? Where do you find meaning? What makes you thankful? What gives you peace and joy?
That leaves treasure; how much do I need to contribute to be a successful steward?
The Bible speaks of tithing 10 percent, which is divided by the Church as 5 percent to your parish, 1 percent to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal and 4 percent to other charities of your choosing. At St Peter the Apostle Church, we gratefully acknowledge that many parishioners are choosing to contribute their additional 4 percent to the “Building of the Family Life Center.” Many people find it difficult to consider the possibility of giving a percentage of their income to God through charitable giving, but Matthew 6:21 tells us that “where your heart is, so will be your treasure.” We suggest that if you can’t bring yourself to take on the full program, consider starting with some percentage, even 1 percent, and see what happens. It is not a mathematical issue but rather a Gospel issue. St. Peter says, “As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (I Peter 4:10) It becomes a leap of faith, and St. Peter the Apostle Church invites you to take that leap of faith with us.
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One month after Khashoggi killing, probe makes little progress
Khashoggi's fiancee Hatice Cengiz has called for 'justice to be served' over his killing [Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu]
Istanbul, Turkey - It's been one month since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, but Turkish authorities have still not traced his remains.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was strangled and dismembered soon after he walked into the Saudi consulate on October 2, a Turkish prosecutor revealed on Wednesday in the first official comment in a case that has provoked an international condemnation.
Saudi Arabia initially denied Khashoggi was killed inside its embassy, but following intense international pressure, admitted that Khashoggi - a critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) - was killed in a "rogue operation" in a premeditated manner.
Turkish media reported that a 15-member "assassination squad" - many of them linked to MBS - carried out the killing and subsequent dismembering of Khashoggi's body.
The kingdom has fired top intelligence and security officers and arrested 18 people following a global backlash against the brutal killing linked to MBS.
A top Saudi prosecutor visited Turkey last week but that has made little headway, with Turkish justice minister accusing the Saudis of not answering questions in connection with the case.
Media leaks over the last several wee ks has kept the issue on the boil, but there is still no clue on the whereabouts of Khashoggi's body.
'The worst cover-up ever'
Questions are being asked who was responsible for the murder, what will happen next in the investigation and how this killing will affect Turkey-Saudi relations in the long-run.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development (AK) party have avoided direct confrontation with the oil-rich kingdom depite mounting evidence against Riyadh.
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Sinan Ciddi, Executive Director at the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University, said that President Erdogan's tone has become a bit less combative over the last week, but that does not mean he is willing to let the issue go.
"Erdogan has continued putting pressure on Saudi Arabia and he has made it clear that they are not letting go of the issue," Ciddi told Al Jazeera.
He said t hat part of this is because of the role the United States plays.
"Turkey has been a bit more cautious since it has seen that the US will not simply punish the Saudis over this," Ciddi added.
US President Donald Trump, who initially backed Riyadh, later said that Saudi Arabia's handling of the Kashoggi case as "the worst cover-up ever" and a "total fiasco".
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a radio interview that it would take a "handful more weeks" before the US has enough evidence to impose sanctions in response to the killing.
But Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has forged close tries with MBS, will likely prevent the US from taking punitive measures against the Kingdom that has emerged as a bulwark against regional power Iran.
No permanent damage to Saudi trade and defence
Perhaps what may be the strangest aspect from this story is how poorly Khashoggi' ;s murder was concealed by the Saudis, who probably did not anticipate the level of global backlash that followed the killing.
But for nearly three weeks the media continued to receive leaks of the murder based on voice recordings, including details of Khashoggiâs fingers being cut off during interrogation.
Lingering questions, however, remain unanswered, such as the location of the body - something the US State Department raised on Wednesday.
While international pressure has mounted on MBS over the past month, with Germany announcing that it will halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some have noted that Khashoggi's murder won't damage Saudi Arabia's trade and defence ties in the long-run.
Ali al-Ahmed, director of the Gulf Affairs Institute and a former Saudi political prisoner, told Al Jazeera that once the news dies down, affairs will most likely be back to usual.
The reason why the murder was so poorly conce aled may be due to the fact that there hasn't been much international attention or condemnation to previous crimes such as the Saudi-backed war being waged in Yemen, al-Ahmed said.
"They didn't react to [the alleged Saudi state sponsored kidnapping in 2017 of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad] Hariri nor to the crimes in Yemen and they still aren't," al-Ahmed said.
"There's no bigger crime than the starvation of the Yemeni people," he continued. "They didn't have a reaction there so why would they react about one guy who they describe in the Washington Post [as a dangerous Islamist]. Even if he was, it doesnât make him killable."
WATCH: Turkey suspects top Saudi diplomats of role in Khashoggi murder (3:28)
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that MBS described Khashoggi as a dangerous Islamist and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in a phone call with Kushner, who is also Trump's senior adviser, days after Khashoggi's disappearance and before Saudi Arabia publicly acknowledged his killing.
This stands in contrast to the Saudi government's public statements that decried Khashoggi's death as a "terrible mistake" and a "terrible tragedy", the Washington Post wrote.
Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, which was overshadowed by A-list executives pulling out, MBS said that the Khashoggi case was "painful" and that "justice will prevail".
Major Middle East countries, including Israel, have backed MBS, who is under fire over the case. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi have approached Trump administration in support of the Crown Prince, according to the Washington Post.
The reported return of Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, to Sau di Arabia on Tuesday after a prolonged absence abroad has raised speculations on a possible reshuffle within the Saudi royal family.
Analysts, however, say it's unlikely that 76-year-old Prince Ahmad will replace MBS.
"MBS is in-charge and I don't think anyone can remove him ...," al-Ahmed said, noting how the subject of the story has shifted in the media.
"I think the Saudis are very clever in creating smokescreens so that people start thinking about something else. They are very good at changing the subject.
"So instead of talking about this guy who killed a journalist and cut him up into pieces, now we're talking about how ... [MBS] is going to be replaced. It gives you false hope and then you forget about the original story," al-Ahmed said.
WATCH: The world demands answers (25:20)
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Enemies Of The President’s Promise
15th November 2014 Karu LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, Uncategorized 0
Enemies Of The President’s Promise – Chapter II – Happy Part – IIII
By Rajiva Wijesinha –
The failure of politicians in the North who were close to government to command any respect led in turn to the forces having to play a more dominant role, for they were the most efficient representatives of government in the area. Had they instead taken leading citizens into partnership, and indeed given them the leading role, the situation would have been very different.
The contrast with what might have been was apparent in the Islands, where I found that the local bodies had done nothing to improve the prospects of the people they represented. In Delft, the only attempt to provide employment for youngsters was a garment factory run by the navy, which had provided training for the girls of the area. They seemed very happy with their lot, but nothing had been done for the young men.
Having spent half of my decentralized budget each year on training for youngsters of the North, but having concentrated on the Vanni, where I had thought needs were much greater, I was astonished that nothing similar had been done in Jaffna. In the Vanni I had used Aide et Action, having seen the success of their operations elsewhere in the country, including in Vavuniya, and they had done a survey before beginning. As a result they had given engine repair priority in Mullaitivu, which made sense, for the fisher folk there otherwise had to spend vast amounts to repair their boats, with no engine repair workshps having survived the conflict in those parts.
In the Islands it seemed that there had been no facilities ever for such repairs, and everything had to be taken to Jaffna, a long and expensive journey. But the idea of starting courses in those areas, and providing funds to start up small enterprises, had not occurred to the EPDP administration in those areas. It was only in Kayts that I found an imaginative Divisional Secretary who had started some vocational training, but this had not had much impact by the time the Provincial Council election was held. It was understandable then that, in the Islands too, government was trounced.
The failure to build up institutions and ensure active participation of the people was most obvious in the case of the Governor. This was General Chandrasiri, who was an indefatigable worker, and deeply anxious about the development of the area. But he was not encouraged to build up relations with the people of Jaffna, and was dependent for decisions on the PTF and government politicians. In this regard government made a grave mistake in not holding the Provincial Council elections earlier, as it was assumed would happen when the President had pledged implementation of the 13th amendment to the Indian government. Indeed the President noted that the Secretary of Defence had advocated this, and it seems he was far more sensible about the actual situation, before his own fears converted him into an intransigent opponent of what he saw as dangerous concessions. But at that state it was Basil who was thought to be the expert on elections.
But whereas Basil thought that the development programme he had begun would win votes, the delay allowed resentment to build up, and the TNA was able to enhance its political appeal. Had the election been held earlier, the TNA might well have won, as it did in the local elections, but it would have been weaker, and the situation would have been ripe for cooperation between the Governor and the elected administration. By 2013 though the Governor, despite his efficiency and commitment, was seen as the enemy, and the Council indeed, soon after it was inaugurated, passed a motion asking for his removal.
The Governor being a former General was seen as contributing to what was termed the militarization of the North, which was unfair since using retired servicemen in such positions is not uncommon in other countries. Government unfortunately was not able to get it across that such individuals should be seen as civilians, in part because serving officers were also often involved in administrative decisions. This for instance affected the bill government introduced to settle land questions, which was an urgency since there was no clear title in many instances for a variety of reasons.
When I headed the Peace Secretariat I had urged that government should be preparing legislation to deal with this problem, given that deeds were lost, and also that people who had occupied land vacated because of the conflict might claim ownership by prescription given the long time that had lapsed. While it seemed to me the original owners should have priority, this would require legal clarification. In fact the Law Commission told me they had prepared legislation but, despite the interim recommendations of the LLRC, government took a long time to bring in the required regulations, and then they provided their critics with ammunition in involving the military in decision making.
It is difficult to understand why government should have thus complicated life for the military, when it would have been much easier to empower civilians, while allowing the military to advise. But the comparative efficiency of the military led government to forget the norms that should have been observed, and the need to ensure acceptability amongst the people.
Other problems the military faced were with regard to land acquisitions which seemed to go far beyond security needs. This had become apparent in the East, where there were problems with regard to Sampur, the scene of intense LTTE activity in 2006 when they thought they were on the verge of cornering the Sri Lankan forces. The incidents then made it clear that government needed a secure base in the area, but it turned out that more land than the forces actually needed was being acquired. This seemed to be for economic development, but it was foolish of government to confuse the issues, since it led to greater criticism of the military. While it may have been thought easier to confuse the issues, and thus avoid the restrictions on acquisition of land for economic activity, the result was increased resentment. In a sense this was typical of Basil’s approach, for what he could do in a devious way, he never thought of doing straightforwardly.
The largest area of land which government acquired after the conflict was in the North, near the Palaly airport, and this too caused much resentment. Though again there was an obvious need to ensure security for the airport, and also for the naval base at Kankesanthurai, it was apparent that more land was being taken over than was strictly speaking necessary. The impression created was that the forces would be engaging in economic activity too, making use of fertile farming land.
Unfortunately, though it made sense for the forces to be used productively, the methodology for this had not been thought out carefully. Perhaps because Gotabaya and Basil Rajapaksa did not really communicate with regard to their plans, an opportunity to use the forces for development that would benefit the people of the region too was lost. My CBSR team had indeed suggested the development of Agricultural Training Schemes way back in 2009, but though Basil had used some of the photographs they had of a pilot scheme, such ideas were not his forte, and nothing further came of them. Conversely the military began some farming on their own, whereas had they done this in partnership with the owners, and with profit sharing for the community, the positive impact would have been tremendous.
The same went with regard to their ventures in tourism. This also was an area that came under Basil’s Ministry of Economic Development, but working on community projects was not something that occurred to him. So there was talk that the military were going to put up hotels in the land they had acquired around Palaly, whereas what they should have done was develop training programmes for youngsters, in partnership with local government bodies. Indeed, when the new Local Government Bill was being prepared, it suggested such ventures, but there had been no attempt to promote these previously, and it is not likely, given the difficulties government institutions have in coordination, that there will be much progress in these areas.
Underlying all this is the failure of government to plan, and to engage in consultation with stakeholders. Unfortunately, despite his abilities, Basil had always functioned as a loner. Though I had found, when I was at the Peace Secretariat, that he was quick to respond to problems, when he was not in the country nothing moved, since he had no senior officials who could take decisions in his absence. Instead he had a number of youngsters from his home base, who were enthusiastic and keen to help, but who could not grasp complexities or take decisions.
Though he had Mr Divaratne on his Task Force, which did make a difference, the way he ran his Ministry indicated that he had not really changed. He did not have a Secretary of his own, but shared the Secretary to the Treasury, which was absurd since that gentleman was in any case overworked. Between them perhaps they had decided that the Ministry of Policy and Plan Implementation should be abolished, one of the most disastrous decisions of the 2010 government, along with its getting rid of the Ministry of Human Rights.
Underlying all this was what turned out to be the besetting sin of the second Rajapaksa government. The President himself well understood the problem. Much earlier, when I had told him that his Secretary was overworked, he said that this was because he wanted to grasp everything to himself, and would not delegate. In fact this turned out to be true of all those on whom he relied. Perhaps indeed this was a consequence of his evident reliance on them, in that they did not want to allow for the possibility that others too could perform at least some of their functions. But the result was that things moved only in isolation, and the comprehensive planning the country needed never happened.
And more alarmingly, there was no monitoring of what was going on. Only the agents themselves were responsible for checking on their work, and naturally they failed to see the gaps. And they simply could not work together with others to improve their output or look at the wider impact of what they were or were not doing.
“T-shirt Thugs in 2 White Vans and 1 Red Benz came to World Trade Centre to Assault me During Hiru TV Debate”-Ranjan Ramanayake M.P.
Over 400,000 persons might lose opportunity to vote
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FACTOID # 28: Austin, Texas has more people than Alaska.
Encyclopedia > Giorgi I
Giorgi I (გიორგი I) ( Events Benedictine abbey founded at Sherborne Births Deaths Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Categories: 998 ... 998 – August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1777 - American troops. 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden _ The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. 1812 - War of 1812: American... 16 August Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. May 14 - Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral. Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock. Births William I, king of England (1036-1087) Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria Deaths Categories: 1027 ... 1027), from the House of The Bagratids (also called Bagrationi or Bagratuni) were a Royal family in Transcaucasia. Branches of the Bagratid family have ruled both Georgia. Early history The Bagratid family first emerged as naxarars, members of the hereditary nobility of Armenia. Their holdings were in the region of Speri, in the Chorokhi valley... Bagrationi, was king of Georgia ( Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. A former republic of the Soviet Union, it shares borders with Russia in... Georgia in Events February 14 - Germany July 29 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock, and earns Basil II the title Voulgaroktonos (Bulgar-slayer). Henry... 1014- Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. May 14 - Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral. Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock. Births William I, king of England (1036-1087) Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria Deaths Categories: 1027 ... 1027.
He succeeded on the death of his father Bagrat III (ca. 960- 1014), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was the first king of the unified Kingdom of Georgia from 978 to 1014. A son of King Gurgen of Kartli and an adopted son and heir of King David of Tao, he was also a nephew and heir of King... Bagrat III in Events February 14 - Germany July 29 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock, and earns Basil II the title Voulgaroktonos (Bulgar-slayer). Henry... 1014. With his ascent to the throne, the eastern provinces of Categories: Caucasus geography stubs | Georgia (country) ... Kakheti and Hereti revolted and seceded to create an independent kingdom. Unable to brought the rebels under the royal authority, Giorgi now focused on the southwestern Georgia ( Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. A former republic of the Soviet Union, it shares borders with Russia in... Georgian province Tao-Klarjeti was a Georgian Kingdom (now territory of Turkey). In the 2nd-3rd millenniums BC territory of Tao-Klarjeti was a part of the oldest Georgian Kingdom of Diaokhi. In the 8th-9th centuries AD, southern borders of Georgia extended to the river Araks. In the 9th century, during... Tao. These lands had been annexed by Byzantium was the original name of the modern city of Istanbul. Byzantium was originally settled by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas. The name Byzantium is a Latinization of the original Greek name Byzantion (Βυζάντιον... Byzantium becoming a part of the “ Themes (singular thema) were administrative units of land in the Byzantine Empire. During the late sixth and early seventh centuries AD, the Byzantine Empire was under assault. The Persian Empire was pressing it from the south and east, assaulting Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia. Slavs and Avars raided Greece and disputed... thema of Iberia” in For other uses, see number 1001. Events Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II. Canonisation of Edward the Martyr, king of England. Robert II, King of France marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer dArles. Khmer king Jayavarman... 1001. He took advantage of Emperor Painting of Basil II, from an 11th century manuscript. Basil II Bulgaroktonus (in Greek Basilios Bulgaroktonos, written Βασίλειος Βουλγαροκτόνος ( 958 – December 15, 1025)) Byzantine emperor ( January 10, 976... Basil II’s war with The Bulgarians are a southern Slavic people generally associated with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. The majority of the Bulgarians nowadays live in the Republic of Bulgaria, although there are Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of countries. The modern Bulgarians are descendants of two peoples - the Bulgars... Bulgarians and invaded southern Tao, thus initiating an unsuccessful war with Byzantium. In Events April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. June 23 - Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus July 17 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile. August 1 - Fourth Crusade... 1203, he had to make peace with the Emperor, recognizing Tao as a Byzantine dominion and sending his son Bagrat as a hostage to Map of Constantinople. Constantinople (Roman name: Constantinopolis; Modern Greek: Konstantinoupoli or Κωνσταντινούπολη) is the former name of the city of Istanbul in todays Turkey. Today, Constantinople is the area between the Golden Horn and... Constantinople. Preparing to take revenge for his defeat, Giorgi died suddenly at Trialeti, Georgia ( Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. A former republic of the Soviet Union, it shares borders with Russia in... Georgia on August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1777 - American troops. 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden _ The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. 1812 - War of 1812: American... 16 August Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. May 14 - Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral. Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock. Births William I, king of England (1036-1087) Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria Deaths Categories: 1027 ... 1027.
He encouraged learning and patronized the fine arts. He ordered to build the famous Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta is one of oldest cities of the republic of Georgia (in Kartli province of Eastern Georgia), near Tbilisi. Mtskheta was a capital of the Georgian Kingdom of Iberia during the 3rd century BC - 5th century AD. Here Georgians accepted Christianity in 337 and Mtskheta still remains the Headquarters of... Mtskheta.
His son Bagrat IV succeeded on Giorgi's death in Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. May 14 - Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral. Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock. Births William I, king of England (1036-1087) Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria Deaths Categories: 1027 ... 1027.
გიორგი I (http://www.istoria.ge/personografia/G/giorgi%20I.htm:) (in Georgian (also Kartvelian; Kartuli in Georgian) is the official language of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. For the origin of the name, see the Georgia article. Georgian is the primary language of 4,150,000 people in Georgia itself (90% of the population), and of another 2.5 million... Georgian)
Bagrat III (ca. 960- 1014), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was the first king of the unified Kingdom of Georgia from 978 to 1014. A son of King Gurgen of Kartli and an adopted son and heir of King David of Tao, he was also a nephew and heir of King... Bagrat III This is a list of Georgian kings Parnavaz I of Iberia (284BC - 219BC) Mirian II Vakhtang Gorgasali David the Builder (1073-1125) Tamar (1184-1213) Giorgi the Brilliant Erekle II Categories: Stub | Monarchs ... King of Georgia Succeeded by:
Bagrat IV
Categories: Monarchs of Georgia | Kings of Georgia | 998 births | 1027 deaths
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN FLORENCE CARLO GIORGI WEDDINGS PHOTOGRAPHER TUSCANY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER TUSCANY (419 words)
Giorgi was born in Florence, Italy, where he still lives.
Carlo Giorgi's fundamental idea is that every person is photogenic, and it is for the photographer to use his skill to uncover or discover just what light and setting is the correct one to bring that out.
Carlo Giorgi's skill, patience, and sense of humor assures each of his subjects of that, as his photos show.
George I of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (748 words)
Giorgi I (Georgian: გიორგი I) (998 or 1002 – August 16, 1027), of the House of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027.
Giorgi was born in 998 or, according to a later version of the Georgian chronicles, in 1002, to King Bagrat III.
Giorgi was unable to prevent the move and sought an alliance with this kingdom, rather than attempting to reincorporate it into the Georgian state, thus leaving a long-standing claim to Kakheti and Hereti to his successors.
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FACTOID # 10: The total number of state executions in 2005 was 60: 19 in Texas and 41 elsewhere. The racial split was 19 Black and 41 White.
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Encyclopedia > Leroy Van Dyke
Leroy Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is billed as "The world's most famous auctioneer." He was catapulted into fame by his hit, semi-autobiographical, country music song, "The Auctioneer", in 1956 and has been a renowned auctioneer and entertainer since. "The Auctioneer" was followed by the movie, What Am I Bid, in which Van Dyke played himself as an auctioneer. His next hit song, "Walk on By", reached No.1 on the country charts in 1961 and remained on the charts for 37 weeks. In 1994 Billboard Magazine designated "Walk on By" as the No.1 country song in chart history. Van Dyke had one more hit song, "If a Woman Answers", that reached No.3 on the country charts in 1962. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
Leroy Van Dyke continues as an auctioneer, musician and motivational speaker.
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Leroy Van Dyke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (182 words)
Leroy Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is billed as "The world's most famous auctioneer." He was catapulted into fame by his hit, semi-autobiographical, country music song, "The Auctioneer", in 1956 and has been a renowned auctioneer and entertainer since.
Van Dyke had one more hit song, "If a Woman Answers", that reached No.3 on the country charts in 1962.
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When computers are powered by quantum physics
Dr. Barak Dayan aims to develop computers that are light-years ahead of today’s. For that, he needs to exploit one of the weirder facts of nature – quantum superposition, in which an object can be in several places at once
What will the next generation of computers look like?
Computers are getting faster and better every day – but they are still basically a bunch of transistors, electronic switches that encode the basic computing bits – ones and zeros.
All computing – from sharing a photo on Facebook to launching a space mission – is made up large numbers of bits.
To develop computers that are light-years ahead of today’s, scientists have for years been trying to exploit one of the weirder facts of nature – quantum superposition, in which an object can be in several places at once.
Deciphering certain codes might take a regular computer thousands of years. But a quantum computer that could conduct millions of computations in parallel could crack the same code in under a minute.
Today, computers are based on charged electrons, which interact with each other and easily lose their superposition state.
Scientists think that quantum computers will use photons, light particles that do not interact with one another so they can maintain superposition much more easily.
Weizmann Institute scientists have succeeded, for the first time, to build a transistor that switches and guides photons instead of electrons – a photonic router.
To control the photons’ movement, the scientists trapped a single atom with lasers, sending it photons with a special, minute optical resonator.
The resonator holds the photons for a millionth of a second, forcing them to interact with the atom.
The photons flip the state of the atom like a switch, sending the next photon in line either left or right. This creates a quantum router for photons that is also controlled by the photons themselves.
This research is another step forward toward quantum computing technology, in which computation will be carried out by light instead of electricity. A long road is still ahead, but we are already on our way…
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Happy St. Valentine’s Day!
Wherever you are, whoever you are, Valentine’s Day may conjure up images of romance, love, red roses, chocolates, candle light dinners, gifts, and of your own Valentine! The origin of St Valentine’s Day is shrouded in many myths, though it appears to be linked to a Catholic saint by the name of St. Valentine. It is believed that, at the time, there were actually three St Valentine’s, and all of them were martyrs. The most popular legend originated during the rule of Emperor Claudius 11 who didn’t want his Roman soldiers to marry during the time of war. The young Bishop Valentine, went against the emperor’s orders and secretly performed countless marriage ceremonies to lovers. For his disobedience, Valentine faced death or the renouncement of his faith. He chose death, and as a result became a martyr, which then saw the birth of a day in remembrance of Saint Valentine. In 469 A.D. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 a day to honour Saint Valentine. February was also the month to celebrate fertility, and around the 1500’s, Cupid, the son of Venus, became the icon of Valentine’s celebrations. In Finland St Valentine’s Day is called Ystavanpaiva which means, “Friend’s Day’. This day is celebrated in remembrance of friends, rather than one’s Valentine.
Does it matter today how Valentine’s Day originated?
Where will you be with your Valentino or Valentina on February 14, 2017? In an unusual place? The desert around Dubai, a wooden log in the Alps, in Vienna, Austria, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, in Moscow, or at VILLA LOUISE in Italy?
Who will be your Valentine? Your husband, your friend, a new admirer, your partner or your lover?
What will you do? Dine under the stars in the desert, set a table for two in your cozy wooden cabin in the Alps, stroll along the elegant streets of Vienna to your restaurant where Mozart’s music warms the hearts, or have dinner along the Zambezi river where the hippos come to shore, or dine in Moscow in the elegant and historical Pushkin’s restaurant, or stay at VILLA LOUISE and wander through the medieval towns of Bevagna, Spoleto or Monte Falco.
What will your Valentine gift you? What will you give him or her? Your heart, 14 red roses, a treasured gift from Tiffany’s, a card where you pledge your commitment of love, or simply just yourself?
Why Valentine’s Day? Shouldn’t every day be a 14th, and a lifelong pursuit? How much do we spend on that day? What do we spend it on? Do we buy red roses, which were the favorite flowers of Venus, the Roman goddess of love?
Today we mostly associate St Valentine’s as an opportunity to express love and this expression of love is so deeply entrenched in consumerism. Love? What is this often elusive thing called ‘Love’? Many search it, few find it. It’s been the topic of many discussions by philosophers, poets and musicians of old. Mozart said about Love: “Love, love, love, that is the soul of the genius”. Plato said: “Love is a mental illness” and Johan Wolfgang Goethe said: “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love”, while Alexander the Great said: “Love, free as air at the sight of human ties, spread his light wings, and in a moment flies”. Could it be that this great emotion is defined as, “The reaction to the giving of a LOVE, is LOVE regiven”?
St. Valentine’s Day enriches the economy yearly, and in 2016, a whopping 19.7 billion dollars were spent on St Valentine’s Day. 4.5 million were spent on jewellery, while the average per person spent $167. The age group that spent the most on Valentine’s gifts, were between the ages of 24-35, and spent an average of $234 per person. During 2016, 198 000 000 roses were produced for Valentine’s Day. It is the time of the year that gives businesses and restaurants reason to double prices, and when engagement ring advertisements feature prominently in our media. Another interesting fact about St Valentine’s Day is that the city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet apparently lived, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet.
St Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and whatever we do, wherever we are, however we celebrate it, why not live every day as the 14th with your Valentine? Voltaire believed that “Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination”, therefore, be the artist of Love on your canvas. Let your love be like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies, as a Swedish proverb goes. Let Love be the poetry of your senses, wrote Honore de Balzac, or as Thomas Hood said, “O, if it be to choose and call thee mine, thou art every day my Valentine!”.
Happy Valentine’s Day today, and every day of the year!
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Nick Cave: ‘These conversation events have brought back the terror’
First published in The Guardian Australia, January 2019
“You’re part of an experiment in connection,” Nick Cave says from the stage. His In Conversation show, currently touring Australia, centres on questions and song requests but, like Cave’s new Red Hand Files website, “there will be no moderator”. So first he must briefly mire himself in rock’n’roll’s nemesis: a bit of housekeeping. The rules of play.
While Cave is dressed impeccably at the Sydney Opera House, his collaborators tonight are no cool-as-fuck Bad Seeds. They’re in sensible shoes and fluoro vests, and are cheerfully waving those lightsaber batons used to direct planes on to the tarmac. “If you have a question signal to them,” says Cave. “And they’ll … whatever.” He burns out on explicating the detail. Fair enough. He’s got bigger fish to fry.
Credit: Daniel Boud
The first fish is slapped down by a woman who shares his love of Leonard Cohen. “But can you explain Avalanche?” she says. “It’s always seemed so dark and incomprehensible to me.” He pauses. “I like it because it’s dark and incomprehensible. The big problem with most songs is that the meaning is too clear. I can play it if you like?”
“Would you?” she says, her voice gone high and swoony.
“I’ll do a version where I’m singing to you,” he says. Then, at the piano: “And now I’m going to fuck it up because I’ve talked too much about it.”
Thus we ease into the evening’s rhythm. The lights fade, Cave does a single song at the piano. The lights brighten and he gestures with weary elegance at a flashing baton to answer a question. He spins in slow circles because not only do tables press in cabaret-style around his piano, but the stalls behind the stage are filled too.
The layout gives him a dancing-bear captive air – which suits his efforts to place himself at our mercy. And at the mercy of an 11-year-old girl who asks “What’s the hardest thing about what you do?” He replies: “With live performance the terror of standing in front of people … is incredibly addictive. But I grew to have a certain control over the outcome … these conversation events have brought back the terror. Because I don’t really know what I’m doing. And here I am answering the questions of a child.”
Sometimes he refuses requests – “I can’t do the build on Jubilee Street” or “too many chords” – but mostly, he says yes. Some he sings very well and others he inhabits. Most of the latter are newer songs – Higgs Boson Blues, Mermaids and Skeleton Tree – with the exception of the best rendition of The Mercy Seat I’ve heard (or seen on YouTube), and an incendiary belting-out of God Is in the House.
The Weeping Song suffers from the tyranny of his distance to it. It’s all plonky playing and affect. Another night you might not notice. Tonight, it jars due to how real he feels; up on his feet again to do the TEDx walk and talk.
Our interactions fall into three categories. First, when he quips back: many are gently teased by Cave tonight. In these moments he’s “as funny as a circus” (that’s my dad, who I took, not Nick). “Maybe you don’t need to clap after I answer each question?” Cave suggests. “I start to analyse the volume of each clap and, well … ”
The second is when he latches on to a topic and answers with depth and honesty. It’s like a late-night D&M with a mate – only the mate is Nick Caveand we’re yarning with the lights up amid a cast of thousands. “We’ll all live two lives,” he says in response to a comment about David Bowie’s final years – when he was facing mortality and reaching out to connect with fans. “In his first life, he did what many of us do and put himself forward as an individual … then later he looked for something communal and collective. It’s what happens to us all … I think we’re united by suffering.”
The “great thrill” of the creative process, meanwhile, is when something “starts to emerge from meaninglessness even when you don’t see it at first. To be a creative person requires most of all, faith. Faith the moment will come. And when it does you can see it vibrating in front of your face”.
The third category of interaction is tidbits about his music and collaborators. “It’s really about loss, the Bad Seeds,” he says. “It’s hard for people to look at them and not see the absences, now, of some towering figures.” He names some who’ve died and some who left the band: Blixa Bargeld, Conway Savage, Barry Adamson and Kid Congo. He talks about Brett Whiteley, Shane MacGowan, Tony Cohen.
Rowland S Howard’s influence on guitar music globally has been “vast”, he says. “He was the first real game-changer for me and I owe him a huge amount for that.” Their artistic collaboration was fierce; “we forgot how to be friends”. He adds: “That’s how the Birthday Party collapsed as a band. We forgot how to be friends.”
Cave says his work with Warren Ellis has deepened over the years. “Something special happens these days with Warren and I, where nothing can stop us if we’re in a room together.” Later, at a loss to name any new music he listens to (“I’m writing all day so I can’t”), he mentions their album. “We have something pretty cool brewing, me and old Wazza.”
In no particular category falls the young fool who endears himself to Cave by asking to have his bare foot signed. “Do you have a pen?” he yells when Cave agrees.
Ultimately, it’s true: he doesn’t know what he’s doing. He’s an amateur again! Only this time we get to be there. A professional would be more energy efficient. They’d know how to approximate questions, bridge to easier answers and recycle anecdotes. Instead of these pro moves, Cave instead chooses to not answer a few.
He struggles particularly with a question on male sexual predators. “Who? I still don’t know who do you mean?” The man who asked tosses out Louis CK as an example. “I can’t comment on Louis CK,” Cave says.
Just as the question is washing out to sea however, Cave relents and tugs it back. “Look, I’m in no way cavalier about this,” he says. “I’m not aware of it somehow having stained the music industry … where I don’t recognise this way men are being painted as monsters. It seems to be an industry that respects women – in some way. Is that right?” There’s a rumble of protest but no eruption.
He’s wrong on this point of course – and his thoughts on #MeToo are far better expressed here – but tonight’s not about being right. It’s about being present, knowable, vulnerable and real. And funny. Always that.
The Guardian article here.
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Jack Layton secures his place in NDP – and Canadian – pantheon
On Saturday, Canadians said goodbye to their Leader of the Official Opposition and one of the most popular political figures in the country. New Democrats laid to rest the most successful party leader in their history, and a man whose name will likely be repeated in future with the same reverence as that reserved for Tommy Douglas, first head and spiritual heart of the NDP.
The 2011 election was, by far, the NDP’s best result in its 50 year history. Even against the standards of the Liberals and the Conservatives, Jack Layton’s achievement on May 2 was remarkable. At 103 seats, Mr. Layton tied for the fifth largest opposition ever sent to Ottawa in the 41 elections that have taken place since 1867. But even before 2011’s historic result, Jack Layton stacked up well against the party’s two other great leaders.
You can read the rest of the article on The Globe and Mail website here.
Such a list of accomplishments might seem unattainable by any other leader of the New Democrats. Did the party hit its peak under Jack Layton? Time will tell, and the race to become the next leader of the NDP is underway. Of the three vacant postings on Parliament Hill, this is the most attractive but it is no more of an easy assignment than the leadership of the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois. Those two parties have hit rock bottom, and there is only one way to go from there. For the NDP, the next leader needs to hold on to Layton's success and improve upon it.
Four years is a long time, however. Certainly long enough for the next leader to put his or her stamp on the party and prepare it for the 2015 election.
This isn't the first time that an NDP leader has had this long to prepare for an election. Ed Broadbent in 1975 and Audrey McLaughlin in 1989 each had four years to prepare. Broadbent used the time wisely and grew his party's support, while McLaughlin led the party to its worst ever result. So history is no guide in this regard.
The Liberals under Jean Chrétien had three years to prepare for the 1993 election, and were swept to power. Jean Charest took over the PCs in 1993 and increased the party's caucus from two to 20 MPs four years later.
Likely the biggest event to take place outside of the NDP's control between now and 2015 is the Quebec provincial election. What happens there could play a huge role in how Quebecers feel about its adherence to the NDP at the federal level. Whether it be through a sovereigntist re-birth or the rise of the right under François Legault, it could hurt them. If the result of the election and a failure on the part of the new (or re-elected) government leads to another backlash against the establishment parties, it could boost them. We shall see.
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BC Voice of Reason 29 August, 2011 10:48
"The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones"
The fawning press seems to be doing the opposite. The modest accomplishments of Mr. layton consist mainly in the political arena - the good fortune to attract the fickle Quebec voters and affable beer drinking skills.
There is not any significant legislation that he introduced or brought into law. His main accomplishment is with Toronto's homeless people.
His lasting legacy -
When the dust settles he will be best known for running secret meetings (that got leaked) which would have had the worst Liberal leader ever , Dion, fresh from a thrashing at the polls, serve as PM with himself in Cabinet.
He was also the architect of the great Finance Minister's Paul Martin last budget. The Liberal party has not yet recovered and might not.
Volkov 29 August, 2011 10:55
BC VoR,
You're an $%&hole.
Please, please, please post this Eric.
Dear me ??
SOUR barely describes that ??
Still too soon.
Thank you for showing the socialist mentality that Mr. Layton worked so hard to neutralize.
Apparently he was wasting his time.
Any list of Mr. Layton's accomplishments.... other than the affable Beer Drinking Buddy does not stand up to scrutiny.
His "straight forward honest way of doing politics" was part of the most rancorous, bitter, nasty parliament of all time. The NDP caucus under Mr. Layton's leadership with Mr. Pat Martin, Ms. Davies and Mr. Mulclair provided constant examples of ratcheting up the vitriol.
I have to agree with both Volkov and Anon 11:10
BC VoR has certainly painted himself as ??
Considering Layton is barely in the ground !!
Methinks BC VoR and his ilk are afraid that Mr. Layton may become larger in death than in life, an unstoppable wave. They are incapable of understanding love, hope, optimism, generosity, compassion, equality; unlike most Canadians, especially younger Canadians.
South Parkdale Jack
BCVOR has every right to share his opinion on Jack Layton without coming under a wave of personal attacks.
Is this not an article that critically examines Jack Layton's accomplishments ?
Jack Layton's role in the coalition crisis will most certainly be part of his history as well as the Martin budget.
We can agree or disagree in a civil manner whether those are good or bad things.
Volkov and Peter shame on you. You've let your head go to mush with sentiment and have betrayed Jack Layton's dying wishes to behave in a more civil manner to your fellow Canadians.
Turn the other cheek much ?
Some of you should get your head out of your bubble. Did you not hear the hundreds of tributes from ordinary citizens whose lives were personally touched by Jack Layton. Beer drinking buddy indeed!
Anon 13:40 etc.
1. I'm generally not a civil person to begin with, so stfu (kidding, I like people, just not people who act like BC VoR).
2. If BC VoR has a right to share his opinion, then we have the same right to share our opinions about his opinion. It isn't as if I've said he should be nailed to a cross, but I reserve the right to call out anyone who acts like an arse. That's just my freedom of speech rights.
3. BC VoR pretty much pissed on Layton, then proceeded to chastise people about how they were betraying Jack's legacy and final wishes. How much more hypocritical and cruel can you get?
Plus, I'm honest. I thought that was a virtue. But regardless, Eric doesn't need this cluttering up his website.
Good article Eric.
Goaltender Interference 29 August, 2011 14:43
OK, I'll mention Jack Layton's two biggest accomplishments:
(1) knocking the Liberals into third place (first time in 150 years) and
(2) eviscerating the Bloc Quebecois, which had won six majorities in Quebec in a row and was poised to win a seventh. It's a bit much for conservatives in May to invoke the horrors of a separatist party potentially sharing power in Ottawa, and then in August turn around and belittle the massive defeat of said separatist party (especially when the Conservatives did absolutely nothing to help said defeat, having lost yet more votes in Quebec).
BCVoR, you say that Quebecers are "fickle" but what do you base this on? You can't call yourself a voice of reason if you don't have reasons. It seems odd to accuse people of being fickle for changing parties after voting for the same party six times in a row.
It has been my experience that people call Quebecers "fickle" when they don't follow Quebec politics except through outside-Quebec filters, and therefore have no idea what motivates Quebec voters. It's like calling British Columbians "fickle" because they change their sales tax every couple of years.
Average Canuck 29 August, 2011 15:32
Volkov personal attacks shut down free speech.
What Jack Layton would have done is said (with a smile) well I disagree and here's why ...
If Eric is going to write an article touting Jack Layton's historical accomplishments then its obvious there will be comments from detractors.
The idea that its "too soon" to think critically is just silly. That's a betrayal of a historian's craft, to faithfully record what actually happened - the bad and the good.
We should avoid hero worship and sainthood for our politicians.
Eric brings up Tommy Douglas.
In his masters thesis at McMaster TD recommended the castration of homosexuals and chronic criminals.
Maybe LGBT Canadians would have like to have known this before he was named the greatest Canadian, no ?
That's why its so important that we record it all and try not to white wash someone's life after they die.
Time and place, etc.
pinkobme 29 August, 2011 17:04
Good post Eric:
Actually I thought soon after May 2 that all five elected parties have strong challenges in their attempt to grow and/or survive. The Tories need to overcome Canadians' natural tendency to tire of their governments, the NDP needs to prove it is the government in waiting, the Liberals need to get their acts together and prove they give a damn, the Bloc needs to rebuild its separatist base and the Greens must start showing voters they can take the Liberals' spot in the center.
That hasn't changed since Layton's death. What has changed is the right-leaning anti-Layton rhetoric of the past few days.
Attacking the NDP and Layton as socialist/separatist might seem like a good ploy for the CPC supporters, but what it actually does is open up space in the center for the Liberals to once again occupy.
In other words, if the CPC mud flingers are as successful in painting the NDP as far left socialists in voters minds, as they have been slagging Dion and Iggy, they will ironically be helping their arch enemies, the Liberals, back into power.
So keep up the good work.
BC VoR isn't being exactly truthful about the extent of Layton's accomplishments as he would know if he lived in Toronto. Layton was instrumental in introducing various measures that forever changed the urban culture of Toronto, including the blue box, bike lanes, urban environmentalism and affordable & supportive housing. Jack left a permanent mark on my home city, and his accomplishments are pretty impressive considering that he was never in government.
Carl 30 August, 2011 11:46
TS,
Well there's no doubt that Layton had a fairly distinguished career as a Toronto City counsellor, but city counsellors don't get state funerals, or fill the pages of national newspapers, whatever their achievements.
In terms of Layton's achievements at the federal level, it's just too soon to tell. Prior to the 2011 election, he would have been seen as just another NDP leader (i.e., people respect him, but never suceeded politically).
So 2011 makes all the difference.
Yes, he led to NDP to a stunning victory in Quebec in 2011 (and performed well in the rest of the country, lest we forget). But the same could have been said of Robert Thompson and the Social Credit party in 1962 (if you said "who" or "what", I rest my case). To describe their impact on Canadian Federal (and Quebec) politics as anything more than ephemeral would be charitable. And it's not as if the rest of Canada hasn't been subject to the odd, short-term, NDP uprising (see Rae, Bob). The question is whether the 2011 election was a fluke (a function of fatigue with the Bloc and a thoroughly incompetent Liberal party), like the 1962 election (or the 1990 Ontario election), or whether it represented a sea change in Canadian politics.
If, come 2015, the NDP manages to hold onto its seats in Quebec and its status of official opposition and keep the Liberals down, then I think it's fair to say that Layton (along with Harper, as arguably the two have helped one another) fundamentally changed Canadian politics in the 21st century.
If, on the other hand, come 2015, the NDP's Quebec seats scatter like seeds in the wind, and the Liberals (and/or the Bloc) re-emerge as a viable political party. Then Layton will be remembered as the most successful NDP leader in history (which is indisputable at this point) and as a man who, but for his untimely death, MIGHT have fundamentally changed Canadian politics.
Nazar 30 August, 2011 18:09
One thing that seems to be missing from the comments is that Jack vaulted the NDP into second place. Now in the mind of voters, it is a choice between the NDP and the conservatives and no longer the NDP is irrelevant. People now can watch what the NDP has to say, the media will give them more coverage. It seems in Canadian politics (or any political system that has FTTP system) that cracking the top 2 is a very hard thing to do for 3rd parties.
Nazar,
Sure, now the NDP's in second place and will get all the attention that comes with that. But attention is a two-edged sword. It means that the next time Libby Davies or Thomas Mulclair say something loony, the response won't be "oh, those wacky NDP", it'll be "my god, that could be Canada's next foreign/finance minister". Those are the sort of mistakes that leave lasting impressions (just look how long it took Harper to shake off the "hidden agenda" label).
It's going to be an even bigger problem for the NDP then it was a couple of years ago, given the inexperience of a sizable chunk of their caucus. That isn't a critique of the NDP in particular, that's a problem common to all parties who experience rapid growth in their caucus - think of the Reform Party in 1993, the Ontario NDP in 1990, the PC's in '84 - they tend to be filled with people who say, and do, silly things. Both the Liberals and the Tories (to say nothing of the media) are no doubt licking their lips waiting for the inevitable round of first-term gaffes.
The NDP's new found prominence also means that voters may actually read their platform or inquire as to who their local candidate is (and do they speak French?) in the next election. And it means that the media will no longer give them the superficial (and largely uncritical) coverage they got before.
We've certain seen other parties suddenly burst into the spotlight, only to flame-out in the next election (think Action Democratique), and there's no reason to think that the NDP is immune. I expect that the NDP is going to find the next four years very different from, and much more difficult then, their previous experiences. We'll see whether they have the chops to handle it.
@Carl,
I agree with you that the extra media coverage is a two edge sword. However, I think the downside for being a 3rd party is larger by far than the downside for a 2nd or 1st party. Let me elaborate on this more.
In the case that the NDP has a good crop of candidates and a good leader, a 2nd party will benefit much more than a 3rd party will do. The extra factor is that they are a real choice now in the mind of voters and the vast majority of voters who don't look at local polls will actually give them a chance without the worry of electability. In this case, the upside when the NDP has a good platform, leaders and candidates is much higher when it is a second party as opposed to being a third party. There is evidence for that in the Tommy Douglas years in Saskatchewan because he was well liked, a good leader with actual results. I agree in the case if he screwed up, the NDP(or CCF in these years) would have gone back to oblivion like what happened in ontario with Bob Rae.
In the case case the NDP has bad leader, bad platform and bad candidates, I would say that the downside when it is 2nd party or a 3rd party is quite similar. I agree that the downside for a 2nd party is larger, but it is not much larger than being a 3rd party because a 3rd party has always to be really good to increase its votes, it goes to oblivion when it has bad leadership, bad circumstances like what happened to the NDP in 1993 where they went down to 9 seats.
I also want to add that Quebec politics and voters are quite different from the rest of the country. They will give a good look to 3rd parties or new parties while the rest of the country has a less tendency to do that. Quebecers are more rebellious and will punish establishment parties when they are bad as opposed to the rest of the country which will give establishment parties free passes because they value government experience much more.
"I also want to add that Quebec politics and voters are quite different from the rest of the country. They will give a good look to 3rd parties or new parties while the rest of the country has a less tendency to do that."
I'm not sure that's true, or at least it hasn't been true historically. After all both the conservatives and the NDP have their roots in newly formed, and decidedly anti-establishment, western parties. In that respect, Quebec has been a bit of a stick-in-the-mud in terms punishing "establishment" parties. Prior to 1993 Quebecers could consistently be expected to vote for the Liberals (which is why they dominated the Canadian political scene in the last century), and on the rare occasions they didn't (Dief in 58, Mulroney in the 80's) they chose the government, for which they received a reputation outside of Quebec (a reputation that, in retrospect, was perhaps not merited) for being canny strategic voters.
But to your main point, I agree, it will all come down to leadership and platform. And, if one thinks that the NDP is strong in those respects, it's probably better to be official opposition than a third party in the house. Perhaps we just disagree in our assessments of the NDPs talent pool and the appeal of their policies.
Hey Nazar: you make some good points about 2nd and 3rd parties, but those only work in the traditional sense, I would argue. In other words, the NDP is traditionally a 3rd party. And although they did well relatively speaking and came second outside of Quebec, it wasn't spectacular. A lot of those voters got caught up in the orange wave or shifted to CPC to stop it. If the NDP doesn't do spectacularly well in the next 4 years, voters on both sides of the spectrum could, and likely will, slip back to the Liberals.
