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#NiUnaMenos
Argentinians formally leave Catholic church over stance on abortion
More than 3,700 people submit apostasy requests in protest against anti-abortion campaign
Sun 9 Sep 2018
Thousands of Argentinians – most of them women – have started formal proceedings to abandon the Catholic church, in protest of the church’s campaign against efforts to legalise abortion in the country.
In the month since the country's senate voted to maintain a ban on almost all abortions, more than 3,700 people have submitted apostasy applications to the Argentinian synod, according to César Rosenstein, a lawyer and founding member of the Argentinian Coalition for a Lay State.
Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/argentina-catholic-church-legalize-abortion-apostacy
Argentinian Coalition for a Lay State
César Rosenstein
clandestine abortion
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Nora Cortinas
pro-choice campaigners
Soledad Vallejos
Latin America’s Rights Riddle
Why the region says yes to same-sex marriage and no to abortion.
By Omar G. Encarnación
In Latin America, progressive politics present something of a mystery: As LGBT rights have flourished, women’s reproductive rights have floundered. Earlier this month, for example, a bill to legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy was defeated in the Argentine Senate. This is the same body that in 2010 made Argentina the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage with identical rights to heterosexual marriage. And since that historic milestone, Argentina has enacted one of the most liberal laws on gender identity to be found anywhere in the world. Its code allows people to change the gender listed on their legal documents without a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or permission from a judge, as is required in most countries. The country has also granted same-sex couples reproductive rights, such as access to in vitro fertilization under the national health plan, and has banned programs that aim to “cure” same-sex attraction.
Continued: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/27/latin-americas-rights-riddle/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_todayworld
Argentine Conference of Bishops
Breaking the Silence: Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation
Fernando Laborda
Gabriela Michetti
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Outright Action International
Pedro Guastavino
pinkwashing
President Mauricio Macri
total abortion ban
Despite law’s defeat, women fight on for abortion rights in Argentina
By Kathleen Durkin
Women in Argentina may have lost a vote for the right to abortion on Aug. 9, but they are undaunted. They are not intimidated or afraid. They are angry. They are determined. They are optimistic. With renewed energy, they say they will keep on organizing until they win this fundamental right.
The current struggle is for legalization of elective abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy; 62 percent of the population supports reform. The lower house of the Argentinian Congress had passed such a law on June 14, in response to the mass movement. However, the more conservative Senate narrowly defeated legalization on Aug. 9 with a 38-31 vote; two senators abstained. The majority of “no” votes were cast by men over the age of 50.
Continued: https://www.workers.org/2018/08/26/despite-laws-defeat-women-fight-on-for-abortion-rights-in-argentina/
Catholic Church atrocities
Network of Health Professionals for the Right to Decide
pro-choice momentum
state femicide
This is why Argentina did not legalize abortion this week
by Julia María Rubio
After months of debates and a close favorable vote by the Argentine House in June, the Argentine Senate has voted down a bill that would have legalized abortion. Despite House support and a large feminist mobilization on behalf of the bill, the Senate — which over-represents the votes of rural and conservative constituencies — rejected the bill, 38 to 31.
Here are five things to know about the politics of legalizing abortion in Argentina.
Continued: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/08/11/this-is-why-argentina-did-not-legalize-abortion-this-week/?utm_term=.6f4229f49515
#SalvemosLasDosVidas
Argentine Senate
Chiara Paez
decriminalization of abortion
Juliana Di Tullio
La Campaña
malapportionment
Save the Two Lives
They Lost Argentina’s Abortion Vote, but Advocates Started a Movement
By Daniel Politi and Ernesto Londoño
BUENOS AIRES — They narrowly lost the vote. But as supporters of a bill to legalize abortion in Argentina began to shake off a stinging defeat in the Senate on Thursday, they took consolation in having galvanized a reproductive-rights movement across Latin America and began to consider how to redirect their activism.
A coalition of young female lawmakers who stunned the political establishment by putting abortion rights at the top of the legislative agenda this year seemed to be on the verge of a historic victory with the bill. But intense lobbying by Catholic Church leaders and staunch opposition in conservative northern provinces persuaded enough senators to vote against it.
Continued: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/world/americas/argentina-abortion-laws-south-america.html
abortion rights activists
Benjamin Gedan
Center for Legal and Social Studies
Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Center for the Study of State and Society
Debora Diniz
Edurne Cárdenas
Françoise Girard
green handkerchiefs
International Women's Health Coalition
Jimena Del Potro
Mara Castillo
Marcela Ojeda
Mariana Romero
Susana Chávez
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Author Margaret Atwood tells Argentina’s VP: ‘Give women the right to choose abortion’
Author Margaret Atwood tells Argentina's VP: 'Give women the right to choose abortion'
Atwood addressed Gabriella Michetti following accusations last week that the vice-president was trying to hinder a vote in the Senate on the bill to decriminalise elective abortion.
Beloved Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has expressed her support for the ongoing campaign in Argentina to decriminalise elective abortion, with a personal message for Vice-President Gabriela Michetti.
“Vicepresident of Argentina @gabimichetti: don’t look away from the thousands of deaths every year from ilegal abortions. Give argentinian women the right to choose!”, Atwood wrote on Twitter, citing the hashtags of the #NiUnaMenos movement and those in favour of abortion like #AbortoLegalYa #QueElAbortoSeaLey and #AbortoEnSenadoYa.
Continued: http://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/author-margaret-atwood-tells-argentinas-vp-give-women-the-right-to-choose-abortion.phtml
Miguel Ángel Pichetto
Argentina’s historic vote to decriminalize abortion, explained
Argentina’s Congress has taken up a bill to decriminalize abortion. It probably won’t pass, but activists say it’s a victory regardless.
By Emily Stewart
Across Latin America, 97 percent of women live in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Argentina’s lower legislative house is debating whether to change that and pass a bill that would decriminalize abortion in the country up to the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The vote is expected to be close, and even if it does pass, it’s unlikely to get through the Argentine Senate. Still, activists see the fact that the issue is being voted on at all as a major step for women’s rights in the country and throughout the region.
Continued: https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17460824/argentina-abortion-bill-ni-una-menos
Catholics for the Right to Decide Argentina
Economía Feminista
Emma Conn
Feminist Economy
José Miguel Vivanco
Shena Cavallo
Tamara Taraciuk Broner
Raped 10-year-old’s pregnancy fuels Argentina abortion debate
Raped 10-year-old's pregnancy fuels Argentina abortion debate
The pregnancy of a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather has shocked Argentina, where debate on decriminalizing abortion is in full force ahead of a congressional vote next month.
The child was found to be 21 weeks pregnant when she was taken to hospital with stomach pain.
continued: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2018-05-25-raped-10-year-olds-pregnancy-fuels-argentina-abortion-debate/
adolescent pregnancy
Argentina: Macri’s Minister Compares Abortion to Femicide, Sparks Outrage
Macri's Minister Compares Abortion to Femicide, Sparks Outrage
#NiUnaMenos, or #NotOneLess, is a movement that protests against femicides — the murder of women in most cases by their partner or ex-partners.
A former minister of Argentina's governing party has sparked outrage after comparing abortion to femicide, claiming that activists from the #NiUnaMenos movement were guilty of femicide if they decided to abort of a baby girl.
During a campaign speech, Esteban Bullrich coopted the anti-femicide rallying cry "Ni Una Menos" or "Not One Less" to argue against abortion rights.
Continued at source: TelesurTV: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Macris-Minister-Compares-Abortion-to-Femicide-Sparks-Outrage-20170801-0039.html
#NotOneLess
Esteban Bullrich
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Research Shows that Young Minorities Suffer More from Police Shootings
Posted by Jazmine Justice-Young | May 15, 2018 | 0
A study published by researchers Anthony Bui, Matthew Coates, and Ellicott Matthay of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found a new way to encourage police shooting accountability by calculating the average number of years lost in the lives of police shooting victims.
“Framing police violence as an important cause of deaths among young adults provides another valuable lens to motivate prevention efforts,” researchers wrote. “ [Years of Life Lost will] highlight that police violence disproportionately impacts young people, and the young people affected are disproportionately people of color.”
The researchers pulled data from the Guardian’s police shooting death database, The Counted, and found that in the 1,146 police killings in 2015 and the 1,092 in 2016, 51.5% were people of color. Different studies indicate that Black males between 15 and 34 years of age are 9 to 16 times more likely to be killed by police than any other race. Based on the ages and life expectancies of the victims, an average of 57,375 years of life was lost in 2015 and 54,754 in 2016.
In the wake of the death of Stephon Clark, the unarmed 22-year-old black man killed in his own backyard by Sacramento PD over a month ago, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg introduced an initiative to reintroduce community police procedure to rebuild the relationship between the community and police officers.
But some people feel as though the relationship between the community and law enforcement is too strained to repair.
Black Lives Matter Sacramento leader, Tanya Faison, feels that the community needs to focus more on self-empowerment and is organizing a cop-watching group with volunteers to help citizens with their inactions with police, believing that these practices will lessen the number of black and brown deaths by police officers.
Whatever way the city decides to handle police shootings, both the city council and advocacy groups seem to agree that police shootings in Sacramento police shooting deaths have gotten out of control.
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Five Us Internet Providers Are Slowing Down access until They get more Cash
If you’re the customer of a major American internet provider, you might have been noticing it’s not very reliable lately. If so, there’s a pretty good chance that a graph like this is the reason:
These graphs comes from Level 3, one of the world’s largest providers of “transit,” or long-distance internet connectivity. The graph on the left shows the level of congestion between Level 3 and a large American ISP in the Dallas area. In the middle of the night, the connection is less than half-full and everything works fine. But during peak hours, the connection is saturated. That produces the graph on the right, which shows the packet loss rate. When the loss rate is high, thousands of Dallas-area consumers are having difficulty using bandwidth-heavy applications like Netflix, Skype, or YouTube (though to be clear, Level 3 doesn’t say what specific kind of traffic was being carried over this link).
This isn’t how these graphs are supposed to look. Level 3 swaps traffic with 51 other large networks, known as peers. For 45 of those networks, the utilization graph looks more like this:
The graph on the left shows that there is enough capacity to handle demand even during peak hours. As a result, you get the graph at the right, which shows no problems with dropped packets.
So what’s going on? Level 3 says the six bandwidth providers with congested links are all “large Broadband consumer networks with a dominant or exclusive market share in their local market.” One of them is in Europe, and the other five are in the United States.
Level 3 says its links to these customers suffer from “congestion that is permanent, has been in place for well over a year and where our peer refuses to augment capacity. They are deliberately harming the service they deliver to their paying customers. They are not allowing us to fulfill the requests their customers make for content.”
The basic problem is those six broadband providers want Level 3 to pay them to deliver traffic. Level 3 believes that’s unreasonable. After all, the ISPs’ own customers have already paid these ISPs to deliver the traffic to them. And the long-standing norm on the internet is that endpoint ISPs pay intermediaries, not the other way around. Level 3 notes that “in countries or markets where consumers have multiple broadband choices (like the UK) there are no congested peers.” In short, broadband providers that face serious competition don’t engage in this kind of brinksmanship.
Unfortunately, most parts of the US suffer from a severe lack of broadband competition. And the leading ISPs in some of these markets appear to view network congestion not as a technical problem to be solved so much as an opportunity to gain leverage in negotiations with other networks.
Card 13 of 17 Launch cards Netflix has been forced to cut private deals with ISPs. Is that undermining net neutrality? In February, Netflix agreed to pay Comcast to ensure that its videos would play smoothly for Comcast customers. The company signed a similar deal with Verizon in April. Netflix signed these deals because its customers had been experiencing declining speeds for several months beforehand. Netflix realized it would be at a competitive disadvantage if it didn’t pay for speedier service. After its payment to Comcast, Netflix’s customers experienced a 67 percent improvement in their average connection speed.
Netflix has accused Comcast of deliberately provoking the crisis by refusing to upgrade its network to accommodate Netflix traffic, leaving Netflix with little choice but to pay a “toll.” That might sound like a classic network neutrality violation. But surprisingly, leading network neutrality proposals wouldn’t affect this kind of agreement at all.
That’s because Comcast wasn’t technically offering Netflix a “fast lane” on an existing connection. Instead, Netflix paid Comcast to accept a whole new connection. The terms of these agreements, known as “peering,” have always been negotiated in an unregulated market, and network neutrality regulations don’t apply to them.
In theory, Netflix’s deal with Comcast doesn’t violate network neutrality because everyone on this new pipe (e.g. only Netflix) is treated the same, just as everyone on the old, overloaded pipe gets equal treatment. But it’s hard to see any practical difference between the kind of “fast lane” agreement network neutrality supporters have campaigned against and Netflix paying Comcast for a faster connection.
So why hasn’t interconnection been a bigger part of the network neutrality debate? Until recently, it was unheard of for a residential broadband provider like Comcast to demand payment to deliver traffic to its own customers. Traditionally, residential broadband companies would accept traffic from the largest global “backbone” networks such as Level 3 for free. So anyone could reach Comcast customers by routing their traffic through a third network. That limited Comcast’s leverage.
But recently, the negotiating position of backbone providers has weakened while the position of the largest residential ISPs — especially Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T — has gotten stronger. As a consequence, the network neutrality debate will be increasingly linked to the debate over interconnection. Refusing to upgrade a slow link to a company is functionally equivalent to configuring an Internet router to put the company’s packets in a virtual slow lane. Regulations that try to protect net neutrality without regulating the terms of interconnection are going to be increasingly ineffective.
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The Secret Rules That Govern our Digital Lives
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Author: Nicolas P. Suzor, Queensland University of Technology School of Law and Digital Media Research Centre
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Rampant abuse, hate speech, censorship, bias, and disinformation - our Internet has problems. It is governed by technology companies - search engines, social media platforms, and infrastructure providers - whose hidden rules influence what we are allowed to see and say. In Lawless, Nicolas P. Suzor presents gripping examples of exactly how tech companies govern our digital environment and how they bend to pressure from governments and other powerful actors to censor and control the flow of information online. We are at a constitutional moment - an opportunity to rethink the basic rules of how the Internet is governed. Suzor offers a vision of a vibrant, diverse, and flourishing internet that can protect our fundamental rights from the lawless rule of tech. The culmination of more than ten years of original research, this groundbreaking work should be read by anyone who cares about the internet and the future of our shared social spaces.
Includes clear, practical advice for technology companies, civil society organizations, and government regulators
Explains the complexities of regulating the Internet
Critiques how social media companies, search engines, and telecommunications providers shape our social lives
'Lawless is realistic but optimistic about how things on the Internet got so bad and what it will take to fix them. Suzor compellingly describes how constitutionalism and the rule of law can adapt to digital spaces.' James Grimmelmann, Cornell University, New York
'In Lawless, Nicolas P. Suzor doesn't just raise questions about the power tech companies wield, he sets out to answer them, with urgency and care. He offers a lucid, ambitious, wide-ranging, and cautiously hopeful analysis of how platforms govern – and how they should – that comes at just the right moment.' Tarleton Gillespie, Microsoft Research New England and author of Custodians of the Internet
'Suzor's book is a critically important account on the cutting edge of a global sea change in how we imagine our rights will be protected – or not – in a world connected by networked technology.' Kate Klonick, St John's University, New York
'Suzor takes readers on a journey through the challenges and pitfalls of Internet governance. His book is a thoughtful examination of why the constitutional values of legitimacy, transparency and due process are the touchstones we need for a better internet.' Primavera De Filippi, author of Blockchain and the Law
'Suzor's book is a truly thorough look at one of today's most pressing issues and provides real guidance on how we can move forward, together.' Jillian York, Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Part I. A Lawless Internet:
1. The hidden rules of the Internet
2. Who makes the rules? 3. The Internet's abuse problem
4. Legal immunity
5. How copyright shaped the Internet
6. Censorship
7. Lawless
Part II. A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance:
8. Constitutionalizing Internet governance
9. Constitutionalizing intermediaries
10. What should we expect of intermediaries? 11. The role of states and binding law
12. Conclusion.
Front Matter (98 KB)
Nicolas P. Suzor, Queensland University of Technology School of Law and Digital Media Research Centre
Nicolas P. Suzor is Principal Research Fellow in the Queensland University of Technology's School of Law and Digital Media Research Centre, where he leads a program of work on the governance of digital platforms and internet intermediaries. He has published over forty articles and book chapters in international law reviews and in media and communications journals. He is Deputy Chair and a founding Board Member of Digital Rights Watch in Australia.
