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The baseline for measuring progress on ending homelessness for the Trump Administration.
www.endhomelessness.org
Today is the first day of the new Administration
Let's establish the baseline for our progress moving forward:
Over the last decade, federal efforts to address homelessness saw some success with the number of people experiencing homelessness decreasing slowly. At the start of the Administration of Donald Trump and the outset of the 115th United States Congress, the number of people who are homeless is 549,928. This is the baseline for judging the success of efforts to end homelessness in the new Administration and Congress.
"I will not allow people to die on the sidewalks and streets of our country if I am President"
- President Donald Trump, Republic Debate, 2/26/2016
To learn more about what should be done to to end homelessness, visit endhomelessness.org.
Keri Buscaglia, Director of Communications
kbuscaglia@naeh.org
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit, non-partisan, organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. As a leading voice on the issue of homelessness, the Alliance analyzes policy and develops pragmatic, cost-effective policy solutions; works collaboratively with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to build state and local capacity; and provides data and research to policymakers and elected officials in order to inform policy debates and educate the public and opinion leaders nationwide.
Copyright © 2017 National Alliance to End Homelessness, All rights reserved.
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Kalank Movie Cast, Release Date, trailer, and storyline!!!
It is a multi starer action film. Yes, we are talking about Kalank which is set in the 1940s. Let’s talk about Kalank and its cast, release date, trailer.
Sadia Nazir
The wait is over for Bollywood fans movie lovers. The most anticipated Indian film is coming. People are ready to see this movie as well as the most expectation is that it will hit movie of the April month 2019.
Yes, we are talking about Kalank which is set in the 1940s. Let’s talk about Kalank cast, release date, trailer, and story line
What is in it?
Kalank is an upcoming Bollywood film that will release in 2019. It is a multi starer action film and produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala, and Fox Star Studios. It is going to make one of the most exciting and famous movies in Bollywood Cinema.
The principal photography of Kalank started in April 2018. It is the story of an elite class family. Kalam is the tale of eternal love. Viewers are very excited and curious after revealing the poster.
In addition to, The movie is set in the 1940s. The epic film is a story of eternal love and stormy relationships. Madhuri and Sanjay Dutt are playing the role of Varun’s parents and Aditya Roy as his brother. Moreover, Madhuri will become on screen in the part of the courtesan in the movie.
Who is in it?
Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt.
The film has made headlines due to its star cast. People are excited to see Madhuri and Sanjay Dutt on screen.
Moreover, other stars are also famous Bollywood stars and viewers always want to see them in the best movie of the year.
Furthermore, Madhuri is playing the role of famous actress Sridevi because Karan was selected, Sridevi. But, due to her sudden death, significant changes are done.
When is Kalank coming out?
As all of you know, the principal production of Kalank started in the last year of April. Now the time has come of Indian blog baster movies.
Therefore, Kalan will set to hit the theatres on 17 April 2019. Moreover, the art in the film is beautifully crafted that will leave you gasping for breath — the old locations added in the movie.
Here you can see the trailer of this eternal love film, set in 1945 pre-independent India.
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Opinion & AnalysisBolivarian Project
PSUV-PCV Unity Agreement to Confront Crisis of Venezuelan Capitalism
In the eighteen-point document, the Communist Party and the ruling Socialist Party vow to take decisive steps to deepen Venezuela's Bolivarian revolutionary process with a reelected President Nicolas Maduro at the helm.
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President Nicolas Maduro received the endorsement of the Venezuelan Communist Party on February 26. (Twitter/@PresidencialVen)
By PSUV and PCV – Tribuna Popular
Mar 1st 2018 at 11.14am
PCVNicolás Maduro2018 presidential elections
On February 26, the Venezuelan Communist Party and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela signed a comprehensive programmatic agreement in which the latter agreed to a host of popular demands in the areas of workers' rights, corporate monopolies, and collective leadership of the revolutionary process in exchange for the former's endorsement of incumbent Nicolas Maduro's presidential candidacy.
Unity accord between the PSUV and PCV to address the crisis of dependent and rentier capitalism of Venezuela with popular, patriotic and anti-imperialist political and socio-economic actions:
1. We, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), as heirs to the legacy of Simón Bolívar and the struggles of the Venezuelan people in their aspirations for independence, sovereign development, and Latin American integration, subscribe to the present unity accord.
Said accord contains the common commitment to implement it in all of its parts, and represents a clear understanding of the growing, immoral, illegal and criminal interventionist aggression of US imperialism and its European allies against the Venezuelan Bolivarian process. Such aggressions are putting at risk the prospect of national liberation which began with the popular victory of Commander Hugo Chávez in the presidential elections of 1998, and which even includes threats to our national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
2. We the PSUV and the PCV denounce before the world that imperialism, through the U.S. government and with the subordinate complicity of governments of Latin America and the Venezuelan extreme right, insists on creating a false case in multilateral organisms against our country so as to justify international intervention, with the real possibility that the right-wing governments of Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana may generate a provocation on our borders.
3. We the PSUV and the PCV say that the crisis of Venezuela's dependent and rentier capitalism has had, and has, serious consequences for the quality of life of our people, especially in their purchasing power, supply of goods and services; that this situation has been exacerbated by actions and measures of imperialism and its local figureheads, who promote private and public corruption, bureaucratism and the flight of foreign currency in a context of a severe reduction of oil income, all of which are phenomena against which the national government must maintain and deepen a frontal fight, such as that undertaken in [state oil company] PDVSA and other state bodies.
4. We the PSUV and the PCV declare that the way out of the current capitalist crisis should not be in favor of the bourgeoisie and transnational corporations but in favour of the interests of the people, in the search for a new productive post-oil model of sovereign development, and tend towards the protagonist participation of the workers, campesinos and campesinas, communards, and popular classes, which should form a great anti-imperialist front and move forward in the establishment of an organic expression of collective and unified leadership of the political, social, patriotic and revolutionary organizations so as to enable an analysis of the government’s actions as well as to construct and coordinate policy actions.
5. The magnitude and gravity of the current situation and the intensification of the class struggle at national and international levels demands an increase in immediate actions to be taken in the economic, social and political fields, including emergency measures needed to prioritize popular demands such as food and health requirements. Such measures would be consolidated with the triumph of the patriotic forces in the next presidential election.
Rights of the working class and working people
6. We the PSUV and the PCV underline the importance of strengthening the class-based trade union movement and the various expressions of the labour and revolutionary movement, such as the Productive Workers' Councils, Socialist Workers' Councils, approving the special law established in the Organic Labour Law, and respecting the autonomy [of such organsiations]. Also, to develop channels of effective communication and timely mechanisms of the other revolutionary worker’s organizations so as to enable workers of public and private sectors to have a leading role in the development of the social process of work.
7. Taking into account the deepening of the capitalist crisis which affects large sections of the working class, it is important to strengthen and protect labour rights, employment protection and expand the policy of creating new jobs.
8. We the PSUV and the PCV will work together, each to the extent and scope of our organizations, from the Government and the socio-political spaces we occupy, to identify and channel the restitution of the infringed rights of workers in cases already raised or that may arise in public and private sectors.
9. [We commit] to immediately review and apply the necessary corrections regarding denunciations from revolutionary organizations regarding the actions of certain public officials.
10. [We adhere to] advance resolutely in suitably interconnecting the productive processes of the nationalized companies with each other, many of which must be restructured and the processes of dismantling and deterioration that could lead to stoppages that would be damaging for the national productive development must be reversed. In addition, [we commit] to protecting and institutionally supporting the rural campesino collectives who have reactivated state-owned farms.
11. We the PSUV and the PCV will evaluate the experiences of workers control, such as the Guyana Socialist Plan, so as to establish a new model of ownership and multi-faceted management of the state-owned enterprises whose productive processes, management, and distribution are under worker and popular control. We shall do this based on the principals of collective leadership and so as to permanently banish the scourges of corruption, inefficiency and authoritarian and undemocratic methods in management.
12. [Is it necessary] to promote and implement strong actions by the National Superintendence for the Defense of Socio-Economic Rights (SUNDDE) and the Superintendency of the Institutions of the Banking Sector (SUDEBAN), in articulation with the popular organizations, in order to protect the millions of users of the banking system, particularly workers, pensioners, and small entrepreneurs.
13. We consider relevant and urgent the adoption and strengthening of measures aimed at dismantling the power of private monopolies, defining and promoting policies to achieve sovereign and productive national development, punishing corruption, speculation and mobsters, and promoting the deepening of national, sovereign, and productive developmental policies.
14 [We commit to] prioritize formal employment with its respective labour rights as an activity that dignifies the human being, as well as strengthening wages and restoring them to be the majority and main component of the income of the workers.*
Measures to analyze in greater depth
15. We the PSUV and the PCV, in bilateral and regular meetings, will discuss strategic proposals that are being raised by the PCV to collaborate in the development of plans and policies of the State and the Government for the benefit of the people and national liberation, amongst others.
15.1 Themes included are the banking and financial systems, foreign trade, public finances, and the tax system.
Strengthening political and organizational actions
16. We the PSUV and the PCV will identify areas of common action that we must strengthen both politically and organizationally.
16.1. We the PSUV and the PCV will set a timetable for the holding of bilateral meetings with a frequency of at least once per month between representatives of both national leaderships.
16.2 We the PSUV and the PCV will follow up regional and municipal efforts to develop effective policies and those which attend to needs of the population.
16.3. In the international arena, based on the areas of action and attention of every organization, we will strengthen relations with bodies that have demonstrated consistent solidarity with Venezuela and the revolutionary process.
16.4. In the production area, we will support manufacturing and agro-industrial proposals and projects, with special emphasis guaranteed to all initiatives stemming from the communal and campesino movement.
16.5. We the PSUV and the PCV are committed to the strengthening of the labour and trade union movement, facilitating the articulation of class-based and revolutionary currents with the state entities so as to solve problems and disputes as well as respecting the rights of workers.
16.6. All projects related to audio-visual and printed media that are initiatives of both organizations and popular movements and workers will be supported as part of the cooperation in the fight in the media war and against psychological operations.
16.7. Both political organizations will foster relationships between their youth organizations: the Youth of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and the Communist Youth of Venezuela, through student, cultural, sporting and community-based proposals so as to deepen the rights of young people.
16.8. In order to make progress in the development of policies of alliances PSUV-PCV and the revolutionary popular movement, we will work to ensure a unified formula of an electoral nature that ensures effective presence and strengthening of our organizations in the legislative elections at the national, state and municipal level.
17. The PCV, using this Accord and the diverse points in which they coincide with the PSUV in areas of national and international politics as its base, assumes the candidacy of the compatriot Nicolas Maduro Moros. We do so so that he may head a wide coalition of political, social, patriotic, popular, and revolutionary forces which may serve as the seed of a collective and unified leadership of the process. Also, so that he may represent the popular aspirations of the anti-imperialist, unified, Latin American struggle and develop our sovereignty in the interests of the Venezuelan people. As such, we will work together respecting the autonomy of each organization so as to achieve an overwhelming triumph this upcoming April 22nd.
18. Both organizations commit ourselves to widely reproducing this Program of Unified Accord PSUV-PCV.
Translated by Paul Dobson for Venezuelanalysis.com. For the text of the original agreement, click here.
*Editor's note: Over the past year, the Venezuelan government has enacted successive increases to the national minimum wage. However, the PCV and other leftist groups have denounced the rising proportion of food tickets, which now constitute a majority of workers' wages, a phenomenon that has been termed the "bonification of the wage". More recently, the Maduro administration has opted to further complement inflation-eroded wages with holiday bonuses, which are direct cash transfers administered through the Homeland Card system.
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Opinion & AnalysisInternational
The Reality Behind Trump’s Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela
As the cast of regime change actors from Abrams to Bolsonaro reveals, the US attempt to oust Maduro has nothing to do with democracy or human rights.
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Trump speaks to a Venezuelan-American community in Florida. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
By Mark Weisbrot – The New Republic
Mar 14th 2019 at 2.06pm
23 January 2019 CoupBrazilAlvaro Uribe
In the early 1970s, a handful of Sandinistas were in the mountains of Nicaragua fighting to overthrow the 40-year U.S.-backed, brutal dictatorship of the Somoza family. When a powerful volcanic eruption struck Nicaragua in 1971, Sandinista Omar Cabezas later recounted, they told the peasants whom they encountered that God was punishing them for not getting rid of Somoza.
After the Sandinistas triumphed in 1979, the U.S. waged a bloody war to take back the country with a terrorist paramilitary force called the contras, who regularly murdered civilians. President George H.W. Bush made it clear during the Sandinistas’ second election in 1990 that, although he was not God, he would continue to punish Nicaraguans with a trade embargo and war if they did not get rid of the Sandinistas. Weary of war, hyperinflation, and economic collapse, Nicaraguans voted for the opposition: The Sandinistas lost.
Today the Trump administration is repeating the collective punishment strategy in Venezuela with a crippling financial embargo since August 2017 and, since January, a trade embargo. The financial embargo has prevented any measures that the government might use to get rid of hyperinflation or bring about an economic recovery, while knocking out billions of dollars of oil production. The trade embargo is projected to cut off about 60 percent of the country’s remaining meager foreign exchange earnings, which are needed to buy medicine, food, medical supplies, and other goods essential to many Venezuelans’ survival.
Seeking to foment a military coup, a popular rebellion, or civil war, the Trump administration has made it clear that the punishment will continue until the current government is ousted. “Maduro must go,” said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence yet again in early March.
All of this is illegal under numerous treaties that the U.S. has signed, including the charter of the United Nations, the charter of the Organization of American States, and other international law and conventions. To legitimize this brutality, which has likely already killed thousands of Venezuelans by reducing access to life-saving goods and services, the Trump administration has presented the sanctions as a consensus of the “international community”—similar to what George W. Bush did when he put together a “coalition of the willing” of 48 countries to support his disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In this narrative, governments—mostly in the Americas and Europe—that have joined the U.S. in recognizing a parallel government in Venezuela are “democratic”; those who have not, or have declared against the attempt to overthrow the current government are “authoritarian,” with the examples of Russia, China, and Turkey most often listed in news reports.
Let’s look at some of the governments that have joined the Trump administration in this illegal regime change operation, and have joined the trade embargo by recognizing Juan Guaidó as “interim president.” The most important and solid ally of Trump in Latin America is Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, famous for telling a Brazilian congresswoman that he would not rape her because she “did not merit it,” for various racist and anti-gay remarks, and for glorifying political violence. Ironically, given that the Trump administration’s main justification for regime change in Venezuela is that Maduro’s election was illegitimate, Bolsonaro himself came to power in an election of questionable legitimacy. His leading opponent, former President Lula da Silva—at the time the most popular politician in the country—was jailed after a trial in which no material evidence of a crime was presented. The verdict rested on the coerced testimony of a witness who was convicted of corruption, and whose plea bargaining was suspended until he changed his story to match the prosecuting judge’s case. The prosecuting judge, Sérgio Moro, demonstrated strong animus against Lula on a number of occasions—including his release of illegally wiretapped conversations between Lula and then President Dilma Rousseff, his lawyer, and his wife and children. After these and other irregularities and illegalities secured Lula’s conviction, he was unconstitutionally imprisoned before the election. After the election that Judge Moro helped Bolsonaro win by these methods, he was appointed minister of justice.
Other Latin American governments in Trump’s Coalition of the Willing owe Washington some favors for helping them seize power. The government of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is probably the most extreme example. His party came to power in 2009 with the overthrow of the democratically elected president Mel Zelaya in a military coup. The Obama administration, along with Republicans, helped legitimize the coup and the “elections” that followed. Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, later described in her memoirs how she maneuvered to keep the democratically elected president from returning to office. In 2017, Hernández retained power by brazenly stealing an election—simply altering the vote totals. This was the inescapable conclusion of journalists and observers from across the political spectrum. Even one of the most fanatical leaders of Trump’s Coalition of the Willing, current OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, rejected the results and called for new elections. Of course nothing happened because the Trump team accepted the results.
Colombia has perhaps the second-most bellicose leader in Trump’s coalition, after Bolsonaro. President Iván Duque is the protégé of former President, now kingmaker, Álvaro Uribe. U.S. diplomatic cables released last year showed widespread concerns among U.S. officials about Uribe’s ties to drug traffickers. In the 1990s, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency found that Uribe was “dedicated to collaboration with the Medellin [drug] cartel at high government levels.” Uribe is also believed to have long had ties to death squads. He resigned from the Colombian Senate last year in the midst of an ongoing criminal investigation. Uribe has long backed the U.S. regime-change effort against Venezuela. In 2009, numerous South American governments objected to and blocked his plans to expand the U.S. military presence in Colombia.
President Mauricio Macri of Argentina, another influential hard-right coalition member, also owes favors to Washington. In June, this relationship helped him score the biggest IMF loan in history, $50 billion dollars—subsequently upped to $56.3 billion when the economy did much worse than the IMF had forecast under the agreement. The United States blocked loans to the government of his predecessor and rival from multilateral lending institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank. Since Argentina was running into balance of payments problems toward the end of President Cristina Fernández’s term, this was significant. An even bigger blow to her government came from an apparently politically motivated New York judge, who took more than 90 percent of Argentina’s creditors hostage in 2012 by ruling that they could not be paid until certain U.S.-based vulture funds were paid first. All of these problems with the U.S. were quickly resolved soon after Macri took office in 2015.
The media sometimes singles out President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador to show that there is a “center-left” presence in this illegal and somewhat barbaric enterprise. Moreno was indeed elected in 2017 with the support of former president Rafael Corea’s leftist Alianza PAIS party. But he quickly took a sharp turn away from his mandate, forming an alliance with right-wing oligarchs and using extra-constitutional means to consolidate power. He is now trying to put the former president in jail on what look like trumped-up charges. Moreno has been rewarded by Washington with $10 billion in loans from multilateral institutions, including $4.2 billion just scored from the IMF last week. If $10 billion doesn’t sound like a lot, consider that the loan, expressed as a percentage of the Ecuador’s economy, would be equivalent to the U.S. receiving $1.9 trillion. No surprise that Lenín Moreno has joined the Trump Coalition.
The president of Paraguay also has cause to thank the United States godfather. His party, the Colorado Party, ruled the country for 61 consecutive years, the majority of it under the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. In 2008, a leftist bishop named Fernando Lugo won the presidency against heavy odds. However, he was toppled in a parliamentary coup in 2012, which was opposed by almost all of South America; once again, Washington worked with the OAS to help legitimize the coup. So, there’s another South American president happy to join the U.S.-led push for a right-wing leader in Venezuela. Yet one more is President Sebastián Piñera of Chile, a Pinochet sympathizer who appointed two former allies of the U.S.-backed dictator to his cabinet last year.
This is how we do it—today, at least. A few years ago—when most of the region was governed by left-of-center governments, Trump wouldn’t have gotten a single government in the region to support an illegal regime change operation. Obama’s secretary of state John Kerry discovered this in 2013 when violent opposition demonstrators were in the streets in Venezuela, trying to overturn Maduro’s first election. There was absolutely no doubt about the election results, and almost every government in the world recognized them. Kerry soon found himself completely isolated; Washington gave in and accepted Maduro’s election.
Then there is Europe, which for a number of historical reasons has only occasionally pursued a foreign policy independent of the United States. This is especially true for Latin America, where the Monroe Doctrine, shamelessly invoked in public by National Security Advisor John Bolton a few days ago, is generally respected. That said, some arm twisting was necessary to flip Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain, who had rather insubordinately opposed the Trump sanctions against Venezuela even prior to the trade embargo and recognition of Guaidó in January. His foreign minister, Josep Borell, told the press that the administration had received “pressure” from Washington. Sánchez’s PSOE socialist-led government was also under intense pressure from the big Spanish media, which has been in full regime-change mode for some time; they face elections at the end of April. Spain was particularly important in securing European support for this venture, since other countries, including Germany, often take Spain’s view seriously on policy in Latin America.
Even if the Trump team had a global majority—which it doesn’t, with only 50 out of 195 countries worldwide backing Venezuelan regime change—their deadly economic sanctions, theft of assets, military threats, and other actions to topple Venezuela’s government would be no more legal or legitimate than George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, or the many U.S.-led regime change efforts that have taken place in this hemisphere. That’s unsurprising, given who’s at the wheel: perennial regime-change advocate John Bolton, for example, or special envoy Elliott Abrams, who supported what the UN later found to be genocide in Guatemala, as well as the US-sponsored atrocities in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980s. The cast of characters supporting this regime-change effort, whether in Washington or among some of its closest allies, should underline what is already obvious: The United States’ attempt to oust Maduro has nothing to do with democracy or human rights.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Venezuelanalysis editorial staff.
Source: The New Republic
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Battery Maritime Building
When it comes to famous places around the apartments for rent in Manhattan, you’ve got your pick, depending on where you find yourself in the city. Around the way of the Financial District, however, the Battery Maritime Building deserves something of a special mention, as it’s been a neighborhood fixture since the early 1900s.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, this Beaux-Arts masterpiece at the corner of South and Whitehall Streets has long been a ferry building, transporting commuters across the water to destinations like Governor’s Island, and even served as an Army Post for a period in the 1950s.
Soon, though, a new kind of life will be breathed into the building, giving residents in Manhattan a whole new set of reasons to check this place out. As reported in the New York Post last August:
“After an endless-seeming string of setbacks, it’s finally a done deal to convert downtown’s underused landmark Battery Maritime Building into a luxury hotel and restaurant — a project that’s frustrated city planners for decades.”
Just what do the years ahead hold for this historic New York location, and how will its upcoming metamorphosis change how visitors experience this timeless building? That’s exactly what we’ll be taking a look at today, as we talk about the planned changes coming to the Battery Maritime Building in the not-so-distant future.
What’s Happening at the Battery Maritime Building?
If you’re a long time New Yorker, you probably already know a bit about the Battery Maritime Building, and it’s long history as a location where ferries arrive and depart. A long-standing landmark in the city, it was constructed in 1909, designed by the firm Walker and Morris, and is notable for its rather unique architecture, which includes more than “8,000 elements of cast iron, steel plates and angles, sheet copper ornamentations, ceramic tile and stucco paneled walls and a mansard roof system”
At present, it still serves as a ferry point for arrivals from Governor’s Island, but what you may not have known, is that there have been plans to transform this space since as early as 2009, when Dermot Construction won the bid to convert the building into a hotel. Delays, including a rather substantial setback when Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, had put those plans on hold:
“The project was originally being developed by the Dermot Company, which signed a 99-year lease in 2015 with the city. But since Dermot left the project after completing about 60 percent of the work, the lease transferred in 2017 to the new development team, which includes Centaur Properties and Cipriani.”
You might recall that this isn’t the first time the building has seen some renovation work. During the years between 2001 and 2005, approximately $36 million were spent restoring the building’s exterior and replacing a number of deteriorating wooden piers at the site. The more recently proposed development, however, is more of a conversion of the maritime building’s unused space, with the intention of further transforming the Financial District, aiding its evolution into a modern hangout for the next generation of upscale Manhattanites.
Recently, that conversion project was revitalized, courtesy of some new funding, and there are a few central players in this redesign that are worth mentioning. First are the current leaseholders for the property — Centaur Properties and Cipriani S.A. They acquired the lease after Dermot Company failed to pay up on their rent, and was ousted from having anything to do with the maritime building. And if that last name, Cipriani, sounds familiar, it’s because Cipriani is the owner and operator behind several luxurious restaurants, including New York City’s very own Harry Cipriani Bar, and, before it’s closing, the Rainbow Grill at 30 Rockefeller Center.
It makes sense, then, that part of the redevelopment plans for the Battery Maritime Building will be a new rooftop restaurant, to be run by Cipriani, of course. What kind of restaurant? Firm details are sparse at the moment, but Cipriani does have a penchant for Italian fare, as evidenced by their other New York-based restaurants, so we might be seeing a brand new Italian spot coming to the South Street spot in the near future.
That might be a welcome addition too. While there are plenty of Italian restaurants in Lower Manhattan, few, if any, are as close to the southern tip of the island as the Battery Maritime Building location would be, and some extra variety would give residents in the area yet another great eatery to add to their short list, assuming everything pans out as intended.
Recall that we mentioned there was more than one player in this particular renovation game? The other happens to be Midtown Equities, who will be putting a sizable mezzanine loan to the project, and will later convert to an equity stake. That gives us three large developers putting their experience and resources together for one $100 million project. It’s all set to wrap up in 2020, at which point the transformed Battery Maritime Building will provide a whole new set of reasons for you to check it out.
In addition to the proposed restaurant, the Battery Maritime Building will be the site of a fashionable hotel and event space, meaning we may even see some conventions or live performances coming to this oft-overlooked waterfront property. We’re definitely excited for what the future holds, and confident you’ll have ample reasons to want to take a peek at the transformed maritime building once all that development wraps up next year. Be sure to mark your calendars for the occasion!
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What Facebook’s Head of Advertising Wants to See Happen in 2017
Andrew Bosworth is bullish on mobile and personalization
During his long tenure at Facebook, Andrew Bosworth has been tasked with creating both the company's newsfeed and its mobile advertising strategy. Now, Bosworth—Facebook's vp of ads and business—has his sights set on another shift in how people use the plaform by making it more useful.
Bosworth, a close advisor to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, believes people don't use smartphones in their daily lives nearly as much as they should.
"I continue to be really caught up with these tremendously capable devices, in terms of what they can do—location awareness, cameras—they've got everything you need, and we do not use them in the physical world nearly as often as I would expect," he said, speaking with Adweek after giving a talk at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday. "I mean, if I told you that you had this device, you would imagine you would be using it for more regular things in your life. And instead, mostly, other than maps, you use it to transport yourself into the internet."
Hyperlocalizing the expansive digital network is the next step, he added. In Bosworth's mind, Facebook should help people directly order food, buy tickets to events, find out what to do on a Saturday night and shop until their heart's content straight from the app. Some of this has already begun, as Facebook integrates chatbots that help people order things through third-party partners. Others have begun to bubble up organically, such as people using Facebook's recommendations service to solicit ideas from friends in any given city.
"I think 2017 is going to be a time to chip away at all these daily annoyances we all have that should be a lot easier," he said. "All these little things that are just dingy little annoyances should be a lot better, and we're going to start chipping away at those. And it's not just use, but as an industry we're trying to finally make these devices live up to their potential."
Here's what else Facebook's product mastermind wants to see in 2017:
Better creative and audience data
Bosworth said personalized ads through both artificial intelligence and customized media buying is going to help brands better target consumers that are interested in any given product or service. However, he said Facebook can only do so much with its systems and that brands have to up their game in terms of better creative and useful audience data.
"At the end of the day, our ability to drive results is only as good as the creative we get and only as good as the audience we're given to target," he said.
The exec mentioned Sony Pictures, which has been using Facebook to target the same movie to different audiences with separate creative. For example, speaking on a panel at CES, Bosworth talked with Josh Greenstein, the movie studio's president of worldwide marketing and distribution. For last year's survival thriller "The Shallows," Sony created spots for teens, horror enthusiasts, surfing fans and adult audiences.
"I think what you heard from Sony is that instead of just trying one true creative [marketers] should be trying lots of creative and lots of different things, with lots of different audiences," Bosworth said afterward. "And then as a second step, they should see what's resonating and then double down and then and see what's not and trim back on that."
Bosworth said some of the most sophisticated marketers—which he said notably come from the gaming and ecommerce industries—are already seeing results from being able to know what's effective and what's not.
"I mean, if you think about it, if I'm a gaming company, I can tell very quickly if you did or did not install an app and that allows me to know the efficacy of my ad in the short term," he said.
Improved transparency in measurement
Last year, Facebook faced a lot of questions after it revealed some of its video metrics had been inaccurately counted for as long as two years. During Advertising Week 2016 in New York, Caroline Everson, Facebook's vp of global marketing solutions, said one regret the company had was not being forthcoming sooner with some of the faulty stats. Bosworth seemed to echo that sentiment on Friday, explaining that Facebook is aiming to be more transparent this year.
"We're never going to be perfect—nobody's ever going to be on everything they do," he said. "It's not a surprise. But I think that we are committed to being transparent whenever there is any kind of issue. The truth is that even going back to the very first issue that sparked all this, the video metrics, these issues are relatively minor. None of them were billable, none of them were things marketers are making big spends on."
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27 June 2018 - Daily Current Affairs
IBTSINDIA.COM - Thursday, June 28, 2018 Current-Affairs-Daily-Basis, June-2017-Current-Affairs,
World’s largest Multilateral Naval Exercise RIMPAC begins today
The world’s largest multilateral naval exercise RIMPAC (the Rim of the Pacific Exercise) has begun off Hawaii in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The two-month long biennial exercise is likely to be attended by navies of 26 countries including India.
Around 25,000 naval personnel and 52 ships and submarines are participating in this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.
India's participation in the exercise provides a platform for increased interoperability and development of a common understanding of procedures for maritime security operations
Note: RIMPAC is hosted and administered by the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, in conjunction with Hawaii National Guard forces.
27th June: Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
The UN Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day is observed every year on 27th June to recognize the importance of MSME in achieving sustainable development goals and in promoting innovation, creativity and sustainable work for all.
The Government of India (GoI) has also organized a National Conclave (Udyam Sangam) to encourage dialogue and partnership among various stakeholders of the MSME ecosystem.
British Queen approves Brexit law that will end membership of EU
Britain's Queen Elizabeth grants royal assent to Prime Minister Theresa May's flagship Brexit legislation, formally end the country's European Union membership.
The EU withdrawal bill (passed by both houses of parliament last week) has been signed into law by the monarch, to cheers from Conservative lawmakers.
The EU (Withdrawal) Bill repeals the 1972 European Communities Act through which Britain became a member, and transfers decades of European law onto British statute books in a bid to avoid any legal disruption.
AIIB's 4th Annual Meeting 2019 in Luxembourg
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxembourg in July 2019.
Luxembourg is a founding member of AIIB as well as a leading international financial centre and facilitator of investments between Europe and Asia.
The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was held in Beijing in 2016, followed by Jeju, South Korea in 2017 and the third in Mumbai.
UAE to hold first-ever 'World Tolerance Summit'
The landmark “World Tolerance Summit” (WTS) will be held in Dubai (United Arab of Emirates) from 15-16 November this year.
The theme of the summit is "Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing Diversity through Innovation and Collaboration".
Around 1,000 government leaders including diplomats, youth representatives and media influencers from all over the world will attend the summit.
Sushma Swaraj launches Passport Seva app
The union External Affairs Minister ‘Sushma Swaraj’ has launched Mobile Passport Application ‘mPassport Seva App’ on Passport Seva Divas (6th) in New Delhi.
Now, Indian citizens can apply for a passport from any part of the country without computer and printer.
Police verification will be done on the address (provided by the applicant on the app) and passport will be dispatched to the same address.
According to Sushma Swaraj, there are 260 working passport centres, which will be expanded to all Lok Sabha constituencies in future.
Heads of 11 banks to appear before Parliamentary Panel to appraise on the bad loan
The Heads of eleven public sector banks (IDBI, UCO, Corporation and Allahabad Bank, Central Bank of India, BOI, Indian Overseas Bank, Dena Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Bank of Maharashtra and United Bank) appeared before the Standing Committee of Parliament on Finance in New Delhi.
They will appraise the committee of the bad loan issues and rising fraud cases in the banks.
The panel is headed by Congress leader M Veerappa Moily.
President Ram Nath Kovind launches Solar Charkha Mission
President Ram Nath Kovind has launched ‘Solar Charkha Mission’ which will entail a subsidy of 550 crore rupees in the initial two years for 50 clusters.
The scheme is aimed at linking five crore women and self-help groups to the initiative.
Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has provided training to over 15 lakh people over the past four years through its various initiatives and empower the people.
Godikan village panchayat of Haryana passed “No Toilet, No Bride” resolution
Haryana’s little-known ‘Godikan village panchayat’ has passed a ‘No Toilet No Bride’ resolution to ensure the safety and well-being of its womenfolk.
Godikan has been already declared an Outdoor Defecation Free (ODF) panchayat.
Now, the Godikan panchayat has become the first panchayat in the country to marry off girls only to families who have a toilet in their house.
Vice President launches the book “Human Rights, Values and Cultural Ethos”
Vice President M Venkata Naidu releases the book “Human Rights, Values and Cultural Ethos” in New Delhi
The book is a collection of essays and lectures written by Dr. R.P. Dhokalia.
The thrust of the book is on the connection between human rights and the intrinsic and core human values which in turn manifest in the cultural ethos of a society.
The Epilogue of this book succinctly elaborates the role of education in ‘man-making’, life-building’ and ‘character- strengthening’.
National Appointment
Anant Barua appointed as the whole-time member of SEBI
The Union Government has appointed ‘Anant Barua’ (executive director in SEBI) as a whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for three years.
He has worked with National Fertilizers Ltd. (NFL), Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) and DCM Ltd.
He is commerce graduate with LLB from the University of Delhi.
SEBI is a statutory regulator for securities market in India established in 1988.
SEBI is responsive to needs of three groups, which constitute a market, issuers of securities, investors and market intermediaries.
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25-year-old father found fatally shot in vehicle now identified
Deontre Gernond Turner
Authorities have released the name of a man shot to death Saturday in west Birmingham.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Deontre Gernond Turner. He was 25 and the father of a 1-year-old son.
Turner was found inside a vehicle about 6 p.m. Saturday on Pike Road and Court N. Police said he crashed after he was shot. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:08 p.m.
Birmingham police have not released any additional information.
Turner previously attended Jackson-Olin High School. His friends and family are grief-stricken over his death. "He made everybody laugh,'' said his girlfriend Jillian Davis. "He made everybody feel special."
Turner is Birmingham's 71th homicide victim this year. Of those 71, five have been ruled justifiable and therefore the Birmingham Police Department does not count them in their year-end tally. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 103, including the Birmingham slayings.
Anyone with information is asked to call Birmingham police at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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Missed lessons of 9/11
US and Muslim World may have missed chances for change since the attacks, experts say.
by Alaa Bayoumi
26 Jan 2010 08:06 GMT
The attacks on New York City, seen above, and the Pentagon killed 2,994 people [EPA]
Political experts say that despite Washington's recent foreign policy changes, the Arab World and the US have yet to learn the most critical lessons of 9/11.
In the eight years since the attacks on New York and Washington, relations between the US and the Muslim World were severely strained by the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and by images of torture and abuse in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons.
Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University, says there was a belief by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11 that the exercise of superior US military power could "reorder the Islamic world in ways that preclude any recurrence of 9/11."
"The war in Afghanistan and especially the war in Iraq were intended to demonstrate that the US possesses sufficient military power to bring about that internal political change," says Bacevich.
"The big thing that the US has learnt [since 9/11] is that however we define the problem of US-Muslim relations, the solution is not to be found in the exercise of hard power."
Wrong approach
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Interview: Robert Gates
Riz Khan: Security eight years after 9/11
Bacevich's comments echo the thinking of many Arab and Muslim analysts who feel that the US took the wrong response to 9/11.
"America was wrong in believing that the terrorist movements are expressing animosity against the West and are not, rather, an expression of the social, economic, and political problems of the Muslim world," says Burhan Ghalioun, a professor of political sociology at the Sorbonne in France.
Ghalioun believes that socio-economic and political challenges in the Muslim World - which produced these "extremist" movements in the first place - can be overcome if these states embrace democracy and social justice.
"Violence is part of social conditions that we can get rid of in [a] few years if we improve these conditions," explains Ghalioun.
However, rather than pressure many Arab and Muslim states to reform their political systems, Washington embarked on the "war on terror" which placed security issues at the forefront and paved the way for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Muslim countries, some of which were considered to be traditional US allies, followed this paradigm and "announced war on terrorism in their countries and opened them for civil wars," Ghalioun says.
"They brought al-Qaeda to their countries though such groups were not there before. They helped expand terrorism instead of ending it," he added.
Some Arabs feared that the so-called war on terror was a precedent to expand Washington's control of the Middle East, prompted by powerful US interest groups.
"Many in the Republican Party at that time especially spearheaded by Dick Cheney, the former vice-president, and the neo-conservatives considered this [9/11] to be an opportune moment to exploit the situation and increase suspicions of Muslims inside and outside the US," says Clovis Maksoud, a professor of international law at the American University in Washington and a former Arab League ambassador to the UN.
However, Tariq El-Beshri, a renowned Egyptian historian and author, believes that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, though facilitated by the events of 9/11, were merely the continuation of US foreign policies and European colonialism in the region since World War Two.
"America does not launch wars on us because our image is ugly in the eyes of the American people, but because it wants to control our wealth. It is a policy of oppression and hegemony over the region because of Israel and oil," El-Beshri says.
Military power failure
US military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan has not increased security [AFP]
Nevertheless, analysts on both sides of the Atlantic believe that the US failed to capitalise on opportunities to resolve long-pending conflicts and distrust in the Middle East.
They say the military policies which Washington pursued instead, have proved costly and further destabilised the war-prone region.
By 2007, some US strategists realised the limits of military intervention.
"America's retreat was not based on rational calculations. It was the result of the failure of the strategy of pre-emptive wars on terrorism and the lack of any other alternative. America no longer has a comprehensive strategy when it comes to terrorism or any other issue. America's policy failures have left it (strategically) naked," says Ghalioun.
Bacevich believes that despite Obama's pledge to engage in talks and listen to adversaries, US-Middle Eastern relations have been left in a "strategic void".
"Listening and dialogue does not constitute a policy. What has not happened I think is a clear articulation of how the US is going to solve its problems with the Muslim world given the failure of the first strategy," Bacevich says.
He says the existing ethos in Washington is based on the belief that the US should exercise leadership which requires a position of military dominance and a global military presence.
"That Obama has allowed the war in Afghanistan to become the centre piece of his foreign policy is indicative of the absence of any central guiding idea because the war in Afghanistan is not going to solve anything. There is a lot more continuity than there is change," Bacevich says.
"I think we will continue to have a very significant level of violence. We will continue to see the US militarily involved in ways that probably will not be productive."
Hope in Obama?
Can Obama heal the rifts caused by 9/11 and subsequent pre-emptive wars? [AFP]
Yet there is a sense among some in the Middle East that dialogue is more likely now than at any other time since 9/11.
Obama's rhetoric, and seemingly more conciliatory tone, during his election campaign and since taking office appear to have increased hopes that there is a US president who is willing to give diplomatic initiatives a chance.
Obama's Cairo address to the Muslim world and his redeployment of troops in Iraq convinced some that the US president was 'walking the walk'.
"After his speech in Cairo, I think there has been a diffusion of suspicion that the US is being anti-Islamic," says Maksoud.
Ghalioun believes that Obama's election was a profound change that has yet to be matched in the region.
"When America called for partial reform, they [Arab governments] refused reform and still insisted on the same policies that led to the rise of extremist movements. Americans changed more than Arabs did," Ghalioun says.
Regional political evolution and serious pursuit of democratic reform are necessary if the Middle East is to avoid becoming a battleground of perpetual warfare, El-Beshri warns.
"What we need today is the ability to change the existing ruling regimes or to change their policies," he says.
"America's policies will not change unless we change ourselves first."
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Police shoot Kashmir protesters
New clashes come a day after the death of a Muslim separatist leader.
Crowds threw stones at security forces and chanted anti-government slogans [EPA]
His body was driven through Srinagar, accompanied by an estimated 50,000 residents, many of whom chanted "down with security forces, we want freedom" and "we will spill blood for blood".
Mourners and protesters broke through a police cordon and freed two separatist leaders who were under house arrest so they could lead the funeral prayers.
In Bandipora, about 60km north of Srinagar, about 20,000 Muslims defied a curfew to protest against Monday's killings.
'Excessive force'
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan's foreign minister, condemned "excessive and unwarranted force" in Kashmir.
India reacted angrily to the statement.
Such statements by leaders of a foreign country do not help the situation. Nor do they contribute to creating the atmosphere necessary for the dialogue process between India and Pakistan to move forward," India's foreign ministry spokesman said.
Analysts have warned the violence in Kashmir has endangered the fragile 2004 peace process between India and Pakistan.
The land dispute has polarised Indian Kashmir, which is split between the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley and the Hindu-dominated region around Jammu city, severely curbing trade between the two areas.
As a result, traders in Kashmir are trying to sell their goods in neighbouring Pakistan.
But Indian authorities denied there was an economic blockade and said lorries, guarded by policemen and soldiers, were plying the region's main 300km road, the only surface link between Kashmir valley and the rest of India.
The recent protests began after the Kashmiri government promised to give forest land to the trust that runs Amarnath, a cave shrine visited by Hindu pilgrims.
But the government then backed down from its decision, which in turn angered many Hindus in Jammu.
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Kat Sanders
The Heart & Brains Behind Anatomy Nights: An Interview with Member Kat Sanders, Ph.D.
How does the blood circulate? What are the heart strings? What is the brain called “gray matter”? Health professionals and students, would-be anatomists and people just curious about their own bodies can find out the answers to all of these questions, thanks to Anatomy Nights.
Anatomy Nights is the brainchild (anatomy pun intended) of Dr. Kat Sanders, a lecturer in clinical anatomy at Hull York Medical School and Janet Philp, author and administrator at the University of Edinburgh.
Anatomy Nights a series of UK-wide events held simultaneously at various venues where attendees hear from expert anatomists and researchers on a part of the body. The format is similar at most of the events: There’s a discussion accompanied by some visual aids, an opportunity for Q&A and a quiz. Oh, and it should be mentioned: there’s a live dissection as well. And, volunteers are welcomed and encouraged to take part and “have a go at dissecting.”
We caught up with Dr. Sanders (an AAA member since 2014) to learn more about how a chance meeting at a conference dinner led to the creation of a fun public lecture/dissection series, who comes up with the clever event titles, and how the proceeds from the events are donated to worthy causes.
How and why did Anatomy Nights get its’ start?
Janet and I came up with the idea at the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting in Galway last year. It was one of those conversations that gets started at a conference dinner over a few drinks. Before the end of the night, we’d recruited a bunch of people around the UK who were interested in working with us.
We decided that a heart dissection on Valentine’s Day would be a fitting way to start it up. Despite it being the biggest date-night of the year, we had a lot of couples come along, as well as people on their own or with friends. It was a great mix of people from all walks of life.
It just snowballed after the conference. Between us, we recruited other anatomists to take part and liaised with them about how to go about organizing the event in their locations, pulling together materials for the presentation, and sharing tips for the dissection and AV equipment needed so that everyone in the audience can get a close up view.
We thought this would be a good time to test the public’s knowledge about the anatomy of the heart so we devised a quiz sheet for before and after the event. I pulled together an ethics application and risk assessment for my institutes, and then we shared that with everyone so they could adapt it for their own institute’s permissions.
How often are events held?
We had our first event in February this year (“Matters of the Heart”) and we’re now in the process of organizing the follow-up for Halloween, a brain dissection, where we hope to add a few more locations to our list. We’re aiming to run two to three events per year, but it is an extra time commitment for everyone involved and we want to keep it manageable.
Where are they held and how do you pick the venues (any necessary criteria)?
In February, we had events in Hull, Edinburgh, Brighton, Dundee and Lancaster. Any anatomist that wants to hold an event can contact us and we can get that ball rolling. You don’t have to be in the UK - we can support the development of an event anywhere in the world.
The venues are pretty varied. A few were held in pubs/bars (my favorite type of location) so the audience can have a drink and relax to enjoy the show, but we also had events in a school and public laboratory.
In terms of criteria, it’s always preferred to host somewhere that is accessible (though that isn’t always possible), and in a separate room to the main bar so we can minimize the background noise and properly ticket the event.
For “Anatomy Nights: Matters of the Heart,” we sold out all our tickets. We charge a small fee so it’s not prohibitive but also limits the dropout rate you get with free events. We raised £770 from tickets in February, and it all went to the British Heart Foundation.
What's the audience like? How do they find out about events?
The audience came from all sorts of backgrounds. We had health professionals and students, but more importantly we had a lot of people that didn’t work in science who simply had an interest in learning more about their own bodies. We try to aim our marketing at this demographic by having posters and leaflets in local coffee shops and libraries, and promotions on local radio stations. We also use social media channels like Twitter and Facebook to spread the word far and wide.
What do non-anatomists say when you tell them about this project?
On first hearing about it, people are usually a little bit stunned. Some know straight away that it’s not for them, but most people I’ve spoken with have been enthusiastic and excited about it. It’s a chance to see something new and learn more about what’s going on under the skin at the same time.
How do you pick (and source) the organs and who comes up with the clever titles?
So far we’ve got the heart and the brain on our event list, but we’ve been asking our audiences what they want to see next. Suggestions include lungs, eyes, the knee, and testicles.
We source our dissection materials from butchers and school science suppliers so the organs are cheap but also safe to have in a public space without needing to employ preservation techniques.
The titles usually come about during a bit of banter over the event - who can come up with the worst pun. I recently did a trial run of the brain event and called it “50 Shades of Gray Matter” (I don’t know whether to be proud of that name or not!).
One of the five Anatomy Nights Feb. events at the ASCUS lab - more photos here: http://www.ascus.org.uk/anatomy-nights-matters-of-the-heart/
How did you get into anatomy and how has your AAA membership helped you?
I started working as an anatomy demonstrator when I was 19, and nine years later, I’m even more in love with teaching anatomy.