In Quebec, it's anybody's guess. So here goes mine. The NDP has hit the ceiling in that province and likely can't do better. If they slip in the next four years, I'd wager their vote will likely go Liberal or possibly CPC, although the latter is unlikely. The Bloc could be done like dinner. If that's the case, the Liberals should be able to make the most of any NDP slip.
But with four years to go, who the hell knows? It's fun playing these mental masturbation games though.
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PQ moves into majority territory
One province-wide poll and three riding polls have been released since the last update, and for the first time in the campaign they put the Parti Québécois in a position to form a slim majority government.
With a gain of 1.6 points, the Parti Québécois is now projected to take 36.1% of the vote, giving them 65 seats. That is a gain of seven since the last update and just enough to put them over the barrier of 63 seats that is needed for a majority government.
The Liberals have suffered most at the hands of the PQ, slipping five seats to 42 and 0.4 points to 32.3%. The Coalition Avenir Québec made a small gain in the popular vote, up 0.5 points to 23.2%, but has lost two seats. They are now projected to win 16.
Québec Solidaire is down 0.2 points to 5.6% and remains at two seats. The Greens are down 0.4 points to 1.6% while Option Nationale is down 0.5 points to 0.5%.
The polls have tightened up considerably throughout Quebec, shrinking the projection ranges as well. This has had an important effect on the potential results, as the CAQ's high range no longer overlaps with the low ranges of the PQ and Liberals. The PQ is now projected to win between 50 and 75 seats, putting them in a very good position to come out ahead. The Liberals are projected to win between 30 and 54 seats, making a Liberal plurality highly unlikely. And with between 10 and 28 seats, the CAQ forming the Official Opposition, or even heading up a weak minority government, is out of the question.
The Parti Québécois has made gains in most parts of the province, but primarily in and around Montreal. On the island there have been no changes in seats, but the PQ is up three points to 30.2%. That still puts them well behind the Liberals, who lead with 42.3% (+0.7) in the projection, but the PQ is currently at their floor in terms of seats. They have room to grow, while the Liberals are at the high end of their capabilities. Québec Solidaire has moved back into third on the island, with a 0.3-point gain to hit 11.9%.
In the suburbs off of the island of Montreal, the PQ is up 2.9 points in the projection to 38.8%, awarding them four new seats. The Liberals are down 0.7 points and two seats to 28.3%, while the CAQ dropped 2.5 points to 25.8%, and two seats to only four.
The PQ also made gains at both ends of the province, picking up 2.8 points in western Quebec and 3.2 points in eastern Quebec, in all giving them three more seats. In eastern Quebec, the PQ leads with 46.8% and is trailed by the Liberals at 29.3% (-2.8). The Liberals are down three seats, two of them going to the PQ and one to the CAQ, which is up 1.3 points to 18.1% in the region.
In western Quebec, the PQ leads with 41.9% and is trailed by the Liberals at 28.1% (-1.8) and the CAQ at 21.8% (-1.8).
The Liberals did improve their standing in Quebec City, however. They are up three points to 36.1%, widening the gap between them and the CAQ. François Legault's party is up 0.8 points to 33.6%, but the Liberal gain has given them an extra seat. They are projected to win six to the CAQ's four and the PQ's one (they slipped 1.2 points to 23.3%).
The CAQ also saw their fortunes improve in central Quebec, as the party picked up 3.7 points to hit 29% and six seats, a gain of one. The Liberals dropped 0.5 points to 29.4%, giving them a very narrow edge over the CAQ, but they also dropped one seat to only two. At 34.6%, the PQ leads (though they dropped 0.6 points).
Worrisome for the Liberals is that they have fallen to third in the polls in certain regions. The projection adjusts polling results slightly, but in terms of the unadjusted average the PLQ now trails the CAQ for second place in central Quebec and the Montreal suburbs, and has fallen from first to second in Quebec City. The superior electoral machinery of the Liberals, however, should be able to make the difference.
Forum's latest poll for The National Post generally shows the status quo from the polling firm's perspective, as no party has seen its support shift to a statistically significant degree. The PQ has widened their lead (and it is a lead just outside the margin of error) to four points, picking up one point to hit 35% while the Liberals dropped one to 31%. The CAQ slipped one point to 25%, while Québec Solidaire was steady at 6%.
None of the regional variations appear to be important, suggesting that voting intentions in the province are generally solid. The PQ holds a statistically significant lead on the south shore and among francophones, however, while the Liberals are well ahead among non-francophones.
Even the approval/disapproval ratings of the leaders has not shifted more than a wink. If anything has occurred, however, it is that every leader has seen their disapproval ratings move up a tick or two.
Forum includes a question on whether voters are enthusiastic or not to cast their ballot, a possible proxy for people who are likely to vote. There isn't a huge difference in voter enthusiasm between the parties, but the PQ does have the edge. If we look at the "very enthusiastic" totals, we get a vote share of 39% for the PQ, 31% for the Liberals, and 22% for the CAQ.
Three riding polls have also been released over the last week, all by Segma Recherche. The first, for the riding of Granby, found the CAQ at 49% to 24% for the PQ and 16% for the Liberals. This was very close to the projection at the time, which gave the CAQ 49% to 23% for the PQ and Liberals.
Two polls today in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region found the PQ in good standing, as the projection did. The PQ scored 59% in Lac-Saint-Jean and 53% in Chicoutimi, and were trailed by the Liberals and CAQ in a close tie for second. The Liberals had 21% in Chicoutimi and 17% in Lac-Saint-Jean, while the CAQ had 19% and 18%, respectively. The projection did give the PQ a wide margin of victory, but interestingly it was over-estimating Liberal support, mostly to the detriment of the CAQ.
The Liberals were also over-estimated in Granby and Sherbrooke. This leads to two questions: is the projection over-estimating Liberal support? Or, are polls under-estimating their vote? If the projection is over-estimating the Liberals, this could have one of two consequences. On the one hand, it may be over-estimating the Liberal ability to win seats. On the other hand, it may be under-estimating Liberal support where they have incumbents. This occurred in the Alberta election, where the Liberal vote tanked disproportionately in ridings where they did not have an incumbent, and held firm in ridings where they did. There was no sign of that in the riding poll for Sherbrooke, though.
But if the polls are under-estimating Liberal support we could see them be much stronger than expected on election night. This is what the projection model assumes with its adjustment mechanism for turnout, but there is always the possibility that the incumbency advantage will be especially strong in this election.
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Adam A. 15 August, 2012 15:39
This wholly surprises me. I expected the PQ vote to continue to dwindle along with, but perhaps not at the same rate as, the PLQ vote in favour of CAQ.
I suppose these will remain steady until either a gaffe happens or the debates where Pauline will find herself to be very vulnerable along with Charest.
Renaissance Man 16 August, 2012 02:18
I expected this too, honestly. I almost sure the anglophones will be in favour of the CAQ after while.
Do we have any idea on how much of the Quebec population would be voting Yes on a possible referendum should the PQ come out on top with a majority?
I know they almost aren't speaking of this at all at the moment as it would be political suicide, but I'm almost certain that it would resurface if they get a majority.
Support generally oscillates somewhere between 35% and 45%, depending on the poll. Lately, it has been on the lower side.
Claude 15 August, 2012 16:52
I think in this election a vote the PQ is not a vote for sovereignty. It is a vote against Charest. My feeling is that even among Québec Liberals, federalists, soft federalists there is a high dissatisfaction with Charest. Unfortunately there are really no other party for which these people can vote other than a separtist party, CAQ or PVQ. And the new progressive,federalist party Union citoyenne du Québec (UCQ) is still too new and unknown to register on most voters radar. I also think that if Marois tries to spin a PQ majority or minority into a referendum it will backfire on her.
Ronald O'Dowd 15 August, 2012 22:44
Éric,
Éric, is there any chance you might elaborate further on how you get from the poll averages to the vote projection beyond "taking into account past discrepancies between voting intentions and voting results"? This seems to result in the PQ and PLQ outperforming their polling numbers and all others underperforming. However, looking at the 2008 results vs. the polls, I'm not fully seeing these tendencies. Definitely the Greens and QS underperformed, but the PLQ sort of did as well: most polls throughout the campaign had them in the 44-46% range, whereas they ended up with 42%, exactly as predicted by that final Angus Reid poll on Dec 5. Meanwhile, the ADQ (assuming you may be using them as a proxy for the CAQ) at 16% did better than any poll had shown (12-15%) throughout the whole campaign. Finally, while the PQ (35%) did outperform a number of polls throughout the campaign, that same Angus Reid one had them at 36% and Environics had them as high as 39% near the beginning of the campaign. Just curious. Cheers.
There are links to the methodology in the side-bar.
Hadn't noticed that! Thanks.
I'm surprise so far. The PQ's campaing is the weakest of the three majors. Charest is going slowly, but without any major mistake. And the CAQ is going firm with the marketing adage; everyone talk about them.
All in all, this bunch of poll, well I think they do their classical trick, not showing uncertain voter. From memory, every time they did that, they really over-estimated, and by a lot, the PQ.
Just to say, as I can observe directly the campaign, that do not feel like the real shift. Time will tell, or 4th September, whatever come first.
simval84 16 August, 2012 12:57
The PQ's campaign is not really the weakest, it is the most traditional and predictable. They make no gaffes and do their own thing while the Liberals and the CAQ pile on gaffe after gaffe and get involved in mud-slinging. The PQ's campaign is not likely to yield a great breakthrough, but they don't need it, they're ahead and they don't want to create too much turbulence.
The Liberals by far are doing the worst campaign. They're extremely negative, which has backfired until now and the public trust in them is basically gone, which seriously weakens their arguments and big promises. The problem with the Liberals is that they have no more link to the francophone voters, people don't feel like the Liberals listen to them or are on their side. Their arrogance and attempts to demonstrate their authority are not helping at all.
The Quebec electorate is notoriously volatile. It will be interesting to see if this holds until September or if support will now rally behind either the PLQ or CAQ as a consequence of the PQ gaining.
A lot of people in Quebec like the fact that the PQ is gaining. Quebec nationalists are especially loyal to seperatist parties and will have no trouble getting out their vote at all. Remember the fact that non-francophones are a minority in Quebec, and francophones are in the majority, that should put the huge liberal lead among non-francophones into perspective.
Ryan 16 August, 2012 02:06
I thought I submitted a comment on this earlier: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Marois+struggling+with+hijab+backlash/7094413/story.html
Did you censor it out Eric, or did it just not go through?
On that story itself... if the PQ keeps rising in the polls thanks to bigotry like that, then it will be a sad reminder that politicians can and will exploit the more hateful instincts of people for their own partisan gain.
Despite ideological differences, Pauline Marois reminds me of Danielle Smith.
DL 16 August, 2012 12:45
Pauline Marois reminds me more of Marine Le Pen - actually if you look at pictures of them side by side Marois could be Le Pen's mother!
You say Quebec voters are notoriously "volatile". Compared to who?? Compared to Alberta voters who swung wildly in their election? Compared to Ontario voters who looked ready to dump the Liberals and then swung wildly back and forth?
The new CROP poll is intriguing... not sure if Éric is going to do a write up about it.
PQ- 34%
PLQ- 27%
CAQ- 25%
QS- 7%
PVQ- 3%
ON- 2%
The PLQ is finally starting to take a hit, with CAQ surging four points since the last CROP poll. It will be interesting to see what the debates do to these numbers.
Éric, has CROP released the details from its poll today? It's apparently showing a sizeable (though not yet statistically significant) switch of non-francophone support to the CAQ, with 20% supporting the. I don't think it'll have much effect on your projection though, because the numbers are pretty much spot on with what you have 34 PQ, 27 PLQ, 25 CAQ
An update with CROP's numbers is coming later this afternoon.
Thanks! Your site is a fantastic resource, by the way.
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GE13: 505 - The day BN won the election but lost the contest
Thread: GE13: 505 - The day BN won the election but lost the contest
8th September 2013, 04:56 AM #1
505: The day BN won the election but lost the contest
Photograph: Hitoribocchi
Although BN lost the popular vote, it remained in power. This paves the way for great uncertainty for politics in Malaysia in the years ahead. New strategic thinking is needed on all sides.
By Zairil Khir Johari
The evening began optimistically enough. By 7pm, my team members and I were gathered at the nomination centre, where the final votes were going to be tallied up and results announced by the returning officer. Ballot boxes had only just started trickling in, but from the unofficial feedback from the polling centres, we felt cautiously optimistic. Based on the initial numbers, it would appear that our hard work over the last 15 days had paid off. But what really preoccupied our minds was the bigger picture.
Around me, my team members were as nervous as I was. Our eyes remained glued to our smart phones, furiously refreshing news portals and twitter feeds for the latest information. Whoever first received an update would excitedly announce it to all and sundry.
As an hour passed, we felt even more upbeat.
Although the TV stations had announced victory for the minister Raja Nong Chik in Lembah Pantai, the alternative media (upon which we placed far greater trust) had the incoming Prime Minister’s daughter, Nurul Izzah Anwar, leading and set to bag her second ministerial scalp in as many elections.
Then news came of another minister’s defeat, in Malacca. Then another – this time a popular deputy minister – in Pahang. Government ministers were dropping like flies in Johor, Kedah and even at a hitherto safe naval seat in Perak. From the running numbers, a few other ministers’ necks also appeared to be on the chopping blocks. It now became difficult to remain calm.
After 56 years of one-party rule, was change finally about to happen? The prospect was dizzying.
However, as we now know, the evening ended in a crash. By two in the morning, despite our own local victory, our enthusiasm had been punctured and despondency had set in. We couldn’t stop asking each other, how did we lose a battle that, even to the very end, appeared to be going our way?
An engineered victory
As the dust settled, the picture soon became clearer. The ruling BN coalition had managed to cling on to power, though the Prime Minister’s expression during his victory speech did not give the impression of a man who had just won. On the other hand, the opposition Pakatan coalition’s electoral defeat, having won 89 seats or a mere 40% of the total 222 parliamentary seats, just did not feel right to anyone who had participated in the election.
This is because it wasn’t right.
Final statistics confirmed that Pakatan had won a commanding 51% of the popular vote, a share that would have been more than enough to win power in any other similar first-past-the-post Westminster-style democracy. Yet the ruling BN had swept 60% of the seats with only 47% of the popular vote.
Suddenly, Malaysians knew how Al Gore felt 13 years ago, except that a 266 to 271 loss in electoral college votes with a 48.4% share of the popular vote as opposed to George W Bush’s 47.9% does not quite compare to the situation in Malaysia, where Pakatan can boast of a clean majority – the first ever by an opposition coalition.
The results of the 13th General Election of course now stands as the clearest proof that the existing electoral system is a broken one. The fact is that the grossly disproportionate correlation between popular votes and seats won is a legacy stemming from five decades of gerrymandering, malapportionment and, worst of all, the erosion of constitutional safeguards meant to prevent the very same irrational variances that have occurred today.
When the Federal Constitution was formulated 56 years ago, Parliamentary seats were divided along two guiding principles: firstly, that each state would be divided into constituencies based on its population and number of voters and, secondly, that the number of voters in each constituency should not stray by more than 15% of the average in its state.
The 15% deviation flexibility was to allow for rural weightage and ostensibly fairer representation for those in less accessible areas. However, this 15% deviation was increased to 100% in 1962 and removed altogether in 1973. As a result, we now have an irrational and wayward variance in number of voters from seat to seat, such as Putrajaya (15,971 voters) [1], Igan (17,771), Lubok Antu (19,303) and the ministerial seat of Padang Rengas (28,51 , compared to Gombak (123,290), Serdang (133,139) and Kapar (144,159).
In other words, voters in certain areas (such as Putrajaya or Igan) have eight to nine times more value than voters in other areas (such as Serdang or Kapar), a situation which does not serve democracy well.
This discrepancy is true even between Parliamentary seats in the same state (something which would have been prohibited by the original 15% then 100% deviation caveat). For example, Kapar (144,159 voters) has four times the number of voters as its Selangor counterpart Sabak Bernam (37,31 .
While an attempt could be made to justify some of the inconsistencies by reason of the urban-rural dynamic, in particular seats such as Igan and Lubok Antu in Sarawak and even to a certain extent Sabak Bernam in Selangor, nothing explains why Baling, a semi-urban seat in Kedah has 74,698 voters, which is far more than the 57,313 voters in the urban Kedah state capital of Alor Setar.
Photograph: Kwong Wah Yit Poh
In short, every Pakatan parliamentarian has had to shake more hands and visit far more houses in order to win.
The only explanation is a political one – Baling is known to be an opposition stronghold while Alor Setar has traditionally been won by BN. It is only when we apply this same consideration that the variance in the Sabak Bernam-Kapar case makes sense. Hence, it is no surprise to find that the other seats with excessively large voter populations such as Serdang and Gombak are also traditional Pakatan seats, while seats with far fewer voters such as Putrajaya, Igan, Lubok Antu and Padang Rengas are affiliated to BN.
Simply put, severe gerrymandering and malapportionment have been applied, not from a need to balance the urban-rural divide, but from a conscious BN policy to both reduce the effectiveness of Pakatan supporters as well as to make it infinitely harder for the opposition to win. As a result, the average Pakatan constituency has 77,655 voters while the average BN constituency has 46,510 (based on the recent General Election). In short, every Pakatan parliamentarian has had to shake more hands and visit far more houses in order to win.
As a corollary from this, the principle of seat-assignment based on state population has also been compromised. For example, Selangor, the state with the largest population and most number of voters, strangely does not have the most number of Parliamentary seats. Its 2.05 million voters are divided into 22 Parliamentary seats, which are fewer than Johor’s 26 seats and Perak’s 24 seats, despite the fact that the latter two have only 1.60 million and 1.41 million voters respectively.
In this regard, it is again no coincidence that Selangor, the most under-represented state, happens to be a Pakatan stronghold (Pakatan currently enjoys a two-thirds majority in the state assembly), while Johor, one of the most over-represented states, is a BN bastion.
It is a wonder in itself that Pakatan managed to win 51% of the popular vote. One can only imagine what the result would have been had the system been fairer.
The Chinese blame game
The results mean that the ruling BN will have to contend with two facts: that they would have lost badly were it not for the heavily distorted distribution of voters in their favour in addition to other electoral irregularities, and that they had effectively lost the support of a resounding majority of Malaysians.
Realisation of the above is critical if BN has any intention of regaining lost ground. Unsurprisingly, their actions post-election reveal that they are more content to retreat into a defensive shell.
Two days after the historic General Election, the BN-controlled mainstream media began an offensive against the minority Chinese electorate. Two national Malay dailies ran extremely provocative and racially-charged headlines, namely “What more do Chinese want?” (Utusan Malaysia) and “Chinese voters are two-faced” (Kosmo!).
Photograph: Thomas Timlen
This was followed up with belligerent rhetoric by prominent personalities such as a former Appeals Court judge warning the Chinese to brace against a possible backlash for betraying BN, as well as a public university pro-Chancellor openly calling for the abolishment of vernacular Chinese and Tamil schools. Topping it all was none other than the grand old man of Malaysian politics himself, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who claimed that BN’s poor performance was due to the “ungrateful Chinese” who had “rejected the Malays’ hand of friendship”.
However, it must be pointed out that BN’s racial agenda is misplaced. Firstly, the ethnic Chinese make up barely 30% of total eligible voters. This means that the 51% of popular votes cast for Pakatan was clearly more than mono-ethnic in source, even if one were to assume every single Chinese voter voted for the opposition.
Secondly, Pakatan managed to increase their majorities in the state assemblies of Penang and Selangor by picking up extra Malay-majority seats (one in Penang, six in Selangor). At the same time, Malay support for Pakatan also saw an increase across most of its seats in these two states.
The Pakatan coalition also nearly won the state of Terengganu, where 96% of all voters are Malay. In Kelantan, another predominantly Malay state, Pakatan maintained its hold on the state government with a two-thirds majority. In addition, Pakatan also managed to gain many new Malay-majority seats from all over the country such as Alor Setar in Kedah, Sepang in Selangor, Dungun in Terengganu, Batu Pahat in Johor and a smattering of Bumiputera-majority seats in Sabah and Sarawak.
None of the above would have been possible if it were merely a “Chinese tsunami” as suggested by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The truth is Pakatan had managed to gain support across the board in most urban centres, making the victory more of an “urban tsunami”, if such a term is to be used.
While race is still a relevant factor in Malaysian politics, there is no doubt that BN’s unprecedented “loss” is due, not so much to racial considerations, but more to its inability to win over the urban electorate. This stems from its failure to address longstanding issues relevant to urban dwellers such as corruption, housing price inflation, lack of public transport infrastructure, spiralling household debt, stagnant economic growth and urban poverty.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Photograph: Marufish
As summarised by the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) and the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS), two locally-accredited election observers, the 13th General Election was “partially free but not fair”.
It is disingenuous of BN leaders to blame the voters without first looking at themselves. It is precisely their inability to understand the modern electoral dynamics of an urban population that has led to their fallacious racial hypothesis that effectively ignores the groundswell of Malay support for Pakatan in many areas throughout the country.
Tun Abdullah Ahamd Badawi.
Photograph: Wan Leonard
Four years ago, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was removed as Prime Minister for losing BN’s traditional two-thirds majority. This time, Najib has fared worse and is now stuck with the ignominy of leading the first minority government in Malaysia’s history.
Both coalitions now find themselves at a crossroads. For BN, its challenge is to find common ground with ordinary Malaysians, the majority of whom had voted for Pakatan. As it stands, its bellicose racial theatrics appear to be setting it in the wrong direction. For Pakatan, coalition-building remains a critical enterprise. Balancing the aspirations of the three seemingly-disparate partners (social democratic DAP, liberal democratic PKR and Islamist PAS) will require great care and even greater restraint.
For both BN and Pakatan, the winner of the next General Election will be the coalition that manages to position itself in the centre of mainstream Malaysian politics. This will entail articulating solutions to urban problems, spelling out a clear socioeconomic agenda and steering clear of hawkish tendencies.
While electoral irregularities will remain a thorn towards political change, it would be at the peril of any party to ignore the need to appeal to the Malaysian middle ground. This is an especially crucial consideration taking into account the rapid pace of urbanisation, internet penetration and changing demography of new voters in the future.
Whatever the case, the future looks set to be interesting for Malaysia.
Zairil Khir Johari is CEO of the Penang Institute and Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera.
[1] Putrajaya may be the only acceptable exception, bearing in mind it is a standalone Federal Territory.
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E4J University Module Series: Trafficking in Persons / Smuggling of Migrants
The criminalization of smuggling of migrants
UNTOC and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants
Financial or other material benefit
The scope of protection
Migrant smuggling vis-à-vis other crime types
Published in January 2019.
Offences under the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants do not capture the conduct of those who act for purposes other than obtaining a financial or other material benefit. As a result, the Protocol does not criminalize the actions of those acting out of humanitarian concern for migrants. The Interpretative Notes of the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants are clear in this respect.
The travaux préparatoires should indicate that the reference to "a financial or other material benefit" as an element of the definition [of migrant smuggling] was included in order to emphasize that the intention was to include the activities of organized criminal groups acting for profit, but to exclude the activities of those who provided support to migrants for humanitarian reasons or on the basis of close family ties. It was not the intention of the Protocol to criminalize the activities of family members or support groups such as religious or non-governmental organizations.
Interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto
It needs to be emphasized that, in principle, where the financial or other material benefit is a constituent element of SOM-related offences, there would be no need to provide for a specific provision enshrining a humanitarian exemption. However, cases in which someone assists migrants for humanitarian reasons but receives, for instance, payment in the amount exclusively necessary to afford fuel to cross the border, could remain a grey area and be subject to criminalization under the Protocol. In such instances, States could consider including in their legislation a specific provision to exempt from criminal liability those engaging in such conduct. In jurisdictions that do not include a financial or other material benefit as an element, prosecutions against humanitarian actors could occur.
A case where three persons were prosecuted for facilitating irregular migration under the Italian law, which does not require proof of a financial or other material benefit, is presented in Boxes 22 and 23.
Italy acquits migrant rescue crew
An Italian court has acquitted three members of a German charity of aiding illegal migration after they rescued a boatload of stranded African migrants.
In 2004, a ship from the Cap Anamur relief group rescued 37 migrants who were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. Former Cap Anamur president, Elias Bierdel, as well as the ship's captain and first officer, were put on trial in Agrigento, Sicily in 2006. Humanitarian groups have welcomed the ruling. The UN refugee agency had complained that the trial, as well as Italy's tough legislation on illegal immigration, had scared fishermen from rescuing people stranded at sea. Italy had at first turned away the ship, but let it dock after nearly three weeks when the captain issued an emergency signal. The three aid workers were detained for several days and then faced trial. "This verdict is important for all those who do good," said the ship's captain, Stefan Schmidt. "My only regret is that with the money we have spent fighting this case for five years we could have been helping people," he was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. All 37 migrants were returned to their home nations after landing in Sicily. Many had claimed they were fleeing fighting in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, but were found to come from Ghana and Nigeria. Italy, with its long and porous coastline, is a major target for migrants seeking to enter Europe.
BBC News, 7 October 2009
Case N. 3267/04 R.G.N.R - Cap Anamur
The German Cap Anamur, property of the NGO of the same name, was registered as both a "cargo ship" and a "rescue and support vessel". During a mission, with destination Middle East, aimed at delivering food, medicines and medical equipment, the Captain stopped in Malta for repairs to the engines. The Cap Anamur remained in Malta from 26 May to 4 June 2004, after which it took several navigability tests into a restricted sea area. On 20 June 2004, the Captain gave order to perform a new series of manoeuvres at sea to verify the reliability of the engine. During these tests, the vessel detected, on international waters, an inflatable vessel with 37 African irregular migrants on board, asking for help. The migrants' vessel was leaking air, taking on water, and releasing smoke from the engine. In addition, weather and sea conditions were highly adverse. Against this background, the Captain ordered the rescue of the 37 migrants. Once on-board Cap Anamur, most of them admitted to be fleeing from Sudan, a country overwhelmed with civil war. They received first medical care from the nurse on board.
For several days, the Captain and the Head of the NGO Cap Anamur, while remaining on the high sea, studied the available avenues. Finally, they decided to head the Cap Anamur to Italy. While Libya was the closest port from the site of rescue, Sicily was the closest among those that could provide the most appropriate conditions to migrants, i.e. medical assistance, respect for human rights and a legal framework able to deal with the specific reality the migrants were coming from. By the same token, Sicily had the nearest harbour able to deliver the necessary logistical support to the tonnage of a vessel like the Cap Anamur.
Initially, Italian authorities did not consent to the disembarkment of migrants for several reasons. Amongst others, it had found a number of circumstances suspicious, such as the (i) "abnormal"movement/itinerary of the vessel in the previous days, which could indicate the intent of patrolling international waters in search of irregular migrants travelling by sea, and (ii) fact that in the 10-day periodthat separated the day of rescue and the day of communication with Italian authorities, the Cap Anamur had not informed Maltese authorities, even though it had navigated close to its territory. As time went through, the Captain warned that some migrants presented serious signs of distress: despair and frustration took over them, with some beating their heads against the walls, others threatening to jump into the sea in the hope of reaching Italian soil swimming. In addition, the vessel was facing shortage of water. Finally, the Cap Anamur was allowed to dock in Sicily, especially after the defendants' declarations according to which there was a real emergency. It was also feared a revolt from migrants, whereby the Captain declared not to be in the position to ensure security on board. Authorities understood the Captain was referring to a humanitarian emergency rather than lack of control over the migrants. Instead, once on-board, expertsdetermined there was no humanitarian emergency. Notably, no migrant required medical assistance and sanitary conditions were standard.
The Cap Anamur venture received intense media coverage. All migrants requested asylum in Italy. After proper verifications, it was determined that from the 37 migrants, 31 were Ghanaian and 6 were Nigerian. Asylum claims were thus denied, and the migrants were ultimately deported.
Note: For the full analysis of the case, including the reasoning of the Court, see SHERLOC Case Law Database
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South Africa: South Africa is a Success Story
Source: wwwsanews.gov.za
Source Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Focus: ICT for MDGs, Knowledge Management in Government
Created: Apr 30, 2014
President Zuma said government had made good progress in building social cohesion and “promoting a new single national identity, and work is continuing in this regard”.
“The biggest barrier to further increasing social cohesion is the remaining inequality in society which needs to be attended to further.
“Going forward, we should commit to working together further to implement the National Development Plan to deal with the remaining challenges and take our country forward.
“South Africa is a success story. South Africa is a good story,” he said.
The Presidency has, for the past 18 months, interacted with different leaders across all spheres of government to compile the Review.
Today’s release comes after government released the 15 Year Review in 2008, which focused mainly on inter-governmental relations linked to service delivery.
The release of the 20 Year Review, the President said, was a milestone and it focused on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) that was introduced by the democratic government after 1994.
He said through RDP - which has placed millions of South Africans in social security programmes – many have benefitted from subsidised housing, services such as electricity and water, quality education and healthcare. South Africans now enjoyed basic human rights that restored their dignity after the adoption of the Constitution in 1996.
“Thanks to our progressive Constitution, we enjoy freedom of movement and of association, the right to own property, the right not to be detained without trial, freedom of expression and freedom of the press, religious freedom and freedom of sexual orientation.
“Women have equal rights before the law, which did not exist before 1994.
“Workers have 20 years of enjoying rights, including trade union workplace organising, collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work, health and safety, affirmative action, skills development, minimum wages for workers in vulnerable sectors, the right to strike, and the right to peaceful protest,” he said.
Economic progress
On growth, President Zuma said despite the country inheriting a bankrupt economy, growth has averaged 3.2% from 1994 to 2012.
“This is a marked improvement over pre-1994 growth rates,” he said.
The number of people in employment grew by approximately 5.6 million between 1994 and 2013, or by 60%.
The President said South Africa still faced challenges left by the apartheid legacy, including the uneven distribution of land, the aftereffects of Bantu education, unemployment and poor economic growth. However, the partnership between government, labour and business – combined with the integration of the National Development Plan – would go a long way to carry the country forward.
Since the mid-2000s, government had placed an emphasis on investing in economic infrastructure such as ports, rail, dams and power stations.
The President said investment in infrastructure, which has also been identified as a key jobs driver, had increased “dramatically” over the past five years.
Social stability
The country has made progress in terms of the provisioning of social well-being services such as health, education and housing.
Over eight million school children are now beneficiaries of no-fee schools, while nine million are being fed through the schools feeding scheme, ensuring that no school child goes to class on an empty stomach.
On health, President Zuma said that in addition to free basic healthcare, more than 1 500 healthcare facilities have been built and existing ones have been revitalised over the past 20 years.
“One of the major challenges that confronted the democratic government was the rapid rise in the HIV epidemic. The country’s improved response to HIV and Aids and TB has resulted in dramatic improvements in health outcomes,” he said.
RDP has resulted in about 2.8 million government-subsidised houses being distributed and over 875 000 serviced sites being delivered.
This, President Zuma said, enabled more than 12 million people access to accommodation.
He said 56% of all housing subsidies allocated have been to woman-headed households. The proportion of people living in formal housing increased from 64% in 1996 to 77% in 2011.
In conclusion, President Zuma invited the country to peruse the 20 Year Review document, engage with it and reflect on how far South Africa has come since 1994.
“We have succeeded because of the hard work of all our people who contributed in various ways to rebuilding their country.
“We are honoured to place before the country this 20 Year Review, which provides evidence in this regard. I invite South Africans to engage with this review.
“We trust that it will be useful in assessing the path we have travelled thus far, and in moving the country forward.”
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President Jacob Zuma says South Africa has compared with many emerging economies a good story to tell based on its achievements over the past 20 years of democracy Speaking at the launch of the 20 Year Review South Africa 1994 to 2014 document at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria on Tuesday President Zuma said government had done well to improve the lives of citizens through pro-poor economic interventions after it inherited the apartheid legacy in 1994 The President also dedicated the release of government’s 20 Year Review to the legacy of the late former statesman Nelson Mandela
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Date: 10 Nov 1940
Place: Cockfield Lane, Aylesbury
Source: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
The body of a newly-born child was found in a lane.
The body was found in a nude state in two brown-paper shopping carriers at about 12.25pm under a garden wall in Cockfield Lane which ran from New street to Buckingham Road.
The inner carrier bag bore the name 'Fuller' on the outside, in handwriting that had been crossed out with blue ink.
A doctor that examined the child at about 1.15pm on 10 November 1940 said that it weighed about seven pounds and that it was quite cold, and that rigor mortis had set in. He said that he formed the opinion that it had been certainly dead for 12 hours, but not more than five days.
He said that the umbilical cord was still attached to the child, but that it was only about a foot long and appeared to have been torn across, noting that he was confident that it had not been cut.
He said that he found no signs of any external injury or marks of ligatures around its neck and said that its body appeared to have been washed.
In conclusion the doctor said that he thought that the child's cause of death was neglect. He said that he thought that the child had been dead before it was put into the bag and that he saw no signs of suffocation.
Another pathologist agreed that the child had had a separate existence, noting that the child had not been fed and agreed that its death was due to neglect after birth. When the coroner asked him whether he thought that the child’s life might have been preserved if a doctor or a nurse had been in attendance at birth, the pathologist said that it was a difficult question as it was clear that the body had been washed, suggesting that somebody was aware that the child had been alive.
When the coroner summed up, he said that he was satisfied that the child had had a separate existence and was not still-born and that it had died from neglect, but that there was no evidence to show how it came to be in the position that it was found and an open verdict was returned.
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urban biography
Curtis and Krystal
When we walk up, he’s hunched over, pouring gas from a plastic red canister into the small opening of a generator. It’s early evening, and getting muggy. Luke and I scowl at the dark clouds forming above us, and Luke instinctually puts a hand on his camera strap and presses it to his side. Curtis stands up, wipes the sweat from his brow with a bright white cloth, and extends his hand.
This isn’t our first time meeting Curtis Bright. Months earlier, Luke and I huddled over his food at the Food Truck Bazaar on Colonial Drive, willing to brave the rain for a vegan dish that he posted as an add-on to his standard fare. This is, however, the first time that we’ve had a chance to see the SWAT team (Curtis and his wife Krystal) operate behind the scenes.
Curtis’ handshake is tight, and you can feel his anxious energy as he explains that they are running behind with their setup. To kill some time, Luke and I dip into the bar next door where, we discover, there is enough local color to keep us writing for days.
The bar is mix of kitschy surfer shack and small-town dive, and my eyes dart surreptitiously from the wiry dark-haired man with his feet up reading a Kindle to the road-weary owner of the large Harley Davidson with the phrase “Drink, Fight, Fuck” on the back of his leather jacket. Luke sets down a cup of water for me and flanks himself with two large glasses of beer. I raise my eyebrows in amusement. “What? They were Two-for-One! What was I supposed to do with the other one?” I shake my head, knowing that they will likely go untouched.
“I used to go to Pine Ridge High School, not far from here. I grew up in this area.” Curtis says as he rejoins us. His body language indicates that he’s engaged, but we can also tell that he’s excited to get on the grill; his brown eyes dart to the door where his large truck growls loudly.
Good,I think to myself, it’s important to love what you do.
“This whole thing came to me in a dream,” he says. There’s a loud crash from behind the bar, but Curtis doesn’t flinch - or even break his gaze. “I was part of Corporate America, and the money was good, but I wasn’t having fun.” He shakes his head. “So, I got my culinary training and spent a lot of time being a customer before I became a owner. See, that’s the thing;” he leans in, “many of these truck owners don’t know about the customer side of this interaction. Buying from a food truck is different than at a restaurant; it’s a unique experience.”
I ask him if the Orlando area is ideal for this type of business.
“There’s a lot of competition. Did you know,” he holds up a finger and his eyebrows raise. He gives us a small, incredulous smile. “Orlando has the highest concentration of food trucks per capita in the country? A lot of people get into this for the fun but they don’t take it serious. You’ve got to work to survive.”
The man knows his stuff. I checked his claim when I got home, and data from Business Insider shows Orlando with 37 food trucks per 100,000 people, the highest in the country. The closest contender is Miami with 34.
“We’ve been operating for three years now, and the menu is about to expand. We’re also going to do a truck remodel - inside and out. There’s going to be a new wrap on the truck and everything.” He waves his hand in the air as if conjuring up the image of their future selves on the wood table before us.
Luke and I are actually glad that we’re catching the last images of their operation before the upgrades. Their big black truck is a key component of the SWAT swagger and has become a familiar sighting around the city.
“It’s a 1975 Chevy P30, a once-retired Orange County School District truck.” While the outside of the truck encapsulates their tagline, “Skewers with a ‘Tude,” inside, the atmosphere is more relaxed and playful. We climb in and watch from one corner as Curtis, compact and reserved in the bar, now seems to physically and spiritually unfold in front of the flames that leap up from his grill. His movements are loose and free, and he and Krystal have developed a kind of choreography in this small space.
“She’s my high school sweetheart. She was a freshman when I was a junior. She lived around the corner from me and I didn’t even know it until we started dating!” It’s easy to imagine them as teenagers together, Krystal with bright eyes and a sweet, lilting voice and Curtis with his earnest gaze, leaning in to absorb every word.
Our joy from watching them work is only eclipsed by the final product, their food. Though their claim to fame is skewers with intensity and a stripped-down, no-fuss presentation, their flavors are actually quite nuanced. They only use fresh, natural ingredients that they cook to order. They are a huge hit with those who have adopted the Paleo diet and want delicious food that isn’t fatty or fried.
As we predicted, it has started to rain, but despite the wet weather, a small crowd is forming below their window. Krystal beams out at the patrons and begins to take orders. Luke starts snapping pictures, and I sneak away for a moment to talk to Kevin and Lindsay, an attractive couple that shows up to support the SWAT truck wherever its parked.
“We love it because it’s healthy and cooked fresh. I’ve been a fan of the chicken, but now I’m getting into the spiced salmon dish.” His bright blue eyes widen with emphasis and he turns to Lindsay, who is glamorously hidden behind oversized black sunglasses.
“Yeah, the chicken is great. But this beef is amazing too!” she laughs. “They are such nice people and the food is great, we’ve been fans from the first time we tried them.”
Judging from the reception that SWAT receives, it appears that everyone seems to love their healthy dose of cheeky ambivalence and unreserved enthusiasm. It’s hard to resist submitting to the SWAT team’s version of tough love.
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Banks plans to launch a civil loans worth 50 million dinars to citizens next week
Baghdad, Mohammed Hadi preparing private banks to release loans to citizens of 50 million dinars next week, according to private banks that indicated the Commonwealth that the benefits of these loans do not exceed 5 percent of the loan amount, which he sees observers financial affairs "revive the economy, it provides liquidity cash, and contributes to the solution part of the problems afflicting with limited income. "
Ali Tariq, Executive Director of the Association of private banks said in a statement to "the world", that private banks "is preparing to launch loans to citizens during the next week, a $ 50 million maximum", explaining that "those loans will be granted the industrial, agricultural and service projects and housing to ensure a civil servant."
He said Tariq "The benefit for the private banks of those loans do not exceed 5 percent of the loan value ratio," according to the instructions laid down by the Central Bank.
did not disclose the Executive Director Association names of those banks, but he stressed that "most of them will begin to provide these loans."
According to official statistics, the number of private banks registered with the Central Bank of Iraq of 32 banks, including eight Muslim, but it is, according to relevant experts did not constitute a record developmentally real to support industry, agriculture or Small and medium enterprises in the country and confined its activities to Asirvih limited operations.
For his part, the President of the Economic Media Centre lion Mohammed, that "classification and function foundation of the domestic banks are granting loans to the public; however, most of them in Iraq gave up on that during the last term," noting it "took advantage of their capital in operations limited Asirvih do not contribute to the developmental role of the country."
According to the comments for "the world", that the weakness of the banking sector overshadowed a negative impact on the private sector in general development, on the grounds that the private banks, "the base engine for the development of economic sectors, mainly ".
Mohammed welcomed the initiative to launch such loans, the requirement to be Voiha acceptable. As he put it.
and economic feasibility President of the Economic Information Center sees it "will contribute to the provision of financial liquidity in the country, and solve some of the economic problems of the citizens being absorbs a large part of unemployment, as well as it will move the Iraqi local productive sectors, not to mention the support of the Iraqi market currency cash. "
The Central Bank of Iraq announced last May launch trillion dinars for private banks to finance small and medium enterprises loans, and increase the share of dollar sales for banking companies and foreign transfers, noting that the development of measures to to address the lack of liquidity in some banks.
He attributed Mohammed and a number of private banks lagging in its work during the last term, to "non-payment of dues of contractors and clients as a result of the lack of liquidity."
He was an economic advisor to the prime minister, he said earlier that "the Central Bank of Iraq will be distributed loan trillion dinars on private banks estimated fair, under the controls and the ability to manage it "denying" the existence of Marqlat on loan or delay in distribution. "
He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh said that "the loans will include small and medium enterprises that are active capital and economic course in Iraq," noting that "some of the complaints which may be raised by the private banks, but the central bank Unable to solve them."
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washingtonpost.com > Arts & Living > Television
Fred Thompson's Presidential Hopes Could Put 'Law' Reruns in Lockup
FCC equal-time rules would impact the former senator and current "Law & Order" star if he runs for president. (By Jonathan Ernst -- Getty Images)
By Michael D. Shear
If Fred Thompson, the onetime Tennessee senator better known to most Americans as District Attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order," runs for president, some fans may be in for a letdown. Television stations are expected to suspend reruns of the show if he makes a real-life bid for the White House.
Federal campaign law requires broadcasters to give all candidates equal time on the airwaves. That rule applies to entertainment programs like "Law & Order," meaning stations that run the show would be required to give other GOP candidates a like amount of prime-time exposure.
With as many as a dozen or more Republican candidates competing for the nomination, that would be prohibitively expensive.
"As a practical matter, [the television stations] would in all likelihood have to pull all of the Fred Thompson shows for the duration of his candidacy," said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, president of the Media Access Project.
Thompson, who remains a member of the "L&O" cast, would likely leave the show if he decides to run, observers said.
The equal-time provision, enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, has been a staple of political campaigning for decades. Its primary goal is to make sure that candidates cannot be frozen out of crucial television time for their campaign commercials.
Candidates' appearances on newscasts, interview programs and at news events are exempted from the rule. So are incidental appearances in documentaries.
But the rule has been applied to television and movie stars in the past.
During the 2003 gubernatorial race in California, television stations dropped all Arnold Schwarzenegger movies out of fear that showing them would require them to give countless hours of free airtime to all 134 other candidates for governor.
Stations also dropped "Bedtime for Bonzo" and other Ronald Reagan movies during his campaigns for governor of California and president.
"Yes, this is a kind of weird application of what is a very good law," Schwartzman said.
There is potential good news for "Law & Order" fans. The FCC rules have never been applied to cable channels, though several legal experts said cable often abides by an equal-time guideline in the hopes of avoiding a legal case that would set a precedent.
Thompson's situation could spark such a case, though a spokesman for NBC Universal, which syndicates "Law & Order," said the network had no comment.
The TNT cable network shows several hours of "Law & Order" reruns every day and often holds all-day marathons. If that continues while Thompson is running for office, one of his rivals could seek to apply the equal-time rule to cable TV.
To do that, the other candidates would have to monitor each of Thompson's appearances, count the minutes he appeared, and then request equal time within seven days of each episode.
Only the actual time that Thompson appears in each episode is counted, legal experts said.
But even if Thompson announces that he's getting in the race, the equal-time provisions -- and the blackout for the reruns -- would not immediately kick in. The law applies only to candidates whose names appear on official state ballots, a step that none of the candidates have yet taken.
"All they've done is filed papers," said Jack Goodman, the former general counsel for the National Association of Broadcasters and now a Washington attorney. That doesn't trigger the rule, he said.
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washingtonpost.com > Business > Business Policy
Wall Street Slams Plan With Sell-Off
Wall Street Traders 'Not Moved' by Geithner Speech
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday outlined plans to increase consumer lending and remove toxic assets from banks' balance sheets. But analysts said they were disappointed by the lack of details in the plans. Video by AP
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By David Cho and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writers
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner vowed yesterday to bring the "full force" of the U.S. government to battle the financial crisis, assembling an unprecedented coalition of agencies and mustering federal resources on a scale rarely seen except at wartime. But the lack of detail in his plan dismayed lawmakers and investors, triggering a steep sell-off on Wall Street.
Treasury officials said they would commit $1.5 trillion in public and private funds, just for starters -- with the possibility of more than $2 trillion -- to aid banks, unfreeze consumer credit markets and stem the soaring foreclosure rate.
How Geithner would accomplish some of those tasks remained unclear yesterday. The Treasury Department provided only the most general descriptions of how struggling homeowners and small businesses would be helped. And officials said they have yet to design a program that is a core part of the plan: A public-private initiative that would encourage investors to buy up the toxic assets now weighing down the books of banks and threatening to overwhelm the firms with losses.
Cleansing the financial system of these assets, which are backed by failing mortgages and other troubled loans, has vexed officials since Congress approved the $700 billion rescue package in October. But financial analysts said Geithner, who took a strong hand in casting the new plan, appeared to have no better grasp on a solution than his predecessor, Henry M. Paulson Jr.
"What they did is over-promise and under-deliver," said Thomas Barrack, chief executive of Colony Capital, a private investment firm in Los Angeles. "They said there was going to be a plan, so everybody expected a plan. And there was nothing."
Minutes after the plan was made public, stock markets plummeted. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down 4.6 percent. The Standard and Poor's 500-stock index, a broader measure, fell 4.9 percent.
Lawrence H. Summers, director of the National Economic Council, said the reaction by the stock markets should not be a black mark on the administration's rescue plan.
"You cannot judge policy by market responses. It's the wrong objective. It's the wrong measure," Summers said in an interview. "The president has made it clear that the focus of our economic policies is on financial and economic performance over time, not day-to-day fluctuations in markets."