Jurisdiction and the Internet
Regulatory Competence over Online Activity
Ethics in an Age of Surveillance
Personal Information and Virtual Identities
Monitoring Laws
Profiling and Identity in the World State
The Fight over Digital Rights
The Politics of Copyright and Technology
Internet Co-Regulation
European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in Cyberspace
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ETB Travel News > Africa > Wyndham Grand to launch luxurious lakeside hotel in Downtown Yangon
Wyndham Grand to launch luxurious lakeside hotel in Downtown Yangon
January 23, 2019 Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Hospitality News, India, Middle East, New Zealand, Top Stories No comments
Wyndham Grand Yangon Lobby Lounge
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchisor and leading provider of hotel management services, has introduced its most luxurious brand to Myanmar with the launch of a spectacular new Wyndham Grand hotel in downtown Yangon.
Wyndham Grand Yangon becomes Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ second property in Myanmar, following TRYP by Wyndham Yangon, the urban boutique hotel brand that made its debut in 2017. Wyndham Grand is an ensemble of distinguished hotels that are approachable by design, representing one-of-a-kind experiences in key destinations with refined accommodation, attentive service and relaxed surroundings.
Rising from the shores of Kandawgyi Lake, Wyndham Grand Yangon, a new landmark in the heart of Myanmar’s commercial capital, offers breathtaking views of the lake and the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, plus an exquisite blend of grand facilities and authentic local touches that allow guests to enjoy life’s little luxuries.
The striking 20-storey, 291-room luxury hotel forms part of the Kantharyar Centre, a new mixed-use project comprising office spaces, serviced apartments and retail outlets. It has been developed by Asia Myanmar Shining Star Investment Co., Ltd. (AMSS) and will operate under a franchise agreement with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
“The Wyndham Grand brand is renowned for its little luxuries – from premium amenities, sophisticated designs to attentive staff across more than 40 hotels and resorts in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations,” said Mr Joon Aun Ooi, President and Managing Director of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Southeast Asia and Pacific Rim. “Wyndham Grand Yangon is no exception. The hotel has been built with today’s modern traveller in mind, offering a luxurious hotel concept, an exceptional location and a wide array of dining options and amenities. We are confident that the new Wyndham Grand Yangon will elevate the stay experience for both business and leisure travellers and become a leading hotel in the city.”
Discover little luxuries inspired by local culture
Wyndham Grand Yangon is designed by HASSELL, the renowned architecture and interior design house, as an urban oasis that immerses guests in Yangon’s history and culture. The lobby exudes a resort-style ambience, with paintings of Myanmar’s mountainous silhouette and pagodas serving as the backdrop. Elsewhere, lake views, sheltered walkways and pockets of greenery add to the sense of natural discovery. Throughout the hotel, guests can discover intricate touches that connect them to Burmese tradition, like authentic artefacts, lacquered lamps that take the shape of traditional vessels, and brick red colours – a characteristic of the city.
Stylish stays in modern Yangon
The 291 rooms and suites blend contemporary elegance with a modern touch. Guests can enjoy stunning city and lake views through floor-to-ceiling windows, while wooden floors, state-of-the-art technology, and spacious bathrooms with separate bathtubs and rain showers add to the sense of style.
Guests staying on the Executive Club Floors will enjoy exclusive access to the Executive Lounge, which offers bespoke services, daily buffet breakfast and evening cocktails, plus free use of a meeting room for two hours.
Elevated on the top (20th) floor, the 320 square metre Presidential Suite is a sanctuary of luxury, with a separate meeting area, dining room and private bar, plus a sauna and an indulgent eight-person Jacuzzi. This one-bedroom suite can also be connected with twin or king rooms to sleep additional guests.
Fresh flavours and immersive experiences
Wyndham Grand Yangon features a collection of first-class facilities, including two restaurants and two bars. The Spoon is an all-day dining destination that offers international cuisine, traditional Burmese dishes and a wide range of beverages, including craft beers. The sumptuous daily breakfast combines world favourites with local flavours, including mohinga (Burmese noodle soup). The hotel also features a speciality restaurant serving fine-Thai cuisine, and two bars in the lobby and by the poolside will offer light bites and beverages.
Leisure facilities include a fitness centre and an outdoor pool which offers views of the Kandawgyi Lake. Guests can also pamper themselves with a host of sublime treatments at The Spa including traditional therapies like the spa’s signature four-hand massage. Meanwhile, direct access to a shopping mall makes it easy to indulge in retail therapy.
For corporate guests and event planners, the hotel provides extensive conference and banqueting space, including a 500-delegate Grand Ballroom with a huge LED screen, five meeting rooms with a large pre-function space for cocktail receptions as well as an outdoor garden for alfresco events and weddings.
Perfectly positioned next to Kandawgyi Lake, Kandawgyi Park and Yangon Zoological Gardens, and with views of the shimmering Shwedagon Pagoda, Wyndham Grand Yangon puts the city’s main attractions within easy reach. Guests who want to discover Yangon’s other downtown landmarks, such as Sule Pagoda and Bogyoke Market, can utilise the hotel’s daily shuttle service.
Room rates start from USD112 per night in a Superior Room inclusive of breakfast. Guests can make a reservation via info@wyndhamgrandyangon.com or +95 1 937 7188 or book direct at www.wyndhamhotels.com.
Wyndham Grand Yangon will participate in Wyndham Rewards, the simple-to-use, revolutionary loyalty program from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Named the best hotel rewards program for the past three consecutive years by U.S. News and World Report, Wyndham Rewards offers members a generous points earning structure along with a flat, free night redemption rate – the first of its kind for a major rewards program. Learn more at www.wyndhamrewards.com.
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Senate Week in Review: July 20-24
By State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon
SPRINGFIELD – More than 3 weeks into a new fiscal year, the budget stalemate has revealed stark differences in the way reform-minded Republicans and status-quo Democrats envision Illinois’ future.
Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican lawmakers are seeking a constitutional 12-month budget anchored on solid governmental and business reforms to improve the state’s economy, freeze property taxes, and implement term limits and take “politics” out of the process of drawing legislative boundaries.
Democrat leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives have settled for an unbalanced, 1-month budget, and are advocating for a continuation of failed fiscal policies and unstable business practices that have left Illinois with the third-worst business climate, the second-highest property taxes, and the worst credit ratings of any state.
The Illinois Constitution requires the General Assembly to pass a balanced 12-month budget. In May, Democrat leaders pushed through a plan based on expected revenues of $32 billion and proposed spending of $36 billion. That budget has been vetoed by Rauner, but Democrat lawmakers voted to override several of his vetoes, further complicating budget negotiations.
Both House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton repeatedly have said that their number one issue is the budget deficit – not the economy or the taxpayers – and have resisted nearly every effort toward reform. It’s tough to take them at their word because they voted to pass a budget with a $4 billion deficit, and they have introduced no proposals to cut enough or raise taxes to cover the shortfall.
Need for compromise
House lawmakers returned to Springfield July 21 for hearings that Democrat legislative leaders said showed the perils of adopting Rauner’s pro-business agenda. The Senate has its next session days scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday.
The General Assembly’s Democrat leaders need to stop the public relations gimmicks like the Committee of the Whole political theater, and make more attempts at compromise. Rauner already has offered to come more than half way by scaling his policy agenda down from more than 40 items in his Turnaround Agenda to only a handful, and backing away from right-to-work legislation. He has also offered movement on tax reform to find additional revenues to help balance the budget.
Governor seeks federal flood relief for crops
On July 23, Rauner sent a letter to USDA officials requesting all counties in Illinois experiencing crop damage related to recent flooding be included in a Secretarial Disaster Declaration, which would provide farmers in designated counties the ability to receive low-interest emergency loans if they meet all eligibility requirements.
The State Emergency Board met Monday to review the county emergency board minutes and loss assessments in preparation for determining county eligibility. The Illinois Department of Agriculture will continue to assist U.S. Farm Service Agency officials in securing benefits for farmers who are impacted by flooding.
Even those crops not damaged directly by flooding have suffered. Long periods of rain and drenched fields have slowed farmers all season and so far, crops haven’t been able to make up for the slow start. According to the USDA, the second cutting of hay is only 52 percent complete, compared to the 5-year average of 83 percent. Ninety-six percent of soybeans have now emerged from the soil, still behind the 5-year average of 100 percent. Corn plants are silking at a rate of 75 percent, compared to the typical 77 percent at this point, although 17 percent have reached the dough stage, which is actually ahead of the 5-year average of 16 percent.
Precipitation 2 weeks ago averaged .97 inches across the state, .18 inches more than normal, leaving an average of 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork, although many farmers were still waiting on fields to dry out more before they were able to work.
Crop conditions are dropping again, with 56 percent of corn acres rated as good or excellent, compared to 61 percent 2 weeks ago, and 47 percent of soybeans receiving the same marks, down from 52 percent.
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Go to the Senate Republican Caucus website at senategop.state.il.us and search for About the Senate/Senate Action for a complete list of bills on which the governor has taken action.
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Planning Committee Meeting Notes – 11/10/2017
Meeting Participants: Willa, David, Fatimah, Richard, Pauline, Edwin, Charity, Les, Lauren
ALUMNI RELATIONS: no update
Fatimah visited the Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. They did a good job of displaying her grandfather’s jacket as a part of its train exhibit. Willa asked if there’s an update on getting the school’s copy of the Rosenwald documentary. Fatimah will follow up. The director may have added more footage.
Income from OLLI: $200; all bills to date have been paid. See agenda for details
Contributions to date: $108,419.29
Expenditures to date: $86,548.64
Balance: $21,870.61
Need to send a gentle reminder for window fund for those who have not paid in full yet. Michael has the contract part on file. Status of plaques: window frames need to be completed before the plaques are purchased.
Exterior doors are stained. Soon, door pane will be painted. Dennis King (president at AB Tech) visited the school recently and mentioned that the school’s construction program may be able to work on interior and electrical – but not plumbing. Mike Griffin has volunteered to do the plumbing free of charge. We need an underpinning crew to work on the supports. The handrails can be done by the AB Tech Madison campus’s welding program. The teacher of the course is from the area; the school would have to provide the materials and an honorarium.
Willa/David to the Madison County School board members as there are state funds available to use for the project. Just need to work with superintendent when Dr. Cosby when he returns from medical leave.
Willa mentioned that we need to get history booklet updated with new pictures. We will print the updated booklet at the Central Office. Ryan has taken new pictures, just need to follow up when he returns from his honeymoon/vacation. There are some brochures at the I-26 Welcome Center. Richard recommended that the history committee look at the narrative updates to brochure.
Fatimah commented on the draft National Register nomination form. Wanted to know if we could add more names of the school to the narrative, names that the locals used for the school. Willa noted that one interested finding the consultant revealed the school was built as a 1-room school (based on dimensions) as it was not large enough officially to be a 2-room school. Richard recommended we have further discussion about this finding as the “industrial room” may have served as a back-up room.
Willa requested that we all review the draft nomination form. Because it is very long, we will work on having copies printed at the Central Office for those who need it.
Willa went to Madison Middle School’s Veteran Day celebration. Some of the teachers did not know about the school. She plans to reach out the school system, so there can be a teacher day at the school in February. Lauren recommended also reaching out to the principle at Barnardsville Elementary School.
OLLI VISIT
We have 32 individuals signed up. Les can only accommodate 22 people at a time in the museum. Should consider dividing the group into two. Willa will bring some old wooden chairs from Madison Baptist Church – maybe 4 dozen. The church is giving them away. Les and Willa will have pamphlets. Richard will gather info so that participants can also do the self-guided tour of the historic quad if they wish.
The next meeting on Dec 8 will focus on reviewing grant/available funding opportunities. Willa will find some space in the Mars Hill area.
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July 23 - Why is Trump Going After the Top Intel Officials Who Briefed Him?; Trump and Rouhani Exchange Threats; As Trump Goes Up in the Polls, What Liberals Get Wrong About His Support
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We begin with the latest act of pettiness from a thin-skinned petulant president who today announced that he was considering revoking the security clearances of his critics, naming six former top intelligence officials; former CIA head John Brennan, former FBI head James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former NSA head Michael Hayden and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Loch Johnson, the Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia who served on the senior staffs of both the House and Senate intelligence Committees and is the author of “Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States”, joins us to discuss this latest effort to distract the press and feed Trump’s base with more imaginary mendacity from the “deep state”. Since both McCabe and Comey no longer have security clearances, the hollow nature of the ploy is already apparent, and as The New York Times recently revealed, Trump was told of Russia’s meddling in the election and of possible “kompromat” Putin has on him in briefings by Brennan, Clapper and Comey two weeks before taking office. But ever since then, as Trump keeps repeating “no collusion”, he appears haunted by what these “deep state” top officials who briefed him know. Could that be why he is going after them?
Then we speak with Juan Cole, a professor of Modern Middle Eastern and South Asian History at the University of Michigan and author of the blog, Informed Comment at JuanCole.com. He joins us to discuss Trump’s threatening tweet in capital letters to Iran’s president in response to Rouhani’s threat of “a mother of all wars” if the U.S. keeps pressuring customers not to buy Iranian oil. We assess Secretary of State Pompeo’s remarks that Iran is a “mafia state” run by hypocrites in clerical robes who are stealing the country blind, something the Iranian people already know.
Then finally, with the latest NBC/WSJ poll showing Trump is going up with 45% now supporting him and with 88% support from Republicans, in spite of negative reactions to Trump’s border policies and his performance at the recent press conference with Putin, we speak with Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue Collar Conservatism”. He joins us to discuss his article at The Guardian “What liberals (still) get wrong about Trump’s support” and how Republicans don’t care about who Trump is but rather like what he does.
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by Elena Ledda
Turning a building green is a question of control
Managing the building’s different energy processes is key to ensure both higher energy efficiency and users’ comfort, but users hold part of the responsibility
Sustainable buildings partly depend on control strategies to be energy efficient. Implementation of possible control systems are now under study for two of the three showcases buildings, developed under the EU funded DIRECTION project, namely the CARTIF III building in Valladolid, Spain and the NuOffice in Munich, Germany. The third showcase, based in Bolzano, Italy, which has not been built yet, is therefore offering more opportunities for potential change of control systems. “From an energy efficiency point of view the main installations to take into account are air conditioning and electricity,” explains José Louis Alfranca, head of installation services at the Spanish construction company DRAGADOS, in Madrid, and one of the project partners.
“The [three] showcases will feature centralised control systems based on an architecture with distributed logic,” Alfranca explains. Having a distributed logic means that each control acts autonomously while, at the same time, communicating with a central control site. This is the case, for example, of the type of controls used for air conditioning, dubbed DDC or direct digital control.
Generally, control relies both on a series of sensors measuring for example the temperature, humidity, lighting level and on various actuators, such as valves engine and lighting regulators. Incorporating buildings’ automation within the architectural design and installations’ planning stage is key to have effective control systems, according to Inés Alomar, free-lance energy consultant, based in Barcelona, Spain. “Otherwise it can take a lot of time to run the building or there might be strategies and [technologies] that cannot be implemented [at later stage],” she says.
There is not a single possible strategy for implementing control systems. Existing state-of-the-art solutions are many. For example, one involves using data orchestration, where data coming from different sources are combined into a single output. Another approach includes binding the results of the probes with the dynamic modelling of the building through a so-called grey box. Other solutions involve using control systems that optimise energy consumption and energy bills by producing heat or cold at times when energy price is low, and storing it in inertia depositories so that it is ready to be used upon request. The preferred choice for each individual showcase building is still under study.
A possible additional control feature to ensure high energy efficiency and users’ comfort, especially in office buildings, is to include access or presence control systems. This is the view of Kristian Fabbri, adjunct professor of technical environmental physics at the University of Bologna and a freelance building energy performance consultant, based in Cesena, Italy. The office and test facilities areas in Valladolid and the common areas in Munich are due to have sensors that will work differently depending on whether people are present or absent, according to Sergio Sanz, DIRECTION coordinator. No information is available yet for the Bolzano building.
Users can also actively participate in improving energy efficiency through a feedback system informing them of the impact of their actions. “Control and automation are key to disclose the energy [use] we do not see. Once we start seeing it, we will be able to actually save it [by being proactive],” Alomar comments. Generally, systems combining at certain times of the day centralised and manual management would be preferred “to avoid users become slaves of energy efficiency,” she adds. But giving users control has some limitations. “Of course users need to be informed, but giving them excessive freedom can be a real disaster since people tend not to manage control in a rational way”, says Alfranca. Ultimately, Fabbri concludes, control systems will be more and more dynamic with energy consumption information regularly shared through social networks.