I have a lot to thank the AAA for. I wouldn’t be where I am now without the support my AAA membership has afforded me. In 2015, while based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, I started the Anatomy Training Program (ATP) with funding from AAA. I would never have been able to afford the flights to the UK for the summer school without that support.
The ATP allowed me to develop and challenge myself as an anatomy educator and I came out of it as the first person to receive distinctions in all modules, so hopefully, it was money well-invested. Even better though, it was at the ATP that I met Janet Philp. Without the AAA's support, I may never have met Janet and we wouldn’t be here chatting about Anatomy Nights!
Kat and Janet will take part in a session titled “Anatomy for All: Engaging the public with their bodies” at Experimental Biology in Orlando, FL from April 6-9, 2019.
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Church called to stand with Standing Rock Sioux Nation over oil pipe protest
Posted on: October 31, 2016 10:40 AM
Militarised police hold a line at the Backwater Bridge, north of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation’s Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp.
Photo Credit: Morton County Sheriff’s Department
Related Categories: indigenous, North Dakota, Protest, Public Affairs, USA, water
[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] Members of the US-based Episcopal Church are being asked to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline construction project. Clergy and laity from across the Episcopal Church have been invited to stand on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota on Thursday (3 November) as protests continue. The plea was issued as the Standing Rocking Sioux Nation tribal chair, Dave Archambault II, asked the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate “potential civil rights violations” involving law enforcement’s response to the protests.
Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle told local television station KFYR that the department was monitoring the response to the protests to “facilitate communication, defuse tensions, support peaceful protests, and maintain public safety.”
He also said that the department “will not authorise constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline on Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe” while the Army Corps of Engineers reviews issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribal nations.
He added that in the interim the departments of the Army, Interior and Justice “have reiterated our request that the pipeline company voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe.”
The Revd John Floberg, supervising priest of the Episcopal churches on the North Dakota side of Standing Rock, issued the call for the Episcopal Church to “stand in solidarity and witness with those protecting water on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota” over concern about “the increased repression of non-violent water protectors whose ranks include men, women and youth, and supported by the wisdom of Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault,” the Episcopal Church’s public affairs department said in a statement.
“The militarised police presence near the camps of water protectors, compounded by the mass arrests of some of those protectors in recent days, have stirred the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church and other Episcopalians to advocacy and action.
“Over the past month, Episcopalians have called upon the US Department of Justice to monitor the actions of local law enforcement, state police, and the US National Guard, urging law-enforcement officials to ‘de-escalate military and police provocation in and near the campsites of peaceful protest and witness of the Dakota Access Pipeline project’”, the statement said.
“In recent days, the repressive power of the state has increased: armed riot police are guarding ongoing pipeline construction, increased arrests and repression of non-violent prayerful action,” Floberg said. “At the same time, Oceti Sakowin water protectors have reclaimed land never relinquished by treaty directly in the path of the pipeline and established a new camp. Our duty as people of faith and clergy could not be clearer: to stand on the side of the oppressed and to pray for God’s mercy in these challenging times.”
Additional reporting by Mary Frances Schjonberg for the Episcopal News Service.
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Antique Prints - Sport/Entertainment/Customs/Beliefs - Sporting Activities - Lawn-Tennis Meeting for the Championship of Ireland c1884.
Lawn-Tennis Meeting for the Championship of Ireland c1884.
by The Graphic
Antique print with tennis match on the court and images of tennis players - men and women.
Original wood engraving for The Graphic, published in London on June 21, 1884 (with later hand-colour).
The Graphic periodical was an illustrated weekly newspaper that began production on 4th December 1869, (the birthday of its founder William Luson Thomas (1830-1900)). During the 1850s and 1860s Thomas and his brother George were employed as draughtsmen and engravers with The Illustrated London News. After George died in 1868 William wished to compile a memorial work using woodblocks that his brother had made for The Illustrated London News. The Illustrated London News company would not lend the woodblocks from his brother's illustrations, so William set up a rival publication. He employed many talented artists and engravers, and the illustrations were of the highest standard of any newspaper; but as illustrations progressed to being produced by more modern processes including photography, they deteriorated considerably. The Graphic ceased publication in 1923.
Page size is 405 x 280mm (16 x 11 inches).
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Luxury TravelThe World’s Most Beautiful Architecture
Architecture stands at the cross-section of art, technology, and humanity. At the most basic level, it shelters us, and on the grandest level, it seeks to inspire and awe. Whether inspired to honour their religious beliefs, house their pursuit of knowledge, or pay tribute to the grandeur of their monarchs, mankind has for centuries been dreaming up the most beautiful buildings. We encounter many of these structures throughout our life’s travels, seeing rich culture reflected...
Life & CultureLondon Festival of Architecture Explores ‘Boundaries’ in World’s Largest Event
The London Festival of Architecture 2019 programme launched on June 1st with a diverse, challenging and engaging series of over 400 events exploring this year’s ‘boundaries’ theme across London through to June 30th. From street dance and a séance at John Soane’s country retreat to debates challenging architecture’s hidden boundaries of gender and privilege, the London Festival of Architecture’s 2019 programme is one of the richest ever. The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is the...
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The French billionaire families that own two of the biggest luxury retail empires in the world have pledged a combined €300 million (£260 million) to help repair Paris’ iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral. The billionaire owners of the LVMH and Kering luxury goods groups have pledged a combined €300 million (£260 million) towards repairs to the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral. The Pinault family, owners of Gucci, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent parent company Kering, will...
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Through innovative, clean and intricate craftsmanship, Michelozzo carved himself a legacy—one that has reverberated throughout the streets of Italy ever since. Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1396-1472) was an Italian architect and sculptor. His vast contribution to the early Renaissance movement solidified him as one of the most prolific architects of all time. His ingenuity helped pave the way for the development of the central palazzo configuration that defines the visage of Italy—even to this day. Michelozzo...
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In Chad, ASF supports human rights organisations (HROs) with the aim of increasing the impact and scope of their activities. Last March, we went to meet individuals, local authorities, legal actors, and members of HROs, to get their opinions on the work that HROs do. In the interviews, which were carried out in Bongor, Moundou, and Sarh, everyone who was questioned expressed a high level of satisfaction with the activities of HROs.
Chad: the many faces of justice (4/4)
This autumn, ASF presents a portrait of justice in Chad, through interviews with four people who are active in defending human rights in the country. Guerimbaye Midaye is a lawyer in the bar association of Chad. He has been active for almost 30 years within the Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l’Homme, of which he is now the president. For him, combining his roles as a lawyer and as a human rights defender makes obvious sense. “There is a very strong link between the two.”
This autumn, ASF presents a portrait of justice in Chad, through interviews with four people who are active in defending human rights in the country. Pyrrhus Banadji Boguel is the President of the Collectif des Associations de Défense des Droits de l’Homme (a group of associations for the defence of human rights). A lawyer who has always been driven by the desire to serve his community, he defends human rights in order to “give a voice to people who have none.”
This autumn, ASF presents a portrait of justice in Chad, through interviews with four people who are active in defending human rights in the country.
This week, Delphine Djiraibe, founder of the Public Interest Law Center, talks to us about the fundamental role of paralegals, the first point of contact for people in Chad when they are looking for justice.
This autumn, ASF presents a portrait of justice in Chad, through interviews with four people who are active in defending human rights in the country. This week, Doumra Manassé shares his vision of the role of lawyers and their place in society in Chad. “People see us as civil servants or as traders. We are neither.”
Human rights defenders: indispensable agents of democracy in DR Congo
Over the current election period, there have been many constraints on the rights and freedoms of human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists in the DR Congo; this has been a source of political and social tension. Threats, arbitrary arrests, and unwarranted legal action have increased dramatically, indicating growing restrictions on the public sphere. ASF believes that these actors play an indispensable role in any democratic process.
ASF in DR Congo: 15 years of commitment
ASF has come a long way since it started up its activities in Congo 15 years ago. Its aim, from the very beginning, has been to ensure that people become more aware of their rights and can enforce them. We opened our first office in Kinshasa on 12 March 2002. Since then, we’ve developed a wide range of projects. Our network has grown nationwide, thanks to all those we have met who supported us, offering their advice and expertise, working with us in circumstances that were not always easy.
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Over the years, Arabian Business has interviewed some of the region’s biggest and most important leaders. On their journey to success, they faced challenges, failures, and letdowns. Here’s their advice on how they triumphed against countless odds:
1. When Arabian Business asked Mohamed Alabbar what he thought of some shareholders suggesting that his global property company, Emaar, is run on autopilot, this was his response: “Autopilot? Let me tell you one thing. Autopilot or no autopilot, my eye is on Emaar, day and night. There is nothing on autopilot here. Do I have a good system in place? Yes. Absolutely I do. But I watch it — all the time. Make no mistake, all the time, every single thing, I watch it. As for running Emaar, that is like breathing air to me. I mean, can you stop breathing? It’s as simple as that.” The lesson here is to always be on the loop when it comes to your business, no matter how successful it gets.
2. Italian businessman Silvio Scaglia is the owner of luxury underwear maker La Perla and founder of Italy’s second-biggest telecoms company, Fastweb. His advice to entrepreneurs is simple and old-fashioned: decide with your gut. “By training I am very analytical but I pride myself to remember to take the final decision by the guts. You need to have a good solid understanding of the analytical situation but then you need to decide with your guts,” he said.
3. Sunil Vaswani, chairman of conglomerate Stallion Group, has a personal fortune of $7.2 billion. Here’s his explanation of how he became the Gulf’s richest Indian: “You know something? I just never give up. If I set my mind on something, I just go for it and keep trying until I get it. Be single-minded. Rejection doesn’t bother me. It took me four years to get the first automobile franchise in Africa. They kept saying ‘no, we will deal with a Japanese company’. Four years of saying no, four years of rejection. But I got it. Nothing is impossible.”
4. Michael Glennie is the president and chief operating officer of FRHI Hotels & Resorts, which holds hotel brands like Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel. Here’s what he told Arabian Business on how he deals with competition: “I’m never worried about sharing strategies with our competitors because in our business, it’s all about execution. You have to open that hotel successfully, and then 365 days a year you have to deliver."
5. Marina Home Interiors co-founder, Khurshid Vakil, gave advice on running a business in new markets: “It’s not practically possible to run your own owned and managed show rooms everywhere you go; there are various challenges and the biggest is market knowledge. I think franchise partners bring in a wealth of market knowledge and infrastructure which helps easy entry to that particular market.”
6. At 33-years-old, Ivanka Trump is executive vice president at her father’s Trump Organization, owner of a jewellery and apparel line, an author, and worth $150 million. How does she do it? “I think first of all, and this sort of applies to everyone, the thing that my father always said to me is that you have to really, as early on as you can, identify what it is you’re really passionate about. And you have to try different things until you really know for sure that that’s what you love doing. Because the only way to be great is to deeply want to work, to love to work, to be passionate about your work,” she told Arabian Business.
7. CEO and president of Sony Mobile, Hiroki Totoki, warns that looking back only slows you and your business down. “We shouldn’t become nostalgic for the way things have worked in the past — we have to see the future and be excited by it” he said, referring to new technologies and consumer trends in telecommunications.
8. Alain Bejjani, CEO of Dubai conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim started his career as a lawyer. But to him, law and business are one of the same: “I was always an extremely business-orientated legal practitioner, and honestly, in my view, there is little difference. You cannot effectively do business if you don’t understand the law and you cannot be a good legal practitioner if you don’t understand business.” The bottom line is, if you want a successful business, study up on the law first.
9. Dubai-based designer Rami Al Ali has dressed countless A-list celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé Knowles and Ivanka Trump, but he started out as an intern in a women’s beauty centre. “Believe and support [your] own ideas, even if they don’t get popular at the beginning, and even if it gets difficult. Most of the time, the judgement is always in comparison with what’s right and wrong from what they’ve seen. So if you keep insisting on something original that you created, you will definitely be able to build a stronger line,” he said.
10. Arne Sorenson, president and chief executive of hotel giant Marriott, is motivated by a single expression: “Success is never final. Nothing’s ever good enough.”
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Baltimore's Deaf Heritage
By Kathleen Brockway
The booming job market and beautifully designed city of Baltimore attracted many families and individuals to the area in the 19th century. Several of these transplants would become prominent figures in the Deaf community. George W. Veditz, an early American Sign Language filmmaker and former president of the National Association of the Deaf; Rev. Daniel E. Moylan, founder of the oldest operational Methodist church for the deaf; and George Michael "Dummy" Leitner, a professional baseball player, all influenced Baltimore's growing deaf population. Through vintage photographs of successful organizations and sports teams, including the Silent Oriole Club, Christ Church of the Deaf, the Jewish Deaf Society of Baltimore, the Silent Clover Society, and the National Fraternal Society for the Deaf, Baltimore's Deaf Heritage illustrates the evolution of Baltimore's Deaf community and its prominent leaders.
Kathleen Brockway, the deaf author, is an advocate for deaf rights and historical and political recognition. She was inspired by the stories of the deaf heritage in Baltimore and determined to share them with the public. She retrieved images from living descendants of Baltimore's earliest deaf families, deaf organizations, Maryland School for the Deaf, the Gallaudet University archives, and Maryland natives to present this rich history.
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Local History Books on Kansas
If you’re not from Kansas, then your strongest association with the state is probably The Wizard of Oz. However, Kansas is a lot more than the place the fictional character Dorothy Gale once called home. Kansas’s Smith County is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous U.S. states. Kansas was home to some of history’s most famous lawmen, including Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, and Bat Masterson. The country’s first Pizza Hut opened in Kansas, too!
Even so, there’s a lot about Kansas you won’t learn from your average history class, trivia book, or travel guide. Regional history and local interest literature can help you fill in the blanks.
Reintroduce Yourself to the Sunflower State
Whether you’re a Kansas native interested in learning more about the communities, populations, and people that made your state great, or simply a history buff looking for something new to explore, you’ll truly appreciate the possibilities regional history books offer.
Track the development of historic Salina from its beginnings in 1858 all the way up to today. Explore an intimate look at Kansas penal history with dedicated volumes on Lansing Correctional Facility, the United States Disciplinary Barracks, and many more. Discover your next favorite ghost story with a look at Wichita’s most famous haunted areas. Even learn about the legacy of the El Dorado oil boom.
Arcadia Publishing Offers A Different View of History
Arcadia Publishing’s comprehensive library of regional interest books is one of the largest and most respected in North America. That being said, it’s a great place to get to know Kansas on a more personal level.
Learn more about your own hometown or favorite weekend getaway spots. Discover the rich backstories of hundreds of local heroes. Explore sports, food culture, war history, aviation, and many more subjects of interest.
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Display of Flags in Catholic Churches
Displaying the American flag in a Catholic Church is left up to the judgment of the diocesan bishop, who in turn often delegates this to the discretion of the pastor.
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Surprisingly to many, there are no regulations of any kind governing the display of flags in Catholic Churches. Neither the Code of Canon law, nor the liturgical books of the Roman rite comment on this practice. As a result, the question of whether and how to display the American flag in a Catholic Church is left up to the judgment of the diocesan bishop, who in turn often delegates this to the discretion of the pastor.
The origin of the display of the American flag in many parishes in the United States appears have its origins in the offering of prayers for those who served during the Second World War (1941-1945). At that time, many bishops and pastors provided a book of remembrance near the American flag in the vestibule of the church, requesting prayers for loved ones–especially those serving their country in the armed forces–as a way of keeping before the attention of the faithful the needs of military families. This practice has since been confirmed in many places during the Korean, Viet Nam and Iraqi conflicts.
The Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy has in the past encouraged pastors not to place the flag within the sanctuary itself, in order to reserve that space for the altar, the ambo, the presidential chair and the tabernacle. Instead, the suggestion has been made that the American flag be placed outside the sanctuary, or in the vestibule of the Church together with a book of prayer requests. It remains, however, for the diocesan bishop to determine regulations in this matter.
Archbishop Listecki confirms this practice and encourages parishes to demonstrate their support for our soldiers and their families by our continued prayers for God’s protection.
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AAJA Features Forum
Director Mariecar Mendoza
Mariecar is the senior digital arts editor for entertainment and engagement at the San Francisco Chronicle where she oversees daily arts and entertainment coverage for Datebook and datebook.sfchronicle.com.
Prior to The Chronicle, Mariecar was a features digital editor for the Los Angeles News Group where she specialized in music, food and festival coverage for the region. She has also worked as a multimedia news reporter for several publications throughout California.
Mariecar is a proud alumna of the Chips Quinn Scholar program, AAJA VOICES 2006 and ELP 2017. She has also served as an AAJA-Los Angeles chapter board member for three years, with her last two terms as vice president of print.
Co-Director Kellie Hwang
Kellie is a seasoned entertainment reporter and multimedia journalist at The Arizona Republic. She currently covers Phoenix dining news and trends, and the burgeoning cocktail and beer scenes. She is the go-to features reporter for major events including the Super Bowl, Country Thunder and Phoenix Comicon. Over her career at The Republic, Kellie has taken on many responsibilities in Features including reviewing concerts, interviewing celebrities at red carpet parties, previewing prestigious art exhibitions and covering the Vegas-like nightlife scene in Scottsdale. Kellie is currently the president of the AAJA-Arizona chapter and is a 2006 VOICES alumni. She graduated in 2006 from the University of Washington.
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Santa Fe film fest honors John Sayles, Maggie Renzi for lifetime achievement
Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 11:58pm
John Sayles, who wrote and edited "Honeydripper," directs a scene in the movie, which stars Danny Glover, left. (SOURCE: Castle Rock Entertainment)
A screenwriter.
An actor.
A novelist.
An independent film director.
U.S. director John Sayles at the podium during a photo call to promote his film “Amigo” at 58th San Sebastian Film Festival in San Sebastian, Spain, in 2010. (SOURCE: Alvaro Barrientos)
These are all parts of John Sayles’ life.
Each one has brought attention to his brilliance.
This is part of the reason Sayles and his partner, Maggie Renzi, are being honored with the lifetime achievement award at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 20.
Sayles and Renzi have been making films for more than 40 years. Sayles is usually behind the camera, and Renzi produces the projects.
The pair met while studying at Williams College and released their first film together, “Return of the Secaucus Seven,” a few years after graduation. The film went on to win major awards and launched both of their careers.
Since then, each has become an icon within independent cinema.
The duo will stop in Santa Fe next weekend to receive the honor.
Chris Cooper in a scene from “Lone Star,” which John Sayles directed. (SOURCE: Castle Rock Entertainment)
“Our friend Haskell Wexler was always uncomfortable getting lifetime achievement awards,” he says. “I guess it’s because it makes you feel like your not going to achieve anymore and that your life is over. On that note, we’re honored to get this award.”
The awards ceremony will be followed by Sayles and Renzi’s Oscar-nominated film “Lone Star.”
The film follows Sam Deeds, Sheriff of Rio County, Texas, and son of former Sheriff Buddy Deeds, who is revered for replacing the corrupt Sheriff Charlie Wade.
The young sheriff is called to the small town of Frontera, where a skeleton, the body of Charlie Wade, has been uncovered in the desert.
Deeds soon finds himself caught amid the town’s long-buried secrets and suspicious that his father may not be the just man he’s made out to be.
Maggie Renzi
It is written and directed by Sayles, produced by Renzi and stars Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Peña.
During Sayles’ career, he’s seen the film industry change immensely.
“I think it’s almost more, how has your ability (to make films) changed?” he says. “It’s gotten harder to raise money, and to get it distributed is difficult. There was a very short period in the ’80s when it was doable. It’s gotten really hard. The best thing about having a career this long is that we get agents and good actors to call us back now. Sometimes we get really good actors to work for scale.”
Sayles has also worked with both film stock and digital productions.
He recalls worrying about running out of film while working on his first movie.
“We didn’t want to over-buy. We had to worry about how many takes we were doing. With digital, you don’t worry about that. You can keep rolling. I edit my own movies, and it helps me save time when I edit as we’re shooting. With digital, it also allows me to be up near the actors as much as possible. We move faster, and that helps when you’re under time constraints.”
Sayles makes his living as a writer for hire.
He’s also finished his next book, which is going out before publishers.
“I’m a writer that can keep moving along,” he says. “Each story is different and has its own demands. I adjust to each project I’m working on.”
Sayles has filmed in 12 states and is looking to film his next production in New Mexico.
“If we can raise the money, we’d be shooting in April through June,” he says. “It would kind of be all over the state – White Sands, Albuquerque and Santa Fe.”
WHAT: John Sayles and Maggie Renzi Lifetime Achievement Award
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20
HOW MUCH: $30, plus fees at ticketssantafe.org or 505-988-1234
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We could soon watch a black hole in action, gobbling up matter in real time
Last week, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) released the first-ever image of a black hole’s shadow cast against the hot gas of its accretion disk, Live Science reports.
That image, of the black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87), was front page news all over the world. Soon, the EHT will produce the first movie of that hot gas whirling chaotically around the shadow, said project leaders who spoke Sunday (April 14) here at the April meeting of the American Physical Society.
The EHT isn’t a single telescope. Rather, it’s a network of radio telescopes all over the world making precisely timed recordings of radio waves all together, and these recordings can be combined such that the different telescope all act as one. As more individual radio telescopes join the EHT and the team updates the project’s recording technology, the detail of the images should increase dramatically, Shep Doeleman, the Harvard University astronomer who lead the EHT project said in his talk. And then, the team should be able to produce movies of black holes in action, he said.
“It turns out that even now, with what we have, we may be able, with certain prior assumptions, to look at rotational signatures [evidence of the accretion disk swirling around the event horizon],” Doeleman said. “And then, if we had many more stations, then we could really start to see in real time movies of the black hole accretion and rotation.” [9 Ideas About Black Holes That Will Blow Your Mind]
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In the case of the black hole in M87, Doeleman told Live Science after his talk, making a movie will be pretty straightforward. The black hole is enormous, even for a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy: It’s 6.5 billion times the mass of Earth’s sun, with its event horizon — the point beyond which not even light can return — enclosing a sphere as wide as our entire solar system. So, the hot matter of this black hole’s accretion disk takes a long time to make a single trek around the object.
“The time scale over which [M87] changes appreciably is greater than a day. That’s great,” Doeleman said, because it means the EHT to shoot a movie of the object one frame at a time.
“We can … make our image. Then, if we want to make another one, or a time-lapse movie, then we just go out the next day or the next week. And we might do it seven weeks in a row and get seven frames of a movie and then kind of see something move around in that way,” he said
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But the M87 black hole isn’t the only supermassive black hole that the EHT is observing. The team is also looking at Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our own galaxy, and plans to release the first image of that object soon. And the EHT researchers also aim to make movies of that much nearer and better-studied black hole, but that project will be more complicated, Doeleman said. [11 Fascinating Facts About Our Milky Way Galaxy]
SagA* is about 1,000 times less massive than the M87 black hole, Doeleman said, so the image changes 1,000 times more quickly.
“So, what that means is it will change in minutes or hours,” Doeleman said. “You have to develop a fundamentally different algorithm, because it’s as if you have the lens cap off on your camera and something’s moving while you’re taking an exposure.”
To make a movie, he said, the EHT would not only have to collect all the data necessary to produce an image of the black hole, but also break up that data up into different chunks by time. Next, the team would compare those chunks to one another using sophisticated algorithms to figure out how the image changed even as it was being captured.
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“We have to figure out a way to look at the first little bit of data, and then the second little bit of data, and then to make a movie,” he said. “So members of our team are working on what we call dynamical imaging.”
This approach uses models of how the image would be expected to move, comparing those models to the actual data to see if it fits.
“You’ve got to be smart and figure out how data from this time slice is related to that time slice right after,” Doeleman said. “So, for example, you could say, ‘OK, you can move but you can’t move that far.'”
Using those sorts of constraints, he said, the team can convert even very limited amounts of data from any given minute into complete pictures of SagA* in motion. As a result, the team expects to make movies of the smaller black hole in a single night.
Those movies, said Avery Broderick, an astrophysicist at the University of Waterloo in Canada who works on interpreting the EHT’s images, should reveal new details about the behavior of accretion disks around black holes, including how they gobble up matter.
“We’ll be able to map space-times by looking at black hole cinema, not portraiture,” Broderick said.
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Despite the passage of time, many businesses continue to look on the use of the COSHH Assessments as a paperwork exercise, which the client imposes on them. If the information were actually used by each business, it would have a dramatic effect on general safety practices and procedures in the building and engineering services industry. Your first choice in risk control should be to substitute lower risk substances or process, wherever it is reasonably practicable.
This online COSHH management system contains assessments for the majority of chemicals and/or substances that you may use. These Assessments provide details of the risks, how to treat emergencies and the control measures to be employed under certain circumstances. Please use them to make sure that each site of work has the lowest risk substances that will adequately perform the task required. Always read the COSHH Assessment before you use a new substance and make sure that you understand how to use it safely. Following the workplace precautions detailed in the COSHH Assessment will help towards your safety and the safety of others working around you.
It must be recognised that the COSHH Assessment Sheets do not cover all of the substances you may encounter. Additional Sheets will be produced from time to time to meet the needs of the industry, but assistance is required from you to identify other substances for which assessments may be needed. It is also essential that you are provided with COSHH material safety data sheets (MSDS) which will contain important information on the chemical, its risks and hazards. These information sheets should be provided by the substance/chemical manufacturer/supplier.
The provision of these Assessment Sheets does not relieve you of your duties under the COSHH Regulations. These place specific responsibilities on you to assess, prevent or control exposure and to monitor the effects of substances used in your business. Please study the Assessments carefully and apply the advice and guidance given on them.
I wish to express my thanks to Sypol Ltd - part of the Alcumus Group, who have provided the technical content for the Assessments. Without their support, it would not be possible to produce this online COSHH management system. My thanks also go to the Heating and Ventilating Mechanical and Electrical Health Safety and Environment Committee whose time and knowledge has enabled this online COSHH management system to be updated.
Bill Belshaw Chairman, Mechanical and Electrical Health Safety and Environment Committee
WHAT IS COSHH? (back to the top)
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) is a set of Regulations for controlling the exposure of workers to substances that can harm their health.
When we think of substances, we think of materials we bring to the workplace, but COSHH is more than this and includes any substance that can cause harm.
For example: - COSHH covers the dust cloud caused by sweeping in a dusty area.
THE COSHH ASSESSMENT (back to the top)
The first step in complying with COSHH, is the production of the COSHH Assessment. This should define the inherent hazards associated with work activities or the materials to be used, taking into account where and how they are to be used, together with the detail of all precautions that should be taken to control the risk associated with the activity or product used.
To produce a COSHH Assessment:-
Obtain the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) from suppliers and use it to judge whether a material is hazardous to health. Consider the way that the material is used i.e. quantities involved, length of time in use, method and location of the planned use. Use this to evaluate the risk.
Detail those precautions to be taken to control the risk. For example,
eliminate hazard
substitute with a less hazardous alternative
isolate the worker, enclose the process
ventilate the work areas using local extraction techniques forced ventilation, or general ventilation
control work practices - by producing a method statement and by supervision
ensure good housekeeping
provide any personal protection equipment deemed necessary.
The Assessment should also indicate further actions needed to ensure compliance with COSHH Regulations 6-13, i.e. assessment, control, maintenance, monitoring, health surveillance, training/information requirements and dealing with incidents.
Assess the work activity and use it to judge whether this will be hazardous to health. Consider the way that the activity will be carried out i.e. quantities involved, duration, method and location of the planned activity. Use this to evaluate the risk.
OTHER REGULATIONS of COSHH (back to the top)
COSHH does not simply require the provision of the COSHH Assessment. Arrangements will need to be made to train employees, provide and maintain control measures and in some cases, monitor exposure levels and carry out health surveillance.
Maintenance, testing and examination
Engineering controls provided such as Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems must be maintained so that they continue to provide effective control. Whatever controls are in place, a systematic approach to their maintenance, testing and examination and decommissioning – at no more than 14 month intervals (see HSE HSG258 Controlling airborne contaminants at work.) - should be specified. Results should be documented and kept for 5 years.
BESA publications TR/19, SFG 20, DW144 and DW172 have further information.
Workplace monitoring should be undertaken if a material or process poses a serious risk to health, if doubt exists as to whether or not limits are exceeded, or to ensure that controls are working effectively. Personal monitoring results should be documented and kept for 40 years, results of environmental monitoring should be documented and kept for five years.
However monitoring is of little use unless results can be compared against bench mark standards below which exposure via inhalation is unlikely to cause harm to health.
Monitoring can therefore be defined as the collection of a number of air samples from a workplace in order to derive a quantitative measure of exposure to airborne contaminants in the workplace as a whole.
Standards and Legislation
The COSHH Regulations have now set a single Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL).
A single type of exposure limit has been introduced with Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) replacing Maximum Exposure Limits (MELs) and Occupational Exposure Standards (OESs) The OESs for around 100 substances will be deleted as the substances are now banned. As the numerical values of the other limits being transferred to the new system are unchanged, suppliers may exhaust stocks of safety data sheets that refer to MELs and OESs before producing new ones that refer to WELs. Similarly, COSHH assessments can be updated as part of duty holders periodic reviews.
Apply the eight principles of good practice for the control of substances hazardous to health;
Ensure that the WEL is not exceeded; and
Ensure that exposure to substances that can cause occupational asthma, cancer, or damage to genes that can be passed from one generation to another, is reduced as low as is reasonably practicable, design and operate processes and activities to minimise emission, release and spread of substances hazardous to health.
The 8 Principles of COSHH are:-
design and operate processes and activities to minimise emission, release and spread of substances hazardous to health
take into account all relevant routes of exposure - inhalation, skin absorption and ingestion - when developing control measures
control exposure by measures that are proportionate to the health risk
choose the most effective and reliable control options which minimise the escape and spread of substances hazardous to health
where adequate control of exposure cannot be achieved by other means, provide, in combination with other control measures, suitable personal protective equipment
check and review regularly all elements of control measures for their continuing effectiveness
inform and train all employees on the hazards and risks from the substances with which they work and the use of control measures developed to minimise the risks.
ensure that the introduction of control measures does not increase the overall risk to health and safety.
Health surveillance should be undertaken to detect changes before signs and symptoms show in exposed workers. This may be a simple skin check, lung function test, urine or blood test. Records should be kept for 40 years.
This involves the provision of:-
* Information as to the hazards and risks associated with materials used.
* Instruction on how to work safely.
* Training in the use and maintenance of any controls provided.
Records and Review
A suitable record of all COSHH activities should be kept, either on paper or a computer database. A re-assessment should be made when work practices change and an assessment is no longer valid or in any case at least every 5 years.
COSHH AND CDM (back to the top)
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, known as CDM, have created a legal framework for the management of construction and maintenance work which applies to all but the smallest of jobs. There are duties assigned to clients, their designers and provision made for the instatement of a Health and Safety Coordinator - and in each case this requires a response from contractors who also have their own duties. CDM has an impact on the way in which hazardous substances are managed and COSHH compliance is achieved.
Qualification of Contractors
Any person selecting or appointing contractors is required to assess their competence. To demonstrate competence as regards COSHH, subscribers should cite the BESA system and their use of the general assessments and processes set out in the document. This should be supplemented with an indication of how the assessments are used on site.
On appointment, it may be necessary for a contractor to confirm the resources available for safely managing the work and the availability of further advice from BESA may be cited.
Designers of any aspect of a building, including services, are required by CDM to seek to minimise risks by the appropriate selection of safer materials, and to advise the Health and Safety Coordinator of any materials specified which require special handling precautions. The BESA COSHH Assessments may be used as the basis for both the judgements and the information to pass on.
Health and Safety Plan
The Health and Safety Coordinator must ensure that a Health and Safety Plan is prepared, and the pre-tender version of this plan has to be ready before any work (including preparation of tenders) on the project is undertaken.
The Principal Contractor is required to develop and maintain the construction phase of the Health and Safety Plan defining the safe system of work operating throughout the project. The COSHH Assessments form an essential element of this process, for the Principal Contractor and for all specialist and sub-contractors. Users of the BESA Online COSHH management system should incorporate appropriate references to specific assessments in their own sections of the Health and Safety Plan, Method Statements and other similar documents. In addition, on request from the Principal Contractor, copies of the relevant COSHH assessments may be furnished to the Principal Contractor and/or the Health and Safety Coordinator.
Users of the BESA Online COSHH management system will find the management of hazardous substances in accordance with the guidance provided meets the relevant CDM requirements.
Any hazardous substances permanently incorporated into the structure of the project which are likely to pose a significant risk to the end user of the building when responsibility future works will need to have their presence recorded in the Safety File. The Health and Safety Coordinator must ensure that the Safety File is prepared, handed to the client at the end of the contract and subsequently maintained throughout the life of the building.
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF COSHH (back to the top)
The management system for meeting the requirements of COSHH when using this online COSHH management system is outlined below.
A formal management system should be established for the distribution and use of assessments, and their use in guiding safe working practices. The system should be explicit, requiring amendment of the Safety Policy Statement, and subject to routine audit. The system should describe responsibilities for:-
Assessment of Risk
Before any work activity is carried out, all materials which workers are likely to come into contact with or use must be subject to an assessment of risk to the workers’ health.
The risk assessment/method statement must consider:
the properties of the material
information provided by the manufacturer on health effects
the level type and duration of exposure
the work to be carried out
any occupational exposure data
any factors which might apply which relate to the location of the work
the effect of control measures
information obtained from operative health surveillance and monitoring
any other information which may be relevant
A record of the risk assessment must be made and retained.
Prevention or Control of Exposure
Before any work is carried out, every effort should be made to minimise the risk of contact with hazardous substances. Consideration should be given to sourcing safer alternative methods of working or materials wherever possible.
Material Purchasing
The preparation of a list of all materials to be used should be produced. If a COSHH Assessment is available in the online COSHH management system for a material this may be used. If not, together with Material Safety Data Sheets from the material manufacturers or suppliers, you should carry out your own assessments.
Consideration should be given to sourcing safer alternative materials wherever possible.
General Assessments
The majority of materials used, and/or processes undertaken can be subjected to a standard, general assessment. Many of these will be available in this online COSHH management system.
Note, where a material is not listed, further assessments may be available.
Consider COSHH when surveying buildings to be refurbished. Identify hazardous substances e.g. dust etc. within the building that need to be considered, as well as putting together "materials to be used" lists.
Within the company, assign responsibility for co-ordinating COSHH. Delegate to managers who are responsible for other areas of health and safety management.
Sub-contractors
Sub-contractors must comply with COSHH. Assessments should be obtained from sub-contractors for substances they intend to use, when they tender for the work.
MANAGING COSHH ON SITE (back to the top)
Copies of the COSHH Assessments should be provided to Line Managers responsible for the implementation of COSHH on site. It is their responsibility to ensure that assessments for the materials to be used are readily accessible and the controls required available. Line Managers should also identify any new materials, activities and processes under their authority which are not covered so that assessments can be prepared.
Checking Implementation
Employees must comply with COSHH. They have a duty to implement the documented controls. The assessments should be used as mini method statements and the guidance provided implemented. The Guide to COSHH Assessment Interpretation section of this online COSHH management system with the assessments should be used as a ready reference. Posters summarising the pictogram interpretation are also available upon request.
If not already supplied, sub-contractors COSHH Assessments should be obtained before they start work on site.
LIAISON (back to the top)
Successful implementation of COSHH requires liaison with various parties, good communication and the flow of information. The following considerations should be taken into account.
WITH THIRD PARTIES
Reassure them that you have a clear policy for complying with COSHH. The COSHH Assessments in this online COSHH management system represent an Industry Standard. The important aspect remains local management of hazardous substances.
If your staff work on other premises, ask the person in charge there for information on any hazards which you need to know about, in order to ensure the protection of your own staff. The host company has responsibilities under COSHH to assist in protecting your staff.
WITH SUB-CONTRACTORS
Ensure that sub-contractors have valid COSHH Assessments before work starts. For major works, even after you have checked the assessments; ask at a progress meeting and minute the response: "Is there any aspect of your work which is a potential hazard to others on site, and which you wish to bring to our attention?"
Assessments are only guides to action - it is necessary to check that the precautions and controls indicated as being necessary are put into practice and continue to be so throughout the duration of the job.
WITH STAFF
There is a legal obligation to ensure that workers are informed, instructed and trained in connection with the hazardous substances with which they work.
The COSHH assessments have been designed to be used as the means for conveying the relevant information - that is one of the reasons for using the pictograms and producing the poster.
Use the assessments as a written instruction - supplemented as necessary by verbal or further written instructions on how the job is to be done.
Make sure that the staff concerned are capable of following the instructions and that they are trained so that they are "competent". This training may be formal, or in the form of "tool box talks" on for example skin care, use of dust masks etc. The BESA series of Toolbox Talks includes ones on PPE, COSHH and the use of Respirators and Breathing Masks. Advice on how to give a Toolbox Talk is also included.
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Wandering Eye: Gentrification in Baltimore, the BSO offers Golden Tickets for its 100th season, and more
By By City Paper
The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra may not be particularly happy with their employer at the moment—the players' committee, which leads the orchestra's union, recently aired frustrations over low pay and vacancies—but the BSO isn't letting that get in the way of the celebration of its upcoming 100th season. Today, in honor of its announcement this evening of the centennial season, the BSO is giving away 100 "Golden Ticket" packages, "including a ticket to a concert in the 2015-2016 season for the winner and nine friends." The tickets are hidden in various locations around Baltimore, central Maryland, Montgomery County, and (weirdly) Washington, D.C. There are clues to the 100 locations on its website here. (Anna Walsh)
Governing Magazine has an interesting piece on gentrification, with a map of Baltimore's gentrified areas. The BBJ picked it up yesterday, making note of some of Governing's criteria, which are mainly about the rate of real estate price appreciation and the numbers of college-educated residents. "For instance, while most Baltimore residents would consider Federal Hill a gentrified neighborhood, it didn't qualify for the Governing analysis because home values and educational demographics were already high (home values rose 29 percent to $342,000 over 10 years)," BBJ says. Not discussed in either account: the gentrifying areas tend to be much whiter than the city as a whole. With the possible exception of a couple of neighborhoods near Johns Hopkins Hospital, just about every census tract in the "gentrifying" column is whiter. (Edward Ericson Jr.)
Former CP staffer Jeffrey Anderson has been drilling deep into a hyperlocal Washington, D.C. issue: redevelopment plans for the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, a now-defunct, 25-acre water-treatment facility that provided clean water to D.C. from 1905 until 1986. The latest installment of the Hill Rag investigative series, called "Eyes on McMillan," is cautionary: When development is politicized, the deal drives the process, not smart, deliberate planning, which in this case originated a quarter-century ago with a community-oriented vision that was radically different than the current, mixed-use plan. Prior pieces in the series gave credit for working to quash community opposition to Baltimore-based political P.R. shop Fontaine & Company and detailed the mounting costs to D.C. government. The situation is reminiscent of how, back in the 1990s, long-established plans for what to do with the Harbor East parcel on the Baltimore waterfront were torpedoed in favor of giving politically connected developer John Paterakis virtually everything he wanted, including lavish tax breaks. (Van Smith)
John Paterakis Sr.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residents and bar owners square off in Federal Hill
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The Law of the Land
A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic
by Akhil Reed Amar
From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and culture. Geographic idiosyncrasies add more than just local character. Regional understandings of law and justice have shaped and reshaped our nation throughout history. America’s Constitution, our founding and unifying document, looks slightly different in California than it does in Kansas.
In The Law of the Land, renowned legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar illustrates how geography, federalism, and regionalism have influenced some of the biggest questions in American constitutional law. Writing about Illinois, “the land of Lincoln,” Amar shows how our sixteenth president’s ideas about secession were influenced by his Midwestern upbringing and outlook. All of today’s Supreme Court justices, Amar notes, learned their law in the Northeast, and New Yorkers of various sorts dominate the judiciary as never before. The curious Bush v. Gore decision, Amar insists, must be assessed with careful attention to Florida law and the Florida Constitution. The second amendment appears in a particularly interesting light, he argues, when viewed from the perspective of Rocky Mountain cowboys and cowgirls.
Propelled by Amar’s distinctively smart, lucid, and engaging prose, these essays allow general readers to see the historical roots of, and contemporary solutions to, many important constitutional questions. The Law of the Land illuminates our nation’s history and politics, and shows how America’s various local parts fit together to form a grand federal framework.
Genre: Nonfiction / Law / Essays
On Sale: April 14th 2015
"In the era of blue states and red states, it is a challenge to develop new theories about the governance of our country. In The Law of the Land, Yale Law School professor Akhil Reed Amar has done just that by examining a range of issues involving the Constitution and the Supreme Court through the lens of geographical differences.... Amar is one of the leading constitutional scholars in the country and an extremely creative thinker. The book is at its best when he explores some of his own elegant constitutionalism to explain the work of justices or insights about the Constitution."—Washington Post
"[Amar's] latest effort, The Law of the Land, reflects both his devotion and his creativity. The essays here are civics lessons, artfully blending the conventional with the controversial. The prose is graceful and livened by an easy sense of humor.... We can all learn from following him on his travels across the continent."—
"[The Law of the Land] is profound in its insights about the United States Constitution.... The book is filled with fascinating and important discussions of constitutional issues.... Amar's analysis is consistently original.... Amar has written a fascinating book on constitutional history."—
"A tour de force by the best U.S. constitutional law scholar since Justice Joseph Story! Akhil Reed Amar understands and explains American Federalism and the role of the fifty states better and more deeply than anyone else. A fun, insightful, and enjoyable tour through the landscape of Constitutional Federalism."—Steve Calabresi, Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern University
"With The Law of the Land, Akhil Reed Amar has again demonstrated why he is America's foremost interpreter and explicator of our Constitution. In The Law of the Land, Amar turns his attention to the way geographical differences have shaped American law in surprising and revealing ways. As always, reading Amar is both a pleasure and an education."—
Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
"Akhil Reed Amar writes in clear and entertaining English, with a journalist's eye for drama and detail and a patriot's eye for the sweep of the American experience. Smart general readers interested in constitutional law will be pleased and instructed."
Richard Brookhiser, author of Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
"The connections Amar makes are intriguing.... Sections on how the Supreme Court has evolved in modern times are particularly interesting, as are the potential ramifications of what Amar calls the 'judicialization of the judiciary.'"—Library Journal, Editors' Spring Picks
"This ambitious treatise shows how landmarks in American constitutional history can be viewed as products of topography.... [Amar] amply proves that the varied American landscape provides an illuminating lens with which to view our legal system's fundamental tenets."—Publishers Weekly
"[Readers] will delight in [Amar's] smooth prose, his frank confessions of bias, his frequently sharp insights and the many sparkling nuggets he scatters throughout, whether about the location of the only national park site named after a Supreme Court case or how Camden, New Jersey, got its name. A provocative, consistently interesting take on our constitutional history.—Kirkus
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Marketing In The Social Media Age With Janek Gwizdala, Juan Alderete & Damian Erskine
“IT’S AWESOME TO BE SITTING HERE AND TO NOT HAVE a bass in my hand,” says Janek Gwizdala to kick off a roundtable discussion with bass bro’s Juan Alderete and Damian Erskine.
By Brian Fox , Mar 11, 2013
From left: Gwizdala, Alderete, and Erskine “IT’S AWESOME TO BE SITTING HERE AND TO NOT HAVE a bass in my hand,” says Janek Gwizdala to kick off a roundtable discussion with bass bro’s Juan Alderete and Damian Erskine. A jam with the three playing monsters would easily earn a top spot on the Bass Player LIVE! highlight reel, but the guys haven’t come together to trade riffs. No matter how much time Janek, Juan, or Damian spends with his instrument, each recognizes the importance of building and maintaining a social media presence. Here are a few of the insights they shared. Join the full discussion at bassplayer.com/video.
Gwizdala There’s an important lesson to be learned from Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby. He didn’t know what he was doing when he started; he was making something like $15 a month. He sold his company a few years later for $22 million. The lesson is this: just start. You won’t have any feedback until you do, and it’s that feedback from fans and followers that you need.
Erskine That lesson holds true for all aspects of your career. For years, I didn’t play in bands because I didn’t think I was good enough, and I didn’t make YouTube videos because I didn’t think I had anything worth recording. There’s no way to do it except to do it.
Alderete When I was ’shedding, none of this technology existed. But it’s become another part of the music business. The way I see it, the game just got bigger.
“I’D RATHER BE PRACTICING. . . .”
Gwizdala What is the point of practicing if you can’t communicate to people what it is you’re doing? You could be good at shredding in your bedroom, but then what are you going to be good at? Shredding in your bedroom. Unless you integrate some of this stuff , it’s kind of pointless.
Erskine There’s no reason you can’t do both. I used to turn a lot of my students on to Janek’s video podcasts, telling them that he basically practices on camera, so you get to see the process.
Gwizdala That podcast was the catalyst for all my online stuff . It was 30 minutes of audio, recorded with the internal microphone of my laptop—it was ghetto! But I’d later be doing clinics at universities on the strength of that, because teachers at the school were using it as curriculum. I played, I talked about what I was doing, and like a radio show would, I introduced people to other music I was listening to. It engaged people and encouraged people to follow it.
KNOW YOURSELF, KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
Gwizdala One thing I love about Juan and Damian is that they’re both very honest people, and their [online] content is honest. That speaks louder than anything.