In unveiling his plan, Geithner did not ask Congress for more than the roughly $320 billion that remains in the Treasury's initial rescue package for the financial system, known as the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP. For now, the balance of the money to fund the new effort, called the Financial Stability Plan, would come from the Federal Reserve and other government agencies, as well as private-sector contributions.
But in a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Geithner indicated that such a request may be on its way.
"I'm not standing here before you today to ask you to authorize more resources," he said. "I want to be candid, though, that I think this is going to be an expensive problem for the nation, and it's going to require substantial resources."
Geithner announced a multipronged strategy that attempts to address the problems of the traditional banking sector, the credit markets that provide financing to banks, as well as homeowners and small businesses.
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washingtonpost.com > Sports > Redskins
Zorn says he his thankful for opportunity, hopes to coach again
The Zorn era ends
Jim Zorn's tenure as the Washington Redskins' coach included unexpected highs and crushing lows.
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By Barry Svrluga
As his final weeks as the Washington Redskins' coach passed, Jim Zorn said repeatedly that he was making every effort to focus solely on the next game, the next chance for a victory. The reality that swirled around him, though, was impossible to ignore. So when Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen called him in for a meeting early Monday morning, just after Zorn and the team returned from a season-ending trip to San Diego, to tell him he was fired, the second-year head coach was hardly shocked.
"I don't see how I could've been surprised with all the speculation for the last five or six weeks," Zorn said by telephone Monday evening.
In his first interview since his dismissal, Zorn said he understood why Allen and Redskins owner Daniel Snyder would want a new coach after Washington's disastrous 4-12 season. But during a 15-minute conversation, his thoughts on the job he left remained consistent with the thoughts he had while he was in it: He was thankful for the opportunity, and he wished his two-season record was better than 12-20.
"My experience was just incredible," Zorn said. "It was tremendous. Too short for me, but tremendous. Learned a lot. I think I accomplished some things, but we accomplished a lot less than what was necessary, less than what was expected, so that's why I'm on the road."
Zorn, 56, would not go into details about his feelings regarding the myriad developments during the 2009 season -- whether he was offered an ultimatum in October about giving up play-calling duties; how he handled his relationship with Snyder and Vinny Cerrato, then the executive vice president of football operations; what he thought about one of his assistants, secondary coach Jerry Gray, interviewing for his job while Zorn still held it. Even though he spent nearly two full years with the Redskins, he said he preferred to keep his evaluations of the organization private.
"That's not for me to judge, because I was hired to do a job," Zorn said. "And it wasn't my job to have a philosophical reflection on what that might be. I would choose not to answer that, but I think for the right reasons, not because I'd want to say something controversial. That's not my place.
"There's a lot of opinions about that on every NFL team, but the truth of the matter this year is we were 4-12. Period."
That Zorn would essentially choose to overlook the extraordinary circumstances of the Redskins' season and focus on the positives does not surprise those closest to him. Sherman Smith, an old teammate with the Seattle Seahawks who served as Zorn's offensive coordinator with the Redskins, said Monday, "It's something that Jim will learn from and grow from."
"I would say Jim's strength, it's not forgive and forget," said Hall of Fame wide receiver Steve Largent, Zorn's favorite target during their NFL playing days in Seattle and his best friend of 30 years. "It's totally forgive, and learn from the mistakes you've made. I think that's Jim's basic attitude about life. But at the same time, Jim also has an incredible capacity to say, 'Okay, that was last week or that was last year. What do we do this year to get better?' "
Zorn essentially said that will be his approach going forward. Just as he remained outwardly confident in his abilities and his decision-making during the season, he said his tenure with the Redskins made him a better coach than he was when he arrived, fresh off a stint as the quarterbacks coach with the Seattle Seahawks. He does not, for a minute, believe his coaching career is over.
"I think there's a process in gaining experience as a head football coach," Zorn said. "I believe that from Day One to today has been just -- I think every experience I had was an important experience and a meaningful experience. With coaches, players, administration. Every aspect -- offseason, training, planning, to the whole in-season battle. You just can't describe it. It would take a long time to describe all the exciting parts of being a head football coach.
"I think I'm a better coach today because of the experiences that I've had. That's the positive that comes out of something like this. I'm further along now in experience as a head football coach. I hope I get another opportunity."
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Seattle Mayor
We invited the candidates for Mayor to complete a ten-question "job application" — because the way we see it, when candidates for office, they're basically applying for a job working for us, the people they want to represent. Check out the answers.
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Applying for: Seattle Mayor
Below are the answers Jenny Durkan provided to our ten-question job application. All answers are copied verbatim from what we received from the candidate.
1. What would you say is your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness?
I am most proud that some of my strongest supporters are people that have worked for me. I hold people accountable, but strongly believe the best results for any organization come from hiring/keeping good people, listening to them, supporting them and letting them do their jobs. I am passionate about my community, civil rights and creating opportunities for all. I have spent my career fighting for justice in our community - representing victims, protecting civil rights, fighting for our most vulnerable. We must continue to address the root causes of injustice, and unflinchingly face the hard solutions. Democracy can be a loud and noisy business. But it also depends on the quiet changing of hearts.
Some may say I like to “get in the weeds” and see that as a weakness. When tackling tough policy issues – I want to hear from all sides and understand the consequences of all options. I want to analyze problems, see who is affected, understand what has worked and what hasn’t and bring people together to craft a solution. I will talk and gather data to inform my thinking and then make decisions. I will monitor the impact of those decisions – and I am willing to change what does not work. I am straightforward, do my homework, am an active listener and let my values guide my decisions. I find it more gratifying to solve a problem or advance an idea or opportunity than to get credit for it.
2. What are the best & worst jobs you’ve ever had? Why?
Despite being paid $35 a month, the best job was as an English teacher and basketball coach in St. Mary’s, a remote Yupik fishing village in Alaska. I went as teacher, but was just as much a student. The families, students and friends taught me much over two years. The culture, pace, and lifestyle were so different than anything I had experienced. The isolation of the COLD winters (hovering below zero), dark long nights (22 hours at peak), and vast, expansive, snowy tundra was outweighed by the warm friendships, wise friends, and sheer beauty of the land and people.
Teaching was wonderful. Few things beat seeing a student’s eyes light up when they were able to overcome a challenge, or the excitement of an athlete that finally gets it. Their hardwork and perseverance inspired me. I know firsthand the important role educators play in cultivating the academic, social, and emotional success of our youth.
My worst job was piercing ears in a jewelry store - I still flinch thinking about it. My hardest job was when I stayed in St. Mary’s to be a baggage handler for Wein Air Alaska. As the only woman working the job, I was put through the paces and given the toughest tasks. However, after a summer, I could unload jets full of cargo, pickup onboard engines, and fix the forklift engine. The crew became good friends and being a dues-paying Teamster helped me pay for law school. It literally opened the door of opportunity for me.
3. Why is this position a good fit for you?
I know this city, love this city and believe I am the right person to lead it. We face big city challenges. In meeting these challenges, I stand apart from my opponent in both approach and experience. I have executive experience, and can manage the budget and large City government. I have a track record of tackling tough issues, bringing people together and forging durable solutions. I am willing to make decisions, even when it is tough. I will listen to all viewpoints, and am not afraid to learn from others.
I am guided by a deep belief in seeking justice and fighting for the underdog. As a leader, I listen, learn and empower others. I sweat the details. That’s who I am. A progressive fighter. A fierce advocate. An inclusive leader. That’s who I will be as your Mayor.
I was honored to be the first-ever openly-gay U.S. Attorney, appointed by President Obama. As U.S. Attorney, I worked with disparate parties -- including civil rights and community groups city leaders and the police -- to finally put the Seattle Police Department on the path to court monitored and lasting reform.
I created a civil rights unit within the U.S. Attorney’s Office and championed criminal justice reforms.
When President Trump issued the Muslim travel ban based, I went to Sea-Tac Airport and personally helped secure a federal judge’s order barring the deportation of people lawfully in our country. I am uniquely qualified to fight back against President Trump.
4. What makes you the best choice for workers in this race?
We must use all tools to impose more fairness in our economy. I will use the bully pulpit of the office to advocate for low-wage workers and will seek to implement policies that help such workers do better in our growing economy.
Seattle’s leadership in setting labor standards should be matched by a comprehensive effort in both educating employees and employers in what the law requires and also in enforcing it. I believe there are several key elements to a successful enforcement strategy, all of which I will put to use as mayor.
As mayor, I will help protect and build worker bargaining power and will champion policies that are good for working families in Seattle. As the employer of 10,000 city employees represented by almost two dozen unions, I’ll strongly oppose efforts to weaken unions through so-called “right to work” laws and I will partner with city government unions to help prepare for and mitigate against the potential for an unfavorable ruling in the upcoming Janus case. I will promote and support harmonious collective bargaining between labor and management and help avoid work stoppages and lockouts.
I already have a track record of advocating for labor unions in their efforts to protect the rights of workers to collectively bargain. I’ll stand up to the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine the rights of workers, and I’m the only candidate in this race who has already taken on the Trump administration and Evergreen Freedom Foundation -- and won.
5. What do you think is the single biggest issue affecting workers in your area? What would you do to address it?
As a City, we must address the issue of affordability in Seattle. This means focusing on income inequality and expanding protections for workers and working families. It also means ensuring affordable housing and family wage jobs are available in Seattle. Seattle is a wonderful place to live, work, raise a family, and retire, but rising costs and affordability issues are making it difficult for many lower-income families and seniors to remain in the city.
Our city has taken important first steps by raising the minimum wage and passing paid sick leave. I am proud that our state has passed the most progressive family leave legislation in the nation. However, we still have many barriers to overcome, such as closing the gender pay gap.
We need to create more housing options in this city. I will look to leverage City and regional tools and partnerships to help meet this need including seeking property tax exemptions for low-income homeowners and for landlords providing affordable housing and workforce housing.
We must cultivate and protect strong family wage jobs, so people can afford to live where they work. This requires a robust combination of apprenticeship programs, enforcing labor laws and workforce agreements, and keeping/attracting a range of employment opportunities. We must expand opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses. The training, education and development of our local workforce is critical. We want to fill the growing number of jobs – from the trades to tech workers – from right here in Seattle.
6. Describe a specific situation where you took action to support workers fighting for their rights. What was the experience like, and what did you learn? Bonus question: tell us about a time you engaged with workers with Working Washington.
Before we had employment discrimination protections, I represented workers fired from their jobs and those denied advancement or disability payments because they were LGBTQ. I also supported efforts to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell -- which wrongfully discharged many military workers. I advocated for injured workers when I was a partner at Schroeter Goldmark and Bender, a firm that is known for representing injured workers and its pro-labor work. I tried cases
for workers (and their families) who were exposed to asbestos and contracted mesothelioma or other asbestos related illnesses. I also represented the widow of one of the firefighters killed in the Pang warehouse fire. The case forced adoption of safety improvements for firefighters.
I have worked to elect progressive Democrats and other supporters of the labor movement in electoral and political battles, including keeping the Republicans from overturning the results of the Governor’s race in 2004 to install Dino Rossi as Governor.
As US attorney, I established a Civil Rights unit that (among other things) lead reform efforts of SPD, enforced language access rights, the Fair Housing Act and the Uniformed Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. We also prosecuted companies that wrongfully exposed workers to asbestos, chemicals and other harmful conditions.
In my current legal practice, I have also provided legal counsel to a local union benefits organization, to fight the Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s relentless campaign to destroy collective bargaining and impose right to work legal rulings here in Washington.
7. What would be your top single priority if elected to this office? How would you define success or failure on this issue?
Our economic success and growth must become more fully inclusive of all Seattleites. Our city is changing rapidly, and affordability issues are the largest issues facing Seattle. This includes the cost of housing, as home ownership and rents grow increasingly out of reach. Those that are fortunate to own a home have seen property taxes increase significantly and are often unable to keep their homes. Income has not kept up.
Part of the greatness of this city is the rich diversity of our neighborhoods. Seattle has always been a place where young families could make a start; but that is rapidly disappearing. What’s more, the affordability issues also contribute to growing homelessness. Our fast paced growth is creating significant transportation challenges that contribute to the growing inequities in our city.
Simply put, success will be realized when we see more working families who can afford living in the city, a decrease in homelessness and unemployment rates, and more safe, efficient, and well-connected transportation choices for Seattle residents and those who work or visit here to get around on foot, by bike and via mass transit.
8. What can you do in this office to resist attacks by the Trump Administration on the rights of low-wage workers, who are disproportionately women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ?
The Trump administration poses a very real threat to our city’s vulnerable and marginalized communities. I will show the Trump administration that our values – the values of inclusion, equality and openness – can, must and will triumph over his xenophobic, divisive and ignorant approaches.
For decades I have fought for civil rights, and will continue that work as mayor. As US Attorney, I worked with key advocacy groups – ACLU, El Centro de la Raza, Mothers for Police Accountability, NAACP, Northwest Immigrant Rights’ Project (NWIRP), OneAmerica – to reform our police department. I created a civil rights unit and prosecuted hate crimes. I enforced fair housing laws and the provision of language translation services in our court system. The day that Trump’s travel ban was issued, I was at SeaTac and helped get the federal court to block illegal deportations.
The assault on collective bargaining rights will only increase under the present administration; Seattle must remain a bulwark against the right to work movement. We can also anticipate that federal civil rights enforcement programs will diminish under the Trump administration. The City needs to partner with other governments in the region to keep enforcement in place.
I would continue the legal defense fund, and would focus on delivering critical support and city services to immigrants and refugees. And I am prepared to fight against any and all anti-trans or anti-LGBTQ efforts.
As a former U.S Attorney under Obama, I have the know-how and experience to stand up to Trump – and win.
9. Tell us how you plan to address affordable housing, especially for minimum-wage and part-time workers, as well as for those left homeless because of high housing costs.
Seattle has become too expensive for renting or buying a house. I believe that our minimum-wage and part-time workers ought to be able to afford to live in our City. Furthermore, I know that best long-term systemic solution to prevent people from falling into homelessness is to make it easier for them to afford homes.
We need to create more housing options in this city but must also stop the huge displacement of people that growth and increased prices are causing. As mayor, I will:
Maximize the resources made available through HALA’s Mandatory Housing Affordability requirement, while ensuring implementation provides the expected benefits and mitigates impacts;
Continue to support public housing development, and the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace;
Advocate for key property tax reforms in Olympia to reduce the tax burden for older and lower income homeowners and landlords providing affordable housing;
Support transit-oriented development to ensure that a range of housing is built in areas within walking distance to transit. We must capitalize upon the promise of ST3 to create affordable, vibrant new neighborhoods, with small businesses and restaurants;
Diversify housing options such as permitted mother-in-laws, accessory dwelling units and other density options.
Lastly, I will continue to foster the growth of family wage jobs in our city. As I stated above, we must cultivate and protect jobs with robust worker protections and living wages so people can afford to live where they work.
10. How would you support advancing the rights of workers in non-traditional jobs, including domestic workers and workers in the gig economy?
Domestic workers – who are usually women and who are disproportionately immigrants and people of color – have been marginalized and left out of worker protections for decades, including being excluded from our nation’s labor laws in the 1930’s. Other cities and regions, notably Massachusetts, have enacted protections for these workers. Washington state and Seattle should lead on this issue.
As mayor, I will propose a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. We also will bring stakeholders together to establish a permanent mechanism for setting minimum standards of pay and benefits in the domestic work industry. As part of this process, domestic worker organizations and advocates should have a seat at the table, and we must partner with worker organizations, employment and placement organizations, and employers to grapple with the unique challenges of labor standards education, outreach, enforcement, and procuring employment benefits in a domestic work setting.
Protecting workers is increasingly challenging in the new economy. It is up to the leadership at City Hall to anticipate these issues BEFORE innovation kills jobs. Seattle should continue to be a leading laboratory where new forms of worker organization are explored and piloted. There are emerging strategies for building worker organizations, ranging from empowering worker organizations to be benefits providers in the on-demand economy, to sector-specific bargaining over minimum standards, to enforcement and certification strategies, to leveraging workforce training and job placement, to incentivizing employee ownership. We can do better as a city to improve the employment rights and benefits of “gig” workers.
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May 26, 2015 Tuesday 10: Moments From the Last Late Show
From the home office in Lafayette, Indiana, here are my ten favorite moments from the last Late Show (if you haven’t seen the last episode, it’s still here for the time being):
10. The look back at Taco Bell skit (video). It’s one of the best remotes Dave ever did, certainly, but that kind of thing always made me squirm a little. I’m not entirely sure why Taco Bell agreed to it.
9. Dave’s goodbyes to the crew/The closing credits (Tie). Not overly sentimental, but touching in their own way.
8. Dave’s family in the audience. Harry sure looked uncomfortable the whole time, though!
7. Dave giving a shout-out to Harry’s friend, Tommy. I love that on the last night he’s doing his show, an episode 33 years in the making, there’s this minute where Dave’s introducing his son’s friend on national television. And, man! Harry gets so psyched about that! “Dad’s retiring after 33 years of TV? Meh. Tommy gets mentioned? HECK YEAH!”
6. Steve Martin’s entry in the Top Ten List: “Your extensive plastic surgery was a necessity and a mistake.”
5. Dave’s excitement over having Peyton Manning in the lineup for the Top Ten List. Here are all these other huge stars, and the one Dave geeks out about the most is Peyton Manning.
4. Dave’s joke at the beginning of the monologue: “I’ll be honest with you: it’s beginning to look like I’m not going to get the Tonight Show.”
3. Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s entry in the Top Ten List: “Thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale.” With the accompanying look from Jerry Seinfeld. (video)
2. The ending song (“Everlong”) by Foo Fighters, with the accompanying look back on all the years of Dave’s shows. (video)
1. The look behind the scenes on a normal day for the Late Show. Apparently Dave got in very early every morning (a little after 6!) to beat traffic, and then took a nap. I really enjoyed seeing a little bit of his interactions with the staff and what went into making the show. (video)
Tags: Letterman
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Exklusive Interview with Zapiro
Veröffentlicht am 1. März 2012 | 2 Kommentare
4000 Cartoons and 15 books. Johnathan Shapiro about his life, freedom of opinion and politics
(Editor: Annalisa Wellhäuser)
Open any South African newspaper today and you will most probably find a cartoon that comments South African politics drawn by the artist Zapiro. Who doesn‘t know the famous sketch picturing the current South African president Jacob Zuma with a shower above his head alluding to his statement that he took a shower after having had sex with an HIV-positive woman. Zapiro, born 1958 as Jonathan Shapiro in Cape Town, is the most famous cartoonist of these days in South Africa. His drawings appear in the Mail and the Guardian,Sunday Times and The Times. Moreover his art has been published in exhibitions all over the world and he has won numerous awards.
© Cartoon by Zapiro: President Jacob Zuma is taking a shower after having sex with a HIV infected woman.
© Cartoon by Zapiro: Lady Justice in danger.
© Cartoon by Zapiro: Whites have benefited from Apartheid.
„SÜDAFRIKA – Land der Kontraste“, the German Gateway to South Africa, met Zapiro in his office in Cape Town to find out more about this artist who is not afraid to say what he thinks with if it comes to politics.
Zapiro already discovered his passion for art as a child. Back then he used to have nightmares about frightening monsters and in order to deal with those scary dreams, he started drawing about them. Indeed that kind of self-therapy did help him to overcome his nightmares. And not only that; He enjoyed the drawing a lot. It was his dream to become an artist. He entered drawing competitions and also was active for the school newspaper. He invented the little character “Prepi“, who commented on what‘s going on in preparatory school.
Soon ,he was also confronted with the politics happening in his country. His mum made him aware already at a very young age that they were living in a society “that was wrong“; his very first “kind of political experience“ was when Verwoerd 1 was assassinated in 1966. In school they were asked to pray for the “architect of apartheid“ and Zapiro remembers being confused and thinking“ Hey, this was not a good guy!“. Throughout his school time he was “at odds” with the general trend of supporting Apartheid amongst even English speaking white people, but he was not yet involved in any political actions at that time. After school he started studying architecture; not because he was passionate about it, but in order for him to stay out of the army. When he decided to change to graphic design and try to become a cartoonist, they „got him„, he had to enter the army. In the army Zapiro refused to carry a gun, so they made him carry a heavy wooden dummy and made fun of him. Once a colleague made him stand guard with it, „which was ridiculous, I became a bit of a laughing stock but in a funny way, like a clown thing„, Zapiro says.
However, the joke actually backfired, because he showed the other conscripts that he could handle this heavy arm very well as by doing exactly everything that they were doing with it. This was his way of rebelling against this and spreading his political message. He was regarded as a political consciousness non-commitant, as a communist, as dangerous. At that time he was not yet involved in any political organization, the UDF (United Democratic Front) formed just over a year after he was conscripted. But when it was formed in 1983, it was absolutely clear for him that he would join. Same appealed to his mum, his sister and a lot of his friends. Suddenly there was this non-racial grouping that felt right for them: much more elegentarian, much more open and much more connected to national politics. It was also connected to the ANC-but he didn’t want to be involved into nor speak about it, because that was dangerous when they found out they were linked. Him and some of his family members even got detained at some point.
However, Zapiro has never wanted to be a politician. He sees a big difference between being enormously involved as an activist and becoming a politician. ,,Professional politics are very different from being a political activist.” In his opinion only a few people managed to retain this integrity and those principles that guided them and made them passionate. Other people do things now out of personal gain or party political aims; they have become corrupt, comfortable and a bit apathetic compared to what they used to be. Also there are those who are within a party and are against those who are outside the party and maybe doing good things. „All those things I would hate„, he states. He has seen people he knew who have made this trancession- only a few managed it successfully. According to him the country needs people who become politicians and remain focussed, altruistic and incorruptible. But the country also needs civil society and media-so in his opinion his best role is to be a visual columnist- and still to a little extend an activist. To produce his drawings, he obviously needs to do a lot of research on politics. For that Zapiro listens to the radio a lot, reads many different newspapers and consults the internet in order to look at the same sort of issue dealt with in different ways. Also he records some things broadcasted on television.
© Johnathan Shaprio alias Zapiro, South Africa´s most influential and provocative cartoonist. He has been in conflict several times with the government.
Zapiro explains that cartoons are primarily about thinking and communication; about finding a device to say something that one believes in. „They are 80% idea and 20% drawing.„ According to him there are cartoonists out there, who are good, but not necessarily the best cartoonist in the world -however they are really able to communicate by their art. On the other hand it would not be possible to carry weak ideas with good drawings. „It`s about thoughts. „ To give an example, Zapiro speaks about one cartoon that he did, which displayed a little line of text on top saying „Whites who never benefited from Apartheid„ and a blank page underneath he states that at the time of the release of the cartoon, there were people denying to have known about Apartheid. There were white people avoiding responsibility for the benefits that they were given while living under Apartheid.
Zapiro was irritated by that attitude and got inspired to create this „cartoon„. This cartoon did not even have a picture, but still, so Zapiro, „ This cartoon was conceptually really good and really powerful, one of the best cartoons I have ever done.„ It is Zapiro`s intention to trigger strong reactions with his drawings amongst the people. He wants to make people think. Maybe some people say „That’s exactly how I feel, I didn’t know how to express it.„ But he is not only addressing the people who think exactly like him- which, in his opinion, would not make any sense. He knows that there are people, who might agree and as well disagree on his thoughts on certain issues. However it is not his intention to convince the people, who think completely different. According to him it is all those people in the middle-he can make them see something in a new way by being a little bit persuasive to them.
When asking him what subject he would like to draw a sketch on, that he is not allowed to draw one on, he replies that there is nobody who can tell him not to do a cartoon on a certain topic. It is rather him who holds himself back. When he started as a political activist he used to be quite constrained by political correctness, whereas these days he is ready to accept those rules. „ I don’t like to gratuisly insult people in a hurtful way, who are in a way vulnerable.„ Still, even then his feeling of what is acceptable to draw a cartoon on would be way further down the line than that of others. If he felt that people are the aggressors, he wouldn`t care about them. For instance, if it comes to religion. In his view religion has done a huge amount of harm with regard to gay people and women and it has even promoted spread of HIV. Concerning this topic he would go really hard for the people in power.
Zapiro says he has done things that people would consider totally insulting. He states that some things around traditional culture are quite difficult to deal with in cartoons, because people treat them in a way religion is treated. According to him there exists some kind of communality. And at the moment there would be plenty of times when cartoons can be misinterpreted on purpose to make people out as racists even though they are not.
After the feedback that Zapiro is receiving is not always positive; president Jacob Zuma has pressed charges against him already for doing certain drawings on him. Zapiro says that he believes in the South African institutions, in the constitution , and he feels that these are strong enough to keep up freedom of speech -which he supports and which is part of what gives him resolve. Zapiro explains that his politics haven`t changed a lot, but politics of some people in power have changed and he considers himself lucky to not have as much constraints as people in power. If he believes in something he will go for it.
Further I ask him about his opinion concerning voices in this country saying that some kind of reversed apartheid is arising, where it is now black South African people against the other cultures. Zapiro responds that this is one of the topics, where he will get either into one form of discourse or another depending on who he is speaking to. On the one hand, if he would be speaking to his old political comrades he would be mouthing off at the death of non racialism and at the rise of a certain form of nationalism and elitism. On the other hand, if those amongst the white South Africans, who have never had “political bone„ in their body during apartheid era come and complain in an uninformed way to him about how bad things are and so called „reversed racism„, he gets into a whole different conversation. He would try to explain how much better things are now than they were then. And after all it is still white people who are at the top of the power in many important fields. He says that there is a certain kind of racism that still exists very strongly in the white community of South Africa. He continues saying that there are some absurdities in the way that affirmative action has been taking place; not the way it should be. And that he is the last person to say that all is ok. But to claim that things are the same way as they used to be in Apartheid, simply reversed, was not true, but absolute rubbish.
Then we speak about Julius Malema singing the old song „Kill the boers„. Zapiro calls Malema`s behaviour „crass and wrong„, he could not sing that song in the context of the new South Africa. He explains that the song was an apartheid era song, which had a metaphorical reason. It was about killing the system of apartheid, to fight those police men and farmers, who really were brutally assaulting and killed people .„And that was all understood then.„ Zapiro states that it is wrong to sing that song today, because its purpose is essentially to try „to mobilize disaffected youth, because the ANC is not delivering properly to them and try to make them focus some of their anger on people, who these days are not necessarily aggressing, at least not the same extent as before.”However, he thinks that one cannot ban a song and that the high court`s decision to try to prevent him from singing the song was wrong. As a supporter of freedom of express he does not agree on it. „You can call somebody a political opportunist without saying you are not allowed to sing that song. It is a lot more nuanced and complicated than saying: Julius Malema is the equivilant of what Terre Blanche2 was…it doesn’t work like that.„ Zapiro has done cartoons criticizing that decision of the court. I support the human rights commission and the UN`s determination on the definition of hate speech and that it should be prevented. He explains that that would be hate speech where you could make a connection between something that was said, such as a speech, a song or a piece of writing, and the active going out and killing somebody. However, he doesn`t think that “ people went out killing people because of what Julius said…. “3 “If you can make that connection, that because of that song that person was killed..that`s where you can draw the line. But that’s very far down the line of speech before you can make that decision.”
Zapiro says that there was a complaint about his cartoon „Lady justice„ and that the human rights commission exonerated him for doing the drawing and its publication, because of their determination that it is not inciting anyone to do anything to anybody else. „It was a metaphor about what Zuma was doing to the judiciary.„ „Freedom of express is very important to me.„ So if he started saying ,they should ban that song, then he could as well allow somebody to say to ban his cartoon, because both of them could be interpreted in a way that they could be objectionable.„There has to be consistency.„
Zapiro is producing with his cartoons political messages
Before the interview comes to an end I would like to find out from Zapiro what are his wishes for the new South Africa, what kind of development he thinks is necessary for it to become the peaceful rainbow nation everybody is longing for. Zapiro answers, „I remember when Tutu came up with the rainbow nation idea during the meeting of the inconscription campaign in 1985.It was always a bit idealistic. „ According to Zapiro, Tutu wished for rainbow coalition of different groupings in the political movement fighting for the same aim: freedom, non racialism, democracy. However, Zapiro believes that South Africa has only had a few rainbow-moments since democracy. As an example he names the rugby world cup in 1995. “I`m afraid to say now, that unlike before, where I thought the white community was hugely responsible for not apologizing and not taking responsibility, I still say that ,I think now a lot more could have been done if the ANC had not become fat, comfortable and corrupt, and if say the people at the top were not promoting this narrow elite and not just paying lip service to delivery, but really were delivering and trying to bridge the wealth gap. That is where is should go.„ Zapiro believes that only then people can have some real reconciliation, because so far there are a lot of unresolved matters after truth reconciliation commission hearings. According to Zapiro, it is most important to close the inaquity in this society.„ South Africa has become the most inequal society in the world , we are even behind Brazil. And for that to be the state almost after 17 years of democracy is outrageous.„
Finally I would like to find out what Zapiro`s personal plans and dreams are for the future. „For the medium term I want to continue what I`m doing, but want to make sure I`m still feeling like I`m relevant and got something to say, because if I do not- I want to pull out and go for something in the long term.„ He has managed to produce over 4000 cartoons and 15 books , but he doesn`t want to do the same thing for ever, he also wants to do other things. In the long term Zapiro would like to move into some other genres of cartooning and storytelling, which he loves. He would like to become a bit more balanced person, because the intensity he has with the cartooning does tend to overwhelm a great part of his life. He wants to spend more time with his family.
HIER FINDEST DU DAS INTERVIEW IN DEUTSCH.
1 He was the 3rd national party prime minister after DF Malan and Jacob Strijdom
2 Formed the Afrikaaner Resistence Movement during Apartheid< was seen as white supremacist
3 Discussion in South Africa about a possible connection between Malema singing the song,,Kill the boers“ and the murder of Terre Blanche
Veröffentlicht unter Kultur und Gesellschaft [Culture and Society], [ENGLISH SERVICE]: Articles for Non-Germans
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The Necessity of Students & Teachers as Science Researchers
Ann Haley Mackenzie
Nov. - Dec., 2008, Vol. 70 No. 9, (pp. 518-519) DOI: 10.2307/27669333
Waiting for Godot: A Reminder of the Young Adult Learning Experience
Ann Haley MacKenzie, Brian M. Cartiff
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What Is Taught in Biology? Why Does It Matter?
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The Latest: MEAC calls off game at South Carolina State.
This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast, including Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina. Millions of Americans are preparing for what could be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Mandatory evacuations begin at noon Tuesday, for parts of the Carolinas and Virginia (NOAA via AP)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence’s impact on college football (all times local):
The game between North Carolina Central and South Carolina State set for Saturday has been postponed until Nov. 24. The contest was to be South Carolina State’s first home game in Orangeburg, South Carolina, after opening the season at Georgia Southern and UCF the previous two weeks.
The schools both compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in the FCS.
MEAC commissioner Dennis Thomas said the game called off due to Hurricane Florence’s approach, citing health and safety considerations for the players and fans.
Orangeburg is about 75 miles from South Carolina’s coast.
The game between East Carolina and No. 13 Virginia Tech is now off the weekend schedule due to Hurricane Florence.
The schools issued statements confirming Saturday’s game wouldn’t be played. East Carolina officials say they had decided the team wouldn’t travel to Blacksburg due to “significant imminent safety concerns,” including “perilous travel conditions before, during and after the storm.”
In its own release, Virginia Tech officials said they had planned to wait until Wednesday to review updated storm projections before making a determination on the game.
ECU officials say they hope to be able to reschedule the game later this season.
The decision brings the total to three games involving ranked teams that won’t be played this weekend due to the Category 4 storm. No. 14 West Virginia’s game at North Carolina State and No. 18 UCF’s game at North Carolina are the others.
Hampton’s football game with Tennessee State has been cancelled due to the threat of Hurricane Florence.
The two schools had announced earlier in the day that the game wouldn’t be played as scheduled Saturday. At the time, a potential makeup date wasn’t announced.
Tennessee State announced later Tuesday afternoon that the game wouldn’t be rescheduled.
Virginia is moving its football game against Ohio to Nashville, Tennessee due to Hurricane Florence’s approach.
Cavaliers athletic director Carla Williams says safety is the top priority in the decision. Relocating the game also will allow emergency personnel in the Charlottesville, Virginia area to focus on regional needs brought by the hurricane.
The Cavaliers (1-1) will face Ohio (1-0) on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Stadium. Admission will be free.
Several schools in Virginia and South Carolina aren’t waiting to adjust their schedules with Hurricane Florence looming.
In South Carolina, Charleston Southern’s game at The Citadel on Saturday in Charleston has been postponed to Nov. 29 — as long as neither has qualified for the FCS playoffs.
In Virginia, James Madison has moved its home opener against Robert Morris from Saturday to Thursday night to get ahead of the storm. William & Mary has canceled events from Friday through Sunday, including its football opener against Elon on Saturday.
In addition, Hampton is postponing all athletics events from Friday through Tuesday, including Saturday’s football game against Tennessee State. Neither school announced a date for the games to be played.
It’s unclear when the UCF-North Carolina and West Virginia-North Carolina State games could be rescheduled after Hurricane Florence, if at all.
UNC’s bye weekend is Oct. 6 but UCF hosts SMU that day in an American Athletic Conference matchup. UCF’s only open weekend comes Oct. 27, but that’s when the Tar Heels visit Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In its news release, UCF says it’s “unlikely” that the school could replace UNC with another game since there’s a Thursday home game against Temple following its open weekend to leave a short week of preparation.
North Carolina State’s open weekend is Oct. 13, but West Virginia is playing at Iowa State that day. The Mountaineers’ open weekend comes Oct. 20 while the Wolfpack travels to No. 2 Clemson.
The other option is the weekend of Dec. 1, though that could conflict with conference championship games.
Hurricane Florence is forcing Duke to travel early for Saturday’s game at Baylor in Texas.
Duke coach David Cutcliffe says the team will leave Durham on Thursday instead of its typical Friday departure because it’s “our best opportunity to get out.” From there, the Blue Devils will find a high school near Waco to hold a final practice and walk-through before the game.
It’s unclear if some other games in the Carolinas or Virginia could be affected by the storm.
In South Carolina, No. 2 Clemson hosts Georgia Southern in the afternoon while South Carolina hosts Marshall that night.
In Virginia, No. 13 Virginia Tech hosts East Carolina while Virginia and Ohio meet in afternoon games.
North Carolina State’s home game against No. 14 West Virginia won’t take place Saturday with Hurricane Florence approaching the state.
The schools announced the change Tuesday afternoon, citing the “increasing likelihood of severe and unsafe conditions.” The school said the decision came after discussions with West Virginia, the Atlantic Coast Conference and emergency management officials.
It’s unclear if the game will be rescheduled.
North Carolina’s game against No. 18 UCF won’t take place Saturday and Wake Forest’s Thursday night matchup with Boston College will start two hours earlier due to Hurricane Florence.
The Tar Heels were set to play their first home game in Chapel Hill after two road losses. But UNC announced Tuesday afternoon that the game wouldn’t be played as scheduled, though the schools will continue discussions on whether to play the game later this season.
In a statement, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham called it “the sensible decision at this time” with Florence’s projected path carrying the storm through the state.
The Atlantic Coast Conference also announced that Wake Forest’s game against BC in Winston-Salem will now start at 5:30 p.m. to get done earlier with Florence approaching the Carolinas’ coastline Thursday and Friday.
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Alexander Soros Foundation Honors Fallen Peruvian Rainforest Defenders
On Eve of Lima Climate Talks, Human Rights and Environmental Leaders Gather in New York As Foundation Pledges to Support Amazonian Village in Struggle With Illegal Loggers
New York, NY – In early September, four indigenous leaders – including a prominent anti-logging activist – were murdered by illegal loggers in the Ucayali region of Peru’s Amazon rainforest. The Alexander Soros Foundation honored these deceased heroes Monday with the Foundation’s annual Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism before a crowd of more than 100 human rights and environmental advocates at the TriBeCa Grand Hotel in New York City.
The award, given in honor of Leoncio Quincima Melendez, Jorge Rios Perez, Francisco Pineda and prominent activist Edwin Chota Valera, also includes a Foundation pledge to fund sustainable community development projects their Amazonian villages, and to support their surviving family members.
Diana Rios Rengifo, daughter of Jorge Rios, travelled outside Peru for the first time to accept the award on behalf of her father and their indigenous community, which has been fighting for more than a decade for the right to gain titles to their land and expel illegal loggers who raid their forests on the Brazilian border. An emotional Rios addressed the capacity crowd Monday after accepting the award.
Soros also recognized Robert Guimaraes Vasquez, an indigenous Shipibo leader who has worked as an environmental and human rights activist in the Ucayali region for more than two decades, who traveled to New York with Rios as a village representative.
Additionally, Soros announced the award’s newly formed nominating committee which will include Global Witness Co-Founder Patrick Alley, Human Rights First President Elisa Massimino, human rights scholar Aryeh Neier, Human Right Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth, and attorney William Zabel.
Prior to the ceremony, NGO Global Witness released a groundbreaking report that sheds light on the murders of environmental activists in Peru over the last decade. The findings call into question the commitment of Peru, which will host to international climate talks in less than a month, to protect its forests – and those who have called them home for generations – from mining, logging, oil exploration and infrastructure development.
The event also included the screening of a documentary about the life of last year’s award winner, Cambodian anti-logging activist Chut Wutty, who lost his life defending the Prey Long forest community.
About The Alexander Soros Foundation
Founded in 2012, The Alexander Soros Foundation is an organization dedicated to promoting civil rights, social justice and education by making grants to cutting-edge organizations in the United States and abroad. For more information, please visit alexsoros.com.
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Pompeo Unveils Peace Plan for ME
Pompeo delivers unfiltered view of Middle East peace plan…reports Asian Lite News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has delivered a sobering assessment of the prospects of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan in a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders, saying “one might argue” that the plan is “unexecutable” and it might not “gain traction”.
“It may be rejected. Could be in the end, folks will say, ‘It’s not particularly original, it doesn’t particularly work for me’, that is, ‘It’s got two good things and nine bad things, I’m out’,” Pompeo said in an audio recording of the private meeting obtained by The Washington Post on Sunday.
“The big question is can we get enough space that we can have a real conversation about how to build this out,” he said.
The remarks are the most unvarnished comments to date from a US official about Trump’s “deal of the century”, an effort to resolve the intractable Israeli-Palestinian dispute he has entrusted to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner and former lawyer Jason Greenblatt.
The unveiling of the plan has been repeatedly delayed, Pompeo noted.
“This has taken us longer to roll out our plan than I had originally thought it might – to put it lightly,” he said at the meeting on May 28 of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations, a New York-based group that addresses concerns of the community.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing in Washington D.C.,
In trying to manage expectations, he said there were “no guarantees that we’re the ones that unlock it”, in a reference to the frozen conflict. “I hope everyone will engage in a serious way.”
He also recognized the popular notion that the agreement will be one-sided in favour of the Israeli government.
“I get why people think this is going to be a deal that only the Israelis could love.
“I understand the perception of that. I hope everyone will just give the space to listen and let it settle in a little bit,” Pompeo added.
Two attendees said they left with the impression that Pompeo was not optimistic the plan would succeed.
“He was not in any way confident that the process would lead to a successful conclusion,” The Washington Post quoted one of the attendees as saying on the condition of anonymity.
But Elan Carr, the State Department’s special envoy to combat anti-Semitism who also attended the meeting, expressed a different view, saying he thought Pompeo “provided a hopeful assessment over the prospect of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians”.
Sunday’s development comes after the White House last month unveiled the first part of its Middle East peace proposal, which is being deemed as an economic “workshop” to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, Gaza, and the region.
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Illness slows but can’t stop a UO discovery on protein motion
October 17, 2017 - 5:00am
A discovery in Marina Guenza’s UO chemistry lab, published in a major physics journal, is already being tapped by outside scientists working on a new medical treatment for tuberculosis.
The UO research, however, included a detour. Jeremy Copperman, a doctoral student leading it, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in the final year of his doctoral studies in physics. His work slowed amid six months of chemotherapy.
Copperman, with his health restored, graduated and left the UO for a postdoctoral position in Wisconsin. His lab mates, graduate student Eric Beyerle and postdoctoral associate Mohammadhasan “Hadi” Dinpajooh, proceeded with the project, which was detailed in a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
In the paper, the trio and Guenza, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and member of the Institute of Theoretical Science, reported that biological proteins move in a universal way. In a narrow window of conditions where a protein performs its biological function, the motion critically slows in a universal fashion that can be mapped into an equation for analysis.
Proteins are vital workhorses in biological systems. When something goes wrong, they can fuel disease. The study has immediate ramifications, Guenza said, because it identifies when a protein is open to binding with other proteins or to accept a small molecule such as a drug.
The National Science Foundation-supported work, even before publication, swiftly drew the interest of Andrzej Joachimiak of the University of Chicago and director of two labs at the Argonne National Laboratory. His multi-institutional team recently announced the discovery of a molecule that knocks out a protein vital to the survival of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
Joachimiak’s group knows its molecule binds to the targeted protein, but not how and where. The approach in Guenza’s lab, which he heard about from a presentation Guenza gave at the Second International Conference on Computational Genomics and Proteomics in Panama, will be used in a collaborative effort to answer those questions. If successful, the new drug could be tweaked to make it more effective.
For Copperman, who grew up in Eugene and had earlier earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the UO, the paper’s publication provided a gratifying closing chapter to his work at the UO.
He and his wife, Erika, had owned and operated Three Forks Wok & Grill, a popular Eugene restaurant with two locations. They closed the business so he could focus on his doctoral research and she could pursue a medical degree.
After earning his doctorate in 2016, Copperman joined the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His wife is now doing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at a Milwaukee hospital.
At the UO, Copperman was intrigued by “the universality that ties together systems that on the surface look completely different.” Guenza, his advisor, tasked him to explore that idea on protein dynamics.
“I was modeling the dynamics of a protein called ubiquitin, and in the process of doing this, I noticed a trend, a scaling pattern, which had no reason to be there,” Copperman said. “I simulated the protein motion on the local supercomputer and spent weeks writing analysis codes. I repeated this process for six other proteins and found the same simple scaling pattern.”
As a next step, Copperman said, he theorized that the scaling was generated by an “energetic disorder in the time domain.” That, he said, includes small, random variations that become dramatic at increasing scales, similar to the front of an expanding wildfire.
That take drew curiosity and some skepticism from Guenza, who challenged Copperman to find “a stronger physical argument.” Eventually, he said, she agreed that the idea was compelling and decided to push it forward.
“This illustrates the great scientific relationship Marina and I had,” Copperman said. “With her physical intuition and healthy skepticism, together we continually improved the idea.”
After Copperman left the UO, Dinpajooh and Beyerle kept working, spending months simulating and performing a more comprehensive analysis of a more extended set of proteins using a supercomputer at the University of California, San Diego.
“The original idea for this research came from Jeremy,” Guenza said. “Without him, my lab never would have explored this interesting analogy between protein dynamics and motion in random disorder. And without Hadi and Eric, we would not have had this paper published.”
—By Jim Barlow, University Communications
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About Balatonfüred
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Baltonfüred is a small town with 13.500 inhabitants, on the north shore of Lake Balaton, sorrounded by gently sloping hillocks. Foreign travellers – may they come here by rail, by road or by boat – start to feel the harmonious blend of past and present at the moment of their arrival. First and foremost the location of the town captures everyone: tender mountains on the north, the beautiful lake on the south embrace the town, which radiates that special Transdanubian serenity for ages. The town was inhabited already when the Romans conquered parts of Hungary. Walking in the town the visitor every now and then faces relics of old times. Ancient living quarters, old buildings, churches, homely vineyards, parks, mighty old trees preserve and whisper their messages to the people living here today.
The name of the town was first mentioned in the estate register of the Tihany abbacy. In the middle age there were several different settlements in the area where Balatonfüred lies today. First and foremost the so-called Füred, which became truly important only during the Reform Era. The name „Füred” does not come from the Hungarian word: „fürödni” (=to bathe) or „fürdő” (=bath), it stems from the word „fürjes” place, that is a place filled with quails. „Papsoka” is the name of the area to the west, it changed into „Siske” from the 14-th century on, and these two areas blended soon afterwards. On the north the so-called „Kéki-völgy” (=Bluish valley) reserved the name of the „Kék” village (=Blue village) till today. This whole valley used to belong to the Tihany Abbacy, and this villlage was mentioned in the estate register of Tihany in 1211 as a church estate. It was demolished and depopulated during the wars with the Turks, only the name survived. The name „blue” may refer to the many blue-coloured plants growing here: blackthorns, violets. Today the name still exists in the following place names: „Kéki-völgy” (=Bluish valley), „Kéki-dűlő” (=Bluish fields), „Kéki patak” (=Bluish brook).
The northern-east part of Füred called Arács used to be an independent village till 1954. And Arács encompassed the settlement called „Magyaré” by the end of the middle ages.
Historic traditions play a crucial role in the life and attitude of the inhabitants of the town and of those who were regular visitors here. The town is a tourist attraction for ages and it became a so-called healing resort in 1971 when the acidulous spring water of the town was officially accepted as healing water. Balatonfüred achieved the title of „International Town of Grapes and Wine” from 1987 on.
Balatonfüred is mainly known by its climate which is very similar to the Mediterranean and its spring waters containing carbonic acid. Even the sun shines somehow more gently here. Balatonfüred and its surrounding settlements lie in the so-called „Balaton Riviera”. This expresssion refers to the special micro-climate prevailing here. This climate is created by the foot-hills of the „Balaton felvidék” (=Balaton Highlands): the so-called „Tamás hegy” (=Thomas Hill), Sándor-, Péter- and Száka-hegy (=Alexander-, Peter- and „Száka” Hill) give protection against the icy winds coming from the direction of „Bakony” mountains. Continuous air movement between the land and Lake Balaton, constant winds provide clean air free of dust for people living here and the air heals diseases of the heart and blood-vessels, too. The water from the springs is used for healing in the National Heart Hospital. But anyone can taste and heal from the famous Füred acidulous spring waters at Kossuth spring, Berzsenyi well, Szekér Ernő spring and Schneider well. Thousands of people suffering from heart disease recovered in this hospital. Rabindranath Tagore, the famous Nobel-prize winning Hindu poet was healed here in 1926 and denominated a beautiful alley close to the shore of the lake.