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Boxing trainer Michael ‘Coach Mike’ Kozlowski trains Olympic Champion Luke Campbell in England.
Posted on 12. Jun, 2014 by BoxingCoachMike in News
In the beginning of 2008 Russian boxing trainer, who trains his students in legendary Gleason’s Boxing Gym in Brooklyn, New York, started working with English boxer Luke Campbell. In the end of 2008 Luke Campbell won Gold medal in European Championships and in 2012 he won Olympic Gold !
Now Luke Campbell is a professional boxer with 5(4ko) – 0.
Based in USA Coach Mike for the first time during their teamwork has arrived to London to help Luke Campbell to prepare for the following fight in his professional career.
Luke has shown to his an American trainer his home town Hull.
A first class postage stamp, depicting Campbell, was issued by Royal Mail and a post box in Hessle Road, Hull and was painted gold to commemorate his gold medal win.
Boxing Trainer Michael "Coach Mike" Kozlowski and Luke Campbell.
Local telephone network provider, KC, have also commemorated the win by painting one of their telephone boxes, near to St Paul’s Boxing Club, in gold !
The Russian-American trainer and English boxer have spend some trainings in the Olympic Boxing Center of Great Britain in Sheffield.
Here, for the first time, face to face, were two trainers who took direct part in preparation, already, the Olympic Champion, Luke Campbell: the Head Coach of the Great Britain Boxing Team, Dave Alloway and the Russian-American trainer, Michael ‘Coach Mike’ Kozlowski.
After last training in GB Boxing Olympic Center, Dave Alloway told to Coach Mike, that Russian trainer has made great work with Luke Campbell, as he well remembers with how was the English boxer before Michael Kozlowski has started to train him…
Boxing Coach Michael Kozlowski, Luke Campbell and Dave Alloway in GB Olympic Boxing Center.
Coach Mike and his student trained every day and twice per day. More time they worked on Luke’s boxing technique and physical condition.
Luke Campbell from Olesya on Vimeo.
With over 5,000 people signed up for the event, the Asda Foundation Hull 10K boasted the biggest field since its launch by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All in 2010.
Starting the race – and running it – was one of Hull’s favorite sons, Olympic gold medal boxer Luke Campbell, who notched up an impressive time of 39 minutes.
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State Teachers’ Union Wants Regents Involved in Correcting Test System
May 09, 2019Education, State/National NewsComments Off on State Teachers’ Union Wants Regents Involved in Correcting Test System
By Patti Singer
– pattisinger@minorityreporter.net –
The union representing teachers in New York called on the state Board of Regents to get involved in fixing what the union said is a broken testing system for grades 3 through 8 and students learning English.
New York State United Teachers has no confidence that the state Education Department under Commissioner MaryEllen Elia can create an equitable system that treats all students and schools fairly, according to a news release. More than 1,700 delegates at the union’s annual convention unanimously passed a resolution May 4 that called on the Board of Regents to direct the Education Department to make a series of changes that include involving teachers at every step of the process and represent the diversity of the state.
“We have received reports from every corner of the state about testing issues that have left students, parents and educators exasperated, yet the state has not outlined any plan to ensure these problems do not happen ever again,” NYSUT executive vice president Jolene DiBrango said in a news release. “The time for action is now. We look forward to working with the Board of Regents to ensure the voices of educators finally reverberate throughout the Education Department.”
NYSUT has launched a campaign called Correct the Tests to raise awareness of what the union said are serious issues with the grades 3 through 8 English Language Arts and math tests. The union also expressed concern about the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test. The union said the tests are harmful to students and it criticized computer-based testing.
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
“We will review NYSUT’s resolution,” Education Department spokeswoman Emily DeSantis wrote in an email in response to a request for comment. “As we have for the past four years, we welcome input from New York state’s teachers and look forward to continuing this dialogue as we look toward further improvements in our state assessments.”
NYSUT has more than 600,000 members in education, human services and health care. The union has passed previous resolutions about state testing, spokesman Matt Hamilton wrote in an email. “What is different this year is that the resolution states we don’t have confidence that the state Education Department will fix these issues on their own, so we call on the Board of Regents to direct them to do it. We certainly have voiced our concerns in the past, but calling for that action is what makes this year’s resolution unique.”
Hamilton said issues with tests are part of ongoing conversations with the Board of Regents and the Education Department. “We hope to have this addressed in an expedited manner. But do we have a hard timeline for them of when the changes might come? No.”
According to the Education Department, Elia and the Board of Regents have listened to concerns of teachers and parents and made changes as a result. The department said that starting last year, English Language Arts and math sessions were reduced. For the fourth year in a row, tests are not timed. The department said that ELA tests were reduced by three passages and by six or seven multiple-choice questions, depending on grade level. In the math tests, extended construction-response questions were reduced and depending on grade level, seven to 13 multiple-choice questions were eliminated.
At the annual convention in early May, the NYSUT Representative Assembly passed the following resolution:
Whereas, the State Education Department (SED) and Commissioner Elia have failed to make the changes to the State grade 3-8 testing system and NYSESLAT recommended by NYSUT including re-setting the benchmarks, reducing testing and making the tests more developmentally appropriate; and
Whereas, the state grade 3-8 testing system and NYSESLAT need a major overhaul to ensure the system is equitable and treats all students and schools fairly; and
Whereas, the benchmarks for the state grade 3-8 tests and NYSESLAT were set at unrealistic levels; and
Whereas, these benchmarks have led to students and schools being mislabeled as failures; and
Whereas, the benchmarks on the state tests must be re-set first to ensure a fair testing system; and
Whereas, the state grade 3-8 tests and NYSESLAT continue to be too long because the SED and the Commissioner failed to properly reduce the number of questions when eliminating a day of testing; and
Whereas, the untimed state grade 3-8 tests and NYSESLAT have led to students spending more time on these tests than high school students spend on Regents exams; and
Whereas, the state grade 3-8 tests and NYSESLAT contain developmentally inappropriate reading passages and test questions; and
Whereas, the state continues to press forward on computer based testing despite evidence that tests scores drop when switching to computer based testing; and
Whereas, the computer based testing system continues to have major technical failures in implementation; and
Whereas, many districts do not have the capacity to implement computer based testing; and
Whereas, computer based testing measures a student’s ability to use a computer rather than the student’s knowledge of the subject being tested; and
Whereas, teacher involvement in the test development process is limited to small committees that cannot properly represent the diversity of the state; and
Whereas, NYSUT has no confidence in the Commissioner and the State Education Department to make the necessary changes to fix the state’s grade 3-8 testing system and NYSESLAT on their own.
The delegates resolved that the union will advocate for the regents to direct the commissioner of education to:
provide for the meaningful involvement of teachers selected by the union in every phase of the test development process; and
set the appropriate benchmarks by a large group of teachers representing the diversity of the state to ensure the tests accurately measure student knowledge and learning; and
reducing the number of questions on the grade 3-8 tests and NYSESLAT; and
conducting an independent study of the performance of students on computer based testing versus paper and pencil tests to determine the impact on school accountability; and
forming a committee of practitioners to review the study on computer based testing and develop a plan for the appropriate implementation of computer based testing including determining the appropriate grade level to begin computer based testing.
According to the Education Department, teachers from across the state are involved in creating, reviewing and selecting questions for the 2019 grades 3 through English Language Arts and math tests. This year, teachers reviewed all questions at least six times.
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Utah State and Fort Hare University Conservationist Tapped for U.N. Expert Panel on Biodiversity
Jun 18, 2018Education, Featured News, State/National News, Top Stories, WorldComments Off on Utah State and Fort Hare University Conservationist Tapped for U.N. Expert Panel on Biodiversity
(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) – U.N. activities for World Environment Day recently were focused this year on plastic pollution. Marked every year since 1974, the day is celebrated in over 100 countries.
Dr. Luthando Dziba, managing executive for conservation services at South African National Parks (SANParks) has been appointed to the UN body on biodiversity and ecosystems.
Dziba, who studied at Utah State University and Fort Hare University in the U.S., says he’s looking forward to engaging with people worldwide in finding solutions for the sustainability of the world’s natural assets.
In a video marking the June event, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that “our world is swamped by harmful plastic waste. Every year, more than eight million tons end up in the oceans.” That leaves virtually nowhere on earth untouched, with the potential that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans.
Nearly every African country, including the island nations sensitive to the impact of plastics on their ecosystems, has events marking the day. There are beach cleanups in Cape Verde, student plastic-bag pickups in Burkina Faso, a university campus cleanup in Angola, and educational workshops in South Africa.
Volunteers in Djibouti will head out to clean up the coastline along the Gulf of Aden, while across the continent their counterparts in Sierra Leone will focus on cleaning up their Atlantic Ocean shores.
“Today provides an opportunity for each of us to embrace the many ways that we can combat plastic pollution around the world,” said Dr. Richard Munang, an Africa climate change and development policy expert for the UN Environmental Program based in Kenya.
UNEP chief Erik Solheim called plastic pollution a form of violence against the planet.
In Nigeria, community partners are offering free bus rides in exchange for turning in a single-use plastic item for recycling as part of the #waste4ride campaign. And in Malawi, participants will learn how to build benches out of bricks made from the plastics.
For more information about World Environment Day and how to participate, visit the website: worldenvironmentday.global/en/get-involved/find-event.
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35mm And APS Compact Cameras
Peter K. Burian | Jun 1, 2002
Although everyone at the PMA show wanted to check out the new digital equipment, the compact lens/shutter film cameras still outsell such models. Most manufacturers continue to offer both formats: 35mm and Advanced Photo System (APS or 24mm). Such cameras have been made for decades so we didn't expect to see many radical changes. Nonetheless, a few Minolta and Canon models do include some entirely new technology.
What's more obvious is that many such cameras have been downsized. Most of the new models are slimmer and lighter in weight than their predecessors. As well, more and more models feature a metal exterior, increasing their visual and tactile appeal. Although dozens of cameras were introduced, I'll review only those that might be of primary interest to Shutterbug readers.
APS Cameras
Frankly, I did not find many new APS cameras at the PMA show and Minolta announced that they would cease manufacturing of such models. However, Eastman Kodak and other companies remain committed to APS, so this format should continue for many years.
In fact, the single most interesting compact camera announced so far this year is an APS format autofocus model. To be available only in early 2003, the Advantix Easy Share is actually a hybrid, combining the benefits of film and digital imaging. Offering the best of both worlds, this Kodak model takes pictures on Advantix film but also records a digital image. After taking a shot, you can view your pictures immediately, including the probable exposure level. If you don't like the exposure or the composition, simply re-shoot the picture. You can also press a button to tell the camera (and the photofinisher) how many prints you'll want (including zero) from each of the negatives.
The image preview feature is already available with the first generation Advantix Preview model, but the Advantix Easy Share offers some significant new features. Instead of storing only one image, the new camera can store 72 screen resolution pictures. Image file size will be small, probably 640x320 pixels, but more than adequate for Internet use. Any of the images can also be downloaded to a computer and sent by e-mail with the touch of a button on the accessory docking station (included). This autofocus camera is equipped with a 2x digital zoom and multimode flash plus the Kodak Picture Software and will be surprisingly affordable. (Estimated Street Price: $200.)
Canon's ELPH series has been extremely successful and now includes a new model, the ELPH Z3. Completely redesigned, it has a more streamlined look. Attractively finished in aluminum alloy with chrome-plated parts, it's even more elegant than its predecessors. Measuring 3.9x2.0x1.3" and weighing a mere 5.3 oz, the new ELPH Z3 is very portable. It features a 23.5-54mm f/4.8-7.6 zoom lens (29.4-67.5mm equivalent in 35mm) including a molded aspherical element. (Street Price: $180.)
The ELPH Z3 uses a newly-developed seven-zone, three-point AiAF CMOS passive autofocus system identical to the one described in the Sure Shot Z155 (35mm) section. It can immediately identify the main subject without the need to lock focus and recompose the image. In order to achieve even greater efficiency and performance, a 13-segment exposure metering system is integrated onto the same chip as the autofocus sensor for good exposures even in difficult lighting. Other capabilities include multimode flash, continuous autofocus, and full Magnetic Information Exchange (IX) for high quality photofinishing.
Fujifilm's Nexia Q1 features a round body that comes in fashionable metallic colors: blue, cyan, pink, and purple. Small enough to fit into the palm of a hand, or a large shirt pocket, the Nexia Q1 is intended as a "cool" camera that will appeal to children and teens who want to snap pictures during vacations, parties, and other occasions.
It includes all the basic features for great snapshots: autofocus, multimode flash, 22mm lens, drop-in film loading, and the choice of two APS formats: C and H, but not Panorama. My daughters (ages 16 and 21) both want one of these cameras, and their reaction suggests that the Fujifilm Nexia Q1 will become a best seller. Considering the Street Price (roughly $50, including battery and a roll of film) this model may replace single-use cameras as a favorite among children and teens.
High Tech 35mm Point-And-Shoots
Canon's latest compact 35mm camera is the Sure Shot Z155, a sleek, lightweight (8 oz) model in a gorgeous aluminum shell with a 37-155mm f/4.8-11.7 zoom with one aspherical element. Billed as "the world's smallest and lightest camera with a 155mm zoom" this camera also features the unique autofocus system mentioned in the ELPH Z3 section. It's designed to evaluate three focusing points from a total of seven in three stages, to maximize the odds of sharp focus with off-center subjects. The autoexposure sensor of the Z155 has been combined with the AF sensor into one unit and is constructed from a single chip. The evaluative light meter has 16 zones, and backlight detection is possible for any AF point. Because metering and autofocus are integrated, the system emphasizes exposure accuracy for the focused subject. A backlight compensation control (+1.5 EV) is also available. Other features include seven Program modes and built-in multimode flash. (List Price: $300.)
Minolta introduced a new, highly sophisticated autofocus system, available in their Freedom Zoom 160 and 140 models. Called AREA-AF this technology is quite advanced and worth reviewing. Look through the viewfinder and the eyepiece sensors automatically activate the AF system. A large, multi-line CCD sensor differentiates between people and objects; then the system evaluates subject shape, distance, location, and brightness. Target AF automatically adjusts focus and exposure for the primary subject, usually a person if one is included in the frame. If the subject moves within the picture area, another AF sensor takes over focus. Note, too, that these cameras incorporate three autofocus options: the common wide area and spot modes, plus Target AF (described earlier) with continuous focus for moving subjects.
Minolta has received accolades for their technology: the largest focus detection area of any film camera; the first camera with (human) subject detection; unique Matrix autofocus indication in the viewfinder and automatic LED brightness control. The new models also offer advanced subject-weighted 125-zone evaluative metering for optimum exposure; Eye-Start automation; new high-speed AF motor; autofocus with 942 steps and a 32-bit RISC processor for high-speed AF with true predictive continuous tracking focus for maximum accuracy with moving subjects. According to Minolta, they now offer "the world's fastest (two or three times faster) focusing compact cameras with 3x or greater zoom."
Considering the above, I was amazed at the moderate prices of the new Minolta models with AREA-AF ($180 and $200). They feature slim, lightweight aluminum bodies and weigh only 6.9 oz. The Freedom Zoom 140 has a 37.5-140mm f/5.4-11.7 zoom, while the Freedom Zoom 160 extends to 160mm (f/5.4-12.4). Both include two aspherical elements for high image quality. These are uncomplicated cameras with Program mode, sophisticated multimode flash with exposure compensation control, zoom finder, an optional remote controller, and more.
Long Zoom Point-And-Shoots
Minolta's Freedom Zoom 130, with a 37.5-130mm f/4-10.5 aspherical zoom and stainless steel front shell, employs a more traditional active AF system. Its 2049 focusing steps and four infrared beams should assure reliable and accurate focus. This camera (7.4 oz) includes several Program modes, backlight compensation control (+1.5 EV), zoom finder, sophisticated multimode flash with exposure compensation control, and an optional remote controller unit. (List Price: $150.)
Fujifilm's new Zoom Date 1300 is also a highly compact camera in a metallic body; it's said to be the "world's smallest and lightest (6.35 oz) 4x zoom model." Note that this is one of the very few cameras with a long zoom that starts at 28mm: it's a 28-130mm f/5.8-11.5 lens with pro-grade EBC multi-coating. What's also impressive is the huge LCD data panel and thumb pad, both borrowed from digital camera designs. The Fujifilm Zoom Date 1300 includes a multimode flash with Programmed Zoom that automatically adjusts flash power for subject distance as well as ambient light. Other features include passive AF system, Macro and Landscape focusing modes, date imprinting, and an optional remote controller. (List Price: $350.)