Erskine You really have to care about what you are doing, and be passionate about what you put out there. With social media, you need to interact with people. I’m a warts-and-all guy—I’ll put up video where I’m not playing all that well. But if you’re into me and my musical journey, you can take it all.
Social media levels the playing field. You don’t need much of anything to get out there and do it. Part of getting into it was a process of self-discovery for me—I wanted to know who I was.
Alderete With any website you go to, it’s the content that gets people excited. When I’m creating stuff for pedalsandeffects.com, I don’t really know what it is that people will get out of it. I just know that if it gets me excited, there’s got to be at least a base of people like me.
1,000 TRUE FANS
Gwizdala There’s [Kevin Kelly’s] concept of “1,000 True Fans,” which basically says that if you have a thousand true fans, and you can convince them to part with $100 every year, you’ll have a six-figure income. If you put out a record once a year, make a t-shirt, put on a couple of concerts, and maybe put out some instructional stuff , it’s not hard to get $100 out of a true fan. Gone are the days when you need to sell a million records to see a $50 return after you’ve recouped your advance. It’s not as difficult as it seems.
Janek Gwizdala, The Space in Between [janekgwizdala.com]
By Bryan Beller Dec 31, 2010
Damian Erskine's Right-Hand Drive
By Bryan Beller Apr 30, 2010
Juan Alderete: Cause & Effects!
By Jon D'Auria May 3, 2017
Janek Gwizdala: Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger
By Jonathan Herrera Apr 10, 2015
Juan Alderete : Shining In The Relative : Simplicity Of Octahedron
By BassPlayer Jan 1, 2010
Juan Alderete: 21st Century Schitzoid Man
By Freddy Villano Oct 31, 2012
Juan Alderete's Signal Chain Suggestions
By Juan Alderete Dec 4, 2015
Janek Gwizdala Releases His Eighth Album, The Ten-Track Solo Bass Work, American Elm
By BP Staff Jan 28, 2016
Juan Alderete Kicks Off the Relaunch of Pedals and Effects with a 100 Pedal Chain on March 1st
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Closing the Gender Gap: Insights Gleaned About the Future of the Workplace
By Meghan McGrath
Earlier this year, we conducted a global research project that queried Millennials about their vision for their careers, their leaders, and the future of business. Although there were lots of great insights, one tidbit really struck me – it relates to gender dynamics. It’s a promising message for the future.
We asked Millennial men and women to identify their own strengths as leaders and future leaders. We also asked Millennial men and women to identify the leadership qualities that resonate with them most and are most important to find in their leaders. They were given 15 qualities – the dimensions of executive presence.
Here were the options for both questions:
Practical Wisdom
Each person was asked to select the top 3 highest rated of these qualities with respect to each of the two aforementioned questions. Here were the findings for self-reported strengths for Millennial men and Millennial women:
Millennial men and women interestingly both reported that authenticity, integrity, and concern were in their top 3 self-reported strengths. The interesting change is that the number 4 spot was different between men and women – while men identified confidence as a top strength, women reported humility. What becomes more interesting is when you compare this data to the responses to the second question – which qualities are most important to Millennial men and Millennial women when it comes to leader they’d like to follow? Here are the results:
Millennial men actually reported that one of the top 5 (of 15) qualities that they look for in a leader was humility, and women reported humility as a top 5 self-strength. This is really interesting, because it would suggest that Millennial men may not only respond to female leaders with equal enthusiasm as they would respond to male leaders, but they may actually respond to women better. We can’t yet say the relationship is causal or predictive, but it certainly gets us thinking. Today, there are only 24 female CEOs in the Fortune 500 and 27 in the Fortune 1000. We’re hopeful that as Millennials rise among the ranks in our global business economy, and look for leaders with humility as well as strengths in authenticity and integrity, those numbers might finally change for the better.
Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.
Topics: Blog Posts, Women in Leadership, Building Culture, Executive Communication
Written by Meghan McGrath
Meghan McGrath is the Director of Marketing for Bates. She joined the firm in 2012 after graduating from Fairfield University with a BA in Journalism. McGrath helps execute strategic marketing and public relations initiatives, including the firm's web strategy, content marketing, event marketing, speaking engagements, social media, and branding.
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Glasgow & West selected
Glasgow & West Scotland
Glasgow east end hospital set to close
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40288534
Image caption Lightburn Hospital in Glasgow
A community hospital in Glasgow's east end, which provides rehabilitative care for older patients, has been earmarked for closure.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the service model at Lightburn Hospital no longer fitted with modern healthcare.
It said a health and social care hub would be set up with £40m.
Parkinson's UK criticised the proposed closure and said the hospital provided essential services to vulnerable people in a disadvantaged area.
NHSGGC said inpatients across the north east of Glasgow would be served by "fit-for-purpose" facilities at Stobhill Hospital.
'National strategy'
It said local care homes would be commissioned to provide an extended level of care to inpatients, not requiring acute facilities.
More patients would be discharged from Glasgow Royal Infirmary directly to home, with additional support if required.
Stobhill Hospital would provide day hospital and outpatient services, it said.
Finally, it said Parkinson's services would be delivered from Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
NHSGGC chief executive Jane Grant said the proposals were consistent with national strategy to shift care from acute hospitals to community services delivered by health and social care partnerships.
"The proposed hub will give real opportunity to further integrate health and social care services to the benefit of patients and service users."
She said the decision followed a three-month consultation, which included service users.
Previous closure plans
The Scottish government rejected proposals to close Lightburn Hospital in 2011.
At the time, Nicola Sturgeon, who was then health secretary, had said local people's interests were best served by maintaining Lightburn Hospital and its healthcare services.
In August 2016, NHSGGC announced plans to consult on proposals to close or cut down on some in-patient and maternity services.
The latest decision by the health board to close Lightburn Hospital will be referred to Health Secretary Shona Robison.
Katherine Crawford, of Parkinson's UK, said: "While we are relieved that the Health Board has recognised the value of the Parkinson's service and has committed to maintain current levels of support, we are concerned that the removal of Lightburn as the hub for service delivery presents major challenges."
She said the kind of care provided at the hospital was the type of care that the Scottish government has said should be provided at community level.
"We should be proud of local facilities like the Lightburn and be investing in them - not closing them," she said.
Scottish government
Scottish Labour
Health board to consult on cuts as it seeks to save £69m
Health board says £60m cuts and closure paper 'not final'
Minister saves closure-threatened Lightburn Hospital
Hospital services saved by review
NHS GGC
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Royal Mail chief executive to step down after eight years
Moya Greene will be pursuing ‘a range of other interests, including developing her portfolio career’.
Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene is to step down in September (PA)
Royal Mail has confirmed that chief executive Moya Greene will step down after more than eight years at the helm.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/royal-mail-chief-executive-to-step-down-after-eight-years-36825907.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article36825908.ece/d01eb/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_a064019d-ce11-4c3c-a113-7fa012b83d66_1
Ms Greene will be replaced by Rico Back – the chief executive of the group’s European subsidiary General Logistics Systems – who will take the reins at the start of June after the company releases its 2017-2018 earnings results.
The outgoing boss will formally step down from the board on July 19 following Royal Mail’s annual general meeting (AGM) but stay on at the company until September in order to ensure an “orderly handover” to her successor.
Mr Back has been a senior Royal Mail Group executive and boss of GLS for 18 years, having been a founding member of German Parcel, which Royal Mail snapped up in 1999 and later rebranded as GLS.
He will stand for formal election to the role at the company’s AGM in July.
Royal Mail shares were up nearly 0.4% in morning trading following the news.
Royal Mail deal
The company said Ms Greene will use her retirement to “pursue a range of other interests, including developing her portfolio career”.
The long-standing boss is currently a non-executive at easyJet and a trustee of Tate, and will become a non-executive director of Rio Tinto in the second half of 2018.
Royal Mail chairman Peter Long said: “When Moya joined in the summer of 2010, the company was balance sheet insolvent.
“Since then, Royal Mail has been transformed, including our privatisation in 2013 and two significant, ground-breaking agreements with the CWU.
“Alongside the strong financial position Moya has secured for the company, we have invested over £1.5 billion in our UK operation in recent years. We are one of the most favourably viewed brands in the UK.
“I would like to extend to Moya our sincere thanks for her tremendous contribution during a defining time for us.”
The company also announced on Friday that it had appointed Sue Whalley as chief executive of Post and Parcels at Royal Mail UK, which accounts for all of the group’s UK revenue and operations excluding Parcelforce Worldwide and Royal Mail International.
Ms Whalley – a former chief operations officer and managing director of Royal Mail Letters and Network – will join the board on June 1.
A woman who has campaigned for six years to liberalise Northern Ireland’s abortion laws broke down in tears as the House of Commons passed legislation repealing a law criminalising terminations in the region.
Care worker Stephen Nicholson has been found guilty of the “execution-style” murder of schoolgirl Lucy McHugh who he killed to prevent her revealing his year-long abuse of her.
An “evil” and “extremely dangerous” killer, who stabbed a retired civil servant weeks before attacking a second woman, has been jailed for at least 40 years.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a controversial £525 million contract with outsourcing firm Capita which will privatise large parts of its fire and rescue service.
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Gamed by the System
Exploring Black Male Youths’ Motivation to Participate in Sports
Deborwah Faulk, Robert A. Bennett III and James L. Moore III
Previous research contributes to our knowledge about young people’s motivation to participate in sports and athletic programs. In particular, scholarship has identified significant others (such as parents and peers) and internal drivers (for example, physical ability and skill, the desire to succeed, love of competition, etc.) as some of the forces that shape the involvement of young men in sports. The role of institutions and structures in influencing the decisions of young males to join sports, however, is neglected to some extent in the current literature. Given the history of race and gender marginalization relative to sports in the US, distinguishing an additional layer that influences motivations are important. Young black males face additional social pressures in society and in schools, in particular. In this article we suggest that schools use sports to control the behaviors and aid the character development of young black men.
In Boyhood Studies
Published (Print):
Sports Diplomacy and Emergent Nationalism
Football Links between the Two Yemens, 1970-1990
Thomas B. Stevenson and Abdul Karim Alaug
In the 1970s and 1980s, North and South Yemen appeared to be two states pursuing opposing, sometimes hostile, economic and political policies. Then, in 1990, they suddenly united. This article analyses sport diplomacy as an instrument in opening institutional contacts between the two governments and as a venue for conveying important socio-political and historical messages. Cross-border football contests reinforced the largely invented notion of a single Yemen derived from pre-Islamic kingdoms. This idea remains a foundation of Yemeni nationalism and a base of Yemeni national identity.
In Anthropology of the Middle East
Where going back is a step forward
The re-traditionalising of sport games in post-Soviet Buriatiia
Stefan Krist
After a brief description of how Soviet policy influenced and changed the centuries-old traditional Buriat sports holiday called Surkharban, this paper discusses the changes that this festivity has been undergoing since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Under Soviet rule, this annual holiday, earlier linked to religious rituals, became secularised. Party and State propaganda infiltrated the event in a variety of ways and international rules were adopted for the games. The last 15 years have seen a reversal of this process, leading to a stormy re-traditionalisation of the holiday in general and of the games in particular. However, this did not occur in a uniform manner and is still far from being completed. On the contrary, the author has been observing a wide spectrum of local variants and new changes every year. He analyses the ways in which Buriat sports games are performed and how these public events mirror the manifold socioeconomic and political developments in post-Soviet Buriatiia.
In Sibirica
Pueri Sunt Pueri
Machismo, Chivalry, and the Aggressive Pastimes of the Medieval Male Youth
Sean McGlynn
This article draws on research into medieval childhood to argue that the violence of male youth activities was not simply a result of their age and hormones—“boys will be boys”—but was positively encouraged by society and the state as training for their potential roles in conflicts, for war was all pervasive and all important. The violent games and pastimes of male youths are discussed in light of their relevance to war, as they progress into sports that served as military training. The focus here is on the chivalric tournament, the apogee of such entertainments and a form of medieval war games within a violent sports spectacle. A primary intention of such training was to foster combat primary group cohesion among the male youths preparing to engage in war with its codes of chivalry.
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
Sport and nationalism in the Republic of North Macedonia
Vasiliki P. Neofotistos
Using the Republic of North Macedonia as a case study, this article analyzes the processes through which national sports teams’ losing performance acquires a broad social and political significance. I explore claims to sporting victory as a direct product of political forces in countries located at the bottom of the global hierarchy that participate in a wider system of coercive rule, frequently referred to as empire. I also analyze how public celebrations of claimed sporting victories are intertwined with nation-building efforts, especially toward the global legitimization of a particular version of national history and heritage. The North Macedonia case provides a fruitful lens through which we can better understand unfolding sociopolitical developments, whereby imaginings of the global interlock with local interests and needs, in the Balkans and beyond.
In Focaal
On the Road to a German “Postnationalism”? Athletic Competition between the Two German States in the Era of Konrad Adenauer
Martin H. Geyer
Sports have always been used to promote the nation state and the invention of national traditions with national symbols such as flags and national hymns playing an important role. This article looks at the peculiar situation of the post-war period when two Germanys established themselves also in the field of sports, yet cooperated in some athletic disciplines, and, most important of all, at the Olympic Games until 1968. This raised a great number of delicate political questions, particularly the politics of the nonrecognition of the GDR which strove hard to establish itself internationally by way of the international sports movement. Konrad Adenauer and the German Sports Organization clashed on this issue which brought to the fore the question of a German and an emerging West-German identity. In order to describe this negotiation of the nation state in the realm of sports, this article tries to make fruitful use of the term postnationalism in order to understand the ambiguities of identity of Germans towards their nation state. It also takes a brief look at the Olympic Games of 1972, which epitomizes more than anything else the peculiar postnationalism of the Federal Republic.
In German Politics and Society
The Progressive Creation of the School Boy Sports Story Anderson, Ryan K. Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood
A Phenomenon and a Period Distinctive in the Cultural History of America
R.W. (Bob) Reising
Anderson, Ryan K. 2015. Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood: The Progressive Era Creation of the Schoolboy Sports Story. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. 310 pp. ISBN 978-1-55728-682-6 (pb)
"The Right Sort of Woman"
British Women Travel Writers and Sports
Precious McKenzie Stearns
The big game hunt contributed to the morale of the British Empire, as this sport was seen as the battle between men and nature. If Englishmen (and women) could triumph over animals, this demonstrated English superiority over inferior creatures. Florence Dixie and Isabel Savory proved that the overseas Empire allowed women to have greater access to hunting - and to grander displays of hunting prowess - than was allowed in England. Savory and Dixie, women who proved competent in the hunt, encouraged Victorian society to reevaluate their assumptions of womanhood. Their travel writing provided evidence to the Victorian reading public that women could effectively participate in the hunt, without sacrificing their femininity and denigrating the sport.
In Journeys
The Politics of Physical Culture and German Nationalism:Turnen versus English Sports and French Olympism, 1871-1914
Udo Merkel
The 2002 Soccer World Cup in Japan took place during the final
phase of the national election campaign for the German Bundestag
and managed to temporarily unite Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
(SPD) and his conservative challenger, Edmund Stoiber1. Both were
keen to demonstrate repeatedly that they were so interested in the
progress of the German team that they simultaneously interrupted or
left meetings to follow televised matches. Domestically, they support
very different soccer clubs. Stoiber is on the board of directors of the
richest German club, Bayern Munich, whose past successes, wealth
and arrogance, numerous scandals, and boardroom policies of hireand-
fire have divided the German soccer nation: they either hate or
adore the team. Schröder is a keen fan and honorary member of
Borussia Dortmund, which is closely associated with the industrial
working class in the Ruhr area. It is the only team on par with
Munich; despite its wealth, the management policies of the club
appear modest and considerate; the club continuously celebrates its
proletarian traditions and emphasizes its obligations to the local
community. Stoiber’s election manifesto did not even mention sport,
whereas the SPD’s political agenda for sport focused upon a wide
variety of issues ranging from welfare, leisure, physical education,
and health to doping, television coverage, facilities, and hosting
international events.
Le “système” Minjoz au prisme de la politique sportive municipale de Besançon (1945-1959)
un gouvernement de compromis particulier
Jean-François Loudcher
From 1945 to 1947, and then again from 1953 to 1977, Jean Minjoz served as mayor of Besançon and set up a “system” of government that allowed him to maintain power while insuring the development of the city. What was that system and how did it develop? By examining the sports politics of the city, this article reveals how the municipal sports commission and the city council worked out a subtle balance between amateur sports and the promotion of professional soccer. The political, professional, and athletic implications of this approach led representatives of the big clubs as well as the local councillors to support a basic minimum level of sports infrastructure, which in turn enabled the mayor to realize his own agenda for the city's social development program and to assure him the vote of his electorate. This politics of compromise can be categorized as republican elitist.
In French Politics, Culture & Society
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Middle East & North Africa (Arabic)
Monika Onken
Georg Zundel scholar
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Monika Onken is a PhD candidate at the Free University of Berlin (OSI) and writes her thesis on the role of militant violence in essentially nonviolent conflicts. She focuses on the interplay of violent and nonviolent strategies in order to explain the success and failure of primarily nonviolent movements.
With the support of Berghof’s team on Conflict Transformation Research Monika examines thirteen large-scale nonviolent movements in eleven countries in Africa from 1990 to 2006. In order to do this, she uses a mixed-method approach, which includes an initial statistical analysis of all thirteen movements and is followed by a case study comparison on one to two outstanding cases.
Her research interest in civil resistance and nonviolent movements was first sparked through the Saffron Revolution in Burma 2007, where unarmed protestors were asking for democracy and human rights. Witnessing this people power lead her to investigate the movement’s mobilization processes in her Bachelor thesis in International Development Studies. After then having worked with Burmese activists in exile, Monika was sure to continue her studies with a focus on nonviolent conflicts. As a result she obtained a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Research from the Uppsala University in Sweden, where she wrote her MA thesis on the interplay of violent and nonviolent resistance methods.
Monika’s PhD thesis thus continues to deepen her long-standing interest in nonviolent movements, its outcomes and, foremost, how militant violence influences those outcomes. She looks at different types and forms of militant violence in order to find out how they alter the mechanisms of success for nonviolent movements.
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By (author) John Stuart Mill
Edited by Mark Philp
Genres: Autobiography: literary, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Social & political philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Published: 5th Apr 2018
Dimensions: w 126mm h 190mm d 16mm
Barcode No: 9780198759607
It may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkable John Stuart Mill (1806-73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent figure of nineteenth century English intellectual life and his work has continuing significance for contemporary debates about ethics, politics and economics. His father, James Mill, a close associate of the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, assumed responsibility for his eldest son's education, teaching him ancient Greek at the age of three and equipping him with a broad knowledge of the physical and moral sciences of the day. Mill's Autobiography was written to give an account of the extraordinary education he received at the hands of his father and to express his gratitude to those he saw as influencing his thought, but it is also an exercise in self-analysis and an attempt to vindicate himself against claims that he was the product of hothousing. The Autobiography also acknowledges the substantial contribution made to Mill's thinking and writings by Harriet Taylor, whom he met when he was twenty-four, and married twenty-one years later, after the death of her husband. The Autobiography helps us understand more fully some of the principal commitments that Mill's political philosophy has become famous for, in particular his appreciation of the diversity, plurality, and complexity of ways of life and their possibilities. This edition of the Autobiography includes additional manuscript materials from earlier drafts which demonstrate the conflicting imperatives that influenced Mill'schoice of exactly what to say about some of the most significant episodes and relationships in his life. Mark Philps introduction explores the forces that led Mill to write the 'life' and points to the tensions in the text and in Mill's life.
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Dangerous counterfeit toys that can cause cancer and even KILL are flooding the market
Fake toys are flooding the UK market and can be dangerous
Published: 06:00 Monday 29 January 2018
Dangerous fake toys that can cause cancer or even KILL are flooding into the UK – costing the industry a whopping £400 million last year.
Foreign counterfeits shrank the British market three per cent last year, with a weak pound also denting sales.
The shocking figures were announced by the British Toy and Hobby Association at the start of Toy Fair, the UK’s biggest game and hobby exhibition at Olympia London.
Toys are subject to stringent regulations in order to ensure they are safe for children. But counterfeit toys and games are often made using unsafe materials – including cancer-causing plastics.
Also they are more likely to break, making them a choking risk to youngsters.
Sales dipped by 2.8 per cent to £3.4 billion in 2017, but the UK market remains Europe’s strongest.
Natasha Crookes, Director of Public Affairs and Communications for the BTHA, said: “We are disappointed but not surprised by the contraction of the market from 2016’s exceptional performance.
“The increasing breadth and depth of counterfeit toys is a real concern, with over £400 million worth of sales being lost to the industry, as well as the cost to companies from the theft of innovative design.
“2017 was also a mixed year, with disappointments in some sectors but real success stories in others.
“Collectables, for example, seem to be an unstoppable force within the industry.”
Brexit also hit the market hard, with a weak pound pushing sales down by £100 million. Collectables grew by 17 per cent last year, with brands such as Fingerlings dominating kids’ Christmas lists.
The category was responsible for nine per cent of the market and 19 per cent of items sold. On average, parents spent £339 on toys for children under nine last year, with each toy costing around £9.70.
Online sales accounted for 37 per cent of sales – up six per cent year-on-year.
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Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun
UrbanBeat Event Center
Guitar Player Magazine dubbed him the Titan of the Telecaster. Rolling Stone said hes an American treasure and one of our best. One of the best guitarists on the planet says Elmore Magazine. No matter what you call him, Bill Kirchen is a founding father of the Americana movement, now at the peak of his impressive career.
Kirchen was originally known as co-founder and lead guitarist of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, one of the first and only rock-n-roll bands to infuse their honky-tonk sound with pure, blood-and-guts country roots and western swing. It was Kirchens indelible guitar licks that drove their hit, Hot Rod Lincoln, into the Top Ten in 1972, a song that eventually took on a post-Cody life of its own. Today, Kirchens extended version of Hot Rod Lincoln is his universally loved signature masterpiece, a pumped up joyride through the last 60 years of guitar-god history, described as epic by Rolling Stone.
In 2001, Kirchen received a Grammy nomination for his instrumental Poultry in Motion. The following year he was inducted into the Washington Area Music Association Hall of Fame, neatly sandwiched between John Phillip Sousa and Dave Grohl. Kirchen has recorded and/or played guitar live with a who's who of Americana and Roots Rock 'N' Roll, among them Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, Hazel Dickens, Doug Sahm, Hoyt Axton, Emmylou Harris, Maria Muldaur, Dan Hicks, and Nick Lowe. Bill is pretty sure that he is the only person to have, in a single year, stood on stage and played with both Ralph Stanley and Elvis Costello.
Bill is currently touring with his all-star, all-Austin band, those Hounds of the Bakersfield: Rick Richards on drums and David Carroll on bass/vocals. Richards has made records and toured with Ray Wylie Hubbard, among many others. This brought him to the attention of Ringo Starr, whose recommendation led to the last three stadium tours drumming with Joe Walsh. David Carroll has played bass with a who's who of Austin artists, including stints with Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker and a run with Ray Price.
We will raffle off a Fender Telecast Guitar at the end of the show. Tickets are $5 each or $20 for 5, must be present to win.
Hosted by Jerry Nine Productions and UrbanBeat
UrbanBeat Event Center (View)
1213 Turner Street
Kid Friendly: No
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As part of a whirlwind tour of Bunbury on Friday, Premier Mark McGowan announced an additional $11.8 million for Bunbury Hospital. The funding combined with the $11 million for the hospital in the state budget takes the total to $23 million for redevelopments. The additional funding will alllow for the construction of an additional operating theatre, the establishment of an acute medical assessment unit, a mental health observation area and expanded capacity for the intensive care unit. Mr McGowan said it was great to be back in Bunbury. "We know in the South-West the population is growing, there are lots of tourists and there is also an ageing population so we need to make sure we keep track of that and need to make sure we continue to provide services and infrustructure to deal with that," he said. "$23 million is a lot of money, it is much deserved and it is important to make sure this hospital caters for the population of the South-West. "The hospital is 20 years old and it needs this improvement to keep track of the needs of the community of Bunbury. "It will streamline services to allow patients to be treated in a more timely manner, with a focus on contemporary models of care. Health minister Roger Cook said Bunbury Hospital was one of the busiest sites in regional WA with a long tradition of providing high-quality care. "This announcement goes some way to addressing one of the recommendations from the Sustainable Health Review to address pressure on Bunbury Hospital," he said. Bunbury MLA Don Punch said the funding was a big win for the community and showed the government was focused on delivering high-quality health services. "The population of the South-West area is expected to increase by more than 40,000 in the next 12 years and, as a Government, we are working to deliver world-class services to keep up with that growth," he said. "The redevelopment will help improve health outcomes of the local and surrounding communities by improving provision of services closer to home."
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Premier announces an extra $11.8 million for Bunbury Hospital
$23M for hospital
South-West health needs supported: Bunbury MLA Don Punch with Premier Mark McGowan at Bunbury Hospital on Friday. Photo: Emily Sharp.
Premier visit to Bunbury
As part of a whirlwind tour of Bunbury on Friday, Premier Mark McGowan announced an additional $11.8 million for Bunbury Hospital.
The funding combined with the $11 million for the hospital in the state budget takes the total to $23 million for redevelopments.
The additional funding will alllow for the construction of an additional operating theatre, the establishment of an acute medical assessment unit, a mental health observation area and expanded capacity for the intensive care unit. Mr McGowan said it was great to be back in Bunbury.
"We know in the South-West the population is growing, there are lots of tourists and there is also an ageing population so we need to make sure we keep track of that and need to make sure we continue to provide services and infrustructure to deal with that," he said.
"$23 million is a lot of money, it is much deserved and it is important to make sure this hospital caters for the population of the South-West.
"The hospital is 20 years old and it needs this improvement to keep track of the needs of the community of Bunbury.
"It will streamline services to allow patients to be treated in a more timely manner, with a focus on contemporary models of care.
Health minister Roger Cook said Bunbury Hospital was one of the busiest sites in regional WA with a long tradition of providing high-quality care.
"This announcement goes some way to addressing one of the recommendations from the Sustainable Health Review to address pressure on Bunbury Hospital," he said.
Bunbury MLA Don Punch said the funding was a big win for the community and showed the government was focused on delivering high-quality health services.
"The population of the South-West area is expected to increase by more than 40,000 in the next 12 years and, as a Government, we are working to deliver world-class services to keep up with that growth," he said.
"The redevelopment will help improve health outcomes of the local and surrounding communities by improving provision of services closer to home."
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Hilary Swank says that after winning 2 Oscars she was still offered 5% of her male costar's pay
"Chelsea"/Netflix
Hilary Swank proves that even if you've won an Oscar (or two), the struggle is very real for actresses in Hollywood.
Swank attended a dinner party taped for Chelsea Handler's Netflix talk show, "Chelsea," this week and explained that winning Oscars didn't automatically place her on easy street.
For example, she said her salary for "Boys Don't Cry," the breakout film that earned Swank her first Oscar, in 2000, wasn't enough to get health insurance.
"When I did 'Boys Don't Cry,' I was 24 years old. I made $3,000," Swank told the other women at the dinner. "In order to have health insurance, you have to make $5,000. So I didn't even know that I didn't have health insurance until I went in and tried to get a prescription filled. ... I had an Academy Award, no health insurance."
Swank clearly learned how to keep an eye on her salaries as she moved along. After winning a second Oscar, for "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005, she discovered the harsh reality of Hollywood's wage gap.
"Then I win my second Academy Award," Swank said, "and the next couple movies later, I get offered a movie. But the male hadn't had any kind of critical success, but had been in a movie where he was 'hot.' And he got offered $10 million, and I got offered $500,000."
That comes out to just 5% of what the man was offered. Swank said she turned down the job and was replaced by a newcomer, who made just $50,000.
"So they made a savings of $450 [thousand] probably to give the guy his bonuses," Swank said.
Watch a portion of the interview from "Chelsea" below:
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Elon Musk said national competition for AI could lead to World War III — take that with a pinch of salt
Sam Shead 04 Sep 2017 174
Foto: REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017.
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who cofounded companies like PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, has once again warned that artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to humanity’s existence.
This time he tweeted that competition for AI could lead to the third world war after Russian president Vladimir Putin told a group of students last week that the country with the best AI will be “the ruler of the world.”
Musk tweeted out a story on Putin’s comments and added: “Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo.”
China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
Musk has repeatedly warned about doomsday AI scenarios despite the fact no one really knows how advanced the technology will become or who will look to harness it and how.
The smartest self-thinking machines today are still unable to perform more than one task and they still have limited use. An AI might be able to learn how to play a board game, for example, but the same AI can’t learn how to spell or how to perform an operation. This is one of the major limitations with AI at present.
Several AI experts, including Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn, believe that machines will eventually learn how to excel at a number of tasks, outsmarting humans and becoming “superintelligent” in the process. But the timescale for this varies wildly from around 30-50 years right up to over 100 years.
Musk has over 12 million followers on Twitter and there’s a risk that his comments could lead result in policy makers putting the brakes on AI development just as it’s starting to take off. That would be a shame given AI has enormous potential to improve our lives. Companies operating in the field believe that it can harnessed to make new life-saving drugs and cut the amount of energy used across entire nations.
It’s fair to say that there are a number of far more pressing issues that humanity needs to contend with, including the prospect of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and mitigating the effects of climate change, which is already claiming thousands of lives through major weather events.
There are efforts underway to ensure that AI remains safe and of benefit to humanity. The Partnership on AI, for example – a collaboration involving Microsoft, Amazon, Google, DeepMind and others – is working together to try and determine things like whether it’s possible to programme an AI with a set of ethics (and what those ethics should be) and how to prevent AI from being exploited by terrorists and other groups.
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Gunman Kills 8 In Czech Republic Shooting At A Restaurant In Uhersky Brod
By Celia Darrough
A gunman killed eight people at a restaurant in the Czech Republic, before turning the gun on himself, The Telegraph reports.
Patrik Kuncar, the mayor of Uhersky Brod, about 180 miles southeast of Prague, said the gunman was a local man around 60 years old and that a waitress who survived the attack has been hospitalized.
Between 20 to 25 people are estimated to have been in the restaurant, where the shooter entered around lunchtime and began firing. The motive of the gunman is still unclear. According to Novinsky.cz, a man called in to Prima TV to alert the station that a crime would be occurring. A translation by Douglas Arellanes indicates the shooter told the TV station: "They're bullying me. I'm going to take care of this myself."
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec wrote in a tweet that the shooting was not a terrorist attack, but likely a "deranged individual," according to available information. The AP reports Chovanec is on his way to Uhersky Brod and will hold a news conference when he arrives.
Although the AP reports gun control laws are fairly strict in the country, the Ceska Zbrojovka firearm factory is located in Uhersky Brod.
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Professional Fire Fighters of Idaho Announce Endorsement
BOISE, Idaho – The Professional Fire Fighters of Idaho (PFFI) have announced their endorsement for Brad Little to be Idaho’s next governor. The organization’s president, Tom Lovell, praised Little for his knowledge of the state and the day-to-day issues that face Idahoans, including his commitment to job growth and education and his continued support of the Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI).
“We appreciate Lt. Governor Little’s open door policy and his willingness to listen to us,” said Lovell. “His experience makes him the best candidate to lead Idaho in the right direction and allow organizations like ours to have a seat at the table when important decisions that affect us are being made.”
Little recently participated in the PFFI’s annual FireOPS 101 training to gain a better understanding of the physical demands, extensive training, risk factors and life saving techniques the men and women of our local fire departments face while serving to protect Idahoans on a daily basis.
“Having recently completed the fire training course, I was able to get a glimpse of the demands these first responders face on a daily basis. These men and women are hardworking and dedicated to their profession, and it is an honor to have received this endorsement. I look forward to working closely with this incredible group as Idaho’s next governor,” said Lt. Governor Little.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Idaho has a long-standing history in the Gem State and the organization represents more than 1,200 professional firefighters from all across the state.
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Elan Carr Releases New TV Ad in Run-Up to Midterm Election
Daniel Nussbaum
LOS ANGELES — 33rd District Republican congressional candidate Elan Carr released a new, 30-second television advertisement on Thursday as the countdown to November’s midterm election dropped past the 50-day mark.
The ad, titled “For Yolanda,” is the first television advertisement of the cycle. The ad tells the story of Yolanda Kennard, a 16-year-old high school basketball player who was murdered near her school in 2009. As Deputy District Attorney, Carr prosecuted Yolanda’s killer, securing a life sentence.
“Most political ads consist of platitudes and generalities,” Carr’s chief strategist John Thomas said in a statement announcing the ad. We focused on telling a real life story — one that Elan sees all too often in his role as a gang prosecutor.” Carr said in a statement:
Yolanda’s story is a deeply tragic one. The ad — named in her memory — makes clear that we need representatives in Congress who will put partisanship aside for the sake of fixing our schools and protecting our kids. Public safety, a healthy and nurturing educational system, and a growing economy is what my campaign is all about. In our ad, I promise voters that I will fight to end gridlock and cut wasteful spending so that we can move our country forward on these critical issues.
Carr will square off against Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu in November’s midterm election.
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AT THE CORE OF OUR CULTURE IS A BELIEF IN TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE
An essential aspect of the Bridgeway mission statement is our vision for the community: “Partners effecting extraordinary community and world change.”
We participate in local service projects and in service trips to the developing world. We serve on these projects with our families, fellow Bridgeway Partners, our business partners, or with personal friends and even strangers who become friends! We serve by giving - of our personal time, our money and other resources, our mental capacities, our labor, and most importantly, our hearts. We encourage each Partner throughout the firm to engage significantly, we say “transformatively,” in his or her own area of passion – both in our work and in our broader communities.
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VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AT THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK
Bridgeway’s annual company retreat incorporated a transformative change component for 2013 through volunteer efforts at the Houston Food Bank, the largest food bank in the United States. Bridgeway partners and their family members came together to participate in the sorting and packing process for all types of goods donated by individuals and companies to the Food Bank. These efforts created thousands of meals for families suffering from food insecurity issues in the greater Houston area and beyond.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST NATION JOHN MONTGOMERY’S TRIP TO SUDAN
As you may know, one of the unusual aspects of Bridgeway Capital Management is that we donate half of our profits to non-profit organizations. One areas we focus on took a colleague and me to Juba, Sudan early this year for a week as international election observers with the Carter Center. This historic election was not about electing people to office, but rather determining whether southern Sudan would secede from the north, forming a new nation as provided for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). This agreement was brokered by President George W. Bush in 2005 and ended a 22-year civil war in which 2 million people died. Reflection on the elections. Successful, peaceful elections by no means guarantee peace—the politics, tensions, and dynamics of the region are hugely complex—but the elections were an important step along the way. The presence of international election observers contributes significantly to peaceful and fair elections, and Bridgeway was doing its small part by serving as volunteers in the observation. I felt as if I were in the room as citizens were signing their country’s own Declaration of Independence. This election was important to the people of South Sudan, to those in Darfur and Nubia, to the general stability of one of Africa’s largest nations, and to the surrounding African nations. But it also affects us here in America, as the future of Africa affects our own future. Fast forward six months. I write on July 9, 2011, five days after celebrating our own country’s independence, on the day of birth of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Even as this is a wonderful moment for many people in the south, full of hope for freedom, peace, and development, problems abound. The per capita income in the south is a small fraction (a few dollars per day) of what it is in the north. There are ten registered nurses for a population of ten million people. Today, a girl is several times more likely to die in childbirth than to learn to read. There remains a handful of rebel groups in South Sudan that are not aligned with the current/new government. There is as yet no agreement on a formula for sharing oil revenues between Sudan and South Sudan or on the status of the border states. Significant violence continues in the border states of Abyei and South Kordofan, in addition to the ongoing tragedies in Darfur. In short, there are many opportunities for continued peacemaking and development. My hope and prayer is for peace at the most fundamental level, true unity, and the setting of a foundation for freedom that will be a model for others.
EL SALVADOR LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL
A service project with Living Water International (LWI) in El Salvador highlights how Bridgeway partners are effecting extraordinary change outside of their local communities.
In May, seven Bridgeway partners left the comfort and safety of Houston, Texas for El Salvador. For two of us, this was the first time on a service trip with our colleagues at Bridgeway, several of whom had completed similar trips in prior years. Our task was to work with LWI to drill a water well for a rural, impoverished community called El Mango. For five days, we were covered in mud, sweat and more mud as we took turns operating the hydraulic well drill, taking dirt samples, assembling PVC pipes, mixing and pouring concrete, and all other various tasks involved in completing a well. We labored side-by-side with the people of El Mango, who offered their own tools, strength, and determination to ensure the success of the project. It was hard work, especially in a tropical climate where it feels like it’s constantly 120 degrees with 100 percent humidity.
Five days flew by, and we were astounded by how much our team was able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. We struck water on the first day at 90 feet, which put us ahead of schedule. In fact, we were so far ahead of schedule in El Mango that we travelled to another community, where we helped complete a 220-foot well. Our final day at the drill site was spent putting the finishing touches on the El Mango well and participating in a dedication ceremony with the community. On that joyous day of celebration and excitement, we were overwhelmed with happiness at seeing the locals pump fresh, clean water for the first time.
For a week in May, a group of seven Bridgeway partners literally lived our vision statement and effected extraordinary community and world change in the little village of El Mango. But it took more than the seven of us to make this happen. We left behind our families and our fellow partners, who gladly and graciously gave of themselves so that we could be gone for a week. Even though they weren’t there physically, their love and support were equally important and such a necessary and vital component to our trip.
The entire experience was unifying, not just for the people who went to El Salvador, but for everyone involved. As another partner, James McKissick (who has been involved with LWI for a long time), beautifully stated, “Stepping out of yourself brings out a whole new energy.” We came back with a renewed passion for our vision statement, realizing that the higher we performed at our job, the better our company would be, which would lead to more success and, most importantly, greater giving. The small community of El Mango is a perfect example of the real difference 29 people can make.
ROTARY BOOKS FOR THE WORLD PROJECT
On a sizzling hot July morning, ten Bridgeway partners, a dozen Houston Rotarians and 40 Houston area high school students gathered together in the East end of downtown Houston. Their goal was to sort, wrap, and ship thousands of used books destined for Southern Africa as part of the Rotary Club of Houston’s annual Rotary Books of the World project. One by one, dozens of 4’x4’x4’ boxes were hauled out of a warehouse by fork lift and carefully prepared for shipment.
Upon arrival in South Africa, the books are provided to teachers and students as supplemental reading material. We were hot, dusty and musty when we departed the work site, but we left with full hearts knowing that we repurposed thousands of books that would provide additional learning resources to a community in need.
FAIRHAVEN FOOD PANTRY
Fairhaven Food Pantry has been serving the Houston community since 1975. Their mission is to provide emergency food assistance to persons in the Spring Branch area of Houston until other food assistance is available or is no longer needed. Many Bridgeway partners and their families helped package and distribute food during the 2011 and 2012 holiday seasons and held a company “peanut butter” drive in early 2012 to benefit Fairhaven.
SEARCH’S HOUSE OF TINY TREASURES
Bridgeway partners volunteered to accompany twenty children from SEARCH’s House of Tiny Treasures for an afternoon at the Children’s Museum of Houston. The House of Tiny Treasures is Houston’s only nationally accredited early childhood development center dedicated to serving homeless children and families. Its mission is to provide comprehensive early care, education and therapeutic services that will assist homeless children and families to build stable, functional lives. The museum trip gave these children safe and controlled exposure to the workings of restaurants, grocery stores, police and EMS vehicles, and a television news studio. We loved seeing the joy return to their faces, and their huge smiles made every minute well worth the effort.
Nine Bridgeway partners and one intern took part in a Flash Mob Park Cleanup. Armed with lawn mowers, tree pruners, shovels, rakes, gloves, and lots of heavy duty trash bags, we made our way to a vacant lot full of broken glass, loads of trash, dumped tires, overgrown trees, weeds, and long grass. The lot had been neglected for years, leaving it useless and in dangerous condition. When we left, it was clean, well-trimmed, and ready for the installation of playground equipment and a basketball court. The park is located in Houston’s Third Ward and is now a functional and enjoyable asset for the community.
TALKS ABOUT GIVING BACK – IT’S WHO WE ARE
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
In 1993, when John Montgomery was writing the business plan for Bridgeway Capital Management (BCM), he thought, “Why wait to give your money away at the end of your life when you can enjoy making a difference along the way? What would it be like if a whole company was built around that?” As a result, BCM’s by-laws state that it will donate 50% of its profits to charitable causes. Over the years, BCM has granted tens of millions of dollars and time to more than 500 different nonprofits. Bridgeway includes all of its Partners (as permanent staff members are known) in the giving program. This idea, turned reality, has had at least ten-fold the benefits imagined. Not only has this philosophy forged a unique culture, it has helped BCM attract and retain highly motivated and talented individuals.
FOCUS AREAS AND WHO WE SUPPORT
Bridgeway’s mission embraces an extraordinary purpose stated as, “A world without genocide. Partners effecting extraordinary community and world change.”
Clearly, the wish to eradicate the practice of genocide in the world is shared by many, but it remains merely "a goal" until people take action. For that reason, we have included it as part of our mission statement and have devoted time, effort, and resources to this urgent pursuit. In fact, we have a staff member who spends a significant portion of her time working in locales around the world where the pain and suffering of genocide is widespread. In the same vein, a core focus of our philanthropic efforts is peacemaking and ensuring human rights.
Another “big idea” is to inspire Partners and other companies to effect transformative change in their community and the world. Every Partner is encouraged to develop a passion and engage where they see the greatest needs and possibilities. We focus on transformational change, which involves personal engagement and relationships, in addition to dollars. We also encourage grass roots involvement where impact can be exponentially higher. Therefore, many of the organizations we support are not household names…yet!
A few of the organizations that Bridgeway has supported in the areas of peacemaking and ensuring human rights include The Elders, Eastern Congo Initiative, Resolve, Aegis Trust, and the Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas Libraries. Other issue areas where multiple Partners work collaboratively are: education, community development, disaster relief, and homelessness. A few of the more well-known organizations that Bridgeway has supported in these areas include Teach for America, KIPP, GenesysWorks, SEARCH Homeless Services, and Living Water International.
WHAT IS BRIDGEWAY’S GIVING PHILOSOPHY?
Just as in our investment business, our giving hinges on relationships – building them, cultivating them, LISTENING, and working together with community members, to bring about change. Positive change that the community owns and is invested in - that is the transformative change that bears lasting success.
We look for passion, sacrificial leadership, empowerment, results, and sustainability. In order to give money away responsibly, we believe it is important to “get boots on the ground” in the communities we wish to help. In this way, we learn directly from the people what their challenges are and what they feel is most needed. We also believe in getting money to the grass roots, to community-based organizations that are leading and serving their own population.
HOW DOES BRIDGEWAY INCLUDE ITS STAFF IN ITS GIVING COMMITMENT?
Bridgeway provides financial resources and time to every Partner to support charitable causes. Partners also give of their own time and financial resources. Over the years, Bridgeway has set aside charitable funding for Partners to allocate, donated matching funds, provided a quarterly volunteer day, organized local service projects, and given Partners time and financial support for service trips worldwide. These service trips have included drilling a water well in El Salvador, mentoring athletes in China, and teaching a class in the world’s second largest slum in Kenya. Our Partners have also traveled on service trips to Rwanda, Honduras, Jamaica, Guatemala, Haiti, and Peru.
DOES BRIDGEWAY GIVE 50% OF PROFITS EVERY YEAR OR DOES THIS FLUCTUATE?
The 50% commitment is measured over time and actual levels fluctuate year to year. Because the donation of 50% of profits is in BCM’s by-laws, it is reviewed and certified by independent auditors.
HOW DOES BRIDGEWAY DISPERSE GRANTS?
Over the years, BCM has used several vehicles for granting. These include Bridgeway Foundation, direct corporate giving, third-party outsourcing, and donor-advised funds. The discipline that we apply to investing also applies to our giving program. We have a thorough process and are diligent about finding the right partners and ways to have impact. Currently, Bridgeway only accepts solicited proposals for grants.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE BRIDGEWAY FOUNDATION SPECIFICALLY?
Bridgeway Foundation was created in 2000 to facilitate the fulfillment of the mission of BCM. Bridgeway Foundation is one of the vehicles used to accomplish the 50% commitment of BCM. It is a private foundation that is a separate legal entity from BCM. Bridgeway Foundation has a Board of Directors that is chaired by BCM Founder, John Montgomery. The President and CEO of Bridgeway Foundation is Shannon Sedgwick Davis. Further information is available at www.bridgewayfoundation.org.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE STAFF DEDICATED TO THE GIVING PROGRAM?
In addition to the individual transformative change efforts of each BCM Partner, there is one full-time Partner dedicated to the giving program. Shannon Sedgwick Davis, President and CEO of Bridgeway Foundation, focuses primarily on the core mission of peacemaking and ensuring human rights. She is dedicated to the giving program, focusing her time on developing relationships, identifying collaborative opportunities, leading projects, and monitoring impact. Shannon’s bio is available at www.bridgewayfoundation.org.