The town is infinitely rich in historic memorial places. These were mostly renovated and restored. It may happen that some of these have been appointed different roles noawadys than their original one but they are part of our cultural life anyway. There are numerous villas and mansions in the town that contributed to the special beauty of Balatonfüred and made the town famous in faraway places of the earth.
The following buildings of great architectural value were constructed during the 18-th century, and still have definitive role in the atmosphere of our town: the „Nagyvendéglő” (=Great Restaurant), the National Heart Hospital, the spring –house of Kossuth Lajos spring, the bigger house of Pálóczi Horváth Ádám, the castle of Széchenyi Ferenc.
Balatonfüred started to truly develop in the 18-th century, during the so-called Reform Era. It became a favourite meeting place for progressive politicians and artists. In these times Balatonfüred played a really outstanding role in Hungary. There are many national monuments, important buildings, and numerous traditions that date from this era: for instance the first Anna Ball was held here in the Horváth mansion in 1825.
In 1831 Sándor Kisfaludy opened the first constant theatre of Transdanubia here, in Balatonfüred, which was a home to Hungarian language in an era when the official language of Hungary was German. It was made possible from donations and the help of Tihany abbacy. The historic, Reform Era atmosphere of the southern part of the town is made even richer by the Blaha Lujza villa, built in classsical style, where the famous actress and singer, the so-called „nightingale of the nation” spent her summers for 23 years. The building functions as a hotel and restaurant today. István Huray, the renowned doctor working in the spa also had several houses here, though the Dőry villa is said to be the most beautiful villa in Balatonfüred, which is well worth to visit. There is a circle-shaped building covered with a dome, with Ionian columns on the corner of Jókai and Blaha Lujza street. The „Kerek templom” (=Circle Church) designed by Fruhmann Antal based on the Pantheon building in Rome was built between 1841 and 1846. The Jókai villa was built in 1870 in early eclectic style. The building houses a constant exhibition showing the life of the greatest tale-teller of our nation and the way he lived here, in Balatonfüred.
The three churches of Balatonfüred arise in the upper part of the town as if protecting its tranquility: these are the „Református templom” (=Reformed Church), the „Katolikus templom” (= Catholic Church) and the freshly built „Evangélikus templom” (=Evangelical Church).
The old part of the town that used to be a village has numerous old houses that belong to the national heritage. Balatonarács used to be an independent village, but in 1954 it became part of Balatonfüred, and there are many beautiful old buildings here, as well. On the two sides of the main street leading to the oldtime village there are one-storied and two-storied old buildings built in a row. In the oldtime village, or oldtime city as it is called nowadays the following buildings preserve ancient folk traditions as shown on their memorial tablets. Siske street leads into a forest, and continues in a path, which offers a wonderful place to take trips around Balatonfüred.
The „Gombás-kúria” (=Gombás mansion), built in the second part of the 18-th century, is one of the most famous buildings of Balatonfüred. Those members of he lower nobility built cellar-mansions like these all around Lake Balaton who admired beauty and were endowed with a sense of style. They spent part of the year here every year. Balatonfüred used to be a favourite meeting place especially for the nobility living in Zala county, and they built dozens of similar cellar-mansions in Baroque or late-baroque style turning the Füred mountains into a truly colourful site.
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Portsmouth shines like a cultural beacon on the New Hampshire Seacoast uniting a diverse community into a small city that is rich in the arts, history and offers a magnificent waterfront. For three centuries Portsmouth has been the metropolitan center of the region and today, with a population of about 21,000, this lively city is home to outstanding restaurants, theaters, galleries, boutiques, museums and historic sites.
Portsmouth is recognized as a great place to live, and equally a great place to retire, by many national surveys. Prevention Magazine recently named it one of the top walking cities in America. It is a community that treasures its harbor and respects that natural beauty of the delicate shoreline.
The historic downtown Market Square area, dotted with charming sidewalk cafes, is a feast for the eyes with an enchanting mix of brick sidewalks, classic architecture, colorful boutiques, a waterfront park and ocean views. Portsmouth has a distinct character that embraces its historic past, while also welcoming the best of contemporary cultural, business and technological ideas. At any time residents may choose from an evening of sampling specialty ale at the local brewery, listening to live jazz in of the many restaurants, relaxing on a harbor cruise, live theater or even sizzling Salsa dancing.
The historic downtown part of Portsmouth is remarkable for its outstanding architecture; housing options include classic shingled capes weathered by the salty breeze, brightly hued 18th century colonials, elegant 19th century brick townhomes and magnificent contemporary waterfront condominiums.
The notable Strawberry Banke site is an actual preserved neighborhood that reflects three centuries of Portsmouth’s history. Here visitors marvel at the architectural, political and cultural legacy of Portsmouth. Strawberry Banke is more that a museum or educational resource, it is a bustling gathering spots where history and contemporary living come together for the residents of this great city. Even as the site preserves three centuries of history, it remains a vital component of the fourth century and future.
As a cultural, economic and political center, Portsmouth has had its share of grandeur. The Rockingham House Mansion, built in 1785 and restored after a fire in 1884, has been recognized as one of the most handsome brick homes in New England. After a long history as private home, hotel and restaurant, the upper levels of mansion was developed into elegant condos in 1975. The ground floor is now the prestigious Library Restaurant. Here resident and restaurant patrons enjoy the pleasures of today’s lifestyle coupled the grandeur of an earlier time.
Outside the waterfront district, Portsmouth offers neighborhoods with a more suburban feel with a delightful mix of home styles to meet every taste.
As a true city, Portsmouth is home to first-class medical facilities, public transportation, museums, a science center, golf courses and a regional airport. Located along Interstate Route 95, Portsmouth is only one hour from Boston and across the bridge from Kittery, Maine.
Town – http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/
Chamber – http://www.portsmouthchamber.org/
School - http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/school/phs/index.htm
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Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen’s Saucy Cousin and Sister in Marriage
Posted on April 23, 2018 by Regina Jeffers • 15 Comments
What do we know of Jane Austen’s cousin, Eliza de Feuillide, other than the fact she became Henry Austen’s wife?
Philadelphia Austen Hancock
Warren Hastings, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766-1768
Austen’s sister in marriage was born in Calcutta, India, on 22 December 1761 to her British parents, Philadelphia Austen (sister of Jane Austen’s father, George) and Tyson Saul Hancock, a physician with the East India Company. Eliza Hancock was, therefore, first cousin to the Austen siblings. Philadelphia had traveled to India in January 1752 with the specific purpose of finding a husband. She had no dowry, and so she met and married Hancock within six months of her arrival in the country. The couple had no children through the first 8 years of their marriage. It was only after the couple changed residences and took the acquaintance of Warren Hastings, the future Governor General of India, that Mrs. Hancock found herself with child. Many scholars believe that Hastings was Eliza’s father, but at any rate, he did serve as Eliza’s godfather. He presented her with £10,000 as a trust fund.
Mother and daughter traveled to England in 1768, while Hancock remained in India to finance their future. Unfortunately, Hancock died in 1775. Philadelphia took Eliza to live in Paris in 1777 for it was cheaper to live there than in England. In Paris, Eliza experienced a social coupe of sorts. She was known to have attended parties at the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Eliza enjoyed the lifestyle offered to her in Paris. She was known to be a great horsewoman, and she openingly expressed a passion for hot air ballooning in her letters to her cousins. At age 20, Eliza met and married a French Army captain if the Dragoons, Jean-François de Feuillide, who eventually became a French count.
Eliza was traveling to England by ship when she gave birth to Hastings de Feuillide, who was known to have seizures and learning difficulties. This was her second pregnancy, the first ending with a miscarriage. Eliza’s cousin Phylly Walter wrote in a letter, “[Hastings] has had another fit; we all fear very much his faculties are hurt; many people say he has the appearance of a weak head.” (Deirdre Le Faye, Jane Austen’s Letters, 85) He was slow to learn to walk and to speak. Some wonder of Eliza’s maternal instincts for she once referred to the child as “my wonderful Brat.” More than likely, Eliza experienced the frustration and the feeling of hopelessness when confronted with her son’s seizures.
Eliza, the baby Hastings, and Philadelphia arrived at Steventon to mark Christmastide 1786. An eleven-year-old Jane found much to admire in this sophisticated cousin. It is said that Henry Austen flirted with his cousin, who was ten years his senior. When Eliza’s husband was guillotined in 1794, Eliza, Hastings, and Philadelphia fled the reign of terror.
Eliza did not play the role of “grieving widow.” Instead, she defied social expectations. She acted as her own woman, despite suffering social disdain. Eliza’s cousin Phylly Walter said of Eliza, “Poor Eliza must be left at last friendless & alone. The gay and dissipated life she has so long had so plentiful a share of has not ensured her friends among the worthy; on the contrary many who otherwise have regarded her have blamed her for her conduct and will now resign her acquaintance. I have always felt concerned and pitied her thoughtlessness.” (Deirdre Le Faye, Jane Austen’s ‘Outlandish Cousin,’ London, British Library, 2002)
In “Becoming Jane,” English actress Lucy Cohu plays Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen’s cousin
Eliza regained some of her reputation when she married Henry Austen in 1797.
Jane Austen appeared in awe of Eliza’s worldliness, and they shared a biting insight into the foibles of others. Eliza was known to be a bit outlandish, but she was also noted for her optimism, her caring nature, and her intelligence. Her son Hastings died in 1801, assumably from epilepsy. Eliza passed after a long illness on 25 April 1813.
Many think that the amorous and amoral Lady Susan Vernon is based on something of Eliza Austen. If nothing else, the rambunctious Eliza “introduced” the vicar’s daughter to the “puzzling matter of sexual attraction.” (Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life. New York, Vintage, 1999)
Cousin Eliza, the incurable flirt who inspired Jane Austen from The Telegraph
Eliza Hancock de Feuillide Austen from Madame Gilfurt
Eliza (nee Hancock, then de Feuillide) Austen: kindly, strong, deep feeling and thoughtful from Reveries Under the Sign of Austen
Philadelphia Hancock-Austen, Eliza Hancock, Eliza de Feuillide
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15 Responses to Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen’s Saucy Cousin and Sister in Marriage
Louise Allen says:
There are two houses still in London where Eliza and Henry lived. 64 Sloane Street was heightened and refaced in 1897 but retains the internal layout including the octagonal room at the back where Jane attended a party. Eliza died here. Henry & Eliza lived at 24, Great Berkeley Street 1801-4. It has retained its exterior almost intact (fanlight over front door & glazing bards have gone). Now a small & very modest hotel.
Regina Jeffers says:
I would love to join one of your walking tours of Austen sites some day.
Thank you for this fascinating post!
Collins Hemingway says:
I love Eliza as a person and believe absolutely she was Warren Hastings’ child. No child w/Tysoe for seven years and suddenly she’s pregnant after they meet Hastings? Named after his own daughter, who died as an infant? Becomes Eliza’s godfather? Two trusts of 5,000 pounds each set up for her? At least two different people saying that Philly/Phila had thrown herself at him? LeFaye doesn’t want the story to be true, so she has pooh-poohed it, causing most other critics to go along. The only thing strange was Hastings’ reaction when Henry went to see him shortly after Eliza’s death. Hastings didn’t bring up Eliza at all–which is odd whether he was her godfather or her biological father.
Conspiracy theories! I love them!
thanks for such an interesting article!
Wow! This was interesting. I never knew a think go Eliza Austen. I love reading about Austen’s extended family. Thanks, Regina.
I had to brush up on some of the history of Eliza’s entrance into Henry’s life when “Becoming Jane” came out. During the summer, my AP class and I attended a viewing of the film at a local “arts” theatre. Afterwards, before we departed the theatre, my students asked me dozens of questions related to the film (and to the film devices, such as a storm/rain indicates a death, i.e., Cassandra learns of her fiance’s death at a dinner with the rainstorm in the background). Other members of the audience stayed to hear my responses.
She sounds like a fascinating woman. I didn’t know all that much about her before so thank you for this post.
Glad you found it helpful.
I had no idea she was so interesting. I wonder what Henry’s family thought of the union? He married a somewhat scandalous, a little French, widow who was ten years older than he was. Did he remarry after she died and have children? I wonder if she was happy. She had a fun, interesting life, it sounds like. A bit short and stressful as well, though.
Eliza died April 25, 1813, and is buried at Hampstead. Henry married Eleanor Jackson in 1820. This information came from when the world was in an uproar about Kelly Clarkson’s bid to purchase Jane Austen’s ring.
“A note written by Eleanor, which was included with the ring in the sale, delineated some of its history. The ring was Jane Austen’s and, on her death, it became the property of her sister, Cassandra. Three years after Jane died, in 1820, Henry Austen, her brother, married for the second time. Eleanor Jackson was his choice. She was well known to the Austen family, and was a niece of Mr. Papillon, the Rector of Chawton (who was, you will remember, the subject of a joke between Mrs Knight( the adoptive mother of Edward Austen) and Jane Austen. Once she learned of the engagement between Henry and Eleanor, Cassandra gave the ring to Eleanor.
Deirdre Le Faye in the Jane Austen Society’s Report of 1989 wrote about Eleanor and Henry’s marriage: The last of the nine sisters-in-law was Eleanor Jackson, Henry’s second wife. Jane had always expected that Henry would marry again, and before his bankruptcy in 1816 there had been several ladies in his circle of wealthy London friends to whom he seemed equally attracted and on whom he sought Jane’s sisterly opinions. However, his sudden reduction to near-poverty meant that any thoughts of re-marriage had to be indefinitely postponed, and it was only his succession to the Steventon living in 1819, following James’ (Austen’s jfw) death, which enabled him to support a wife once more. Not much is known about Eleanor, save that she was the niece of the Reverend John Papillon, Rector of Chawton at the time the Austens were living there; her home was in Chelsea, so Henry could have met her in either place. It is not certain whether Jane ever knew her, but it seems probable she is the ”Eleanor” mentioned in Letter no. 75 in January 1813. In 1819 she was referred to in family correspondence as having ‘a very good pair of Eyes” but no other description or picture of her is known. Persumably she was intelligent- one cannot imagine Henry choosing a dull, stupid woman-and they were married in 1820. Despite her ill-health, (by the 1830s she had developed a semi-crippling ailment, probably something rheumatic,) Henry was devoted to Eleanor: ”one dearer to me than life and for whose comfort I am solicitous beyond my own existence “. Cassandra was happy to think that he had found such an excellent wife to support him in his last role in life and an impoverished country clergyman. It is thanks to Eleanor that the miniature of Mrs Hancock, now on display at the Cottage survives; after Henry’s death in 1850 one of Frank’s granddaughters came to live with Eleanor and was in turn bequeathed the little picture. It descended in that branch of the family until Mr Edward Carptenter was able to acquire it on behalf of the Jane Austen Society.” https://austenonly.com/category/eleanor-jackson/
Eleanor was considered sickly by Cassandra for some reason, and yet she lived to the age of 69. She was only 25 when she married Henry, who was 24 years her senior.
Thank you for the clarification 🙂 I read it all wrong the first time. Probably something to do with a puppy who gets up at 5 in the morning and yet me, ever the optimist, not being smart enough to go to bed earlier at night.
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Driverless vehicles to be put on trial in 2019
Home > Around the Industry > Driverless vehicles to be put on trial in 2019
Source: Oxbotica
Posted By : Joe Bush
An artificial intelligence (AI) company based in Oxford, is planning to bring driverless cars to the streets of the UK. Oxbotica is leading a consortium of companies that will help to cement the UK’s reputation as a world leader in the development of autonomous vehicles.
The DRIVEN consortium, which benefits from a £8.6m grant awarded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and delivered through Innovate UK, is a project that will see a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles being deployed in urban areas and on motorways, culminating in an end-to-end journey from London to Oxford.
The government has promised around £100m in total towards autonomous driving projects in the UK and has stated it wants Britain to, ‘lead the way in developing’ the technology.
These vehicles will be operating at Level 4 autonomy - meaning they have the capability of performing all safety critical driving functions and monitoring roadway conditions for an entire trip, with zero passenger occupancy. No connected and autonomous vehicle trial at this level of complexity and integration has ever been attempted anywhere in the world.
The consortium’s 30 month project plan, which is due to commence this month, will shake-up both the transportation and insurance industries by seeking to remove fundamental barriers to real world commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles. Key challenges the consortium will address include - communication and data sharing between connected vehicles; connected and autonomous vehicles insurance modelling; risk profiling and the new cyber security challenges that this amount of data sharing will bring.
A major part of the consortium’s work will include the use of a fleet of six inter-communicating vehicles equipped with Selenium, Oxbotica’s cutting edge vehicle manufacturer (OEM) agnostic software. As a platform, Selenium provides any vehicle it is applied to with an awareness of where it is, what surrounds it and, with that knowledge in hand, how it should move to complete a task.
The project will radically transform how insurance and autonomous vehicles will work together in connected cities. A key challenge will be how to insure autonomous fleets of vehicles with the consortium planning to develop a system that automatically takes into account data from the vehicle and external sources that surround it, for example, traffic control systems.
The project will also address data protection and cyber security concerns raised by international policymakers and law enforcement agencies around the world by defining common security and privacy policies related to connected and autonomous vehicles.
Besides Oxbotica, other partners involved in the UK project include Oxford Robotics Institute, re/insurer XL Catlin, Nominet, Telefonica O2 UK, TRL, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s RACE, Oxfordshire County Council, Transport for London and Westbourne Communications.
However, one expert has suggested the company does run the risk of falling behind what is being completed abroad.
"Britain is trying to keep up, but the big development in the field is going on elsewhere," said Prof David Bailey from Aston Business School. That includes Google in the US, Volvo in China and Daimler in Germany.”
It is reported the amount being committed by the UK are relatively small beer.
Commenting on DRIVEN’s launch, Dr Graeme Smith, Chief Executive of Oxbotica, said: “Today’s news is truly ground-breaking. No company, group or consortium of autonomy experts has ever attempted what DRIVEN is planning over the next 30 months. We are seeking to address some of the most fundamental challenges preventing the future commercial deployment of fully autonomous vehicles. I have full confidence in DRIVEN’s world leading and internationally respected team of specialists to deliver this project.”
Professor Paul Newman, Head of the Oxford Robotics Institute based at the University of Oxford, and one of Oxbotica’s founders, said: “DRIVEN is the first of its kind and brings a host of new questions surrounding the way these vehicles will communicate with each other. We’re moving from the singleton autonomous vehicle, to fleets of autonomous vehicles – and what’s interesting to us at the Oxford Robotics Institute is what data the vehicles share with one another, when and why.”
Richard Jinks, who leads the project at XL Catlin, said: “Working on this project gives us the opportunity to work with leading external parties to create a risk profiling tool and insurance pricing mechanism which is truly revolutionary.”
Dr Rob Buckingham, Head of RACE, said: “DRIVEN is important because it will answer questions around cyber security and insurance as well as the underlying technology. RACE has a key supporting role - enabling testing on the Culham Science Centre site before we venture on the public roads. DRIVEN reinforces our aspiration to enable connected and autonomous vehicles to be widely adopted. Starting in Oxfordshire we are already thinking about how autonomous vehicles fit within a modern transport plan for both Oxford and Didcot Garden Town. DRIVEN is a very important step on this journey.”
Russell Haworth, CEO, Nominet said: “For autonomous cars to become mainstream, the correct framework must be in place so they can run safely and effectively. Working as part of this strong consortium, our team will be part of the work that helps tackle those infrastructure challenges and keep the UK at the forefront of this exciting field.”
Llewelyn Morgan, Service Manager Infrastructure, Innovation & Development for Communities at the county council added: “Oxfordshire County Council has a vision of technology playing a leading role in transport in the coming years, and we have already adopted a pioneering vision of how intelligent mobility will play a key role in supporting the growth of Oxfordshire.
“The sort of technology that we are going to see being trialled as a result of this announcement has the potential to be the real game-changer. It will be incredible to have driverless vehicles being tested in the city and across the county and it will really allow people to see up-close how this technology will actually work.”
Iwan Parry, Head of Insurance at TRL, concluded: “To support the successful adoption of CAVs, it is important to consider the enabling elements of insurance and vehicle interaction with traffic management systems, alongside the fundamental requirement of safe and controlled testing of the technology itself. Through DRIVEN, TRL will work with consortia partners to develop a structure for an integrated transport approach that sees vehicles connect seamlessly to urban traffic control systems. Innovative and dynamic insurance methodologies are also vital to ensure a confident reception to CAVs on UK roads.”
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Mitt Romney Fails Again
By Dennis Prager January 8, 2019 Leave a Comment
The first public thing Mitt Romney did in the year 2019 — on Jan. 1 — was publish an attack on President Trump in the Washington Post, which, as we know, has not lacked for attacks on Trump.
He did not even wait until being sworn in, two days later.
I campaigned for Sen. Mitt Romney when he ran for president, including a closed-door meeting with him to raise funds among wealthy Los Angeles Republicans. As it turns out, I worked to elect a somewhat foolish man with few identifiable convictions. (For the record, I would do so again, since just about any Republican president will do less damage to the country than any leftist — and Democratic politicians are now all leftists.) Life is filled with disappointments, and I will survive this one. But I should explain why this Romney column is so disappointing.
First the foolish part. What did Romney seek to achieve by publishing an attack on his own party’s president? Did he think he would persuade one supporter of the president to stop supporting him? If he did, he failed, not because none of us can be persuaded to change our minds but because the piece was so intellectually and morally shallow.
So, why did he write it? And why did he publish it in the Washington Post, a Trump-hating newspaper? Does he share the Washington Post’s political, social and moral values? Did he think he would enlighten Washington Post readers, the vast majority of whom already loathe the president, the Republican Party and the half of the country that voted for Donald Trump?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than addressing whether the United States has borders secure enough to prevent millions of people from coming into America illegally?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than the left’s suppression of free speech at virtually every American university and the left’s suppression of free speech on the internet?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than the left’s ongoing attempt to abolish male and female identities among children?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than attacking the left’s goal of weakening the American military?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than attacking the gargantuan size of the federal government, which undermines the unique American ideal of limited government?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than attacking the left for essentially destroying the Boy Scouts, from which his own LDS church has now withdrawn support?
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than the dramatic decline of religion in American life? He is, after all, a religious man.
Does he believe attacking Trump is more important than preventing the left from dominating the country’s federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court?
If he does, he may be more than a fool. And that something more may involve character defects. I try to avoid directing comments at the character of those I differ with, but since Mitt Romney deems it of national significance to publicly attack the character of the president of the United States, and given that he considers character more important than policies that affect the nation and the world, he has invited consideration of his character.
Given his attack on the president, rather than on the nation- and civilization-destroying policies of the left and the Democratic Party, character issues may explain his Washington Post column. While we have every reason to assume Mitt Romney is personally honest and faithful in marriage, a public figure’s character is far more than his or her personal honesty and marital fidelity. Plenty of honest men and women and plenty of faithful husbands and wives have helped ruin societies. And in those more important areas of character, Mitt Romney is apparently quite lacking.
One character issue is lack of courage. In today’s environment, it takes no courage to attack Donald Trump, especially in the Washington Post. Sen. Romney is now the darling of the elites of this country. He will be showered with praise by the elite newspapers and all the news networks (except Fox). He will be invited to give talks at universities throughout the country. He will be feted in Europe. And no one will scream obscenities at him when he dines in Washington, D.C., restaurants.
Another character issue is pettiness. It now seems very hard to deny that Romney resents Trump for doing what he failed to do: win the presidency.
A third character problem is a lack of conviction. Does anyone reading this column know what Mitt Romney stands for aside from winning elections? Can one reader name one strong conviction Mitt Romney holds? I can’t. He appears to be essentially conviction- and ideology-free. The New Republic wrote in 2012, the year Romney ran for president, “In his various incarnations as a candidate, he has campaigned as a progressive, a conservative, a technocrat, and a populist, suggesting his deepest attachment is to winning.”
When Donald Trump sought the Republican presidential nomination, I was convinced he had no ideology. And I could not identify any convictions. I therefore opposed his nomination. But I vigorously supported his campaign for president and hoped my original assessment was wrong. Lo and behold, Trump turns out to have the most solid conservative convictions of almost any Republican politician since Ronald Reagan — and an almost preternatural amount of courage to put them into practice.
In 2012, the Wall Street Journal wrote of Romney’s campaign director, Matt Rhoades, “People who know him say he isn’t inspired by ideology …” And Fox News host Chris Wallace described Romney’s chief campaign strategist, Stuart Stevens, as “not big on ideology.”
Just like their boss.
Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His latest book, published by Regnery in April 2018, is “The Rational Bible,” a commentary on the book of Exodus. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.
Last Updated: Monday, Jan 07, 2019 16:51:29 -0800
Filed Under: Contributors, Political Opinion Tagged With: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney
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Rednal B45 - Grid reference SO998766
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Rednal Hill, looking down to Rubery. © Copyright Phil Champion and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic. Geograph OS reference SO9976. See Acknowledgements for a direct link to the Geograph website.
Rednal Hill is one of the Lickey Hills and rises between Eachway Lane and Leach Green Lane.
Urban Rednal lies on the northern slopes of the hill and runs northwards towards Longbridge along Lickey Road within the city boundary.
Major housing development here began only after World War 2 with the construction of the Rednal Hill council estate where 600 houses were built.
St Stephen's Church was built to serve the new estate. Dedicated in 1951, it was given its own parish out of Rubery parish six years later. The original building was designed as both church and parish hall.
However, a new church hall was built alongside ten years later. In 1960 volunteers led by the church organist, G A W Jeynes completed the restoration of 450-pipe organ from the closed St John's Methodist Church in Selly Oak. Lickey Road County Primary School was opened at Irwin Avenue in 1952 and renamed Rednal Hill County Primary in 1953.
Click to enlarge the images below - Photographs reused from Matthew Doyle’s Catholic blog, Lacrimarum Valle under Creative Commons Licence Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales.
Cardinal Newman died in 1890 at the age of 89 at the Birmingham Oratory, which he had founded in 1847. He was buried in the small cemetery at the Oratory Retreat on Rednal Hill. Newman was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1991 and in 2008 his remains were taken from Rednal back to the Oratory.
J R R Tolkien 1892-1973 lived in Rednal for a while during his mother's final illness. In the summer of 1904 when Tolkien was 12 years old and living in a run-down inner-city area on the borders of north Edgbaston and Ladywood, Father Francis Xavier Morgan of the Birmingham Oratory arranged for the family to stay in the rural isolation of Rednal. Fern Cottage, built in the mid-18th-century stood in the grounds of the Oratory Retreat, at the rear of the . It was the local postman's house and the Tolkien's rented two rooms here with meals provided by the postman's wife. Tolkien spent that summer holiday wandering with his younger brother around the Lickey Hills. His mother died that November of diabetes.
An early provision for this small rural community was the Rednal Public Library built in 1909 by Kings Norton & Northfield Urban District Council on Leach Green Lane. The site was donated by Edward Cadbury and George Cadbury Jnr and the building costs met by philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. The building is no longer a library but residential accommodation.
Image left: Rednal Library. Copyright photograph by Wayne Sinclair/ sinkeyuk downloaded from the Webshots website and used with his kind permission.
In 1924 the Bristol Road tram line was extended as far as Rednal terminus giving thousands of city dwellers ready access to the Lickey Hills. The trams were crowded with day trippers on summer weekends and bank holidays.
It is said that the queues for the trams home sometimes stretched back as far as the Rose & Crown.
Image right: Rednal/ Lickey tram terminus. Copyright photograph by Wayne Sinclair/ sinkeyuk downloaded from the Webshots website and used with his kind permission.
The trams were replaced by buses in 1953 which continued to use the terminus turning circle and its extensive waiting shelter. This was removed in the 1960s. The tram station office building remains, now a restaurant, and a length of track has been preserved.
Walter Webb (X) on one of Birmingham Corporation’s first motor buses which ran from 1914 along the Bristol Road to Rednal until replaced by trams in 1924. © Walter’s granddaughter, Gaynor Powell ‘All Rights Reserved’ and reproduced with her kind permission.
The Rose & Crown. Copyright photograph by Wayne Sinclair/ sinkeyuk downloaded from the Webshots website and used with his kind permission.
The Rose & Crown was a coaching inn which stood near the foot of the dangerous Rose Hill descent. Probably built in Georgian times stagecoaches could change horses here ready for the steep climb up the hill. After 1880 a private house was built on the site of the inn and given the same name. The extensive grounds were landscaped with waterfalls and pools along the River Arrow and with a large numbers of trees which still survive. The building is now a hotel.
In 1831 an easier route for coaches avoiding the Lickey Hills was made from Longbridge to Lydiate Ash via the Bristol Road South, New Road Rubery and the Birmingham Road. The coaching inn at Rubery became known as the New Rose & Crown and the one on Rose Hill the Old Rose & Crown. The road was disturnpiked in 1872 when the Worcestershire county authorities took responsibility for the maintenance of highways.
Rednal is one of Birmingham's oldest recorded placenames and is mentioned in a charter of King Offa of Mercia in 780 AD when it was granted with land at Cofton Hackett, Wast Hills and Hopwood to St Peter's Church, Bredon for the use of the Bishop Worcester. In 849 the land was leased back to King Berhtwulf by the then Bishop of Worcester, Ealhun. But in 934 was given St Mary's, Worcester by King Athelstan. The charter of 849 specifies the boundary of the estate by means of landmarks which would have been verified and witnessed by means of a perambulation by a group representing both parties in the contract.
The line of the boundary at the north-west of the estate is not clear. The boundary here certainly runs northwards following the ridge of the Lickey Hills. Here it went sue to Wylheardes Trie ond land thaes Holan Weges (Old English), ‘to Wylheard's Tree along the Hollow-way'; thonne up ofer thaet haeth . . . in tha Rode, ‘then out over the heath (West Heath) . . . to the Long Clearing' (back where the boundary perambulation had begun near the junction of Longbridge Lane and Alvechurch Road; and then on to Headey Heath.)
Wylheard's Tree must have been a significant and distinctive tree possibly at the top of Rose Hill and the holloway may have been Rose Hill itself. From Four Ways at the foot of Rose Hill the boundary may have followed route the old Roman road, now Lickey Road, or Groveley Lave back to the starting point at West Heath. Rights of the estate also came cum silva quae eisdem terris adjacent, et cum pratis, pascuis, aquaram rivulis (Latin), ‘with the wood that adjoins these lands, and with meadows, pastures, waters of streams'. So the 5 manentes at Rednal could have either included what is now Cofton Park, or lain south of Groveley Lane. However, it is not actually certain that the perambulation actually includes the land at Rednal which may have lain to the west of the land unit described.
The area of land at Rednal is described in the charters as being 5 manentes. This unit is also known as a 'hide' and is generally deemed to measure 100-120 acres, c50ha. However it was actually a variable unit used for taxation purposes and is usually reckoned as the amount of arable land needed to feed a peasant family for a year. The actual acreage was therefore variable depending on the nature and quality of the land. 5 manentes would be about the area of modern Rednal, Rednal Hill and Cofton Park combined.
Rednal's entry in the Domesday Book from Open Domesday. See Acknowledgements for a link to that website. Click to enlarge the image.
The name of Rednal, Wreodan Hale which is recorded in the 8th-century charter derives from the Old English, wreodan healh, meaning 'thicket nook'. The Lickey Hills were wooded in Anglo-Saxon times as now.
However, ‘nook' is less easy to accurately translate. The word has an implication of self-contained cosiness as it does now. It may have referred to a settlement nestling at the foot of the wooded Rednal Hill.
Along with Kings Norton and other sub-manors of Bromsgrove, Rednal is listed as Weredeshale in the Domesday Book, a berewick of Bromsgrove and belonging to the King. By early modern times it was one of the yields, administrative districts, of the manor of Kings Norton.
Rednal Hill © Copyright Phil Champion and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic. Geograph OS reference SO9976. See Acknowledgements for a link to that website.
Some 2000 years ago, the Roman road from Droitwich cut through the area. It is thought to have run close to the route of Lickey Road and the present Bristol Road South, though a little to the west of it. Archaeological excavations have shown that the road crossed the Lickey Hills at the Rose Hill Gap. (See Lickey.)
In 1963 a Roman coin was found by Janet and Stephen Harris in Dowar Road near Rednal Hill School. This was a dupondius struck during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius who ruled from 138 AD to 161. It was a small coin made of a brass and worth about the price of a loaf of bread.
Evidence of the Stone Age at Rednal includes an arrowhead found on Lickey Road near its junction with Lowhill Lane. Leaf-shaped and made of flint, this artefact dates from Neolithic times and is certainly over 4000 years old . A Bronze Age flint javelin point was found on the surface of disturbed soil by an observant Mr W H Laurie when road-widening was taking place in 1925. This is some 3000 years old.
Rednal was an area of countryside until the middle of the 20th century and there is a remarkable and ancient survival from its rural past. Running along the west side of Lickey Road, between Leach Green Lane and past Edgewood Road, is a medieval hedge whose age is estimated to be over 700 years old.
See also Four Ways Rednal.
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William Dargue 15.03.09/ 27.08.09
See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55144&sheetid=9255&ox=3640&oy=2800&zm=2&czm=2&x=1&y=238
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What the technical details behind Libra reveal about Facebook’s plans150
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John deVadoss—development lead for NEO based in Seattle, former general manager at Microsoft, and a computer scientist with a focus in machine learning and neural networks—shared his insights from analyzing and testing Facebook’s Libra.
“Facebook is trying to build a global bank and is attempting to create a world currency. And it’s certainly doable, with usage across billions of individuals and the support of a large number of institutions. It’s an attempt to remake the global banking infrastructure.”
https://cryptoslate.com/technical-details-libra-reveal-facebooks-plans/
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Zondervan exegetical commentary on the new testament
Romans (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
This series is designed for those who know biblical languages. It is written primarily for the pastor and Bible teacher, not for the scholar. That is, the aim is not to review and offer a critique of every possible interpretation that has ever been given to a passage, but to exegete each passage of Scripture succinctly in its grammatical and historical context. Each passage is interpreted in the light of its biblical setting, with a view to grammatical detail, literary context, flow of biblical argument, and historical setting. While the focus will not be on application, it is expected that the authors will offer suggestions as to the direction in which application can flow.
John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Colossians and Philemon (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Mark (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
1, 2, and 3 John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structure. The series consistently provides the main point, an exegetical outline, verse-by-verse commentary, and theology in application in each section of every commentary. Critical scholarship informs each step but does not dominate the commentary, allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical authors message as it unfolds. While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will find these books beneficial. The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series covers the entire New Testament in twenty volumes; Clinton E. Arnold serves as general editor.
1-3 John
In her commentary on Johns letters, Karen H. Jobes writes to bridge the distance between academic biblical studies and pastors, students, and laypeople who are looking for an in-depth treatment of the issues raised by these New Testament books. She approaches the three letters of John as part of the corpus that includes Johns gospel, while rejecting an elaborate redactional history of that gospel that implicates the letters. Jobes treats three major themes of the letters under the larger rubric of who has the authority to interpret the true significance of Jesus, an issue that is pressing in our religiously pluralistic society today with its many voices claiming truth about God.
Galatians (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, this series brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek. The series consistently provides the main point, an exegetical outline, verse-by-verse commentary, and theology in application in each section of every commentary. Critical scholarship informs each step but does not dominate the commentary, allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical authors message as it unfolds. While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will find these books beneficial. The ZECNT series covers the entire New Testament in twenty volumes; Clinton E. Arnold serves as general editor.In this volume, Thomas R. Schreiner offers pastors, students, and teachers a focused resource for reading Galatians. Through the use of graphic representations of translations, succinct summaries of main ideas, exegetical outlines and other features, Schreiner presents Pauls Epistle to the Galatians with precision and accuracy. Because of this series focus on the textual structure of the scriptures, readers will better understand the literary elements of Galatians, comprehend the authors revolutionary goals, and ultimately discover their vital claims upon the church today.
Acts (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
With attention to issues that continue to surface in todays church, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series offers pastors, students, and teachers a focused resource for reading, teaching, and preaching the Book of Acts.
Acts highlights (1) the work of God through the exalted Jesus who grants the presence of the Holy Spirit; (2) the significance of Jesus who is Israels Messiah and the Savior of the world and who directs the expansion of the church; (3) the work of the Holy Spirit as transforming power present in the lives of the followers of Jesus and their communities; (4) the identity of the church as the community of God, comprised of Jews and Gentiles who are followers of Jesus; (5) the mission of the church whose leaders take the gospel to cities and regions of the Roman Empire in which Jesus has not yet been proclaimed as Messiah and Savior; (6) the historical events and the persons who played a role in the expansion of earliest Christianity.
Luke (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Luke is the fifth release in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament seriesthe only commentary series with a graphical display, theology in application section and identification of the main idea for each section. Luke sought to assure believers about the truth of the gospel (1:4) and to advance their understanding of Gods ways in the world as revealed in Christs ministry, death, and resurrection. Luke wrote as a historian, theologian, and pastor, and Garlands commentary strives to follow suit in assisting those who will preach and teach the text and those who seek to understand it better. The commentary presents a translation through a diagram that helps visualize the flow of thought, provides a summary of the central message of the passages, reveals how they function within the gospel, and offers an exegetical outline and verse-by-verse commentary that takes notice of Jewish and Greco-Roman background evidence that sheds light on the text. Christians interpret the Bible to make sense of their lived experience, and the commentary highlights theological emphases of each passage and applies them to the everyday struggles of faith and practice.
James (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on The New Testament series Book 16)
Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament examines the biblical text in its originalenvironment. Notable evangelical scholars carefully attend to grammatical detail, literary context, rhetorical flow, theological nuance, and historical setting in their interpretation. Critical scholarship informs each step, but does not dominate the commentary, allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical authors message as it unfolds. While primarily designed for those witha basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will find this series beneficial. The general editor for this enterprising series is Clinton E. Arnold The following focused sections help readers understandthe text:Literary Context: Explains how each passage functions within the bookMain Idea: Summarizes the central message of the passageTranslation in Graphic Layout: Presents a translation through a diagram that helps readers visualize the flow of thought within the textExegetical Outline: Gives the overall structure of the passageExplanation of the Text: Provides interpretive insights into the background and meaning of the textTheology in Application: Discusses how the message of the text fits within the book itself and in a broader biblical-theological context, suggesting applications for the church today
Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek. The series consistently provides the main point, an exegetical outline, verse-by-verse commentary, and theology in application in each section of every commentary. Critical scholarship informs each step but does not dominate the commentary, allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical authors message as it unfolds. While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will find these books beneficial. The ZECNT series covers the entire New Testament in twenty volumes; Clinton E. Arnold serves as general editor.In this volume, Grant Osborne offers pastors, students, and teachers a focused resource for reading the Gospel of Matthew. Through the use of graphic representations of translations, succinct summaries of main ideas, exegetical outlines, and other features, Osborne presents the Gospel of Matthew with precision and accuracy. Because of this series focus on the textual structure of the scriptures, readers will better understand the literary elements of Matthew, comprehend the authors revolutionary goals, and ultimately discovering their vital claims upon the church today.
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70% Smartphone Buyers in India Switched Brands Last Quarter; Xiaomi Reigns Here Too
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More than 70 percent of smartphone users in India switched brands in the second quarter of this year, benefitting Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi the most which sold nearly 37 per cent of the phones that were replaced, according to a CyberMedia Research (CMR) report on Wednesday.
Xiaomi was followed by Vivo (17.8 per cent), Oppo (16.3), iTel (6.7 per cent) and Huawei’s Honor (4.5 per cent), according to the first edition of the CMR “India Smartphone Movement” report.
During the period, the fastest depleting brands in the category were Micromax (41.2 per cent), Intex (11.6 per cent), HTC (5.5 per cent), Karbonn (5.3 per cent) and Gionee (4.7 per cent), the findings showed. “Customer stickiness is the paramount concern that home grown brands need to address immediately,” said Kanika Jain, Manager, New Initiatives, CMR.
“Consumers continue to swap their existing Smartphones with the new ones offered by Chinese brands resulting in fast erosion of total installed base of the local Indian brands,” she added. Based on the analysis of over 200 million users across the country, the report further identified that the replacement market continues to grow in the country and in the second quarter of 2018, nearly 60 per cent of the smartphones sold were actually upgrades/replacements of existing smartphones.
There is still 41 per cent of new smartphone market development occurring in the country, which could be a pie that the domestic brands should focus upon, the report suggested.
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Time to Plan YOUR TRIP to CAMBODIA
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You know you’ve been meaning to, and you promised yourself a holiday around Christmas/New Year. So, why not Cambodia? In fact, December and January are the coolest months of the year and as such is the peak of the tourist season. So now is the time to plan your itinerary, budget and then make the bookings.
First you need to decide what sights you want to see. You need to buy yourself the latest copy of a Cambodian travel guide. As they say, "Know before you go". A good, up to date travel guide will inform you of the latest information about accommodation, restaurants, transport, medical facilities, currency, working hours, public holidays, as well as cultural information about the country. All the major names in travel guides have their 2017 editions published now, and we’ll take a look at some of them below.
What to see?
Every visitor to Cambodia visits the famous Angkor Wat near Siem Reap. But, what if I told you that there is now a new temple complex been given world heritage status as recently as May 2017. Sambor Prei Kuk in Kampong Thom province is older than Angkor Wat having been built around the 6th and 7th centuries.
Here is what Unesco has to say about it:
“Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
The archaeological site of Sambor Prei Kuk, “the temple in the richness of the forest” in the Khmer language, has been identified as Ishanapura, the capital of the Chenla Empire that flourished in the late 6th and early 7th centuries AD. The vestiges of the city cover an area of 25 sq km and include a walled city centre as well as numerous temples, ten of which are octagonal, unique specimens of their genre in South-East Asia. Decorated sandstone elements in the site are characteristic of the pre-Angkor decorative idiom, known as the Sambor Prei Kuk Style. Some of these elements, including lintels, pediments and colonnades, are true masterpieces. The art and architecture developed here became models for other parts of the region and lay the ground for the unique Khmer style of the Angkor period.” http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1532br
THE LATEST TRAVEL GUIDES FOR CAMBODIA (2017 releases)
The Rough Guide to Cambodia by Rough Guides (Released 19 Sep 2017)
Rough Guides is a leading travel publisher known for its “tell it like it is” attitude. In print since 1982, the slogan of Rough Guides is "Make the Most of Your Time on Earth".
Available in Paperback, and eBook.
Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet (Released 15 Aug 2017)
Affectionately known as 'the backpacker's bible', Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world. Lonely Planet was founded by Maureen and Tony Wheeler in 1972.
Insight Guides Laos & Cambodia by Insight Guides (Released 01 Jul 2017)
Insight Guides, founded by Hans Johannes Hofer in 1970, combines full-colour photography with essays written by local experts.
Responsible Travel Guide: Cambodia by Pujita Nanette Mayeda and Friendship with Cambodia (Released 30 Jun 2017)
Responsible Travel Guide Cambodia promotes hotels, restaurants and shops that are locally-owned, prevent sex-tourism, protect the environment, and provide training and employment programs to disadvantaged people. Profits from the sale of this book support the humanitarian projects of Friendship with Cambodia.
Available in Paperback and eBook.
LUXE Cambodia by LUXE City Guides (Released 05 May 2017)
LUXE guides target the traveller who is looking for a more luxurious experience. First published in 2002. Their slogan "Why rough it, when you can LUXE it".
Available in Paperback (inlcudes a free mobile App).
More travel guides can be found here: TRAVEL GUIDES SECTION
Possible itinerary.
Phnom Penh - 2 days: visit The Royal Palace, The National Museum, Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, take an evening boat cruise along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers (with or without dinner), Central Market, and Russian Market.
Kampong Thom - 1 day: visit Sambor Prei Kuk.
Siem Reap - 2 or 3 days: visit Angkor Wat, The Bayon, Angkor Thom, Preah Khan, Ta Prohm. Day trip to Bantei Srei and Kbal Spean. Unless you’re an archaeologist, you might get tired of seeing nothing but ancient temples. You could try Anton Swanepoel’s great book ’Siem Reap 20 Must See Attractions’ for more ideas (available on Kindle). After visiting Siem Reap, and depending on how many days you have available, you could:
Fly back to Phnom Penh, then travel south to Kampot and Kep for a couple of days.
Fly directly to Sihanoukville (more about that soon).
Continue by road to Battambang.
Battambang - 2 days: Cambodia’s second largest city has numerous things to see and do. Phnom Sampov is a little way out of town but worth the hike up the hill to the temples and bat cave (you can take a motorbike taxi if you don’t want to walk). Closer to town is Wat Samrong Knong and the Well of Shadows - slightly macabre as it was used as an interrogation center during the Pol Pot regime. Visit Mrs. Bun Roeung's Ancient House - a beautifully maintained Khmer traditional wooden house. Lots more to see and do in Battambang (maybe you have to come back again next year). https://www.facebook.com/mrsbunshouse/
Back to Phnom Penh for a night while deciding to go south to Kampot and Kep, or go southwest to Sihanoukville. Alternatively, if you have time, you could do all of the above. There is now a train service which only runs a couple of days a week, but you can take the train to Kampot, then a day or two later take the next train from Kampot to Sihanoukville.
Kampot is a smallish town on the Kampot river which runs into the Gulf of Thailand a few kilometers downstream. Kampot has some nice, but rather run down, old buildings from the French colonial period, as well as a lot of Chinese style shophouses. Generally a quiet place but very popular on the travel circuit. Just south of Kampot is Kep. Prior to the 1970s, Kep was the seaside destination of choice for royalty and the elite. Nowadays there are a lot of new guesthouses and resorts to choose from, despite the beach not being anything special. Kep is a great place for seafood, especially crabs. Next stop Sihanoukville.