Available at a more moderate price, the new Fujifilm Zoom Date 125 SR includes a more typical lens: 38-125mm f/5.3-10.5. This camera (under 7 oz) sports a new champagne color with a gold trim, making it very stylish. The Fujifilm Zoom Date 125 SR employs an active infrared AF system and features a Program mode, multimode auto zoom flash and Easy Loading system. The kit includes a remote controller unit. Nearly identical, the Fujifilm Zoom Date 110 SR incorporates a 38-110mm f/6.5-11.7 zoom. (List Prices: $260 and $200.)
Rollei makes many compact 35mm cameras. Their new model with a long zoom is the Prego 160 with a Vario Apogon 38-160mm f/5.8-12.6 zoom of German design. This is a handsome model with aluminum front shell and an illuminated, and huge, LCD menu panel on the back. That feature plus a thumb pad control make it reminiscent of a digital camera with maximum convenience for selecting various functions. The most notable Prego 160 feature is a variable power flash: it automatically reduces output for close-up shots to prevent overexposure or a harsh lighting effect. This is a Program camera with several flash modes, date imprinting, diopter correction eyepiece, Panorama Frame mode, and wide area passive autofocus system. (List Price: $329.)
Nikon bills their Lite-Touch 130ED/QD as "the world's smallest and lightest 35mm camera with sliding lens cover and 3.4x zoom." It is small and lightweight (6.7 oz) but sports a 38-130mm f/5.3-10.5 lens with ED (Extra low Dispersion) glass that promises "incredibly sharp photographs." Advanced autofocus is also included: a 628-step wide area passive AF system should ensure excellent focus accuracy, even for off-center subjects at any distance. Other niceties include five-mode flash, date imprinting, Panorama Frame mode, diopter correction eyepiece, and an optional remote control unit. (List Price: $255.)
Boasting the longest lens of any of the compact cameras introduced at the PMA show, the Samsung Maxima 170 GLM QD includes a 38-170mm "high definition" zoom and passive, multi-point autofocus system. Samsung did not yet have full specs on this model, but it includes multimode flash, date imprinting back, and a Panorama Frame mode. (List Price: $330.)
Similar Samsung models with shorter lenses include the Maxima Zoom 140Ti ($280) with a 38-140mm f/4.7-12.2 zoom and the 120Ti ($180) with a 38-120mm f/4.5-13.1 zoom. These are close-focusing (to under 3") "high definition" lenses with two aspherical elements. Both models include a date back, diopter correction eyepiece, five subject-specific Program modes, plus continuous AF for moving subjects, employing a multi-point passive system. The 140Ti has some extras: Panorama Frame mode, backlight control, slow sync flash, dial mode button, and caption imprinting. Samsung also offers the new Fino 120 Super QD model that's very similar to the 120Ti but using active autofocus and without continuous AF. (List Price: $200.)
Samsung also makes another line with "Italian design" and superior lens, called Pronta. Available in "limited quantities," the Pronta 1200QD (7.4 oz) sports a 38-120mm f/4.8-12.4 Schneider-Kreuznach Variopolan lens. Features include active AF with Continuous mode, basic multimode flash, illuminated LCD data panel, caption/date imprinting, mid roll rewind, Program mode, and a Bulb mode for exposures up to 60 sec long. (List Price: $220.)
In Samsung's Evoca line, intended for the "photo enthusiast," we found several new models with Schneider-Kreuznach zoom lenses, including the Evoca 140 Neo QD and the 170 Neo QD. The first has a 38-140mm f/4.6-12.2 zoom while the other model has a 38-170mm zoom. Both are housed in a stylish aluminum body, and offer many features: two Program modes, Bulb for long exposures, continuous autofocus, date/caption imprinting, and advanced multimode flash. The 170 Neo QD is the flagship of the line and offers some extras: passive (not active) multi-point autofocus, Panorama Frame mode, and backlight compensation control. (List Prices: $300 and $320.)
Cameras With Moderate Zooms
Samsung's Evoca line now includes a model with a zoom lens that includes a true wide angle 28mm focal length. The Evoca 90W Neo QD is a fully automatic model with a 28-90mm f/4.5-11 Schneider-Kreuznach lens and diopter correction eyepiece. In spite of the moderate price ($210) this camera is said to be housed in a titanium body. Features include continuous autofocus, two Program modes, Panorama Frame mode, and a remote control unit, plus an advanced flash unit.
Rollei also offers a camera with a 28mm focal length, the Prego 100WA with high grade Vario 28-100mm f/5.8-10.5 zoom designed in Germany. Other than the lens, it is identical to the Prego 160 discussed earlier, and also features the oversized and illuminated LCD menu panel and thumb pad controls. At 5.6 oz, it's one of the lightest cameras in its category. (List Price: $299.)
The new Pentax IQZoom 115V is also a very compact and moderately lightweight camera (8.5 oz) with a 38-115mm f/4.3-12.2 zoom that will focus down to a mere 2.6. This is an uncomplicated model with the basic capabilities: a Program mode, active AF system, zoom finder, and advanced flash system. (List Price: $150.)
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recent awards and recognitions
Chicago Community Trust Emerging Leader Fellow-2012
The City of Chicago introduced Rob as a emerging leader within the community for his work with Beyond the Ball.
National MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Award- 2012
The National MetLife Foundation recognized Rob's work with Beyond the Ball.
Champion of Change Award, Presented by the White House- 2012
The White House recognized Rob's work with Beyond the Ball with the Champion of Change Award.
2011 Good Sport in the Community Award - March, 2011
Good Sports honored Rob and Amy with the 2011 Good Sport in the Community Award for serving disadvantaged youth through sports, fitness and recreation.
2011 Sports Ethics Fellows - March, 2011
Rob and Amy were selected by the Positive Coaching Alliance and Institute for International Sport as 2011 Sports Ethics Fellows for making a huge impact on sports and through sports into the rest of society so that youth may benefit.
Asked to address National LISC at 30th Anniversary Event - March, 2011
Rob was asked to address the National LISC organization at their 30th Anniversary event, sharing his expertise and urging the importance of community building through sport.
The PrivateBank Norman Bobins Leadership Award - February, 2011
Rob and Amy Castañeda were honored as emerging leaders for their work in Little Village and across Chicago at the 2011 Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards.
Beyond Sport “Most Courageous Use of Sport” Award - Fall, 2010
Chosen from over 400 international sports-based youth development entities from 120 countries around the world, Beyond the Ball was the only U.S.-based award winner at the 2010 Beyond Sport Summit, an organization led by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeking excellence in using sport for social good.
Asked to address U.S. Congress at the Up 2 Us Summit - Fall, 2010
Beyond the Ball was invited to Washington D.C. as part of the Up 2 Us Summit to address Congress. Our very own Bitty Ball leader, ten year-old Miguel Leonardo (seated under the flags below), addressed both Houses regarding the impact Beyond the Ball has had on his life.
Community Builder of the Year - 2000
Rob and Amy Castañeda were honored by Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago for standing up to gangs in the Little Village community.
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What Is Real?
a message from Owen Waters
Sunday, 8 January, 2012 (posted 25 May, 2012)
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What is real? What is there to hold on to?
One of the main reasons for experiencing life on Earth is to discover what is real.
We spend our lives coming here, going there, trying this and trying that. We acquire physical things and eventually let them go. Life’s experiences pass by like so much water under the bridge.
One constant in all of life’s ever-changing realities is the inner observer. This aspect of your inner self is present in all of life’s experiences, watching, learning, remembering. However, when you go even deeper than this, you reach the underlying basis of all consciousness, the awareness that, simply, you exist.
This fundamental awareness can be summarized in two words: “I am.”
The great “I Am” presence
You are one individual viewpoint of the great I Am, the consciousness of All That Is, the all-inclusive and all-embracing Infinite Being.
Consciousness is reality. Experiences may change from minute to minute, but underneath the flow of experiences lies that constant awareness, the sense of being that says, “I am.”
Life is about experiences which unfold at different locations in space and time. Space, however, is merely a construct of the Creator’s consciousness. The concept of space was created to allow an infinite variety of viewpoints to exist.
Time is also a construct of consciousness. Time enables change within space, making events and experiences possible.
Is physical matter a construct of consciousness? Matter is composed of energy, and energy, like all things in life, is a construct of consciousness.
The definition of energy
Energy is compressed consciousness.
Each unit of energy is formed by counter-rotating vortices of Intent. These vortices push together to form a tiny sphere of compressed consciousness within their center, which becomes a particle of living energy.
Intent and Love in motion are the original, fundamental principles used in Infinite Being’s creation of the universe. Like thought and feeling, these aspects of being operate as complements to each other, and yet each one can be defined as an underlying, fundamental principle. When intent, the principle of thought, and love, the principle of feeling, are set into motion, then one invokes the other. The same complementary action occurs in electromagnetism when electricity is set into motion. The electrons – particles of compressed, original Intent – invoke a complementary magnetic field within the fabric of space.
The fabric of space is created by the Love aspect of the Creator. Love is the aspect of Infinite Being which provides the supportive matrix upon which all else is built. From the point of view of physics, the fabric of space would be defined as pure, inert, magnetic energy. Or, at least, it would be if physics had gotten around to defining it yet. It used to be called the aether, but its properties were not fully understood at the time. Physics, for the most part, does not currently believe in the aether, does not currently believe in a Creator of the universe, and, as a result, has no idea why particles of energy exhibit signs of consciousness.
The original Creation
Before the original Creation occurred, Infinite Being formed an expression of itself which was to become the Creator of the universe. Then, as the One Creator, it focused its Intent, expressed its Love, and brought these two aspects of Itself into motion. All of the universe was built upon these underlying principles, which make possible the facets of Creation such as time, space, energy and matter.
A universe in motion makes possible the changes we call experience. But if life is constantly changing, then what is there to hold on to? What is unchangingly real?
Unchanging reality is to be found beneath those fundamental aspects of the Creator’s Intent and Love in motion. Infinite Being is the underlying reality. Infinite Being is all that is, it never changes. Being is pure potential, whereas doing is the acting out of that potential.
The underlying reality of Infinite Being is complete beingness. Infinite Being is real. It never changes. It always is; just is.
How do you connect with reality? By meditating, by using the affirmation, “I am Infinite Being,” you can build your connection daily to the true reality which lies within you.
When you make spirituality your number one priority at the start of each day, then daily meditation becomes a habit, something which occurs with ease. By building that inner bridge to reality, you are empowering your own potential and also helping to shift the global mind towards enlightenment.
Courtesy of Owen Waters, www.spiritualdynamics.net
kay • 25th May 2012 12:23 pm
Your articles are always so well thought-out and such beautiful reminders. Thank you, Owen, for everything you do for all of us.
LordJesusChrist • 26th May 2012 3:50 am
The Good Force be with you!
Thanks, Owen, for sharing! That is wonderful!
I believe Heaven or The New Jerusalem is Real!
Live forever and prosper!
Alleluia! Amen! ******* My Good Wisdom
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Politics and International Relations (44)
American Political Science Review (10)
PS: Political Science & Politics (4)
Perspectives on Politics (2)
Economics & Philosophy (1)
Law & Social Inquiry (1)
Edinburgh University Press (1)
Women and Politics Section-APSA (13)
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2 - Financial Emergencies
from I - The Role of Constitutions in Dealing with Crises
By John Ferejohn
Edited by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, Mark D. Rosen, Illinois Institute of Technology, Georg Vanberg, Duke University, North Carolina
Book: Constitutions in Times of Financial Crisis
This chapter explores ways in which financial emergencies are dealt with by modern governments, by which I mean political/legal systems that constitutionally protect rights and privileges. The key feature of such systems, from my perspective, is that they can be slow to react to shocks, even those that destabilize the government or threaten the whole legal regime. A financial emergency is, arguably, an example of such a shock.
The Politics of Imperfection: The Amendment of Constitutions
John Ferejohn
Journal: Law & Social Inquiry / Volume 22 / Issue 2 / Spring 1997
Print publication: Spring 1997
12 - Secret Votes and Secret Talk
Edited by Jon Elster, Columbia University, New York
Book: Secrecy and Publicity in Votes and Debates
12 - Instituting Political Change
from PART III - PATHS OF POLITICAL CHANGE
By John Ferejohn, Stanford University
Edited by Adam Przeworski, New York University
Book: Democracy in a Russian Mirror
Print publication: 21 May 2015, pp 229-246
Modern democracy is normally conducted by elected representatives, chosen in competitive elections (where incumbents have a chance to lose). From the standpoint of the voters, elections are the (thin) connecting line between what voters want or will accept and the policies chosen by their government. But this is so only to the extent that elected officials can actually lose elections and are not able to so exploit the advantages of office as to insulate themselves from voters. From the standpoint of elected officials, elections are a matter of political life and death. To survive and have their policies persist, they have to win or at least win pretty often. Therefore, policies are chosen, in part, because officials think will help them prevail next time. One cannot of course expect governments to be very good at figuring which policies will have this effect. The connection between policies and the outcomes voters care about is complex and obscured by risk and uncertainty and, in many cases, very weak. Moreover, modern democracies are internally complex with separated powers and internal checks, making coordination on policy difficult and sometimes impossible to achieve (despite the invention of the political party). So governments get things wrong fairly often either because they cannot figure out what to do, or, cannot do actually manage to do what they know they should do. And, as a result, as long as elections really are somewhat competitive, sometimes governments lose elections.
For all its flaws, the traditional democratic conception is usually defended nowadays in the following way: the policies that work electorally are those that tend to produce good outcomes for voters. And elected officials are thought to be at least somewhat competent at finding such policies and so can be (rationally) expected to pursue them in between elections. So, even if there is a bit of noise (i.e., failed policies, electoral defeats, etc.), and even if the election motive distorts policies a bit toward short run electoral concerns, and even if electoral worries can make it hard for representatives to coordinate their actions, on balance democracy usually tends to produce outcomes acceptable to the electorate.
Program Plans for 1988 Annual Meeting
John Ferejohn, Stephen Krasner
Journal: PS: Political Science & Politics / Volume 20 / Issue 4 / Fall 1987
Print publication: Fall 1987
Journal: PS: Political Science & Politics / Volume 20 / Issue 3 / Summer 1987
Print publication: Summer 1987
5 - Two Views of the City: Republicanism and Law
Edited by Andreas Niederberger, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Philipp Schink, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt
Book: Republican Democracy
Published by: Edinburgh University Press
Published online: 05 October 2013
Republican political theory has been thought to have distinctive implications for law and especially for constitutional institutions and practices. A republic is supposed to pursue the common interests of its citizens and for that reason republicans have usually opposed rule by narrow groups such as monarchy or oligarchy, which would be tempted to pursue narrower objectives. Traditionally republicans have also usually opposed democracy, too – especially direct democracy of the kind practiced in Athens – on the ground that rule by a majority is a form of despotic or lawless rule. Republicans have also tended to be suspicious of liberalism because of its emphasis on private goods rather than public projects and its deprecation of duties and of shared or public interests. Nowadays, however, many republicans argue that republicanism actually requires a commitment to certain kinds of “democratic” institutions and to deliberative practices, and they see some version of democracy as consistent with assuring robust liberal protections for individual freedom.
Philip Pettit, for example, argues that law, even though it compels and coerces, is or can be emancipative for individuals. By reducing the domination of some by others, it can increase the amount of liberty or freedom enjoyed by the individuals in society. Moreover, he argues that the legal system can be so arranged, constitutionally, as to limit domination by governmental officials while permitting it sufficient power and purpose to restrain private actors from dominating others.
14 - Judicial Power
Edited by Diana Kapiszewski, University of California, Irvine, Gordon Silverstein, Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley
Book: Consequential Courts
Print publication: 08 April 2013, pp 349-362
One could think that the move from authoritarian rule to parliamentary democracy would be generally favorable to legality. There are certainly many cases of authoritarian rulers who have seen courts and legal processes as threats to their powers and insisted on subservient judges, willing to permit lawless actions as required. However, not every authoritarian regime has been hostile to legality and independent legal institutions. Indeed, Steven Holmes has argued that law and independent judges are often in the interest of authoritarian as well as democratic rulers because they permit the upward flow of information valuable to maintaining stable rule.