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Cummins, Healy claim cricket's top honours at awards night
By Jon Pierik
February 11, 2019 — 8.38pm
In a year of mixed emotions for Australian cricket, pin-up boy Pat Cummins and the hard-hitting Alyssa Healy have been crowned the best male and female players at the sport's awards night in Melbourne.
Fast bowler Cummins, a fresh face of international cricket, claimed his maiden Allan Border Medal despite not being either the Test player of the year or the one-day international player of the year.
Pat Cummins is the 2019 Allan Border medallist. Credit:AAP
In a tight count through a voting period from January 9, 2018 to January 7 this year, he finished with 156 combined votes given by players, the media and umpires or matches referees, edging Nathan Lyon (150) and Aaron Finch (146), the latter enjoying a strong count despite a lean Test summer leading to his omission from the final Test against India.
Cummins claimed 36 wickets in eight Tests through the voting period - missing two Tests against Pakistan - while his lower-order batting improved to the point he could emerge as an all-rounder. He only played six one-day internationals and missed all Twenty20 matches but Test votes are weighted more heavily.
He enjoyed a maximum six votes in two Tests in South Africa, including in the infamous clash in Cape Town, and against India at the MCG when he produced a breathless second-innings haul of 6-27 and made 63.
The win capped a stunning rise for the 25-year-old, who last year was ranked the No.1 player by selectors on the Cricket Australia contract list and was recently made a joint Test vice-captain.
"It's crazy. Mitchell Johnson, I was there when he won it a few years ago (2014) and I think of the summer he had. All the incredible batsmen who have got it before - it's a bit weird to be honest," a delighted Cummins said.
This honor could strengthen his bid to be given a multi-year CA contract for which he has been pushing for.
Cummins, who only returned to the side last year after back issues had threatened his career, paid tribute to the help provided by bowling great Dennis Lillee and David Saker, the latter the Australian team's bowling coach who abruptly split with CA last week.
"David Saker has been great - just a really good thinker about the game and challenges us to think outside the box a little bit and give us an honest word every now and then," he said.
"But the main one for me probably is DK Lillee. I haven't actually worked with him too much over the last couple of years but I still pick up the phone and call him quite often and send him footage if things aren't 100 per cent right."
Off-spinner Lyon was the Test player of the year (25 votes), pipping Cummins (22) and Usman Khawaja (17). With a team-high 49 wickets at 34.8 through the voting period, Lyon did his best in a men's season marred by the ball-tampering scandal and major upheaval on the field and through coaching and executive ranks.
He was given six votes in the Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and in the opening two matches against India, in Adelaide and Perth.
Marcus Stoinis was the one-day international player of the year. The emerging all-rounder, who has enjoyed the backing of Shane Warne, was the only man to play in all 13 matches, polling 30 votes ahead of Finch (22) and Shaun Marsh (18).
It's been a bruising year for the Australians, who have tumbled to sixth on the ICC ODI rankings, but Stoinis is confident there will be improvement heading into the World Cup in England.
"I think we are getting better every game. I think we are really building a brand of cricket that we want to play leading into the World Cup, which is really exciting. Personally, I feel this is a start. I feel I have more to give and I love playing for Australia," he said.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell was the Twenty20 player of the year (33 votes), ahead of the hard-hitting D'Arcy Short (30) and fast bowler Andrew Tye (29).
The Border Medal had been dominated by Steve Smith and David Warner over the past four years but their year-long suspensions for the ball-tampering scandal in Newlands meant there would be change. Before their bans were handed down, Warner had polled 14 votes and Smith 12.
In an intriguing aside, Cameron Bancroft, the man who ultimately scuffed the ball with sandpaper in Cape Town, was given three overall votes in that game - two from teammates and one by the media and umpires or match referee. He top scored in the first innings with 77 - the only man to pass 50 - in a total of 255, while he was behind only Warner in scoring 26 in a second-innings debacle of 107, as the tourists crashed to a 322-run loss. He had polled 18 votes before his nine-month ban was imposed.
Smith, Warner and Bancroft were not in attendance at the Crown Palladium gathering.
While it was a rugged year for the men's program, the women enjoyed considerable success, claiming the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Healy was central to this, and her overall dominance with the bat and strong glovework in the game's short forms was highlighted in the voting, for she was the T20 and ODI player of the year, ensuring she claimed the Belinda Clark award for the first time.
Alyssa Healy had a brilliant year with the bat and gloves. Credit:Elesa Kurtz
She polled the maximum six votes in two World Cup matches, against New Zealand and the West Indies, and was given five votes against Ireland.
The dynamic opener finished with 125 votes, ahead of Megan Schutt (81) and Ashleigh Gardner (71). Last year's winner Ellyse Perry was fourth (60 votes).
Healy, 28, said greater inner belief had helped her transform her game "knowing that I had done the work to contribute as well".
"I enjoyed a really good pre-season at home and got some different coaching angles and really enjoyed that," she said.
In other awards, Tasmanian Matthew Wade was the domestic player of the year, adding weight to his bid for a Test recall as a specialist batsman. He finished with 1509 runs at 45.73 in 39 innings through the voting period.
WA all-rounder Heather Graham was the women's domestic player of the year, with 481 runs at 30 and 32 wickets at 19.94.
Victorian batsman Will Pucovski, 21, was the Bradman young cricketer of the year, primarily on the back of his career-high 243 against WA and elevation into the Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka.
Victorian leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, who starred in Australia's T20 World Cup final against England, and finished the voting period with 24 wickets at 20.25, was the Betty Wilson young player of the year.
Allan Border Medallist: Pat Cummins
Belinda Clark award: Alyssa Healy
Test player of the year: Nathan Lyon
One-day international player of the year (men): Marcus Stoinis
One-day international player of the year (women): Alyssa Healy
T20 international player of the year (men): Glenn Maxwell
T20 international player of the year (women): Alyssa Healy
Domestic player of the year (men): Matthew Wade
Domestic player of the year (women): Heather Graham
Bradman young player of the year: Will Pucovski
Betty Wilson young player of the year: Georgia Wareham
Community champion award: Moises Henriques
Jon Pierik
Jon Pierik is cricket writer for The Age. He also covers AFL and has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
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Alternative Titles: Felis serval, Leptailurus serval
Serval, (Felis serval), long-limbed cat, family Felidae, found in Africa south of the Sahara, especially in grass- and bush-covered country near water. A swift, agile cat, the serval climbs and leaps very well. It is a nocturnal hunter preying on birds and small mammals such as rodents and hares.
The serval is a slender cat with a long neck, small head, and large, slightly cupped ears. The adult is 80 to 100 centimetres (32 to 40 inches) long, the tail accounting for an additional 20–30 cm. It stands about 50 cm at the shoulder and weighs about 15 kilograms (33 pounds). The coat is typically long and whitish on the underparts and yellowish to reddish brown above, liberally marked with black spots and stripes. These bold markings are replaced by smaller spots or specks on some individuals, which are known as servaline cats and were once considered a distinct species (Felis brachyura or servalina). All-black individuals are found in some populations, especially those from the high country of Kenya.
The female serval normally bears a litter of two to four kittens; the gestation period has been given as 68 to 74 days.
feline: Natural history
The serval (Leptailurus serval) uses an old porcupine or aardvark burrow. In most species the male does not aid in the care and raising of the young, and in fact the female may have to guard against his attacks on the kittens.…
Servaline cat
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Maud Wood Park
American suffragist
Alternative Title: Maud Wood
Maud Wood Park, née Maud Wood, (born Jan. 25, 1871, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died May 8, 1955, Melrose, Mass.), American suffragist whose lobbying skills and grasp of legislative politics were successfully deployed on behalf of woman suffrage and welfare issues involving women and children.
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Park attended St. Agnes School in Albany, New York, and after graduating in 1887 she taught school for eight years. She then attended Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 1898. At Radcliffe she was one of only two students who favoured woman suffrage, and in her last year Park invited Alice Stone Blackwell to speak on campus. At the 1900 convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington, D.C., the last convention to be presided over by Susan B. Anthony, Park found herself virtually the only representative of the younger generation of women. That discovery prompted her to organize the College Equal Suffrage League to stir up interest and support among a seemingly apathetic generation. Her tours of colleges across the country resulted in the formation of chapters in 30 states, and in 1908 they organized as the National College Equal Suffrage Association. Park was also a cofounder of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government in 1901 and was its executive secretary for 12 years.
In 1916 Park went to Washington, D.C., at the invitation of Carrie Chapman Catt to become head of the congressional committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her task was to direct congressional lobbying and liaison in the implementation of Catt’s “winning strategy.” Her acute understanding of both the legislative process and the techniques of lobbying contributed immeasurably to the success of the campaign for a suffrage amendment to the Constitution. After the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the vote, the National League of Women Voters was created in 1920 to follow up on the success of the suffrage campaign, and Park was chosen president of the new group and chairman of its legislative committee. In her four years with the league she built it into a large and broadly based association devoted to education, good government, and social and economic reform. She resigned in 1924 for reasons of health but served from 1925 to 1928 as the league’s legislative counselor.
In 1924 Park organized the Women’s Joint Congressional Committee, a lobbying front representing several constituent women’s organizations. As permanent chairman of the committee she directed lobbying efforts that contributed to the passage of the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921, which authorized federal aid to states for maternity, child health, and welfare programs; the Cable Act of 1922, which granted married women U.S. citizenship independent of their husbands’ status; and the child-labour amendment submitted to the states in 1924. With the failure of her health in the late 1920s, Park retired to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and devoted herself to writing. Her play Lucy Stone was produced in May 1939.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), American organization created in 1890 by the merger of the two major rival women’s rights organizations—the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association—after 21 years of independent operation. NAWSA was initially headed by past executives of the two merged groups, including…
Susan B. Anthony, American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave…
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Corpus callosum
Corpus callosum, bundle of nerve fibres in the longitudinal fissure of the brain that enables corresponding regions of the left and right cerebral hemispheres to communicate. The axons and dendrites of the neurons in the corpus callosum synapse with cortical neurons on symmetrically related points of the hemispheres. Thus, electrical stimulation of a point on one hemisphere usually gives rise to a response on a symmetrically related point on the other, by virtue of these callosal connections. The neurons in the corpus callosum also are insulated by a myelin sheath, which facilitates the rapid conduction of electrical impulses between the hemispheres.
Diseases affecting the corpus callosum include Marchiafava-Bignami disease, which is characterized by progressive demyelination of the neurons of the corpus callosum. In addition, agenesis (imperfect development) of the corpus callosum can cause intellectual disability and seizures. A reduced amount of tissue in the corpus callosum also has been associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
The corpus callosum has played an important role in the elucidation of functions specific to each of the cerebral hemispheres. For example, studies of individuals being treated for epilepsy in whom the corpus callosum has been severed, allowing the two hemispheres to function largely independently, have revealed that the right hemisphere has more language competence than was thought.
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…of white matter called the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum provides a communication link between corresponding regions of the cerebral hemispheres.…
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…neural fibres, known as the corpus callosum, that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. One of the many ways in which the validity of this principle may be demonstrated is first to train blindfolded cats to discriminate with one paw between two different pedals (by feeling raised horizontal lines…
alcoholism: Chronic diseases
…involves the degeneration of the corpus callosum, the tissue that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. Other brain damage occasionally reported in alcoholics includes cortical laminar sclerosis, cerebellar degeneration, and central pontine myelinolysis. Alcoholics, especially older ones, frequently experience enlargement of the ventricles as a…
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Iman Reveals She Has Low Self-Esteem And How She Deals With It, Plus Her Best Inspirational Instagram Quotes
By Shea Simmons
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When you see a gorgeous model or actress, it's easy to assume that these celebrities don't have any sort of body image or self-esteem issues. However, that's simply not the case, and in an interview with The Cut, Iman says she suffers from low self-esteem. In an industry based on outward appearance, we can see how the career may effect the model and businesswoman. Despite this, she's learned to cope and is talking in depth about diversity and wellness.
Talking about her self-esteem, Iman says, "I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It’s not the outside world, it’s your interior life, that critic within you that you have to silence." The gorgeous star makes an excellent point. Most often, you're your own worst critic. We saw that earlier this year when Kylie Jenner came forward with her insecurities when she admitted to being self conscious since the age of ten.
While Jenner made the decision to modify a part of her body, Iman has a much more internal way of dealing with her insecurities. She says, "Find something to like about yourself and hold on to that. It’s a constant battle whether you are 16 or 50. As you age, you do really find that quietness inside and that being-comfortable-in-your-skin feeling." The model-turned-business woman is turning 60, and she's definitely reached that point in her own life. Wellness has become important to her. She says, "It means as it sounds — it has nothing to do with age. No one will see the results of your investment in wellness but you; it’s an investment in yourself. People may not see it but you will see it...Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good."
Iman doesn't just open up about wellness and self-esteem to The Cut. She talks extensively about the way beauty products lacked diversity when she began modeling but has evolved. She says:
"At the core of it, the beauty ideal is still the same. Everyone still thinks blonde, blue eyes. I saw the letter that the model Nykhor wrote. A similar experience inspired to me create Iman Cosmetics. In 1975, a makeup artist asked me if I brought my own foundation. But now, every line from François Nars's to Iman to Bobbi Brown has a lot of skin tones. So, good for her — the laziness and audacity of those makeup artists! It’s not like you didn’t know this model was going to be there. Makeup artists already know. And why shouldn’t you have the foundation — that’s your job. It’s like hiring a painter to come paint your house and he’s forgotten your paint and has to ask for it! You should get fired, you should be fired!"
While Iman has dealt with self-esteem and prejudice in the industry, the stunning woman has clearly been able to move past it. Now, she's posting inspiration quotes for her followers on Instagram, more than likely in hopes that others can reach the "comfortable-in-your-skin" feeling she's come to experience. Check out some of her great quotes below.
1. You are your own best thing
2. You can't airbrush personality
3. Seek to be worth knowing rather than well known
4. It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power
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Wednesday, November 14 2018
Molecular Science and Engineering Building Room G011
Professor Jennifer Curtis jennifer.curtis@physics.gatech.edu
Professor Michael Filler michael.filler@chbe.gatech.edu
Sharon Lawrence sharon.lawrence@chemistry.gatech.edu
CRASI Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Christopher Jarzynski
Thermodynamics provides a robust conceptual framework and set of laws that govern the exchange of energy and matter. Although these laws were originally articulated for macroscopic objects, it is hard to deny that nanoscale systems, as well, often exhibit “thermodynamic-like” behavior. To what extent can the venerable laws of thermodynamics be scaled down to apply to individual microscopic systems, and what new features emerge at the nanoscale? I will review recent progress toward answering these questions, with a focus on the second law of thermodynamics. I will argue that the inequalities ordinarily used to express the second law can be replaced by stronger equalities, known as fluctuation relations, which relate equilibrium properties to far-from-equilibrium fluctuations. The discovery and experimental validation of these relations has stimulated interest in the feedback control of small systems, the closely related Maxwell demon paradox, and the interpretation of the thermodynamic arrow of time. These developments have led to new tools for the analysis of non-equilibrium experiments and simulations, and they have refined our understanding of irreversibility and the second law.
Chris Jarzynski received an AB degree in physics from Princeton University in 1987, and a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he became a staff member in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos. In 2006, he moved to the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is now a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, with joint appointments in the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and the Department of Physics. His research is primarily in the area of nonequilibrium statistical physics, where he has contributed to an understanding of how the laws of thermodynamics apply to nanoscale systems. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, the 2005 Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, and the 2019 Lars Onsager Prize in Theoretical Statistical Physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Neurocognitive predictors of social and communicative developmental trajectories in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders
JEFFREY MUNSON (a1) (a2), SUSAN FAJA (a1) (a3), ANDREW MELTZOFF (a3) (a4), ROBERT ABBOTT (a1) (a4) and GERALDINE DAWSON (a1)...
University of Washington Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, Seattle, Washington
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, Seattle, Washington
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2008
Currently, the heterogeneity in the developmental trajectories of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is poorly understood. Preschool children with ASD participating in a longitudinal study received a battery of neurocognitive tasks that measured the learning of reward associations (Lrn-Rew), spatial working memory (SpatWM), and imitation from memory and novelty preference (Mem/Nov), as well as a measure of nonverbal problem-solving ability (NVDQ). Growth curve analyses via HLM were used to predict the variability in growth rates between age 4 to age 6.5 in Vineland Socialization and Communication scores. Individual differences in both Lrn-Rew and Mem/Nov were significantly related to Socialization and Communication growth rates above and beyond NVDQ, whereas SpatWM was not. Thus, specific aspects of neurocognitive functioning appear to be important predictors of developmental variability during the preschool years in children with ASD. We speculate that these findings support the combined role of ventromedial prefrontal and medial temporal lobe systems in the early pathogenesis of ASD and may be useful in predicting developmental trajectory. The benefits and challenges of assessing specific neurocognitive functions in children with autism is discussed with regard to general cognitive/developmental ability and the behavioral requirements of most assessment settings. (JINS, 2008, 14, 956–966.)
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The challenge of recruiting more women to the Canadian Armed Forces
by David Bercuson
One of the innovative programs that grows out of the Strong, Secure and Engaged defence policy statement released a year ago is the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) project launched by the Department of National Defence in April this year. The project promises $1.3 billion over ten years to be distributed to scholars, businesses and researchers generally who undertake competitive endeavors to help the government solve 16 defence and security challenges in many domains. The majority of the proposals the government is seeking help with are highly technical challenges but one – to achieve 25 per cent female participation in the Canadian forces within ten years – is most decidedly not.
Since 2000, women are eligible to serve in any branch of the Canadian Armed Forces in any capacity. Today about 15 per cent of Canada’s soldiers, sailors and air personnel are women. That number has been relatively static for some time. The government wants to see more women in the CAF for very good reasons, namely that female perspectives in the entire range of armed forces activities and defence-related matters is crucial and that any nation, company or military force that either excludes or does not encourage full participation of one half of humanity in its endeavours will be outpaced by those that do.
So what is the problem? The CAF offers a good career for young men and women who crave adventure in their lives, are physically and mentally fit, and who want to step out of the confines of an office or a factory assembly line. Benefits are generous, pay is at least equal to that in the private sector and Canadians today pay a great deal of honour and respect to those who serve.
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The Canadian Global Affairs Institute hosts various conferences in Ottawa around critical issues in Canadian defence, trade, security, resources, and foreign policy. These conferences consistently attract high-calibre speakers, key policy makers, prominent academics, and a large number of the interested public.
Listed below are links to the various conferences presented by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and its partners. If you are interested in collaborating on a conference event with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, please contact us at contact@cgai.ca.
New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO's Next 70 Years (June 2019)
What Role for Canada on the Global Stage? (May 2019)
Canada’s State of Trade: At Home and Beyond (February 2019)
Measuring the Big Bang: Evaluating the Implementation of Strong, Secure, Engaged (October 2018)
Ready for Launch: Preparing Canada for a Future in Space (October 2018)
One Year of Strong, Secure, Engaged: A Status Report (June 2018)
Positioning Canada in the Shifting International Order (May 2018)
Canada's State of Trade: At Home and Beyond (February 2018)
Creating a Big Bang: Implementing the Procurement Ambition in Strong Secure Engaged (October 2017)
Unpacking Canada's New Defence Policy: The Path to Strong, Secure, Engaged (October 2017)
A World in Disarray: What Role for Canada [invitation only] (May 2017)
Deliverology for Defence Procurement (October 2016)
The Canadian Defence Review Symposium [invitation only] (May 2016)
What Role for Canada in Ukraine and Asia-Pacific Symposium (2015)
Canada's Changing Role: The New Cold War and Canada's Place In The World (2014)
Trilateral Border Issues Symposium (2013)
SSWG e-Conference: Drone Week (2012)
Canada's National Strategic Relations: NATO & NORAD (2009)
Canada & The United States: What Does It Mean To Be Good Neighbours? (2008)
Canada as the “Emerging Energy Superpower”: Testing the Case (2007)
Foreign Policy Under a Conservative Government: An Interim Report Card (2006)
The World in Canada: Demographics, Diversity & Domestic Politics in Canadian Foreign Policy (2005)
Defining the National Interest (2004)
Changing Canadian Foreign Policy (2003)
Canada-US Strategic Partnership (2002)
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Opinion – Amazon’s Anime Strike Doesn’t Work
Adam Nizam
A few weeks ago, Amazon announced a paid subscription service specifically for anime called Anime Strike. Although Amazon’s previous licensing efforts showed that they already had a clear interest in anime r, this is a new level of commitment to the medium that fans have never seen before. Normally, one of the biggest corporations in the world investing in anime would mean good things for fans, but the way that Amazon is approaching this new service is damaging for both viewers and the industry in general. Instead of offering it for free to Amazon Prime subscribers or as a standalone service, they’re taking an approach that demonstrates a blatant misunderstanding of the people who watch anime and what they’re willing to put up with.
For those who don’t keep up with the streaming service battleground, there are two big players in anime streaming: Crunchyroll and Funimation. Crunchyroll can be used for free with ads, or as a paid premium ad-free service, while Funimation is exclusively premium. Other more “mainstream” services such as Hulu and Netflix also offer anime, but their library is relatively small in comparison to the big two. Recently, Crunchyroll and Funimation announced a partnership where they would be sharing their libraries, so competition in this arena is, for the most part, relatively scarce.
However, Anime Strike is still a new vendor in a crowded market. In order to access the entire library of legally streaming anime, fans need to subscribe to at least five services: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. The reality of the world today is that people don’t want to pay for networks anymore, they want to pay for streaming. So, the average TV watcher who only wants to watch sitcoms and dramas could probably survive with Netflix, Hulu, and one additional service such as HBO Go or Amazon Prime. However, people who want to watch anime legally face a streaming landscape so fractured that they typically have to pay for a service they don’t particularly care for just to watch one or two shows. The partnership between Crunchyroll and Funimation has allowed for less stress in that regard, but with the reveal of Anime Strike, things are only about to get worse from here.
Let me be clear, this is not about an unwillingness to pay for anime. The massive success of Crunchyroll shows that people are very much willing to pay for anime, provided the service functions well and can provide a good library. This about how much people are willing to pay for anime. To access Anime Strike, you have to pay $4.99 on top of the regular subscription price for Amazon Prime, for a total of $15. For comparison, a Crunchyroll premium membership costs $10 a month, while a Funimation membership costs $5 a month. This means that it now costs a total of $30 a month to get access to a full anime library. On its own, that doesn’t sound so bad, but this is assuming that the only thing anime fans spend money on is anime. While some of them do, the majority of them are also spending money on things such as video games, movies, and other streaming services. Plus, anime skews towards the younger audience, and we all know how well they’re doing financially these days. Asking them to pay more for Anime Strike than they do for any other streaming service while singlehandedly doubling the price of keeping up with anime is a tough sell.
This is all bad enough, but what is Anime Strike actually selling? Not much. While they do have the exclusive licenses to some great shows (Kino’s Journey, Princess Tutu, and Scum’s Wish being some), it’s nowhere near the extensive library of the cheaper Crunchyroll, Funimation, or even Hulu. The value simply isn’t there. If anything, locking a few good shows behind an expensive paywall will only encourage fans to seek these shows out through other alternative methods, which is the last thing the industry needs right now.
For several years, anime in western circles was a culture steeped in piracy. That’s subsided a bit recently, but it’s business decisions like Anime Strike that allow the culture to persist. Driving away everyone except the most loyal consumers doesn’t help anyone except the people who profit off of stealing other people’s’ work. It’s good that Amazon is committing to anime as a business model, but this is not the way to go about it, and if anything will do more harm than good. Anime Strike as a concept isn’t unsalvageable, but if it fails, then Amazon will either have to re-examine their business model or come to the conclusion that anime isn’t worth investing in. Hopefully, it will be the former, because the latter would be a huge missed opportunity for Amazon, anime fans, and the industry in general.
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IL hires paraprofessionals, extends contracts
The board also approved the hiring of several paraprofessionals to fill in positions where they are needed in the school district.
INDIAN RIVER — Inland Lakes Schools' Board of Education had a busy night last week, hiring several new paraprofessionals, extending contracts for non-union staff, and electing new officers for the board.
At the beginning of the meeting, the school board members held elections for officers on that board. Board President Gina Burke was reelected to the same position on the board, board Vice-President Zach Skiera was reelected to his position, as were Secretary Kristin Dudek and Treasurer Jill Feagan.
“They're the same as before,” said Inland Lakes Superintendent Brad Jacobs.
“We have a parapro that is out on medical leave for the rest of the year, so we just had to fill that for the remainder of the year,” said Jacobs.
Terrie Sygit was hired with the school as a full-time paraprofessional and teacher's aide with the district and Richard Lincoln was hired on as a part-time, temporary paraprofessional for the rest of the school year.
Several school administrators and non-union staff members also received contract extensions with Inland Lakes Schools after the board of education approved that matter.
“We had some of our administrators and office personnel who extended their contracts,” said Jacobs. “We did a two year contract with them. It's just kind of boilerplate, there's nothing much there.”
Former Inland Lakes Athletic Director Frank Schneider also was reassigned to a different position at the school board meeting last week, moving from his position as Athletic Director to a new position.
“He's up in the elementary now, full time,” said Jacobs. “His official title is Elementary Assistant Principal, so he's helping Mrs. (Cindy) Brown. He's also the district Special Ed Coordinator and he's the Assistant Athletic Director, so he's still helping out covering events and stuff, helping me out whenever I need it.”
The Inland Lakes Secondary Robotics team also did a short presentation for the school board members at the meeting, demonstrating what the machine is capable of and what the students need it to do at their competitions this school year.
The robotics team will be going on a couple of overnight field trips to attend different competitions around the state, so the team and their adviser, Kelly Jo LaPeer, requested approval from the school board to go on these trips. They were unanimously approved by the school board members.
During his report to the board, Jacobs also addressed the increased number of snow days the school district has had this winter and how the school is going to deal with that.
“Right now, we don't have any plans,” said Jacobs. “I'm just kind of waiting for legislation to figure out what they're going to do. We're hearing all kinds of rumors and I'm not going to say we're going to add days and then something comes through.”
Jacobs said there is no need to panic at this time in regards to the number of snow days the district has and the potential number of days they will need to make up at the end of the school year until they know all of the details. The district has had 14 days where the students and staff have not been in school due to the weather.
“We're kind of a wait and see approach at this point,” he said. “We still have March to go.”
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How Britain supports its data centres with power, connectivity and taxes
- Joao Lima
Analysis: What are the prospects for the UK data centre industry, we look at the numbers and speak with the key experts.
There are over 250 collocation data centres sitting in the UK with power supply exceeding 354 MW, enough to power a city of just over 600,000 people.
The overall data centre space in the UK, from both colo players and internet service providers, accounts for 669 MW of power spread across nearly seven million sq ft of server flooring, according to Tariff Consultancy.
The UK might be far short of the US’s more than 1500 colo sites, according to Data Center Map, yet, the country’s data centre business is thriving with cloud-hungry enterprises and consumers, and the rise in IoT data generated by devices and services.
The global collocation market is expected to grow its revenues at a CAGR of 9% until 2017, topping $30 billion by then, according to the Synergy Research Group. The firm and other market watchers put the UK as the second largest collocation market by revenues, behind the US and in front of Japan, Germany and China.
As London claims top colo European title, CBR also asks the experts what Brexit would mean to the nation’s data centre sector.
According to a recent CBRE report, "European Data Centres, Q4 2015", London, the main colocation hub in the UK, has reclaimed the top spot for best performing European data centre market following its growth in 2015.
In 2015, London outperformed its European counterparts with 25.9 MW of customer IT power sold during the year.
In comparison, the other largest markets by customer IT power sold during the year were Amsterdam (with 17.9 MW), Frankfurt (16.2 MW) and Paris (2.5 MW).
The markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris (FLAP) enjoyed an overall 62MW of take-up during 2015.
With the colocation take-up, London represents, as of December 31, 2015, 42.8% of the total power supply in these four markets with 354 MW (up from 337 MW the previous year) in an overall picture of 827 MW (Q4 2014: 771MW).
In the study, it shows that London also has the highest availability rate of power at 71 MW, however, this has decreased seven MW from 2014.
Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris have an availability of 29 MW, 37 MW and 16 MW respectively. All have increased their availability when compared to the year before.
Mitul Patel, associate director for data centre research at CBRE, told CBR: "London will continue to be the dominant market in Europe in the long-run but the gap in levels of demands across the major markets of London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam has certainly narrowed as Amsterdam’s leading connectivity and Frankfurt’s reputation as a significant financial hub coupled with concerns over data sovereignty continue to propel both of these markets."
However, Daniel Beazer, senior consulting analyst at Cogeco Peer 1, said that it is unsurprising that the UK came out as Europe’s top performing data centre market.
"Amazon and Microsoft announcing Cloud builds has probably given the market a bit of a fIlip. The cloud giants were always going to have to build out infrastructure in the UK to target government business," he told CBR.
CBRE predicts London to continue to growth in 2016, with the construction of new facilities from colos, such as Infinity in Stratford and Gyron in Hemel Hempstead.
The divestment of some Equinix hubs, following the acquisition of Telecity, will also generate new streams of opportunity for other collocation operators.
Patel said: "We expect 2016 to begin well as we see both a strong pipeline of supply (Gyron Hemel Hempstead and Infinity Stratford) on the horizon as well as continued demand from ongoing demand from the IT Infrastructure players who are very much still active and also enterprise firms who can use the on-off ramps to the cloud provided by IT Infrastructure players as a means to evolve towards more hybrid-style solutions themselves. The latter is a move now evidenced and reported by operators themselves."
Looking at the major recruitment websites in the UK, all of them have over 1,000 job vacancies for data centre related jobs, ranging from middleware support engineers to technicians, proving that the industry is very much alive.
This according to Steve Wallage, MD at Broadgroup, is due to "strong supply plans for 2016 including NTT, Digital Realty, Equinix/TeleCity, Interxion, Telehouse, KAO, Virtus Data Centres, Infinity SDC, Ark Data Centres, Volta Data Centres, Colt, Carbon-12, IO, and others".
"Demand looks set to remain strong," he told CBR. "Hyperscale players are more seriously considering the UK due to data protection/customer pressure. Recent deployments [that prove that] include Microsoft and IBM SoftLayer.
"Broader usage of collocation such as recent deals in government, insurance and retail [is also going to drive the industry]."
Why the UK?
The UK’s economy, the fourth largest in the G7 behind the US, Japan and Germany, but the fastest growing one in the group, is one of the main reasons according to Wallage.
Yet, the UK does not have the cheapest corporation tax, currently standing at 20%, with plans to reduce it to 18% by April 1, 2020. In this space, for example, Ireland performs better with a controversial rate of just 12.5%, Switzerland with a rate of 8.5% and Singapore at 17%.
Nevertheless, the UK still has a lower corporation tax than other countries such as the US (35%), Spain (28%), Italy (27.5%), Norway (27%), the Netherlands (25%), Japan (23.9%), Sweden (22%), Portugal (21%), and Luxembourg (21%), according to Deloitte.
Wallage said: "The UK’s corporate tax rate is the lowest in the G7 and joint lowest in the G20 for 2015."
He also pointed to the fact of London being one of the leading global financial hubs. According to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) 2015, produced by a City of London think tank, Z/Yen, London is the second leading global financial centre, only behind New York.
As for areas of competitiveness, London is first in the financial sector development and infrastructure sub-indices. However, according to the GFCI, the capital is outshined by New York, which takes first place when it comes to business environment, human capital and reputational, and general factors (such as city brand and appeal, level of innovation and attractiveness and cultural diversity).
Wallage also said the UK is the second best global foreign direct investment (FDI) location, according to GFICA and the third best according to AT Kearney.
"According to the World Bank, the UK is the tenth best global location in terms of ease of doing business," he said.
As a result, companies from all over the world are descending into London and are in need for collocation data centre services.
Wallage said: "Outsourcing of data centre space [in the UK is] much higher than the European average, around 30% compared to about 18%."
He also hinted at the fact that the UK is experiencing a greater cloud adoption than other countries.
According to the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), cloud adoption rates by British enterprises reached 84% in 2015 (up from 76% in 2014), including companies using at least one cloud service. This is up from 53% in 2011.
A CIF study from February 2016 has found that 63% of UK enterprises are now planning to move their entire IT estate to the cloud in the near future.
A 2014 European wide report from Eurosat, has placed the UK (24%) ahead of the EU’s average of 19% for cloud computing services used by European enterprises.
However, the UK was still behind other nations including Finland (51%), Italy (40%), Sweden (39%), Denmark (38%), the Netherlands (28%), and Ireland (28%). Non-EU members Iceland (43%) and Norway (29%) were also ahead of the UK.
Connectivity and power
Over the last 100 years, over 70 transatlantic and other sea cables have landed in the UK, coming from South, Central and North America, and other European countries.
More recently, Hibernia Networks and AquaComms have both deployed transatlantic fiber connectivity cables connecting UK data centres to the US.
Wallage said that connectivity with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) traffic is growing around 40% a year. The LINX also spans its reach to other parts of the UK with IXPs in Manchester (IXManchester), Edinburgh (IXScotland), Cardiff, and North Virginia, US (LINX NoVA).
As for the needed to keep data centres running, the UK saw in 2015 energy production rise 9%, the first increase since 1999, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Gas accounted for 31.3% of electricity supplied, up marginally from 30.9% in 2014, with coal accounting for 25.9% in 2015 down from 33.6% in 2014. Nuclear accounted for 23%, up from 20.5% in 2014.
Low carbon generation accounted for 42.9% of supply, up from 35.6% in 2014, boosted by higher generation from nuclear and renewables (wind, hydro and bioenergy), according to the governmental department.
According to Ian Bitterlin from Leeds University, data centres consume 2-3% of the national grid capacity and that is currently growing at about 15-20% CAGR.
In a keynote at the Data Centre South Summit 2016 in February, he said in the UK, £123.61 in business is enabled by one data centre kWh.
Beazer said: "Power will become a major issue in the next few years for data centres across western Europe. Green energy just will not be able to fill the gaps left by decommissioned power stations.
"If the UK can show a clear path to meeting its anticipated energy needs for the next five to 15 years, the UK data centre industry will have a major advantage."
How would a Brexit affect the UK’s data centre game?
As the UK prepares to vote to decide its future in or out of the EU, CBR asked the experts what it would mean to the data centre sector if Britain decides to leave the EU on June 23.
According to Wallage, voting out "may delay some decisions as it adds uncertainty and some of largest users have the luxury of being able to choose from multiple locations".
As for CBRE, Patel said that the ‘house view’ is that the EU referendum result and the implications if the UK were to leave the EU is creating uncertainty for investors, occupiers, developers and others involved in UK real estate.
"This climate will cause some in the UK to ‘wait and see’, although for others, uncertainty is an opportunity waiting to be grasped," he said.
"For the rest of Europe, however, there is no reason to expect a substantial impact on investors or occupiers in 2016. There is a significant amount of domestic and international capital already targeting real estate across continental Europe, in part due to low returns on government bonds and the volatility in equity markets. Regardless of the Brexit outcome, we do not see any reason for this to change."
Lastly, analyst Beazer said that the UK market is strong because it has plentiful access to inexpensive connectivity via hubs like LINX.
"English language speaking countries have an advantage when it comes to international companies looking to expand. The local data centre industry is clustered in the South East, which is also close to large European centres such as northern France and northern Germany.
"A ‘Brexit’ probably will not affect any of those factors."
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The History of the Division of Juvenile Justice
California became a state. There were no correctional facilities for juveniles. Some consideration was given to the need for a reform school at that time, but none was authorized. Serious cases, about 300 boys under the age of 20, were sent to the state prisons at San Quentin (Marin County) and Folsom (Sacramento County), between 1850 and 1860. This included 12, 13, and 14-year-old boys.
The San Francisco Industrial School was founded on May 5, 1859 by an act of the state Legislature. The school opened with a total of 48 boys and girls, ranging from 3-18 years of age and a staff of six. It was run by a private board. Management could accept children from parents and police, as well as the courts. The program consisted of six hours per day of school (classroom) and four hours per day work. Trade training was added later. Releases were obtained by (1) discharge, (2) indenture, and (3) leave of absence, very similar to present day probation and/or parole.
The State Reform School for boys in Marysville was authorized and opened in 1861. Ages ranged from 8-18 years.
The State Reform School for Boys at Marysville closed due to lack of commitments. Twenty-eight boys were transferred to the San Francisco Industrial School. The State donated $10,000 to the San Francisco Industrial School and agreed to pay $15 in gold coin per month for each child of the school. During this year, girls in the Industrial School were transferred to the Magdalen Asylum in San Francisco.
The Legislature permitted commitment to the San Francisco Industrial School from the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Alameda.
The first “Probation Law” was enacted (Section 1203 Penal Code).
The training ship Jamestown was transferred from the U.S. Navy to the City of San Francisco to supplement the San Francisco Industrial School. The ship was to provide training in seamanship and navigation for boys of eligible age. After six months, an examination was given and successful trainees were eligible for employment as seamen on regular merchant ships.
The training ship was returned to the Navy due to mismanagement and a hue and cry that the Jamestown was a training ship for criminals.
The Legislature enacted a law establishing two State reform schools. Both were part of the Division of Institutions, and both had trade training and academic classes. Commitments were made from Police Courts, Justice Courts, and Courts of Session for a specialized period of time or minority. These schools were: (1) Whittier State Reformatory (now Fred C. Nelles School in Whittier) and (2) the Preston School of Industry in Ione (Amador County).
The Whittier State Reformatory for Boys and Girls opened with an enrollment of 300 youth.
The San Francisco Industrial School closed, and the Preston School of Industry opened
The Legislature enacted law establishing juvenile courts.
All wards under 18 were transferred out of San Quentin by legislative decree.
County juvenile halls were established
Ventura School for Girls was established and girls transferred from Whittier State Reformatory to Ventura.
First statewide supervision began — a Probation Office was created, under the State Department of Social Welfare.
The Legislature authorized County Boards of Supervisors to establish forestry camps for delinquent youths.
The Youth Corrections Authority Act was adopted by the California Legislature. The law:
Created a three-person commission appointed by the governor and
confirmed by the Senate
Mandated acceptance of all commitments under 23 years of age,
including those from juvenile court
Added a section on delinquency prevention
Authorized no authority over existing state institutions
Appropriated $100,000 to run the Authority for two years
The Whittier School for Boys was renamed the Fred C. Nelles School in honor of the man who served as the facility’s superintendent from 1912 to 1927.
Preston School of Industry, Ventura School for Girls, and the Fred C. Nelles School for Boys were separated from the Division of Institutions and became part of the California Youth Authority (CYA).
The first ward committed under the Youth Corrections Authority Act–YA No. 00001 — arrived at the new Youth Authority Unit, a diagnostic facility. The ward was transferred from San Quentin Prison, where he had been sent at age 14 after being convicted for second-degree murder. A “lifer,” he had shot an uncle during a quarrel over ranch chores.
The Youth Authority moved toward establishing camps, and a unit — Delinquency Prevention Services — was established.
Karl Holton was named first director.
The Governor transferred management of state reformatories — Preston, Nelles, and Ventura — to the Youth Corrections Authority. Total wards in institutions, 1,080; total wards on parole, 1,625; staff, 517.
The State Probation Office turned over responsibility for delinquency prevention to the Youth Corrections Authority. The word “corrections” was dropped from title; hence, California Youth Authority (CYA).
Fifty boys transferred from county jails to the Calaveras Big Trees Park where they built a 100-bed capacity camp. The Youth Authority acquired property and buildings formerly used by the Knights of Pythias Old Peoples’ Home. Boys from Preston and the Calaveras Camp cleaned and renovated the grounds and buildings, and the Los Guillicos School for Girls was established in Sonoma County.
The CYA entered into a contract with the military for the establishment of two camps — one at Benicia Arsenal and the other at the Stockton Ordnance Depot — each with a population of 150 boys.
The first boys arrived at Fricot Ranch School in Calaveras County. By fall of 1945, 100 boys and a full complement of staff were at the school. The 1,090-acre estate was leased with an option to purchase for $60,000 and that option was exercised in 1946.
Many youthful offenders in detention homes, jail, and two army camps were awaiting commitment to the Youth Authority. Army camps were closed after the war and the growing need for facilities became a crisis.
The Division of Parole was created and the parole staff consolidated.
The need was apparent for an older boy institution, and the Legislature authorized the California Vocational Institution at Lancaster (an old Army/Air Force Base).
A state subsidy was given to counties for establishment of juvenile homes, ranches, and camps for juvenile court wards. The subsidy was administered by the CYA. Pine Grove Camp was established in Amador County.
Camp Ben Lomond opened in Santa Cruz County.
The first wards arrived at the El Paso de Robles School for Boys (San Luis Obispo County) on September 30 (old Army/Air Base — 200 acres and 40 barrack buildings — purchased for $8,000).
Governor Earl Warren called the first Statewide Youth Conference in Sacramento in January. An estimated 2,200 people attended, including 200 high school and college youths
Heman G. Stark was named director and served until 1968. His tenure remains the longest of any CYA director.
The CYA was given departmental status.
Northern and Southern Reception Centers opened, in Sacramento and Norwalk, respectively.
Mt. Bullion Camp opened in Mariposa County.
The Youth Training School opened in San Bernardino County.
The CYA was placed under the newly formed Youth and Adult Corrections Agency.
Washington Ridge Camp opened in Nevada County.
Ventura School for Girls moved from its Ventura location to Camarillo
The state’s Juvenile Court Law was modified.
A reception center and clinic was established at the Ventura School for Girls, and the girls at the Southern Reception Center and Clinic in Norwalk were transferred to Ventura.
Northern California Youth Center (NCYC) opened near Stockton (San Joaquin County).
O. H. Close School for Boys opened at NCYC.
Allen Breed was named director.
Karl Holton School for Boys opened at NCYC.
An administrative reorganization plan was implemented, establishing North and South Divisions.
Facilities were constructed at Pine Grove and Ben Lomond Camps.
The CYA, along with the Department of Corrections, was placed within the Human Relations Agency (which became the Health and Welfare Agency).
A change in the law meant fewer female commitments, so Ventura School for Girls became co-educational.
DeWitt Nelson School opened at NCYC.
Los Guillicos became co-educational with boys from Fricot Ranch.
Fricot Ranch was closed due to declining ward population.
Oak Glen Camp opened in San Bernardino County.
El Paso de Robles School closed due to declining commitments.
El Paso de Robles School reopened, as commitments began to rise again.
Pearl West was named director, the first woman to hold the position.
Fenner Canyon Camp opened in Los Angeles County.
The CYA became part of the newly formed Youth and Adult Correctional Agency.
The Legislature removed the state’s young offender paroling authority, the Youth Authority Board, from the CYA and renamed it the Youthful Offender Parole Board (YOPB). The director had also served as chairman of the board. Antonio C. Amador was selected to chair the “new” YOPB.
Antonio C. Amador, former Los Angeles Police Protective League President was named director, the first Hispanic to hold the position.
James Rowland, Chief Probation Officer of Fresno County, was named director and introduced the concept of involving crime victims in youth correctional programs.
“Impact of Crime on Victims” curriculum was implemented and was introduced in each institution and camp in the CYA. This was a pioneering effort that has since been shared with other states and localities across the country.
The department adopted a policy of employment readiness as a major goal for wards and began reorganizing its Vocational Educational Program to make training more relevant with available jobs.
Free Venture, a program involving public/private partnerships for ward employment, began. The CYA agreed to provide space to private sector businesses which meet certain criteria. In turn, the businesses hire and train wards who earn prevailing wages for real jobs. Wards who earn these jobs then become taxpayers. Also, percentages of their earnings go to victim restitution, room and board, a trust fund and a savings account. Trans World Airlines became the first Free Venture partner, instituting a project at Ventura School.
El Centro Training Center opened as a short-term Institutions and Camps (I&C) Branch facility in Imperial County.
C. A. Terhune, a 30-year veteran of the CYA, was named director.
El Centro Drug Program for Girls opened.
Ventura School opened a camp program and instituted the department’s first female fire fighting crew.
Oak Glen Camp was closed due to budget concerns.
Fenner Canyon Camp was transferred to CDC.
El Centro closed as an I&C facility and reopened as the Southern California Drug Treatment Center operated by the Parole Services Branch.
B. T. Collins, a Vietnam War hero who lost an arm and a leg in that conflict, was appointed director in March and resigned in August, when he was asked to run for the State Assembly by the Governor.
William B. Kolender, former Police Chief of San Diego was appointed director.
N. A. Chaderjian School opened, a 600-bed institution at NCYC, increasing the number of training schools at that site to four. Chaderjian was secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency at the time of his untimely death in 1988.
Fred C. Nelles School celebrated its Centennial.
The CYA’s first boot camp program (30 beds) opened at Preston School. It was named LEAD (Leadership, Esteem, Ability and Discipline) and served as a model for other juvenile boot camps in the country.
Preston School of Industry celebrated its Centennial.
The second LEAD (Boot Camp) Program (30 beds) opened at Fred C. Nelles School.
The First Superintendent of Education position was created, and the department began a reorganization of the Education Program.
The Youth Authority Training Center opened at the NCYC complex.
Karl Holton School was converted to the Karl Holton Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center (DAATC), (now known as Karl Holton Youth Correctional Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility), devoted entirely to programming wards with substance use and abuse problems. The CYA thus became the first youthful offender agency in the country to devote an entire major institution for that purpose.