Sihanoukville has changed a lot in the past couple of years. There has been a huge influx of Chinese investors buying up hotels and turning them into casinos. The future Macao of Southeast Asia. The areas where tourists used to go have become overrun with Chinese, so everybody now goes to either Otres Beach (on the mainland), or to the islands. Nothing like a holiday to a tropical island with crystal clear waters, warm balmy nights, fresh seafood and, maybe, a good book to read. You should try Koh Rong or Koh Rong Samloem.
Most of the accommodation on the islands can now be booked online, so you can see online the quality before you commit yourself.
So there you have it. No excuses not to start the ball rolling and get your vacation planned now. Share with your friends, they might like to join you.
Lonely Planet Cambodia by Lonely Planet
The Khmer Empire: The History and Legacy of One of Southeast Asia’s Most Influential Empires by Charles River Editors
Cambodia Marco Polo Pocket Guide by Marco Polo Travel Publishing
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WILLIAM PETER BLOUNT was born 20 Nov 1827 in Washington County, Alabama, and died 24 Dec 1907 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the first child of
John Thomas Blount and Clarissa Ann Cartwright. He married EVERLINE C. JOHNSON 24 Aug 1850 in Washington County, AL. She was born 10 Jul 1830 in Alabama, and died 04 Apr 1900 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They were buried in Old Mars Hill Cemetery, Plattsburg, Winston County, Mississippi
More About WILLIAM PETER BLOUNT:
Census 1: 1830 Census Washington County, Alabama, Page 253a
Census 2: 1840 Census Neshoba County, Mississippi, Page 134a
Census 3: 1860 Census Neshoba County, MS, Plattsburg P.O., Township 12, Range 10, Page 683, Sept 21, 1860
Census 4: 1880 Census Neshoba County, MS, Beat #5, ED #61, Page 544a, July 10, 1880
Census 5: 1900 Census Neshoba County, MS Beat #5, ED #46, Page 139a, June 26, 1900
Military service: Civil War
Children of WILLIAM BLOUNT and EVERLINE JOHNSON are:
JOHN THOMAS BLOUNT b. 22 May 1847, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 18 Jun 1875, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
NANCY J. BLOUNT b. 09 Feb 1852, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 06 Nov 1920, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
MARY Clementine BLOUNT b. Jul. 12, 1854, Neshoba County, Mississippi. She married Elisha Monroe Williams. Census: 1860, Neshoba County, Miss, Plattsburg P.O., Township 12, Range 10, Page 683, Sept 21, 1860
JULIA E. BLOUNT b. 1857, Neshoba County, Mississippi. Census: 1860, Neshoba County, Miss, Plattsburg P.O., Township 12, Range 10, Page 683, Sept 21, 1860
AMANDA N. C. BLOUNT b. Aug 1860, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ALICE E. BLOUNT b. Sep 1862, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
WILLIAM A. BLOUNT b. Sep 1862, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
CHARLES A. BLOUNT b. 07 Mar 1870, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 08 Jul 1942.
TRAVIS MONROE BLOUNT b. Oct 1875, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
JOHN THOMAS BLOUNT was born 22 May 1847 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 18 Jun 1875 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the son of William Peter Blount and Everline C. Johnson. He married MARY JANE BURKES 1871 in Mississippi. She was born 1849.
More About JOHN THOMAS BLOUNT:
Census: 1860 Census Neshoba County, MS.
Children of JOHN BLOUNT and MARY BURKES are:
PLEASANT CLAYTON BLOUNT b. 28 Dec 1872, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 1926, Mississippi.
MARY JANE BLOUNT b. 1874, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 1957.
NANCY J. BLOUNT was born 09 Feb 1852 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 06 Nov 1920 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of William Peter Blount and Everline C. Johnson. She married WASHINGTON T. GRESHAM Abt. 1869 in Neshoba County, MS. He was born Jul. 23, 1851 and died Jan. 17, 1925 in Mississippi.
Notes for NANCY J. BLOUNT:
1900 census states she had 10 children, 8 living
More About NANCY J. BLOUNT:
Census 1: 1860 Census Neshoba County, MS
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Census 2: 1910 Census Neshoba County, Mississippi
Children of NANCY BLOUNT and WASHINGTON GRESHAM are:
MARY ALICE GRESHAM b. Feb 1873, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
IDA M. GRESHAM b. 25 Oct 1880, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 14 Dec 1944, Mississippi.
ROBERT A. GRESHAM b. Dec 1883, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Thomas H. GRESHAM b. Jan 1887, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
TRAVIS A. GRESHAM b. June 1891, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
LAFE SIMPSON GRESHAM b. 16 Sep 1894, Neshoba County, Mississippi; m. NORA UNKNOWN, Abt. 1918, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1901, Mississippi.
Military service: WWI Civilian Draft Registration, Newton County, MS
Occupation: 1920, Steel worker – shipyard
NANCY A. GRESHAM b. Jul 1898, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
CHARLES A. BLOUNT was born 07 Mar 1870 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 08 Jul 1942. He was the son of William Peter Blount and Everline C. Johnson. He married MARY ELIZABETH HARRINGTON. She was born May 1873.
More About CHARLES A. BLOUNT:
Children of CHARLES BLOUNT and MARY HARRINGTON are:
OLA BLOUNT b. Oct 1892, Neshoba County, Mississippi; m. (1) JARRETT WILLIAMS; m. (2) JAMES M. MANNING, 1917; d. Bef. 1920.
MYRTLE BLOUNT b. Sep 1894, Neshoba County, Mississippi. Census: 1900, Neshoba County, Mississippi, Beat #5, ED #46, Page 139a, June 26, 1900
STILLARD BLOUNT b. Jul 1896, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
LENA BLOUNT b. Oct 1898, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
SUSIE BLOUNT b. Abt. 1903, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
TRAVIS MONROE BLOUNT was born Oct 1875 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the son of William Peter Blount and Everline C. Johnson. He married MARTHA EVALYN WHINERY Abt. 1896 in Neshoba County, MS. She was born Apr 1877.
More About TRAVIS MONROE BLOUNT:
Children of TRAVIS BLOUNT and MARTHA WHINERY are:
HARLEY MONROE BLOUNT b. 13 Sep 1897, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. Mar 1964, Mississippi.
JAMES WILSON BLOUNT b. 19 Feb 1899, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. Feb 1974, Decatur, Newton County, MS.
JOHN TRAVIS BLOUNT b. 17 Jun 1901, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 19 Apr 1996, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi; m. KATIE VIOLA SISSON, Abt. 1922, Neshoba County, MS; b. 05 Dec 1903, Mississippi; d. 19 Nov 1994, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
MARTHA E. BLOUNT b. Abt. 1903, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
IRA C. BLOUNT b. 07 Mar 1907, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 17 May 1990, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi (Source: Social Security Death Index.); m. NELLIE WHITMIRE.
IVA MARY BLOUNT b. 07 Mar 1907, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 03 Feb 1991, Mississippi; m. BILLY NEAL.
PLEASANT CLAYTON BLOUNT was born 28 Dec 1872 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 1926 in Mississippi. He was the son of John Thomas Blount and Mary Jane Burkes. He married NANCY ANNIE AMANDA BEAZEALE 1891 in Mississippi. She was born 1875, and died 1968 in Mississippi.
More About PLEASANT CLAYTON BLOUNT and NANCY ANNIE AMANDA BEAZEALE
Burial: Mississippi
1900 Census Neshoba County, MS
1910 Census Neshoba County, Mississippi
1920 Census Newton County, MS
Property: 17 Jun 1909, Neshoba County, Mississippi, 121 acres, Serial # 67669
Children of PLEASANT BLOUNT and NANCY BEAZEALE are:
HENRY CLAYTON BLOUNT b. 29 Nov 1892, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. Jan 1965, Mississippi.
LILLIE ANN BLOUNT b. Oct 1895, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 1992, Alabama.
JASPER MONROE BLOUNT b. 22 Dec 1898, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. Jan 1974, Newton County, Mississippi.
HARDY EDMOND BLOUNT b. 16 Jul 1900, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 26 May 1988, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
JOHN ELZIE BLOUNT b. 1902, Mississippi; d. 1962, Decatur, Newton County, MS
IDA MAE BLOUNT b. Abt. 1907, Mississippi.
MINNIE LEE BLOUNT b. 1910, Newton County, Miss.
EMMA EDNA BLOUNT b. 1912, Newton County, Miss; m. DURWOOD WARE.
RUBY PEARL BLOUNT b. 1914, Newton County, Miss.
CLARENCE MALCOLM BLOUNT b. 1916, Newton County, Miss; m. VIOLA MURRAY.
LLOYD LAMAR BLOUNT b. Abt. 1921, Newton County, Miss.
MARY JANE BLOUNT was born 1874 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 1957. She was the daughter of John Thomas Blount and Mary Burkes. She married LUTHER L. BARRETT 1900 in Mississippi. He was born 1874 in Mississippi.
Children of MARY BLOUNT and LUTHER BARRETT are:
LOUIE L. BARRETT b. Abt. 1901, Neshoba County, Mississippi; d. 1933; m. ZENNIE GOLDMAN.
JESSIE M. BARRETT b. Abt. 1903, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
PLEAS C. BARRETT b. Abt. 1906, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
MARY ALICE GRESHAM was born Feb 1873 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Nancy J. Blount and Washington T. Gresham. She married ALBERT O. BARRETT 1892 in Neshoba County, MS (Source: Neshoba County, MS Marriage Book, Book 3, Page 443.). He was born Nov 1870 in Mississippi.
Children of MARY GRESHAM and ALBERT BARRETT are:
i. CORA M. BARRETT, b. Sep 1894, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ii. ALVIN A. BARRETT, b. May 1896, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
iii. THOMAS C. BARRETT, b. May 1897, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
iv. ORA I. BARRETT, b. Mar 1899, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
v. ANDREW J. BARRETT, b. Abt. 1902, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
vi. HERMAN O. BARRETT, b. Abt. 1904, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
viii. WILLIAM R. BARRETT, b. Abt. 1907, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ix. FLORA P. BARRETT, b. 1909, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
IDA M. GRESHAM was born 25 Oct 1880 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 14 Dec 1944 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of Nancy J. Blount and Washington Gresham. She married CHARLES A. BARRETT 1900 in Neshoba County, MS (Source: Neshoba County, MS Marriage Book, Book B, Page 252.). He was born Abt. 1880 in Mississippi.
Child of IDA GRESHAM and CHARLES BARRETT is:
i. LILLIE J. BARRETT, b. Abt. 1902, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
More About LILLIE J. BARRETT:
THOMAS H. GRESHAM was born Jan 1887 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the son of Nancy J. Blount and Washington Gresham. He married EDNA UNKNOWN Abt. 1907 in Mississippi. She was born Abt. 1888 in Mississippi.
Occupation: 1920, Carpenter – ship
Children of THOMAS GRESHAM and EDNA UNKNOWN are:
i. ETHEL P. GRESHAM, b. Abt. 1908, Mississippi.
ii. ERLINE GRESHAM, b. Abt. 1911, Mississippi.
iii. NITA GRESHAM, b. Abt. 1916, Mississippi.
iv. ARTHUR GRESHAM, b. Abt. 1919, Mississippi.
HARLEY MONROE BLOUNT was born 13 Sep 1897 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died Mar 1964 in Mississippi. He was the son of Travis Monroe Blount and Martha Whinery. He married SADIE A. SISSON. She was born Abt. 1897 in Mississippi.
More About HARLEY MONROE BLOUNT:
Census 1: 1900, Neshoba County, Mississippi, Beat #5, ED #46, Page 139a, June 26, 1900
Census 2: 1910, Neshoba County, Mississippi, Beat #5, Riley, ED #84, Page 254b, May 2, 1910
Census 3: 1930 Census Winston County, MS
Children of HARLEY BLOUNT and SADIE SISSON are:
i. LESPER EVELYN6 BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1918, Mississippi.
ii. LORENE BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1925, Mississippi.
iii. RUBY BLOUNT, b. 1928, Mississippi.
JAMES WILSON BLOUNT was born 19 Feb 1899 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died Feb 1974 in Decatur, Newton County, TX. He was the son of Travis Monroe Blount and Martha Whinery. He married ORA MAE MURPHY Abt. 1921 in Mississippi. She was born 16 Jun 1904 in Mississippi, and died Jan 1973 in Decatur, Newton County, MS.
Children of JAMES BLOUNT and ORA MURPHY are:
i. CLYDE L. BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1922, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ii. JAMES A. BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1927, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
iii. TRAVIS M. BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1929, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
HENRY CLAYTON BLOUNT was born 29 Nov 1892 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died Jan 1965 in Mississippi. He was the son of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. He married SALLY ANN CRAWFORD. She was born 1893.
Elected: Bet. 1924 – 1930, School Superintendant
Occupation: 1920, High School Teacher
Children of HENRY BLOUNT and SALLY CRAWFORD are:
i. IVA LOU BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1912, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ii. ANNIE FLORA BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1914, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
iii. FRANCES BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1917, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
iv. CLAYTON BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1923, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
v. DOROTHY BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1924, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
vi. HENRY CLAYTON BLOUNT, JR., b. Abt. 1926, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
LILLIE ANN BLOUNT was born Oct 1895 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 1992 in Alabama. She was the daughter of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. She married HENRY GALLASPY Abt. 1911 in Mississippi. He was born Abt. 1889 in Mississippi, and died Bet. 1921 – 1930 in Newton County, Miss.
Children of LILLIE BLOUNT and HENRY GALLASPY are:
i. AUDIE IDELL7 GALLASPY, b. 05 Jan 1913, Newton County, Miss; d. Dec 1985, Jefferson County, Al (Source: Social Security Death Index.).
ii. OZRO GALLASPY, b. 16 Sep 1915, Newton County, Miss; d. Jul 1986, Jefferson County, Al (Source: Social Security Death Index.).
iii. LAVELLE GALLASPY, b. Abt. 1918, Newton County, Miss.
iv. DONELLE GALLASPY, b. Abt. 1921, Newton County, Miss.
v. AMZY GALLASPY, b. Abt. 1923, Newton County, Miss.
JASPER MONROE BLOUNT was born 22 Dec 1898 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died Jan 1974 in Newton County, Mississippi (Source: Social Security Death Index.). He was the son of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. He married HATTIE E. CHAPMAN Abt. 1919 in Newton County, MS. She was born 1900.
Children of JASPER BLOUNT and HATTIE CHAPMAN are:
i. JASPER M.7 BLOUNT, JR, b. Abt. 1922, Mississippi.
ii. EMOGENE BLOUNT, b. 1923, Mississippi.
iii. BENNIE JOE BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1925, Mississippi.
iv. BETTYE BLOUNT.
HARDY EDMOND BLOUNT was born 16 Jul 1900 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and died 26 May 1988 in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi (Source: Social Security Death Index.). He was the son of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. He married BESSIE BARRIER Abt. 1923 in Neshoba County, MS. She was born 01 Jan 1906 in Mississippi, and died 22 Apr 1998 in Clinton, Hinds County, MS (Source: Social Security Death Index.).
Children of HARDY BLOUNT and BESSIE BARRIER are:
i. CAROLYN BLOUNT, b. 1924, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
ii. THOMAS H. BLOUNT, b. 1926, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
JOHN ELZIE BLOUNT was born 1902 in Mississippi, and died 1962 in Decatur, Newton County, MS. He was the son of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. He married EVA U. HARBOUR Abt. 1924 in Mississippi. She was born 23 Sep 1905, and died 26 Jul 1998 in Decatur, Newton County, MS (Source: Social Security Death Index.).
Children of JOHN BLOUNT and EVA HARBOUR are:
i. MARY7 BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1925, Mississippi.
ii. JOHN ELZIE BLOUNT, JR., b. 1929, Mississippi.
iii. BILLIE E. BLOUNT, b. 1926, Mississippi.
LOU ELLA BLOUNT as born 1904 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. She married EDGAR L. GORDON Abt. 1926 in Neshoba County, MS. He was born 16 Jul 1901 in Mississippi, and died Apr 1965.
Occupation: 1930, Bookkeeper – mill
Child of LOU BLOUNT and EDGAR GORDON is:
ANNIE L. GORDON, b. Abt. 1927, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
IDA MAE BLOUNT was born Abt. 1907 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of Pleasant Clayton Blount and Nany Amanda Beazeale. She married MALCOLM FOY Abt. 1924 in Neshoba County, MS. He was born Abt. 1906 in Mississippi.
Child of IDA BLOUNT and MALCOLM FOY is:
ANNIE CLARA FOY, b. Abt. 1925, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
THOMAS C. BARRETT was born May 1897 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the son of Mary Alice Gresham and Albert O. Barrett. He married OSSIE SORRELL.
Child of THOMAS BARRETT and OSSIE SORRELL is:
JUANITA BARRETT.
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Powers, Functions and Role of Governor in Bihar
Posted on May 13, 2019 by bpscnotes
Powers and function of Governor :
👉Also Read|SHOULD THE POST OF STATE GOVERNOR BE ABOLISHED?
Under Article 161 the Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment or to suspend,remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends.
Under Article 164, the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor.
Under Article 165, the Governor shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of a High Court to be Advocate-General for the State.
Nomination of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in the field of Literature, Science, Art, Co-operative Movement and Social Service, to the Legislative Council in accordance with the provisions of Article 171(3)(e) of the Constitution.
Summon from time to time the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as deem fit as per Article 174(1) of the Constitution. Also Prorogue the House or either House or dissolve the Legislative Assembly as per Article 174(2) of the Constitution of India.
As per the provisions of Article 175 of the Constitution of India address the Legislative Assembly or both the Houses of Legislature and may for that purpose require attendance of Members. Also send messages to the House/Houses of Legislature whether with respect to a Bill then pending in the Legislature or otherwise, and a House to which any message is so sent shall with all convenient dispatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.
Address the Joint Session at the commencement of the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year as per Article 176 of the Constitution of India.
Consideration of the Bills passed by both Houses of the Legislature, for assent as per Article 200.
Ensuring presentation of the Statement of estimated receipts and expenditure of the State for every financial year (Annual Financial Statement) in both the Houses of Legislature as per article 202 of the Constitution.
Ensuring presentation of Statement showing the estimated additional amount of expenditure of the State if any, before the Legislative Assembly as per Article 205 of the Constitution.
Promulgation of Ordinance when the State Legislature is not in Session to meet the excegencies of administration.
Appointment of Chairman and Members of Bihar Public Service Commission as per Article 316 of the Constitution.
Sending periodical reports to the Government of India about the Affairs of the State.
Considering and disposal of the appeals under Rule 57(5) of Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rule 1930.
Protocol concerning the visiting Heads of State, Foreign Diplomats/Emissaries and Constitutional Authorities like the President and the Prime Minister of India.
Administering oath of office and secrecy to the constitutional and statutory authorities like the Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court of Bihar, Lokayukta, etc.
Presides over Government and non-Governmental functions in the State, as the Constitutional head of the State.
Governor is also Chancellor of the Universities in the State and presides over Convocation functions of the Universities. Also discharges duties and functions attached to the Chancellor of the Universities under the relevant Acts and Statutes of the Universities like appointment of Vice Chancellors and determining their terms and conditions of appointment; appointment of other statutory authorities of the University, Nomination of Members to the Syndicate and Senate under different categories, giving assent to the Statutes, Regulations and Ordinances proposed by the Universities, consideration and approval of Inter-University transfer of officers and teachers.
As the Constitutional Head of the State, Citizens make representations / submit memorandum and petitions for consideration and favourable orders/directions to the concerned authorities.
Ex-Officio Roles of Governor, Bihar :
The Governor is the ex-officio President of the Indian Red Cross Society Bihar Branch, Bihar State Council for Child Welfare and also the Chairman of following organisations :
Nava Nalanada Mahavihara, Society Nalanda.
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.
Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Patna (Concept Committee).
Bihar Sainik Kalyana Nideshalaya, Patna.
Lady Stephenson Hall, Patna – trustee
Bihar Relief Fund, Raj Bhavan, Patna.
Sahityakar Kalakar Kalyan Kosh, Patna.
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Contributor: David Lyell
David Lyell is a 13-year veteran LAUSD teacher, and secretary of United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA).
David was one of six activists to march the entire 352-miles from Bakersfield to Sacramento from March 5 to April 21, 2010 as part of The March For California's Future, a diverse coalition of labor, faith, parents, educators and children calling for tax fairness and adequate funding for public education and essential public services in California.
David has blogged for the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism's Intersections SouthLA, as a free-lance reporter and photographer for a defunct cycling publication in Southern California, Southwest Cycling, and also wrote for another shuttered newspaper, The Peninsula Times Tribune.
Would You Like Fries With Your iPad?
by David Lyell
David Lyell
Prior to the LAUSD vote January 13, 2014 to approve Phase II of the district's $1 billion iPad project, I shared the following remarks with school board members during the three minutes allotted each speaker during Public Comment:
“Good afternoon, board members, Superintendent, sorry about that [jumping the gun], I was looking for my iPad. Part of this discussion about iPads has been framed as — I'm David Lyell, UTLA Secretary — it's been framed as a debate about who should and should not have access to technology. No one is opposed to providing students with access to technology. This project really isn't about technology. This is about providing a vehicle for students to conveniently complete common core state standards testing.”
All We Are Saying…Is Give Students a Chance
No one wants an adult who abuses children in the classroom, and existing laws and policies work when adults actually enforce them. In fact, in the wake of several high profile cases in Los Angeles Unified School District, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing admonished District officials for failing to do just that—follow existing reporting guidelines.
Nowadays in LAUSD, when teachers assigned to “teacher jail” pending investigation of an accusation (any accusation—even a hearsay accusation without any evidence) have been cleared by police of wrongdoing, our School Board and superintendent frequently refuse to return these professionals to the classroom
LAUSD Superintendent in Hot Seat After “No Confidence” Vote & Election of New School Board President
vote to elect a president. While the School Board president doesn't have expanded powers, the position affords an opportunity to set the tone, run Board meetings, and work closely with the superintendent to determine meeting agendas. In a 5-2 vote, the Board elected District 7 Board Member Dr. Richard Vladovic as its president. According to a July 6 L.A. Times article by Howard Blume, prior to the vote, Superintendent Deasy indicated that, were the Board to elect Vladovic as its president, Deasy would resign.
Housed Educators: Why is LAUSD Scapegoating Teachers?
, and housed teachers. You've seen YouTube videos where students openly talk about how easy it is to get a teacher fired. Students you respect have shared with you that they know there won’t be any consequences for them if they make false allegations against a teacher.
One day you’re informed that you are no longer to report to school. Why? You are told that you will later be provided the reason. But not right now. You’ve always been someone who follows the rules, and you know this mixup will be resolved in a few days. You report to an off-campus location, where other “housed” teachers are.
LAUSD Senior Management: A Culture of Silence
When teachers are accused of misconduct, sometimes we’re outright fired or placed in “rubber rooms,” a.k.a. teacher jail. According to LA Unifed School District policy (Bulletin-5168.0), if no impropriety is discovered, we’re supposed to return to our assignment within 120 days. Yet teachers routinely languish away in rubber rooms for years while the District places blame for this exile on the time it takes to conduct police investigations.
In fact, not only has it been longer than 120 days for the 85 teachers removed from Miramonte Elementary in February—not only have they not yet been allowed to return—they were never suspected of any wrongdoing. Well, what happens when those who work at LAUSD’s central offices are suspected of misconduct? Does a different standard apply?
LAUSD Should Fund Schools in Need, Not District Offices
Dear LAUSD School Board Members, Superintendent Deasy, Secretary Duncan, and President Obama,
We all want to provide the educational opportunities for children and our communities. Please help me receive clarity on the following:
Instead of sending Title I, II, and III money to school sites, as is intended under these programs, LAUSD senior management has chosen to keep this money at central district offices in order to fund unproven, costly initiatives such as the Teaching and Learning Initiative, commonly known as the Value-Added Teacher Evaluation model.
Due to a lack of transparency (the dust hasn't yet settled), it's not even clear yet how much will be spent centrally on these unproven programs, but it appears to be well over $175 million. Is this legal?
Test Mania: A School is Not a Spreadsheet
LAUSD has issued more than 9,500 RIF notices to UTLA bargaining unit members, denying educational opportunities to our communities, and shuttering Arts Programs, Adult Education, and Early Childhood Education.
The LAUSD school board majority says they they don't have a choice, even though they're spending $2 million to $4 million (the equivalent of 25 to 50 employees) on citywide implementation of the Early Start Calendar; they're keeping $200 million locked away in a drawer, accounting for it as money they'll spend later; and over the next four years the District intends to increase the number of administrators by 27% (according to the four-year budget LAUSD submitted to the county).
LAUSD Budget Proposal Fails to Put Classrooms and Communities First
With the recent Los Angeles Unified School District/United Teachers Los Angeles agreement to stabilize schools, LAUSD officials embraced a renewed commitment to fixing schools rather than continuing to abdicate that responsibility to outside interests.
Then, they took four steps back by creating a devastating “fiscal stabilization” budget that would decimate communities and educational opportunities. In a small spot of good news, School Board members voted unanimously to delay approving this budget, but they will take the issue back up on March 13.
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Stories about Colonial rule
Saif Tahir
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In the post-modern world, the topography of the city has undergone a drastic shift. Rapid urbanisation and growing job opportunities have resulted in many cities in the developing world being swamped by an increasing number of people coming in from the villages and suburbs. In order to accommodate this burgeoning populace, the intrinsic structure of the modern metropolis has had to evolve. Countries such as India and Pakistan have had to grapple with the dual ambitions of wanting to urbanise their cities while also wanting to hold onto their rich architectural heritage. The complex history of a multi-ethnic country ...
Maheen Humayun
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70 years of independence for Pakistan, zero years of independence for its women
Seventy years of independence today. I’m sitting here, trying to sum up what that means for me. There are too many things that encompass this day. There are too many ways to go about it. It’s 1947. Your grandfather is fighting for his life on a train that has no food. He is holding your father tight in his arms. Your great grandmother is leaving behind her house, her jewellery, her life, to run to a place she never wanted to go. You are not yet in the picture. You have not experienced the hardships. You came when it had already ...
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Is CPEC a rebranded Chinese adaptation of the East India Trading Company?
The proposition that the currently under way China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is in fact a rebranded Chinese adaptation of the East India Trading Company is certainly fraught with massive inconsistencies. As has been prudently observed by many before me, it is highly unlikely that the Chinese state is going to use the garb of trade to forcefully occupy Pakistan, seize administrative control and establish a colony as a jewel in some sort of neo-Maoist Empire. Notwithstanding the ineptness of the Chinese at duplicating western artifacts, this might be a step too far, even for them. The simple corollary of these observations is that any attempts to draw a ...
Azam Gill
Why have we forgotten the long lost glory of the Punjabi language?
The thorny issue of “Pakistan’s regional languages face looming extinction” has been projected to the forefront in an AFP report carried, among others, by The Express Tribune and Dawn. ‘“There is not a single newspaper or magazine published in Punjabi for the 60 million-plus Punjabi speakers,” wrote journalist Abbas Zaidi in an essay, despite it being the language of the nationally revered Sufi poet Bulleh Shah and the native-tongue of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.’ The historical relegation of the Punjabi language comes from the cloud overshadowing the Punjabi stance in the 1857 War of Independence, paving the way for Urdu’s ascendance. The Punjabis meekly ceded the high ground moving house ...
Sheba Saeed
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“We’re begging, it’s not like we’re stealing”
“Even if we’re begging, it’s not as if we’re stealing or looting.” These were the hard hitting words of the signature beggar in my film Beggars of Lahore. The film was shot in the Summer of 2005, initially as part of an MPhil thesis, the interest for which arose out of my hybrid origin as a British Pakistani trying to come to terms with the intense scale of begging within the walled city and cultural hub of Pakistan, that is Lahore. I, too, couldn’t understand why people scorned upon the beggars so much for merely pleading poverty. I later ...
Khusro Tariq
Let us return to March 23, 1940, and start over, Pakistan
On March 23, 1940, the All-India Muslim League adopted a historic resolution in the city of Lahore. This resolution has since come to be known as the Pakistan Resolution as it became the forerunner to the formal demand for an independent nation state for the Muslims of India. The following is an extract that provides the essence of this resolution: “Resolved that it is the considered view of this session of the All-India Muslim League that no constitutional plan would be workable in this country or acceptable to Muslims unless it is designed on the following basic principle, namely, that geographically ...
Zainab Jabbar
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Will we ever be able to fill in the gaps in Pakistan’s social fabric?
A recent poll done by BBC World Service, found that people are more likely than ever to identify as ‘global citizens’. According to Globescan, which conducted the poll and interviewed more than 20,000 people, over 56 per cent of Pakistanis identify as global citizens. While 27 per cent identify as Pakistanis first, and 43 per cent say their religion comes before their nationality. Is the nation failing its citizens or has globalisation made borders so meaningless that people need new political orders to anchor them? Or is it just stating the obvious; Muslims are always Muslims first, nationals second? The caliphates ...
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Roots Manuva Review
Tonight’s sold out show is testament to the kind of status enjoyed these days by Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva. Last year’s LP ‘Bleeds’ is arguably his most challenging to date, both musically and lyrically, yet it’s this need to redraw his own boundaries with each record that’s enabled him to transcend the limitations of genre and reach a much broader audience. More than a rapper, Roots Manuva is an artist and producer responsible for sculpting his own, completely unique sonic identity from day one.
Tonight, sadly, he’s very clearly struggling to keep it together. His proclivity towards vice is something he’s explored unflinchingly on record and it’s clear from the very outset that tonight’s not going to be easy for anyone.
First of all, though, an honourable mention to Bobbie Johnson, who, faced with the unenviable task of warming up a stiff, Monday night crowd, more than delivered. Tonight the Brighton rapper played to her biggest audience yet, commanding both stage and crowd with preternatural self assurance, bravely leading the audience in a call-and-response at one point. “Don’t make me look like a dick head up here,” she implores. In lesser hands, what follows should be an exercise in public humiliation, but she’s won this crowd over and they oblige willingly. In a set that references 90s New York hip hop and UK grime it’s an impressive showcase of her versatility and ability as an MC.
The confessional and personal nature of the music that Rodney Smith makes as Roots Manuva means it’s impossible to separate the art from the artist, and so, exhausted and dead-eyed, it doesn’t seem too wildly speculative to say that tonight’s indulgence isn’t the result of having too much fun.
Smith has talked a lot about his complicated relationship with mental health and creativity. Last year’s ‘Bleeds’ was a claustrophobic and occasionally harrowing listen and there were enough allusions to ailing mental health to warrant cause for concern. The tortured artist trope is a tired and unhelpful one but there’s no escaping the sense that there might be a heavy price for this kind of creativity.
While the syllables sit lazily in roughly the right places, the words are slurred and drawn from muscle-memory; there’s very little of him in the room this evening as the band take us through a mercifully short set that includes ‘Hard Bastards’ and the Four Tet produced ‘Facety 2:11’, both standout tracks from the new record.
There are moments of near redemption. The opening bars of ‘Movements’ sound as fresh tonight as they did in 1999 when a nascent UK rap scene was struggling to find its own voice. In the clamour of British rappers beholden to their American counterparts here was a voice that revelled in its idiosyncrasies; a singular and enduring talent that stood apart from those whose identity crises would prove terminal.
Miraculously, despite several attempts to leave the stage early – foiled only by a vigilant member of his team waiting in the wings – Roots Manuva returns for an encore. ‘Witness The Fitness’ is easily the weirdest song to ever achieve anthem status, but it’s unifying, and the crowd, whose hostility has on occasion been palpable, are showing some signs of forgiveness.
We later learn that the rest of the ‘Bleeds’ tour has been cancelled, presumably leaving this Brighton show as the last one for quite a while.
Concorde2, Monday 29th February 2016
Words by Liam McCreesh
Photos by Mike Tudor
Roots Manuva Review - Brighton Source
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Bills agree to contract with cornerback Vontae Davis
Former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis has agreed to a contract with the Buffalo Bills. (Getty Images)
By Vic Carucci|Published Mon, Feb 26, 2018 |Updated Mon, Feb 26, 2018
The Buffalo Bills took a big step toward ensuring their secondary remains the strength that it was last season by agreeing to contract terms with free-agent cornerback Vontae Davis Monday night.
Davis first broke the news on Twitter with a Bills Mafia hashtag.
#BillsMafia
— Vontae Davis (@vontaedavis) February 27, 2018
Shortly thereafter, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported via Twitter that Davis and the Bills agreed to a one-year contract.
Davis had visited the Bills and four other NFL teams: the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins.
His signing would seemingly make it unlikely that the Bills would retain cornerback E.J. Gaines, who is due to become a free agent next month. Gaines joined the Bills last August as part of the trade that sent wide receiver Sammy Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams. He started 11 games opposite rookie cornerback Tre'Davious White, who started 16. Gaines played well enough that he likely would attract some attention in the open market.
Leonard Johnson, another Bills cornerback who played on a one-year contract last season, started seven games last season. He presumably wouldn't be quite as in demand as a free agent.
The Indianapolis Colts released Davis, 29, last November after he elected to have season-ending groin surgery. That was apparently against the Colts' wishes; he reportedly has been cleared to return to football activities.
Davis, who entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins in 2009, spent the past six years with the Colts.
He played in only five games last season before having a falling out with the team over his injury, which originally occurred in the preseason. Davis missed the first three games of the regular season, then returned to start five games in October.
The situation reached critical mass when the Colts left Davis home for a Nov. 5 game at Houston. Coach Chuck Pagano, who since has been fired and replaced by former Bills quarterback Frank Reich, announced that the decision was not injury related.
Davis disputed Pagano's account in an interview with the Indianapolis Star. The cornerback said he felt "disrespected" by coach's handling of the situation.
In 112 career starts, Davis has been credited with 395 tackles, 22 interceptions and 106 passes defensed.
The 5-foot-11, 207-pound Davis made the Pro Bowl in 2014 and 2015.
Report: Bills host CB Vontae Davis on free-agent visit
Vic Carucci – Vic Carucci covers the Bills and NFL for The News. With four decades of experience as a pro football writer and broadcaster, he is a co-host on SiriusXM NFL Radio and a Pro Football Hall of Fame selector. Vic has authored 10 books about football (including multiple New York Times best-sellers) and is a past president of the Professional Football Writers of America.
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Why we don’t currently recommend charities focused on vaccine distribution
July 6, 2016 (updated on: July 6, 2016 ) | by Catherine
GiveWell does not recommend any charities focused on vaccine funding and distribution. But we remain excited about vaccinations as a health intervention. The vaccination programs we’ve researched have been backed by strong, independent evidence of effectiveness and appear likely to be competitive with our top charities in their cost-effectiveness. We’d be excited to support a charity to implement these programs. This post will describe why we don’t right now.
In brief, we’ve been looking for vaccination giving opportunities over the last few years, but have continued to fail to find them. This is due to (a) lack of room for more funding and (b) UNICEF’s decision not to participate in our review process.
In particular, over the past 1-2 years, we’ve been looking for funding opportunities for measles, meningitis A, and maternal and neonatal tetanus vaccination. Each of these is discussed in greater detail below.
Measles and Rubella Initiative
We have nearly completed an assessment of the evidence and cost-effectiveness for supplementary measles and rubella campaigns. (We’ve summarized our current take below; more detail will be available in our full intervention report, which we hope to publish on our website this year.) These campaigns supplement routine, childhood immunization and aim to vaccinate all children against measles and rubella. In particular, children between the ages of 9 months to 14 or 15 years are targeted. The evidence that such campaigns — when targeting children under age 5, for whom the disease is most likely to be fatal — are effective appears to be strong and the cost-effectiveness (per measles death averted) is competitive with that of our top charities.
However, we don’t believe that the Measles and Rubella Initiative (the primary entity that supports these campaigns) has room for more funding to vaccinate children under age 5. We spoke with M&RI in January 2016 and representatives there told us (p. 4 at that link) that M&RI has a funding gap of approximately $36 million in 2016. Of the $36 million, $31 million would fund a campaign targeting 5-14 year olds in Ethiopia. Vaccinating children age 5-14 would, by reducing the number of people who could contract and transmit the disease, reduce infections in children under 5 and could potentially save lives. We have not pursued this opportunity because our guess is that this will be less cost-effective than our top charities. Gavi, a large alliance which funds vaccinations, has fully funded M&RI’s gap for vaccinations of <5-year-olds in Ethiopia but has not fully filled its 5-14 year-old gap. Though we don’t have information about why Gavi made this funding decision, it is consistent with our impression that filling the 5-14 year-old gap may be less cost-effective than the <5-year-old gap.
We believe the remaining $5 million gap for 2016 is very small compared to the size of M&RI’s total budget. As of November 2015, M&RI estimated (p. 15 at that link) $662.6 million in resource requirements for 2016. Note that this does not include the large campaign in Ethiopia, which has been carried over from 2015 to 2016. (Details here (p. 35-36) and here (p. 3).)
Thus, our impression is that the $5 million funding gap beyond the Ethiopia campaign represents an extremely small fraction of the total M&RI budget for 2016. The $5 million gap is so small relative to the total that we would guess that M&RI would be able to raise funding for it if it represented a pressing need, either from Gavi or another source. (We would guess that it doesn’t, since Gavi funds so much of M&RI’s work that it seems very unlikely that it would leave such a small gap.)
Meningitis A
It also appears to us that there is no room for more funding in meningitis A vaccinations. We didn’t complete a full assessment of the evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness for meningitis A vaccines because we learned early on in our investigation that there was unlikely to be room for more funding. However, our guess is that this intervention would be competitive with our top charities’ cost-effectiveness. Our meningitis A write-up concludes:
…[I]t seems unlikely that there will be room for more funding to support additional mass campaigns (or related immunization activities) in the meningitis belt in the near future. Gavi, a large funding vehicle for vaccinations, appears to have enough funding to fulfill its commitment to support all such activities in all 26 countries in the meningitis belt.
We’re not aware of any organizations other than Gavi funding meningitis A vaccine programs.
Maternal and neonatal tetanus campaigns
Vaccination campaigns to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus appear potentially as cost-effective as our top charities. (More details are in our full report on this intervention.)
We have been following UNICEF’s work in this area, the Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Initiative, since 2012. UNICEF recently informed us that it was declining to participate in our review process. We plan to write more about our understanding of UNICEF’s decision in the future. Our impression is that UNICEF is the primary funding vehicle for maternal and neonatal tetanus campaigns.
This is another example where we tried but failed to find a way to fund vaccinations. We are not aware of organizations conducting similar work, but would be interested in considering a similar opportunity if we identified one.
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Reto Obrist on July 7, 2016 at 11:23 am said:
Why dont you mention or consider “Polioplus”, joint venture of Rotary international, WHO and Gates foundation? They need a last push to finish very successfully what they begun.
Robrist
Larry Bassett on July 7, 2016 at 12:46 pm said:
I am disappointed to hear that UNICEF is not willing to cooperate with your evaluation process. I have made several thousand dollar donations to Them in the past but will reconsider that for any future donations.
Catherine (GiveWell) on July 8, 2016 at 11:02 am said:
Robrist – The polio eradication campaign is different from other immunization campaigns we’ve investigated because it is largely focused on eradicating the relatively few cases of polio remaining. The polio eradication campaign thus has high upfront costs and potential high long-term impact (if the disease were fully eradicated). We haven’t yet completed a careful cost-effectiveness analysis of this program.
Natan on July 12, 2016 at 4:24 pm said:
Catherine — the International Rescue Committee recently began to look into more cost-effective and scalable vaccine distribution. Might be worth an introductory conversation — full disclosure, I’m a founding member of the Research & Development Lab there, aimed at looking closely at cost and reach for newer interventions.
Catherine (GiveWell) on July 16, 2016 at 9:17 am said:
Thanks, Natan – We’re going to follow up with you by email.
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Hail Satan? Aaron Wickenden, ACE on Cutting the Controversial Doc
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Director Penny Lane’s documentary Hail Satan? opens with a sequence of events from a small scale rally: a few people gathered on the steps of a Florida government building, a handful of protesters and media, and a man with horns creating fire from thin air as he thanks Governor Rick Scott for signing a bill into law that would allow prayer in public schools – ”if you open the door for God, you open the door for Satan!” Even the title card – Hail Satan…? - is questioning if any of this is, like, for real. That sets the tone for a wild ride that follows, which traces the massive growth of The Satanic Temple worldwide, from minor pranks to nationwide news and bullet-proof vests.
And no, it’s really not at all what you think it is.
The Satanic Temple is a movement that began almost as an attention-grabbing joke, occasionally taking things a bit far. But the film explores the Temple’s transition into a structured organization seeking to make people ask questions about religious freedom in the United States. While they use Satanic imagery to stir things up, their self-described mission is encouraging benevolence and empathy toward all people. Their argument is simple: the United States was built by people fleeing religious persecution, so it’s hypocritical of people to persecute non-Christian religions.
The execution of this is less simple. Aside from regular lobbying and organized participation in local government, The Satanic Temple often relies upon theatrics and satire to get its point across. A recent example was a request to place a winged statue of Baphomet next to the Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas State Capitol building. If we truly have religious freedom in this country, then many different religious images should be welcome together on government property, right? Or maybe we should have none at all on our government property?
The conversations that ensue from these carefully crafted initiatives (which also sometimes completely fail) create hilarious imagery, amusingly conflicting images of what “Satanists” can look like, and a much deeper conversation on what it means to be an American Patriot.
And yeah, it makes for a great documentary.
Baphomet in Hail Satan? (Courtesy Sundance Institute)
Similar to the Satanic Temple, Hail Satan? rides a careful line between humor and the serious issues of religious polarization in the United States in a narrative co-edited by Emmy-nominated editor Aaron Wickenden, ACE. Aaron began his film career in Chicago after attending school for photography, initially modeling his aspirations toward being a director after Stanley Kubrick’s path. While Kubrick had started out as a photographer for Look Magazine, the company Aaron ended up at – Kartemquin Films – weren’t looking for photographers. Instead, a considerably less glamorous night position of subtitling a seven hour mini-series was available, and Aaron took it. The relationships built through this initial early opportunity, particularly with director Steve James (of Hoop Dreams fame), led to a ten year working relationship leading Aaron to cut At the Death House Door and The Interrupters.
Since then, Aaron has edited an array of popular documentaries including a favorite of Sundance audiences last year Won’t You Be My Neighbor, an uplifting tear-jerker about Mr. Rogers, and Netflix’s They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, about a comeback attempt staged by director Orson Welles as he tries to finish his final film The Other Side of the Wind. Aaron co-edited Hail Satan? with editor Amy Foote, and I talked to him about his involvement and approach to crafting the story shortly after the film’s 2019 Sundance premiere.
Aaron Wickenden, ACE
Creative COW: What was your path to joining the film?
Aaron Wickenden: Between the start of my career and when [director Penny Lane] had reached out to me, I made a film called Almost There. And I went with my directing partner to the IFP Labs in New York as we were trying to fundraise. And at the time, Penny was fundraising and trying to secure distribution for her film Our Nixon. We met each other and hung out a little bit and really hit it off. And then we’d see each other periodically over the years at film festivals. But Penny kind of reached out to me out of the blue and asked if I would be interested in working with her on a project.
And I’d really loved Penny’s work on Nuts, it had won the best editing award at Sundance. And I knew that whatever she was working on would have so much humor and vitality to it. She used vitality, subversiveness, things that I was really excited about, that I’m attracted to when I look for projects.
She sent me the demos for a couple of projects that she had in development and one was ‘Hail Satan?’. And I remember watching this 20-minute demo and then excitedly showing it to my wife and being like I think this is the next film I want to work on. From the get-go the demo showed how much fun the film was going to be, how surprising it was going to be, and the level of intelligence and emotional intimacy that the film was going to have.
I got on the phone with Penny and her producer Gabriel [Sedgwick] and one of the most striking things was how much fun they were having and how much they were laughing. And I just remember getting off that phone call and just feeling so excited that there might be this possibility to work together because there was so much joy in the process of making this film and exploring those topics.
My schedule was pretty booked up for a while. I was finishing Won’t You Be My Neighbor and then right after that I had a commitment to do another film with the same director called They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead. And so I wasn’t immediately available to do Hail Satan and Amy Foote – who’s an amazing editor and cut a film called The Work which is one of my favourite documentary films in recent years – was hired to come in and start cutting the film. The idea was that Amy and I would work simultaneously for the bulk of the edit.
Director Penny Lane (Courtesy Sundance Institute
What was the nature of the working relationship between Amy and Penny and you? Were you working separately on different parts of the story all the time, or was it highly collaborative?
Every independent documentary that I’ve worked on has been extremely collaborative, and this was no exception. The one thing that was unique about this was that I was working from a home office in Chicago and the rest of the team was working from an office in Brooklyn. And so the way that we made that work is on a project level, Amy, Penny and I all had identical hard drives with the same media, and that made it possible for us to share Premiere sequences and have them open up seamlessly and be able to view each other’s material without having to do exports all the time.
So that was wonderful. But then when we did have exports, we would put them up on Frame.io. And that’s a really wonderful tool because it allows you to leave notes directly on a frame. Penny is such a wonderful director because she invites a dialog about the creative process. And so, each of us would go in and we would have debates, and we would give each other a hard time, and we would fight for our ideas. And Penny allowed for that creative exchange to take place. Everyone’s ideas were respected.
What was the process of figuring out exactly how to piece together these different threads? There’s a lot of jumping different locations, several different main characters, and different initiatives within the Temple. What approach did you take to figuring out the best way to weave these together?
From the time I started, we knew that the whole film was going to take the viewer on a journey from the original gesture of the Satanic Temple, which was that it was a couple of friends who got together with this idea for assuming the identity of a Satanic group as a way to make a statement for religious freedom. And at the beginning there was a lot of humor to it, and there were people involved who didn’t necessarily consider themselves Satanists. But by the end of the film there was the fact that we showed they had become a world-wide minority religion. And so the journey of the film essentially was from a humorous prank to something incredibly serious.
Along the way they would have to grapple with how they defined what Satanism was, or re-defined what Satanism was. And also how as an organization, as they were growing, they also had to deal with codifying the idea of their organization and struggled with controlling it. I think that once we knew generally where we wanted to start and where we wanted to wind up, that gave us a great framework for building the film.