Whether that is so or not, it seems clear that the transition away from an authoritarian regime, insofar as it entails a break in the old legal order, can undermine the establishment of genuinely legal institutions. Many of the laws might be either new or, if old, of questionable pedigree. There may have been special deals or pacts – necessary to disband the old authoritarian system – aimed at protecting certain traditional elites from legal rules that apply to others. Moreover, judges might well have continued or at least been trained under the previous regime, so they may not have earned or deserved a high level of trust. One could hope, however, that as democratic or liberal institutions become more established, these conflicts would fade away. Perhaps; but the chapters in this volume provide reason to think that there remains a significant tension between law and democratic rule and judges are sometimes placed in a position where they must negotiate these difficult issues.
Response to Daniel Carpenter's review of A Republic of Statutes: The New American Constitution
William N. Eskridge, John Ferejohn
Journal: Perspectives on Politics / Volume 10 / Issue 3 / September 2012
We appreciate Dan Carpenter's thoughtful assessment of our book and are eager to respond to his reflections about the political theory of the republic of statutes. He is right that we did not discuss some highly entrenched statutory schemes that might well deserve small-c constitutional status as superstatutes. Although we do treat the Defense of Marriage Act as a superstatute in our chapter on the antihomosexual constitution and its disentrenchment, we might have included a chapter on the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act of 1938 (along with the many subsequent amendments that helped shape the drug enforcement regime we have today) if we had as many original things to say about the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) administrative constitutionalism as Carpenter did in his book. It would have been a big chapter, too.
Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA. By Daniel Carpenter. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. 856p. $78.50 cloth, $35.00 paper.
Dan Carpenter's massive new study of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a definitive study of regulatory politics and administrative behavior destined to stand alongside other classic studies of administrative agencies, such as Herbert Kaufman's The Forest Ranger (1960) or Martha Derthick's Policy Making for Social Security (1979). Like Carpenter's earlier work, Reputation and Power is marked by deep erudition, thorough scholarship, painstaking attention to detail, and a wide-ranging attention to alternative disciplinary paradigms. And it is argued with great craft, subtlety, and creativity both in developing its historical narrative and in its cogent theoretical analysis.
5 - Legislation, Planning, and Deliberation
Edited by Hélène Landemore, Yale University, Connecticut, Jon Elster
Book: Collective Wisdom
Print publication: 16 July 2012, pp 95-117
By Daniel Andler, Bryan Caplan, Jon Elster, David Estlund, John Ferejohn, Lu Hong, Hélène Landemore, Christian List, Gerry Mackie, Hugo Mercier, Josiah Ober, Gloria Origgi, Scott E. Page, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Dan Sperber, Philippe Urfalino, Adrian Vermeule
Print publication: 16 July 2012, pp vii-x
By Susan Alberts, Tamar Asadurian, Justin Blount, Anjali Thomas Bohlken, Robert D. Cooter, Rosalind Dixon, Zachary Elkins, Jon Elster, John Ferejohn, Tom Ginsburg, Ran Hirschl, Richard Holden, James Melton, Martha C. Nussbaum, Pasquale Pasquino, Randall Peerenboom, Eric A. Posner, Adam Przeworski, Neil S. Siegel, Adrian Vermeule, Chris Warshaw, Barry R. Weingast
Edited by Tom Ginsburg
Book: Comparative Constitutional Design
Published online: 05 March 2012
Print publication: 27 February 2012, pp ix-x
11 - Constitutional Adjudication, Italian Style
from Part III - Issues in Institutional Design
By John Ferejohn, Pasquale Pasquino
8 - A Theory of the Politically Independent Judiciary
By Rebecca Bill Chávez, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, John A. Ferejohn, New York University, New York, Barry R. Weingast, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Edited by Gretchen Helmke, University of Rochester, New York, Julio Rios-Figueroa
Book: Courts in Latin America
Print publication: 17 January 2011, pp 219-247
This chapter specifies the institutional conditions for an autonomous judiciary. It seeks to address the question, when will judges act independently of elected officials? Although scholars agree that judicial autonomy is an essential condition for the rule of law in presidential systems, no consensus exists about the circumstances under which it occurs. We argue that when the executive and legislative branches are united against the courts, the courts have few resources with which to defend an independent course, which may include arbitrating interbranch disputes and upholding rights. In contrast, when significant and sustained disagreements arise among elected officials – such as take place under divided government – judges have the ability to challenge the state and sustain an independent course, with little fear of political retribution.
We seek to demonstrate that a country's position on the judicial autonomy continuum depends on more than so-called parchment barrier guarantees of life tenure (or some other long-term length) or protections against salary reduction. Informal practices that allow elected officials to control the courts often overshadow formal (constitutional) guarantees of judicial independence. Institutionalized subconstitutional practices can shape the incentive structure facing judges so that they are unlikely to oppose government policies. These subconstitutional practices can include withholding funds from the judiciary, imposing limitations on the jurisdiction of the courts, or instituting more drastic measures such as removing judges and court packing. Unified government permits the president and congress to employ these practices or to threaten to do so to subordinate the courts.
10 - Electoral representation and the aristocratic thesis
By John Ferejohn, Stanford University; New York University, Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University
Edited by Ian Shapiro, Yale University, Connecticut, Susan C. Stokes, Yale University, Connecticut, Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University, Connecticut, Alexander S. Kirshner, Yale University, Connecticut
Book: Political Representation
A modern democracy is conducted by a small body of elected officials who make the laws and control the state. This fact has been taken by some to mean that modern democracy is really a kind of elite rule. In its strong form, this claim implies that modern democratic governments pursue the interests of an elite or aristocracy; the weak form claims no more than the evident fact that government is run by a relatively narrow class of people and leaves open the question of whose interests may be served by this arrangement. Strong form elite theorists do not necessarily reject the possibility that the people may have some influence in picking and choosing which parts of the elite class control government. But they typically stress how weak and ineffective such controls are, especially when it comes to getting the elite to pursue public interests. If public interests are served, on the strong account, they are served gratuitously, by leaders who happen to be publically motivated, and not because of any strong incentive leaders may have to govern for the people.
Versions of the elitist view were stated by Schumpeter years ago and have been developed in various ways by Przeworski, Manin, and Dunn. The emphases of these theories vary quite a bit but all concur in seeing elections as devices for picking an elite and not an instrument by which the people exercise real control over these leaders.
Conclusion: the Citizens' Assembly model
By John Ferejohn, Professor of Political Science; Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution Stanford University
Edited by Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Hilary Pearse, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Book: Designing Deliberative Democracy
Published online: 22 September 2009
Since the time of Ancient Athens, students of democracy have been skeptical that elections are a way of implementing democracy, at least if democracy requires something like government “by” the people rather than “of ” or “for” them. There are several grounds for this skepticism: first, elections may select unusual people – better, more able, or merely more ambitious leaders – and thereby exclude ordinary people from a regular role in government. Second, whether or not elected leaders are especially skillful, those elected to office tend to become a professional class with knowledge and interests separate from those of ordinary people. The Athenians themselves thought that lottery was the more democratic way to fill office, as it ensures that anyone who wanted to serve would be able to do so. Indeed, Aristotle defined democracy as a system in which people take turns ruling: where each rules and is ruled in turn (Aristotle 350 bc [1963]: 1317b).
Nowadays of course, every state is supposed to be a democracy – in the sense of drawing its authority to rule from the people – and modern reaction to this expectation has generally been to tone down expectations for democracy: to settle for electoral or representative democracy as the only feasible kind of democracy in modern circumstances. So, rather than the people ruling directly, elected elites rule on their behalf.
15 - Super-Statutes: The New American Constitutionalism
By William N. Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence Yale Law School, John Ferejohn, Senior Fellow Hoover Institution; Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science Stanford University
Edited by Richard W. Bauman, University of Alberta, Tsvi Kahana, Queen's University, Ontario
Book: The Least Examined Branch
Carolyn Aiello was caught in a constitutional transition. Living in the Bay Area of California, Aiello supported herself as a hairdresser. But her livelihood was (temporarily) cut off when complications associated with her pregnancy required her to take a medical leave on June 21, 1972. The doctors discovered that Aiello had an ectopic pregnancy and performed surgery to terminate her pregnancy. Although she would ultimately return to work on July 28, she could not afford the loss of even a month's income. Like millions of other Americans, Aiello applied for unemployment benefits on the basis of her physical disability – but, unlike most other applicants having serious even if temporary disabilities, her claim was denied. California's unemployment compensation program excluded from its coverage disability claims based on pregnancy.
This was a state discrimination affecting thousands of working women like Aiello. Represented by San Francisco civil rights attorney Wendy Webster Williams, Aiello and three other women sued the state to overturn this discrimination in its unemployment compensation law. Their argument was that the exclusion of pregnancy-based claims from the unemployment program violated the Equal Protection Clause. Speaking for a three-judge federal court, Judge Zirpoli ruled the exclusion unconstitutional – but the United States Supreme Court reversed. It held, in Geduldig v. Aiello (1974), that pregnancy-based exclusions are not subject to heightened equal protection scrutiny and that the California exclusion was a rational means for the state to tailor its program and, essentially, save money.
8 - Judicial Independence in a Democracy: Institutionalizing Judicial Restraint
By John Ferejohn, Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Visiting Professor of Law and Politics, New York University School of Law, Larry D. Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School
Edited by John N. Drobak, Washington University, School of Law
Book: Norms and the Law
The Constitution establishes the judiciary as a co-equal department of the federal government and protects its members from political interference by granting them life tenure and prohibiting Congress from reducing their salaries. Yet Congress is free to decide whether to create lower federal courts at all, to define their jurisdiction narrowly or widely, to establish rules of procedure, and to determine the size of the judiciary's budget. Moreover, federal courts are not only staffed by presidential nominees, they must also rely on the executive branch to enforce their judgments. From this perspective it is hard not to agree with Alexander Hamilton who noted in Federalist 78 that the judiciary, having neither purse nor sword, is the “least dangerous branch.” Hamilton, it must be said, offered this as assurance to those who feared the new constitution might establish independent and unaccountable judges as threats to liberty. But he surely worried that the complex ways in which federal judges were embedded in the political structure and their dependence on the political branches might undermine their capacity to withstand political pressures.
A contemporary observer might be forgiven for thinking, after two centuries of practice, that these concerns about the independence of the federal courts were overblown. Starting with its clever and cautious stance in Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court has proved more than capable of protecting its institutional powers relative to the other branches and, even more, relative to the state governments.
7 - External and internal explanation
By John Ferejohn, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
Edited by Ian Shapiro, Yale University, Connecticut, Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania, Tarek E. Masoud, Yale University, Connecticut
Book: Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics
Print publication: 09 September 2004, pp 144-164
Should the social sciences focus more than they now do on solving real (explanatory) problems and less on developing methodologies or pursuing methodological programs? Two distinct worries animate this question. One is that too many resources may be devoted to the development and refinement of methodologies and theories, while too little attention is paid to the actual things needing explanation. In this sense there may be a misallocation of social scientific resources. The other worry is that when proponents of some methodology turn to explaining a particular event or phenomenon, they tend to produce distorted accounts; they are deflected by their inordinate attention to and sympathy for their favorite method. Method-driven social science comes up with defective explanations. Proper attempts to explain things, one might think, ought to be open ended and responsive to the phenomenon to be explained and not be committed in advance to any particular explanatory methodology. Such a commitment smacks of dogmatism or a priori-ism. These complaints are often illustrated by the familiar metaphors of drunks searching under street-lamps and the law of the hammer.
My inclination is to resist the question as not quite usefully posed. The development of systematic methodologies and theories is what permits the social sciences – or particular approaches to social science – to make distinctive and sometimes valuable contributions to understanding the events that interest us.;;There are several reasons why this is the case.
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Antarctic Science (8)
Polar Record (1)
Delivering 21st century Antarctic and Southern Ocean science
M.C. Kennicutt, Y.D. Kim, M. Rogan-Finnemore, S. Anandakrishnan, S.L. Chown, S. Colwell, D. Cowan, C. Escutia, Y. Frenot, J. Hall, D. Liggett, A.J. Mcdonald, U. Nixdorf, M.J. Siegert, J. Storey, A. Wåhlin, A. Weatherwax, G.S. Wilson, T. Wilson, R. Wooding, S. Ackley, N. Biebow, D. Blankenship, S. Bo, J. Baeseman, C.A. Cárdenas, J. Cassano, C. Danhong, J. Dañobeitia, J. Francis, J. Guldahl, G. Hashida, L. Jiménez Corbalán, A. Klepikov, J. Lee, M. Leppe, F. Lijun, J. López-Martinez, M. Memolli, Y. Motoyoshi, R. Mousalle Bueno, J. Negrete, M.A. Ojeda Cárdenes, M. Proaño Silva, S. Ramos-Garcia, H. Sala, H. Shin, X. Shijie, K. Shiraishi, T. Stockings, S. Trotter, D.G. Vaughan, J. Viera Da Unha De Menezes, V. Vlasich, Q. Weijia, J.-G. Winther, H. Miller, S. Rintoul, H. Yang
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 28 / Issue 6 / December 2016
The Antarctic Roadmap Challenges (ARC) project identified critical requirements to deliver high priority Antarctic research in the 21st century. The ARC project addressed the challenges of enabling technologies, facilitating access, providing logistics and infrastructure, and capitalizing on international co-operation. Technological requirements include: i) innovative automated in situ observing systems, sensors and interoperable platforms (including power demands), ii) realistic and holistic numerical models, iii) enhanced remote sensing and sensors, iv) expanded sample collection and retrieval technologies, and v) greater cyber-infrastructure to process ‘big data’ collection, transmission and analyses while promoting data accessibility. These technologies must be widely available, performance and reliability must be improved and technologies used elsewhere must be applied to the Antarctic. Considerable Antarctic research is field-based, making access to vital geographical targets essential. Future research will require continent- and ocean-wide environmentally responsible access to coastal and interior Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Year-round access is indispensable. The cost of future Antarctic science is great but there are opportunities for all to participate commensurate with national resources, expertise and interests. The scope of future Antarctic research will necessitate enhanced and inventive interdisciplinary and international collaborations. The full promise of Antarctic science will only be realized if nations act together.
A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond
M.C. Kennicutt, S.L. Chown, J.J. Cassano, D. Liggett, L.S. Peck, R. Massom, S.R. Rintoul, J. Storey, D.G. Vaughan, T.J. Wilson, I. Allison, J. Ayton, R. Badhe, J. Baeseman, P.J. Barrett, R.E. Bell, N. Bertler, S. Bo, A. Brandt, D. Bromwich, S.C. Cary, M.S. Clark, P. Convey, E.S. Costa, D. Cowan, R. Deconto, R. Dunbar, C. Elfring, C. Escutia, J. Francis, H.A. Fricker, M. Fukuchi, N. Gilbert, J. Gutt, C. Havermans, D. Hik, G. Hosie, C. Jones, Y.D. Kim, Y. Le Maho, S.H. Lee, M. Leppe, G. Leitchenkov, X. Li, V. Lipenkov, K. Lochte, J. López-Martínez, C. Lüdecke, W. Lyons, S. Marenssi, H. Miller, P. Morozova, T. Naish, S. Nayak, R. Ravindra, J. Retamales, C.A. Ricci, M. Rogan-Finnemore, Y. Ropert-Coudert, A.A. Samah, L. Sanson, T. Scambos, I.R. Schloss, K. Shiraishi, M.J. Siegert, J.C. Simões, B. Storey, M.D. Sparrow, D.H. Wall, J.C. Walsh, G. Wilson, J.G. Winther, J.C. Xavier, H. Yang, W.J. Sutherland
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 27 / Issue 1 / February 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2014, pp. 3-18
Print publication: February 2015
Antarctic and Southern Ocean science is vital to understanding natural variability, the processes that govern global change and the role of humans in the Earth and climate system. The potential for new knowledge to be gained from future Antarctic science is substantial. Therefore, the international Antarctic community came together to ‘scan the horizon’ to identify the highest priority scientific questions that researchers should aspire to answer in the next two decades and beyond. Wide consultation was a fundamental principle for the development of a collective, international view of the most important future directions in Antarctic science. From the many possibilities, the horizon scan identified 80 key scientific questions through structured debate, discussion, revision and voting. Questions were clustered into seven topics: i) Antarctic atmosphere and global connections, ii) Southern Ocean and sea ice in a warming world, iii) ice sheet and sea level, iv) the dynamic Earth, v) life on the precipice, vi) near-Earth space and beyond, and vii) human presence in Antarctica. Answering the questions identified by the horizon scan will require innovative experimental designs, novel applications of technology, invention of next-generation field and laboratory approaches, and expanded observing systems and networks. Unbiased, non-contaminating procedures will be required to retrieve the requisite air, biota, sediment, rock, ice and water samples. Sustained year-round access to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean will be essential to increase winter-time measurements. Improved models are needed that represent Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the Earth System, and provide predictions at spatial and temporal resolutions useful for decision making. A co-ordinated portfolio of cross-disciplinary science, based on new models of international collaboration, will be essential as no scientist, programme or nation can realize these aspirations alone.