Craig L. Brown, undersecretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, was named director
Francisco J. Alarcon, Chief Deputy Director, was appointed director.
CYA Institutions and Camps were changed to include “Youth Correctional”
Gregorio S. Zermeno, Superintendent at the De Witt Nelson Correctional Facility, was appointed director in March.
Jerry L. Harper, former Undersheriff of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, was appointed director in March.
Karl Holton Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center in Stockton closed in September. The facility first opened in 1968.
Walter Allen III was appointed director by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Allen was the Assistant Chief for the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement.
February, the Northern Youth Correctional Reception Center and Clinic in Sacramento closed. The reception center-clinic first opened in 1956.
February, the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camarillo returned to a females-only facility. Male youths are housed at the S. Carraway Public Service and Fire Center.
June, the CYA closed the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility in Whittier. This was CYA’s oldest facility spanning more than 100 years. The last youth left the facility on May 27, 2004.
June, the CYA closed its operation of Mt. Bullion Youth Conservation Camp in Mariposa County.
November, Farrell v. Allen Consent Decree filed with the court. This action was brought by a taxpayer, Margaret Farrell, against Walter Allen III, Director of the California Youth Authority.
In a reorganization of the California corrections agencies, the CYA became the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
March, Education Services Remedial Plan filed with the court.
May, Sexual Behavior Treatment Program Remedial Plan filed with the court.
June, Bernard Warner was appointed as Chief Deputy Secretary for the DJJ.
June, Health Care Services Remedial Plan filed with the court.
July, Beginning of FY 2006/2007, funding to implement remedial plans is provided for the first time.
July, Safety and Welfare Remedial Plan filed with the court.
August, Mental Health Remedial Plan filed with the court.
Legislation (SB 81 and AB 191) require most youthful offenders to be committed to county facilities, reserving those convicted of the most serious felonies and having the most severe treatment needs for DJJ. Previously adopted financial incentives for counties and the legislative changes reduce DJJ’s population from a peak of approximately 10,000 a decade earlier to approximately 1,700.
July 31, El Paso de Robles and De Witt Nelson Youth Correctional Facilities closed.
In October, David Murphy, a 20 year veteran school administrator, is named DJJ’s Superintendent of Education, fulfilling a significant requirement of the Farrell reform plan for Education.
In February, the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino, originally known as the Youth Training School and subsequently named for the agency’s longest serving director, is closed after 50 years as a juvenile facility and begins a transformation into an adult prison. DJJ continues to operate five facilities and two fire camps.
In March, DJJ adopts a new staffing model that adapts to a smaller population but also provides uniform treatment for all DJJ youth to administer reforms required by the Farrell plans. Consolidation of staff and facilities results in staff reductions of approximately 400 positions and estimated savings of $30-40 million.
In February, DJJ reports to the Alameda Superior Court that is has complied with 82 percent of more than 8,000 policy and program changes required by the Farrell reform plans
Rachel Rios is named Deputy Secretary of Juvenile Justice (Acting)
In February, counties begin to assume parole supervision of juvenile offenders, under the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2010. The Juvenile Parole Board continues to determine when a youth is sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant release, but county courts and probation officials establish and enforce conditions of supervision.
The Preston Youth Correctional Facility in Ione is closed in June. Opened as the Preston School of Industry in 1894, it was the state’s second facility built specifically to house juvenile offenders.
The Southern Youth Correctional Reception Center and Clinic in Norwalk (Los Angeles County) is closed in December.
Due to a declining number of youth eligible for fire-fighting duty, DJJ consolidates its juvenile fire crews to Pine Grove, vacating the S. Carraway Public Service and Fire Protection Center in Camarillo (Ventura County).
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St. Leo’s College, Carlow
Address: Dublin Road, Carlow Town
Email: info@stleoscarlow.ie
Website: www.stleoscarlow.ie
Inspired by the vision of Catherine McAuley, Mercy education is committed to holistic development and to the achievement of the full potential of each student, particularly those who are disadvantaged or marginalised. It is a process informed and influenced by the teaching and example of Jesus Christ and is conducted in an atmosphere of care, respect and joy. Mercy education is committed to on-going whole-school development in collaboration and partnership with the Board of Management, Staff, Parents and the wider community.
Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Mercy congregation recognised the lack of educational opportunities for the Catholic youth of her day. She herself travelled to France to study their system.
It is not surprising then that on the arrival of the first sisters to Carlow a school was high on the agenda. That school opened its doors to the first students on the 1st May 1839. The school building was part of the convent and the sense of urgency was so great that the school section was completed before the sisters’ accommodation was ready for them. The present community/living room was the first school. It was one large room and the pupils were organised in little groups or clusters. The age of the pupils varied; some were just beginners and others were in their teens. The group work met the needs of each individual. The school was referred to as the “Pension School” as a small fee had to be paid by those who could afford it. The name no doubt came from the French. The numbers grew initially but the famine years brought a decline. When Parliament established the National Examining Board the pupils sat for its examinations, the first recorded in 1879.
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Make family memories at Testifest
The Bentham dance band Donut.
The much acclaimed two-day Testifest charity music festival, which is equally a celebration of family, is to have a 70s groove when it returns to its Hartley’s Farm campsite home in Tosside next month for what will be its fifth consecutive year.
With a 70s-themed dress-up party planned for its second night, Saturday, June 30th, Manchester dance band Groovemental, which takes its inspiration from that decade, will headline.
Groovemental are performing at this year's Testifest.
Testifest’s opening headliners on the Friday evening, June 29th, is Donut, another dance band from Bentham. Both bands will have a full programme of support plus, there will be a children’s entertainer to provide magic and Punch and Judy shows, as well as lead other fun activities for younger festival-goers.
As in previous years, Bowland Brewery is sponsoring the event’s bar. There will be quality food and drink stalls plus for anyone without their own tent, yurts, tipis and bell tents are available for hire. All proceeds, as in the previous two years, will go to Rosemere Cancer Foundation for Rosemere Cancer Centre’s Ribblesdale Ward.
Supporting the charity, as well as championing family life, is at the festival’s crux.
Organiser Neil Livesey (50), who puts on the event with help from wife Julie, sons Jack (27) and Will (23) and friend Bob Riley, is a former cancer centre patient. He spent time on Ribblesdale Ward undergoing treatment for testicular cancer after being diagnosed with the disease in 2010.
To help himself through it, Neil, who works for a plant hire company, took strength from remembering happier times of when his sons were little and he used to take them on weekend camping trips to Hartley’s Farm Campsite, which is just outside Tosside village centre off the B5478. He was determined to celebrate his recovery by returning there every year and Testifest was born in 2013, raising money for Cancer Research UK in first two years.
Neil, who over the last two years has raised £10,000 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation, said: “To date, we have had the most advanced online ticket sales that we have ever had for Testifest. We generally have a late ticket rush just before the event if the weekend’s forecast is good so hopefully, with some fair weather, we will have a record number of festival-goers this year.”
Tickets for Testifest cost £55 for weekend camping per adult with U16s at £10. To book in advance go to www.facebook.com/testifestival/
The money raised by Testifest will be put towards Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s 20 Years Anniversary Appeal, launched last year to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of Rosemere Cancer Centre, Lancashire and South Cumbria’s regional specialist cancer treatment centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. It provides all local radiotherapy treatment as well as other specialised care.
The appeal has already funded two of a trio of ground-breaking projects – a Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system to enable more patients to undergo keyhole surgery and an oncology research co-ordinator to grow the number of clinical trials undertaken at the cancer centre. This will enable more patients to have access to the very latest medicines and treatments being developed globally to combat the disease and in some cases, years before they become available on the NHS.
The third and final project is a total overhaul of the Ribblesdale Ward, including the creation of a more age appropriate area for teenage and younger patients, and it is this project Testifest is supporting.
Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer services and treatments to cancer patients being treated not only at Rosemere Cancer Centre but also, at another eight hospitals across the two counties that look after cancer patients, including the Royal Blackburn and Burnley Teaching Hospitals. For further information on its work and how to donate, visit its website at www.rosemere.org.uk
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Who wins and loses in '21st century trade agreement'
Published Fri, Nov 13 2015 2:07 PM EST Updated Sun, Nov 15 2015 5:57 PM EST
Everett Rosenfeld@Ev_Rosenfeld
TPP trade deal opens doors for entrepreneurs
Governments released the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership earlier this month, and experts are beginning to weigh in on the divisive trade pact that seeks to connect countries representing more than 40 percent of global GDP.
Industry groups and unions have voiced strident opposition to the TPP — frequently called the "21st century trade agreement" — and U.S. presidential candidates in both parties have bashed the agreement. Republican front-runner Donald Trump, for instance, has called the trade pact "an attack on America's business," but experts say many businesses will likely benefit from the deal.
"For some sectors it's a good agreement, for others I have concerns," said Tim Brightbill, a partner at Wiley Rein specializing in international trade law and policy.
Brightbill, who also serves as vice chair of the U.S. government-administrated Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries, pointed to the tech and telecommunications sectors as likely beneficiaries of the deal.
Soybeans are harvested with a Case IH 7230 combine harvester in Princeton, Ill.
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The "electronic commerce" section of the TPP text, in particular, lays out explicit agreements that will remove barriers to entry for Silicon Valley companies and others. These include clauses on reasonably comprehensive consumer and personal identification protection, and an agreement that a country cannot force companies to use computing facilities within its borders.
For many tech firms, the most attractive piece of the deal may be that it says that "No Party shall require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition for the import, distribution, sale or use of such software, or of products containing such software, in its territory."
In other words, companies will never be forced to hand over their code — a topic currently sparking fears in Silicon Valley as China (not a TPP member) seeks a peek at software's code before it can be used in key sectors. Any fears that TPP countries could enact similar mandates would become moot if the deal were approved, likely spurring increased entrance into those markets.
Read More China may try to force US tech firms to give up code
Another apparent winner from the deal is U.S. agriculture. Derek Scissors, a scholar for the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in a Thursday analysis that "American agriculture producers will be understandably happy" by the increased access for their products abroad. This includes soybeans and many other foodstuffs, but, Scissors noted, some barriers still remain.
On the other side of the equation are U.S. manufacturers — "I'm having a much harder time seeing how TPP helps them increase exports or compete around the world," Brightbill reflected.
One element of this is the lack of any real provision about currency manipulation, experts and industry groups have said, as the relative strength of the dollar accounts for much of U.S. manufacturing's woes. There remains considerable debate, however, on whether manipulation is even a major problem with which Washington should be grappling.
Rep. DeFazio: TPP trade deal 'another loser for the US'
But another, less discussed, piece of the puzzle is the rules of origin. These rules dictate what percentage of a good's components need to be manufactured in TPP member countries for those products to qualify for duty-free status. As a 2013 Heritage Foundation brief recognized, these rules "can make or break the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
American manufacturers (and certainly workers) generally want higher percentage rules so that component competitors in nonpact countries can't benefit from decreased tariffs. On the other hand, too stringent rules risk distributing the deal's benefits to few — or none — as nearly every company uses an increasingly global supply chain.
While the North American Free Trade Agreement requires an auto to include 62.5 percent of its content value in order to qualify for the deal, TPP will only need 45 percent.
Read More Trans-Pacific Partnership: GOP candidates split on deal
"If you're a U.S. steel manufacturer, for example ... there's a scenario now where China can supply the steel or make more than half the input, and if the rest is done in Malaysia or Vietnam, it's now a product of TPP and eligible for duty-free treatment," Brightbill said. "It's hard for me to see how that will help U.S. manufacturing in general."
Another rules of origin problem for U.S. firms may be their complexity, as the TPP "risks rendering firms uncertain how to take advantage of treaty terms and confusing customs agents charged with administering those terms," according to Scissors.
Other parts of the TPP deal are less easy to grade before their implementation. Experts have alternately praised and criticized the rules governing state-owned enterprises. The first-of-their-kind agreements make key headway in an important issue facing American companies, but some, including Scissors, worry that they don't go far enough, and therefore establish a loose precedent.
Read More TPP: Why it's too early to pop the champagne
All in all, Brightbill said many of his corporate clients are concerned about how the TPP would shake out if approved.
"They are great companies that are world-class competitive, and yet they struggle to export around the world because of trade barriers in many other countries, including TPP countries," he said. "For them, if they can get their products into these markets it would be a big win, but they are very concerned that we are simply opening our market ... and we won't see real market opening from countries like Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam."
In fact, he said, while the U.S. remains a relatively easy market to enter, some countries have barriers —regulatory and otherwise — that trade agreements have difficulty addressing.
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Motorola sets up wireless office link
New software lets mobile phone users hook into corporate e-mail, contacts and calendar.
Motorola on Tuesday unveiled new mobile phone software designed to let customers link up with office e-mail, calendars and contacts from their handsets.
The software will initially be available on the company's Java- and Linux-based A780 handset, which also debuted Tuesday. The A780 includes a digital camera, a video player and an MP3 player, Motorola said. The EDGE-enabled phone features Bluetooth wireless technology, HTML Web surfing, the ability to view documents, a speaker phone and a color touch screen.
The device maker plans to offer interoperability with corporate e-mail and messaging applications through partnerships with service providers but did not specify any programs.
Motorola said the Linux operating system is a key component of its mobile phone software strategy. Last year, it launched the world's first handset built on Java and Linux. The company recently released its E680 handset based on open source. The A780 is expected to be available in the last quarter of 2004.
Earlier this week, Motorola announced a Wi-Fi phone that can switch calls between cellular networks and Internet networks.
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Dr Marc Cortez
Was visiting Lecturer for the postgraduate course, Special Topic (Theology): Being Human in 2018
Dr Marc Cortez Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Theology and Doctoral Supervisor at Wheaton College in Illinois, USA.
His study specialties include: theology, church history, ministry, biblical studies, Greek and pop culture.
Marc’s research interests revolve largely around what it means to be human.
“I think that humans are fascinatingly weird creatures who raise all kinds of complex questions, so I enjoy studying pretty much anything that has to do with human persons. More specifically, though, much of my research focuses on the significance of Christology for understanding humans in general. In other words, what does it really mean to say that Jesus reveals what it means to be truly human? And what difference does that make for how we understand specific issues like the image of God, embodiment, free will, sexuality, race, and more.”
He blogs at marccortez.com.
His published books include Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed and Christological Anthropology In Historical Perspective: Ancient and Contemporary Approaches to Theological Anthropology
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The Porning of America: The Rise of Porn Culture, What it Means, and Where We Go from Here
From the popular Bratz dolls to the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, The Porning of America reveals that porn has become the mainstream-and the mainstream has become porn.
Carmine Sarracino and Kevin Scott argue that porn has seeped into and been absorbed by every defining aspect of our culture: language, entertainment, fashion, advertising, sexual behavior, even politics.
Cultural absorption is so complete that we no longer have to purchase pornography to get porn because we increasingly live porn on a daily basis.In tracing porn's transformation-from the Civil War to the golden age of comic books in the 1940s and 1950s to the adult film industry's golden decade of the 1970s and up to today-the authors illustrate that what began in the dark alleys of American life has now emerged as an unapologetic multibillion-dollar industry.
In this astonishingly comprehensive book, Sarracino and Scott profile such "porn exemplars"-those who have been pivotal to the mainstreaming of porn-as Russ Meyer, Snoop Dogg, Jenna Jameson, and Paris Hilton; they document how mainstream advertising uses porn culture to sell commercial goods now to an even younger, "tween" audience; and they pose crucial questions: How has porn shaped the way we view our own and others' bodies?
Sarracino and Scott argue that the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib exposed our porned sensibilities.Not an anti-porn diatribe, The Porning of America is resolutely pro-sex.
Reviews of the The Porning of America: The Rise of Porn Culture, What it Means, and Where We Go from Here
The authors wrote this book to sound the alarm about violently degrading porn that might well bring Nazi horrors to these shores and the generally porned atmosphere that threatens the innocence of children. The book is pretty much a plea for a Hegelian dialectic of porn, in which the end of history happens when everyone acknowledges one another as a happy and equally empowered sex worker (as long as the sex workers are of legal age, or course, and their videos are kept in places where the kids can't find them). The authors actually suggest that good sex education programs can bring this about.
Too many moments of "such and such girl said or did this, and therefore all girls of her age in America feel this way." Listen, where I come from, (and I come from Portland, Oregon, which is fairly progressive) if I walk up to a woman and call her a slut, she will NOT think I'm complimenting her, no matter what the authors believe. This gets labeled as part of the porning of America, but I beg to differ. In fact, in many ways I see such exhibitions as BREAKING DOWN the porning of America. The problem with America is that it has become so sexualized that nudity of any type is regarded as obscene. It's social taboos that make body parts obscene, and I wish that the authors could have better divided the attitude of "porning" from the simplicity of being nude.
Any time the book discusses women, they are setting white women as the default. Considering that non-white women are not discussed, it is no surprise that the authors failed to research the role that minority women play on porn. The authors here ignored the tendency of non-white women to so often be seen as hyper-sexed animals who exist solely to please white men -Slut shaming, virginity and the social stigma of sex. The authors ignore trans individuals, the role of queer performers in porn, or the use of queer sex as a way of appealing to straight male audiences. Nor did they discuss the significant age difference between Hilton and her boyfriend, how the power dynamic of pornography and sex may have influenced her decision to approve a video, or how her later publicly actions may have been influenced by having this slut label forced upon her. This book outright says that Paris Hilton did porn for the attention. This book desperately needed the input of a strong female editor or contributor - How could they have thought is was a good idea to name a chapter Women and Porn and then spend the majority of the time discussing feminist anti-pornography leagues? If anything, this book serves as proof that porn represents a culture that values women and POC far below white men on the social ladder.
Here's the book in a nutshell: As porn becomes more mainstream, we become more porned. The most informative part of the book was the discussion of how violence and porn are increasingly connected, and how that is the next step in our collective "porning." They make a good case for the fact that the infamous pictures of Abu Gharib are partially a product of this trend, and that similar scenes must be expected in the future.
But these chapters read like a handful of separate essays rather than a unified book.
There are majorly false extrapolations on the perceived effects of porn, its effects on society, etc.
The authors present a convincing case that much of modern advertising and culture has been deeply influenced by porn, in terms of the image and text selection, and in terms of the steady downward definition of deviancy. That's definitely guffaw-inspiring, because Marston was a bit of a kink, and Wonder Woman was explicitly created as a vehicle for him to portray bondage fantasies - in service to his notions of appropriate sexual outlets for men being related to the submission of strong women.
Porn usage/creation can be an antecedent or a symptom of sexual objectification. Regardless of whether porn is an antecedent or cause of dehumanisation we should be concerned and watchful of its increase use and integration into America's societal norms. * I think the book relied too much on its sensationalist topic (porn) to the detriment of what I found its more interesting topic ('othering' and 'dehumanisation').
The APA case studies are constantly used and when it comes to sexuality and if you have read other texts you would know that Psychology is sometimes behind on the times, still listing transgendered as a disorder and only recently removing homosexuality. This book reads as two men trying to protect their children (primarily their girls) from what the world really is. If they actually opened some good psychology texts they would know that bondage play is healthy for some people and that fantasy including rape fantasy is a normal function and these pornographic images help in these processes.
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Featured Was Satan a Created Being and Fallen Angel?
Discussion in 'Eschatology - Endtimes & Prophecy Forum' started by TribulationSigns, Feb 3, 2018.
Feb 6, 2018 #21
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TribulationSigns said: ↑
It is hard for you to believe because we have been indoctrinated by church traditions that Satan was a created being or fallen angel but the Bible did not say this. I will explain more on this with Scripture because it's late and I am heading to bed.
No, I was never taught that about Satan in my church. I can't remember them ever talking about Satan (which is too bad). I will wait for your Scripture.
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Bible2+ said: ↑
Satan, who is a literal, seven-headed, red, serpentine dragon (Revelation 12:3,9)
Literal red seven-headed dragon? Nope, the Bible does not say this. The dragon in Revelation is a symbolic of Satan. Not literally fire breathing dragon.
also called Leviathan (Isaiah 27:1, Psalms 74:14, Job 41:1,34), could have begun his existence as a dinosaur, born some 66 million years ago, near the end the age of the dinosaurs.
Again symbolically of Satan. Not an actual literal serpent in the literal sea.
Over millions of years before his birth, his dinosaur species could have evolved (or been miraculously granted by God) to have consciousness as we know it. And his seven-headedness, which could have been a fortuitous (or a miraculous) mutation, could have been heralded by his species as the arrival of a super-consciousness into the world.
Private Interpretation.
As he grew up as a conscious dinosaur, Leviathan could have come to know and worship God with all of his heart. God could have then granted him immortality, and taken him into heaven to serve God as a cherub. Cherubim are a type of angelic being (Ezekiel 10) which could include individuals shaped like different animals, like how seraphim are a different type of angelic being (Isaiah 6:2-3) which includes individuals shaped like different animals (Revelation 4:7-8). As a cherub in heaven, Leviathan could have been assigned to the office of "the morning star", and so been given the name "Lucifer", which means "the morning star".
Quite a private interpretation from an carnal mind!
After spending some 66 million years in heaven as a very contented cherub, and perhaps as even one of the greatest angelic beings in heaven, Lucifer could have been assigned by God to go to the earth to be a "covering cherub" over the Garden of Eden (Ezekiel 28:13-14), to watch over that special, local garden, and its special, individual humans named Adam and Eve, miraculously created by God only some 6,000 years ago. God could have also at that time given the as-yet-unfallen Lucifer authority over all of the rest of the earth (cf. Luke 4:5-6). But Lucifer could have chafed at his new assignment, seeing it as wholly beneath his dignity.
This is not what Bible teaches. Lucifer of Ezekiel 28 was speaking about ADAM as I have explained in my OP. Adam was the guardian of the garden before he was cast out for his disobedience by God. Nothing to do with angelic being or fallen angel!
dreadnought said: ↑
I am talking about the church (people) in general for hundreds of years. Today most Christians believe that Satan was a good created angel to begin within the beginning before "the fall" out of "heaven" where his name was changed from "Lucifer" to "Satan" before he deceives Eve as a "snake" talking from a tree of Life like the picture out there we often saw all the time:
However, this doctrine that influenced church for a long time that many people are actually indoctrinated with, including MYSELF, but it is not biblical accurate that I will explain more tomorrow.
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It should be self-evident that (according to scripture) it was a man (Adam) and not angels who were in the Garden of Eden where every precious stone was his covering. It was Adam who was the anointed Cherub that covereth upon the Holy mountain of God because He was the very image/likeness of the Glory of God. It was Adam who walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire (in the presence of God) in that Garden. In point of fact, the very name "Tyrus" means a stone! So it's quite obvious to me what is being illustrated here. It was in Adam that man was in the image of God and perfect in all his ways in the garden from the day that he was created, until iniquity was found in him (the fall). And the fall of the king of Tyrus in his sinfulness "personifies" this fall from God's image by Adam. God is illustrating to fallen man that we qualify by attempting to be like God in eating of the tree of knowledge without wisdom. Man qualifies for "all" that we read in Ezekiel 28:12-16. But Angels do not qualify! We interpret scripture by scripture, not by popular assumptions. And not once do we read of angels in the Garden of Eden. Not once do we read of angels falling in the Garden of Eden. Not once do we read of angels being corrupted because of knowledge. Not once do we read of angels defiling their sanctuaries by the multitude of their iniquities. On the contrary, we read of man in the garden, man was perfect there from the time he was created, and man is the one who fell there. And let's not forget, did not God say these very things of Adam?
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Gen 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Exo 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exo 25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Exo 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Heb_8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Exo_25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Exo_25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
2Ch 5:8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
Rev 15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
Everything in the tabernacle that Moses was to make was to be done according to a pattern God showed him. It was a pattern of the heavenly tabernacle. There were 2 cherubim's on the ark, each with 2 wings. These were the covering cherubs---they covered the glory of God from the angels. The cherubim's placed in the garden of Eden were not the covering cherubs, they were cherubs--to keep Adam and Eve from returning to the garden and eating from the tree of life and living forever. Cherubim's are depicted as having 2 wings. The covering cherubs stand in the presence of God and use those wings to shield the angels from the full glory of God shinning on them. Adam never had any wings.
Adam was not in heaven----
Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mar_1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
2Co_11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Rev_2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Rev_12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev_20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Satan, the Devil, the dragon, the serpent---not Adam. Not a fallen Adam. Adam did not fall from heaven, he fell on earth in the garden of Eden.
Job_1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Job_1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
This was not Adam, He had no access to the heavenly court--Satan appeared at this heavenly council as the prince of this world.
Gabriel is a covering cherub---and he would have 2 wings.
Luk_1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
Luk 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Lucifer had been a covering cherub---never Adam. We were made lower than the angels---Jesus became lower than the angels to save us. Adam could never have stood as a covering cherub in the presence of God as an angel, he was lower than they.
Psa_8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Heb_2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Heb_2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Davy Well-Known Member Supporter
The OP's assumptions are false. The devil is exactly who God was pointing to in the Ezekiel 28 chapter.
Nowhere in all of God's Word does it declare a 'cherub' to be a flesh man. Nor is it doing that in Ezekiel 28. In God's Word, a cherub is always a Heavenly being.
Also, no flesh born man has been judged to perish by fire yet. In the Ezek.28:18 verse, that cherub is shown already sentenced to perish by fire, pointing to the future "lake of fire".
Not only has no flesh king or prince of Tyre ever been in God's Garden of Eden, but not even Adam ever "walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire" per Ezek.28:14 (God's Altar in Heaven).
Likewise as with the Isaiah 14 chapter where God said to take up a "proverb" to the king of Babylon, the topic turns to Lucifer, the devil, showing God was using the king of Babylon as a type for the devil himself, just as the devil is the one God is pointing to in Ezekiel 28 using the prince and king of Tyrus (which means 'rock', like the little 'rock' of Deuteronomy.)
I think the important thing is to understand Satan is out to tempt us into committing sin, and one must understand how subtle he is:
Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. Gen 3:1A
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TribulationSigns said in post #22:
Literal red seven-headed dragon?
Yes (Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:9).
The book of Revelation is almost entirely literal, for it is unsealed (Revelation 22:10), meaning that it should not be difficult for Christians of any time to understand it, if they simply read it as it is written: chronologically, and almost-entirely literally. The few parts of it which are symbolic are almost always explained afterward (e.g. Revelation 1:20, Revelation 17:9-12). And Revelation's few symbols not explained afterward (e.g. Revelation 13:2) are usually explained elsewhere in the Bible (e.g. Daniel 7:4-7,17).
Just as Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming in Revelation 19:7 to 20:3 will be fulfilled almost entirely literally, so the events of the just-preceding Tribulation in Revelation chapters 6 to 18 will be fulfilled almost entirely literally. Also, the Millennium in Revelation 20:4-6 will be literal, and will begin right after Jesus' Second Coming (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6, Zechariah 14:3-21), when He will reign on the earth with the physically resurrected Church for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29, Psalms 66:3-4, Psalms 72:8-11). After that, the events of Revelation 20:7 to 22:5 will occur literally.
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This has not happened yet, but is part of the things which must be hereafter (Revelation 4:1b).
Just as what the apostle John saw in Revelation 4:2-11 are literal things in heaven, so what he saw in Revelation 12:7-9 is a literal, future, mid-tribulation war in heaven, between the archangel Michael and his angels on the one hand, and Satan and his angels on the other, resulting in Satan and his angels being defeated and cast down to the earth permanently (Revelation 12:8-9,12-13).
Revelation 12:7-9 shows that Michael and his angels are more powerful than Satan and his angels. But this doesn't mean that Satan won't be able to deceive the unsaved world (Revelation 12:9) into thinking that he and his angels (with the help of a united mankind) will be able to defeat YHWH and His army (Revelation 16:14, Revelation 19:19).
For before Revelation 12:7-9 happens, an army of 200 million weird horse-like beings and their (possibly unclean spirit) riders will come upon the earth (Revelation 9:16-19). If they descend from the sky in spaceships, the world could see them as aliens. But they and the future Antichrist (the individual-man aspect of Revelation's "beast") could (falsely) say that they are YHWH God's main army. In fact, they could be loyal to Lucifer (Satan, the dragon, Revelation 12:9). The four fallen angels now bound at the Euphrates who will lead this army (Revelation 9:14-16) could employ it to make mankind completely desperate before its takeover by Lucifer and the Antichrist mid-tribulation (Revelation 12:9 to 13:18). For when this army starts killing one-third of mankind (Revelation 9:16-19), then could also begin one of the biggest deceptions ever wrought upon humanity. For the Antichrist -- who by that time could have managed to have been elected as the President of a Mediterranean Union, formed by the joining of the European Union with an Arab Union stretching from Oman to Morocco -- could announce to the world that he has sent a mental distress call to (what he could call) "My Father, our Lord Lucifer, to come with his legions of angels, and rescue mankind from this murderous army of YHWH".
It is at this point that Lucifer and his fallen angels could be cast down out of heaven to the earth permanently, after losing a mid-tribulation war in heaven (Revelation 12:7-9). But instead of coming down as a defeated force, they could descend for all the world to see in gigantic, magnificent golden spaceships onto the "Champ de Mars", Mars being the same as Marduk the dragon, the chief god of ancient Babylon. (The "Champ de Mars" is the large open area in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.) After landing there, Lucifer, a literal, seven-headed, red dragon (Revelation 12:3,9), could emerge in great splendor, and command his angels to capture the army of 200 million weird horse-like beings and their (possibly unclean spirit) riders, who could then pretend to defect from serving YHWH to serving Lucifer. Lucifer could then confirm that he came to rescue mankind because the Antichrist, whom he could say is his only-begotten Son, called upon him (like in an Antichrist counterfeit of Matthew 26:53). Lucifer and the Antichrist could then be received wholeheartedly by the unsaved world as the saviors of mankind. And the unsaved world could be left thinking (mistakenly) that Lucifer and his angels were more powerful than even YHWH's main army.
Lucifer and the Antichrist, along with the Antichrist's miracle-working False Prophet, will then deceive the world into actually worshipping Lucifer and the Antichrist, and a speaking (possibly an android) image of the Antichrist (Revelation 13:4-16, Revelation 19:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Daniel 11:36). And everyone will be made to receive a (possibly scarification) mark of the Antichrist either on their right hand or forehead, consisting of either the Antichrist's name or some representation of the gematrial number of his name (666) (Revelation 13:16-18). After Lucifer and the Antichrist have ruled the world for 3.5 literal years (Revelation 13:4-18), YHWH will send seven vials of wrath against the unsaved world (Revelation 16).
Near the end of these seven vials, unclean spirits like frogs will come out of the mouths of Lucifer, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet (Revelation 16:13). And these unclean spirits like frogs will go forth and perform amazing miracles to convince the world's armies to gather together at Armageddon (Har Megiddo: Mount Megiddo in northern Israel) (Revelation 16:16) to battle against YHWH Himself (Revelation 16:14, Revelation 19:19). After gathering together at Armageddon as a staging area, the world's armies will travel south and pillage Jerusalem, right before Jesus Christ (who is YHWH: John 10:30) returns from heaven and defeats them completely (Revelation 19:11 to 20:6, Zechariah 14:2-21).
When Jesus Christ returns, immediately after the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Revelation 19:7-21, Matthew 24:29-31), He will descend physically from heaven on a white horse (Revelation 19:7-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Zechariah 14:3-4, Acts 1:11-12), with all of the holy angels (Matthew 25:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7), for all of the world to see (Matthew 24:27,30, Revelation 1:7). Then the Church will be physically resurrected (if dead), or changed (if alive), into immortal physical bodies (1 Corinthians 15:21-23,51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 20:4-6), and caught up together/gathered together (raptured) (Matthew 24:31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1) as high as the clouds of the sky, in order to hold a meeting in the air with Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
At that meeting, Jesus Christ will judge the Church (Psalms 50:3-5, cf. Mark 13:27; 2 Corinthians 5:10, Luke 12:45-48), and marry its obedient part (Revelation 19:7-8, Matthew 25:1-12), in the clouds, before it mounts white horses and comes back down from sky (the first heaven) with Jesus (Revelation 19:14), as He defeats the world's armies (Revelation 19:19,21), and the Antichrist and False Prophet (Revelation 19:20), and has Lucifer (Satan) bound in the Bottomless Pit for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1-3), a time period commonly called the Millennium.
At Jesus Christ's return, He will also make the marriage supper of Revelation 19:9 for the obedient part of the Church in the earthly Jerusalem (Isaiah 25:6-9; 1 Corinthians 15:54), while the birds will feast on the corpses of the world's defeated armies (Revelation 19:17-18). Then Jesus and the obedient part of the Church will rule the surviving nations with a rod of iron during the Millennium (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29, Psalms 2). After the Millennium, Lucifer will be released from the Bottomless Pit and bring about the Gog/Magog rebellion, only to be defeated for the last time (Revelation 20:7-10, Ezekiel chapters 38-39).
At least seven years after that defeat (Ezekiel 39:9b), the Great White Throne Judgment will occur, in which all people who had not been resurrected and judged at Jesus Christ's return will be resurrected and judged (Revelation 20:11-15). Then God will create a New Heaven (a new first heaven: a new sky/atmosphere for the earth), and a New Earth (a new surface for the earth) (Revelation 21:1; 2 Peter 3:10b,13). Then God the Father will descend from the third heaven in the literal city of New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:2), the Father's house (John 14:2, Revelation 21:3), and He will dwell on the earth with Jesus and the Church (Revelation 21:3).
In one area outside the walls of New Jerusalem, on the New Earth, will be the lake of fire (Revelation 22:15, Revelation 21:8), in which all of unsaved humanity will suffer forever in fire and brimstone with Lucifer and his fallen angels (Revelation 20:10,15, Matthew 25:41,46).
The book of Revelation is almost entirely literal, for it is unsealed (Revelation 22:10), meaning that it should not be difficult for Christians of any time to understand it, if they simply read it as it is written: chronologically, and almost-entirely literally.
False! This is what happened with those with carnal minds. Not Spiritual Discerned.
Weird horse-like beings?
Spaceships?
Aliens?
A third of Mankind killed?
President of a Mediterranean Union?
Lucifer and the Antichrist, along with the Antichrist's miracle-working False Prophet, will then deceive the world into actually worshipping Lucifer and the Antichrist, and a speaking (possibly an android) image of the Antichrist (Revelation 13:4-16, Revelation 19:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Daniel 11:36).
An android? (Chuckle).
Near the end of these seven vials, unclean spirits like frogs will come out of the mouths of Lucifer, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet (Revelation 16:13). And these unclean spirits like frogs will go forth and perform amazing miracles to convince the world's armies to gather together at Armageddon (Har Megiddo: Mount Megiddo in northern Israel) (Revelation 16:16) to battle against YHWH Himself (Revelation 16:14, Revelation 19:19). After gathering together at Armageddon as a staging area, the world's armies will travel south and pillage Jerusalem, right before Jesus Christ (who is YHWH: John 10:30) returns from heaven and defeats them completely (Revelation 19:11 to 20:6, Zechariah 14:2-21)......BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH LAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
Yes, for:
Revelation 9:17 . . . thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
The weird locust-like beings in Revelation 9:7-10, and the subsequent army of 200 million weird horse-like beings in Revelation 9:16-19, could both be literal, and could both be seen by the world as "aliens", or "demons", when in fact they could both be animal species which evolved or were miraculously created (at two different times) on the earth millions of years ago. The weird locust-like beings are currently living, or are in some state of extended hibernation, in the Bottomless Pit of the earth (Revelation 9:2-3,11), which may have a physical manifestation as a deep underground cavern. The top of this cavern could be deep under the city of Abadan (in Iran), just as the Bottomless Pit is under the angel Abaddon (Revelation 9:11). The weird locust-like beings will swarm up from the Bottomless Pit to torment mankind with excruciating stings for five months (Revelation 9:2-10). They will not kill anyone, but they will make those they sting want to die, the pain will be so bad (Revelation 9:5-6). They will hurt people who do not have a seal of God on their forehead (Revelation 9:4, cf. Revelation 7:3-4).
The world could see these locust-like beings as aliens who had lain dormant in deep underground caverns (like in the X-Files). The locust-like beings will be shaped like horses prepared for battle (Revelation 9:7). They will have heads on which they will have as it were crowns like gold (Revelation 9:7b). They will have faces as the faces of men (Revelation 9:7c), hair as the hair of women (Revelation 9:8), teeth as the teeth of lions (Revelation 9:8b), and breastplates as it were breastplates of iron (Revelation 9:9). They will have wings, the sound of which will be as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle (Revelation 9:9b). And they will have tails like unto scorpions (Revelation 9:10), and stingers in their tails (Revelation 9:10b).
Regarding the subsequent, weird horse-like beings (Revelation 9:16-19), because they will have to come from somewhere, and it could be difficult to keep 200 million of them hidden on the earth, they could currently be living, or be in some state of extended hibernation, in hidden underground bases somewhere away from the earth, such as on the far side of the moon, and/or on the next planet out from the sun (they could even be a source of the mysterious methane emissions which have been detected in places emanating from beneath the fourth planet's surface).
The 200 million literal, weird horse-like beings of the Tribulation's sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:16-19) have not come upon the earth yet (as is sometimes claimed), because one-third of mankind has not been killed by them yet (Revelation 9:18).
Revelation 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
For in Daniel 7, the first three beasts (Daniel 7:3-6) represent the ancient empires of Babylon (lion), Medo-Persia (bear), and Greece (leopard). The fourth beast, or fourth "king"/"kingdom" (Daniel 7:17,23), represents the ancient Roman empire. And the ten horns/kings which come out of it (Daniel 7:7,24) could represent ten major kingdoms/nations today which came out the former territory of the Roman empire, which consisted not only of Western Europe, but also the Middle East and North Africa. These ten nations could be Germany, the U.K., France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, and Syria. The ten part-iron/part-clay toes of Daniel 2:42 could represent the same thing as the ten horns of Daniel 7:7. The Europeans could be the iron, and the Arabs and Turks could be the clay. In Daniel 2:43, the inability of the iron to mix with the clay could represent how, for example, there are many Turks living in Germany, but they remain separated in ghettoes within German cities. Similarly, there are many Arab Algerians living in France, but they remain separated in ghettoes within French cities.
But despite this social separation, which could endure indefinitely, the people of Western Europe on the one hand, and the people of the Middle East and North Africa on the other, could still one day put aside their political separation and become united into one federation. For Daniel 2:42 refers to the ten as a singular "kingdom". The person who will bring this about could be the future Antichrist.
The arising of the "little" horn (Daniel 7:8, Daniel 8:9), which is "diverse" from the ten major nations (Daniel 7:24), could mean that the future Antichrist will arise from a little country. And the little horn arising from "among" the ten major nations (Daniel 7:8) could mean that the Antichrist's country's territory used to be part of the Roman empire. And before that, it was part of one of the four Diadochian Greek kingdoms which succeeded the Greek empire of Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:8-9,21-25). The territory of these four kingdoms stretched from Greece over to Iran, and down into Egypt. So the Antichrist could come from the Middle East. He could be an Arab who will come from the little country of Lebanon, from the modern city of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:4).
The Antichrist could start out by claiming to be a Baathist. After becoming the leader of Lebanon, he could peacefully gain control of a Baathist federation of three of the ten major nations (Daniel 7:24): Egypt, "toward the south" of Lebanon (Daniel 8:9), and Iraq and Syria, "toward the east" of Lebanon (Daniel 8:9). This federation could also include the minor nation of a United Palestine, that is, a defeated Israel, "the pleasant land" (Daniel 8:9).
This Baathist federation could be put together in our future by an Iraqi Baathist General who could completely defeat and occupy Israel and Egypt with a huge Iraqi Army (Daniel 11:15-17; in verse 17 the original Hebrew word translated as "daughter" is "bath"), but who could then mysteriously disappear (Daniel 11:19) shortly before the Antichrist arises on the world stage (Daniel 11:21-45). Years later, when the Antichrist gains control of all ten of the major nations, he could appoint kings over them (Revelation 17:12) who will defer to him (Revelation 17:13), like how when Napoleon gained control of different nations, he appointed kings over them who would defer to him.
For the "image of the beast" (Revelation 13:15) could be an android image of the future Antichrist (the individual-man aspect of the beast), which the Antichrist's False Prophet (of Revelation 13:11-16, Revelation 19:20) could order to be made after the Antichrist receives a terrible head wound (Revelation 13:3,14b). For this injury could leave the Antichrist's facial and bodily appearance permanently marred, and could render him unable to speak clearly, like someone after a bad stroke, so that the Antichrist will not want to ever appear or speak in public again.
Did you ever see that movie "Dave"? It had a President who was in a coma, so his handlers found a regular guy who looked exactly like the President, and had him be a public stand-in for the President. He was able to speak just like the President did. It could be like that with the Antichrist's image. It could be the Antichrist's "Dave", his double, which appears and speaks (Revelation 13:15) before the world instead of his wounded self. But instead of letting people think that the Antichrist's android image is the Antichrist himself, the False Prophet could tell people from the beginning that the image is not the Antichrist himself, but still fully represents him.
In Revelation 13:15, the original Greek word translated as "life", or "breath" (pneuma: G4151), can mean "spirit", in the sense of consciousness (1 Corinthians 2:11a, Luke 1:47), so that the android could appear to have a spirit, to have consciousness. The way that this could be achieved would be through the android having wireless connections to huge banks of neural-network supercomputers running highly advanced artificial intelligence software. The False Prophet could claim that the Antichrist's consciousness dwells within the android by means of the neural networks having been imprinted with the Antichrist's own brain patterns. But this could be a lie, in that the android will not actually have the Antichrist's consciousness, or any true consciousness, but will only appear to have consciousness, by its being able to pass even the most stringent Turing Test. This is a test whereby one speaks with a computer, and cannot tell whether or not it has consciousness, because all of its answers are the same as if it had consciousness.
But the android's "consciousness" could appear far more advanced than any human's. For it could have access to huge databases containing every fact known to man, so that the android will appear omniscient. In this way, it could convince the world that it is not just a machine, but a material incarnation, a machine avatar, of the true God, a literal "deus ex machina", a literal "God from a machine". And this machine "God" could boast not only of his mental powers, but also of his physical powers. For his android body could be extremely strong. And he could boast of the "immortality" of his body, which could be made of titanium, covered with some practically everlasting flesh-like silicone. People could be completely awestruck by his (what they could call) "omniscient wisdom, his strength, his indestructibility". They could consider him more than worthy of worship by (in their words) "mere humanity, which is so mentally and physically limited, made out of mere flesh and blood, which is so weak and so mortal". The unsaved world will actually worship the Antichrist's image (Revelation 13:15), just as it will actually worship Lucifer (Satan, the dragon) and the Antichrist (Revelation 13:4,8, Revelation 12:9).
The Antichrist's image could be placed standing in the holy place (the inner sanctum) of a future, third Jewish temple building in Jerusalem, so that the image will become the abomination of desolation (of Matthew 24:15, Daniel 11:31). And to make it easy for everyone in the world to see the Antichrist's image and worship it (Revelation 13:15), it could appear on every smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC, TV, GPS navigation system, and electronic billboard at set times each day. And to make it possible for everyone to interact with it personally, it could appear as a lifelike, computer-generated image on each individual's smartphone, speaking in and understanding each individual's language, conversing with each individual with personalized messages and responses devised by supercomputers running artificial intelligence and language software.
And it could discuss with them even the most intimate details of their lives. For it could have access to huge databases compiled by the Antichrist's worldwide intelligence, law enforcement, economic, and health agencies, databases containing all of the facts about everyone: who their family and friends are, where they live and work, who their neighbors and coworkers are, how much they make, what cars and properties they own and use, where they go, where they shop, what they buy, where they eat out, what shows and videos they watch, what they read, what they say, what they post on the internet, what their health problems are, etc., so that the Antichrist's image could seem to know everything about everyone.
And the worship of the image could be connected with a daily surveillance and subjugation of everyone. For the image's supercomputers could make his image automatically appear on everyone's smartphone at set times each day to be worshipped. And smartphones contain GPS chips which can be secretly pinged remotely in order to determine the exact location of the smartphones. So when the image appears on everyone's smartphone, the image's supercomputers could ping the GPS chip of everyone's smartphone, and know exactly where everyone is.
Also, smartphones contain cameras and microphones, which can be remotely opened secretly, in order to see and hear what is going on around the smartphones at any time. So when the Antichrist's image appears on everyone's smartphone, the image's supercomputers could open the cameras and microphones of everyone's smartphone in order to determine what everyone is doing and saying. And the image could then demand that the individuals worship him as God, saying some set prayer of praise and adoration. And if any individual refuses, the image's supercomputers could detect his noncompliance, and notify the nearest police officers of his exact location, and order the officers to arrest him for blasphemy, and treason. He could then be given a chance to be "reformed" (in a brainwashing prison, or through physical torture, if necessary). But if he proves recalcitrant, he will be executed (Revelation 13:15), by being beheaded (Revelation 20:4).
The beheading process itself could be made into a televised and webcasted spectacle, in order to serve not only as a dire warning to anyone thinking of refusing to worship the Antichrist's image, but also to serve as an amazingly-horrific entertainment for the masses, like how the ancient Romans made it an entertainment for the masses to gather them into the Colosseum in Rome, and let them watch Christians being thrown to lions and devoured alive.