Oftentimes I like to think about editing and putting together these really complex films as almost like you’re building a puzzle. A puzzle with a thousand pieces. If you were to put together a jigsaw puzzle, you look and you build the corner pieces first, because it’s clear those are the key moments. And then you build the edges, and then you build in.
And so, I use a similar method on the films that I edit. I try to identify with the director ahead of time: what do we know is absolutely going to be in the film? What are the tent-pole scenes? We build those and then we build into and out of them. And that method proved to be pretty useful in terms of not getting lost. The interviews Penny would do were sometimes hours long, six hours long for a single sitting and so much of what people had to say was incredibly interesting. And you could have made many movies with that material. So, knowing the story and always coming back to ‘What is the thread?’, ‘What is the story we’re trying to tell?’, allowed us to stay on track and make this film for Sundance.
Penny Lane with producer Gabriel Sedgwick and Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves at the 2019 Sundance Premiere (Courtesy Sundance Institute)
Did you have to work to maintain that sort of humorous tone that runs throughout, or was that just inherent in the subject matter? Or was it easy to slip into a sort of tone that was a little too serious?
The humorous quality in Penny’s demo is what attracted me to doing the film in the first place. I think the Satanic Temple is incredibly provocative. But part of that provocation is through their actions and sense of humor. That quality was pretty baked into them – Penny and the subjects were incredibly well suited for each other. If you’ve seen any of her previous films, humor is an inherent technique that she draws upon in her storytelling. The humor in the film wasn’t a struggle for us to arrive to, it absolutely was inherent in every gesture that the Satanic Temple was doing.
If there was any struggle, it was how to fit in all of the incredible actions that they did. One of my favorites is their “Snaketivity”. They built a nativity for the Satanic Temple but they want it displayed in Detroit alongside a Christian nativity. But the Satanic Temple had a giant snake and they called it ‘Snaketivity’. And so, things like that are just so funny, but underneath the humor is a real deep political point, pushing people to reconsider their notions of religious freedom and the possibility of religious polarity in this country.
Were there any aspects of Adobe Premiere that really helped you in the documentary space in making this happen so quickly?
Yeah, absolutely. One of the things that was extremely useful with Premiere is that they have this proxy toggle feature. The film was shot in 4K. And all of our master footage was converted into 1080p Apple ProRes proxies. With Premiere all you have to do is push a button on your timeline and it will immediately flip between the 4K and the proxy.
We were all editing on fairly old systems as far as computer tech goes. All of us were editing off of iMacs, like 2014-era iMacs. Having the proxy feature allowed us to cut with the footage, and then we knew from visual tests we had done that we could push into the footage 200% and not lose any visual quality. We could edit more playfully and seamlessly just by pushing in.
But when you’re cutting with a proxy they became incredibly blurry and when we submitted to Sundance or had a test meeting, we didn’t want to show like something really distracting like that. So all we had to do was flip the switch. It would go to 4K, you would export, and it was beautiful.
Official trailer for Hail Satan?
You’ve cut a lot of documentaries, including some very recent popular Sundance stuff, and then Netflix docs. How do you find the style for each one?
I think one of the things I do when I’m like watching the material from the beginning of my involvement with the project is I just watch it to see what resonates with me. What lights me up, what’s funny, what’s moving? And I try to stay fairly open to that when I’m first evaluating the material. Keep a real openness. The footage could be used in any type of way. Just because it was conceived in one way, it can be re-focused and extracted for a variety of purposes.
I try to keep track of my initial vibes that I had from the material. And then I start to think about the grouping of ideas and concepts and usually that comes in direct collaboration with the director. You start having these idea clusters come together. The movie eventually gets to a place where it starts to tell you what it wants. The decisions you make start to have these echoes and ramifications throughout the entire edit. You can start to feel whether something makes sense to the totality of the film.
I think if I’ve done my job well, the film has a sense of cohesion that is ingrained, that starts from the material and comes out of it. A symbiotic process, it’s a reflection of the content rather than imposing too heavily on the content.
What advice do you have for people that are interested in cutting documentaries and want to get more into that themselves?
I benefited tremendously in my career from finding incredible organisations, such as Kartemquin. It was a company that I had sought out because I loved the films they made. I was very lucky to be able to get an internship with them. In particular there was a film Kartemquin made in 1968 called Inquiring Nuns and it’s basically a film where two nuns walk around the streets of Chicago, interviewing people and asking them if they’re happy. And it’s scored with Philip Glass’s music and it’s really one of my favorite films.
I think one of the pieces of advice I give to people is to not just look at film in a general sense. Like, oh I want to work in film, I’ll find a job somewhere in film. But to really try to identify: what do you love? Who are your idols? Try to seek those people out and see if there’s any opportunities near then or adjacent to them. Don’t worry about skipping ahead so fast to cutting.
Another thing that helped me tremendously early on was I attempted, and failed, to make my own feature documentary film. But in the process I taught myself a lot about the filmmaking craft and about editing. And it gave me enough experience so that then when I went to do the internship at Kartemquin, I was prepared and could speak the same language as the editors were using in the edit room.
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Media Room » January 5, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio (January 5, 2016) — For the first time in history, the winners of the 2016 Men's & Women's USATF Half Marathon Championships will be awarded Championship Rings custom designed by the jewelers at Diamond Cellar, event organizers announced today.
The 2016 USATF Half Marathon Championships, which will bring the nation's best long-distance runners to Columbus, will be held April 30 as part of the National Championship Edition of the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon.
The National Championship rings, presented to the winners of the men's and women's championship races, are made from white gold, diamonds, sapphires and rubies. The ladies' ring is valued at $6,200 and the men's ring is valued at $6,700.
“Columbus is a city that ‘Crowns Champions.’ For the first time in the history of the Championships, we are thrilled to award the 2016 USA Half Marathon Champions with these amazing rings custom designed by the jewelers at Diamond Cellar,” said David Babner, race director of the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon. “National champions in football, baseball and other sports earn championship rings, so we wanted to introduce this great tradition to world-class running”.
The 2016 USATF Half Marathon Championships is USA Track & Field's most prestigious race for the half marathon (13.1 miles). An estimated 100 men and 100 women will compete for a combined $120,000 in prize and incentive money. Diego Estrada of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Kim Conley of Sacramento, Calif., are the defending national champions.
The Diamond Cellar is the Official Jeweler of the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon and title partner of the Diamond Cellar VIP Experience, which includes the VIP Reception and a one of a kind VIP Experience on Race Day.
“Diamond Cellar is honored to award the winners of the USA Half Marathon Championship rings that are custom-designed by our jewelers, and are worthy of a champion,” said Andy Johnson, owner of the Diamond Cellar. “Diamond Cellar has been a proud partner of the Capital City Half Marathon for years and these rings are just another example of how we work with the event to give participants the ultimate experience.”
The 2016 OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, Patrón Quarter Marathon and Commit To Be Fit 5K is expected to draw a sold-out field of 15,000 runners and walkers on April 30. All events will begin in downtown Columbus and finish at the Columbus Commons. All participants are treated to the Giant Eagle Participant Recovery Zone, Byers Xtra Mile Finish Line Party and Miller-Lite Post-Race Concert.
OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon sponsors include OhioHealth, KeyBank, Giant Eagle, Byers Airport Subaru, Marathon Petroleum, Papa John's of Central Ohio, Diamond Cellar, Miller Lite, WBNS 10TV, Panera Bread, Diet Pepsi, Yellow Tail Sparkling Wine, Patrón Tequila and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission.
For more information or to register, visit capitalcityhalfmarathon.com.
The OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon was founded in 2004 and is produced by M3S Sports, a sports marketing firm based in Columbus dedicated to celebrating the healthy active lifestyle. The Capital City Half Marathon is “the best tour of Columbus on two feet” and features a course with more than 50 bands and DJs. Afterward, participants are treated to the Giant Eagle Participant Recovery Zone, Byers Xtra Mile Finish Line Party, Miller Lite Post-Race Concert and Diamond Cellar VIP Experience. DailyBurn named The OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon the “Best Half Marathon In Ohio”. This year's event will be broadcast live on WBNS 10TV. The event will host the USATF Half Marathon Championships in 2016 & 2017. For more information, visit www.capitalcityhalfmarathon.com and www.m3ssports.com.
About the Diamond Cellar
Founded in 1947 by Robert W. Johnson, Diamond Cellar Holdings is one of the largest independent jewelry companies in the country. With 2 Diamond Cellar locations and Store 5a in Columbus, Donoho's Jewellers in The Woodlands, Texas and Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Diamond Cellar Holdings is a family of jewelry stores with selections of branded jewelry and watches that are unparalleled. The Diamond Cellar stores feature a staff of in-house designer goldsmiths offering custom design and jewelry repair. For more information visit www.DiamondCellar.com.
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by Hayden Ludwig
Is there a “Moral Majority” on the Left? If you ask the pro-abortion activists at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, there is—and they’re preaching “the moral case” for abortion.
The Religious Coalition is one of the chief “interfaith” groups pushing increasingly radical abortion policies as a religious imperative. Since the late 1960s, this Washington, D.C.-based network of left-wing Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish groups has trumpeted unfettered abortion access, gay marriage, mandatory sex education, subsidized abortion for illegal immigrants, and environmentalism under the veneer of “faith.”
If that sounds suspiciously like the activism of Planned Parenthood or NARAL Pro-Choice, it is. “Thank God for abortion providers” may be the group’s rallying cry, but the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice’s message isn’t liberal Judaism or Christianity—it’s true-blue leftism.
The group itself is largely composed of mainline liberal churches and Jewish groups, such as the Unitarian Universalist Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), Lutheran Women’s Caucus, Union for Reform Judaism, and Catholics for Choice. For over 40 years, that list included representative groups from the United Methodist Church, whose 2016 General Conference voted to leave the Coalition, citing the growth in international influence of “more evangelical and orthodox” African United Methodists, a group that has generally opposed the liberal views of many American Methodist groups.
The Religious Coalition was created in the late 1960s with startup funding from the Playboy Foundation, a now-defunct foundation associated with Hugh Hefner’s Playboy adult media empire. Since 1999, the group has received over $28 million in grants from major funders on the Left, including the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Ford Foundation, and George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
Today the group acts as a bridge between the radical pro-abortion Left and liberal religious groups. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice publishes materials which lather secular, pro-abortion messages with Judeo-Christian terms, such as prayers for God’s blessings upon individual abortions and “Earth-centered” meditations addressed to one “Ancient Mother.”
The coalition takes an especially bizarre (and unbiblical) approach to sex and sexuality, going so far as to champion “sexuality [as] a sacred gift” that “make[s] us human” and lambasting abstinence-until-marriage. Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice members regularly appear in pro-abortion protests where clergy “bless” abortion clinics, claiming that “all that they do is for Thy glory.”
But the coalition’s bread and butter is politics. Among its many claims of “advocacy action,” the Coalition brags about opposing the nomination of conservative Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing for public funding of abortion (which it deems a “right”), and defeating abortion restrictions in multiple states. The Coalition also urged the Obama administration to enact a “path to citizenship” for illegal immigrants.
Last fall, the coalition smeared U.S. District Court judge Thomas Farr during his confirmation process, claiming that he “has actively worked to suppress the votes of people of color in North Carolina.” They attacked Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, too, saying that he “will put vital civil and human rights . . . in jeopardy” if confirmed. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is among the left-wing groups pushing committees in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate what it calls Kavanaugh’s “sham confirmation process.”
One of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice’s chief targets is the Hyde Amendment, a 1976 ban on federal funding of abortions except in extreme circumstances; a cause it shares with allies like Planned Parenthood and Center for Reproductive Rights. In 2016, the coalition signed a letter alongside dozens of professional activist groups urging President Obama to “eliminate all abortion coverage restrictions” in his annual budget proposal.
Disturbingly, the Coalition’s website even crows about its Indiana affiliate’s lobbying against a proposed state ban on abortion of fetuses with fetal anomalies, including Down Syndrome. In 2015, the group’s Ohio affiliate demonstrated against a proposed state ban on abortions of fetuses with Down Syndrome.
The Religious Coalition is well-connected to the professional Left. It was a member of Health Care for America Now, a “dark money” advocacy campaign created in 2007 to coordinate the Left’s efforts to pass Obamacare. It spent over $47 million on the effort between 2008 and the law’s passage in 2010.
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice’s leadership further illustrates those connections. One of the group’s executives, Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, is a “social justice” consultant who previously worked for the National LGBTQ Task Force and National Organization for Women.
Harry Knox, president and CEO of the coalition, is a professional activist from various gay marriage campaigns. Knox was founding director for the religion and faith program of the Human Rights Campaign, program director for Freedom to Marry, and a staffer for gay marriage campaigns in Florida and Georgia. Knox was appointed by Obama in 2015 to the White House’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Knox is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, where he’s praised abortion providers as “martyrs” and cited the New Testament to accuse then-Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan of promoting “anti-family, anti-woman policies.”
Knox’s predecessor, Carlton Veazey, held similar views. In 2005, Veazey accused the Bush administration and conservative Christians of attempting to turn the U.S. into a “theocracy,” writing:
The nation is not yet a theocracy, if mullah-run Iran or Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is the standard. But after four years of unprecedented access, far-right Christian fundamentalists are deeply embedded in government structures and ready to call the shots over the biggest prize, the U. S. Supreme Court. We are on the brink of a de-facto Christian state, and we should be very frightened for the future of religious freedom and diversity [emphasis added].
Worth noting is Veazey’s speedy removal from his position as longtime pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., following accusations of faking a coronary and “consort[ing] with women not his wife.”
He isn’t the only Coalition leader to face accusations of sexual misconduct. In March, the group’s vice chair, abortion provider Willie Parker, resigned from his position after he was accused of raping Candice Russell, an abortion activist with the National Network of Abortion Funds and a board member for NARAL Pro-Choice Texas.
According to the 1984 book Persuasion and Social Movements, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has attacked pro-life advocates as “terrorists cut from the same cloth as KKK night riders who used terror to stop African-American citizens from exercising their right to vote.”
As many Christians and Jews have discovered, the Left is fully capable of using the Bible to support unbiblical positions. But God is entirely absent from the Religious Coalition’s infanticidal message. Like so many left-wing “faith” groups before it, the coalition is religious on the surface and “Progressive” to the bone.
Hayden Ludwig
Hayden Ludwig is an Investigative Researcher at Capital Research Center. He is a native of Orange County, California, and a graduate of Sonoma State University.
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EXCLUSIVE: Interview With The Dreamboats’ Ritchie Hummins
Laura Klonowski January 9, 2019, 11:22 am
The Dreamboats are a retro rock n roll four piece consisting of Ritchie Hummins (lead vocals, guitar), Fliggers B. Lewis (lead vocals, bass guitar), Matt Best (lead guitar, vocals), and Johnny G. Wiz (drums, vocals).
The have torn up the Greater Toronto Area with their vintage sound comparable to music legends such as Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Since making a global impact with their sophomore offering ‘Vocal Warmup’, the Mississauga, ON based group have toured throughout Europe and the U.S.
Here we speak exclusively to Ritchie Hummins to discuss The Dreamboats’ massive 2018, new music and future plans:
2018 was a huge year for you guys, what was your personal standout moment?
We definitely got to experience some cool new opportunities last year. One in particular was getting access to record some songs in Elvis Presley’s former summer home, “Graceland West,” in Palm Springs, California. We got to record in areas of the house where he recorded some of his notable hits. It was a very surreal opportunity that we all got to enjoy as a band, capping the day off with a dip in his freezing cold swimming pool.
How are you looking to expand on your 2018 success this year?
We’re continuing to work hard on our craft this year, from performance to songwriting. We’ve been working with a lot of cool people. We’re especially excited to be working with our new management team at Alta Music Group. Many artists that we respect and admire are being handled by Alta, and it’s getting us excited about our next steps this year. We’re looking at more notable festivals, a new single, and an EP to be released in the fall, as well as some other secret content you’ll have to look out for.
You toured extensively across the US last year, can UK fans expect some live shows from you in 2019?
Ever since we performed at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, the UK has always been on our radar, and we’ve seen a lot of growth in our fanbase there. The United States has been showing us a lot of love which is why we’ve toured there 3 times in the last year. Though we love doing the Europe thing, its been all about timing. I definitely see us going back in 2019 for festivals, but after recently playing multiple shows around Canada with leather-clad rock n’ roller, Johnny Pandora from Japan, an Asia tour has been brought into consideration. I see that as a possibility in late 2019.
Your sophomore LP Vocal Warmup made a global impact, how excited have you been by the response to the LP?
We were very pleased with the outcome of our sophomore release. It helped define our sound to our fans and a new audience. We were happy with the airplay we received on our singles. We cut multiple pressings on Vinyl and CD, and even had one of our tracks used in a trailer for a major motion picture. The response was phenomenal and we believe it was just a little taste of things to come.
How would you describe your music to new listeners?
We like to describe our sound as high energy Rock n’ Roll, with a touch of subliminal nostalgia. I’ve been loving what we’ve been doing in the studio, but I definitely encourage new listeners to come and see the live show. From there, they get to see what we’re really all about.
Have you got any plans to release a new album this year?
We are currently working on our new single which will be released in early Spring. Followed up by a new 4-6 song EP to be released in late Fall.
What are your long term career goals?
We want to spread “Dreamboatmania” to all corners of the world. We want to create music that moves people, and give fans a live show unlike anything they’ve seen before. We want to keep Rock n’ Roll alive, and work alongside the artists, both past and present, that inspire us. A dream for the band is to record with Sir Paul McCartney. It’s on our list!
Make sure you follow The Dreamboats on Twitter @thedreamboats to keep up to date with all their latest music and tour news!
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Written by Laura Klonowski
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Betty Moon Releases New Album – ‘Hellucination’
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Home > Volume 92 Issue 1 > People > Adrian G. Brook
Volume 92 Issue 1 | p. 33 | Obituaries
Issue Date: January 6, 2014
Adrian G. Brook
By Susan J. Ainsworth
Keywords: obituaries
John C. Craig
Ronald W. Estabrook
Earl M. Evleth
W. Frank Kinard
Peter G. Lykos
J. Robert (Bob) Miller
Francis X. (Frank) Sutman
James H. Weber
Adrian G. Brook, 89, University Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at the University of Toronto, died on July 10, 2013, of complications from cancer.
Born in Toronto, Brook obtained a B.S. in chemistry in 1947 and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1950, both from the University of Toronto.
After lecturing at the University of Saskatchewan, he accepted a Nuffield Fellowship at Imperial College London with R. P. Linstead, and subsequently, a research fellowship at Iowa State University with Henry Gilman.
Brook then returned to the University of Toronto as a chemistry lecturer, becoming a professor in 1962.
Conducting research in organosilicon chemistry, he discovered a rearrangement reaction that was later named the Brook rearrangement. He also synthesized the first stable compounds containing silicon-carbon double bonds.
Brook published roughly 150 scientific papers and cowrote the book “Historical Distillates: Chemistry at the University of Toronto since 1843.”
He served as chair of the chemistry department from 1971 until 1974, was named a University Professor in 1987, and retired in 1989.
Brook was named a fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) and the Royal Society of Canada. He was an emeritus member of ACS, joining in 1948.
He received ACS’s Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry in 1973, the CIC Medal in 1985, and the Killam Memorial Prize in 1994. The University of Toronto has instituted two scholarships in his name.
A gifted handyman, Brook built a cottage in 1965 on a small lake in Muskoka, Central Ontario.
Brook is survived by his wife of 58 years, Peg; sons, Michael and David; daughter, Katherine; and seven grandchildren.
Obituary notices of no more than 300 words may be sent to Susan J. Ainsworth at s_ainsworth@acs.org and should include an educational and professional history.
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By 1996, the Coquitlam Demonstration Site had been significantly altered from its historical trajectory through extensive land conversion for use as a utility right-of-way (BC MFLNRO, 2009). Within the right-of-way, the species composition had shifted from that of an old growth forest to one of low growing species fit for the purpose of an open utility corridor (Schaefer & Sulek, 1997a; BC MFLNRO, 2009). As such, this system would have fit the definition of a ‘hybrid ecosystem’, where abiotic or biotic factors have been altered to such an extent as to differ from historical conditions, but which can feasibly be restored to an historical trajectory (Hobbs, Higgs & Harris, 2009).
In theory, the Coquitlam Demonstration Site could have been restored in the traditional sense of the word, so as to operate within its historical range of variability, if devoid of economic, societal or structural constraints. One would simply be required to reintroduce historically present vegetation to the area. Often in urban areas, however, barriers exist, which prove to be prohibitive for traditional approaches to ecosystem management and restoration. In the case of the Coquitlam Demonstration Site, height restrictions ruled out the possibility of restoring to a ‘pre-urbanization’ historical baseline; trees are not permitted within BC Hydro utility corridors, so as to “ensure the safe and reliable transmission of electricity” (BC Hydro, 2010a). The project was thus required to use different types of historical knowledge in achieving alternative goals. In using what Higgs et al. define as ‘history as reference’ – that historical knowledge which “does not bind the restorationist to a particular course of action” (Higgs et al., 2014) – ecosystem functions could be restored through the establishment of a new vegetative structure and composition (Hallet et al., 2013). Such functions include meta-population dynamics, species dispersal, and other ecological relationships (Naujokaitis-Lewis & Schaefer, 2005). The success of the project was not measured against a historical baseline, but in comparison to the original state of the utility corridor in 1996 (Schaefer, 2003). As such, the end product was what some might call a ‘designer ecosystem’, one that does not closely follow a historical template, but which is constructed with other goals in mind (improved habitat, connectivity, and biodiversity, in this case) (Marris, 2011).
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Win or lose, Marine Le Pen is a nightmare for the EU
Published on CNN
France has spoken, for now. The country voted yesterday in the first round of its presidential elections, after weeks of campaigning that have been dogged by scandals, gaffes and surprises.
Though the first round treated voters to 11 candidates to pick from, in the year following Britain's decision to leave the European Union and American voters sending Donald Trump to the White House, one candidate has dominated media coverage: the populist, nationalist, far-right Marine Le Pen.
As had been expected for some time, Le Pen has made the final round, where she will face the centrist Emmanuel Macron. Macron's centrism and pro-European leanings will now inevitably frame the run-off as an effective referendum on France's future relationship with the EU. As a founding EU member, this will likely be giving political leaders in Brussels reason to worry.
Le Pen's National Front Party has a long history of euroskepticism and promotes a number of policies that are anathema to the high-minded principles behind the European project.
In recent years, Le Pen has attempted to soften both her image and the position of her party on the matter of France's future in the EU.
At one time, the National Front was in favor of abandoning the euro, plain and simple. More recently, she has said she would organize a referendum on France's common currency membership.
Now, she has specified that she would try to renegotiate France's EU membership over six months. If that attempt fails, she'll hold a referendum.
Could she hold a referendum, and what could happen if she does?
Even if she does win the presidency, Le Pen would be wise to keep the champagne on ice for a while. She is unlikely to get a majority in the French parliamentary elections, due to be held June 11, and would therefore face a hostile -- probably center-right -- government standing in the way of executing her plans -- and holding a referendum.
Still, she would able to call a nonbinding referendum without the approval of the government.
If the French people were to vote to keep the euro -- which is likely if you believe French opinion polls -- she would stand down, given then that "70% of my project cannot be put in place."
If a majority in France voted to leave the EU and the eurozone, it's constitutionally illegal for France to leave, as its constitution states "the Republic is part of the European Union." So a French EU exit would require a burdensome constitutional change.
Frexit and the economy
Of course, all of these legal considerations regarding EU membership will be of minor importance should France actually decide to leave the eurozone. The economic chaos it would likely cause would be the top priority for everyone in France and across the continent.
The French Central Bank has estimated that refinancing French public debt outside of the eurozone would cost more than 30 billion euros ($32 billion) in additional annual interest.
According to Le Pen, exit from the euro would not result in economic "catastrophe." She has stressed she wants France to leave the eurozone in the best possible circumstances, saying she does not want to "break the dishes," and suggesting it should happen through consultation with other European countries she considers to be "suffering" from euro membership, predicting that Italy, Spain and Greece would join France.
Even a moderate President Le Pen is trouble for EU
If France votes to stay in the eurozone but Le Pen doesn't stand down, some of her other proposals are hard to square with anything for which the EU stands. Look at her protectionist proposals, such as imposing an import tax of 3%.
Everything really would be on the table if Le Pen is elected, given the political damage it would do to the EU and the eurozone: projects that are completely reliant on political goodwill.
With regard to Schengen, things may get serious right from the start. She has just made clear that, if elected, she would immediately suspend France's membership of the border-free zone.
The European Commission has already stretched the possibility of suspending Schengen, but proper border checks -- with all the traffic jams they would cause, as witnessed when they were implemented between Croatia and Slovenia some weeks ago -- are bound to create a lot of economic damage right away.
Brussels may have avoided what German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble called the nightmare scenario of the final round being between Marine Le Pen and left-wing Euroskeptic Jean Luc Mélenchon.
But even if Le Pen is ultimately thwarted, the success of her campaign and the flames it has fanned will ensure that any celebrations are short-lived.
Is Brexit the euro's first major blow to the EU?
Published by New Direction (p25)
In his book "The Euro: The Politics of the New Global Currency", David Marsh shows that the drive to forge a common currency in Europe was animated by the traumatic experience of the break-up of the Bretton Woods agreement in 1971, when the US declared it would default on its obligation to exchange the dollar reserves of European nations for gold.
At the beginning of the 1990s, a system of fixed exchange rates was in place in Europe, in preparation for this planned common currency. In 1992, investor George Soros made a lot of money as his speculation forced the British government to pull the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). Soros understood Germany would not be willing take extreme measures to keep Britain in the ERM, an insight lost on many in the City of London.
Similarly to the euro crisis that would come later, this humiliating chain of events did not stop the big project from proceeding. The 10 year borrowing costs of struggling European countries such as Italy, Spain or Belgium (see figure) continued to stay high over the next few years. No half-hearted budget cuts, gold sales or tax hikes succeeded in bringing them down. The only measure that lowered borrowing costs was the decision to create a common currency. In 1995, investors became convinced that the common currency would be a reality and that Italy and other weaker European economies would become members. This is evidenced by the fact that this was the last peak before which borrowing rates dropped off precipitously. For each of the eurozone’s member states, the prospect of entering the common currency zone resulted in a drastic reduction in borrowing rates.
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Why does this matter? It matters because it explains how the euro was not born as a result of positive experiences with fixed exchange rates or of some ideological consensus. There were many opponents, not least in Germany, but also in France, where almost half of the population voted against the Maastricht Treaty, which provided the euro’s framework. Rather, the euro emerged because it allowed politicians to postpone painful decisions and in some cases even outright state defaults. When politicians were desperately scrambling for ways not to have to cut spending in the 1990s, they eventually discovered that deciding to create a common currency allowed them to kick the can down the road. As the US Dollar has proven for decades, a large currency zone affords more mismanagement, in terms of loose budgetary or monetary policy, than a small currency zone.
Just as the euro was pushed through despite the opposition of a large part of the political class, it has now given rise to a transfer union, despite the reluctance of both Northern European politicians, who had to defend to the system of transfers to their taxpayers, and Southern European politicians, who had to accept the conditions and foreign interference linked to the transfers.
Just as the common currency emerged unintentionally, also Eurozone protectionism, which endangers the whole EU project, may emerge as a result of events. When Spanish banks got in trouble in 2012 and frightened Northern European politicians provided Spain with a 100 billion euro bailout, they could only get away with this move, politically, by ensuring that the bailout had strings attached. In this case, the strings amounted to a concession that a Eurozone framework for financial supervision would be created, parallel to the EU framework, to supervise Spanish and other eurozone banks. The ECB was entrusted with this task, and thereby directly ended up in direct competition with an existing EU banking watchdog, the “European Banking Authority” (EBA) in London.
One can imagine that after yet another round of bailouts and further, stricter prescriptions for banks, eurozone banks may start to lobby to exclude competitors who enjoy market access in the Eurozone without having to comply with ECB rules. In short: common eurozone rules might easily serve as an excuse for keeping out external non-eurozone competition in the future. The aftermath of the Brexit vote and the many warnings from the continent about Britain losing its single market access hint at the underlying desire to kill off competition from outside the eurozone.
The ECB has proved not to be immune for the protectionist virus. Already a few years ago, it tried to force clearing houses to relocate to the Eurozone if they wanted to continue clearing in euros. This attempt at grabbing business from London failed and the ECB had to back down, thanks to Britain’s EU membership, which allowed the UK government to exert some pressure.
As Britain leaves the European Union, further, more aggressive, attempts will likely be made to export Eurozone rules outside of the common currency zone. This in turn will likely boost anti-EU sentiment in Denmark, Sweden and Poland, which may have their financial institutions barred from the eurozone market. Once the EU’s free movement of capital is damaged, it is only matter of time before the freedom of movement of services, persons and goods comes under fire.
Still the differences within “old Europe” are quite material and this itself may be the reason for a hypothetical future EU break up. It is unlikely that the far right in France or the populist left in Italy will manage to convince the citizens of those countries to leave the euro by referenda, because of fears that savings would be ruined in ensuing banking crises. If the euro does blow up, it will likely be the result of some financial event, not a political one. Such a scenario would force the German government to make a choice: will it only bail out its own banking system or will it bail out the banking systems of the Benelux, Austria, France and Italy as well? The German government would not have more than a few hours to make this choice. Perhaps on the next two occasions when it has to make this choice, it will again decide to bail out the whole of Europe. Perhaps the German government will go much further than anyone can now imagine—but at some point, enough will be enough.
Why would there be financial crises forcing the German government to make such a choice? The answer to this question is not just about the euro. It is related to the nature of our fractional reserve banking system, whereby banks are allowed to only keep a fraction of the funds they owe to their clients in reserve. This is a means by which the total amount of money in circulation can be expanded, which drives down the price of money, also known as the interest rate. This in turn allows governments to refinance their old loans more cheaply, so they can avoid raising taxes. The unsustainable investment following excessive creation of money produces investment bubbles and financial crises. When these appear in Japan or the United States, the odds are high that the respective governments will bail out the whole currency zone, even when this means they have to impose significant financial repression. In Europe, this is more difficult, given that the burden wouldn’t be suffered evenly across the monetary union. Nationalism would pop up as violently as it did in Greece, where anti-German sentiment was rife during the eurocrisis, which even led to a Greek Parliamentary investigation aimed at pushing for German World War II reparation payments.
Why should the EU break up when the euro collapses? There is no reason that it should, but politicians like Angela Merkel have linked the two together, in order to get away with Eurozone bailouts. In 2011, she said: 'If the euro falls, Europe falls'. One can only hope people understand that to have a common currency is different than to have a treaty whereby countries promise not to impose trade barriers upon each other. When banks close and people lose considerable parts of their savings that message may be a hard sell and human folly may rule the day.
Still, one shouldn’t be overly pessimistic. Already now, many have understood that to have savings in the bank is a risky undertaking, and that it’s probably a good idea to shift a part of one’s wealth into hard assets like real estate, stocks and physical gold and silver, despite the fact that also these investments come with great volatility and risks. Today in 2016, only a tiny part of services are compensated in private “cryptocurrencies”, of which Bitcoin is the most popular, but this will only grow. This kind of currencies have proven to be very volatile and risky, but at the same time they have proven to be a very effective way to avoid capital controls, while the technology behind bitcoin, blockchain, has now been adopted by major banks. If in 20 years time, one third of transactions would be in private currency, a breakdown of the public money system in Europe may be much less traumatic than it would be today.
Another alternative is of course that we could just see the German government effectively allowing the full erosion of savings in the Eurozone in order to save the euro-project, but this isn’t likely, given the current German hostility against such payments. Some may think that common Eurozone joint debt issuance may save the Eurozone, but this overlooks the fact that the ECB has been the crucial actor in propping up the currency zone, precisely because there was no political support for doing bailouts in a more transparent manner, through the eurozone’s lending schemes, such as ESM and EFSF. According to prominent German economist Hans-Werner Sinn, the ECB has provided for about 75% of the bailouts in the Eurozone.
Alternatively, we could see moves towards a world currency, in the framework of the IMF’s “Special Drawing Rights” (SDR). In the same way that the decision to create the euro effectively bailed out struggling European welfare states, the debt-crippled industrial nations of today may get a few decades respite as a result of beefing up the SDR system. US economist Jim Rickards suggests that the world’s bad debt could be rolled up the into the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), which he thinks is also why China has been buying SDRs on the market.
Of course, there are two sides to this coin, and savers would pay the price for such a move. Perhaps there may simultaneously be moves to reboot the system. There may be “bail-ins” or operations to recapitalize banks through the shrinking of the money supply, similar to what happened right after World War II.
Britons had a lot of reasons to vote to leave the EU. What they most certainly did not like, was that the club which was supposed to be about scrapping trade barriers turned out to be a club mostly centred around a common currency helping to boost an ever-centralising bureaucracy and helping to prop up virtually bankrupt European welfare states. Without the eurocrisis, which gave the EU such a bad reputation, the British may well have voted to stay, despite concerns about freedom of movement. Brexit is just the first big blow the euro has inflicted on the European Union.
At the moment, elites in Berlin, Paris and Rome still believe they will manage to save the euro project through a “transfer union”, despite the fact that the large eurozone transfers since 2010 (and before, through the ECB) have done little to mitigate the crisis. Given the series of euro crises that will continue into the future, and which eventually may lead to its demise, it is now crucial to make the case for an arrangement in Europe that secures the right to do business and move cross-border, and make sure this great part of EU cooperation isn’t tainted by the failure of the euro. Otherwise, the enemies of free and open trade will happily seize the occasion to kill the EU, alongside with the euro.
Will clean coal be allowed to develop in Europe?
Published on Energypost.eu
Trianel Kraftwerk Lünen calls its tself the most modern and efficient coal power station in Europe
EU and national energy policies are strongly focused on promoting the use of renewable energy. However, EU policymakers should not overlook progress being made in traditional energy sources, especially in coal power plants, writes Pieter Cleppe, head of the Brussels office of think tank Open Europe. According to Cleppe, a significant expansion of ‘clean coal’ – which involves both carbon capture and storage (CCS) and supercritical power plants – may be needed to achieve the EU’s climate targets.
A lot is changing in the energy debate, and not just because President Donald Trump may rewrite the playbook, even for Europe. In fact, for both renewables and traditional fuels, there are major developments on the technological front.
While cost reductions of renewables have been making headlines, technological breakthroughs in the realm of fossil fuels have also been coming thick and fast, although they are much less reported on.
India deserves particular attention: there, despite the country’s significant renewables drive, two-thirds of power still comes from coal plants. Its government plans to double 2016-level coal production, to 1 billion tonnes by 2020, even pledging that state-owned companies would ramp up production if private production wouldn’t be sufficient.
The EU’s own reference scenario predicted last year that two-thirds of solid fuel energy generation will come from plants that use CCS technology
To resolve the discrepancy between India’s reliance on coal power and its global carbons emissions commitments, India is implementing an ambitious CCS program. For example, at a prototype 10 MW facility in Chennai, 90% of carbon dioxide released is being captured and stored. The company behind the technology claims it can be scaled “up to 1,000 MW”, indicating how important this technology could become.
While the Chennai facility promises to capture nearly all of the CO2 emitted from the burning of coal in a commercially viable way, India’s government has also announced it will invest in modern, more efficient “supercritical” coal-fired power plants that leverage new technologies to produce more power with fewer emissions. In fact, Indian Energy Minister Piyush Goyal is so optimistic about this new development that he recently argued that upgrading 40GW of such out-dated plants will generate CO2 “saving[s] [that] will be far greater than possibly the 100,000 MW of solar power that we will be generating.”
Green campaigners
According to U.S. coal industry representatives, a favourable legal framework could spark a surge among “clean coal” plants in the United States as well. With Donald Trump in the White House and the GOP firmly behind a fossil fuel-friendly energy agenda, coal might very well get a boost.
To avoid a national blackout that month, Germany had to rely on coal power plants, 30 of which are scheduled to be shut down by 2019
Green campaigners may object to Trump’s pro-coal policy, but in view of the fact that coal will remain a dominant part of the energy mix for decades to come – at least according to the International Energy Agency – any option for making it cleaner should be given a chance.
Actually, under the Obama administration similar efforts were made. Obama increased tax credits for capture and sequestration last year. Just before he left office in January, the first large-scale government-backed “clean coal” facility was declared operational in Texas. Another is near completion in Mississippi.
If Trump double downs on carbon capture technologies, as he will according to his allies, this may have an effect on Europe as well.
Governments in the UK and France have pledged to phase out unabated coal generation completely, and more than half of Europe’s power generation is currently coming from non-fossil fuels, including renewables and nuclear energy.
Still, member states like Germany and certainly Poland generate a large percentage of their electricity from coal, more than 80% in Poland’s case. As a result, Europe will need to implement carbon capture technologies similar to the ones being developed elsewhere, if only to reach its own emission target reductions for 2050. Actually, the EU’s own reference scenario predicted last year that two-thirds of solid fuel energy generation will come from plants that use CCS technology.
The development of supercritical plants will be important too for Europe. In Germany, this technology is already being used, for example in the Trianel coal power station in Lünen. On average, Europe’s coal power plants lag behind Japan’s and even China’s in terms of efficiency, so there is a lot of room for improvement.
Construction of Trianel Kraftwerk Lünen
In almost every EU member state, electricity markets are characterisedby subsidies, overregulation and preferential treatment for various energy sources. On top of that, the EU is distorting competition itself through its imposition of targets to achieve a certain share of renewables. With Open Europe, we’ve estimated that the cost of adopting the EU’s 2020 climate change targets will come to an extra £220,000 for a small-to-medium British business. At the same time, this delays technological progress which could benefit both consumers and the environment, given that technologies to improve coal aren’t as rewarding any more when the market for non-renewables is kept artificially smaller than it would have been otherwise.
It’s also a matter of energy security. Germany, which has a highly developed renewable energy sector, has to rely on traditional energy when push comes to shove. On a single day in January of this year, nuclear- and gas-fired power plants, as well as those using black- and brown coal, had to supply 90 percent of Germany’s electricity. With hardly any sun or wind, renewable energy sources failed to provide much energy.
Renewable technology holds great promise, but how responsible is it to exclusively rely on it while ignoring very real downsides
Indeed, to avoid a national blackout that month, Germany had to relyon coal power plants, 30 of which are scheduled to be shut down by 2019. Partly due to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, coal’s share in the electricity mix has remained stable, accounting for about 40% of Germany’s electricity production. With willing customers for its relatively cheap coal-generated energy in neighbouring countries, German coal production levels are expected to only decline slowly.
Real downsides
Outside the EU, major energy markets are far less shy about using coal power. In Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Turkey and the Balkans, it is far from extinct. The International Energy Agency (IEA) foresees that coal will remain the single biggest global source of electricity generation until 2040, while worldwide demand would increase by 5%. It’s no wonder that the IEA and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change consider carbon capture and storage to be a necessary technology to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
While renewables continue to develop, Europe shouldn’t miss out on other technological developments which may help achieve the same goals
Renewable technology holds great promise, but how responsible is it to exclusively rely on it while ignoring very real downsides? Wind and solar energy infrastructure operates part-time and needs back-up capacity, driving up electricity prices. Furthermore, how wise is it to declare only one particular kind of energy production environmentally friendly and economically viable? Hazardous materials are needed to produce solar panels, while the environmental downsides of wind turbines have also been documented. While renewables continue to develop, Europe shouldn’t miss out on other technological developments which may help achieve the same goals.
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Strong Feelings about Alan Moore
by Kevin Czap
I was chatting with Liz about it the other day and the subject of Alan Moore came up. She asked me what I responded to so strongly in his work. Here’s an very-much-extended version of what I said to her.
With the recent release of the latest volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comes a fresh wave of Alan Moore press materials. Moore is in the news, he’s back in the forefront of the public consciousness. While I haven’t gotten the new book as of this writing, I’ve been anticipating its release for a long time, and have probably read as much about it as I’ve been able to.
Reading each interview ensures one is bound to encounter the same information, similarly phrased talking points and praise for the work all his collaborators contributed to the new book. This in itself is not a big problem, and it’s characteristic of most, if not all, promotional campaigns. What is less common is the depth to which Moore’s interview’s go. I’m sure most have heard about and even encountered the stereotype that Moore can go on and on and on. He’s a talker. There’s no denying it. What I feel the stereotype obscures, though, is that he’s terribly engaging. He’s not just droning on to hear himself talk (though he’s admitted as much every now again in the efforts of charming self-effacement). If you listen to what’s being said, it’s very intelligent, of course, but also very astute.
Moore is often portrayed as being some out-of-touch crack pot, holed up in a cave somewhere in Northampton, without any clue about the world of comics which he loves to attack, much less the world at large. If you actually listen to the things he says in these interviews, it’s clear that this depiction is as inaccurate as it is lazy. As they say, Alan Moore knows the score. One recent interview reveals that he’s well aware of digital comics and is investigating these new delivery methods to discover the best way to write comics for them. A soundbite surfaced the other day where Moore makes a strong condemnation of the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning. He got a hip hop group to contribute to the included soundtrack album for the first issue of Dodgem Logic. Even his more sensational statements about his belief in the snake god Glycon are much more reasonable and thoughtful than they may appear at first blush (hint, he is aware that the Glycon is a fictional being).
How could someone with so eloquent and charitable a public persona be so easily painted as a lunatic? (If that statement doesn’t seem to answer its own question for you, let’s just keep going) The answer would seem to lie with his long history of antagonism with the corporate powers-that-be of comics and American culture. Since early on, Moore has been a supporter of Siegel, Shuster and Kirby, and a vocal critic of Marvel and DC’s worse tendencies. Someone who boycotted his own works becoming popcorn fodder in Hollywood, which, clearly, is something everyone should want. As an anarchist, Moore stands at odds with the ideologies of most people today. Seen this way, the systematic character assassination of Alan Moore isn’t surprising and it certainly isn’t difficult to carry out.
Interesting, then, that his politics are what have pushed him to champion so many of the causes that are still being fought for in comics today. The demands that DC and Marvel deliver more meaningful representation of characters who happen to not be white, male and heterosexual, that they tell stories that aren’t so violent, hopeless and ugly are all issues that America’s Best Comics was formed to address a decade ago. This is less to Moore’s credit than it is to the Big Two’s discredit – there’s no excuse for this to still be an issue now, or even 10 years ago. I bring this up to illustrate that, hey, maybe Moore has a point about this other stuff as well?
ABC wasn’t the first time the Magus worked his political views into his writing, and it hasn’t been the last. V for Vendetta was his treatise on anarchy, From Hell a condemnation of the cold soullessness that supports contemporary culture. Big Numbers and Voice of the Fire at least partially beginning to address his relation to his hometown of Northampton, which he continued to deal with more directly in Dodgem Logic. As I told Liz, one of the things that I most respond to in Moore’s work is that he is using the art of fiction to actually address our real lives, to send us a message, to help wake us up.
I won’t pretend that I think Moore is a saint, or an infallible genius. I haven’t been overwhelmingly fond of some of his recent work. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is an exception, though, and taken as one piece, is the strongest thing he’s done in a while. It’s entertaining, intellectually stimulating and just great storytelling. Kevin O’Neill’s art is magnificent in that way that makes you want to emulate until you realize just how difficult that actually is to do, given its intricacy. It was the release of the first chapter of the current volume, Century, that has made me consider the series in a different light. Throughout the first two volumes, the adventure and fun was dialed up quite high, and as enjoyable a read it was, there wasn’t that hook that really stuck out to say “that was an amazing comic.” Black Dossier was a bit of a mess, not bad, but a step down from the earlier volumes (perhaps it felt too much in the vein of Lost Girls which, though I didn’t read all of it, I wasn’t too fond of). Century: 1910, however, was really good stuff.
What made it stand out so much for me was the shift in mood. We find the League coming to the end of their rope. The team is coming apart and things are becoming much more dire. Times are changing, and the team will need to change with them or perish. By the time the Prisoner of London appears, our first glimpse of the 21st century, it hits home how vast this thing has become. As fun as history plays are, I would argue that they are only really useful for helping us see our own contemporary problems from another perspective. By taking us from the early days of the early 1900s up to the early 2000s, Moore and O’Neill are beginning to use the League stories to make a direct statement about this world that we live in. For me, this is what begins to make The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen work as a larger work – he’s roped us in with the fun and adventure, but now it’s time to get to business.
Anyhow. I have some strong feelings about Alan Moore – I think he’s a a good writer who’s fighting for important things. And he’ll never be a fucking company man, that’s for damn sure.
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One Response to “Strong Feelings about Alan Moore”
fajrdrako September 13, 2011 at 12:28 am #
I am of course impressed by Alan Moore’s incredible talent, but even more by his ability for clarity and originality. This is, to my eyes, the essence of intelligence. Not that I necessarily agree with every one of his statements, or like every one of his comics; that’s the point – he is an individualist, and I wish more writers were similarly nonconformist.
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Smt. P V Bharathi
Managing Director & CEO
Smt. P V Bharathi,
Smt P V Bharathi has assumed charge as Managing Director and CEO of Corporation Bank on 1st February, 2019. Prior to this, she was Executive Director at Canara Bank.
She is a graduate in Science and is also a Bachelor of Education. She has done her Masters in Arts (Economics). On the professional side as a Banker, she is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers and has done an integrated Course on Banking & Finance from NIBM, Pune.
Smt Bharathi joined the Banking Industry as an Officer in 1982 in Canara Bank and served in various capacities in Branches & Administrative Offices of the Bank across the length and breadth of the Country and Hong Kong. As a General Manager, she was the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank. She is a seasoned banker with over 37 years of varied experience in handling key responsibilities in Branches, Regional Offices, Circle Offices and Head Office, covering a vast spectrum of banking operations including HR, Credit Management, Retail Banking, Recovery, Risk Management, Information Technology, Forex Operations, Administration etc.,
She was appointed as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 15.09.2016, where she was responsible for many key areas including HR, Corporate Credit, Retail Banking, Credit Monitoring, Recovery, Risk Management, Information and Technology, Audit and Inspection, International Banking, Treasury etc.