Effects of temperature on heat-shock responses and survival of two species of marine invertebrates from sub-Antarctic Marion Island
S. Clusella-Trullas, L. Boardman, K.T. Faulkner, L.S. Peck, S.L. Chown
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 26 / Issue 2 / April 2014
This study examined high temperature survival and heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) responses to temperature variation for two marine invertebrate species on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. The isopod Exosphaeroma gigas Leach and the amphipod Hyale hirtipalma Dana had the same tolerance to high temperature. The mean upper temperature which was lethal for 50% of the population (upper lethal temperature, ULT50) was 26.4°C for both species. However, the isopod E. gigas showed significant plasticity of ULT50, with a positive response to acclimation. In addition, the isopod had a heat shock response of Hsp70 at all acclimations, and the amount of Hsp70 protein increased significantly from basal levels upon an acute warm exposure after a cold acclimation. By contrast, the amphipod H. hirtipalma showed limited plasticity of ULT50 and no evidence for a heat shock response (failure of three different Hsp70 antibodies to bind to the extracted 70kDa proteins). Overall, these results reflect different flexibility of thermal tolerance of intertidal invertebrate species on Marion Island, with possible variation in the underlying cellular mechanisms, suggesting that warming associated with climate change may result in changes in species assemblage structure in sub-polar environments.
Inter-island dispersal of flightless Bothrometopus huntleyi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island archipelago
G.C. Grobler, A.D.S. Bastos, C.T. Chimimba, S.L. Chown
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 23 / Issue 3 / June 2011
Bothrometopus huntleyi is a flightless weevil endemic to the volcanically-formed sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands archipelago that arose approximately 0.5 million years ago (m.y.a.). Since emergence, a series of volcanic and glaciation events have occurred on Marion Island, whilst Prince Edward Island, the second island constituting the archipelago, has remained largely unaffected by glaciation. Cytochrome oxidase I gene analyses indicate that major historical dispersal events in this species are linked to the geologically discrete histories of these islands and underlie the high haplotype diversity (0.995) recovered for the Prince Edward Islands archipelago. The estimated time to haplotype coalescence of ∼ 0.723 m.y.a. is in keeping with estimated dates of island emergence, and the majority of individuals appear to have descended from a relict, high-altitude population that is still present on Marion Island. The first major inter-island dispersal event occurred ∼ 0.507 m.y.a., coinciding with the oldest dated rocks on Marion Island. Apart from this early inter-island colonization, only one other between-island dispersal event was detected. The genetically discrete B. huntleyi complexes on each of the islands of the Prince Edward Islands archipelago together with the low levels of inter-island gene flow reaffirm the need to control alien invasive mice, which are restricted to Marion Island, and which prey on this weevil species.
Cryptic species, biogeographic complexity and the evolutionary history of the Ectemnorhinus group in the sub-Antarctic, including a description of Bothrometopus huntleyi, n. sp.
G.C. Grobler, A.D.S. Bastos, A.M. Treasure, S.L. Chown
The biogeography of the South Indian Ocean Province (SIP) biotas has long been controversial. Much of the discussion has been based on interpretation of species distributions, based on morphological or anatomical delimitations. However, molecular phylogenetic approaches elsewhere have recently shown that interpretations based solely on morphological data may be misleading. Nonetheless, few studies have employed molecular phylogenetic approaches to understand the biogeography of the SIP biotas. We do so here for the Ectemnorhinus group of genera, a monophyletic unit of weevils endemic to the region. We use mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I DNA sequence data to reconstruct relationships among 13 species and 22 populations in the genera Palirhoeus, Bothrometopus and Ectemnorhinus. On the basis of this analysis we find little support for separating the genus Palirhoeus from Bothrometopus, and little support for the morphologically-based species groups currently recognized within Bothrometopus. Using a molecular clock we show that dispersal among islands probably took place against the prevailing wind direction. These data also support a previous hypothesis of radiation of the epilithic genera Bothrometopus and Palirhoeus during the Pliocene/early Pleistocene, but reject the hypothesis that the genus Ectemnorhinus radiated following the last glacial maximum. We show that Bothrometopus parvulus (C.O. Waterhouse) on the Prince Edward Islands comprises two species that are not sister taxa. We name the second species Bothrometopus huntleyi n. sp. and provide a description thereof.
Conserving pattern and process in the Southern Ocean: designing a Marine Protected Area for the Prince Edward Islands
A.T. Lombard, B. Reyers, L.Y. Schonegevel, J. Cooper, L.B. Smith-Adao, D.C. Nel, P.W. Froneman, I.J. Ansorge, M.N. Bester, C.A. Tosh, T. Strauss, T. Akkers, O. Gon, R.W. Leslie, S.L. Chown
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 19 / Issue 1 / March 2007
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2007, pp. 39-54
South Africa is currently proclaiming a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of its sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. The objectives of the MPA are to: 1) contribute to a national and global representative system of MPAs, 2) serve as a scientific reference point to inform future management, 3) contribute to the recovery of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), and 4) reduce the bird bycatch of the toothfish fishery, particularly of albatrosses and petrels. This study employs systematic conservation planning methods to delineate a MPA within the EEZ that will conserve biodiversity patterns and processes within sensible management boundaries, while minimizing conflict with the legal toothfish fishery. After collating all available distributional data on species, benthic habitats and ecosystem processes, we used C-Plan software to delineate a MPA with three management zones: four IUCN Category Ia reserves (13% of EEZ); two Conservation Zones (21% of EEZ); and three Category IV reserves (remainder of EEZ). Compromises between conservation target achievement and the area required by the MPA are apparent in the final reserve design. The proposed MPA boundaries are expected to change over time as new data become available and as impacts of climate change become more evident.
Invertebrate body sizes from Marion Island
Richard D. Mercer, A.G.A. Gabriel, J. Barendse, D.J. Marshall, S.L. Chown
Body size was measured for 67 of the approximately 120 invertebrate species on Marion Island. These include more than 60% of the 29 acarine families, and more than 80% of the remaining terrestrial invertebrate species. Thus the data are regarded as representative of the entire invertebrate fauna of sub-Antarctic, Marion Island. Length–mass and fresh–dry mass relationships were calculated for orders, families and species to provide a means of estimating body size parameters for species in collections and those which are known from only a few specimens. A comparison of the regression slopes for the different taxonomic ranks indicates that it is better to use regressions from the lowest possible taxonomic level for prediction of body mass. Differences between length–mass relationships for Marion Island insects and continental assemblages raises the question as to the applicability of continental regressions to sub-Antarctic species. This study provides a useful means for estimating body size parameters for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic invertebrates and provides baseline data on an important species trait that seems to be changing with local and global environmental changes.
Priorities for terrestrial Antarctic research
S.L. Chown, W. Block, P. Vernon, P. Greenslade
Journal: Polar Record / Volume 33 / Issue 186 / July 1997
Habitat use and diet as biogeographic indicators for subantarctic Ectemnorhinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
S.L. Chown
Journal: Antarctic Science / Volume 1 / Issue 1 / March 1989
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2004, pp. 23-30
Most of the species in the Ectemnorhinin are cryptogam feeders, angiosperm feeders representing a minority. It is hypothesized that this dearth of angiosperm feeders is due to previous climatic conditions, which precluded angiosperm herbivory, but allowed for the exploitation of a diverse cryptogamic flora, and that only with the post-glacial warm-up of the Subantarctic has angiosperm herbivory become possible. When examined in the light of the Quaternary history of the South Indian Ocean Province islands, evidence obtained from a study of the habitat use, diet and morphology of species within the tribe supports this hypothesis.
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Hungary for goals (photo: DBU)
September 20th, 2017 2:09 pm| by Christian W
If the Danish women’s national football team is affected by the very public conflict with the national football association DBU, they certainly didn’t show it on the pitch.
In a game that was close to being cancelled due to the conflict, Denmark thrashed Hungary 6-1 in Györ in their first 2019 World Cup Qualifier last night.
Sanne Troelsgaard led the way with a hat-trick, while Nadia Nadim, Pernille Harder and Nicoline Sørensen also found the back of the net.
The win puts the Danes top of Group 4 on goal difference ahead of rivals Sweden, who they take on next month in Gothenburg. The other teams in the group are Croatia and Ukraine.
Mikkel’s moment
The Danish cycling talent Mikkel Bjerg absolutely destroyed the competition at the Under-23 time trial World Cup in Bergen, Norway, held over the weekend. Despite being just 18, Bjerg rode the 37.2 kilometres in just 47 minutes and six seconds, over a minute better than US runner-up Brandon McNulty. Reigning Euro champion and fellow Dane, Mikkel Asgreen, came in seventh.
The Danish men’s badminton doubles team of Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen won the Korea Open by beating second-seeded Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo of Indonesia in three sets, 21-19, 19-21, 21-15. The top-seeded Danes also won in Korea in 2009 and 2014 and now have 16 Super Series triumphs to their name. In related news, Danish badminton legend Morten Frost has stepped down as the technical head of the Malaysian badminton association after two years in the position.
Lord Popular
After a sluggish start to his career in Rosenborg, Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner has begun scoring goals in earnest and now has 12 league goals to his name – good enough to be ranked fourth in the Norwegian Eliteserien. He’s also been a commercial success for the Norwegian stalwarts, who have cashed in on Bendtner’s rising popularity. The clubs merchandise shop has sold Bendtner jerseys to the tune of 1.4 million kroner so far – so a far cry from his woeful days at Juventus, which claimed never to have sold a single Bendtner top.
Paralympic paramount
The sports confederation of Denmark, DIF, has announced that it has assumed responsibility for Danish participation in the Paralympics and has put the sport on a par with traditional sports. Until now, DIF had only organised the Danish Olympic participation, while Parasport Danmark had controlled the Danish participation at Paralympics. Parasport Danmark’s head Niels Christiansen was “very pleased” that parasport was now on equal terms with the traditional Olympic Games.
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Sports News in Brief: Under-21s lethal against Lithuania
Battling Danes lose Euro 2017 final to brilliant Dutch
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HomeExtended: Telecommunication Relocation Work between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road
Extended: Telecommunication Relocation Work between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road
What Work is Taking Place?
Crews will continue to relocate and upgrade existing overhead and underground telecommunication between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road, as part of construction of the future surface section for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Telecom work commenced in February and has been extended until the end of the year (Fall/Winter 2018).
Work began mid-February and will continue until the end of 2018.
Time: work will be performed between the hours of 7 am and 11 pm, seven days a week.
Note: Unexpected circumstances (weather, equipment failure, etc.) may also change the above interruption plans or prolong the interruption. If this occurs, we will endeavour to provide reasonable notice.
If overnight work is required, we will notify the public in advance and monitor activities throughout.
Work zones will be erected between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road, as well as on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, north of Eglinton Avenue East for approximately 75 metres.
Nearby businesses and residents can expect noise from excavators, bobcats, trucks, and other construction equipment caused by utilities relocation activity.
For safety purposes, fencing will be erected around the work zones.
Pedestrians and road users can expect delays when travelling through the work zone.
As always, please take care when travelling near work sites.
Traffic and Pedestrian Impacts
Intermittent lane reductions may be required on Eglinton Avenue East while crews set-up and/or demobilize.
The actual work will take place within the public boulevard, off the roadway.
There may be occurrences where a shoulder is narrowed and a traffic protection barrier is placed to accommodate safe working conditions.
Temporary pedestrian re-routing around work zones may be necessary to accommodate this work.
Pedestrian access will be maintained.
TTC Impacts
Relocation and re-routing of bus stops is done in consultation with TTC to ensure construction can continue safely while minimizing impact on the community and customers.
Sign up for e-mail updates at http://www.thecrosstown.ca/sign-up or download the aCrosstown traffic app to get real-time traffic and transit information for the Eglinton corridor.
For more information, please contact Phil Rodriques at the East Community Office.
Thank you for your continued patience as we work to build this important project.
Please support your local businesses during construction.
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WRATH PASSION - Music Featured On Soundtrack For DVD Release Horror Film, The Back Room
December 6, 2010, 8 years ago
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BW&BK; has received the following press release:
Music by Norwegian Black Metallers WRATH PASSION is featured on the soundtrack of The Back Room, the horror film that has recently seen its DVD release in the USA and Canada. Produced by 3DT Productions, The Back Room pays homage to the Grindhouse Thrillers popularized in New York City in the 1970?s, and which have recently seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to film makers like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez. The film is a disturbing, gore-filled journey into the mind of a serial killer, whilst the soundtrack uses heavy metal and industrial music from Wrath Passion as well as CONTROL THE CHAOS and I AM THE MESSENGER to enhance the frightening visual scenes.
Wrath Passion was formed by Daniel Markussen in Lofoten, Norway, on the 7th July 2007 , as a means to express his own unique understanding of life - the name Wrath Passion for instance is, according to Markussen, simply an anagram for "Worship Satan". The band’s line up today is formed of two members, Markussen, who plays all instruments, and vocalist Anton van Niekerk (VERKRAG). Layers of hidden, or occult, knowledge are used to create an atmosphere in Wrath Passion's music that is blacker and deeper than mere Satanism. But Markussen himself is an intense and committed musician who never loses sight of the fact that it is the music itself that is important, and it is this combination of sinister atmosphere and musical skill that makes Wrath Passion's music an ideal choice for the darker genre of film.
The band’s involvement with the film started in March of 2010 when 3DT’s Tim Stover, who, having heard some of the band’s music, contacted Markussen about the possibility of using some of Wrath Passion's music, and a couple of months later chose the track 'Black Hole' to feature in The Back Room. The music for 'Black Hole' is written and performed by Markussen, whilst the lyrics and vocals are performed by van Niekerk. The track is also expected to be included on an upcoming album from Wrath Passion . More information about Wrath Passion can be found on the band’s website here.
Below you can see the official video for the Wrath Passion track 'Black Hole'. The trailer for The Back Room is available here (note that is contains scenes of blood, violence and nudity).
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UK Release Date 1st June 2017
Director Patty Jenkins
Starring GAL GADOT Chris Pine
Certificate 12A
Reviewer Jo
I hate superhero movies. I cannot think of one I have actually enjoyed since the first Iron Man, which is now almost ten years old (!). My expectations of modern superhero movies are that I will be bored (Avengers, Batman (except Michael Keaton/Chris Nolan ones) Superman, Spiderman etc. etc.) disappointed (Suicide Squad) or really really angry that I’ve spent money on the ‘experience’ (Batman VS Superman). So I admit t’was with heavy heart and lowest expectations that I approached Patty Jenkins’ handling of the origin story of the first female superhero movie since…Supergirl??? I was left completely entertained by a film that, for all of its superhero limits, is entertaining, intelligent and heartfelt. Gal Gadot is intoxicating and Jenkins can more than handle the plus $100 mil budget usually reserved for those with penises. Wonder Woman is surprising, boisterous and captivating and for once I am eager for the inevitable sequels.
We begin our story as our heroine Diana (Gal Gadot) receives a gift from Bruce Wayne (who?) and casts her mind back to her childhood on the utopian, all female island of Themyscira. The women on this island are warriors, Amazonians who have fought battles to stop the God of War, Aries, killing all mankind. Diana is a wilful little girl who is desperate to learn to the fight but is constantly stopped by her mother Hillpolyta (Connie Nielson exuding charm and strength). Her aunt Antiope, the general (the ever brilliant Robin Wright) and their greatest fighter however secretly trains Diana and we see her becoming a great fighter. As her strength grows in one battle with her aunt she realises she is more than strong, she has powers within her that she must now learn to use. Captain Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) arrives through a secret portal out of the sky (yep) and crashes into the sea. Diana saves him but he is quickly followed by German Warships and a battle with the women ensues. Trevor gets hit with the old truth rope and thus our innocent Diana begins to learn about the world war and goes off with Steve, against her mother’s wishes to defeat Aries via the First World War front. Got all that?