Huge beheading structures could be built, by which twenty "traitors" could be beheaded at one time, by one fall of one blade. The "traitors" could be bound in a row along an upright "U"-shaped device with a track for a large guillotine blade, which could start-out in a resting position at the top of one side. The blade could be so massive, and so sharp, that when it is released it will easily slice down through ten necks on one side of the "U", and then continue on by its own momentum up the other side of the "U", shearing off another ten heads. This could all happen so quickly that it will appear as if all twenty heads are struck off almost in unison, followed immediately by twenty geysers of blood rushing out at the same time for all the Antichrist's "faithful" to gawk at and cheer over in the comfort of their own homes before their televisions and computers.
Also, immediately after the show, at the site where it took place, teams of surgeons could rush in to "harvest" all of the fresh organs and other body parts from the beheaded bodies to be used for transplants (beheading being the best way for a body to die if you want to harvest its parts). What is left of the bodies could then be stuffed into shipping containers, which, once full, could be painted black and stacked like stones into a gigantic "Black Pyramid of Death", which could eventually reach some thirty stories high, and contain tens of millions of bodies. A huge plaque could be erected in front of the Pyramid which will read: "This is a monument to the shame of YHWH, who created everything to die". (Of course, the truth is He didn't, for He created Adam and Eve immortal; it was not until they sinned that they became mortal: Genesis 2:17. And YHWH will restore immortality to Christians through Jesus Christ: Romans 6:23. Also, any such plaque would be hypocritical, for it will be the Antichrist who will have murdered the people entombed in the Pyramid, not YHWH. And so it will actually be a monument to how those who hate YHWH and his wisdom, love death: Proverbs 8:36b.)
Regarding the worship of the Antichrist's image, in order to help foster a group dynamic, every neighborhood and village in the world could be helped to create a group worship center where everyone in that neighborhood or village will have to gather together at a set time each evening to bow down and prostrate himself or herself before a life-size, lifelike image of the Antichrist, which could be a computer-generated, animated, holographic or widescreen 3D HDTV image of him clothed in beautiful golden robes, and standing majestically before them (or sitting on a magnificent golden throne), and speaking computer-generated customized messages to them as a group.
This worship could be accompanied by the most beautiful symphonic music (cf. Daniel 3:5), or whatever is the most beautiful music to the local people, to help them (in the words of the Antichrist's propaganda machine) "Be uplifted into the true spirit of praise and worship of our Great Lord and Master. Praised be His Majestic Name forever and ever!", etc. And what with the wonderful music, and all of their fellow worshippers around them, and customized messages of encouragement spoken in a deep, soothing voice by a life-size, holographic or 3D HDTV image of the Antichrist to certain members of each "worship group", some people in each group could really get into the evening worship sessions, and even (in their words) "Truly feel the Living Presence of our loving God among us, loving us so tenderly, so personally! Oh, how I love Him! He is So Great!"
For example, as a worshipper named Mary, a housewife with two little children, is bowing down before the image of the Antichrist, he could speak forth to her: "Mary! Mary! My beloved handmaid! You are so precious to me, my love. You so faithfully take care of dear little Johnnie and Michelle, whom I have entrusted to you, that you might raise them up to become My servants and faithful worshippers, just as you are. How I love thee, my Mary. How I cherish thee, my precious dove!". And poor Mary could begin to cry with happiness over her dear Lord's kind words to her, not realizing that they are merely the concoction of an artificial-intelligence program running in a neural-network supercomputer down in the basement of some government building.
Also, the world's worship of the Antichrist's image (Revelation 13:15), no matter how blissful it may become for some people, and the world's worship of the Antichrist and Lucifer (Satan) the dragon (Revelation 13:4, Revelation 12:9), will last for less than four years (Revelation 13:5, Daniel 12:11-12) before Jesus Christ returns physically from heaven and completely defeats the Antichrist and Lucifer, and the Antichrist's False Prophet (Revelation 19:20 to 20:3), and Jesus then sets up His own, 1,000-year physical kingdom on the earth with the physically resurrected Church (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29).
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On occasion I attempt to converse with Bible2+, but usually can't last too long before I feel a bout of psychosis coming on. Maybe you can have a better experience.
I'd characterize his eschatology as hyperfuturism.
Correction: hyperfuturitis.
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It is the passage where theologians originally got the whole idea of Cherubim being angels in the first place. The source of confusion is the mention of the Cherub in Ezekiel 28:14. The passage in question quite clearly declares that the person it is speaking about as the covering Cherub is the king of Tyrus, not an angel. Nevertheless, certainly, we can understand their logic, if not their entrenchment. They "assume" that because the reference here says the king was in the Garden of Eden, it has to refer to Satan as a fallen angel. And from this, they surmise that God is using the king as a type of Satan. However, without a Biblical warrant, we cannot make such a leap of faith in interpretation. The rule of thumb applies that "assumption is the mother of error." He was called the anointed cherub because he was a representative man, created in the likeness of God in Adam, and has fallen into sin and lost all semblance of the image of God. Clearly, the King of Tyrus was not in the Garden of Eden, nor perfect in beauty as Adam was, but he is representative of mankind and his degradation.
Ezekiel 28:12-16
"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Thou hast been in Eden the Garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed Cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering Cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire."
At first glance, it is easy to see how one could make such a mistake about the king representing a fallen angel. However, rather than "reading into this text" an angel, the king of Tyrus is quite clearly a man being castigated by God for being created in the image of God to be righteous, but who has turned from God in his sin and thus come under judgment. So rather than represent a fallen angel, this represents FALLEN MAN. It illustrates original man in Adam, created good (Genesis 1:26-27) in the image/likeness of God before the fall. Man, as he was created without sin, but who has fallen in Adam, losing the glory of the likeness of God he was created with. Thus because of his fall and our inheritance of his spirit of bondage to disobedience, we are all subject to death. But thanks to our God, that full glory of God's image can be restored in Christ Jesus. Which is why Christ is often referred to as the second Adam.
1st Corinthians 15:20-22
"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."
Now we can see the spiritual darkness begin to clear as we can see more of the picture. We were 'all' created in the image of God in Adam. The sin of Adam separated man from that image of God. And in the process, it separated all of us in generations to follow from that likeness. It was the man, not the angel, who was perfect in the mountain (Kingdom) of God. But sin was found in us, and we all died in Adam (1st Corinthians 15:20-22) and are come under judgment as surely as King Tyrus had. And except we are restored to the image of God that 'man' had in the garden, we remain fallen and subject to the wrath of God. The king of Tyrus is a man directly from the loins of Adam, who can only be restored to the image of God, in the second Adam, which is Christ.
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
"And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"
It is man who was corrupted because of knowledge, not angels. He sought to be as God by his disobedience in eating of the tree of knowledge, and it was this that caused his fall in the day he transgressed. Satan in the Garden of Eden didn't have every precious stone his covering, but Adam was made glorious, precious in the sight of the Lord. Satan was not set the anointed Cherub that covereth upon the holy mountain of God, but scripture says Adam (man) was created in the very image of God so that this definition is consistent. In point of fact, everything in the Garden of Eden was 'under the dominion of Adam,' (Genesis 1:26-28;3:1) as He was perfect. Adam was the very likeness or image of God. ..as a Cherub.
Genesis 1:26-27
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Letting the scripture be its own interpreter, we must ask where is it written in scripture that Satan was created in the image of God (as a Cherub) in the Garden of Eden? We don't read that of Satan, but we do read that of man! Scripture does not say that Satan was perfect in the day He was created until his fall, but God created Adam (man) perfect, without sin, with free access to the tree of life until the day of his fall. In all of scripture, there is no one (besides Christ, the God man) whom God declares was created perfect, except Adam. This in itself should illustrate to us that the king of Tyrus "personifies" man who had everything and lost it in the fall. In fact, the very language, "perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created," clearly harkens back to the creation of Adam.
Genesis 5:1-2
"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."
So again, it all points to the King of Tyrus as a representation of fallen Man, not of an angel nor Satan. Adam walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire and had no reason to hide from God before the fall. All these things which God speaks of concerning the King of Tyrus applies to Adam before the fall. He was the very image of God (cherub) from the day that he was created, till iniquity was found in him. And by the multitude of his iniquity is their violence, and he has sinned, and therefore will God cast him as profane out of His Mountain.
When God says, "Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus," He did not ask us to take lamentation for Satan, nor for fallen angels, which is absurd! Rather, we lamentation for a fallen man! When God says, "I will destroy thee, O covering Cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire," it speaks of the judgment of man, and how He has come under the wrath of God.
I hope that this post will help you think more about it. You may be wondering if Satan was not a fallen angel, then what is he really and where did he come from? I will plan to write about the origin and role of Satan, that old serpent, in the garden, Lord willing.
There are just too many errors in your doctrine - or what you perceive as others' doctrine - to address here.
First, the man and the woman were created. After that man is born from woman. The term "created" (Ez. 28:15) cannot apply to the king of Tyrus because the king was not created - he was born. This word "created" (vs. 15) is the word
[VINE'S] "בָּרָא ~ bārāʾ "
Usage Notes: "to create, make." This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied by bārāʾ. The verb expresses creation out of nothing, an idea seen clearly in passages having to do with creation on a cosmic scale: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"
To create something out of nothing, and to create something out of something. These are the two main creational uses.
Second, (Adam) man wasn't created in the image of God. It was the New man IN CHRIST that God looked forward to when He created "[the New] man in our image." There is no better image of a Father than a Son, and that we are being made into the image of Christ (and not Adam).
Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God is Spirit, Jesus said.
God created the first Elect man that was created
1.) sin-ful, or as the word is defined by Strong literally as "missing the mark." What is the "mark" by which the KJV translators use the English word "sin" where it ["hamartia"] is found.
2.) Adam (the man) and the woman were created in a fellowship with God. This required the man and woman be created trichotomy, or "three-part" (body, soul, human spirit.)
We all know the "part" that died IN THE DAY they both ate of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil was the human spirit. Later, his body died at the ripe young age of what? 930 years? His body didn't die "in the day" he ate from the tree, nor did his soul which is comprised of intellect, emotions, senses, conscience, human "will" (man has no free will. Free will in man is an illusion. This human will is a will that operates within the confines of God's Will and Purpose.
So, in the day they both ate from the tree meant that their human spirit (which allowed communication with God) died and man became a dichotomy or "two-part" (body and soul) being. This meant that all children born of man are born dichotomy, or two-part (body, soul) and since the human spirit cannot be passed on to their children in sperm or egg (offspring), man is thus born without a human spirit (which allowed communication with God) and it is in the born-again experience in which God creates a NEW human spirit for each and every soul He saves in TIME and at the appointed TIME who are written in the book of life of the lamb slain from [BEFORE] the foundation (creation) of the world (Rev. 13:8.)
Understanding this is reasonable given passages like 2 Co. 5:17, and Ep. 4:24 in which the Greek word transliterated back into the Hebrew is the word "bārāʾ" which means "to create something (human spirit) out of nothing."
Another thing....cherubs guard holy "things" on earth, and seraphim guard holy "heavenly" things.
jgr said in post #31:
Or just Biblical Futurism.
For note that Revelation chapters 6 to 22 are still future to us, because they are about "things which must be hereafter" (Revelation 4:1b). And just as Jesus' Christ's Second Coming in Revelation 19:7 to 20:3 has never been fulfilled, for nowhere in history books do we find its fulfillment, so the highly-detailed events of the preceding Tribulation in Revelation chapters 6 to 18 have never been fulfilled, for nowhere in history books do we find their fulfillment. Similarly, even this Tribulation as it is described in Matthew 24 cannot have happened yet, because Jesus' Second Coming must occur immediately after this Tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31).
Regarding preterism (whether full or partial), as well as historicism (in its various modern forms), and pre-tribulation rapturism, symbolicism, and spiritualism, they could all be animated by the same spirit of fear: that the Church alive today throughout the world would otherwise have to physically suffer through the future, almost-entirely literal, worldwide Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24. For these five views of preterism, historicism, pre-tribulation rapturism, symbolicism, and spiritualism, in their different ways, each gives a mistaken assurance to the Church alive today that it will not have to physically suffer through the Tribulation.
Preterism says that the Tribulation happened in 70 AD (or a few years before and including 70 AD). Historicism says that it happened over a long period in history, such as during the rise and height of the RCC's power in Europe during the Middle Ages and after, or during the rise and spread of Islam in the Middle East and elsewhere during the Middle Ages and after. Pre-tribulation rapturism says that Jesus Christ will return and rapture the Church into the third heaven, before the Tribulation. Symbolicism says that the Tribulation is only symbolic of theological themes which Christians have always had to struggle with (e.g. Matthew 6:24), and is symbolic of only-local physical persecutions which some Christians have always had to face, and are still facing today in some places. And spiritualism says that the Tribulation is only spiritual events, which go on only within the hearts of individuals.
But when the almost-entirely literal, worldwide Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 begins in our future, the shaky doctrinal wall which (in their different ways) these five views have each tried to build up between the Church and the Tribulation, will be completely shattered (Ezekiel 13:10-12) as the Church worldwide begins to physically suffer through the Tribulation (Matthew 24:9-31, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6). These five views may have left some Christians unprepared mentally to undergo this physical suffering, to where these five views could even contribute to some Christians ultimately losing their salvation, because of committing apostasy (Hebrews 6:4-8, John 15:6; 2 Timothy 2:12) during the Tribulation, when they will become "offended" that God is letting them and their little ones physically suffer through it (Matthew 24:9-12, Matthew 13:21, Isaiah 8:21-22, Luke 8:13).
Even though the Church today throughout the world will have to physically suffer through the future Tribulation, the Church need not fear this (cf. 1 Peter 4:12-13, Revelation 2:10). For even though many Christians will suffer and die during that time (Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13), this will be to their gain, as it will bring their still-conscious souls into heaven to be with Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:21,23; 2 Corinthians 5:8; see also 2 Corinthians 4:17-18; 2 Timothy 2:12). And their physical death will in no way rob them of the blessed hope (Titus 2:13) of obtaining eternal life (Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7), in an immortal, physical resurrection body (Romans 8:23-25, Philippians 3:21, Luke 24:39), at Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (1 Corinthians 15:21-23,51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6), which will occur immediately after the future Tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6).
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COASTCITY’s Jean Rodriguez to sing Puero Rican National Anthem at Cotto vs Ali Fight this Saturday
CorrienteLatina | Posted on December 2, 2017
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"COASTCITY’s Jean Rodriguez to sing Puero Rican National Anthem at Cotto vs Ali Fight this Saturday"
Jean Rodriguez, vocalist of Grammy nominated artist-production duo COASTCITY, was invited by Puerto Rican boxing champion Miguel Cotto to sing the Puerto Rican National Anthem this Saturday in New York’s Madison Square Garden.
“Feeling extremely blessed and honored to sing my island’s national anthem in such an iconic venue in the heart of New York City next to one of Puerto Rico’s finest and most beloved athletes. It’s a privilege to perform at Miguel Cotto‘s last fight of his hall of famed career,” states Jean Rodriguez.
This Saturday night, Miguel Cotto will be entering into the ring for his 47th career fight against Sadam Ali. Cotto has held the WBO light middleweight title since August 2017, and has held six world championships, being the first boxer from Puerto Rico to win world titles in four weight classes.
Cotto vs. Ali, a 12-round fight for the Cotto’s WBO World Junior Middleweight Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions. Vargas vs. Negrete is a 12-round fight for Vargas’ WBC World Super Bantamweight Title and is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions in association with Promociones del Pueblo. The event is sponsored by Tecate, “THE OFFICIAL BEER OF BOXING,” “Hennessy: Never Stop. Never Settle,” and Casa Mexico Tequila. The event will take place Saturday, Dec. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The RingTV.com livestream of the undercard bouts will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT.
Tickets for Cotto vs. Ali are priced at $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50 and are on sale. Tickets can be purchased at the Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone (866-858-0008) and online at www.ticketmaster.com, www.goldenboytickets.com or www.MSG.com. A portion of all ticket proceeds will be donated to organizations on the ground in Puerto Rico supporting the hurricane disaster relief and rebuilding efforts.
For more information visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, and www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com, and www.hbo.com/boxing. Follow on Twitter at @cottopromotions, @GoldenBoyBoxing, and @hboboxing, and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing and www.facebook.com/realmiguelacotto. Visit us on Instagram at @GoldenBoyBoxing and @realmiguelacotto and follow the conversation using #CottoAli.
Photos and videos are available to download by clicking here or copying and pasting the link: http://bit.ly/CottoAli into a browser. Credit must be given to Golden Boy Promotions for photos and videos used.
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Lovely alpine vistas, a marvelous trout stream, four-season recreation and one of the nation's last operating narrow gauge railroads all make the Los Pinos Ranch a rare treasure west of Antonito in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado. Anglers, hunters, history buffs and solitude lovers all will appreciate the unique draw of the Rio de Los Pinos Ranch, just waiting for the construction of a very special high-country retreat. The centerpiece of this 287.7 acre ranch is the Rio de Los Pinos itself, an enchanting clear water river, about 20 feet wide, that flows from Trujillo Meadows Reservoir about five miles to the west. On the ranch, it traverses for almost 3/4 of a mile in a series of lovely riffles and oxbow bends through natural grasslands. The river is a productive aquatic insect factory, with strong populations of mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly nymphs, which in turn, feed its wild trout population. Once the native range of Rio Grande Cutthroat trout (some of which populate nearby tributaries) this section of the Los Pinos now supports brown and rainbow trout that run in the 10- 12-inch range, with some reaching 16 inches or so in the deeper pools at the oxbow bends. Best of all, these fish love to take a fly, and the river offers brush-free, dry fly fishing at its finest in the summer months. Beginning fly fishers will find this water perfect for learning the sport, while veteran anglers will enjoy a season's worth of challenges as well. Located at approximately 9800 feet, the Rio de Los Pinos Ranch is a crisp-air retreat throughout the summer months, particularly attractive to wildlife lovers and photographers. Pines, spruce and aspen populate the eastern half of the property, and the river with its meadows the western half. In the fall, the aspen blaze and create a photographer's dream. Wildlife photographers should keep an eye out for elk, mule deer, black bear and mountain lions, which are drawn to the creek for water on a daily basis. Although this is a true mountain property, it is accessible twelve months of the year via Colorado State Highway 17, a year-round paved road over Cumbres and La Manga Passes. Snowmobiling on the property and nearby is accessible, as this section of the San Juans generally receives a heavy snowpack. Downhill skiers will find world-class skiing at Taos, New Mexico or Wolf Creek in Colorado, each less than two hours distant. The Rio de Los Pinos Ranch also boasts part of the right of way of the world-famous Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad that connects Antoni
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Data protection registration scam shows firms must act to combat online spoofers
Fraudsters add e-mail swindles to the list of ways used to extort money from UK businesses
A data protection registration scam that began targeting UK businesses earlier this year is continuing to plague companies.
The Office of the Information Commissioner is still receiving about 1,500 calls a week from businesses across the UK about notices that use threatening language to request sums of between £85 and £120 to register them under the Data Protection Act.
"These mailings continue to be a daily problem for businesses across the UK and it is something I take very seriously," said information commissioner Richard Thomas. "The calls we receive are just the tip of the iceberg. There is a very real cost in terms of time and effort to businesses anxious to establish whether the communications they receive are from an official body."
The Office of Fair Trading has already taken action against the so-called "agencies" sending out these notices, on the grounds of misleading advertising. The fee for data protection notification is in fact £35 a year and can be handled directly by the Office of the Information Commissioner.
"The OFT has received thousands of complaints about misleading advertising," said Penny Boys, executive director at the OFT. "Businesses should contact the information commissioner if they are in any doubt about their obligations to notify data under data protection legislation."
The notices, which are on official-looking headed notepaper, are the latest in a long list of spoofing scams, both online and offline, that have targeted businesses on both sides of the Atlantic this year.
IT directors are likely to come under pressure from their boards to combat these spoofing attacks because they are perceived as being technology related.
Barclays and Lloyds TSB were hit by e-mail scams in September, in which customers were sent a message purporting to be from the bank requesting personal financial information.
In the US, companies including Amazon.com, eBay and Citibank have been targeted this year with similar scams.
Jonathon Armstrong, technology specialist at law firm Eversheds, said companies should put one department in charge of addressing spoofing, which can damage a company's reputation.
"Most companies do not have a hold of spoofing," he said. "Although all departments ought to be responsible, companies need to put someone in charge. This could be the finance director because of the impact these scams have on shareholder value, but there is also an argument for the chief information officer, because of the technical aspect. Co-operation is key."
Companies can anticipate potential spoofing attacks by doing simple searches on the internet and online message boards, Armstrong said.
"Although the internet has made these scams easier to carry out, it also presents an opportunity to find out what is about to happen," he said. "By looking on message boards to see what people are saying about you or what e-mails are going around you can get a good idea of whether an attack is about to happen. The key message is that there is nobody else out there looking after your reputation on the internet - do not let it wash over you."
Paul Wood, chief information security analyst at MessageLabs, said technical measures to deal with e-mail spoofing and identity theft are hard to implement.
Priority should be given to educating users so they understand that a legitimate business would never ask its customers to reveal financial information via an e-mailed link, he said.
"The time is ripe to make users understand how to use e-mails," Wood said. "It is like someone knocking on your door pretending to be from the gas board - you would not assume they are who they say they are and let them in."
Some experts believe there are technical measures companies can take to combat e-mail spoofing. Analyst firm Gartner said companies with strong brands or customer presence, especially in finance and retail, should evaluate measures, such as encryption for signing e-mails and web pages.
This was last published in October 2003
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A limit to his charity
We think most people will applaud Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder for establishing a foundation to help Native Americans.
Who could oppose giving 3,000 winter coats to people who need them or athletic shoes to enable youth sports teams? Maybe the idea for the foundation came from public relations specialists called in to deal with the controversy over the team’s name (though, if so, you would think they might have thought through the unfortunate acronym resulting from the name Original Americans Foundation). And it’s true that the letter announcing the foundation, which was posted on the team’s Web site last week, offered no details of how much money will be given, which gave rise to some skepticism. (“We’ll see how long that goes and what issues they address and how,” said Suzan Shown Harjo, an activist who has long opposed the team’s name.) Yet good works are good works, and charity should be celebrated.
The letter described the foundation as the outcome of a “listening” tour Snyder conducted among Native American tribes. It is aimed, the letter said, at providing “meaningful and measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities for Tribal communities.”
But no matter how much Snyder’s foundation accomplishes, it cannot make his team’s name any less offensive — or negate the need to change it.
We take Snyder at his word that he doesn’t see the name as a slur. It has a storied tradition, polls show it retains many supporters, it is not intended to wound. None of that changes this fact: You would not, by any means, call an Original American a “Redskin” to his or her face. Why not? Because it is a slur — a hurtful, demeaning label. Language changes over time. The respectful response is to acknowledge that and move on.
Indeed, if Snyder has been really “listening and learning,” as his letter stated, he will realize the only way to end the controversy about his team’s unacceptable name is to change it.
— The Washington Post
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‘Ain’t Too Proud’ is a charming and effortless hit
Imperial Theatre, New York, New York. March 12, 2019. There’s only one word that can encapsulate Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and...
Does ‘Be More Chill’ live up to its following?
Lyceum Theatre, New York, New York. March 13, 2019. I suppose I’m not very chill. Perhaps I’ve reached that age where I just...
Warren Carlyle brings ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ alive again
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My Fair Lady: Choreography for the characters
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7 top thrillers with multiple narrators
By Lizzy Barber on January 9, 2019
My debut novel, My Name Is Anna, is told through the eyes of two narrators: eighteen-year-old Anna, a religious young woman in rural Florida, and sixteen-year-old Rosie, a born-and-bred Londoner. For me, a dual narrative is a great way of creating dramatic irony, revealing facts or clues in one narrative that the other isn’t privy to, and providing light and shade that can help drive the plot forward.
Here are some of my favourite thrillers featuring multiple narrators.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
In Gillian Flynn’s most well-known thriller, the dual narrative is used to create what is, for me, one of the best twists in the suspense genre. The reader follows Nick – already an unreliable narrator – on his quest to find his missing wife Amy, only to be punched in the gut by the narrative halfway through when we hear from Amy’s own voice.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Brontë’s classic gothic fiction is told through the eyes of Thrushcross Grange’s gentlemanly new tenant, Mr Lockwood, and its long-time housekeeper, Nelly Dean. Again, Lockwood is an unreliable narrator, only reporting what he hears and thinks, but as the ‘outsider’ he acts as a guide for readers, mimicking their own distance from Cathy and Heathcliff’s story. Nelly, however, is an eyewitness narrator, injecting a sense of intimacy with the characters, and giving far more energy and dynamism to the plot than Mr Lockwood ever could.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Then She Was Gone is the heart-breaking story of a mother’s search for her missing child. In the present day narrative, we follow Laurel, ten years after the disappearance of her fifteen-year-old daughter Ellie, as she slowly uncovers the truth about what really happened to her child. Jewell mirrors this by also taking us back ten years, seeing the disappearance played out through Ellie’s own eyes. The two plots are skillfully weaved together to create a feeling of racing against time, with the duality creating a great poignancy as we see mother and daughter years and worlds apart.
Carrie by Stephen King
King’s first published novel had a great effect on me, and I was deeply inspired by its central mother-daughter relationship in the creation of Anna and Mamma in My Name Is Anna. Here, the story isn’t just told by several narrators but in several different formats, including police reports, transcripts and newspaper clippings. This patchwork narrative can feel disjointed at times, leaping about from one page to the next, but it gives the impression that the story is a living being, the tale of a whole town as much as one girl.
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
From the first line of Leila Slimani’s terrifying tale of good-nanny-gone-bad, one might think it would be impossible to find sympathy with Louise, who we know from the start has murdered her young charges. But by flipping the third-person narrative between the children’s parents, Miriam and Paul, and then back to Louise herself, Slimani creates pathos for this fragile and deeply troubled character.
The Party by Elizabeth Day
The Party is a Brideshead-esque exploration of classism and social anxiety. Its primary narrator, Martin Gilmour, is a working-class boy thrust into a world of money due to his long-time infatuation with his best friend, Ben. Day’s Martin is an unlikeable chap – pompous, jealous and generally unreliable – whose characteristics are enhanced through diary excerpts from his long-suffering wife, Lucy, her narrative lending an opposing roundedness and sympathy to the plot.
The Girl Before by J P Delaney
J P Delaney’s psychological thriller is a taut tale of two women and the strange house they find themselves living in. The plot uncovers the story of Jane, the titular ‘girl before’, by playing out her story in her own narrative, alongside the parallel discoveries of the house’s current occupant, Emma. The dual narrative amps up the tension and creates brilliant opportunities for doubling, as the reader sees Emma playing out the same terrifying path as her mysterious predecessor.
Read the first two chapters of My Name is Anna by Lizzy Barber here.
My Name is Anna by Lizzy Barber
Lizzy Barber
Lizzy Barber studied English at Cambridge University and works as the head of brand and marketing for a restaurant group. Her debut novel, My Name is Anna, was the winner of the Daily Mail crime writing competition and she is currently hard at work on her next thriller. Lizzy lives in London with her husband.
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NFPA 70E Standards 2015
Electrical safety compliance saves lives!
Electrical SafetyOSHASafetySafety ManagementSafety News
Bill Burke, NFPA Div. Mgr of Electrical Engineering
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Every three years, the NFPA publishes the NFPA 70E, The Standard For Electrical Safety In The Workplace, and the 2015 edition is out. Every building owner and safety manager should have a copy, says Bill Burke, Division Manager of Electrical Engineering at the NFPA.
In this podcast, Bill tells about the new edition’s major changes, and the philosophical shift since the last edition published in 2012.
Mr. Burke talks with Dan Clark about new PPE tables, the Prohibited Approach Boundary, and the elimination of HRC (0).
Bill also encourages company owners and safety personnel to consider buying the NFPA 70E Handbook, which includes the new code and easy-to-understand commentary.
Bill has been in the electrical industry for more than 30 years doing electrical consulting. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in business administration from Boston University.
Interview Transcript
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Brandon Nys: Welcome to Safety Experts Talk. Visit our website at CreativeSafetySupply.com/podcast.
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Bill Burke: It’s really a philosophical shift. We have gone much more toward risk assessment.
Dan Clark: The NFPA 70E electrical standards are in place for 2015. Electricians need to know this, but so do building owners and safety managers.
Hello, I’m Dan Clark. Today we’re talking with Bill Burke, Division Manager of Electrical Engineering at the National Fire Protection Association, the NFPA. Bill has been in the electrical industry for more than 30 years doing electrical consulting, and staying safe and not getting shocked! He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in business administration from Boston University. Hello Bill!
Bill Burke: How are you, Dan?
Dan: I’m well, thank you. Thanks for being part of this podcast.
Bill: Sure.
Dan: Every three years, the NFPA publishes the NFPA 70E, The Standard For Electrical Safety In The Workplace, and the 2015 edition is out. For a safety manager who is not an electrician, Bill, should they get a copy of it?
Bill: Ah, absolutely. I think one of the things that is becoming more and more evident is that safety managers and facility owners have responsibilities that are dictated through 70E.
Dan: Give us a few of the significant changes, since the 2012 edition, that a safety manager or facility owner should be aware of.
Bill: Sure. This year’s edition of 70E, the majority of the changes, certainly they change words here and there, but it’s really a philosophical shift. And that philosophical shift is that we have gone much more toward risk assessment.
Dan: Okay. And still focuses on the nitty-gritty of the code?
Bill: That’s correct. Certainly, 70E guards against shock and arc flash. One of the things that we look for in those has to do with risk assessment now.
Dan: Hmm, okay. Well, give us an example.
Bill: A major component of that risk assessment has to do with maintenance. For the first time ever, we’ve really, kind of, rolled that in so that, as a facility manager, they know what equipment’s been maintained and what the status of that equipment is. That, in general, has an effect on the risk, or potential risk, of that hazard.
Dan: And who has to do this assessment?
Bill: Well, the assessment is really done by their own maintenance staff. The electrical people that are going to be doing the work should be conducting the assessment of what work needs to be done, and what potential risks they’ll run into. But the building owner or building representative has a component to it because they know what equipment, when it was installed, when it was maintained and how it was maintained. So it’s really all the affected parties.
Dan: Now, the standards took effect August 2014—as soon as they were posted on the NFPA website.
Bill: Yeah.
Dan: But it took a while to get the printed edition.
Bill Burke: Right.
Dan: And that is now available at the time of this podcast, October 2014.
Bill: That’s correct.
Dan: So, how can people order it?
Bill: Sure. Ah, it’s available to buy it in any format. It’s available from our website, which is NFPA.org
Dan: Ok. NFPA.org. There are two choices. You’ve got the Standard, and the Handbook. What’s the difference between the Standard publication and the Handbook?
Bill: That’s a good question for those folks, especially in facilities that are not necessarily electrical experts, I would really recommend the Handbook. The code, just like the National Electric Code, is physically a code. It’s speaking in code language and those are rules for implementation. The Handbook includes the entire code, verbatim, but it also includes commentary. In a nutshell it says “What you just read really means this.”
Dan: (laughs)
Bill: And what it does is that it has a tendency to take it out of code speak, to put in perspective with someone who’s not necessarily an electrical expert, can take it and can get a much better understanding of what’s going on.
Dan: Well, that’s a great idea. I imagine that even some electricians use it.
Bill: Personally, myself, even use the Handbook. There are illustrations, and diagrams and pictures. It also has commentary by our industry experts about exactly what this change was and why was implemented. Especially in a situation where 70E, it is technically, 70E can get very complex very quickly.
Dan: Mm-hm.
Bill: To someone who’s not an electrical expert, I think that it’s really the way to go, because it’s in plain language, explains what the change is and why that change happened.
Dan: Well, one question, though. If a building owner or a safety manager gets the Handbook with some of these common man notations.
Bill: Right.
Dan: Is there a chance that they might think that they’re qualified to do electrical work?
Bill: Ah, “NFPA 70E for the common man” is somewhat of an oxymoron because the assumption is that you have a very good handle on the electrical workings before you’re actually going into a situation where you would require NFPA 70E.
70E is a document that protects electrical workers from the hazards of doing their job.
Dan: Great. Now, I understand that the Standard is not a law. It’s a consensus, even though OSHA asked for it. Ah, what does that mean, that it’s just a consensus?
Bill: Well, consensus to us means a little something different. All of our standards, all 300, ah, of NFPA’s codes and standards are consensus based standards, which just really the the way into which the standards are developed. They’re developed by a board of volunteers
Contrary to popular belief, NFPA staff, such as myself, cannot participate in the code making process. What we do is we vigilantly guard our rules and regulations about how our code is developed, but it is developed entirely by volunteers and the public. There are about three hundred and twenty people on the face of the earth that cannot change an NFPA code and standard, and those are the employees of NFPA.
Dan: Wait. Let me get this straight. I don’t have any electrical background, but I could contribute to the next NFPA 70E.
Dan: Where you, an electrical engineer can’t have any say.
Bill: That’s correct. The public has an input. They can request a modification and they are due a response as to whether that was taken into consideration, or not. And that’s where we come up with the consensus standard.
Dan: So, if NFPA 70E is not a law, can you be cited for not complying?
Bill: Absolutely. You would be cited by an OSHA inspector. Usually, the way it works is, hopefully, no one has any accidents. But in the case of an accident, you may have an OSHA representative come out, and one of the first things they would ask you is for your electric safety plan. They could be cited, very much, if there safety plan was not followed, or if it’s not in accordance with the parameters set up by NFPA 70E.
Dan: What did not make the 2015 edition that you’re hoping for in 2018?
Bill: Well, that, uh, although I have a long history of being an electrical safety expert, myself, because I’m an NFPA employee I can’t really hope for anything. All I can hope for is that everybody has great ideas and that they follow the right criterion and the rules that have been set forth by NFPA on how the code is developed.
One of the things we’ve found, especially in electrical safety, is education and that has come tremendous strides in the past even ten years as far as people knowing what they’re in for, and how to protect themselves.
Dan: Well, that’s good to hear, Bill, because there are so many injuries and fatalities in the workplace, ah, it’s got to improve.
Dan: Well, we’re almost out of time here. Any final thoughts that you can offer to the building owner or safety manager that’s listening.
Bill: Well, I think that, very much, the way to handle electrical projects is planning. One of the things that we stress is what they call safety briefings in that, even on a long-term project, every day: “What we going to do today?What are the issues that we’re going to be facing, and what are the ways to mitigate those issues?”
And it sounds a little corny and, unfortunately sometimes, they get rote and mundane…
Bill: But a strong safety—uh, outside on a job they call them tail board discussions—are really, really critical to people’s safety. As most safety managers would know, when you’re doing something new and different, that’s when you’re paying attention. More people get hurt in electrical safety settings when they’re doing routine work. Stuff that they’ve done forever and, all of a sudden, just that one day, they’re not paying as much attention as they should. Anybody that understands electricity says you only get one shot.
Dan: Yeah, it’s not forgiving. I, I know that.
Dan: Airline pilots go through a checklist every time. I mean, they go through a checklist.
Dan: Even though they’ve been flying for years. Is that something that electricians do?
Bill: No question. NFPA has another publication, which has to do with enhancing that electrical safety program, [The Electrical Safety Program Guide] and one of the things that we very much advocate is just that. “Okay, I’m going to be changing a breaker today.” And so that there is a checklist for changing a breaker. “What are the things that I have to do? How do I do lockout-tagout? How do I make this place electrically isolated and as safe as possible for anybody that’s going to be involved in that project?”
Dan: Yeah. Well, this is great, Bill, and we didn’t get too far out into the weeds, where everybody’s eyes rolling back…
Dan: …with too many electrical terms.
Bill: Right, and I can talk about arc flash all day, but to a nonelectrical audience…
Dan: Yeah.
Bill: I think it’s far more important that they understand that maintenance is a key component now. One of the things that building owners don’t realize is that they have certain responsibilities when it comes to doing electrical work.
Dan: One more time, let everybody know where they can buy the NFPA 70E 2015 edition.
Bill: NFPA.org
Dan: And for those that aren’t electricians, but still need to know something about it, you recommend the handbook…
Bill: Yep
Dan: With the code and the extra explanations.
Bill: Yes, 70E can go from sixth grade to MIT pretty quickly.
Dan: (laughs) Well, we salute you, because I know that, ah, this is a nonprofit organization, the NFPA.
Bill: It is, yes.
Dan: I know you can’t give away these manuals because it costs money to produce them.
Dan: But it’s certainly worth the investment for the minimal amount of costs it takes to get these manuals in their hands, so, I really appreciate your time today, Bill.
Bill: Okay, very good. Thank you, very much, for the opportunity.
Dan: Glad to do it. Our guest has been Bill Burke, Division Manager of Electrical Engineering at the NFPA, and thank you for joining us, Bill. I’m Dan Clark.
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Brandon: Thank you for joining us on Safety Experts Talk. If you have suggestions for future podcasts, send them to podcast@creativesafetysupply.com. For more safety experts talking about safety news, OSHA regulations, PPE, lean, 5S, or Continuous Improvement, go to CreativeSafetySupply.com/podcast.
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Firm Wins Summary Judgment on All Claims for Midway Games in Psi-Ops Copyright Infringement Case
In one of the more entertaining cases our lawyers have handled recently, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment on all claims for our clients Midway Games Inc., Midway Home Entertainment Inc. and Midway Amusement Games, LLC in a copyright infringement case relating to psychic warfare. The case centered on Midway’s video game, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy. William L. Crawford II and Mindshadow Entertainment LLC filed suit in February 2007, alleging that Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights in both a screenplay also titled “Psi-Ops” and a series of websites created to promote that screenplay. In a complete victory for Midway, the court held that there was no proof of access, and that any similarities between the works were coincidental and related solely to unprotectable plot elements.
As plaintiffs could supply no direct evidence of copying, much of the case focused on (a) the question of whether certain science fiction tropes used by Midway were substantially similar to those used by plaintiffs, and (b) whether those plot elements were protectable. Both of the works, for example, involve top-secret programs run by the U.S. Government that employ individuals with psionic powers. Both works also include villains with psionic powers. However, Midway successfully argued that the works were not substantially similar, and that the only similarities between the screenplay and the game were common in many works of science fiction and were thus not subject to ownership by any one author. One of the nation’s foremost experts on science fiction was brought in to testify about critical issues such as pyrokinesis, telekinesis and mind-control.
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper granted Midway’s motions on Dec. 3, 2008, agreeing with our clients that there are “few, if any, similarities between the works at issue that are protectable,” and finding that plaintiffs presented “minimal evidence supporting a reasonable possibility” that Midway even had access to the works at issue. Judge Cooper relied upon the arguments made in Midway’s briefs in coming to the conclusion that “no reasonable juror can find that plaintiffs’ [screenplay and websites,] and defendants’ video game are substantially similar in the expression of their ideas.” The court granted Midway’s motions for summary judgment on both claims of copyright infringement and found that plaintiffs were not entitled to their third claim for an accounting.
Headquartered in Chicago, Midway Games is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and personal computers. Chicago partner Darren Cahr led associates Nicole Murray and Jeffrey Baravetto in representing Midway in this action.
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Roseanne in Trumpland
At its best moments, Roseanne offered something Roseanne Barr’s tweets did not: empathy, nuance, and a portrait of white working-class life rarely seen on television.
Nicolaus Mills ▪ June 4, 2018
Roseanne Conner and her sister Jackie visit their Yemeni neighbors late at night in “Go Cubs” (Adam Rose / ABC)
There will be no Roseanne next fall. Despite its highly successful reboot this spring, ABC cancelled Roseanne just hours after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, who played the fictional Roseanne Conner on the sitcom, set off a media firestorm with a tweet that said of Valerie Jarrett, former Barack Obama presidential adviser and currently a senior fellow at the University of Chicago Law School: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”
“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,” Barr wrote after criticism of her began pouring in. “I should have known better. Forgive me—my joke was in bad taste.”
Roseanne’s apology was too little, too late. Her racist tweet made the success of Roseanne commercially irrelevant and drew attention to Barr’s longer history of appalling tweets, including one in which she accused the Hungarian-born philanthropist George Soros of being “a nazi who turned in his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps.” Roseanne simply could not survive being so closely intertwined with Roseanne Barr. It did not matter that at its best moments Roseanne offered something Roseanne’s tweets did not: empathy, nuance, and a portrait of white working-class life rarely seen on television.
When, after being off television since 1997, Roseanne, the sitcom about the working-class Conner family of fictional Lanford, Illinois, was revived this March, the program made an explicit appeal to win over Donald Trump supporters. “It was about us,” the president happily proclaimed after Roseanne debuted. The pitch worked: the show began by drawing over 18 million viewers to its double-episode opening, and it was quickly renewed.
Roseanne’s intention to appeal to Trump voters was never in doubt. Barr had been an outspoken Trump supporter in her real-life tweets, and her television character made that same point on the first show, stressing that she supported Trump because he talked about jobs.
Later, Roseanne made clear that her support of Trump was not just about jobs. In a thinly veiled reference to the National Football League players who have kneeled during the playing of the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality, Roseanne sarcastically asked her sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), if she wanted to take a knee rather than say grace. On the show’s third episode, Roseanne gave her support of Trump a further racial twist that seemed like an explicit bid to improve ratings. She and her husband, Dan (John Goodman), had fallen asleep on their couch. When they awoke, Dan complained, “We slept from Wheel to Kimmel. We missed all the shows about black and Asian families.” Dan’s reference was to ABC’s black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat, but his complaint was quickly dismissed by Roseanne. “They’re just like us. There, now you’re all caught up,” she quipped.
Scoffing at “politically correct” ideas—in this case, that the problems of people of color aren’t so different from those of white Americans—would be nothing new for Roseanne (Conner or Barr). What was more surprising was the apparent about-face the show offered just a few episodes later. The episode, which aired May 8, began on a characteristically inflammatory note: Roseanne was sure her new Muslim neighbors were up to no good because of the quantity of fertilizer they had bought. But when Roseanne needed to borrow their WiFi, the neighbors, a husband and wife from Yemen, willingly gave her the code—“Go Cubs”—enabling Roseanne’s granddaughter (Jayden Rey) to Skype with her mother (Xosha Roquemore), who is stationed with the American military in Syria and is the African-American wife of Roseanne’s son D.J. (Michael Fishman).
Later in the same show, Roseanne defended her neighbors from a bigoted clerk at their supermarket who had the same Muslim fears Roseanne voiced at the start of the episode. The show never dealt with how Roseanne would respond to other immigrant neighbors (especially ones who were not baseball fans, or so obliging with their WiFi at 2 a.m.), but that kind of in-depth analysis was not part of the show’s DNA. What the immigrant encounter did reveal was that, when Roseanne met up with facts that contradicted her prejudices, she was capable, at least for the moment, of altering her behavior. The optimistic viewer could only hope that Roseanne had learned enough from this particular incident to see other immigrants and Muslims without her original biases, too.
The “Go Cubs” episode offered just one example of the ways Roseanne quietly departed from the values of Trump diehards. On matters of the heart, Roseanne and Dan frequently acted in ways that would make any liberal proud. They were devoted to their nine-year-old grandson (Ames McNamara), who enjoyed dressing in skirts, and they were no less loving, as the WiFi incident also showed, of their biracial granddaughter.
Roseanne was never systematic in its politics. This made its most successful moments all the more striking. The show could be especially thoughtful when it came to portraying the indignities work frequently imposes on the vulnerable. When Darlene (Sara Gilbert), Roseanne’s younger daughter, got a job serving drinks at a local casino, she found it necessary to flirt with her male customers and ignore their sexual remarks in order to get better tips. But rather than treat these exchanges as harmless, the show captured how demeaned they made Darlene feel. There was no sympathy on the program for the kind of sexist language Trump used in the Access Hollywood tape of him that that surfaced during his 2016 presidential campaign.
At the heart of Roseanne was the impact income inequality sooner or later had on all the adult Conners. Becky (Lecy Goranson), the Conners’ older daughter, decided the only way she could get out of debt was to be the birth mother for a woman who could not have children, but it turned out that Becky was too old to be a successful surrogate. She lost the surrogate job after going through a deeply invasive examination. Then she had her misery compounded when the woman whose child she hoped to bear quickly dropped all contact with her and took back the Faberge-style egg she gave Becky.
Most telling of all in the new Roseanne was the inability of the Conners to get the kind of health insurance they needed. The Conners never mentioned the Affordable Care Act by name, but they suffered acutely from the damage the Trump administration did to it. In various episodes we learned that Roseanne had been hoarding pain pills to deal with her aching knee, but it was not until the concluding episode, “Knee Deep,” that the Conners found a way to pay for the operation Roseanne needs.
Their basement was flooded in a storm that affected all of Lanford, but as it turned out, the Conners would not have to pay to repair their basement with their own money. The entire Lanford area was declared a disaster zone by the government, and Dan realized that he could repair his basement with the money he would get from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and still have enough left over to pay for Roseanne’s surgery.
It was a great day for the Conners, and, as Roseanne explained, thanks to the flood, a time when there was “work for everybody, legal and illegal.” A natural disaster followed by government intervention was required to bring about this turn of events. No amount of planning by the Conners, the show made clear, could have produced such a happy ending.