She has held various important positions during the course of her career. She was the Bank’s nominated member on the IBA’s Working Group for Standardization of Procedure for Empanelment of Valuers by Banks. She was on the Board of various subsidiaries of Canara Bank and a Joint Venture - M/s. Commercial Indo Bank LLC, Moscow. Currently, she has been appointed as Scheduled Commercial Banks’ (SCBs) nominee Director on the Board of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) by Government of India.
She is an eminent speaker and has received accolades at various seminars, conferences, panel discussions organized by Mint, ASSOCHAM, Crisil, etc.
Smt Bharathi is known in the industry circle for her result oriented and practical approach, teamwork and quick decision. She has undergone many training programmes at prestigious institutes within and outside the Country. For her achievements in banking career, she has received various awards and accolades, which include “Jhansi Rani” award for excellence in Banking, “Aryabhata International Award of 2017” for excellence in Banking.
Shri. Gopal Murli Bhagat
Shri. Gopal Murli Bhagat,
Shri Gopal Murli Bhagat has taken charge as the Executive Director of Corporation Bank on 24th August, 2016.
Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director, he was General Manager at Bank of India.
Shri Gopal Murli Bhagat is a Post Graduate, a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and having a Diploma in Treasury, Investment and Risk Management. He is a seasoned banker with over 32 years of rich experience in various administrative and functional capacities at Branches, Zonal Office and also at the Head Office level. He started his banking career as an Officer in 1984 and rose to become General Manager – Treasury at Bank of India. He was also managing & monitoring the domestic subsidiaries and jointventures of the Bank. He was also nominee director on the board of some companies.
He has held various important positions during the course of his career in view of his expertise in Retail, Credit, Treasury and International banking at Overseas Centre (Singapore).
Shri. Birupaksha Mishra
Shri. Birupaksha Mishra,
Shri Birupaksha Mishra has taken charge as the Executive Director of Corporation Bank on 26th December 2018.
Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director, he was General Manager at Central Bank of India.
Shri Birupaksha Mishra is a Post Graduate and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He started his banking career as a Probationary Officer in the year 1984 and rose to a level of General Manager at Central Bank of India.
He has a rich experience of more than 34 years in various administrative and functional capacities at Branches, Regional Office and also at the Corporate Office.
He has worked in various parts of the country and has handled Credit and Credit Monitoring Portfolio of the Bank for a long time and also headed IT vertical of the Bank.
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Evonik in Belgium
New investments
Oxeno
Second methionine plant
More energy with CHP-2
Expansion Oxeno
At the end of the sixties the demand for certain Evonik products increased, namely hydrogen peroxide (bleaching and oxidizing agent), sodium perborate (bleaching agent), cyanuric chloride (starters for agrochemicals and optical brighteners for detergents, among others) plus AEROSIL (optimizes the properties of coatings, pastes, powders and paints).
To meet this demand the first large production facility of Evonik outside Germany was established. Antwerp was chosen because of the many locational advantages. The location in the port, the existing transport infrastructure, the available place and the sufficient pool of qualified technicians were important benefits. The construction of our production site of 109 hectares started in October 1968 on an artificially reclaimed island between the Scheldt river and the Antwerp harbor, Europe’s second-largest industrial port.
The expansion of our site in Antwerp progressed very rapidly. After a build-up of only 18 months the first production plant was taken into service. After the official inauguration on October 7, 1970, our site grew steadily. The hydrocyanic acid plant was completed, followed by facilities for hydrogen peroxide, sodium perborate, cyanuric chloride and AEROSIL®. The necessary periphery was built up very quickly, because there was a pipeline network for raw materials and energy.
Together with other chemical and petrochemical companies also located there, Antwerp becomes the most important chemicals site in Europe, and the world’s second-largest after Houston in Texas.
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UK downgraded over Brexit; Lux. AAA reaffirmed
News • Business • 25.09.2017 • Aaron Grunwald
Theresa May, the British prime minister, speaks about the future relationship between the EU and UK during a speech in Florence, Italy, 22 September 2017. Image: Number 10/Crown Copyright
One of the world’s largest credit rating agencies has downgraded British bonds over concerns about a “hard” Brexit and rising budget pressures.
Moody’s Investor Services lowered UK debt from Aa1 to Aa2 on Friday evening.
That is a move from the second to third highest score in the firm’s 21 rating scale, and the UK remains an “investment grade” borrower by a wide margin.
Nevertheless, the ratings agency stated on 22 September:
“Moody’s expects weaker public finances going forward, partly linked to the economic slowdown under way but also reflecting the increasing political and social pressures to raise spending after seven years of spending cuts.”
Referring to the lack of agreement about Britain’s lack of a post-Brexit deal with the EU, the credit agency wrote:
“Moody’s believes that the UK government’s decision to leave the EU single market and customs union as of 29 March 2019 will be negative for the country’s medium-term economic growth prospects. Aside from the direct impact on the UK’s credit profile, the loss of economic strength will further exacerbate pressures on fiscal consolidation.”
The firm later added:
“Moody’s is no longer confident that the UK government will be able to secure a replacement free trade agreement with the EU which substantially mitigates the negative economic impact of Brexit. While the government seeks a “deep and comprehensive free trade agreement” with the EU, even such a best-case scenario would not award the same access to the EU single market that the UK currently enjoys. It would likely impose additional costs, raise the regulatory and administrative burden on UK businesses and put at risk the close-knit supply chains that link the UK and the EU. Also, free trade arrangements do not as a standard cover trade in services -- which account for close to 40% of the UK’s exports to the EU and 80% of Gross Value Added in the economy -- given the prevalence of non-tariff trade restrictions and the need to align regulations and standards. In Moody’s view, the differences of outlook between the UK and the EU suggest that the most likely outcome is now a rather more limited free trade agreement which may exclude services: the UK’s desire to pursue its own regulatory policies and to avoid the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice will make finding an agreement on services challenging. Moreover, any free trade agreement will likely take years to negotiate, prolonging the current uncertainty for businesses.”
The British government responded within an hour of Moody’s announcement, the Financial Times reported on 23 September, with the Treasury writing in a statement:
“The assessments made about Brexit in this report are outdated. The prime minister has just set out an ambitious vision for the UK’s future relationship with the EU, making clear that both sides will benefit from a new and unique partnership.”
Indeed, Moody’s downgrade came a few hours after Theresa May, the British prime minister, speaking in Florence, Italy, proposed a two-year transitional phase where EU rules would mostly still apply in her country after Britain leaves the bloc in March 2019.
In addition, the UK would like to strike a bespoke deal with Brussels, EUobserver reported on Friday:
“On the long-term relationship, May said she wanted a free trade deal with the EU that was more ambitious than the EU’s agreement with Canada, but ruled out being bound by EU law in return for access to the single market on the model of Norway.”
Luxembourg rating
Separately, DBRS, another major credit ratings agency, reaffirmed its top-notch AAA grade on the grand duchy’s public debt.
DBRS said in an announcement on 22 September:
“The rating reflects Luxembourg’s sound public finances, its solid institutions and political environment, its wealthy and advanced economy, and its strong external position. These credit strengths counterbalance the challenges associated with the country’s relatively limited degree of economic diversification, its vulnerability to external shocks, possible changes in tax frameworks in Europe and the US, and potential pressures in the residential real estate market.
“The Stable trend reflects Luxembourg’s strong economic fundamentals and DBRS’s view that the challenges Luxembourg faces are manageable. Despite potential risks of financial market volatility, the economy is expected to continue growing at a strong pace. Although the recently-adopted tax reform is set to reduce the fiscal space, public finances are also expected to remain sound, supported by a robust fiscal framework.”
“Luxembourg also exhibits one of the lowest government debt levels in Europe,” according to the DBRS announcement, issued after the financial markets closed on Friday.
Standard & Poor’s, also a global ratings agency, reaffirmed its highest rating (AAA) on Luxembourg public borrowing on 15 September.
Generally speaking, a lower rating increases the cost of borrowing in the capital markets. In addition, many institutional investors are required to only hold bonds above a certain grade.
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Moody's gives Aa1 ratings for stability mechanisms
Three times triple A, once again
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← Competition for home care contracts blocks information sharing and coordination — OHC
Time for a review of Ontario’s P3 program →
What took us so long? Time to occupy Bay Street
It took weeks before the mainstream media paid attention, now the Occupy Wall Street movement is rapidly taking up root in cities across the world, including plans for an occupation of Toronto’s Bay Street beginning October 15.
Author and activist Naomi Klein recently visited the New York occupation. In copies of her speech handed out to protestors, she notes that while the TV pundits are baffled about why citizens are protesting, people around the world are asking ‘what took you so long?’
For the past 30 years we have seen an economic boom that has benefited only a small number of people at the top of the income ladder. Despite this massive economic expansion, after inflation, most of our incomes remained stagnant. For those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, they have lost considerable ground. Just think of the nine years in which the minimum wage was frozen under the Mike Harris government – something current Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak was pledging to do should he gain power.
As corporations try to beat back the wages of working people in both the public and private sector, we are seeing more demands for two-tier settlements that effectively promise to lower the standard of living for new workers. Is that what Canadians want – a lower standard of living for their children?
While large fast food corporations saturate the air waves with commercials telling our kids how we’re “lovin’ it,” the New England Journal of Medicine warns this could be the first generation to live shorter lifespans than their parents due to a growing problem of childhood obesity.
While Wall Street and Bay Street are back to paying annual bonuses larger than most workers can dream of earning over the span of their careers, ordinary citizens are losing their jobs and homes due to the impact of irresponsible corporate behaviour.
Last night Dalton McGuinty said “the Ontario way is not about cutting people loose in difficult times.” A week earlier during the election debate he promised to cut thousands of jobs in the Ontario Public Service. If that isn’t cutting people loose, then what is?
And it’s not just about public sector workers losing their jobs. It’s also about the work they do and its impact on families. Studies have shown that the poor and middle class receive far greater value from public services compared to what they pay in taxes.
The Kaiser Family Foundation in the United States reports the average family health policy now costs $15,000 per year, or more than the cost of a Ford Fiesta. Those policies hardly entitle families to blanket coverage either – increasingly Americans are facing a higher burden of co-payments and deductibles on their health insurance. Is this what we are moving towards in Canada?
Corporations want a bigger share of our health care.
As a result we are seeing a slow and steady erosion of our public health care system. With long waits and caps on public home care provided by the Community Care Access Centres, 40 per cent of home care delivered in this province – or 20 million hours – is now paid for privately. The McGuinty government came to power in 2004 eliminating OHIP coverage for physiotherapy. At the time he suggested that those who did not have private coverage, or who couldn’t afford to pay out-of-pocket, could get publicly covered physiotherapy from outpatient hospital services. Since then, we have seen one hospital after another lose these services, leaving those kicked out of hospital early with no choice but to pay out-of-pocket – if they can find commercial rehab services nearby.
We are also seeing expansion of private for-profit delivery of public health care services. Mike Harris cleaved lab services in the province, giving community-based lab tests to the private for-profit laboratories, leaving the hospitals to do testing for patients who are within their walls. The result has been a far higher cost to the public purse, some say a decline in quality, and a negative impact on smaller hospitals to maintain a wider scope of testing and 24/7 coverage. Doctors in small communities have complained that shifting their testing to distant labs also delays diagnostic results. There is no reason for government to do this other than to provide larger profits to private laboratory corporations. What was the excuse of the McGuinty Liberals for winding up community-based lab testing at small hospitals? It didn’t fit the Local Health Integration Network model.
The growing influence of corporate power within government is reshaping society and accelerating the growing income gap between citizens. While there is greater economic equality among Canadians compared to other developed countries, that situation is dramatically changing. Canada is second only to Germany in the measured growth of social inequality. And studies have shown that inequality is a major contributing factor to rising health costs.
The Ontario Health Coalition recently blew the whistle on high-profile for-profit companies with significant connections to the provincial Tories and Liberals. That includes Shaun Francis, Tim Hudak’s chief fundraiser during his 2009 leadership bid. Francis is the chief executive of Medcan, a private medical clinic in Toronto that caters to corporate executives. Leslie Noble is another close Hudak advisor. Noble is a registered lobbyist for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Canada’s first public-private hospital corporation. Also among Hudak’s close supporters is Dr. William Orovan, a Hamilton urologist who is also a former medical director of the Don Mills Surgical Unit, a private Toronto hospital. Are these people involved with Hudak out of a sense of public spirit, or are they there to open the door wider to taking private profit from public health care?
Often after implementing policies that favour the private sector, senior bureaucrats migrate to high-paying jobs with the private sector health care companies that have been banging on the doors of Queen’s Park. The most notable example is Shelly Jamieson, who was appointed as Dalton McGuinty’s cabinet secretary in 2007, the most powerful job in the provincial government. Jamieson left government to lead the Ontario Long Term Care Association, a lobby group representing mostly for-profit nursing homes. She later became president of Extendicare, the largest for-profit chain of nursing homes in the province. Who has since replaced Jamieson as interim head of the OLTCA? None other than Gail Paech, a former Associate Deputy Minister under the McGuinty government, and former lead for e-Health. Paech was notable as being one of the senior bureaucrats at Queen’s Park who skirted the salary guidelines by being placed on the payroll of a public hospital.
Now Dalton McGuinty is using former TD Bank Vice-President Don Drummond to lead a commission that is intended to restructure government in the name of finding efficiencies. While health care and education were supposed to be off the table, it seems that Drummond can talk about nothing but health care.
When OPSEU polls Ontarians to ask who has more power, corporations or government, the answer overwhelmingly comes back as corporations.
We know people are hurting. The NeoCons said that if the marketplace was given more power, that everybody would benefit. Large corporations were given tremendous freedom. They abused that trust and wrecked the world economy. Now they want an even greater share of the pie.
We are all fed up. Klein is right – it’s not a question of why, but why did it take so long? The forecast is for a warm autumn. It may get a little hotter than we thought.
One of the best lines to come out of the Occupy Wall St. Movement: Noam Chomsky questions in the impunity in which financial institutions have damaged the people of the United States and the world:
“Not only too big to fail, but too big to jail.”
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Kellogg Team to plunge into Lake Michigan for charity
Kellogg student Benjamin Dowell (right) participates in the Polar Plunge last year. Dowell is the captain of “The Kellogg Krushers,” and will embrace chilly waters to raise money for Special Olympics on March 1.
Source: Benjamin Dowell
Kimberly Go, Reporter
A team of Kellogg students called the Kellogg Ice Krushers will dive into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan from North Avenue Beach in Chicago for the Polar Plunge on Sunday.
The Polar Plunge is an annual winter event when participants plunge into bone-chilling waters for a few minutes to raise money for the Chicago Special Olympics.
This year, Kellogg’s team of about 20 people was started by second-year MBA student William Connor. Connor created the team because he has a personal connection to the cause.
“I have an aunt that has Down syndrome, and I have always been very close to her growing up,” he said. “She was sort of my inspiration, so when I heard about the event I thought it would be a great way to raise money for the cause.”
After creating the team and sharing it with friends and Kellogg email list, Connor said he got a great response from both people he knew and didn’t know who came together to participate.
“When I see someone who has a personal connection with an organization and they’re willing to put themselves out there and get other people involved, I really admire that,” team member Lisa Battisfore said. “I really wanted to support (Connor) and hence support the group to get out there to do it.”
Having lived in the Midwest her whole life, Battisfore also said participating in the Polar Plunge has always been a personal goal of hers.
To participate in the Plunge, participants have to raise a minimum of $175. Battisfore said she raised money several different ways, including by reaching out to family members and friends and asking them to donate using social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
“It’s really surprising, the people will come out of nowhere and donate money because it’s something that’s important to them and you would never think to ask them,” she said about using LinkedIn groups to let people know she was raising money for the Special Olympics.
Although this is the first year Connor and Battisfore will be participating in the Plunge, this will be team captain Benjamin Dowell’s second time doing it. Dowell said his friends encouraged him to join last year, and although he was a little apprehensive at first, it ended up being a great experience.
“When you jump in the water, it’s amazing how your physiological response takes over and your body gets pumped full of adrenaline and you literally don’t feel cold at all,” he said.
On her expectations for the Plunge, Battisfore said that she thinks it’s going to be really painful but also a lot of fun, and hopes to come out of it with a lot of new friends.
Dowell said that he is definitely less worried about the Plunge the second time around.
“(This year) I have a little more confidence,” Dowell said. “And I’m more excited about promoting it to other people now.”
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Tags: Benjamin Dowell, Kellogg Ice Krushers, Lake Michigan, Lisa Battisfore, North Avenue Beach, Polar Plunge, Special Olympics Chicago, William Connor
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NEW CULTURAL CENTRE UNVEILED IN SALE
Jan 27, 2018 | Building Community Infrastructure, Latest News
Tags: Funding, Infrastructure, Sale
A new cultural destination has opened in Victoria following the revitalisation of Gippsland’s historic Port of Sale.
Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government John McVeigh said the new Port of Sale precinct would enhance the vibrancy of the region.
“This new precinct has created an all-ages community destination, extending the existing space, creating a forecourt and plaza area and even a new skate park,” Dr McVeigh said.
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the new cultural centre enhanced the area for residents and visitors, with a new regional art gallery, public library, visitor information centre, café, community spaces and free Wi-Fi.
“This project has created 45 jobs in the community, including 17 ongoing roles, and has created a major cultural centre incorporating existing facilities, such as The Wedge performing arts centre,” Mr Chester said.
“What we’ve created here is a new destination for locals and visitors alike of which we can all be very proud.”
Mayor of Wellington Shire Council Carolyn Crossley said it was great to see all three levels of government working together with the community and local organisations to deliver the project.
“We are proud to celebrate this much anticipated opening of the revitalised Port of Sale. We are thrilled at how the interior of the centre has been transformed into a light, modern public space and how the whole precinct ties in together,” Cr Crossley said.
The Coalition Government contributed $4.5 million toward the $14.6 million project, the Victorian Government $4.75 million, Wellington Shire Council $3.805 million, The John Leslie Foundation $1.53 million and Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd $30,000.
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Beth Murray to retire after 38 years as ‘landlady’ of Performing Arts Center
Sam Whiting July 8, 2019 Updated: July 9, 2019, 9:28 am
Beth Murray, managing director of the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, is retiring after 38 years. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
When Beth Murray’s long career as managing director of the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center ends on July 26, she will leave the Veterans Building and walk right up against a construction fence on the sidewalk.
Murray ought to get a laugh out of the symbolism because she has spent most of the last 38 years dealing with one overdue construction project to the next.
A trained ballet dancer hired when Davies Symphony Hall opened in 1980, Murray expected to spend her career making sure performances went smoothly in the city-owned theaters that make up San Francisco’s Performing Arts Center — Davies Symphony Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, Herbst Theatre and Zellerbach Rehearsal Hall. But she was soon promoted to the position of “landlady” for all four buildings.
“I thought the job was going to be coordinating booking schedules,” she says. “But big buildings need big projects to continue. That’s what happened, and they happened within my time frame.”
The War Memorial Opera House (left) and the Veterans Building, home of Herbst Theatre, in 1950. Photo: Bob Campbell, The Chronicle 1950
The seat supports dot Davies Hall during the remodeling in 1992. Photo: Eddie Ledesma, The Chronicle 1992
First there was the acoustic renovation and seat remodeling at Davies Hall in 1992. Then came the exile of the opera and ballet companies while the Opera House was completely rebuilt in 1996-97.
Along the way, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art vacated the third and fourth floors of the Veterans Building and those had to be converted into a temporary City Hall. Finally, or so she thought, there was the two-year-long gutting and seismic upgrade of the Veterans Building, which included renovation of Herbst Theatre and the Green Room.
Add the projects up and the total comes out to north of $200 million worth of capital improvements carried out by Murray, who had never before worn a hard hat on the job until her role with the Performing Arts Center.
“I have a closet full of them now,” she says. “They all have my name on them, and one is pink.”
A painter works on the grand chandelier at the War Memorial Opera House as part of the extensive renovation and earthquake repairs in 1997. Photo: Jerry Telfer, The Chronicle 1997
Even now, as Murray packs up her office on the ground floor of the Veterans Building, the 64-year-old can look out her window and see a project she’s steered through planning and design. For instance, the original mansard roof of the Opera House, completed in 1932, will soon be replaced and so will all 1,100 seats on the orchestra level. Those jobs will require the San Francisco Opera and Ballet to shorten their seasons by 14 weeks in 2021.
“Those seats were redone, not replaced, when we renovated the Opera House,” Murray says. “Big mistake.”
She knew it was a mistake as soon as she sat down on opening night of the fall 1997 opera season. “Big mistake,” she repeats. “Those are the original frames. Have you sat there?”
And Murray would know; she not only attends every opening, she attends at least 50 random performances a year — checking the concessions, checking the flow of patrons, and definitely checking the comfort of the seats.
“We call it ‘evaluating the patron experience,'” she says.
That’s the job she signed up for after coming west from her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., armed with a degree in mathematics and a minor in dance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
When she got to the Bay Area in a purple Toyota in 1978, Davies Hall was being built atop the football field at the redundant Commerce High School on Van Ness. She wrote a letter to the San Francisco Symphony looking for a job and never heard back. But she did hear from the War Memorial Opera House. That’s where she was hired as an operations manager in December 1980, five months after Davies opened. Within two years, she had moved up to the position of assistant managing director. She ascended to the top job in 1995.
As managing director, Murray oversees an operating budget of $17 million, 70 full time employees and 40 temporary employees (not counting ushers).
She remembers when her staffers were all put to the test on opening night of the S.F. Opera season in 1989. Murray was in the basement cafe when she got a radio call of a disturbance. She sprinted upstairs and arrived at the same moment protesters representing SANE (Stop AIDS Now or Else) reached the front of the house.
“There were people punching each other. I saw that,” she says. “It wasn’t an all-out brawl, but I saw a couple of punches thrown.”
Beth Murray has a view of the Opera House from her desk. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
She was just getting over that when she was seated in her office, waiting to walk across the courtyard to see the opera, at 5:04 p.m. Oct. 17, 1989. She recalls hearing glass crash down from the upper floors and ran into the hall just in time to see the chandeliers sway. The Loma Prieta earthquake forced the cancellation of the opera performance that night, and it was another eight years before the Opera House was fully operational.
A net hangs suspended from the Opera House ceiling to catch falling plaster during the 1990 season after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle 1990
Herbst Theatre is where Murray remembers meeting three presidents during a golden anniversary celebration of the signing of the U.N. Nations Charter in 1995. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
In the middle of all, Murray remembers the uplift that came with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter in Herbst Theatre in June 1995.
“We had three presidents here — Clinton, Ford and Carter — and I got to meet all of them,” she says. “I got to escort Princess Margaret from her car to a reception, then to her seat and back to her car after a performance. I wish I had a picture of that.”
She does have a picture of herself flying around Davies Hall, suspended from the ceiling at 50 feet, as a stand-in for Mary Martin during rehearsal for a fundraiser. That’s something else that wasn’t in the job description.
“When I am into a job, I am all-in to the exclusion of everything else,” she says. “Everything else gets snowplowed to the side, and some of that stuff that gets plowed to the side I want to spend time with.”
One thing that got plowed to the side was a marriage and a few long-term relationships. Murray never remarried, but she is a dedicated equestrienne.
Beth Murray drove to Woodside five days a week to ride her horse, Alvin. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
Five mornings a week, even in the cold darkness of winter, she has driven from her home in Noe Valley for English riding at a private stable in Woodside. It is an act of defiance against her mother who would not let her take riding lessons, Murray admits.
“She said, ‘You’ll get hurt,'” Murray recalls. “She was right. I’ve broken almost every bone, in multiple falls.”
In her office she has two pictures of her horse, Alvin. He died last year, and she decided not to get a replacement until she can spend the time necessary to get to know a new horse. That’s a major reason she is retiring, she says.
“There is something very magical in the bond between a horse and a person and that magic I am drawn to,” she says.
Beth Murray in the lobby of the Opera House, where a private celebration with 200 people will be held in her honor. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
Still, Murray has one last event to attend to, and that is the private celebration in her honor. Thursday, July 11, has been declared Beth Murray Day by mayoral proclamation. After her last board meeting with the War Memorial Board of Trustees, a reception is planned in the ornate marble lobby of the Opera House, Murray’s favorite space.
Two hundred people have been invited and the list could have been longer if you count all the people who benefit from her side project — getting the veterans monument built in the courtyard in 2014, after 82 years of planning.
“Beth has been the perfect person for the job and could stay on forever as far as I’m concerned,” says Nancy Bechtle, president of the War Memorial Board of Trustees. “She loves those buildings and she protects them. I will miss her terribly.”
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Humans of Havana Website Profiles Cubans’ Lives Beyond The Old Havana Scene
July 15, 2017 by Simons Chase
In recent years, tourism has changed Old Havana more than the last fifty years of majestic decay.
The old city has experienced a lot of much needed renovation, but there has also been a quiet dissolving of traditional daily life that existed in the city just a few years ago. You can still find Cubans active in daily life in cities like Santa Clara, but before you go to Old Havana, check out the Humans of Havana website as a reference point for what you will want to find in Old Havana.
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HumansofHavana.com is a photoblog about Cuban people with the same aspirations as the hugely popular HumansofNewYork.com (HONY).
Everyone has a story. And in Cuba’s case, a whole country has a story to tell that is like no other. The coming years will reveal a lot of visuals and narratives awaiting connection with a broader audience. The creators of the photoblog (the Cuba Journal) wanted an alternative to the endless stream of antique American cars and instead want to chronicle the “change generation” in Cuba that is unbound by age. The site is not political. It’s simply about Cuban people.
The format follows HONY almost exactly. Candid images combined with short text narratives to add a little bit of context. Subjects reveal a little about themselves, which reveals a little about the city – and perhaps, collectively, a little about our common humanity.
What can you find on Humans of Havana? We’re trying to capture the narrative of the Cuban people as they transition from a closed society to an open one. Our Cuban photographer has been given minimal instruction beyond capturing a true sense of what ordinary Cubans are doing and saying on the street. Hopefully, the collection of images and stories will allow site visitors to step into the shoes of a typical Cuban and catch a glimpse of an experience that may be different from their own and also learn something about how connected we are despite our differences.
This is the real way we Cubans celebrate the end of the year: the entire family get together at home and we roast a pork in the backyard, like this. “We enjoy the process of roasting of the pork very much. Meanwhile, we drink a lot, we talk, we make jokes, kids play around… It’s the tradition.”
“I feel very grateful to this machine. All these years I’ve earned the money I need to live thanks to it. I guess I should also give thanks to my father, who taught me how to work with this.”
“I studied painting when I was younger, and that’s what I do. I’m an artist. But the fun part goes away when you have to sell your paintings for a living, and more, when you don’t have the possibility to travel and look for a good gallery that gives the value your work deserves, and in consequence, you have to sell your paintings for less than what they really cost. You have to do it for your own survival. That’s why sometimes I get sick of it. But what else can I do? I have to go back and keep on working. It’s hard to make a living from painting. Everybody knows that.”
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.......Richard III is stage play that is both a history and a tragedy. It is the last of the four Shakespeare plays to focus on the Wars of the Roses. The others were Henry VI, Part I; Henry VI, Part II; and Henry VI, Part III.
Date Written: Probably between 1591and 1593
First Printing: 1597, First Quarto. Five other quartos appeared between 1598 and 1622. The authorized First Folio text appeared in 1623.
.......Shakespeare based Richard III partly on accounts in The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (Holinshed's Chronicles), by Raphael Holinshed (?-1580?), who began work on this history under the royal printer Reginald Wolfe. The first edition of the chronicles was published in 1577 in two volumes. Other sources Shakespeare used were The Union of Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and York, by Edward Hall (?-1547) and The History of King Richard the Thirde, by Sir Thomas More (1477-1535).
.......The action takes place in England in the following locales: London (including castles and the royal palace), Salisbury, a camp near Tamworth, and Bosworth Field (about 12 miles west of Leicester in the East Midlands).
.Protagonist: Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Later King
Antagonist: No Obvious Antagonist Until Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, Appears in Act V to Oppose Richard
Richard: Duke of Gloucester (son of Richard Plantagenet, the Duke of York in Henry VI Part I and Henry VI Part II). Gloucester gleefully murders his way to power to become King Richard III. At the beginning of the play, Richard is in his early twenties; at the end, when he dies in the Battle of Bosworth Field, he is thirty-five.
Edward IV: Sickly King of England and brother of Richard. Edward dies and leaves two boys as heirs to the throne—and prey for Richard.
Queen Elizabeth: Wife of Edward IV.
Duchess of York: Mother of Edward IV.
Earl Rivers: Brother of Queen Elizabeth.
Edward, Prince of Wales: Son of Edward IV.
Richard, Duke of York: Son of Edward IV.
Marquis of Dorset, Lord Grey: Sons of Elizabeth by a Previous Marriage.
George, Duke of Clarence: Brother of Edward and Richard.
Boy: Son of the Duke of Clarence.
Girl: Daughter of the Duke of Clarence.
Margaret: Widow of King Henry VI.
Lady Anne: Widow of the son of King Henry VI. She marries Richard.
Henry Tudor: Earl of Richmond, who becomes King Henry VII.
Cardinal Bourchier: Archbishop of Canterbury.
Thomas Rotherham: Archbishop of York.
John Morton: Bishop of Ely.
Duke of Buckingham: Key supporter of Richard. He turns against Richard after the latter announces plans to murder Prince Edward and Prince Richard, just children.
Lord William Hastings: Important nobleman. Because he supports the accession of Prince Edward after Edward IV dies, Richard orders his execution.
Sir James Tyrrell: Unscrupulous nobleman whom Richard hires to kill Prince Edward and Prince Richard.
Other Important Noblemen: Earl of Surrey, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanley (Early of Derby), Lord Lovel, Sir William Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliff, Earl of Oxford, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Sir James Blount, Sir Walter Herbert, Sir William Brandon.
Sir Robert Brakenbury: Lieutenant of the Tower.
Christopher Urswick: Priest.
Tressel, Berkeley: Attendants of Lady Anne.
Ghosts: Spirits of Richard III’s murder victims.
Dighton, Forrest: Murderers.
Others: Another Priest, Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of Wiltshire, Lords, Attendants, Citizens, Messengers, Soldiers, Pursuivant, Scrivener. (A pursuivant is an attendant or an officer ranking below a herald. A scrivener is a copier of documents. The scrivener in Richard III prepares papers indicting Lord Hastings).
By Michael J. Cummings...© 2003, 2006, 2010
........Historical Note: After England's King Henry VI died in 1471, the reign of the House of Lancaster ended and the House of York reclaimed power under King Edward IV. During the Wars of the Roses, which began in 1455, Edward had been king from 1461 to 1470 but lost the throne for a year to Henry VI. When Edward regained the throne, his own brother—Richard, Duke of Gloucester—began plotting against him, according to Shakespeare's account and interpretation of the final years of the Wars of the Roses, from 1483 to 1485. Following is the summary of the play.
.......Richard, Duke of Gloucester, appears alone on a London Street and announces to the audience his plans to overthrow his brother, King Edward IV. Richard is evil—so evil, in fact, that he derives immense satisfaction from committing vile deeds. There appears to be a measure of revenge—against nature, against the world and its people—in his motives. For he was born into this world as a lame hunchback, “deformed, unfinished . . . scarce half made up" (1. 1. 22-23). His misshapen form annoys even the dogs that bark at him as he limps by. Cheated of the fairness of feature that marks others around him, he decides to cheat them of position, power, even life.
His vengefulness abets another—perhaps even stronger—motive: ambition. Richard covets the throne and will stop at nothing to get it. All options are open, including murder.
I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous. (1. 1. 32-34)
First, he convinces King Edward that another brother, the Duke of Clarence, craves the crown. Edward claps Clarence in chains and imprisons him in the Tower of London. Edward, meanwhile, becomes seriously ill. (How lucky for Richard.) Richard wants Edward to die, of course, but not until Clarence is dead. “Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns: / When they are gone, then must I count my gains" (1. 1. 168-169). Of course, kings-to-be must have queens-to-be. Richard is no exception, he believes, in spite of his grotesque appearance. So he woos Lady Anne, the daughter-in-law of the late King Henry, even as the coffin of the dead king passes with Lady Anne attending it in mourning. When Richard orders the procession to halt, Lady Anne glares at Richard and exclaims, “What black magician conjures up this fiend / To stop devoted charitable deeds?" (2. 1. 37-38). Anne has good reason to loathe Richard. It was he who murdered King Henry. What is more, he murdered Anne’s husband, who was Henry’s son. Anne, who well knows that Richard committed the murders, tells him,
Avaunt,1 thou dreadful minister of hell!
Thou hadst but power over his [the dead king's] mortal body,
His soul thou canst not have; therefore be gone. (1. 2. 47-49)
Richard blames Edward for the death of Lady Anne's husband, but she knows better, reminding him that there was a witness to the murder:
In thy foul throat thou liest: Queen Margaret saw
Thy murderous falchion2 smoking in his blood;
The which thou once didst bend against her breast,
But that thy brothers beat aside the point. (1. 2. 98-101)
When she asks Richard to own up to killing the king, he admits the deed and says he did the king a favor by sending him to heaven: “He was fitter for that place than earth" (1. 2. 114). Lady Anne pronounces Richard fit for only one place: hell. Boldly, Richard retorts that he is fit for another place, her bed-chamber. Lady Anne spits at him.
.......By and by, however, Richard’s wheedling tongue persuades her that he is repentant and worthy of her attention. He offers her a ring and, wonder of wonders, she puts it on and agrees to marry him. Later, Richard laughs up his sleeve at her for falling victim to his words, and he thinks he might be a fine figure of a man after all.
.......At court, Richard pretends to be sensible and selfless, with only the king’s best interests at heart. But behind the king’s back, Richard accuses the king’s wife, Queen Elizabeth, of scheming against Clarence, who remains Richard’s prisoner in the Tower of London, and convinces important noblemen—the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Hastings, and Lord Stanley—of her guilt. Then he dispatches henchmen to kill Clarence. They are thorough. First, they stab him; then they submerge him in a barrel of wine. Richard also orders the arrest of three supporters of Elizabeth and the dying king’s heir, young Prince Edward. These three men—Lord Grey, Lord Rivers, and Sir Thomas Vaughn—are imprisoned in Pomfret Castle.
.......Meanwhile, King Edward dies, and Richard confines the king’s children—Prince Edward and his brother, Richard—to the Tower under a pretense that Edward is to be prepared for coronation. Events then begin to move swiftly as Richard advances his scheme to win the throne. First, he orders the execution of Grey, Rivers, and Vaughn and follows up with the beheading of Lord Hastings, a supporter of the accession of Prince Edward. However, Richard has duped Buckingham into becoming one of his supporters after telling him one lie compounded by two others: first, that the late king’s sons were illegitimate and therefore ineligible to inherit the throne; second, that the king ordered the murder of a citizen simply for speaking of the matter of royal succession; and, third, that Edward lusted after “servants, daughters, wives" (3. 5. 86) of the House of York.
.......Buckingham then speaks on Richard’s behalf to the people of London, repeating the lies. As a result, a delegation of citizens, including the Lord Mayor of London, comes to offer Richard the crown at Baynard Castle. After Buckingham greets them, they see Richard going to prayer with two bishops. In his hand is a prayer book. Buckingham praises Richard as a devout man. Then the citizens importune Richard to accept the crown. Ever playing the innocent, Richard replies,
I am unfit for state and majesty;
I do beseech you, take it not amiss;
I cannot nor I will not yield to you. (3. 7. 210-212)
When the citizens press Richard further, he tells them that
I am not made of stone,
But penetrable to your kind entreats,
Albeit against my conscience and my soul. (3. 7. 228-230)
.......So, in June of 1483, Richard is crowned King of England and his wife Anne queen. There remains, of course, unfinished business: the two little boys in the Tower, Princes Edward and Richard. In a room of state in the palace, he tells the Duke of Buckingham: “I wish the bastards dead; / And I would have it suddenly perform’d" (4. 2. 21-22). When he asks Buckingham to endorse his murder plan, the duke asks for time to reflect on the matter, then leaves.
.......Richard then sends for a man of meager means reputed to be willing to do anything for money. His name is Sir James Tyrrell. When Richard asks him whether he will serve his king by killing the boys, calling them “foes to my rest, and my sweet sleep’s disturbers" (4. 2. 79), Tyrrell replies, “I’ll rid you from the fear of them" (4. 2. 83).
.......When Buckingham returns to inform the king of his position on the murder plan, he first asks the king to make him Earl of Hereford. Richard ignores the request and instead speaks of a prophecy of King Henry VI that Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, would become king. Buckingham then repeats his request several times until the king finally replies that he is not in a giving mood. Furthermore, he tells Buckingham, “Thou troublest me" (4. 2. 127). Buckingham now realizes that he is out of favor and probably in mortal danger. After the king and his attendants leave the room, Buckingham flees the court “while my fearful head is on" (4. 2. 131).
.......Elsewhere Tyrrell, assisted by two other thugs, murders the boys. However, in carrying out Richard’s will, he does something that Richard never does: he owns up to the foulness of his action.
The tyrannous and bloody act is done.
The most arch of piteous massacre
That ever yet this land was guilty of.
Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn3
To do this ruthless piece of butchery,
Albeit they were flesh’d villains, bloody dogs,
Melting with tenderness and kind compassion
Wept like two children in their deaths’ sad stories. (4. 3. 3-10)
.......Pleased with the success of the mission, King Richard replies, “Come to me, Tyrrell, soon after supper, / And thou shalt tell the process of their death" (4, 3, 37-38).
.......Next Richard arranges the death of Queen Anne so that he can marry the sister of the murdered boys, thereby giving him stronger royal connections. England, though, is coming to its senses, and the Earl of Richmond claims the throne with strong popular support. Buckingham now backs Richmond with a force of Welshmen. John Morton, Bishop of Ely, also supports Richmond’s cause, as does the Marquis of Dorset, a son of Elizabeth.
.......Armies of Richard and Henry gather at Bosworth Field in August of 1485 to settle the issue. While the two foes, Richard and Richmond, sleep in their tents before the battle, the ghosts of the persons murdered by Richard appear to both of them, predicting Richard’s defeat and death.
.......When the armies clash on August 22, Richard fights with remarkable tenacity. One of his comrades in arms, Catesby, says,
The king enacts more wonders than a man,
Daring an opposite to every danger:
His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights,
Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death. (5. 4. 4-7)
.......But as the tide of battle turns against Richard, he loses his mount and cries out, “A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" (5. 4. 10). When Catesby offers to help Richard to another horse, Richard replies, “Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die" (5. 4. 12-13). The Earl of Richmond, then slays Richard, and says, “The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead" (5. 4. 19). Richmond becomes Henry VII, King of England, and the War of the Roses ends.
.... The Opening Soliloquy
.......Richard III opens in 1483 with the title character delivering one of Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquies. The first thirteen lines establish the cheerful, optimistic mood in the kingdom now that Richard’s brother, Edward IV, has reclaimed the throne and the War of the Roses, which began in 1455, appears to have ended. Richard sums up the situation in the first two lines of the soliloquy:
Made glorious summer by this son of York
In other words, the bleak winter of war has given way to a bright summer of peace, symbolized by the shining “sun" (son) of York, Edward.
.......However, Richard says he will shun the merriment, including amorous pursuits, because he is a lame hunchback whose sight is so displeasing that even dogs bark insults at him. Nature, he says, has “cheated" him of good looks. Now he must endure the indignity of seeing his “shadow in the sun"—that is, being eclipsed by Edward. Clearly, he deeply envies Edward.
.......But Richard has no intention of accepting second place to Edward. In the last third of the soliloquy, Richard brazenly announces a murderous plot to unseat the king and seize the throne. His plan is to foment hatred between his other brother, Clarence, and Edward, by convincing Edward that Clarence covets the crown. Richard says he looks forward to carrying out his plot, to doing evil: "I am determined to prove a villain." His delight at the prospect of executing heinous crimes alerts the audience that Richard may well be a sociopath, a fiercely antisocial person who lacks a conscience.
.......The play then becomes a character study rather than a whodunit, focusing on Richard’s devious tactics and the inner workings of his psychopathic mind. Audiences and readers experiencing the play the first time often find themselves rooting for Richard as he murders his way to crown. Yes, he is perverse, wicked, and depraved. But he is also outrageously bold and incredibly cunning—an altogether intriguing whangdoodle who takes on the world and doesn’t look back.
.......When the opening soliloquy introduces him, audiences usually despise him instantly—and love him. He is a nightmare who gives us sleep and awakens us breathless wanting for more. And so the play goes on.
Richard's Leitmotiv: It's Good to Be Bad
.......In his soliloquies, asides, and short discourses, Richard gleefully announces his evil intentions and reinforces the paradox that guides his behavior—it's good to be bad. His frequent revelations of the crimes he plans and the delight he takes in committing them resemble leitmotivs in an opera (recurring musical passages associated with a theme, a character, or a character trait). His running commentary generally intrigues audiences and sometimes even amuses them after the manner of crafty villains that people horror films. It all begins in the first scene of Act I, when Richard proudly discloses his nefarious plans:
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate the one against the other. (32-37)
While alone on the stage after setting his plans in motion, he wryly comments on the fate that awaits the Duke of Clarence.
Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return.
Simple, plain Clarence! I do love thee so,
That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven,
If heaven will take the present at our hands.(1.1.123-126)
After his talented tongue persuades Lady Anne to marry him, he takes delight in ridiculing her for having agreed to wed so heinous a reprobate as he.
Hath she forgot already that brave prince,
Edward, her lord, whom I, some three months since,
Stabb'd in my angry mood at Tewksbury?
A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman,
Framed in the prodigality of nature,
Young, valiant, wise, and, no doubt, right royal,
The spacious world cannot again afford
And will she yet debase her eyes on me,
That cropp'd the golden prime of this sweet prince,
And made her widow to a woful bed?
On me, whose all not equals Edward's moiety?4 (1.2.252-263)
Later, he reveals his plan to blame others for his crimes while presenting himself as beyond reproach:
I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl.
The secret mischiefs that I set abroach5
I lay unto the grievous charge of others.
Clarence, whom I, indeed, have laid in darkness,
I do beweep to many simple gulls6
Namely, to Hastings, Derby, Buckingham;
And say it is the queen and her allies
That stir the king against the duke my brother.
Now, they believe it; and withal whet me
To be revenged on Rivers, Vaughan, Grey:
But then I sigh; and, with a piece of scripture,
Tell them that God bids us do good for evil:
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.(1.3.333-347)
By the way, Richard III has in fact been made into an opera--Giorgio Battistelli's post-modernist production, with lyrics by Ian Burton.
. Foreshadowings
.......The direction of the plot becomes clear from the outset of the play, when Richard discloses his evil plans in a soliloquy. He continues to reveal his plans from time to time when he is out of earshot of others. Other characters also foreshadow the action, most notably Queen Margaret in the third scene of Act I, who says,
O Buckingham! take heed of yonder dog [Richard]:
Look, when he fawns, he bites; and when he bites
His venom tooth will rankle to the death:
Have not to do with him, beware of him; 300
Sin, death and hell have set their marks on him,
And all their ministers attend on him.
All-Consuming Ambition Leads to All-Consuming Evil.
.......Richard, in his thirst for power, is willing to commit any atrocity to win the throne. He is Macbeth raised to the second power—or third. After an assassin murders the late king's sons, Richard says to him, "Thou shalt tell the process of their death" (4. 3. 38).
All Things are Not as They Seem.
.......During most of the play, Richard wears a mask of innocence. He is always pretending, always deceiving. For example, when Rivers says he would be loyal to Richard if the latter were king, Richard answers, "If I should be! I had rather be a pedlar: / Far be it from my heart, the thought of it!" (1.3.154-155).
Eventually, his adversaries see through the mask.
Where There Is Pure Evil, There Is No Conscience
.......Richard never expresses regret or remorse. He is bad to the bone, and proud of it. Modern psychologists would probably label him a psychopath or sociopath.
I am what I am.
.......Richard acknowledges at the beginning of the play that he is an ugly, misshapen lump of flesh—a monster. Then, accepting himself as he is, he announces that he will live up to his physical image by performing ugly deeds.
.......The climax of a play or another narrative work, such as a short story or a novel, can be defined as (1) the turning point at which the conflict begins to resolve itself for better or worse, or as (2) the final and most exciting event in a series of events. The climax of Richard III occurs, according to the first definition, when Richard ascends the throne (Act IV, Scene II) as King of England. According to the second definition, the climax occurs in the final act when Richard, who has lost his mount, shouts “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (5, 4, 10; repeated in Line 16). The climax concludes after Henry, Earl of Richmond, slays Richard.
......Richard III contains memorable passages, many of which are quoted often in writing, public speaking, and ordinary conversation. Among the most oft-quoted passages and epigrams are the following:
Made glorious summer by this sun of York. (1. 1. 3)
Gloucester (Richard III) speaks a metaphor comparing the state of affairs in England to winter and the sun. Sun has a double meaning. Besides referring to the great star in the sky, it refers to King Edward IV, the son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. These lines also contain a paradox, in that winter becomes summer.
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. (1. 2. 74)
Lady Anne insults Richard, comparing him to a beast in this metaphor. However, she holds out hope that ruthless Richard may have a mite of pity in him. Richard rejoins with “But I know none [pity], and therefore am no beast.
The world is grown so bad,
That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. (1. 3. 74-75)
Playing the innocent, Gloucester (Richard III) accuses the king’s wife of wrongful deeds in a metaphor comparing her to a predatory wren.
Off with his head! (3. 5. 80)
In a moment of anger, Richard directs these words at Hastings.Today, the words are used figuratively in the business world to mean “Fire him!"
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! (5. 3. 198)
Shakespeare uses apostrophe, metaphor, and personification to present the feelings of Richard when he awakens after ghosts appear in his dream. Apostrophe: Conscience becomes a thing addressed. Metaphor and personification: Conscience becomes a cowardly person.