As an eight year old I would dress up as Wonder Woman and chase the boys around my East London council estate. I LOVED that outfit and I loved her. How lucky I was to have such a strong, honourable role model as a little girl. Cut to 2017 and my daughter likes dressing up as a princess. She is only three though so I can knock that right out of her (not literally, please don’t call social services) and helping me do that is Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. She is simply stunning, it is a strong but vulnerable performance. Is she Meryl Streep? No, but could Meryl convincingly look like she could stride across a battlefield and kick some men out of the way to save a village. No. But Gal Gadot sure can. Like the male actors in films in this genre her body is powerful and she owns it. I didn’t once doubt her physicality. Having never seen a man before Diana sure as hell isn’t going to be told what to do by one and there is something very pleasurable about watching her do what the hell she wants. In fact I must admit when she first came out in the ‘get up’ and started kicking ass I actually burst into tears I was so happy to finally see a female portrayed like that on screen. This actually happened a few times throughout the film, although of course it’s probably because I have my period.
Diana’s sidekick, Steve Trevor, is the always charming Chris Pine. Gadot and Pine have great chemistry and he plays the gentle digs (and they really are chaps, calm down!) against boys very well. Unlike most females in modern superhero films Pine has a real character (!) and has a lot of ‘hero’ moments. More of an Indy/Marianne and Superman/Lois kinda vibe than a hot girl scientist tied to chair or falling out of a window kinda vibe. There is a great scene where Pine is naked and Diana, having never seen a man takes a good long look at him before pointing at one thing with curiosity – his enormous watch. Snigger.
Talking of Indiana Jones I reckon that’s where Danny Huston and Elena Anaya got the inspiration for their evil Nazis from, they are verging on pantomimic and that is a damn shame because I love Danny Huston. A lot. They are fun at times but not the best parts of the film for sure. Said Taghmaoui, Ewan Bremner and Eugene Brave Rock all give good sidekick and, I will hand it to Jenkins, for the short time they are on screen they all have developed small arcs and I actually gave a toss about what they were doing. Lucy Davis is also great fun as Steve’s secretary and one suspects Diana’s future sidekick and David Thewlis is always wonderful.
Despite making some uncomfortable, I feel setting this movie in the First World War was an inspired choice. Firstly cinematically it is of course a perpetually dramatic landscape and a superhero movie within a period setting personally I found more satisfying than those in modern times. It allows Jenkins to play with a heroine that is as baffled and against war as the majority of us are. We see through her eyes the complete and utter pointlessness of war. At the beginning she has a childlike simplicity of good and evil and the more our Steve tries to explain and make her understand why some of these atrocities have to happen the more ridiculous they sound spoken aloud. It is Diana who can see clearest. As Diana’s mother says to her when as a child she is keen to go into battle ‘don’t hope for war’. A scene that truly illustrates the difference between Diana and her male superhero pals was after saving a village from Nazis, Jenkins shows Diana humbly shaking hands and smiling with the grateful villagers, as her powers increase as does her desire to help and her ability to empathise with mankind. Just like Batman.
I am going to wrap up by highlighting some of the reviews for Wonder Woman that veer between bordering on and downright offensive. I won’t name names but a certain male journalist from a broadsheet no less was ‘baffled’ by the line ‘men are essential for procreation but when it comes to pleasure, unnecessary’. Well now that is simply a biological fact (for both sexes as it happens). He also refers to the island the women live on as a ‘Sapphic utopia’. Eh? That isn’t the only review to refer to Themiscyra as an 'island of lesbians' - there are a few. Another raises the pertinent question as to why Diana’s ‘jugs aren’t bigger’. I mean come on Jenkins? Why haven’t you given her bigger tits, call yourself a director? This same reviewer said he was hoping for a breeze so he could get an ‘up skirt shot’. Another describes the appointment of Patty Jenkins as merely politically correct compared to the genius of Zach Snyder and the worst of all is the complaint of the lack of ‘kinkiness’ as we all know Wonder Woman was well into bondage, that was her key appeal. These aren’t websites with small amounts of followers either; these are ‘respectable’ sites. I don’t recall needing to talk about the appearance of Ben Affleck to discuss the shortcomings of Batman v Superman. Reviews like those mentioned just go to show how needed female led films are, enough so that it just becomes normality. Jenkins is only the second female director in history to direct a movie with a budget bigger than $100 million. Wonder Woman is currently top of the box office both here and in the US. I’ll just leave that here as I go find my Wonder Woman costume.
For me as a female, watching this incarnation of Wonder Woman is a like finding a new best friend, one that you didn’t realise how much you really needed until now. As much as I am excited for my daughter to watch it I am also thrilled I can take my six year son to see this well executed and performed action movie with a heart led by the inimitable Gal Gadot. Plotholes and dodgy CGI aside, it heavily outstrips the most recent DC outings. Wonder Woman, take a bow.
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Maree Louise Underfashions sits unobtrusively among a cluster of retailers in the heart of Papakura, South Auckland. It’s been there 26 years but is no ordinary underwear shop. That’s because for decades, owner and corsetiere, Maree Kay has specialised in catering for breast cancer patients fitting them with a prosthesis after a mastectomy.
Her particular service requires understanding and sensitivity, compassion and encouragement.
“When women come in for that first prosthesis six weeks after their operation they are pretty vulnerable,” Maree says. “But what joy when they leave with a well-made, properly fitted prosthesis; it’s a real confidence booster which also comes with some tears, usually of relief. We always have tissues and plenty of hugs handy.”
Maree says for many years she was accustomed to clients saying, ‘you have no idea what it’s like’.
“And, despite my cousin and my grandmother both having had mastectomies, I would think to myself, ‘they are so right, I don’t know’.”
But then came the day when Maree did know. She was diagnosed with breast cancer 27 years ago at the age of 50.
“Prior to that friends would say ‘and, what would you do if you found you had breast cancer?’ I’d reply, ‘well, they’re not cutting off my breast’. But, you know, when I did learn the bad news, I couldn’t get to hospital fast enough.”
Like her clients Maree’s bras are fitted with prostheses and nobody would know. However, she is adamant there are few places that carry out the job like her staff, Robyn Haines, who has worked with her for the best part of 14 years and machinist, June Brown and part timer, Dianne French.
“The easy way is to just slip the prosthesis into a specially designed pocket in the bra but if this isn’t stitched into place the prosthesis can ride up and become uncomfortable.
“The weight difference on either side must also be taken into account; it requires bra straps to be at variable lengths. Failing to make the adjustment can result in sideways slip.
“Fortunately, June is a wonderful machinist, and Robyn is highly skilled so every prosthesis fitted here goes out properly adjusted and stitched into place.”
Maree says sadly, her trade is slipping away through lack of training and interest. “There’s no real training of the sort I had and young women today don’t see this as a career but if they did they would find it so rewarding.
“On the other hand, my granddaughter has been working here with me on Saturdays and learning such a lot. It is lovely to see her genuine interest and her compassion for our clients.”
In addition to her retail business, Maree also supplies the Manukau Super Clinic with temporary soft dacron prostheses free of charge.
“When women leave the clinic after a mastectomy, the wound is still tender and a permanent prosthesis cannot be fitted for six weeks. But no one likes feeling lopsided – it does affect balance – or leaving with clothing that clearly shows the absence of a breast. These temporary prostheses, which we make here, just fit inside a regular bra to assist with balance and looks.”
Despite still working six days a week Maree is reluctant to take time off – “I’ll just keep on going. I don’t think about the future. There are too many women who still need Maree Louise.”
Corsetry Career No Easy Road
Corsetieres aren’t what they used to be maintains Maree Kay, whose career in the lingerie business began in 1958.
After growing up in Oratia, West Auckland, she left school and at 15 was working in the corsetry department at the former George Court department store in Karangahape Rd.
“In those days there was corsetry and there was underwear; the departments were entirely separate. The word lingerie didn’t really come in until a few years later.”
As part of her employment Maree attended an intensive two week training course as a corsetiere at the nearby Berlei School, Berlei being a leading lingerie company in its day with the brand still surviving today.
But anyone who thought this would be the end of the story – corsetiere then, corsetiere now – has probably never known, or has forgotten, the whims that can take a young woman adventuring.
Two years into her job Maree and friend “decided to leave home”. “When I say ‘home’ I mean Auckland. I was living at the YWCA hostel in Queen Street when my friend and I thought Wellington was the place for us. So, off we went.
“My first job there was at Adams Bruce and what an eye opener it was; the girls just weren’t as genteel as those behind the counter at George Courts and it took some adjusting. As a result it wasn’t long before I was back in corsetry this time at long time Wellington department store, Kirkcaldie & Staines.”
The next few years brought marriage, children and a fresh career – driving taxis.
“I had the opportunity to buy a Wellington taxi so I did, working it part-time while my two boys were young. It was very different from today.
“Women weren’t allowed to work at night; we were restricted to the hours between 1 hour before sunrise and half an hour after sunsets. The problem was that at 8pm all the men knocked off for dinner and there was hardly a taxi on the road!”
Although Maree soon moved into admin’ at the taxi company she says she enjoyed the driving especially in an era when there were few problem customers.
“I also used my taxi, a black Valiant, for weddings and that was always a pleasant change.”
As time went by Maree and her family returned to Auckland and in 1978 bought a dairy in Rawhiti Road, One tree Hill. “Later we bought the shop next door and that was a mixed bag – books, haberdashery and woollens!”
With the break-up of her first marriage, Maree started again returning to her stock and trade – corsetry, working first as underwear buyer at Milnes, Remuera, and then as buyer in the corsetry department of the former Rendells chain.
“I then did a stint at Natural Wear, the company which initially brought in prostheses from the USA. This sparked an interest and in 1986 I set up my own shop in Onehunga Mall.
“That was a time when truly beautiful lingerie was made here in New Zealand and there were shops such as the former Bennett & Bain dealing solely in underwear and nightwear; all very feminine and romantic.
“I was doing okay until the local mayor turned the main street into a mall. Farmers [department store] left Onehunga and business generally died. Eventually I closed the shop.”
Although she remained working in the industry, including for a time at Gardner Fashions in Pukekohe where she met her now assistant Robyn Haines, Maree was keen to have her own shop. In 1992 she found premises on Great South Rd in Papakura and the, two years later, moved into the shop next door.
“I’ve been here ever since continuing to watch the evolving face of lingerie and underwear in New Zealand. Fabrics and styles have changed, mostly for the better and there is an ever-increasing variety or under garments. Night wear has become more practical and some pieces can even double as daywear.’
But Maree’s heart is in her work with breast cancer patients and survivors. Every element of her fitting service is focused on boosting their self-esteem and making them comfortable not only with their new prosthesis but with their body.
“The best reward is seeing these women survive and take on life again with vigour and conviction. I wouldn’t swap that pleasure for anything.”
By Helen Perry
Maree Kay
Maree Louise Underfashions
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"Molecular Tectonics III : The Simultaneous Use of H-Bonding and Charge-Charge Interactions For the Self-Assembly of Fumaric Acid and Cyclic Bisamidinium Into One- and Two- Dimensional Molecular Networks"
O. FELIX, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Angew. Chem. Int. Natl. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36 102-104.
Abstract : Self-assembling of complementary dianionic and dicationic tetrahydrogen bond donors and acceptors leading to a- and b-networks in the solid state was achieved using both directionally controlled hydrogen bonding and ion pairing electrostatic interactions.
"Molecular Tectonics IV : Molecular Nretworks Based on Hydrogen Bonding and Elecrostatic Interactions"
O. FELIX, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 1755-1758.(download .pdf)
Abstract : Whereas diprotonated 1 (1,2-Bis(2'-tetrahydropyrimidyl)ethane) forms a discrete exobinuclear complex with a dihapto mode of hydrogen bonding with 4-methylbenzoate anion 2- in the solid state, with 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylate 3 2- an a-network composed of 1-2H+ dication and 32- dianion interconnected through strong hydrogen bonds and arranged in an alternating manner was obtained. The interconnection of the linear chains by water molecules affords a b-network.
"Molecular Tectonics V : Molecular Recognition in the Formation of Molecular Networks Based on Hydrogen Bonding and Electrostatic Interactions"
Abstract : The formation of a-molecular networks based on dihapto mode of H-bonding was investigated in the solid state using bis-cyclic amidinium dications and acetylenedicarboxylate dianion. It has been demonstrated that the formation of networks depends strongly on the structure of the components. A proper disposition of H-bond donor and acceptor sites indeed leads to the formation of infinite molecular assemblies in the crystalline phase.
"A Molecular Approach to Organic Solids : Synthesis of Phenyl Di- and Tri-Carboxamidines"
O. FELIX, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, New J. Chem., 1997, 21, 285-288.
Abstract : Benzene di- and tri-amidines 2 and 3 were prepared by treatment with HCl and NH3 of 1,4-dicyanobenzene and 1,3,5-tricyanobenzene, respectively. The cyclic analogue 4 was synthesised at 140 °C by mixing the mono tosylate salt of 1,3-propanediamine with 1,4-dicyanobenzene. The solid state structure of the hydrochloride salt of the latter (4-2HCl) was analyzed.
"Molecular Tectonics VI : Self-Assembly of Convex and Concave Molecular Tectons by Inclusion Processes into Linear Molecular Array in the Solid State"
F. HAJEK, M. W. HOSSEINI, E. GRAF, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Angew. Chem. Int. Natl. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36, 1760-1762.
Abstract : An hollow molecular module (koiland) based on the double fusion of two p-allylcalix[4]arenes by two silicon atoms was obtained. The self-assembly of koilands into an a-network (koilate) based on the connection of koilands by linear molecular connectors was achieved in the solid state and characterised by X-ray analysis.
"Design and Synthesis of Porphyrines Bearing Catechols"
C. DREXLER, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 2993-2996.(download .pdf)
Abstract : Th e synthesis of meso-tetraarylporphyrines bearing 1-4 catechoylamid groups was achieved. Among the four new compounds prepared, the structure of the disubstituted ligand was elucidated in the solid state by an X-ray analysis.
"Bipyridine Based Exoditopic Ligands : Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Homobinuclear Ruthenium Complexes"
C. KAES, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 3901-3904.(download .pdf)
Abstract : The synthesis of new macrocyclic ligands based on 2,2'-bipyridine unites interconnected at the 4 and 4' positions by alkyl chains was achieved. Homobinuclear RuII complexes were formed and the solid state structure of one of the diastereoisomers was investigated by X-ray analysis.
"Design, Synthesis and Structural analysis of Exoditopic Macrocyclic Ligands Based On Bipyridine Units"
Abstract : The synthesis of new unsymmetrical and symmetrical macrocycles based on 2,2'-bipyridine units bearing two or four phenyl groups at the 6 and 6' positions was achieved by an oxidative coupling reaction using 1,2-dibromoethane and organolithium derivatives of bipyridine. Among all new compounds prepared, two of them were structurally analysed in the solid state by X-ray diffraction.
"Multicavitands V : Synthesis and X-ray Analysis of Unsymmetrical Linear Koilands Based on the Double Fusion of two Different Calix[4]arenes by two Silicon Atoms"
F. HAJEK, E. GRAF, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 4555-4558.(download .pdf)
Abstract : Unsymmetrical hollow molecular modules possessing two cavities oriented divergently were prepared by fusing two different calix[4]arene derivatives with two silicon atoms. Several of the compounds obtained were characterised by X-ray analysis.
"Probing the Peristatic Chirality Alkaline Cations : A NMR Study of Alkaline Borocryptates"
E. GRAF, R. GRAFF, M. W. HOSSEINI, C. HUGUENARD, F. TAULELLE, J. C. S. Chem. Comm. 1997, 1459-1460.(download. pdf)
Abstract : Upon treatment of the macrocycli c compound 1 bearing two catecholate moieties with equimolar amounts of B(OH)3 and aqueous NH3 in a H2O-EtOH mixture, the ammonium inclusion complex 2 was obtained exclusively. The latter was studied both in solution and in the solid state. The following selectivity sequence NH4+>Na+>Cs+ in CD3OD solution was obtained. Furthermore, the ammonium ion complex 2 was found to be more stable than the ([222], NH4+) complex by at least 3 orders of magnitude.