What are the Conners supposed to do in more ordinary times? Roseanne offered no convincing solutions. Darlene, despite her long work hours, was trying to write, but Roseanne gave no indication that Darlene was about to produce her version of Hillbilly Elegy.
When we think of the long history of working-class families on television, the resemblance of the Conners to both the Kramdens of Jackie Gleason’s Honeymooners of the 1950s and the Bunkers of Norman Lear’s All in the Family of the 1970s and early 1980s was clear. Famously bigoted white working-class characters like Archie Bunker were in many ways a precursor to today’s Roseanne. But in 2018 there was a desperateness among the Conners that was not present in their television predecessors.
Ralph Kramden, a Brooklyn bus driver, and Archie Bunker, a Queens loading-dock worker, were in traditionally unionized industries. They didn’t fear being thrown out of work or losing their health insurance. Ralph and Archie, who in 1977 quit his job to buy and run a tavern, never thought that one day they might have to say as Dan does when he is considering hiring non-union workers for a construction job he has gotten: “I spent my whole life hanging on by my fingertips, telling everybody not to worry, that I was going to make it okay, because that’s my job. Well now I can’t promise that anymore. . . . I’m old, I’m tired, and I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on.”
It’s significant that a show with such moments of brilliant writing won’t be around for us to watch anymore. There will be little to miss about the real-life Roseanne. But the fictional Roseanne, with frailties and worries much like those of her husband, is a different story.
Nicolaus Mills chairs the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College. He is author of Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America’s Coming of Age as a Superpower.
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Home Latest News New Spanish Government creates stability for solar
New Spanish Government creates stability for solar
Since 2018, Spanish socialists have removed a controversial seven per cent sun tax, pledged EUR 220m to re-skilling miners, and committed to a 100 per cent renewable future by 2050.
The pro-climate Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) recently strengthened its grip on government after emerging victorious from the country’s third national election since 2015.
After claiming 29 per cent of the vote and 123 of the 350 seats in the Spanish parliament, the Socialist Party headed by current Prime Minister, Pedro Sànchez, fell short of a parliamentary majority. Yet despite needing to form a coalition in order to govern and push its green agenda, political analysts believe that the PSOE’s victory over its rivals was largely due to its clean energy agenda and ‘Green New Deal’ social reforms.
In order to position itself as a renewable energy leader amongst European Union member states, the PSOE has pursued a Green New Deal as way of reducing Spain’s reliance on traditional energy sources such as coal power.
Related article: 20% of EU population in ‘energy poverty’
Furthermore, Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition has found that 32 million Spaniards are affected by global warming. Summers are now five weeks longer than they were during the early 1980s, which is due to CO2 levels constantly increasing. These levels reached a record high in 2018.
Since coming to government last year, the PSOE outlined that it aims to move Spain to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2050 via a “new social contract [-] a pact between capital, work and the planet”, which focuses on the development of lesser polluting technologies – especially renewables – and the creation of clean energy jobs.
By the end of 2018, the PSOE had closed down 10 of Spain’s coal mines but pledged 220M EUR as way of retraining and pensioning 60 per cent of the 1000 coal industry professionals the decision affected. In order to reduce utility bills for Spanish homes, which ranked amongst the top five highest in the EU, it also removed the controversial “sun tax,” implemented by the previous government. The tax stated that Spanish homes with solar panels would have to pay a 7 per cent tax in order to remain connected to the electricity grid.
Spain’s ‘Green New Deal’ also presents stable opportunities for investors seeking to make investments in Spain’s solar energy market which grew by 94 per cent between 2017 – 2018. In January 2019, the PSOE drafted a piece of legislation that could give solar plant owners the opportunity to earn a guaranteed return on investment (ROI), which states that they would earn a 7.39 per cent return rate over the next 12 years.
Sun Investment Group (SIG), is a solar energy development business that is strategically partnered with Spanish EPC PV company I+D Energias, and has Spain as a priority market alongside Poland and Italy. Following the result of the recent Spanish election, it commented that the PSOE’s election victory is a turning point for renewable energy politics in the EU, as well as investors.
Related article: Renewable energy now powering one third of the world
“By providing green-friendly electoral policies, investors will become more and more attracted to renewables as they are backed up by government legislation and support,” SIG’s chief business development officer Andrius Terskovas said.
“The PSOE’s election win shows that electorates are becoming more conscious to ever-increasing CO2 levels, and are starting to feel a responsibility towards fighting climate change. Therefore votes for political parties offering a ‘green agenda’ in their election programmes are likely to gain further traction during the coming years.”
Despite the election victory, the Sánchez administration faces a number of challenges. In addition to having to find coalition partners in order to form a government, Spanish municipal elections on May 26 will determine to what extent the PSOE can implement its green agenda. EU countries with upcoming elections alongside investors will be paying close attention to the success of the Green New Deal.
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: Who’s in Her Lean-In Circle?
Posted bySpitzy March 6, 2013 May 10, 2019
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has gotten a lot of attention recently, both positive and negative, for her forthcoming book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, in which she calls for upwardly mobile women to form “Lean-In Circles” to inspire one another. According to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd: It’s “a new kind of club—a combo gabfest, Oprah session, and corporate pep talk.”
Assuming that Sandberg practices what she preaches, we were curious to know who populates her own lean-in circle, given that she’s one of the world’s richest, self-made female entrepreneurs. Since she hasn’t named any names, Bloomberg Businessweek took the liberty of assembling the likeliest candidates.
1. Emily White
Inspirational Accomplishment: She was employee No. 230 when she joined Google in 2001. She spent a few years in the Internet company’s sales and marketing team and then served as director of emerging business. She briefly worked under rising star Sandberg at Google, becoming her protégé until Sandberg left for Facebook. In 2010, Sandberg offered White a job as Facebook’s director of local. She accepted and has gone on to launch new Facebook features such as Deals, Check-ins, and Places.
Strategy for Success: Know Sheryl Sandberg.
2. Marne Levine
Inspirational Accomplishment: Levine came to Sandberg’s wedding in Carefree, Ariz., despite having a business school exam the next day. After the bride learned that Levine would need a private room with Internet access in order to download the exam, Sandberg added it to the weekend’s itinerary. “On the wedding calendar,” Levine says. “my test was listed as an event!” Levine went on to work with Sandberg at the U.S. Treasury Department and is currently Facebook’s vice president of global public policy.
Strategy for Success: Know Sheryl Sandberg well enough to be invited to her wedding.
3. Lori Goler
Inspirational Accomplishment: In March 2008, the Harvard Business School grad and five-year consumer-marketing employee at EBay called Sandberg, whom she knew socially. Goler asked her old friend to name her biggest business problem at Facebook, and Sandberg said recruiting. Goler admitted that she had no experience in that field, but Sandberg hired her anyway, naming her Facebook’s vice president of human resources. Because—come on—Goler did go to the trouble of calling.
Strategy for Success: Have Sheryl Sandberg’s phone number.
4. Sue Decker
Inspirational Accomplishment: While serving as chief financial officer at Yahoo!, Decker occasionally stayed at Sandberg’s house. During a visit to pick up one of her bags, she didn’t realize that her host was hiding in the basement with Mark Zuckerberg. The two were having a secret meeting to discuss Sandberg’s possible involvement with Facebook; according to Sandberg, she didn’t want her friend “to see me and Mark together.” Decker suspected nothing. In 2009, after it became apparent that she wasn’t being promoted to chief executive officer, she resigned from Yahoo. Today, Decker is an “Entrepreneur In Residence” at Harvard Business School.
Strategy for Success: Always check the basement for Sheryl Sandberg.
5. Pat Mitchell
Inspirational Accomplishment: In a 2011 profile of Sandberg for the New Yorker, Pat Mitchell, who had been invited to speak at Sandberg’s networking dinners, claimed the group “had their heads down and had no idea what it is like for other women outside their world.” It was the first and last time Mitchell—president and chief executive officer of the Paley Center for Media—publicly criticized Sandberg. These days, when Mitchell is mentioned in the same sentence as Sandberg, it’s usually to point out that she’s the one who invited Sandberg to speak at a TEDWomen conference in Washington, which resulted in a video that went viral online and made Sandberg a household name. Mitchell has since been named one of Newsweek‘s “150 Women Who Shake the World.”
Strategy for Success: Don’t diss Sheryl Sandberg. And if you do, don’t ever, ever do it again.
6. Joanna Coles
Inspirational Accomplishment: Coles was appointed editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan in September. For the April edition, her second full issue at the helm, the magazine will devote 40 pages to Sandberg, who will edit and write for a career supplement about her “lean in” philosophy. The upcoming Cosmo issue has already been publicized in the New York Times, the New York Observer, the Daily Mail, and (at this moment) Bloomberg Businessweek.
Strategy for Success: Pay Sheryl Sandberg to write about Sheryl Sandberg.
7. Debbie Howitt Easton
Inspirational Accomplishment: At North Miami Beach High, she was one of seven BFFs whose ranks included an ambitious aerobic instructor in frosted blue eyeshadow named Sheryl Sandberg. The group was so close that it took out a full-page ad in the high school yearbook, modifying lyrics from a Kenny Rogers song (“Can’t imagine anything the seven of us can’t do.“) The gang continued to get together for occasional reunions, except Easton, who lost touch with her high school pals, but is still Facebook friends with most of them, including Sandberg. Today she works in commercial real estate in Massachusetts.
Strategy for Success: Stay in contact with high school friends. One of them might be Sheryl Sandberg.
8. Lady Gaga
Inspirational Accomplishment: attended a $35,800-per-person fundraiser for President Obama at Sandberg’s Atherton, Calif., home, where she “towered over everyone,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Not because of her outgoing personality, but because her high heels and sculpted bouffant gave her an additional six inches in height. She apparently was the tallest attendee, even beating out the six-foot-one president. It made Gaga the most newsworthy part of a fundraising story that would have otherwise gone to the headline-grabbing Sandberg.
Strategy for Success: Be taller than Sheryl Sandberg. And then pay $35,800 to go to Sandberg’s house.
(This story originally appeared, in a slightly different form, on the Bloomberg BusinessWeek website.)
Posted bySpitzy March 6, 2013 May 10, 2019 Posted inBloomberg BusinessWeekTags: Bloomberg Businessweek
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The Clinics: Radiology
Advances in Neurologic Therapy, An issue of Neurologic Clinics
Advances in Neurologic Therapy, An issue of Neurologic Clinics, Volume 31-3
Authors: José Biller
Published Date: 7th August 2013
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This issue of Neurologic Clinics features a review of the latest therapeutic developments in common and less common neurologic disorders and includes the following articles: Latest Data on Platelet Antiaggregants in Stroke Prevention; New Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention; Unanswered Questions in Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke; New Strategies for Endovascular Recanalization of Acute Ischemic Stroke; New Developments in the Treatment of Intracerebral Hemorrhage. What is in the horizon?; New Therapies for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms; New and Emergency Therapies for Arteriovenous Malformations; Advances and Controversies in the Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Adults; Epilepsy: Neurostimulation and New Drug Targets; Surgical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease; Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Non-Parkinsonian Movement Disorders and Emerging Technologies, Targets and Therapeutic Promises in DBS; Multiple Sclerosis. New and Emerging Therapies; Advances in the Medical Management of Myasthenia Gravis; Update in the Treatment of Primary Brain Tumors; and Immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s Disease.
José Biller Author
José Biller, M.D., FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
Dr. José Biller is Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery and Chairperson of the Department of Neurology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Biller served as Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) from 1994 to 2001, and President of the ABPN in 2001. He is Chief Editor of the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases and Frontiers in Neurology, and an editorial board member and reviewer for an array of other national and international journals and publications. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, American College of Physicians, and the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. He has published more than 320 peer-reviewed articles, more than 135 book chapters, and numerous books.
Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA
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Faculty of Education / People in the Faculty / Tyler Denmead
Tyler Denmead
People in the Faculty
Completed Doctoral Theses
Position/Status
University Lecturer of Arts and Creativity in Education
Fellow and Director of Studies, Education at Queens' College
td287 (at) cam.ac.uk
+ 44 (0)1223 767634
Ph.D., University of Cambridge (Queens’ College), Education, May 2011
M.Phil. (distinction), University of Cambridge (Queens’ College), Education, May 2008
B.A., Brown University, History of Art and Architecture, May 2007
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
Editorial Review Board, Art Education
Editorial Review Board, Studies in Art Education
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Cultural Research in Education
My book The Creative Underclass: Youth, Race, and the Gentrifying City is set to be published with Duke University Press in Autumn 2019. This book examines how discourses of youth and creativity are entangled in the reproduction of racial and class inequalities for young people in one American city, Providence, Rhode Island. Drawing upon post-structural and critical race theory, this auto-ethnography argues that racialized and classed discourses of youth and creativity have summoned two kinds of citizen-subjects, the creative class and the “creative underclass.” The author uses this term to connote those young people of color from low-income and working-class communities who become legible as creative and contribute to urban renewal through their cultural labor at the precise moment that the city has been reconfigured to both profit whiteness and to reproduce their subordinate futures. The author analyzes how he was caught up in, and profited from, the formation of the creative underclass through his own articulation as a white creative. As a college student and social entrepreneur at Brown University, Denmead founded New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized arts and humanities program primarily for young people of color designed to cultivate their creative practices. The book draws upon their powerful ideas to inform youth-led activism against state-orchestrated, racialized class warfare in the name of creativity.
One of my next projects is examining the circularity of white reflexivity from the perspective of critical whiteness studies. I am also investigating the arts activism of Stuart Hall before and after his time in Birmingham. I occasionally make and exhibit art, including my most recent performance, Tier Two Worker Remote Office. An article examining that performance and its implications for resisting the marketization of higher education was published in the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. I am currently working on an online curatorial project that speculates on the concept of "micro-reparations" as institutional critique.
Academic Area/Links
Culture, Politics, and Global Justice
Arts and Creativities
Race, Empire, and Education Collective
Youth and cities research
Race and arts education
Critical whiteness studies and the performative identities of "good" white people
Decolonizing the arts education curriculum
The arts activism of Stuart Hall
The arts in educational research
Creative workforce development and education
Community-based arts education
Arts, Creativity, and Education MPhil program
Creativity and Thinking Undergraduate Tripos
Research Methods MPhil
Researching Practice MEd
I am accepting PhD students.
Denmead, T. (forthcoming) Creative Underclass: Youth, Race, and the Gentrifying City. Durham, North Carolnia: Duke University Press.
Principal and Recent Publications
R.N. Brown and T. Denmead, Or Stay Home: A resource of self-preservation. (in progress).
Denmead, T. “The aesthetic labor of creativity," for Educational Theory. (under review).
Denmead, T. "Humility as White profitability in the age of Trump," for Humility in the Age of Self-Promotion (in press).
Denmead, T. “Tier Two Worker Remote Office and Resisting the Marketization of Higher Education,” for Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. (in press; https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2018.1500325).
Denmead, T. “On the concept of youth in art education: A review of the literature,” for Studies in Art Education vol. 59. No. 1 (2018).
Winkler, H. and Denmead, T. “The future of homegrown teaching artists: Negotiating contradictions in the professionalisation of the youth arts and humanities field,” for International Journal of Education and the Arts vol. 7. No. 10 (2016).
Denmead, T. “Remixing the released imagination,” for Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education vol. 32 (2015): pp. 72-87.
Denmead, T. “Dialogue and democracy through museum education: A review essay,” for International Journal of Education & the Arts vol 15. Review 1. (2014): Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://www.ijea.org/v15r1/.
Denmead, T. and Brown, R.N. “Ride or die: An instructional resource,” for Art Education vol. 67. No. 6 (2014): pp. 47-53.
Denmead, T. “Artists against despotic nations? The muddle of creative workforce policy,” for International Journal of Education Through Art, Special Issue: Creative Industries vol. 9. No. 3 (2013): pp. 327-341.
Denmead, T. and Hickman, R. “Viscerality and slowliness: An anatomy of artists’ pedagogies with reference to time and material,” for International Journal of Education and the Arts vol. 13. No. 9 (2012): pp. 1-18.
Denmead, T. “The makers of new words: A principally ethnographic account of community artists’ language,” for International Journal of Education Through Art vol. 8. No. 3 (2012): pp. 239-252.
Denmead, T. “Being and becoming: Elements of pedagogies described by three East Anglian creative practitioners,” for International Journal of Thinking Skills and Creativity vol. 6. No. 1 (2011): pp. 57-66.
Denmead, T. “Meeting and extending: Pedagogies of three community artists,” for Journal of Arts and Communities vol. 1. No. 3 (2011): pp. 235-246.
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Hazmat and Hazwoper
Industry & Petrochemical
Terrorism Response
Notice for U.S. Government Customers
Thermal Mask Allows Firefighters to See Through Smoke
April 5, 2017 Daniel Wilder
According to the National Fire Protection Association, smoke causes more deaths than flames do. The fumes from the smoke quickly overcome people and unable to breathe. As the smoke sucks the concentration of oxygen from the room, they begin losing their coordination and judgment abilities and quickly fall into unconsciousness.
New EPA Rules for Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed three new rules which would clarify the evaluating and prioritizing of chemicals which may pose health risks for workers and the public. These new rules cover more than 62,000 chemicals.
New Terrorist Threats
March 23, 2017 Daniel Wilder
A study by the FBI confirmed what many already knew – the United States is experiencing more mass shootings than ever. What was once a rare news report has become commonplace on nightly newscasts. Awareness of these potential threats by law enforcement, emergency management, emergency responders, and others involved in the aftermath of a terrorist attack is critical.
Protective Hoods Leave Firefighters at Risk for Toxins Exposure
March 20, 2017 dwilder
A recent safety bulletin issued by the National Fire Protection Association describes how toxins present on the protective hoods used by firefighters may carry significant consequences. According to the announcement, “contaminant exposures can pose significant immediate and long-term dangers to firefighters’ health.” One of these dangers is a high risk of cancer, a conclusion of a study conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Personal protective equipment is critical for the safety of firefighters, however, the concern regarding the protective hoods comes from the hood’s direct exposure to the skin of the person wearing it. Compounding the issue is that the face and neck had already been identified as significant exposure areas. Firefighter protective hoods have now been labeled as “the most penetrable piece of equipment.”
In order to help reduce the risk of toxic exposure, firefighters are instructed to follow NFPA 1851 guidelines:
Make sure to wash protective hood after each fire or emergency service call;
Always inspect hoods to ensure there is no damage and for continued serviceability after each use; and
Never wash hoods at home, laundromat, or a dry cleaning facility.
https://www.nfpa.org/protectivehoods
At Lease 12,000 Schools Located Near Dangerous Chemical Facilities
One of the worst disasters in recent history occurred in 2013 at the West Fertilizer Company plant in West, Texas, when an explosion and fire killed 15 people and injured hundreds more. There were more than 150 buildings in the area that were also destroyed, including several schools located within the vicinity of the plant. The explosion occurred in the evening, long after school children had gone home for the day. Had the incident happened while schools were in session, the number of children killed would likely have been extensive.
According to recent government studies, there are about 12,000 schools which are located within one mile of facilities which house dangerous chemicals. The EPA has required companies to have emergency plans in case of a toxic chemical release or other incident – that is how hazardous these chemicals are. Yet many have schools located withing walking distance.
Studies also show that not only are children in these schools at risk of danger from a hazardous incident, they are also being exposed to hazardous air pollutants which are known to affect neurological and respiratory health.
There is no federal law or regulation that restricts or stipulates distances between schools and facilities that use or store hazardous materials. Any regulations that do exist are at the local level and usually only apply to new schools being built, not to existing buildings.
The discussions of this issue are ongoing, with no real concrete solutions on the immediate horizon. Pushing for safer industrial processes is one factor being addressed, but it does not address what happens in the event of an actual disaster. Those answers appear to still be left to the state and municipalities to figure out.
IAFF Opens Treatment Center to Help Battle Firefighter PTSD
Firefighters deal with death, loss, and trauma on a regular basis. Being exposed to these events on an almost daily basis can take an emotional toll. Occupational stress often develops into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). If not recognized and treated, PTSD can wreak havoc in a firefighter’s life and far too often leads to depression, substance abuse, or suicide. The latest statistics reveal that one in five firefighters will suffer from symptoms of PTSD at some point in their career.
For too long, the issue of firefighter PTSD wasn’t something that was widely discussed, but over the past several years, it has emerged into the open and is finally being addressed.
The International Association of Firefighters has teamed up with Advanced Recovery Systems and have announced the opening of a new treatment center to help firefighters who are battling PTSD. The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery is located on 15 peaceful acres in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The center is just 30 minutes from Washington DC and an hour’s drive from Dulles International Airport.
The center’s mission is “to offer treatment for successful recovery from post-traumatic stress and co-occurring addictions and help IAFF members return to the job.” The one-of-a-kind center is strictly for IAFF members who are struggling with PTSD, addiction, and other related behavioral health challenges. The treatment received at the center is completely confidential.
More information about the center can be found at their website, or by calling 855.900.8437.
Planning the Response: Dan Keenan
February 27, 2017 dwilder
The Hazmat Legends Series presents more than 25 nationally recognized leading hazmat responders - with more than 900 years of combined boots on the ground experience. As influential instructors, widely read authors and hazmat responders, they have seen it all and now in this exciting and comprehensive series, they explain how and why hazmat teams do the things they do. These exciting programs cover it all - whether you have new recruits to train or want to provide a stimulating refresher for your team.
Planning the Response examines the critical process of choosing response objectives and response options. Covers information gathering, hazards analysis, and command's role in developing an incident action plan. Explains how responders use facts, science, and circumstances to plan rescue operations, protective actions, select PPE, and choose a decontamination protocol.
Dan Keenan has been a firefighter and HazMat responder for the City of Oakland Fire Services Agency since 1991. He is certified by CSTI (California Specialized Training Institute) as a Hazardous Materials Instructor. Dan felt a need to promote hazardous materials training with the use of live chemical demonstrations, and this interest fueled the development of his course called Fun with Chemistry. Dan received the James H. Meidl Instructor of the Year Award in 1999 - sponsored by California State Fire Marshal. He is a consultant to HazTech Systems Inc., manufacturers of the HazCat Kit®. He has been teaching Field Identification of Unknowns classes for over ten years. Dan has made use of his experience and expertise to teach Advanced Field Identification of Unknown Hazardous Substances to federal EPA On-Scene-Coordinators at their Nationwide Training conference. Dan is also a consultant with Davis Defense Group where he teaches response to Chemical Warfare Agent laboratories. In this clip, Dan discusses the pivotal role that Hazmat Technical Specialists have at an incident.
And now for a limited time, the Hazmat Legends Series, along with four resource CD-ROMs with PowerPoint presentations, testing materials, risk management case studies, and additional resources to help instructors with seminar presentations, can be yours for FREE when you purchase the Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident Series. Check here for more details . . .
Planning the Response: Jan Dunbar
Retired from the Sacramento (CA) Fire Department where he served since 1965, Jan Dunbar was Division Chief of Special Operations where he was responsible for developing the hazardous materials response team program, supervising the swiftwater rescue program, and the development of a county-wide response approach to terrorism and terrorism training. He has served as Chairman of the California State Fire Marshal's committee to develop a hazardous materials specialist course, was a member of NFPA's Technical Committee on Chemical Protective Clothing, and IAFC's Committee on Hazardous Materials. He currently is a consultant for the California State Office of Emergency Services, and on occasion to James Lee Witt and associates, LLC. In this clip, Jan discusses the role of the Incident Commander at a hazmat/WMD incident.
Planning the Response: Ludwig Benner
Ludwig Benner is president of Ludwig Benner & Associates, a firm specializing in investigation. As a chemical engineer and registered Professional Engineer, his investigation experience includes a variety of vehicle, aircraft, fire, hazmat, and industrial incidents. Previously he conducted or managed hazmat transportation accident investigations for the National Transportation Safety Board. He also teaches courses on investigation issues. In this clip, Ludwig discusses things hazmat responders need to look for in order to change the outcome of a hazmat/WMD incident.
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Meat The Truth (2008)
Although many films have convincingly succeeded in drawing public attention to the issue of global warming, they have repeatedly ignored one of the most important causes of climate change, namely: intensive livestock production. Meat the Truth has drawn attention to this by demonstrating that livestock farming generates more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together.
The Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation chose to compile the best scientific information on climate change and livestock farming, which is presently available and to translate this for a broader audience. The film was produced by Claudine Everaert and Gertjan Zwanikken. The calculations on greenhouse gas emissions used in the film derive from and have been validated by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN (FAO), the World Watch Institute, the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Free University Amsterdam and numerous other authoritative sources.
Well-known Dutch celebrities, such as Anthonie Kamerling, Georgina Verbaan, Henk Schiffmacher, Yvonne Kroonenberg, Karen van Holst Pellekaan, Wim.T.Schippers and Dolf Jansen, participated in the making of the Dutch version of this documentary, which has already been deemed better than Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth by the science editors of the quality Dutch daily newspaper, the NRC Handelsblad.
Many well-known celebrities, such as Pamela Anderson, Bill Maher, James Cromwell, Emily Deschanel, Tony Denison, Esai Morales, Megan Blake, Debra Wilson Skelton, Elaine Hendrix, Kate Flannery, Carol Leifer, Joy Lauren, Hal Sparks, Constance Marie, Kristina Klebe, Skyler Gisondo, Graham Patrick Martin, Greg Vaughan and Touriya Haoud Vaughan, participated in the making of the international version of the film.
With this documentary, the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation hopes to make a contribution to the societal discussion about a more plant-based and thus also more animal-friendly diet and society. Moreover, the Foundation also anticipates that the film will provide a showcase for prominent scientific reports about livestock farming and climate change, which unfortunately have thus far proved inaccessible to the general public.
www.meatthetruth.nl
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Stats + facts
Who controls the businesses of the UK?
The typical business owner is 51, British and male
by Chris Lilly, Credit & Loans Publisher
You need a lot of things to start your own business, from a new idea and a lot of courage to great employees and a good business loan to help you make it true. More often than not, luck also plays its part. There are thousands of business owners in the UK, but who are they exactly?
We analysed data submitted on over 5 million people to the Companies House, People with Significant Control (PSC) register. As the name suggests, this register includes individuals, companies and legal persons who own a large portion of a company, or otherwise have the right to significantly influence its actions. How do the individuals in this sample compare to the rest of the UK population?
The average age of UK business owners
Their ages approximately follow a bell-shaped curve. The most common age is 51, accounting for 2.92% of the sample, compared to only 1.45% of the general population. The average age is a little lower, at 49 years old. People between 37 and 67 years of age are also overrepresented in business owners, meaning you’re more likely to find them in a sample of company shareholders than in a random sample of people.
Age distribution of business owners vs. the general population
The male-to-female ratio
It’ll come as a shock to no one that business owners are more likely to be male than female. Of all the people whose gender could be identified from their title (such as Mr. or Mrs.), 72.92% were male and 27.08% were female. In other words, the people controlling a company are almost three times as likely to be a man than a woman. The UK population is 49.5% male and 50.5% female, which means women are 51.2% underrepresented among business owners.
Percentage of male and female business owners
The majority of business owners in the UK, by far, are UK nationals, at 84.72%. The most common nationalities making up the remaining 15.28% are shown below. All of these except for Poland are overrepresented compared to their prevalence in the general population.
Top 15 foreign nationalities of UK business owners
How many people control each business?
Almost three-quarters of the companies had only one listed PSC, meaning the majority of them have only one person with significant control. The remaining companies have more than one person with significant control, however, the number of companies declines as the number of PSCs increases. For instance, there were only 0.14% of companies that had six or more people in control. The highest number was 63, but as you can see this is far from the norm.
The types of people with significant control
The vast majority of people with significant control are just that: people, accounting for 92.27% of the submissions in the register. 7.61% are corporate entities, and only 0.12% are legal persons.
The full PSC dataset was downloaded from the Companies House site on 19 January 2018. People, companies and legal entities included in the dataset all fulfil at least one of the following criteria:
They hold over 25% of a company’s shares.
They hold 25% of a company’s voting rights.
They have the right to appoint or remove the majority of directors.
They have the right to exercise significant influence or control.
They have the right to exercise significant control over a company that meets any of the four previous conditions.
CSVs were produced counting up the information provided by each PSC. The data was then cleared of very low-frequency responses that were clearly a mistake, such as the person who entered “Douglas” as their title.
Age was calculated from the date of birth by subtracting its year from 2018 (which, since this calculation was done on January, will be accurate the majority of the time). The age distribution of the general population was taken from the ONS, adding two years to each age, as two years have passed since that dataset was uploaded.
The gender ratio was calculated from all titles with a definite gender. All gender neutral titles were left out.
The distribution of nationalities among the general population was sourced from the ONS, and combined with their estimate of the UK population for the same time period, to get the percentage of each nationality.
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louiseSeptember 25, 2018
Is there any data available on the percentages of businesses which have been established under 2 years, 2-5 years, 6-9 years and 10 years and over?
JoshuaOctober 2, 2018Staff
Hi Loise,
Thanks for getting in touch with finder. I hope all is well with you. :)
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An Evening with Joanne Harris
by Shrewsbury Chocolate Festival
Fri, 15 November 2019, 18:30 – 21:00 GMT
18:30 – 21:00 GMT
Saint Alkmunds Church
6 Saint Alkmonds Square
SY1 1UL
Best seeling Author of Chocolat Joanne Harris (MBE) will be joining Shrewsbury Chocolate Festival for a special evening event. Joanne will be talking about her latest book The Strawberry Thief.
THE STRAWBERRY THIEF is the fourth in a series of novels that began with CHOCOLAT, and which continues the story of Vianne Rocher and her daughters, Anouk and Rosette, in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes.
Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her ‘special’ child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend.
But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette and a written confession to Reynaud, the life of the sleepy village is once more thrown into disarray. The arrival of Narcisse’s relatives, the departure of an old friend and the opening of a mysterious new shop in the place of the florist’s across the square – one that mirrors the chocolaterie, and has a strange appeal of its own – all seem to herald some kind of change: a confrontation, a turbulence – even, perhaps, a murder.
The evening will start from 6.30pm. A range of refreshments will be available to purchase. Chocolate from many of our wonderful producers will be available to sample and buy before and after the talk.. Joanne Harris will start her talk at 7pm (tbc) finishing with questions and a book signing organised by Pangwern Books. The event will run till around 9pm.
Tickets can also be purchased from Pengwern Books located on Fish Street (across from St Alkmunds Church).
Joanne Harris (MBE) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche .
Since then, she has written 15 more novels, two novellas, two collections of short stories, a Dr Who novella, guest episodes for the game Zombies, Run, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a musical and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, has honorary doctorates in literature from the universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, and has been a judge for the Whitbread Prize, the Orange Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science, as well as for the Fragrance Foundation awards for perfume and perfume journalism (for which she also received an award in 2017) .
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Minimum Wage Legislation, And The Small Business 'Survey' Scam
Capital Flows Contributor
Guest commentary curated by Forbes Opinion. Avik Roy, Opinion Editor.
By Michael Saltsman
A group calling itself the Small Business Majority (SBM) recently released a survey to support its argument that two-thirds of small businesses support a hike in the minimum wage. It’s a counterintuitive result: After all, if small businesses don’t mind a minimum wage hike, then pursuing the policy should be a no-brainer for Congress.
A history of minimum wage increases under the 1938 act, current to September 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
But a closer look at SBM reveals that it’s just another misleadingly-named activist group more interested in playing politics that supporting good policy.
Were SBM actually interested in the impact of a higher minimum wage on small businesses, the majority of employers they surveyed would have employees earning the minimum wage. Instead, a full 85 percent of the businesses polled by SBM had no employees earning the minimum. These business owners might support a higher minimum wage for ideological reasons, but they don’t speak for members of the business community who actually have skin in the game or whose employees are at risk.
From this perspective, the SBM poll tells a completely different story than what the group put in its press release: If just 15 percent of surveyed small businesses have minimum wage employees, and one-third of small businesses opposed a wage hike, that means it’s not just minimum wage-paying businesses that oppose wage hikes.
SBM has used this communications tactic before: In a series of earlier state surveys on healthcare legislation, the group found broad small business support for a health insurance mandate. Even the New York Times’ small business blog smelled something fishy: In their words, SBM has “all the hallmarks of a shadowy interest group” with “a name that conceals more than it reveals.”
Moreover, the Times’ writer points out that SBM doesn’t actually have small business members—a revealing fact for a group that ostensibly advocates on behalf of small businesses.
Groups like SBM have proliferated in recent years, as activists have sought the cover of ideologically-friendly businesses to support their policies. “Business for a Fair Minimum Wage” is another example, a loose collection of consultants, lawyers, self-employed artists, and hundreds of others who can support a higher minimum wage because they don’t have to pay it.
Costco is one example. The company’s CEO made waves when he endorsed a higher minimum wage in March of this year. Yet the membership warehouse giant has a unique retail business model (you pay to be a customer) that allows them to pay above the minimum wage and earn nearly $10,000 in profit per employee.
Compare that to the $2,600 in annual profit-per-employee earned by a typical national restaurant chain, which would be wiped out by the added cost of the minimum wage increase proposed by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA). In order to remain profitable, businesses must either dramatically raise prices—an unlikely occurrence when faced with customers who can opt not to dine out—or find ways to maintain their business operation with manageable costs. That means more customer self-service, which in turn means job losses and fewer job opportunities in the future.
You wouldn’t know any of this by listening to the Small Business Majority, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, or any of the politicians who’ve attached their names to minimum wage proposals.
Michael Saltsman is the research director at the Employment Policies Institute.
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Raising Children: The Role of Aunts and Uncles
Renee Sylvestre-Williams Contributor
I write about personal finance, lifestyle & trends.
My sister-in-law Barbara posted on Facebook, "I think Sofia yelling apple in front of an Apple store may have something to do with her auntie."
I immediately posted, "Uh, sorry about that?" Despite Sofia having two aunts, I knew I was the guilty party because I entertain my two-year-and-a-half-year-old niece by opening and closing my Macbook, making the apple logo light up and her laugh.
Considering I seem to inadvertently indoctrinated my niece into the Apple cult, it raises the question, what's the role of aunts and uncles in the lives of their nieces and nephews?
Melanie Notkin is the author of the new book Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids. She is also the founder of SavvyAuntie.com.
In her book, Notkin describes how when she became an aunt, she went looking for a badge of honour to express her aunthood. She couldn’t find anything except a onesie that said, "If you think I’m cute, you should see my aunt."
Her research led her to discover that while many aunts love, sacrifice for and adore their nieces and nephews they didn’t have the network that parenthood automatically granted.
"Aunthood is a gift," says Notkin in New York. "We don’t appreciate it in ourselves but no child ever suffered from too much love."
But how much influence do aunts and uncles have on their nieces and nephews’ lives?
Notkin says, "It depends on the aunt or uncle and part of that is because there’s no obligation of the aunt or uncle, unlike parenting; once you parent a child you have a legal obligation."
That doesn’t stop aunts and uncles from being involved in their nephews and nieces’ lives.
Dana Bentley is the aunt of two boys, Nigel, 16 and Ethan, six. While she and her husband Drew are childfree, she plays a role in her nephews’ lives.
"I’m not as close as I’d like to be, although I’m the only family member whom Nigel has friended so maybe it’s better than I think. Nigel has Asperger’s Syndrome, so it’s really hard to tell how he thinks of others. Ethan will actually listen to me when he’s being a hellcat.
"Nigel has asked for advice on friends and parents, which is pretty cool. Ethan is at an age where he seems to be judging people on what they will give him, mostly. His mom had to put a cat down during one of our visits there which was very sad, and Drew and I were the only people Ethan wanted to talk to about it. Which is also pretty cool, although I wish it had been better circumstances."
Uncles aren’t left out out of the equations. Every time I see a friend of mine he’s more than happy to pull out his blackberry and show me pictures of his two-and-a-half-year-old niece and baby nephew. Of course, I take out my blackberry and show him pictures of my niece.
"The more aunts and uncles the child has, the more influences a child has," says Notkin. "If the uncle is a fantastic artist, the child may be inspired by that talent."
Stephen Carver who works in media and public relations fully expects to influence his young nieces. "At this point in time it’s not obvious as they’re still so young but I hope to be an influence someday. I’ll be the one who will pass along useless info they won’t get from their parents like pop culture stuff and the latest lifestyle trends."
One of the best things about auntie-dom is that you don’t have to be related. Liv Uhrig was happy to talk about the relationship she has with her best friend’s 16-year-old daughter.
"We’re quite close but she is 16 so anyone 20 and older isn’t cool enough. Her mom has been my best friend for almost ten years. We’re exceptionally close, which is really how Bri and I ended up being that close. It doesn’t matter that we’re not related by blood. I’ve seen her grow up, struggle and succeed. Caring about her like I do just came naturally."
So while aunts and uncles happily involve themselves in their nieces and nephews’ lives, what about the parents and their relationship with the aunts and uncles in their lives? Stephanie Mackenzie-Smith is the mother of two young children and describes her brother as the “best uncle ever.”
"My brother is a 34-year-old confirmed bachelor and military officer – not necessarily the type of guy you imagine as the perfect uncle, but he is literally my daughter’s hero. My son is still a bit young but my daughter is very much influenced by her uncle. At school this year, Charlotte was asked to write a story about someone she felt was a hero. Of course, she picked her Uncle Colin. The fact that he is in the military has little to do with why she sees him as a hero. To her, he’s a hero because he gives the best hugs ever, swings her around by her feet and "plays crafts"".
Notkin says that’s the best thing about being an aunt or an uncle. "A child doesn’t discriminate when it comes to love."
As part of Notkin’s Savvy Auntie brand, Auntie’s Day was launched on July 26th, 2009. You can find out more at www.Auntiesday.com
Renee Sylvestre-Williams
I'm a Canadian journalist, writer and blogger who has been online for more than 10 years. I write about personal finance, lifestyle and trends for publications such as A...
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Arkansas quarterback question to linger until August
AP Apr 12, 2018 at 5:34p ET
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) New Arkansas coach Chad Morris doesn’t know yet who the starting quarterback will be when September’s season opener comes around.
Whether Morris is holding off naming a starter until August as a motivational tactic, or because returners Cole Kelley and Ty Storey could possibly be pushed by an incoming freshman, is anyone’s best guess.
However, it is clear that the current quarterbacks have a long way to go with running Morris’ up-tempo offense – a stark contrast to the pro-style approach used by former coach Bret Bielema the last five seasons.
”They are all pushing each other at that position … There is nobody set at a position,” Morris said. ”We’re wide open. If it’s a true freshman, it’s a true freshman, whichever one gives us the best chance to win. They all understand that.”
The Razorbacks closed out their spring this week with a pair of practices following the school’s scrimmage in Little Rock last weekend. During the game, Kelley and Storey combined to complete 17 of 33 passes for 252 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Both had their highlights, with Storey throwing a 53-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and Kelley adding a 34-yard completion to go along with his 5-yard scoring throw. However, they also struggled at times with their accuracy – showing just how far Arkansas has to go in finding a replacement for Austin Allen.
Inconsistency has been a theme throughout the spring, one of the reasons Morris has said he will hold off naming a starter.
”At times you have a guy do really, really well, have a really good day,” offensive coordinator Joe Craddock said. ”And then at times you’ll have that same guy, he’ll kind of have not as good a day. The thing I’m really preaching to those guys right now is, `Who’s going to be consistent?”’
Kelley has the experience edge over Storey after starting four games last season as a freshman in place of an injured Allen, who graduated. He completed 57.6 percent of his passes during his time on the field, throwing eight touchdowns and four interceptions, and the 6-foot-7, 263-pound quarterback rushed for an average of 8.2 yards per carry.
However, Kelley started his offseason early last year after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He has spent part of the spring earning the trust of his teammates and new coaches.
Storey has seen only limited action during his two seasons. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound junior was behind Kelley on the depth chart last season under Bielema, but he’s excelled in learning the new offense since Morris was hired.
”I feel good. It’s fun, most of all it’s just fun to get out there in this offense,” Storey said. ”There’s so much stuff going on, and they really have to cover everybody, so that’s what I’m enjoying the most about this.”
While Kelley and Storey have earned the majority of the snaps this spring, Morris said they could be pushed by several incoming freshmen in the fall – including in-state product Connor Noland. Morris also didn’t dismiss the idea that Arkansas could look for a transfer quarterback who could be eligible to play immediately next season.
”We’ll wait and see on that,” Morris said. ”But right now, we’ve got a good battle going there.”
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Orchids: precious and exclusive
Would you like to know more about orchids, orchid hunters, smugglers, phantom orchids, perfume-crazed orchid bees and much more besides? Click on the headlines that interest you. Happy reading!
100 years ago, orchids cost as much as 15 Mercedes!
Orchid ownership: forbidden for women!
Of orchid hunters, smugglers and phantom orchids
Of ingenious orchids and perfume-crazed orchid bees
Orchid fragrances: timing is everything.
The myth of the vanilla orchid
Of a vanilla-addicted Aztec ruler
Orchids in Switzerland: born to be wild
Orchids have fascinated us for over 2,500 years. Legend has it that they were cultivated in China as long ago as 500 BC, but they were not known here in the West before the 17th century. By the 19th century, they had become objects of prestige. Rich collectors were affected by a sort of "orchid fever", paying huge sums of money for the best specimens and newly discovered species. Prices climbed to absurdly high levels as a result: in 1903, an orchid by the alluring name of Star of Colombia was sold by Sotheby's for around 60,000 Goldmarks (by way of comparison: a Mercedes cost less than 4,000 Goldmarks at that time)! Towards the end of the 20th century, collector interest switched to newly discovered clones and hybrids. Even so, orchid "addicts" remained around until into the 90s. Legend has it that a married couple in Manhattan who grew orchids in two greenhouses on the roof of their home only ever went on holiday separately to avoid having to entrust their beloved orchids to a stranger. And two marriages apparently ended in divorce for a rich orchid-mad Japanese entrepreneur who finally took early retirement to devote himself completely and entirely to his orchids.
Read our tips on caring for orchids HERE.
For information on how to spot errors in caring for orchids, see HERE.
Our orchids are beautiful and non-addictive! To the shop: HERE
Orchids grow in different ways: on top of other plants, on the ground and also on rocks and stones. They are real masters of survival and manage to grow almost anywhere in the world, although the majority thrive in tropical rain forests. They live there as epiphytes (plants that are not rooted in the ground), nestling in the forked branches of the treetops to be closer to the light than would be possible on the ground. Orchids are not parasites. They feed via aerial roots, partly from the air, which supplies moisture, and partly from dead organic matter from the host tree (e.g. particles of bark and foliage) from which they extract the nutrients they need.
The name "orchid" comes from the Greek "orchis" for testicles. Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher, used the same name for the wild marsh orchids which grow in our climes because the two root tubers reminded him of testicles. By the mid-18th century, the name had been adopted for the entire plant family. Orchid tubers were long regarded as erotic and thought to enhance potency. Which is why women were not permitted to own orchids during the Victorian era (smile).
Tips on decorating with orchids are HERE.
Our orchids are also "allowed" for women! The shop is HERE.
The run on orchids started when William Cattley, an English orchid collector, succeeded in coaxing an orchid from Brazil into bloom (later named Cattleya labiata). With its magnificently coloured lips, this orchid caused a sensation, stirring collectors into action and triggering orchid fever! New trading companies were set up to send orchid hunters to the farthest flung corners of the earth, on a mission to tear down anything colourful and resembling an orchid from the trees. These expeditions were not without risk. Various sources tell of a voyage from which only one of eight plant hunters returned alive. Luckily, the 1973 Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species protected many species of orchids. But unfortunately, the Convention cannot guarantee that collectors stick to the rules. In 1993, for example, a certain John Laroche was caught leaving the Everglades with four large sackfuls of orchids, including the rare – and therefore protected – phantom orchids. A great pity. Nowadays huge orchid plantations ensure that attractive orchids in countless shapes and colours are available all year round, and entirely legally.
Browse our orchid shop HERE.
Orchids have many tricks to ensure pollination. Some entice male wild bees with a mix of scents mimicking that of the sexual pheromone of female bees who are willing to mate. The wild bees therefore try to mate with the orchid, pollinating it in the process. Other orchids dupe wasps into believing they contain a prey. Pollination occurs when the wasps knock their head against what they think is the prey. Not all orchids resort to these tricks. Some prefer to reward their pollinators with flower scents. These scents attract a species of bee known as the orchid bee. Surprisingly, only the male bees collect the orchid fragrances … but not just any fragrances. These bees also have preferences. Male orchid bees specifically target certain species of orchids, transferring their pollen packets as they do so. The interesting aspect is that the enticing scent is both an attraction and a reward – the hind legs on male orchid bees are shaped for collecting these volatile compounds and the males use the scents to communicate with the females.
Crazy for orchids? The shop is HERE.
If you've ever put your nose deep inside an orchid bloom and been disappointed not to smell anything, it's probably just bad timing! Regarding fragrance, orchids have been very clever in adapting perfectly to their pollinators: orchids only give off scent when pollinators are around ... or rather: when pollinators would normally be around in the orchid's natural habitat. As the line-up of orchid pollinators ranges from flies to butterflies and even hummingbirds, the times at which orchids smell fragrant varies from species to species. Some give off scent in the afternoon only, others at night and yet others at times in-between. The scent itself naturally depends on the type of orchid, or the types from which it was cross-bred. Some orchids have a very strong, distinctive scent, others are more discreet. Some even develop blooms with no fragrance at all. And the intensity of the fragrance is not the only thing that differs.