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings. (5. 2. 25)
Richmond uses a metaphor to compare hope to a bird.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain. (5. 3. 212-214)
In this metaphor, Richard compares conscience to a creature with many tongues.
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse. (5. 4. 10 and 5. 4. 16)
Spoken by Richard, this line is one of the most-quoted in all of Shakespeare, summing up the frustration every human feels when he or she lacks the service of something once taken for granted. A person might quote this line on a frigid January day when his car will not start.
Historical Richard
.......Shakespeare presented Richard III (1452-1485) as one of the most evil rulers in history. However, the historical Richard, though unscrupulous, may not have been as ruthless as depicted. After his brother, King Edward IV, died in 1483 Parliament declared Richard king instead of Edward's young son on grounds that King Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492) was illegal. Parliament said Edward had earlier agreed to marry another woman. To secure his position as king, Richard confined both of the late king's boys to the Tower of London, where they were later killed. There is no proof that Richard ordered them killed. Nevertheless, after the boys died, public sentiment turned against Richard; the people favored Henry, Earl of Richmond. Armies of Richard and Henry had it out at Bosworth Field in 1485. Richard fought bravely before suffering a mortal blow. The Earl of Richmond succeeded to the throne as Henry VII, inaugurating the Tudor dynasty of monarchs and ending the Wars of the Roses.
.......In a discussion of the approach of historians in Richard's day, Marchette Chute wrote,
In writing [history plays], Shakespeare had nothing to help him except the standard history books of his day. The art of the historian was not very advanced in this period, and no serious attempt was made to get at the exact truth about a king and his reign. Instead, the general idea was that any nation which opposed England was wrong, and that any Englishman who opposed the winning side in the civil war was wrong also. Since Shakespeare had no other sources, the slant that appears in the history books appears also in his plays. . . . Richard III fought against the first of the Tudor monarchs and was therefore labeled in the Tudor histories as a vicious usurper, and he duly appears in Shakespeare's plays as a murdering monster..(Stories From Shakespeare. Eau Claire, Wis.: E.M. Hale, 1956 (Page 257).
Battle of Bosworth Field
......The Battle of Bosworth Field ended the War of the Roses between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. It was fought on August 22, 1485, about three miles south of Market Bosworth, a town in the county of Leicestershire, England.
......In the battle, the Lancaster army of Henry Tudor defeated the York army of Richard III after key allies of Richard—Lord Stanley and the Earl of Northumberland—failed to come to Richard’s aid and a brother of Lord Stanley sided with Henry and attacked Richard. During the battle (retold in part by Shakespeare in Richard III from a biased Tudor perspective, beginning in Act V, Scene III), Richard fell from his horse and was slain in a bog.
......Henry Tudor ascended the throne as Henry VII, establishing the House of Tudor. That royal house included—besides Henry VII, who reigned from 1485 to 1509—Henry VIII, who reigned from 1509 to 1547, and his three children. Their names and the years they ruled are as follows: Edward VI (1547-1553), Mary I (1553-1558), and Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Elizabeth I was on the throne during the first 38 years and 11 months of Shakespeare’s life.
Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. Is Richard insane?
2. Is Richard like any 20th or 21st Century rulers you can think of?
3. How is Richard III like or unlike Macbeth?
4. Argue that Richard III was not as ruthless as Shakespeare depicted him.
5. In an essay, identify and analyze the motives of Richard as he executes his murderous plays.
6. Write an essay that focuses on dramatic irony in the play. Dramatic irony is a literary device that allows the audience to know more about a character or about events involving him than the character himself knows.
6. Which character in the play is the most admirable? Other than Richard, which character is the least admirable? Explain your answers. . Notes
1. avaunt: Go away; get out of here.
2. falchion: Short sword with a broad blade.
3. suborn: Induce, bribe.
4. moiety: half.
5. set abroach: set in motion; started.
6. gulls: dupes; suckers; fools..
Plays on DVD (or VHS)
Play Director Actors
Antony and Cleopatra (1974) Trevor Nunn, John Schoffield Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman
Antony and Cleopatra BBC Production Jane Lapotaire
As You Like It (2010) Thea Sharrock Jack Laskey, Naomi Frederick
As You Like It (1937) Paul Czinner Henry Ainley, Felix Aylmer
The Comedy of Errors BBC Production Not Listed
Coriolanus BBC Production Alan Howard, Irene Worth
Cymbeline Elijah Moshinsky Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Helen Mirren
Gift Box: The Comedies BBC Production Various
Gift Box: The Histories BBC Production Various
Gift Box: The Tragedies BBC Production Various
Hamlet (1948) Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Hamlet (1990) Kevin Kline Kevin Kline
Hamlet(1991) Franco Zeffirelli Mel Gibson, Glenn Close
Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh,
Hamlet (2009) Gregory Doran David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie
Hamlet (1964) John Gielgud, Bill Colleran Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn
Hamlet (1964) Grigori Kozintsev Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Hamlet (2000) Cambpell Scott, Eric Simonson Campbell Scott, Blair Brown
Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branaugh, Derek Jacobi
Henry V( 1946) Laurence Olivier Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Henry VI Part I BBC Production Peter Benson, Trevor Peacock
Henry VI Part II BBC Production Not Listed
Henry VI Part III BBC Production Not Listed
Henry VIII BBC Production John Stride, Claire Bloom, Julian Glover
Julius Caesar BBC Production Richard Pasco, Keith Michell
Julius Caesar (1950) David Bradley Charlton Heston
Julius Caesar (1953) Joseph L. Mankiewicz Marlon Brando, James Mason
Julius Caesar (1970) Stuart Burge Charlton Heston, Jason Robards
King John BBC Production Not Listed
King Lear (1970) Grigori Kozintsev Yuri Yarvet
King Lear (1971) Peter Brook Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel
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Burris’ account among many to put Earhart on Kwaj
By earharttruth on August 28, 2015
The Amelia Earhart-Mili Atoll connection is well known to those familiar with the work of authors and researchers such as Fred Goerner, Vincent V. Loomis, Bill Prymak and Oliver Knaggs, as well as readers of this blog and Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last.
Much less understood is what transpired between the time of Amelia and Fred Noonan’s pickup at one of Mili’s tiny Endriken Islands in July 1937 and their horrible deaths on Saipan on dates still not precisely known.
In “The Marshall Islands Witnesses” chapter of Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last is a subsection titled “The Kwajalein Connection.” The following is taken from “The Kwajalein Connection,” and was originally published in the February 1996 edition of Prymak’s Amelia Earhart Society Newsletters.
Other compelling stories, unseen in any published books before Truth at Last, will be presented in future posts so that interested readers can connect the dots in the Mili Atoll to Saipan logistical scenario.
ANOTHER GI EXPERIENCE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
By Ted Burris
In 1965 I was working on Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands. Having been there since 1964, I knew my job well enough to become a bit bored, and cast about for some volunteer work to absorb time and interest.
As it happened, the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America out of Honolulu, was looking for a neighborhood commissioner for the islands. I thought I’d try it.
My primary assignment was to introduce Scouting into the Marshall Islands. Kwajalein already had a couple of troops made up of the children of American families working on the island. So I determined to try to establish the program on Ebeye, three islands north of Kwaj, where most of the Marshallese in that part of the atoll lived.
Organizational meetings required my presence on Ebeye sometimes two or three evenings a week. The meetings were usually concluded by nine or shortly after, but I had to wait until 11 o’clock to get the last boat back to Kwaj. My friend and interpreter, Onisimum Chappelle, tried to keep me entertained until the boat got there.
One evening he mentioned that there was an old man there who had a story to tell. This intrigued me because I was interested in the history of the area.
In the course of our conversation, I asked the old man when was the first time he met Americans? “Before the war.” I was surprised, because I knew the Japanese had closed the Marshall Islands to foreigners in the late ’20s. “I don’t understand,” I said. “How long before the war?” “Five years,” he said.
Ebeye Island is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the archipelago. Settled on 80 acres of land, it has a population of more than 15,000.
“How did you meet Americans before the war?” I asked. “Well, I didn’t exactly meet them,” he said. “But I did bring them in.”
“Bring them in? I don’t understand. What happened?”
“A plane landed on the water,” he said. “A big plane.” “Four motors?” I asked. “No, two.” “Where?” I asked again. “Come. I show you,” he said. The old man walked with us from his house to the eastern shore of Ebeye. We went to the south end of the perimeter road. There stood two A-frame houses with a line of four coconut trees. “You see these trees,” he said. “The plane was exactly in line with them.” “How far out?” I asked. “About a hundred yards from the land,” he said.
I should tell you that, at the lowest tides, the reef there is virtually dry. And the Marshallese consider the reef as part of their ’land-holding’ or ’weito’. In retrospect I was never sure whether the distance was 100 yards from the edge of the island, (i.e. on the edge of the reef), or 100 yards out from the edge of the reef. In the latter case the prevailing currents could have swept the plane south along the reef toward Big Buster before it sank.
“What happened then?” I asked. “Two people got out. A man and a woman,” he said. “The Captain made me take my boat out and pick them up. I didn’t talk to them.”
“The Captain?” I asked. He answered, “The boss, the Japanese officer. The Captain took them away. I never saw them again. He said they were spies.”
It was time to go for the boat back to Kwaj. I thanked the old man and left.
Frank H. Serafini, circa 1970, at his Kwajalein office. (Photo courtesy Frank B. Serafini.)
None of this registered with me in particular until a couple of years later when I had moved to another assignment on Roi Namur. The Island Manager there was Frank Serafini. He, too, was something of a history buff. Frank and I had many pleasant chats about the history of the islands. In one of these I mentioned the story the old man had told me.
“So that’s where it came down!” he exclaimed. “That answers it!”
“Answers what?” I said.
“Let me tell you a few things.” Frank went to his desk and took out a letter. “This is from Navy Commander so-and-so.” (I don’t remember the name.) “I’ve been corresponding with him for years.” “Who was he?” I asked.
“He was with Navy Intelligence dining the war, and he was attached to the 4th Marines when they invaded Roi-Namur. He went in with the first wave on Roi. His specific task was to look for any evidence that Amelia Earhart or her navigator, Fred Noonan, had been there!”
“Why here?” I asked. “Because Roi had the only airfield on the atoll at that time,” Frank said. “If the Japs were going to take them anyplace from Kwajalein Atoll, they had to come through here!”
“Did he find anything?”
“Here, read this letter. Starting here.” He pointed to a place on the second page. “I was rummaging through a pile of debris in a comer of the burned-out main hanger,” the writer said, “when I came across a blue leatherette map case. It was empty. But it had the letters AE embossed on it in gold leaf! They were here all right!”
“That’s enough,” Frank said. He took the letter back, and that’s the last I saw of it. “What did the Commander do with the mapcase?” I asked. “He said he turned it over to Naval Intelligence. He doesn’t know what happened to it after that,” said Frank.
“Does anybody know about this? Why would they keep such a thing secret?” I wanted to know. “Because even now the Navy’ doesn’t want to admit they had anything to do with spying against the Japanese before the war.” Frank said.
Frank eventually left Roi and went to Saudi Arabia on another project. He and his wife moved to Sun City, Ariz., and may still be there. He also may still have his correspondence from the Commander.
In Kwajalein: From Stonehenge to Star Wars, Ted Burris self-published 2004 book, he poses this question on the cover: “Is this where Amelia Earhart’s plane ditched in 1937?” The answer is almost certainly negative, but Burris’ account suggests a more complex scenario involving the presence of Amelia Earhart and Fred Goerner at Kwajalein Atoll.
I went back to Ebeye to find the old man, but I was told that he had gone back to Likiep, his birthplace, to die. I had wanted to ask him about his “five years before the war” comment. Then it hit me. The old man probably counted the war as starting when the U.S. made their first carrier strike against Kwajalein in late 1942.
I tried to talk the Army into using their recovery submarine to look around the reef; they told me they wouldn’t touch that situation with a ten foot pole, and I should forget it. But — I never have. (End of Ted Burris account.)
The empty “leatherette map case” with the “letters AE embossed on it in gold leaf” reported by the unnamed Navy commander is strangely similar to a “locked diary engraved 10-Year Diary of Amelia Earhart,” discovered by former Marine W.B. Jackson on Namur Island in 1944. Jackson reported his experience o Fred Goerner in 1964, and Goerner presented it in his 1966 bestseller, The Search for Amelia Earhart. Were these different descriptions of the same item?
And what about the twin-engine plane that ““landed on the water . . . about a hundred yards from the land,” as the old man told Ted Burris? Was it Amelia Earhart’s Electra, or an altogether different aircraft? We’ll try to answer this question in future posts.
I was unable to locate Burris, but the Roi-Namur Links page of the The Kwajalein Community Web Site, an impressive local history collection created by local personality Shermie Wiehe offers additional information about Frank H. Serafini, Roi-Namur assistant resident manager during the 1960s and ’70s.
“Frank was well known for making Roi-Namur beautiful by planting 100s of coconut trees,” Shermie wrote. “He was highly respected by the Roi-Rats for his excellent management of island life and not forgetting “Shermie & Friends Band” was treated very good by Frank’s Staff during our trips to entertain the Roi-Rats. Some of the best memories of performing was at Roi-Namur. Thanks Frank! Roi-Namur will never be the same. The days you were managing were the best!”
On the same page, Serafini’s son, Frank B. Serafini, a Shell official living in Egypt, recalled that his father was living in San Antonio, Texas, was in good health at 97, and though he didn’t hear well or use a computer, was otherwise “just the same ol’ guy he always was.”
In a recent email to me, Frank said his father will be 100 in December 2015, and though most of his friends are gone, “It is always a pleasure to hear from anyone who can recall his passion for work on the islands he so deeply cared for. Us people from the Pacific have an ingrained fascination for the Earhart story.”
I hope others who lived and worked on Kwajalein, where the captured Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were undoubtedly taken by the Japanese military in 1937 on their way to their miserable fates on Saipan, will help keep the truth alive, regardless of its continuing status as a sacred cow, not only in Washington but throughout the U.S. media establishment.
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wolfspecter13 August 28, 2015 at 10:24 am | Reply
As usual, Mike – another hit out of the ball park with this information. How interesting that several people alive in 1937 claim to have seen a small plane go down – in more than a couple of locations – and the fliers taken by Japanese military. I wonder if some of these witnesses – after so many, many years – are unclear about which island they were on when they saw what they describe? Or are some reporting what they heard from others?
I can understand why some of AE’s personal items might be found on Kwajalein, since they did make a stop there on the way to Saipan. I imagine everything on the Electra was on that ship. Easy to think 1-2 items might be slyly pocketed (a la Sandy Berger …) and taken off the ship, shown around to cronies, and then fear of punishment would persuade the thief to destroy or hide the item(s).
Thanks for this luscious tidbit!
Doug Mills August 29, 2015 at 11:05 am | Reply
Once again, Mike enlightens & educates us with more eyewitnesses testimony, of Amelia Earhart’s presence on the remote island of Kwajalein. Certainly she would have been greeted as a *GUEST by natives, but not by the Japanese as we all know.
Isn’t it AMAZING how *memorials, *shrines, statues & *tributes are paid to all those who died on Pearl Harbor and yet there is NOTHING acknowledged by the U.S. of Amelia Earhart’s PRESENCE & DEATH on Saipan??
We have FDR to THANK for this don’t we?? Let’s BURN, BULLDOZED and BURY FDR’S house, cars, books and tell everyone that he simply d i s a p p e a r e d somewhere in the HUDSON RIVER………
Philip Van Zandt February 23, 2017 at 4:49 am | Reply
The plane was a Japanese seaplane; it didn’t sink, just brought both flyers to the island hdq.
Tamaki Myazo was aboard the fishing-boat that ‘rescued’ AE & FN from Barr Is. if you need a name! He was not the captain that Elieu J. knew, only a mate.
Mike Bennett January 9, 2018 at 11:31 pm | Reply
I just received my purchased book by Burris and after scanning it over and trying to find mention of Earhart, he refers to people by their first name and the first letter of their last name. He calls Frank Serafini as Frank S! All throughout the book he does this. Drives me crazy. Why can’t he give their full name? There is no Index in the back of the book and on the inside top is a Parkinsonism scribble “9 Jan 2009 Pam…I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it…Ted Burris”.
This was suppose to be a new book, not one returned by a previous owner. The sea stories are essentially rants from his time there. Maybe I sound cruel, but this book is getting returned. Brundage Publishing in Binghampton NY should have assembled an index and edited it. Burris was in Pine Valley, NY in August 2004. Not sure he is still alive.
On the back cover of this 314 page book, it says, referring to Burris, “He interviews a native who probably witnessed Amelia Earhart landing in the water and being captured by the Japanese” and I wonder if this statement, along with the front cover “Is this where Amelia Earhart’s plane ditched” was to sell more books.
earharttruth January 10, 2018 at 12:27 am | Reply
You should have checked with me before you bought this book. Its Amazon rank is over 4 million, which means about 2 people have bought this book in its entire history! The Burris information in TAL is from the AES Newsletters. All the rest is flotsam. Good luck getting your money back!
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Home » News » Reservist wins Bronze medal at European Canoe Championships
JULY 31ST 2018
Reservist wins Bronze medal at European Canoe Championships
Afton on the water
A Royal Naval Reservist, who also trains full-time as a civilian canoeist, has won a bronze medal at the European Canoe Championships.
Officer Cadet Afton Fitzhenry serves as a reservist with HMS Sherwood, the East Midlands’ only Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) unit, joining the unit last year as she has always had an interest in both the Navy and sporting opportunities available through the military.
Afton Fitzhenry with medal
Explaining how she balances her two careers, Afton, aged 23, said: “I’m pretty busy as I train full-time for the British Canoe Team in Sprint competing all over the world in both general competitions and for the under 23s team. I’m also studying a part-time degree in mathematics and statics, but I still manage to squeeze in my RNR commitments as I’m passionate about developing myself in any way I can.
“Organisation and routine is key to fitting in my RNR training, I’m not a naturally lazy person so I just get on with things and everything usually works out for the best.”
HMS Sherwood is set to attend Nottingham’s Riverside Festival this year, one of the city’s biggest and most popular free festival events, and Afton is going to be Captain of the unit’s Dragon boat Team.
She continued: “In the future with canoeing I hope to qualify for the next GB Team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and compete there if I can. I’d love to bring home a medal from the games, but I will have to wait and see.
“When I was younger I was a Sea Cadet so I’ve always had an interest in the Navy. After this time I wanted to enjoy and experience opportunities that you can’t easily get in your civilian life, I feel very lucky to be able to have two careers I really enjoy.
“I took part in the unit’s Freedom of the City of Nottingham Parade in June this year which I was extremely proud to be a part of. I am currently learning about the different specialist branches the RNR has to offer and am continuing to attend training sessions on a regular basis.
“My colleagues at HMS Sherwood are really supportive of my canoeing and are always really excited to hear what I’ve been up to. In fact I think they were as excited about my recent bronze medal as I was!”
HMS Sherwood is recruiting. No experience is required just an interest to learn new skills and the desire to undertake a new challenge. The unit is based in Nottingham but recruits from around the region. To find out more about joining please contact navymr-sherwooduwo@mod.uk or visit www.royalnavy.mod.uk for further information.
“In the future with canoeing I hope to qualify for the next GB Team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and compete there if I can. I’d love to bring home a medal from the games, but I will have to wait and see."
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5 upcoming movies coming out May 2019
April 23, 2019 by EIC
Andrew Cripe
“Shadow” (May 3)
Prediction: Good
After the colossal failure of the 2016 action movie “The Great Wall”, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou looks to make a huge comeback with “Shadow”, a historical drama that has already received rave reviews from around the world. Expect the return of Yimou’s awe-inspiring fight choreography and visual mastery that made films like “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers” international sensations.
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“Long Shot” (May 3)
Prediction: Okay
From the trailer of this romantic comedy about a Presidential candidate (Charlize Theron) falling in love with a reporter (Seth Rogen), Jonathan Levine’s latest seems genuinely sweet, if not a bit formulaic. It’s not clear if Rogen will be playing his usual bumbling stoner or if he will be aiming somewhat higher, but the best can always be expected of Charlize Theron, one of the finest actresses out there.
“The Hustle” (May 10)
Prediction: Meh
After the respectable success of this year’s “Isn’t It Romantic”, the delightful Rebel Wilson will soon be back in theaters for a heist film about two con artists that become partners, co-starring Anne Hathaway. “The Hustle” has great talent supporting it, but the question is whether the film itself will rise to their level, and from the looks of the lame jokes in the trailer, the odds are not promising.
“Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” (May 10)
Prediction: Divisive
This is the first live action Pokémon movie, and it looks a little terrifying. Every major Pokémon from the popular anime and videogame series is represented, and from the trailers, some look adorable, like Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds). But there are others that are mind-bogglingly freaky, like the menacing-looking Psyduck and the taunting, nightmarish expression on Mr. Mime’s face. The production value looks stellar, and the whole package could very well be one of 2019’s most satisfying family films, but it could also be a disaster the likes of which we’ve never seen. Devotees of the series already know they’ll be seeing it, but for the casual moviegoer, Detective Pikachu will probably not be their cup of tea.
“John Wick: Chapter 3” (May 17)
Prediction: Excellent
The last two John Wick movies were amazing. They were popular action movies that had the decency to tell an interesting story about a former hitman while still being jaw-droppingly violent and extremely badass. These movies are a cross between “Mortal Kombat” and “The Raid”, and this third entry promises to the titular character’s biggest, craziest, most ambitious adventure yet.
April 23, 2019 /EIC
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Peele shows us that our biggest enemy must be us new horror flick, "Us"
The highest profile release of the year so far isn’t a superhero movie, but a mind-bending, unnerving horror film directed by comedian Jordan Peele. “Us” is a bizarre, complex, violent dive into a zone where the rules that govern a thinking, rational society are totally absent as the chaos of fear reigns.
The prologue is elusive and devilishly patient, as Peele uses every carefully considered frame to set into motion the rest of the story. The premise seems simple, as the Wilsons (mother and father played by Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke; children played by Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex), an upper class family, go to a beach house for the summer, where things go smoothly until they are confronted by sinister forces. The twist to this by-the-numbers setup is that the sinister forces are the Wilsons’ doppelgängers.
All four actors also play their shadow-selves. Their clones seem to emerge from the pits of hell to torment them, and the effect is truly unnerving. The carbon-copies of the Wilsons look 99% like them, but there’s enough that’s off-kilter and animalistic about their behavior that makes it clear who the good guys are.
Most films that deal with clones and look-alikes usually end up on the same route, where the good, original copy tries to outwit themselves. It’s clear that this is not the direction Peele, who also wrote the movie, is taking, as the doppelgängers are openly violent, each like a T-1000 from “The Terminator” series with regards to their murderous intent. However, these characters are even scarier. The good guys don’t have to worry about convincing the rest of the world who the “real” them is; they just have to survive.
To reveal too much about the plot would be to ruin it. The best advice any critic can give a prospective viewer of “Us” is to tell them to stay off the internet until they’ve seen it because everybody is talking about it.
Nyong’o proves once again that she is one of the greatest actresses alive. She pulls off the good and evil sides with precision, giving each character a life that goes beyond just what we’re seeing. Nyong’o doesn’t just give her characters an identity; she gives them a history just with her facial expressions.
Winston Duke is less impressive, as his character is admittedly the least interesting of the entire film. The way he plays his shadow self brings moments of dark humor to this hair-raising film, but it’s clear to anybody who saw him in “Black Panther” that this is not an actor suited to playing regular, soft-spoken dad-types.
Besides that misstep in casting, “Us” is masterfully made. At no point when the actors go face-to-face with themselves is the effect obvious. There is no scratchy line between Lupita Nyong’o and her evil self, nor is there an obvious body-double. There are scenes in this film that are shatteringly audacious in their orchestration. Peele tells a very wicked story with total artistic control.
But audiences expecting this to follow the same narrative structure as “Get Out” are in for a rude awakening, as “Us” is a completely different beast. “Us” is daringly esoteric at points, almost to a level that pushes it into art-house territory. But Peele avoids pretentiousness by having what the characters say always make a modicum of sense, but leaving the direct answers and explanations open for interpretation. This ambiguity and hunting for answers is what made “Get Out” such a satisfying film to theorize about with friends; “Us” kicks that meter up to 11, sending his film into uncharted and head-scratching territory in the final act that isn’t replete with hokey twists but even darker questions than the ones presented before.
Every beat of the film has gravity, and none of the transitions from dialogue to all-hell-breaking-loose are jarring. Even at its most intentionally baffling, “Us” is a slick, smooth vehicle, one the viewer will instinctually allow into their brains because, despite all the horror, the overall film is insanely alluring. Shot by Mike Gioulakis (the amazing cinematographer of “It Follows”), “Us” will go down as one of the most unique-looking movies of 2019, as the balance between safe, sterile, privileged, and mundanity repeatedly clash with images of insanity.
The question is not if you will see “Us”, but when. To get a film this layered, this exciting, this exhilaratingly challenging so early in the year is beyond satisfying. “Us” asks its viewers if they want to get crazy, and the answer has to be yes.
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Responding to the 91st Academy Awards
March 05, 2019 by EIC
The 91st Academy Awards aired recently, and the show defied expectations by not sucking. Many tuned in just to observe what was shaping up to be the worst telecast yet, and they were probably disappointed to find that everything went off without a hitch. There were no accidental winners (i.e., the ‘La La Land’ & ‘Moonlight’ controversy), the runtime did not overstay its welcome (clocking in at 3 hrs. and 22 min., roughly a half-hour shorter than 2018’s ceremony), and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper KO’d viewers with their performance of “Shallow” (for which they won, in the evening’s most obvious decision, Best Original Song). It was a pretty decent night of television.
That said, the Oscars always do two things: showcase the world’s most popular cinematic talents in dashing clothes & dress, and piss everybody else off. Even though the production went smoothly (the only misstep being Rami Malek falling off the stage after the cameras stopped rolling, fortunately suffering no injuries), this may be the most frustrating and baffling year for winners since “Crash” won Best Picture in 2005.
The abysmally reviewed “Bohemian Rhapsody” won the most awards of the evening: Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Film Editing, and Best Lead Actor (Rami Malek). This was surprising, not only because “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a ridiculously bad movie, but because Bryan Singer, since allegations of pedophilia resurfaced last fall, has been persona-non-grata from the film industry.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” winning numerous awards echoes the controversy of the 2003 ceremony, when Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” won three awards, despite its creator being a convicted sex offender.
But the biggest winner of the night was “Green Book”, taking Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). Don’t get me wrong, “Green Book” is a delightful movie with impressive acting, but it was not 2018’s best movie. It had the production quality of a Redbox film, the screenplay lacked any subtlety or nuance, and director Peter Farrelly’s last two movies (“Dumb and Dumber To” & “Movie 43”) were satanically awful. It’s a definite crowd pleaser, but one can’t help but see shades of the naive and condescending 1990 Best Picture winner “Driving Miss Daisy” in its screenplay. Why it won is no mystery since the Academy loves to champion tearjerkers and feel-good journeys you can take your grandparents to see, but daring, beautiful, immensely artistic films “Roma” and “Black Panther” deserved “Best Picture” infinitely more than this year’s winner.
Now, for a rundown of all the major categories:
Lead Actor
Won: Rami Malek for “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Should have won: Either Christian Bale for his admittedly great performance as Dick Cheney in the otherwise underwhelming “Vice” or Bradley Cooper for his liquor-soaked, effectively miserably performance in “A Star is Born”.
Not nominated: Ryan Gosling for his restrained, grieving, guilt-wracked performance in “First Man”.
Won: Mahershala Ali for “Green Book”
Should have won: Sam Elliot for his foul-mouthed, man-tears-aplenty role in “A Star is Born”.
Not nominated: Brian Tyree Henry for his scene-stealing role in “If Beale Street Could Talk”, a role that will go down as one of the greatest “brief” (less than 20 minutes, but more than a cameo) performances in history, alongside Beatrice Straight in “Network” and R. Lee Ermey in “Full Metal Jacket”.
Lead Actress
Won: Olivia Coleman for “The Favourite”
Should have won: Yalitza Aparicio, who despite being a first-time actress delivered the performance of a lifetime in “Roma”.
Not nominated: Viola Davis for her badass yet melancholy performance in “Widows” (which was criminally nominated for nothing).
Won: Regina King for “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Should have won: Nobody. King absolutely killed it in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. She will tear your heart out, give it a hug, and return it to you gift-wrapped.
Not nominated: Jong-seo Jun for her mysterious, sexy, mesmerizing performance in “Burning”.
Won: Alfonso Cuaron for “Roma”
Should have won: Cuaron deserved this one. This is the sort of film most directors dream of making but never pull off. This is the “Gravity” director’s most personal film, as well as one of the best cinematic gifts of this generation.
Not nominated: Ryan Coogler for his stylish, powerful direction of “Black Panther”, by far the most artistic and satisfying Marvel Cinematic Universe film to date.
Won: “Shallow” from “A Star is Born”
Should have won: “Shallow”. People knew from the minute they heard this song in the first trailer that it would win the award. That, and the song kicks major ass.
Not nominated: None. Very solid category.
Won: Ludwig Goransson for “Black Panther”
Should have won: Nicolas Britell’s overwhelming score for “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Find the album on Spotify and weep.
Not nominated: Daniel Pemberton’s score for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” works extremely well with the exhilarating action sequences. A tremendous amount of work went into every moment.
Won: “BlackKklansmen” by Spike Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott
Should have won: Spike Lee and company were the correct choice for this one, and not only because Lee has deserved an Oscar for the longest time; the film is timely, sharp, painful, hilarious, and disturbing, and only Lee could have pulled it off.
Not nominated: Lynne Ramsay deserved recognition for the blunt, brutal, devastating “You Were Never Really Here”.
Won: “Green Book”
Should have won: “First Reformed”, which marks the return of the problematic and controversial Paul Schrader (legendary screenwriter of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull”). Despite his being a certified curmudgeon, “First Reformed” was one of the strongest motion pictures of 2018, and he deserved the award.
Not nominated: Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs for the intense, free-flowing, surprisingly funny dialogue in “Blindspotting”.
Should have won: “Roma”, which was undoubtedly the best film of 2018.
Not nominated: “Widows”, “Blindspotting”, and “First Man” were all amongst 2018’s best, and all three were leagues ahead of “Green Book” in terms of quality, emotion and excitement. They were emblematic of what an impressive year for film 2018 was and have joined the pile of innumerable great films to be snubbed and ignored by the award show that claims to honor the best-of-the-best movies.
March 05, 2019 /EIC
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"Alita: Battle Angel" is lame af
“Alita: Battle Angel” has extraordinary action scenes and brilliant special effects that almost make the price of admission worth it. Unfortunately, this is an exhaustingly lame film, one with a concept alluring enough to grab your attention, but nothing on the hook to keep it.
From the opening credits the viewer is thrust into a future where almost everybody has robotic appendages and limbs. The upper-class live in a giant city floating above a rotting society, dominated by the world’s strongest warrior-bots to keep the destitute out.
Dr. Ido (Christoph Waltz, who always seems to be slumming it when he isn’t collaborating with Quentin Tarantino) finds the core of an ancient battle soldier while fishing around a junkyard. He attaches it to a powerful cyborg body, naming it Alita, letting us know soon after that the body he has given Alita was meant for his deceased daughter (the film goes in weird, creepy places and never seems to realize it).
But creepy Dr. Ido isn’t the only issue here. The real problem is that the lower-class city is ruled by Vector (Mahershala Ali, deprived of all charisma), who is not only using bootleg, hacked-off cyborg parts to enhance his cronies, but is also sleeping with Ido’s ex-wife, Chiren (Jennifer Connelly, looking just as bored as Waltz and Ali; how does a film cast three Oscar-winning actors and not give them anything real to do?).
To keep the restless civilians amused, Vector stages a cyborg roller derby that is basically Quidditch mixed with BattleBots and run through a giant anime filter. Alita thinks it looks fun. Noise and chaos ensues.
None of the story, written by James Cameron (who keeps promising us “Avatar” sequels that we keep not getting) and Laeta Kalogridis, is interesting. Not even the romantic subplot between Alita and her spineless boyfriend Hugo (Keean Johnson) can bring life to a narrative that is only there so the visual effects crew could work their magic around it.
The design and look of Alita is the best part of the film. Rosa Salazar (“Bird Box”) does the voice and motion capture for Alita (a painstakingly designed animated character), and she is a joy to watch. Even though Salazar’s voice doesn’t always click with Alita’s movements (sometimes one is more expressive than the other), her interactions with her environment and the other human characters are flawless. The visual effects team (some of whom worked on “Avatar” and “The Avengers”) masterfully show Alita’s physicality, sensitivity, and brutality, finding a balance between anime-character and human-being mannerisms that aren’t creepy like “The Polar Express”, but unique and fun.
The effects department also helps director Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”, “Machete”) choreograph the CG-heavy action with clarity, making it infinitely more memorable than the headache-inducing fight sequences you get from movies like “Transformers”. The fighting in “Alita: Battle Angel” is actually exciting, each confrontation starting as wrestling matches that quickly turn into murderous Rock 'Em Sock 'Em smackdowns.
This is the largest production Rodriguez has ever been given to work with, and his determination to make every penny of the $170,000,000 budget count is admirable.
So, with all of that said, the intense visual life and kickass fight scenes of this film should be enough to convince a skeptical viewer to buy a ticket, right?
That’s the painful thing about this: the only way this film should be seen is on the big-screen in 3D, but the film isn’t worth your time. This is just a big, flashy misfire with a good heart but zero brain.
All the parts and pieces of “Alita: Battle Angel”, despite their shininess and expensive allure, are ultimately hollow. The effects and design are nothing short of incredible, but because all of the risks were taken for the visuals, none were leftover for a worthwhile story.
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Balcony Collapses - Teen Sustains Spine Fracture
$1.5 Million Settlement Reached
Attorney Steve Caya, of Wisconsin firm Nowlan & Mouat LLP, successfully settled a case on behalf of a 19 year-old girl who sustained a concussion and a burst fracture to her L2 vertebrae. The Plaintiff was attending a party when the balcony collapsed causing her to fall 10 to 15 feet and land on her back. Immediately, she was in severe pain and was rushed to the emergency room where a CT scan of the injury site showed the fracture. The injury required a fusion surgery with extensive hardware to hold the vertebrae together. With highly contested liability and no definitive external signs of injury, Attorney Caya needed a method of conveying the severity of his client's spinal fracture.
The DK Global team decided that 3D still images would provide the best viewpoint for the localized injury at the most efficient cost. Using the Plaintiff's medical documentation and radiology images, DK animators produced one board with realistic and vivid recreations of the L2 fractures from multiple angles. Each of the fracture components is labeled to convey their significance. The vertebrae itself is depicted outside the spine to show the fracture details otherwise obscured by the discs. The second board produced featured two angles of the Plaintiff's post-surgical hardware. Both illustration boards were able to relay the most important components of the injury and showed how the collapse of the balcony has impacted the teen. Equipped with the images, Attorney Caya secured a $1.5 million settlement, ensuring his client would not be troubled with medical bills as a result of the incident.
"I have no doubt the medical illustration of [Plaintiff's] back injury was instrumental in achieving this result." - Steve Caya, Esq.
The power of visual aids cannot be overstated. Even just with two still images, Attorney Caya was able to bolster the case and obtain a settlement of over $1.5 million.
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Stephanie Druley
Executive Vice President, Event & Studio Production
Stephanie Druley, who rose through ESPN’s studio production department since joining the company in 1990, was promoted to executive vice president, event and studio production in December 2018. She had been senior vice president since July 2016.
Her current responsibilities include event and studio coverage of NFL; college football; NBA; men’s and women’s college basketball including the women’s NCAA tournament plus college soccer, softball, volleyball and more; and professional and international soccer. She also oversees the production of the SEC Network, Longhorn Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s networks outside the U.S. as well as the ACC Network which launches August 22, 2019.
Druley began her ESPN career in 1990 as a production assistant and advanced through the ESPN ranks as an associate producer (1996-99), highlights supervisor (1999-2000), producer (2000-02), coordinating producer (2002-05) and was named senior coordinating producer in the fall of 2005.
As a senior coordinating producer, Druley oversaw all NFL studio shows for ESPN — including the Emmy Award-winning Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, NFL PrimeTime and NFL Live. In addition to managing all content, planning, budgeting and staffing for those programs, Druley was responsible for ESPN’s annual on-site coverage of the Super Bowl.
As coordinating producer and then senior coordinating producer of Sunday NFL Countdown, a program she worked on for more than a decade, she led the popular two-hour weekly NFL preview show to three Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Weekly Studio Show category (2001, 2003 and 2007).
In March 2011, Druley was named vice president, production, for Longhorn Network, the 24/7 channel for University of Texas, her alma mater.
In 2013, she was promoted to oversee production for all college networks at ESPN. In that role she was responsible for the look of all on-air content which includes studio and remote productions for ESPNU, SEC Network and Longhorn Network (LHN) as well as their creative directions, talent rosters and production personnel. While in that role she played a critical role in the “most successful new network launch in the history of cable” with SEC Network in 2014.
In 2006, Druley developed the annual SportsCenter “My Wish” summer series, a collaborative effort with the Make-A-Wish Foundation that chronicles the granting of unique sports-related wishes for children (ages 6-15) with life-threatening medical conditions.
A Houston native, Druley earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin. A member of Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT), Druley is a Betsy Magness Leadership Institute Fellow, a distinguished year-long educational program designed to elevate women leaders in the cable and telecommunications industry. In 2014 she was named to Sports Business Journal’s list of “Game Changers” and in 2015 to CableFax’s “Most Powerful Women.”
ESPN Programming & Production to be Led by Experienced, Creative Executives
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Rock-And-Roll, Minus Drugs and Sex, In For ‘Straight-Edge’ Teens
By Jodi Mathews
Straight-Edgers may not be walking the traditional “straight and narrow” in every way, but this breed of teen thinks it is cool to be drug-, alcohol- and smoke-free.
Young punk and hardcore music fans started the trend in the 1980s, and the Straight-Edge philosophy is gaining momentum again, according to a recent report by the Associated Press.
Straight-Edgers are a varied group, but their main tenets are to abstain from mind-altering substances, smoking and promiscuous sex. Beyond that, Straight-Edgers can also be vegetarians, political activists, animal-rights advocates, pacifists, pierced and tattooed.
Known by the abbreviation “sXe,” this new breed of Straight-Edge youth is trying to claim a more positive image than its predecessor.
Police came to view the movement as a gang in the 1990s after some Straight-Edgers turned violent. Two followers were convicted in a 1998 killing stemming from a street brawl in downtown Salt Lake City.
While endorsing various causes ranging from environmentalism to racial diversity, Straight-Edgers share a love of hardcore and punk music.
Straight-edge.com credits a song by Ian Mackaye, singer for Minor Threat, with coining the Straight-Edge term. Minor Threat is long gone, but since its demise, a growing number of disenchanted young men and women have used the Straight-Edge blueprint to better themselves and the world around them, the Web site says.
Xsisterhoodx.com is another Web site promoting the Straight-Edge lifestyle. It is geared towards young women in the hardcore music scene. The site offers a virtual community where Straight-Edgers—guys and girls alike—can share artwork, photography, poetry, articles, ideas, etc.
StraightEdgeOnline.org says Straight-Edge has been referred to as many things including “a lifestyle, a personal choice, even a movement.”
Some even compare it to a religion.
Calling her Straight-Edge life “something like a religion,” Anna Tran, a 21-year-old University of Utah student, told AP that, “Being Straight Edge should open your eyes to different points of view, open your eyes to view life on a deeper level.”
Aside from thriving online in a world of message boards and resources, at least one school, Wheaten College in Norton, Mass., has sanctioned a school-owned residence for Straight-Edgers.
Senior Geoff Bickford and six others formed the so-called “X” house “to offer some sort of sanctuary to ourselves and others who want to escape the typical weekend activities of a college town,” Bickford told AP.
Bickford sees it as a cause worth promoting. “If kids are taking care of themselves and living positively,” he said, “I can’t see a downfall to that.”
Jodi Mathews is news writer for EthicsDaily.com
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The Math Behind the Immigration – Go Figure
by Howard Lichtman
Howard Lichtman News
May 14, 2019 Howard Lichtman
The Conference Board of Canada just released its latest analysis of Canada’s macro demographics. They’ve taken the heavy lifting behind the mathematics out of the equation. They tell us that one in four people are going to be 65 years or older in 2040. You marry that with the continuing Canadian low birth rate, and it’s a formula for economic disaster. If we want to keep Canada’s famous social infrastructure, and enjoy the life that we do, there are no options. We simply need more people. The solution is immigration.
But of course there are other solutions, aren’t there? What about all of those kids who are going to be graduating from the schools and entering the workforce? The Conference Board of Canada fed those statistics into their model. Between 2018 and 2040, there’s going to be 11.8 million Canadians finishing school and entering the workforce. But, 11.4 million workers will be retiring, so not so much help. By the year 2030, the 9.2 million Baby Boomers, which has been the dominant work co-hort for decades now, will be retiring. You need a workforce to stimulate the economy and feed those tax revenues that makes all of our great lifestyles possible. The numbers don’t lie. People age 65 or over are going to become 25% of our country’s population, as compared to being only 17% today. There is no reason to anticipate that our low birth rates will change. We’ve been stuck at 1.5 average kids per household for years.
The Conference Board tried to brainstorm other alternatives. What if we had more females and/or more Indigenous, and/or people with disabilities join the workforce? Their math said that would add only 2.2 million people to the workforce. Simply not enough.
These numbers support what we’ve been hearing from all flavours of Government for years. Our Government’s economic growth strategy is immigration. The only thing the various parties, and others, argue about is how many, and what kind of immigrants. The great debates have been about whether immigration should remain at or about the 300,000 person level, or as others have argued, should be increased to as high as 450,000 new immigrants per year. Currently we are onboarding 320,000 new immigrants per year. That is scheduled to rise to 350,000 by 2021.
I won’t get into the analysis of who is coming, and who should be coming as it relates to the type of immigrants. I will only quote the statistic, that according to Stats Canada, 52% of recent immigrants have at least a Bachelor’s Degree. Compare that with only 24% of the Canadian-born population. Educated immigrants are coming and contributing to the economy, and to our culture.
Nor are they living off of unemployment insurance or the system. 71% of newcomers who are in the country less than five years are employed. Further, they are not replacing native-born Canadians and jobs. They’re actually creating jobs. Immigrants are more likely to start new businesses. Why? Because they are educated and sometimes under-employed. And maybe because their professional designation is not immediately recognized in Canada. Sometimes they lack the Canadian experience, which is seen as a barrier to success by some corporations.
The other factor that comes into play is Darwinian’s theory of survival of the fittest. Those individuals who are willing to leave the comfort of their homes, their families and friends, their jobs and their culture, and venture forth across the globe for a better future for themselves and their kids, are more likely to be the type of people who are risk-takers and more willing to start new businesses.
All interesting reading, but what does all of this have to do with my business? Lots to be said about that, but the primary lesson to be learned from the Conference Board of Canada’s analysis, is that immigration is an economic/revenue growth strategy for the Government. So should it be for your business. For the foreseeable future, there will be 320,000 immigrants (and growing) arriving every year. Add to that the 570,000 international students. And for those of you who are thinking, “Oh, they’re international students – they’re going to leave”, that’s not what the research tells us. Currently, 60% of foreign international students stay in Canada, so you’ve got the lifetime value you are looking for. By the way, we even know which students are staying – it’s the South Asians and the Chinese. So if you happen to have a product or service that is targeting them, they’ve got lifetime value pretty close to what a mainstream Canadian consumer would afford you – as over 90% of them are staying post-graduation.
I don’t know a lot of businesses that can afford to ignore 320,000 potential new customers each year, let alone the 570,000 international students who are gracing our communities. I guess that’s why the Conference Board’s report is called “Can’t Go It Alone – Immigration Is Key To Canada’s Growth Strategy”. I would argue that Canadian corporations can’t go it alone, targeting just mainstream Canadians. Immigration should be key to every growth strategy.
Howard Lichtman
Partner & Co-Founder
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony – Brussels – 25 January 2017
The European Jewish Congress in partnership with the newly elected President of the European Parliament Mr Antonio Tajani organised the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony on 25 January 2017.
This year the Ceremony was devoted to Restoring Identities of the victims of the Shoah. As long as we cannot put a name or a picture to them, we cannot save them. Some of these people were blessed with an added ability to convey not only their own identities and individuality, but also that of many others, through literature, art and music. Therefore, the Ceremony started with a moving video on the legacy of Felix Nussbaum and his power to encapsulate the horror of the Shoah through his paintings.
Mr. Antonio Tajani opened the Ceremony, followed by an address by Dr Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress. UNESCO Ambassador for Holocaust Education Beate Klarsfeld and Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation Rt. Hon.Tony Blair were also among the speakers.
Mr Tajani called on those present to remember ‘the terrible mistakes of the past’ in order to draw lessons for a “future based on freedom, democracy and respect for human dignity.” He firmly affirmed “no Jew should be forced to leave Europe” and expressed his concerns over the persistence and increase of antisemitism and the shrinking Jewish population in Europe.
Dr Moshe Kantor emphasised the need not to forget that “we, European Jews, want to remain in Europe and be loyal to it as we have always been. We count on Europe to continue to show its loyalty to us, loyalty to the idea that the Jews have a future here in Europe.”
Beate Klarsfeld, who investigated the crimes of Nazis and helped to bring them to justice draw attention to those present that “there are more battles to fight, like the one against populism in Europe”.
During the ceremony, the “European Medal of Tolerance” was awarded to film director Andrei Konchalovsky for his cinematographic work against extremism and intolerance and especially for his latest Holocaust-drama ‘Paradise’. Mr Konchalovsky reminded the audience of the importance to teach the younger generations about the horrors of the Shoah.
The ceremony featured a unique artistic performance by Maestro Vladimir Spivakov as soloist and conductor of the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra.
Holocaust survivors, EU leaders, Members of the European Parliament, Ambassadors, Presidents of Jewish communities across Europe, religious leaders as well as renowned intellectuals and artists attended the event.
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