"Borocryptands : Synthesis and Strctural Analysis of a Lithium Borocryptate"
F. BOCKSTAHL, E. GRAF, M. W. HOSSEINI, D. SUHR, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 7539-7542.(download .pdf)
Abstract : A new lithium receptor based on the combination of the [11] macrocyclic core and two catechol units was designed and prepared. The binding ability of the ligand towards boron and lithium was demonstrated in solution by NMR and in the solid sta te by an X-ray analysis o f the lithiumborocryptate.
"Synthesis and Structural Analysis of a Exo-ditopic Macrocyclic Ligand Bearing 2,2'- bipyridine Units Interconnected by Silane Spacers and of its Binuclear Ruthenium Complex"
C. KAES, M. W. HOSSEINI, A. DE CIAN, J. FISCHER, J. C. S. Chem. Comm. 1997, 2229-2230.(download .pdf)
Abstract : The synthesis and structural analysis of a macrocyclic exo-ditopic ligand bearing two 2,2'-bipyridine units interconnected at the 4 and 4' positions by two -(CH2)2Si(CH2)2- spacers and of its acyclic analogue was achieved. For both compounds ruthenium homobinuclear complexes were prepared. In the case of the complex obtained with the cyclic ligand, both diastereoisomers were separated and the structure of the meso form was elucidated by X-ray analysis.
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U.S. Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning from his position after a week of criticism over his role in brokering a plea deal with financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2008.President Donald Trump announced ...
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Ohio and Wisconsin Reject High-Speed Rail
The two state's incoming Republican governors, John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin both swore to oppose high-speed rail for their states. Getting their wish, the $1.2 billion they had been promised is now being redistributed among the 13 other states with rail projects in the works. This unfortunate news is however good news for the rest of the country. Building high-speed lines in these states would eventually connect them to a larger network with Chicago as the Hub City. Other connections would be from Milwaukee to Madison to Minneapolis/St. Paul which would then integrate to a whole Midwestern network of rail systems. Ohio would have built a $400 million route traveling diagonally across the state from cleveland, through Columbus, then on to Cincinnati. There would however be no initial link to the Chicago hub which would include a link down to Kansas City and St. Louis or Western Pennsylvania, but that doesn't mean future links to the midwestern network were not planned.
High-Speed Rail in Japan
High-Speed Rail in Taiwan
Sources speculate that the new Republican governors were opposed to receiving the money mostly on an anti- Washington- spending basis, which was the central narrative of the midterm election. This rebellion of course only hurt their states in the long run, leaving themselves less competitive and disconnected from large quantities of human capital set to drive the economies of the Midwestern Megaregion.
The money is now being redistributed to states that are willing to cooperate with Washington, and invest in their own infrastructure. By rejecting the funds they have not removed any tax burden from their state. The money promised was grant money not loan money so no matter what the outcome, it had to be spent. In the long run this network will grow and grow connecting itself to the greater midwest, the Northeast corridor and southern regions.
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Labels: Polity
High-Speed Rail, Americas Next Frontier in Transportation
The Government and Amtrak are finally making moves to improve the nations fast growing transportation issues. With the congested transportation network of the growing Megaregion referred to as the North East Corridor, current systems can not handle the level of projected growth the region will experience over the next 20 years. Intercity transportation is becoming an increasingly crucial factor in the economic growth and stability of cities far and between D.C and Baltimore.
In September Amtrak unveiled its $117 billion high-speed rail plan for the Northeast Corridor. Last wednesday a panel began tallying up the potential economic benefit to the Philadelphia region. Some areas will benefit tremendously such as Market East, with a new HSR terminal planned for east market street. The terminal will jump start economic development along the corridor. In the past, large influxes of cash, mostly federal dollars have spurred earlier development along the corridor like the Gallery, the present Market East Station, and the current expansion of the Convention Center. High-Speed rail could be the massive capital event the city has been waiting for, providing an estimated $236 billion a year in economic benefits throughout the North East. The speed of the proposed line is said to top out at 220 miles per hour, a huge improvement from current Acela speeds of 155 mph. These top speeds will top similar lines over seas such as France (TGV), Japan (Shinkansen), Spain (AVE), and the Germany (ICE). The improvement in service times could turn Philadelphia into a "super-bedroom community" for New York by essentially making a commute to the Big Apple take about the same time as a trip to Paoli, said John Connors, managing partner at Brickstone Realty in Philadelphia.
The line would enable Philadelphia businesses to attract employees living in Connecticut and entice New York- based companies to relocate back-office and operational divisions to Philadelphia. Under the proposal, the section connecting New York to Philadelphia, which is expected to cost $20 billion, would be constructed first over a time span of 12 years beginning in 2015. The eight car, 400 passenger train would first stop at 30th Street Station, then at the New Market East Station scheduled for a later phase of the project. The next phase would extend service to Washington D.C. and later extend north to Boston. The Boston to Washington corridor is set to be completed by the year 2040.
When all is said and done, travel times between Boston and Washington will be as low as 4 hours, Washington to New York 1:55, and New York to Boston 1:46.
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Labels: Polity, Real Estate/Development
Frank Gehry Sculpts Philadelphia
Certainly not a typical project for Architect Frank Gehry, or what we would expect when we hear the name Frank Ghery, but indeed the Philadelphia Museum of Art's underground expansion project will be an exciting addition to the city of Brotherly Love.
Gehry joined more than 100 dignitaries, philanthropists and art aficionados last month at the 82-year-old neoclassical landmark to mark the start of construction of a 68,000 square-foot $81 million loading dock and art handling facility. The relocation of the loading dock provides opportunities to re-open a majestic pedestrian entrance unknown and never seen since the 1970s by todays museum patrons. Work on the loading dock should be completed in 2012. Museum officials said the new space will provide much needed improvements for the care and storage of art works and will make deliveries simpler.
After completion of the loading dock, planning will begin on a vast underground gallery, also designed by Gehry. Tons of dirt and rock will be excavated under the steps of the museum, creating cavernous spaces to showcase oversized contemporary works and Asian art as well as rotating exhibitions. The project will add 80,000 square feet of gallery space to the museum. Gehry acknowledged that the loading dock is utilitarian by necessity, but said the public won't be disappointed when the final phase that includes the gallery is complete. The work marks the second phase of the museum's $500 million, 10-year master plan.
"When it's done, people coming to this museum will have an experience that's as big as Bilbao," Gehry told the Associated Press. "It wont be apparent from the outside, but it will knock their socks off inside."
Labels: Culture
Mixed-Use Educational and Housing Facility in North Philadelphia
Philadelphia design firm WRT is designing a new mixed-use educational and residential facility in North Philadelphia for the organization Brighter Hope, a partnership of the Goldenberg Group and Bright Hope Baptist Church. The project calls for the renovation of the former John Wanamaker Middle School for new Temple student housing and renovation of an existing gym and auditorium into a "green technologies center" and a charter school.
"The lively public realm and mix of users envisioned for this project take full advantage of its fortunate location between Temple University and the neighborhood, and between multiple regional rail lines and the Broad Street subway. Creating a vibrant transit-oriented development at this significant town & gown location," said Antonio Fiol-Silva, a principal at WRT involved in the projects design.
The 4.5 acre site at 11th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue will contain housing for 2500 student residents. Phase I of WRT's master plan calls for renovating the existing school for 600 beds in 180 units, as well as a new Green Construction Training Center and an Arts & Education Forum. The project targets LEED Silver, maximizing the structures potential for adaptive re-use, and incorporating recycled content materials, energy efficient HVAC systems, and progressive storm water strategies. Future phases include two new high-rise student residential structures, retail, a large open courtyard, and a structured parking facility.
Labels: Real Estate/Development
Integrative Elementary School In Denmark
Danish architects BIG present an interesting take on sustainable design and building with nature. Located in the Denmark city of Asminderod, the sloping roofs of the Vilhelmsro Elementary School blend with the sloping hillside to create one continuous experience both inside and out. The sloping landscape bands allow sunlight to stream through all classrooms as well as providing several energy saving features such as storm water storage, and natural cooling techniques.
View more at archdaily.com
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Times Square In Philadelphia?
The Gallery and Market East are in need of a desperate facelift. Developers and City Council seam to believe that large animated digital advertisements is exactly what the district needs. A city council bill has been proposed that would create a commercial advertising district on Market, between 7th and 13th Streets. The lighting, supporters say will draw tourists and convention goers to a new entertainment zone near the Gallery shopping mall. Developers want invigorate Market East, envisioning it full of themed restaurants, sidewalk cafes, and movie theaters. There is also talk of bringing in upscale "big-box retail stores" to draw Center City residents who now drive to South Philadelphia for their general household shopping, says Carl Primavera, and attorney who represents billboard companies. In its current state Market East is underwhelming and underdeveloped, lacking the vitality that will entice conventioneers and tourists.
On the contrary opponents see this bill as a disaster. They believe a potentially majestic and charming district will be totally stigmatized with chunky bill-boards and bright lights. Philadelphia is not a second rate city and shouldn't result to desperate measures of imposing a false identity already branded by its big brother just 100 miles up north. Philadelphia's brand has always been history, preservation and the arts. That is why people visit this city. As planners, preservationists, and developers who have an invested interest in the future of Philadelphia, we should be looking at innovative and exciting unique ways to enhance our city while still preserving and staying true to its identity, not settling for easy-fix, temporary, dated and potentially disastrous solutions just to make a quick buck. When Philadelphia gets these rare opportunities to rebrand itself and make a statement to the world that we are a first class city with a lot of great personality, we settle for mediocre. We need to recognize the treasures we already have and enhance and celebrate them, not cover them up or taint them with false illusions.
When people visit Philadelphia they are looking for what makes Philadelphia different from any other city. They ask themselves what is so special about Philadelphia that they can say to their family and friends at home, "You must go to Philadelphia to experience this!" If we continue to borrow experiences instead of creating our own, we will continue to loose our credibility as a first class destination. Lets run with the momentum of Green in 2015 and set our sights on becoming a global destination by 2035 with creative bold ideas that bridge commerce, history, entertainment, leisure, accessibility, education and livability.
Also check out "Bright Lights Big Mistake?"at Philly.com
Schwarzenegger Rallies For United Governments On Climate
Since the failed attempt at a global climate-change treaty, California has been exploring other alternatives to reduce greenhouse gases. Governor Arnold Swarzenegger is pushing state and regional governments around the world to act, stating the effort must be led locally in the absence of national and international momentum. At his third and final California climate summit at the University of California, Davis, the governor enthusiastically encouraged unity in ushering in a new era of building a cleaner and brighter, more prosperous future to over 1,500 attendees from more than 80 countries.
Schwarzenegger is hoping states and provinces from more than 20 countries will launch a program being considered by the united Nations to secure financing for carbon-cutting projects in industrialized and developing nations. Talks leading up to a U.N. climate summit in Mexico already have divided rich and developing nations over the issue of intellectual property rights, compromising the possibility of making any binding cuts in greenhouse gases. In the U.S., instead of pursuing legislation that would cap emissions through a carbon market, the Obama Administration intends to bypass Congress and regulate greenhouse gases directly through federal agencies.
Schwarzenegger said the failure at the federal and international levels should not discourage local governments from adopting their own policies on climate change. The governor pointed out that the "green revolution" is happening at the local level in places like Africa, Australia, China, Norway, and the U.S. There is great promise for this level of commitment with California and other States and leaders of Provinces in Morocco and France moving forward with their own nonprofit financing programs. This could create the motivation and reality that climate solutions are real.
Read more at GreenSource Magazine
Revamping South Delaware Waterfront
Despite future plans for a Foxwoods Casino at its proposed site at Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street, planners for the Delaware River waterfront imagine far greater potential for this section of the river. With the bad press and out of control crime at the recently opened Sugarhouse Casino farther north up river, there is no wonder planners are looking past the casino option and envisioning a more communal, economic, and culturally balanced approach. With a casino out of the way, the neighborhood would be more residential friendly welcoming future hotel options and retail. The neighborhood would have great potential for being a destination place to live, work, and rest while visiting the city and sports arenas. Future light rail transportation connection from Port Richmond and Market Street to Oregon Ave, the Sports complex, and the Navy Yard will make the waterfront and its neighborhoods a viable and convenient place to live.
Planners imagine a restored wetland park based on the deteriorated piers from 53 to 70 with nesting platforms for osprey and eagles. The area currently hosting Walmart and Home Depot will continue to host the big box stores, but will shrink to a more urban-friendly vertical form, with stores fronting Columbus Boulevard and underground parking or a well designed parking garage. The freed land can allow streets to extend across the boulevard and host new residential developments creating a balance of residences, retail, and industry. Neighboring retailers can follow suite with Target, Lowes, IKEA, and Best Buy also going vertical, stacking their facilities freeing up land for new development. These solutions expand the lifespan of these large retailers creating healthy communities and a consistent supply of customers.
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Fishtown; One Of America's Most Fuel Efficient Neighborhoods
Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood, located along the Delaware River has been listed as one of America's most fuel efficient neighborhoods according to a Forbes.com study. With centrally located residences from hip lofts in converted warehouses hosting the next generation of artist, graphic designers, and entrepreneurs, to freshly renovated town homes and New Construction. There's no wonder why the neighborhood is a magnet for young fast paste yuppie and hipsters commuting to Center City and Temple University. Transportation cost are the second-lowest among neighborhoods in the 10 largest metropolitan neighborhoods. Public transit ridership is at around 12%, with short commutes to Old City,Center City and close by Northern Liberties.
G8 Goes ECO at York St.
G8 is nearing completion of its renovation project at 2045 York Street. Among at list of energy saving sustainable features to the 3 story town home, G8 has decided to go with ECO for its countertops. ECO, developed by Cosentino is a durable surface made of 75% recycled content composed of post-industrial or post-consumer materials and is bound by an environmentally friendly resin which comes in part from corn oil. ECO is an ideal substitute for natural or engineered stone. The product received the Readers Choice Award for Best Surfacing Material by Interiors Sources in 2009. The counter top is made of recycled glass, mirrors and ceramic. It never needs to be sealed, unlike concrete counter tops, is maintenance free and stronger than granite. ECO is cut to order, therefor leaving no waste. Check out the variety of color options shown below.
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Thu Oct 25, 11:32 AM
We are supporters of Justice Democrats, a nonprofit organization devoted to helping progressive candidates run for office as democrats to help transform the party from within. Their platform includes universal health care, free tuition at public universities and trade schools, protecting women’s rights, ending racism, and getting corporate money out of politics. We suggest you read more about them here
We’ve put together a couple of great fundraising shows for this coming weekend, to help raise awareness about Justice Democrats, and to support two local Congressional candidates: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY 14) and Jess King (PA 11). The bills are great, and admission is just ten bucks. Here are the details:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 – music starts at 9PM:
Savak
Spectre Folk (Peter Meehan, Pete Nolan of Magik Markers, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Mark Ibold of Pavement
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The venue is FM, which is at 240 3rd Street in Jersey City. Representatives from Justice Democrats will be on hand to sign up volunteers for last-minute canvassing and phonebanking for the 26 candidates they’ve endorsed who are running for Congress. You can make a difference. You can move the needle. And you can have fun at two great shows. Come on down.
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The 65's
Personality Crisis
Out now: “Personality Crisis,” a raunchy cover of the New York Dolls’ classic by New Jersey punk veterans The 65’s. All proceeds will be donated to the GoFundMe campaign of Dolls’ guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, currently undergoing cancer treatment.
To make a donation to Sylvain’s GoFundMe yourself (and we humbly ask that you do), visit here
Teenage Waistline
We are sold out of limited-edition lathe-cut 7“s of Teenage Waistline, the new single by Richmond, VA’s Positive No, but you can still pick it up on all digital formats.
We can’t say enough about what awesome people the band are, and their aggressive style of melodic pop is right up our alley.
Easter Tuesday is the latest release from New Jersey power pop band Joy Cleaner. Out now on cassette, digital and limited-edition lathe-cut 7” picture disc.
We’re really excited to be working with this band, one of our favorite bands in New Jersey. Check it out!
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Guy Capecelatro III • "Splinters" (from the "Switch" b/w "Splinters" digital single)
The Mommyheads • "Medicine Show" (from the album VULNERABLE BOY)
Cuppa Joe • "Bottlerocket" (from the "Nurture" CD)
Penguins Kill Polar Bears • "Lungs" (from the "Vessels & Veins" EP)
Guy Capecelatro III • "Like Anything" (from the "North for the Winter" CD)
d.smith • "Fuck and Run" (from the "From '93 'Til Infinity" CD Compilation)
The Mommyheads • "Hello Friends" (from the "Delicate Friction" CD)
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