Orchids also give off a huge variety of different perfumes: from sweet-scented or lemony to musty – the range is incredible! No wonder that orchid fragrances are widely used by prestigious perfume producers such as Yves Rocher and Escada.
Our orchid gift sets are HERE.
There is a touching tale about the origins of the vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia). It tells how there was once a mighty king who ruled over the Totonac people. He and his wife had a very beautiful daughter – so beautiful, in fact, that they couldn't bear the thought of having to marry her to a mortal. So they decided that the princess would devote her life to the gods. One day, as the princess was carrying flowers to a temple, she was watched by a young prince who fell passionately in love with her. The two decided to elope together. But: just as the two were about to carry out their plan, a horrible beast jumped down from a rock above and killed them. Legend has it that, a few days later, a shrub began to grow at the spot where the two lovers had met their deaths. Clinging to it, a delicate climbing plant sprang up out of the earth and entwined itself around the branches of the bush. And yellow-green orchids bloomed amongst the emerald green tendrils. When the orchids faded, slim pods grew, giving off a scent that was more beguiling than the very best smoke offering to the gods: it was vanilla!
The Aztecs often enjoyed vanilla with their cocoa as it improved the latter's bitter-sharp taste. Montezuma II is said to have drunk fifty cups of a cocoa-vanilla cocktail every day! Legend also has it that the first European to taste vanilla was his "guest", Hernàn Cortés.
Whatever the truth may be, with the colonisation of Central America in the 16th century, merchant vessels brought this precious spice to Europe, but not the plant. No one was permitted to export the plant – on pain of death. And so the Spanish enjoyed a vanilla trade monopoly for some 300 years. It was not until the end of the 18th century that small plants mysteriously arrived on Java and La Réunion, but no pods formed.
Finally, in 1837, a Belgian botanist – Charles Morren – discovered that certain species of bees and hummingbirds essential to pollination in Mexico were not present on Java and La Réunion. He was the first to succeed with artificial pollination in a greenhouse. And this is the technique that people used from then on to pollinate the flowers manually. Now the first vanilla pods flourished outside Mexico – and the Spanish monopoly was destroyed.
Tips on caring for orchids are HERE.
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Did you know that Switzerland is home to wild-growing orchids? 75 species have been identified, growing more or less everywhere from the lowlands to the high mountain regions. Most, however, are found in the limestone areas of the Alpine foothills and the Jura. They are rarely seen in the western midlands of Switzerland due to the intensively fertilised agricultural soils and loss of moorland. But they still thrive in woods and wetlands. In contrast to most tropical varieties, all Swiss orchids grow on the ground. Like all wild flowers, they have smaller blooms and are not as imposing as their greenhouse relatives – but they are no less beautiful. They range in colour from white, light yellow and delicate pink to bright red and dark blue. There's a good chance you have seen some of them yourself. The delicate yellow of the Lady's Slipper, for example, the white or almost pink colouring of the Helleborine, the violet or pastel-yellow of the marsh orchid or the crimson to black of the Nigritella or Lobelia. Like all wild-growing Swiss orchids, they are protected and hence dependent on people who are dedicated to preserving beautiful things. So: look with your eyes and don’t pick – that way, your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren can enjoy them too!
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Mr. Perkins was born July 26, 1930 in Trinity, Texas, to Elvey Sr. and Lonnie Perkins, who later divorced when he was 4, according to the Clovis Museum and Clovis-Big Dry Creek Historical Society. He was raised by his paternal grandmother and moved to Clovis in 1947 after his mother remarried. Lonnie Perkins and Jack Eaton started Jack’s Garage, the first black-owned and operated commercial business in town.
He was always helping someone or trying to come up with something new to help the city. He was quite a guy.
Shelby Cox, retired Clovis police sergeant
Mr. Perkins graduated from Clovis High School and attended Reedley College as a music major, where he also lettered in football. He was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He married Geraldine Bryan in 1951. They had three sons. She died in 1982.
On May 28, 1957, Mr. Perkins became the first black employee to be hired by the city. “He was outstanding,” said Clovis City Council member Harry Armstrong. “He was highly respected and thought of by all of the other workers.”
Retired Clovis police Sgt. Shelby Cox remembers a hardworking man who would do anything for anyone. Cox and Mr. Perkins worked together at the city and they served on the board of directors for the historical society.
“He had the greatest personality,” Cox said. “At the historical society, he was always trying to come up with new things to help the community. He wanted to give money for scholarships.”
Mr. Perkins was on the board for several years, said Peg Bos, society president. “His stories and memories were invaluable to us. He will be missed. He set a high road for us to follow.”
The city recognized Mr. Perkins for his leadership and dedication by declaring Elvey Perkins Week in 1977 and 1987.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Mr. Perkins as public works ambassador to Vietnam to help with infrastructure improvements. He was also honored by the the California State Department of Water Resources for supervising one of the most effective wastewater treatment plants in the state.
He loved to cook. He cooked better than I did. He loved to do fried catfish and he loved to make banana pudding.
Lois Harris-Perkins, wife, talking about her husband, Elvey Perkins
Mr. Perkins met Harris-Perkins on a blind date in 1984. They were married three years later. Both had been married once before and said they wouldn’t marry again, Harris-Perkins said. Then, “one day, he said it would be more convenient if we got married,” she said.
When not working, he liked to travel to South America and Europe and loved cruises. He was also a lifelong learner and last year had started to extend his knowledge of Spanish. He was a church deacon and trustee at Christian Community Church. He was also a thirty-third degree Mason.
“He was a marvelous man,” said Bos, the Clovis historical society president. “He always had a smile and a laughter that you don’t forget.”
BoNhia Lee: 559-441-6495, @bonhialee
Elvey Perkins
Birth: July 26, 1930
Death: Aug. 3, 2015
Residence: Clovis
Occupation: Retired field services superintendent for city of Clovis
Survivors: Wife, Lois Harris-Perkins; children, Lonnell, Kim and Andre Perkins, John Harris and Kristi Tyner; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Services: Wake at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service, 1830 S. Fruit Ave., Fresno; service 10 a.m. Friday, Christian Community Church, 3838 N. West Ave., Fresno.
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Hydrogenics awarded “world’s first” in Germany
Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules, has announced it has been awarded a one megawatt hydrogen energy storage system to be deployed in the City of Hamburg, Germany.
Hydrogenics’ energy storage application will employ advanced proton exchange membrane (“PEM”) technology for production of the hydrogen, using excess power generated from renewable energy in the region, primarily wind.
This “Power-to-Gas” facility will be run by E.ON, a global provider of innovative energy services and an existing customer of Hydrogenics. In the core of the system will be the world’s largest single PEM electrolyser stack, which will serve as the building block for future multi-megawatt applications.
“This is another exciting milestone both for Hydrogenics and the energy storage industry in general,” said Daryl Wilson, President and CEO of Hydrogenics. “Sites such as this E.ON facility will allow Germany to more efficiently use the large amount of renewable energy generated from wind and solar power, which can fluctuate dramatically due to environmental conditions. Hydrogen-based energy storage systems can absorb surplus energy as needed, return power when required, alleviate grid instability, and improve overall utility performance.”
“In addition, the hydrogen produced can be stored in large quantities over long periods of time within the country’s natural gas infrastructure. Using our technology, Hamburg will have the most advanced Power-to-Gas facility in the world and the largest PEM electrolysis installation producing hydrogen. We are pleased to be working once again with E.ON on this groundbreaking project, having just delivered our first energy storage equipment to them in December, 2012.”
Construction of the plant, backed by a consortium of German companies and scientific organisations, is expected to begin during the second quarter of 2013. Funding has been provided by Germany’s National Innovation Program (NIP) for hydrogen and fuel cell technology, under the auspices of the country’s Federal Ministry of Transport, Buildings and Urban Affairs in coordination with the National Organisation for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW).
E.ON is the holding company of the world’s largest investor-owned electric utility service provider, based in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It operates in over 30 countries and serves over 26 million customers.
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Secret Structures, Looming Presence
June 30, 2019 - January 12, 2020
https://www.dma.org/sheilahicks
Sheila Hicks, Zihzabal, 2018, pigments, synthetic fibers, cotton, linen, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Fair Foundation Acquisition Fund, Photo: Markus Wörgötter, © Sheila Hicks
Fiber arts by artist, designer, and weaver Sheila Hicks (b. 1934) will be exhibited in the DMA’s Atrium Overlook and in the Arts of the Americas Andean gallery in a special exhibition illuminating how the contemporary artist’s practice has been inspired by the weaving traditions of indigenous artisans from Latin America. Sheila Hicks: Secret Structures, Looming Presence pairs works from the Museum’s collection of ancient Andean art with a selection of Hicks’ loom-woven, wrapped, twisted, and knotted fiberworks, offering a fresh examination of textile traditions through time.
Born in Nebraska and based in Paris since 1964, over the course of her six-decade career Hicks has lived and worked extensively in Mexico, Peru, Chile, and other countries in South America and around the world. Hicks became interested in ancient Andean art as a student at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, where she researched ancient Andean textiles for her master’s thesis.
Secret Structures, Looming Presence is a collaboration between the Arts of the Americas and Contemporary Art departments, led by Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator Michelle Rich and Hoffman Family Senior Curator Anna Katherine Brodbeck, respectively.
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Campus Design and Planning
Facilities Department
Sixth Street Development
Gallaudet Interpreting Service
Gallaudet University Foundation
LNYW Program
Development Vision
Real Estate Development Team
Gallaudet Connection Program
Homeownership Classes
Housing Fair
Director, Real Estate Foundation
and D.C. Government Relations
Fred Weiner
College Hall 300
How will the university ensure that the development has sufficient parking, especially with the removal of the Sixth Street parking garage?
The development vision includes plans for constructing underground parking in parcels 2, 3 and 4, which will meet the long-term parking needs of the corridor. As for the interim period of construction, there will be a transition plan to accommodate the parking needs of the university community.
How soon will we see actual construction on the Sixth Street parcels?
Multiple steps must be accomplished before we break ground on Sixth Street. We are currently in negotiations with the JBG Companies to finalize the development agreement. Part of the process will also include gathering feedback from stakeholders within the Gallaudet community, which is intended to inform the development vision. With a complete development vision, JBG will then work with District government agencies to secure permits and ensure the development plans comply with zoning laws and building codes, a process that may take up to two years. We anticipate breaking ground on the first parcel in 2017.
How can Gallaudet University students, faculty, and staff, as well as other stakeholders, become involved in the Sixth Street Development process?
There are several ways you can get involved with the Sixth Street Development process. You can attend development update presentations open to the campus, where you will be given the opportunity to ask questions and submit comments. In the near future, the RFP team will host charrettes open to stakeholders intended to help finalize the Sixth Street development vision, from building design to space use.
You can also submit comments and suggestions as well as questions for the development vision online. To receive updates, please sign up for our e-mail distribution list.
Are there 6th Street traffic calming or infrastructure plans?
Several near-term and long-term strategies to calm traffic and improve the streetscape on 6th Street are being considered, including narrowing the width of the street, reducing vehicular lanes, installing cycle tracks, and adding parking spaces on the curb (you can read about these strategies in the RFQ). These plans are contingent on financing, feedback from community stakeholders, and discussions with the DC government.
However, the university is excited to announce that the Sixth Street traffic calming process has already begun: the University has partnered with the DC Office of Planning, the DC Department of Transportation, Sustainable DC, and the development company Edens to construct a permanent parklet, the first of its kind in DC, on Sixth Street. A dedicated bike lane is also being added to the street.
How will the university maintain a safe and secure environment within the Sixth Street Corridor?
The university is prioritizing the issue of safety and security in the Sixth Street development vision. When discussing the 'Public Realm' of the Sixth Street Corridor in the RFQ document, 'ground floor lobbies' and 'active spaces' are two concepts expected to instill a feeling of safety within the Corridor. Other improvements and changes, such as increased street/ sidewalk lighting and traffic calming strategies, should further contribute to the safety and security of the space.
In addition, the Department of Public Safety has been well-informed of the Sixth Street development, and will continue to be involved with the process. They are expected to play a pivotal role in maintaining a safe and secure environment: one idea is to install a security kiosk, manned by a DPS officer, at the gateway plaza.
Does the Sixth Street Development specify the removal of some sections of the fence surrounding the Gallaudet campus? Which parts?
There are no firm plans regarding the fence at this time. However, a major part of the Sixth Street Corridor transformation is the conversion of the Appleby site on the corner of Florida and Sixth into a pedestrian entrance to the campus. This will be the initial foray into physically tearing a section of the fence down and opening the campus to the surrounding community. Another part of the Corridor transformation that could lead to more changes of physical campus boundaries is the improvement of Sixth Street into a more pedestrian friendly, safe, and vibrant area that serves as a 'transition zone' between the campus and the Florida Avenue Market.
Will the property be developed for retail, offices, and/or residential?
Likely all of the above, with emphasis on retail and residential. The residential units will be available for leasing, and the retailers chosen will represent the uniqueness of the location, catering to the college atmosphere of Gallaudet while reflecting the gritty urbanism of the Florida Avenue Market. The goal is to establish the Sixth Street Corridor as a unique destination: a creative and cultural district that builds upon its current surroundings.
What will happen with the transportation department currently located in the Appleby building?
The University is currently evaluating multiple locations for the functions currently housed at the Appleby building. The University will remain steadfastly committed to meeting the service needs of the campus. We do not anticipate relocation needs for these functions to be a barrier to redevelopment of the parcel or to delay potential redevelopment timelines that may be proposed.
Will the development include affordable housing as well as university housing?
A portion of the residential units will be affordable, per DC Inclusionary Zoning requirements. Additionally, housing on the parcels east of Sixth Street will be geared more towards Gallaudet community members, including staff, faculty, and alumni.
How will Gallaudet ensure accessibility within the Sixth Street Corridor?
The development process includes multiple mechanisms to ensure that the Sixth Street Corridor will be accessible to all those who want to come and experience the space. Accessibility has been a strong point of emphasis in choosing a developer: one indication of the university's commitment to accessibility is the incorporation of DeafSpace guidelines into the RFQ and RFP documents.
An important factor in improving accessibility within the development vision is gathering feedback from our stakeholders. In our online comments and feedback form, a category named 'Accessibility/Safety/Parking' has been included. Please feel free to submit your concerns or suggestions. There will also be opportunities to share your accessibility recommendations in person at various stakeholder meetings in the near future. Keep an eye out for more information about these stakeholder meetings.
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Joe Cox, Naples, Florida, USA
For specific information about using overseas structures correctly, you can contact Joe Cox at jcox@coxnici.com
Joe has been my friend and attorney for more years than I care to remember. He specializes in estate planning, insurance, trusts and taxation. He received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa School of Law, and a Master of Laws in Estate Planning from the University of Miami, School of Law. Joe is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Administration and in Taxation by the Florida Bar.
In addition to the Board Certifications, Joe is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is a member of the American and Florida Bar Associations, and is admitted to the Federal Appellate Courts and the United States Tax Court. Joe is a frequent speaker on tax planning topics such as income taxes, insurance trusts, irrevocable trusts and offshore asset protection trusts. He has also written articles and books concerning income tax and irrevocable trusts.
Joe is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who ’s Who in American Law. Chosen by Florida Trend Magazine as one of the top 1.6% of lawyers in Florida and one of the top 34 Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning lawyers. Chosen by Worth Magazine to be one of the top 100 attorneys in the Nation.
Among his community commitments, Joe has served many organizations in a leadership position. These include: Naples Community Hospital, Community Foundation of Collier County, YMCA of Collier County, Community School of Naples, Alzheimer’s Association, Forum Club, Senior Friendship Centers, Inc.
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Winter weather advisory issued for areas around Erie
By Times-News staff
Snow, ice expected in Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Chautauqua, Ashtabula counties on Thursday.
National Weather Service offices have issued winter weather advisories for Thursday in counties around Erie.
The Cleveland office's advisory for Crawford County and for Ashtabula County, Ohio, is in effect from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. A wet snow accumulation of up to 2 inches is possible, along with a light glaze of ice.
The weather service in State College forecasts a wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow for Warren County. Accumulations could range from 1 inch to 3 inches of snow and a coating of up to one-fifth of an inch of ice. The advisory is in place from 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.
In Mercer and Venango counties, the weather service in Pittsburgh expects up to one inch of wet snow and ice as well as a light glaze of ice. The advisory is in effect from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.
The Buffalo office calls for 2 inches to 5 inches of snow and less than a tenth of an inch of ice for Chautauqua County. The advisory is in effect from 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.
In all areas, plan for slippery road conditions, especially during the morning commute, and be prepared for reduced visibilities at times.
Enter your ZIP code at GoErie.com/weather to see the latest forecast and radar. Sign up at GoErie.com/alerts to have severe weather alerts delivered to you by text or email. Have an interesting weather photo or video? Share it with the 73,000-plus followers on the GoErie.com Facebook page.
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NFL has some added northwestern Pennsylvania flavor this season
John Dudley @ETNDudley
Nov 21, 2017 at 11:32 PM Nov 21, 2017 at 11:32 PM
Bills rookie QB Nathan Peterman is among players with family ties to the area.
Stray thoughts on a Wednesday...
• I think, as the next four notes show, this corner of Pennsylvania has been pretty well represented in the NFL this season. Consider ...
• Bills rookie quarterback Nathan Peterman, who made his first NFL start Sunday, played college football at Pitt with McDowell grad James Conner.
That's not Peterman's only connection to northwestern Pennsylvania, though.
Readers Jim and Deb Bowen pointed out in an email earlier this week that Peterman's family is from Crawford County. His father and grandfather, both named Chuck, grew up in Conneautville before both moved to Florida, where Nathan Peterman grew up.
The Bowens said Chuck Peterman, Nathan's father, played football in the mid-1980s at Conneaut Valley High School, which ceased to exist when that school merged with Conneaut Lake and Linesville high schools to form the new Conneaut Area High School.
Nathan Peterman was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where his father is founding pastor of Creekside Christian Church. Chuck Peterman started the church in the family's living room in 2002, according to a 2015 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review profile story about Nathan Peterman.
• Erie native DeAndre Houston-Carson is making his mark on special teams in his second season with the Chicago Bears.
Houston-Carson, who was born in Erie and grew up in Spotsylvania, Virginia, before starring at William & Mary, has nine tackles in nine games. He was inactive Sunday with an illness, but during one stretch earlier this season he had eight tackles in three games.
"That’s good for a season for some people, so he’s been really productive,” Bears special-teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers told the Chicago Sun-Times last week.
The Bears selected Houston-Carson 185th overall in the sixth round of the 2016 draft. He made 45 starts as a defensive back in college, and made two special teams tackles as a rookie in 2016.
The Bears activated him from their practice squad Sept. 19, in part because the Eagles had made a play to sign him, and Houston-Carson has held onto his roster spot since then.
• Veteran cornerback and General McLane graduate Blidi Wreh-Wilson has appeared in three games and made one tackle this season for the Falcons, although he has been inactive the past four games. Wreh-Wilson, a former Tennessee Titans draft pick out of UConn, finished last season with Atlanta.
• Jacksonville backup tight end Ben Koyack, an Oil City grad, has two catches on four targets for 28 yards, including a 21-yard reception against the Rams. In his second season out of Notre Dame, Koyack is part of a turnaround that has seen the AFC South-leading Jaguars (7-3) already more than double their win total from 2016, when they finished 3-13.
• And, of course, Conner continues to be the Steelers' preferred second option behind All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell.
Conner, a rookie from Pitt, has 113 yards on 24 attempts, a 4.7-yards-per-carry average that is the fifth-highest in the league among rookie backs with at least 20 carries, behind the Saints' Alvin Kamara, the Chargers' Austin Ekeler, the Chiefs' Kareem Hunt and the Vikings' Dalvin Cook.
• I've received a few calls asking when McDowell officials intend to install the arched sign above the entrance to the school's new David P. Hanlon Community Sports Complex along West 38th Street.
The answer: As soon as the project is complete, which it's not. The plan all along has been for the sign to be the final piece of the complex, the centerpiece of which is a multi-purpose artificial turf practice field.
• Finally, Happy Thanksgiving. Let's celebrate by roasting a bird, eating a pie and watching Jerry Jones push straight pins into his Roger Goodell voodoo doll in the owner's box at AT&T Stadium.
John Dudley can be reached at 870-1677 or john.dudley@timesnews.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.
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Home News Defence & Security News Cybersecurity research: two UK universities named Centres of Excellence
Cybersecurity research: two UK universities named Centres of Excellence
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Two universities in the UK have been officially recognised as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research.
De Montfort University and Northumbria University have both been added to the list of Academic Centres of Excellence by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC), in acknowledgement of their ‘first rate’ cybersecurity research capabilities. They join 17 other academic institutions nationwide, including the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh, in producing outstanding research in the field of cybersecurity; and are now considered to be strategic partners of the UK government.
De Montfort University has also been declared an Airbus Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity and Forensics. Professor Eerke Boiten, Director of the CTI and Professor in Cybersecurity at De Montfort University, said: “We are very proud of this achievement. Being named an ACE-CSR highlights our strong industry engagement and first class research capabilities. This recognition will strongly support our future plans for national and international collaborative research in topics such as industrial control systems, human factors in security, incident response, cybercrime and privacy.”
Professor Lynne Coventry, Principal Investigator and Research Director of Psychology at Northumbria University, said: “Cybersecurity research has typically been directed towards finding technological solutions, but as our technological perimeter has strengthened, people have been left behind and become prime targets for cyber-attackers. To stop today’s advanced attacks, we need to understand how to better protect the general public by adopting a people-centric cybersecurity strategy and exploring how to design security technology and policies which support individuals in their endeavours, rather than being perceived as a barrier. At Northumbria our holistic, multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity integrates diverse knowledge from specialists in technology, human behaviour, business, law and design. We are delighted to receive this recognition for our work in these areas.”
Both universities’ status as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research will be active until 2022.
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Resurgent sax man Azar Lawrence sets SF Bay…
Resurgent sax man Azar Lawrence sets SF Bay Area gigs
By Andrew Gilbert | Correspondent
PUBLISHED: January 23, 2019 at 11:00 am | UPDATED: January 23, 2019 at 11:41 am
In music as in fashion, stick around long enough, and you might just come back into style.
For jazz master Azar Lawrence, the tide has turned with propitious timing, providing him with new visibility and elder-statesman status a decade into a resurgent career driven by a series of excellent recordings after some 30 years without releasing an album.
The Los Angeles tenor and soprano saxophonist established himself as one of the most prodigious post-Coltrane horn players in the early 1970s, performing and recording with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones (Trane’s former pianist and drummer, respectively). His debut as a leader, 1974’s “Bridge to the New Age” (Prestige), added a jolt of intensity to the spiritually charged avant-celestial sound pioneered by Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, a sound recently revitalized by another brawny L.A. saxophonist, Kamasi Washington.
“We pioneered a lot back then, and now we’re still expressing the same energies, awakening people’s consciousness with a holistic approach to music as a healing force,” says Lawrence, 66, who brings his eight-piece Azar Lawrence Experience to Bach Dancing & Dynamite on Jan. 27 and Yoshi’s on Jan. 28.
Kamasi Washington’s ties to Lawrence aren’t just a matter of style and sensibility. Decades after playing in the same high school band, Washington’s father, saxophonist and educator Rickey Washington, would often share the stage at the now-defunct Glendale jazz spot Charlie O’s when he dropped by to sit in at Lawrence’s regular gig.
Lawrence and Kamasi also share an underdog Left Coast legacy. Every few decades it seems, the world rediscovers that L.A. is home to a vital scene often distinguished by a Pacific Rim openness to currents from the East. In Washington, Lawrence sees a kindred spirit who has “busted down some doors and picked up the torch,” he says. “We’re all helping each other. We’re part of the Los Angeles sound.”
Coming up on the Southland scene meant that Lawrence spent formative years playing with masters such as drummer Billy Higgins and pianist/composer Horace Tapscott. The L.A. mantle meant that his arrival in New York City caused quite a stir.
He’d already spent time on the road with Elvin Jones when his Village Vanguard debut with Tyner was greeted by sold-out shows packed with fellow musicians. Drummer Billy Hart, who went on to play on Lawrence’s first two albums, explained that “these people are here to see who you are and why McCoy passed over all these great saxophonists in New York for you,” he recalls. “Los Angeles was considered the country, and that actually became my nickname ‘Country.’”
After five years with Tyner and galvanizing performances on the pianist’s classic mid-70s Milestone albums “Enlightenment,” “Sama Layuca” and “Atlantis,” Country firmly established himself on the jazz map. It was with Tyner that Lawrence made his San Francisco debut at Keystone Korner, and he last performed in the Bay Area as part of the concerts celebrating the 45th anniversary of the iconic North Beach club (where Tyner recorded “Atlantis”).
For his Bay Area dates, Lawrence is bringing an eight-piece band featuring veteran vocalist Windy Barnes Farrell interpreting songs originally sung by Jean Carn. Joining him in the horn section is first-call L.A. trumpeter Brian Swartz, who gets the highest praise from Lawrence.
“After playing with Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw, I know what the trumpet is supposed to sound like, and Brian is a monster,” he says.
The ensemble is built on a world-jazz rhythm section that makes full use of Bolivian-born drummer Yaya Morales, Basie Band bassist Trevor Ware and pianist Theo Saunders. The gigs also mark the welcome return of percussionist Babatunde Lea, who was an essential part of the Bay Area scene for many years before relocating to Minneapolis about a decade ago.
“The music we’re playing is such fun and has so many different rhythms, jazz and funk and all the Latin American grooves,” Lawrence says. “I’ve been playing with Babatunde since the 1980s, when I had a band called UFO, United Funk Orchestra. I’m so excited to have all these wonderful individuals. The music has a lot of feeling. It’s cutting edge, and I don’t see anyone doing it. It’s wonderful that people are really enjoying something that I started expressing in the 1970s.”
Contact Andrew Gilbert at jazzscribe@aol.com.
THE AZAR LAWRENCE EXPERIENCE
When & where: 4:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay; $35-$45; 650-726-4143, www.bachddsoc.org; 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at Yoshi’s, Oakland; $27-$54; 510-238-9200, www.yoshis.com
Andrew Gilbert
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Back to Content: Issue 9
REVIEW FOR THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY TAIWAN (ED. GUNTER SCHUBERT, 2016)
In the last twenty years, with a dramatic expansion and gradual institutionalisation of Taiwan Studies, particularly in Europe, production of knowledge related to this field has increased considerably. Under this trend, Taiwan has emerged not only as an entity on its own within the discipline of area studies, but also as a case study for research within academic disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, to mention just a few.
While the scholarship is growing at an increasing pace, the advent of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan (ed. Gunter Schubert, 2016, London & New York: Routledge) cements the relevance of Taiwan Studies as an independent and increasingly significant research area. In light of these considerations, this work is without any doubts an important anthology in the field, ideal for non-specialists as well as specialists. Non-specialists could take advantage of the variety of themes covered throughout the chapters and written by leading scholars in the field. Specialists may benefit from the nuanced analyses which require more familiarity with the dynamics shaping not only the social and political reality of the island, but also past and present issues on the production of knowledge related to Taiwan.
The handbook is structured along six main thematic areas, presenting Taiwan first from within, unfolding its most distinctive political, economic, social, cultural features, and then vis-a-vis external actors, such as China, Europe, the US and other Asian countries.
The first section revolves around Taiwan’s political history and addresses important epistemological questions which will be further touched upon, more or less explicitly, throughout the whole book: How has been knowledge about Taiwan produced when the island was subordinated to external rulers? How to frame contemporary research on Taiwan in order to appreciate a subjective perspective of its people rather than the political interests of others? These have remained crucial questions until nowadays, something any scholar should carefully consider as it may have an impact on the research process. The stance embraced by the editor is to frame Taiwan, and the related production of knowledge, vis-a- vis China, as a consequence of China’s rise and Taiwan’s response to it, to the point that Taiwan is regarded as “the persistent ‘other’ of China” (Introduction, Gunter Schubert). Consequently, China is constantly emerging as an important element throughout the whole handbook.
The following two sections address traditional themes into the field of Taiwan Studies: the island’s political and economic development. The former revolves around the identity of Taiwan as a young democracy in East Asia. Whereas the latter explores the transition of the island from a “miracle” economy in the post-war years to a more recent stagnating economy. Taiwan’s democratic system is understood in light of the interplay between contradictory factors: on the one hand, important achievements occurred in the last three decades (its party system, the electoral system, an established independent media), on the other hand, unresolved problems (clientelism, an un-balanced competition between parties, insufficient monitoring during electoral campaigns, an incomplete transitional justice, a partisan media). The ‘China factor’ is stressed in the section on economic development, as a reason for Taiwan’s growing focus on economic security and national grand strategy, as well as the main target of Taiwan’s foreign investments in a phase in which the island lost its competitiveness in the global order.
Newer additions are present in the fourth section which deals with Taiwanese contemporary society and culture. This section builds on the major debates that have been discussed publicly in the civil society arena: indigenous rights, labour rights, anti-nuclear power movement, women’s movement, religion, social welfare in Taiwan. If, considering the social changes occurred in the island in the last decades, it is impossible to expect that such section could be exhaustive, on the other hand, a further problematisation of the selected social categories, by taking into consideration intersectionality, would have offered a more nuanced picture of contemporary Taiwanese society where factors such as gender, class, age, ethnicity do not generate distinct and fixed categories but intersect with each other to produce multi-dimensional inequalities.
The handbook would not be complete without a discussion about cross-Strait relations (section five) and international relations (section six), two traditional areas of inquiry in Taiwan Studies. If the latter maintains a rather traditional approach, focusing on Taiwan’s relations with state actors such as the US, European countries, Asian countries, the section on cross-Strait relations is more innovative. Reflecting more recent evolutions in the scholarship, the originality of this section is that it sheds light on the increasing relevance of non-state actors, such as civil society in Taiwan, cross-Strait capital, multinational corporations, Taishangs, mainland spouses, in shaping the evolution of the “high politics” of cross-Strait relations.
It is clear, by considering the variety of themes and issues touched upon throughout the handbook, that, as Taiwanese society, politics and economics have changed extensively in the last decades due to national, regional, cross-Strait and global factors, independent research in Taiwan Studies is also quickly evolving. Most probably as a consequence of a methodological choice to position the study of Taiwan in relationship to China, the role of Taiwan in the East Asian region and beyond may be overlooked. It is understandable that, as a crucial actor in cross-Strait relations, the study of Taiwan is strongly shaped by the study of China and vice-versa. On the other hand, it would be important to also stress that, precisely because of Taiwan’s integration in the regional and global order, related research may be significant beyond the boundaries set by scholarship on Taiwan Studies and China Studies and it could serve as a case of comparison with other social and political realities. In these terms, the weakness of this work may be identified in the incapacity of imagining the identity of Taiwan apart from China.
Lara Momesso is postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth. She is also EATS Board member, 2014–present.
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Our Family Coalition ED to depart
by Meg Elison
Renata Moreira spoke at Our Family Coalition's recent Night Out benefit. Photo: Courtesy OFC
Our Family Coalition Executive Director Renata Moreira announced Monday, May 13, that she is resigning from the organization to spend more time with her family.
Moreira, a queer Latina, has led the LGBTQ family nonprofit for three years. Prior to that she served as acting executive director and held other positions in the agency.
She is expected to leave OFC at the end of June.
While Moreira was not specific in her announcement, other than to say she needed to "devote some much-needed time to my own family," she posted on Facebook March 29 that her older sister, Isabela de Lima Garcez Moreira, 43, had died in Brazil.
In a news release from the coalition, Moreira, 42, remarked on the particular challenges of her tenure.
"My work as executive director coincided with [Donald] Trump's election," she said. "From day one, I have been so moved by the fierce community response. For every gut-punch to our democratic process and to decency, I've seen resilience and solidarity.
"Particularly for a family-driven agency like OFC, we have had to remain alert and responsive to near-daily attempts on the part of this administration to roll back legal gains, or to isolate, separate, and persecute the most vulnerable among us," she added. "Yet at the same time, we draw inspiration from our love of our families, and maintain the values of compassion and justice in our work. For our sake and theirs."
OFC states its mission as "advancing equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer families with children through support, education, and advocacy." The coalition has achieved significant goals during Moreira's tenure, including helping to pass Assembly Bill 960, the Equal Protection for All Families Act, by Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco). This law, signed by former Governor Jerry Brown, updated California's assisted reproduction laws to ensure equal protection for all families, including LGBT citizens who had been previously excluded. OFC and other organizations co-sponsored the bill, held rallies, and raised community support.
Moreira also spoke out against Brown's veto of the broadly-supported Assembly Bill 2153, which would have allocated funds for annual training sessions for educators in the state on supporting LGBTQ students in grades seven through 12. Gay Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) has reintroduced it this year as AB 493, the Safe and Supportive Schools Act. He enlisted the support of new state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, a former assemblyman who wrote the first bill.
OFC's budget is about $1.2 million, according to its 2015 annual report, the most recent on its website.
In an email to OFC members, Renata mentioned some of the accomplishments during her tenure. The agency received the Jose Julio Sarria History Maker Award from San Francisco Pride in 2018, which honored the group for its work leading the coalition to ensure that the FAIR Act is thoroughly implemented throughout California. The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act went into effect in 2012.
She also stressed the expansion and innovation of OFC's programs and said it has produced over 250 playgroups, workshops, and community events impacting nearly 4,000 LGBTQ families and allies annually.
Polly Pagenhart, OFC policy and communications director, said in a phone interview that the agency is sorry to see Moreira leave.
"I'm really sad to see her go, but also very proud of the work she's done in the last seven years, particularly the new directions she's taken us in," Pagenhart, who is 56 and genderqueer, said. "She's done stellar work at one of the hardest times in our organization's history. It's bittersweet to lose such fierce leadership, but we're excited to open the next chapter for the organization."
Steve Disselhorst, co-chair of the OFC board of directors, said via phone, "We are incredibly grateful for the inspiration and dedication Renata has shown this organization, really just the love she has for people. We're already working on finding someone to take on this role so that the coalition can move forward."
According to a news release, OFC is now leading a search for an interim executive director to lead the agency through the end of the year.
To reach the interim executive director search committee, email ied@ourfamily.org. For a job description, go to at https://tinyurl.com/OFC-IED-2019.
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Deepcut deaths: Now senior Lib Dem MP joins the fray
SEARCHING questions need to be answered by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) about deaths of soldiers serving in the Army, a leading MP has demanded.
00:00, 19 AUG 2004
Lib Dem Lembit Opik claims the MoD is still covering up vital information needed for families to gain closure on the deaths.
He was speaking at a press conference at the House of Commons as the families of four soldiers who died at Deepcut Barracks have united with families of soldiers killed in Iraq to demand answers.
Geoff Gray, whose son Geoff died of gunshot wounds at the Princess Royal Barracks in February 2002, claims the MoD is still treating families “shabbily”.
He said: “It’s not a Deepcut problem, it’s not a Geoff Gray problem, but it is a British Army problem when young soldiers’ deaths are not being investigated properly and the parents are not being informed.
“Our sons and daughters signed up to serve the country and it’s time for the country to serve them and everybody else in the same way.”
The Deepcut families were represented by Des James, whose daughter Cheryl died at Deepcut Barracks in 1995.
He was joined by Reg Keys whose son L Cpl Thomas Keys, 20, was a military policeman killed in Iraq last year.
And Alan Richards, whose son Wayne, 17, died in a night exercise following confusion between live and blank ammunition at the Commando Training Centre, in Lympstone, Devon, was also at the press conference on Wednesday.
Mr Opik released a statement calling for the MoD “to answer five clear questions” on how bereaved relatives were treated. He said: “The Ministry of Defence’s response to Army deaths remains inadequate and the families here today, along with many others, can testify to that.
“The families do not get answers to simple questions and they do not get access to basic information.”
Mr Opik wants to know why the government refuses to hold an independent inquiry into the deaths at Deepcut on the basis of the Surrey police investigation, when neither ministers nor the families have seen the final reports.
He also wants to know why, in the case of the Deepcut families, no senior officer — Army or police — has been made accountable for what happened to the four recruits.
Mr Opik, Welsh Lib Dem leader, said the families were not “anti-military” but just wanted answers to simple and basic questions about the deaths of their loved ones.
He said he would be writing to Geoff Hoon and gave him a four-week deadline to respond.
He said: “I am sure he will answer the five questions but the jury is out as to whether he will answer them satisfactorily or not.”
Picture: Grieving relatives made their point when the Princess Royal visited Deepcut for 10th anniversary celebrations
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Cymric silver
William Hair Haseler, silversmith
One of the loveliest decorative objects in the museum collection is a diminutive oval trinket box. Recently placed on display on the dresser in the newly opened corner guestroom, the silver and enamel piece is the work of William Hair Haseler, a prominent English silversmith of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Hair Haseler was born to John and Sarah Evett (Hair) Haseler in 1821/1822 in Birmingham, England. He married Elizabeth Rabone in 1851 and together they had six children. In 1870, Haseler founded the company, W. H. Haseler & Co., specializing in gold and silver work, and jewelry.
Five years later, Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843-1917) started a small shop on the corner of Regent Street in London. Specializing in exotic goods from Japan and the Far East, his business thrived and he became a leading merchant to the upper classes, including famous members of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The store soon became the most fashionable place to shop in London, featuring luxurious wares including fabrics, clothing, furniture, clocks, jewelry, wallpapers and decorative objects of all kinds. His efforts to promote the Art Nouveau style, with its depiction of leaves and flowers in flowing ornamental lines, were so influential that the term “Stile Liberty” became the accepted term for the style in Italy.
During the 1890s, Liberty formed relationships with many leading English designers. In 1898, Liberty and Haseler created a formal partnership to launch the Cymric silver line under the title “Liberty and Co. (Cymric) Ltd.” using free lance designers. One of those designers, Archibald Knox (1864-1933), began designing for Liberty in 1899. He focused on the new Celtic design work for the Cymric range and its pewter counterpart, known as Tudric. Haseler was responsible for making many of Knox’s designs. Knox was a highly gifted designer and is largely credited with the success of Cymric silverware. He continued to design for Liberty until 1912.
Picture frame, Liberty and Co. (Cymric) Ltd.
William Hair Haseler died in December 1909 in Shropshire, but his company continued in partnership with Liberty until 1926. Haseler pieces can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as many other museums throughout England.
The trinket box in the Glessner collection measures just 2-1/4 inches in width and 1 inch in height. Delicate wire work trim encircles the base which sits upon four bun feet. The removable lid features blue and green enamel work with four silver hearts (or heart-shaped leaves) set into the surrounding stylized border.
Several marks are stamped onto the underside of the piece, as shown above. The “W.H.H.” is the maker’s mark for William Hair Haseler. The anchor is the city mark for the city of Birmingham, England. The next mark, known as the lion passant, is the assayer’s mark indicating that the piece meets the standards to be considered sterling. The next mark, a lowercase “h” is the date mark indicating the piece was made in 1907. One additional mark, not shown above, reads “930” and refers to the purity of the silver. This number indicates the amount of pure silver in parts per thousand – 930/1000 – or 93% pure silver.
Although small and easily overlooked, this beautiful box exhibits both the Glessners’ sophisticated tastes and Frances Glessner’s interest in silver during this period when she was making her own pieces.
Tagged: Archibald Knox, Arthur Lasenby Liberty, Cymric silver, Frances Macbeth Glessner, Haseler and Co., Liberty and Co., William Hair Haseler
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Rev. Philip Mowry
The Glessners are Married - December 7, 1870
Frances Macbeth Glessner's wedding dress (Courtesy Chicago History Museum)
On December 7, 1870, exactly 145 years ago today, Frances Macbeth and John Jacob Glessner were united in marriage. The event marked the end of a seven year courtship and the beginning of a loving marriage that lasted nearly 62 years.
Frances Glessner began her journal with a brief but detailed entry regarding her wedding:
“J. J. Glessner and Frances Macbeth were married Dec. 7th 1870 at Springfield, Ohio at the residence of J. R. Macbeth at 176 S. Limestone St. by Rev. Philip H. Mowry, Wed. afternoon at two o’clock.”
The home of Frances’ parents, James and Nancy Macbeth, stood at the northeast corner of Limestone and Pleasant Streets in Springfield, Ohio, and it was here that Frances had grown to adulthood. In 1863, John Glessner came into this home, being run as a boarding house by Mrs. Macbeth, and was first introduced to his future bride, who at the time was 15 years old. He “continued living with these gentle folks” until the time of his marriage.
(As an interesting side note – Rev. Mowry, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Springfield, also performed the wedding of the Glessners’ daughter Frances when she wed Blewett Lee in February 1898, the ceremony taking place in the parlor of 1800 S. Prairie Avenue).
In a tribute written by John Glessner shortly after his wife passed away in October 1932, he noted:
“We never were engaged to be married. No word was said about it, but she knew and I knew that we would be when the time was favorable.”
John J. Glessner, 1860s
That decision revolved around John Glessner’s success in business which began in 1863 when he went to work for a farm machinery concern in Springfield known as Warder & Child. Three years later, the company was reorganized as Warder, Mitchell & Company, and John Glessner was taken in as a junior partner. In 1870, Glessner approached Mr. Warder and asked that he be allowed to go to Chicago and take charge of the firm’s business there, with the understanding that he would have “complete control.” With those arrangements in place, and his promotion to a vice president, he and Frances Macbeth made arrangements to be married.
Frances Macbeth, 1869
About thirty guests were present for the ceremony, including members of both the Glessner and Macbeth families, business associates of John Glessner, and a small number of friends.
Frances Glessner listed the gifts received at the wedding, the most substantial being a check in the amount of $100.00 received from John Glessner’s parents, along with a Bible. Most of the other gifts were various items of silver including flatware, butter dish, knife, bell, caster, water pitcher, cake basket, salt cellars, tea tray, sugar bowl, berry dish, and various specialized utensils for preserves, salad, pickles, sugar, and ice cream.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Warder gave the couple a clock, which is still displayed on the mantel of the master bedroom.
At 5:00pm, the couple departed Springfield “in a rain storm” and went to Zanesville, Ohio where they stayed for about a week with John Glessner’s parents, Jacob and Mary Glessner.
On December 15, 1870, the couple arrived in Chicago and spent their first week residing at the Sherman House, located at the northwest corner of Clark and Randolph Streets. After several days staying with friends, they moved into their first home at 69 Park Avenue on December 28th.
Many years later, John Glessner reflected back on his selection of his bride. As he wrote in 1923 in The Story of a House:
“A story apropos: A dear old lady once said to me in all seriousness, ‘Mr. Glessner, you are a very important member of this community; you have a position of great prominence and influence; you get it from your wife and your house.’ Don’t think this disparagement of me. I thought it a real compliment, for I selected the one and I built the other.”
In 1920, the Glessners celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, although in typically humble style, they did not announce the event in advance, as they felt it was merely a request for gifts. Instead they hosted a debut tea for their granddaughter Frances Glessner, who celebrated her 20th birthday that same day. It was only after guests had arrived that they learned the date was also the Glessners’ golden wedding anniversary. Sixteen of the guests joined the family and remained for dinner including Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus McCormick, CSO music director Frederick Stock and wife, and Art Institute president Charles Hutchinson and wife.
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Encaustic tiles and President McKinley
Earlier this year, several hundred tiles on the kitchen, pantry, and servants’ hallway floors were reset, having broken loose from years of heavy traffic. It had long been assumed that the tiles were English Minton, but an examination of the backside of one of the tiles revealed that they were American made encaustic tiles.
Encaustic tiles are tiles in which the pattern or figure on the surface is not a product of the glaze but of different colors of clay. They are usually of two colors but a tile may be composed of as many as six. The pattern is inlaid into the body of the tile, so that the design remains as the tile is worn down. Encaustic tiles may be glazed or unglazed and the inlay may be as shallow as an eighth of an inch, as is often the case with "printed" encaustic tile from the later medieval period, or as deep as a quarter inch.
The tiles in the Glessner kitchen are unglazed and in solid colors – terra cotta, tan, and gray. The only pattern present results from the arrangement of the tiles, producing a checkboard pattern in the middle of the floor and a simple but pleasing border around the sides of the rooms.
The tiles were manufactured by the American Encaustic Tiling Company, at one time reported to be the largest tile manufactory in the world. The company was founded in Zanesville Ohio (the town where John Glessner was born and raised) in 1874, initially operating under the name Fischer and Lansing Tile Company. The American name was adopted in 1876, and in 1881 they opened a showroom in New York. In addition to dust-pressed encaustic floor tiles and standard utilitarian wall tiles, the company produced a wide variety of decorative art tiles as it rapidly grew and expanded its facilities.
By 1890 an enlarged factory was required, and the founders, based in New York, wanted to build it in New Jersey. The people of Zanesville, anxious to keep the company (and jobs) in their town, responded by passing a $40,000 bond to purchase land for the company adjacent to the Muskingum River and close to the local railroad.
The new plant was completed in two years and dedicated on April 19, 1892 with a celebration the likes of which was rarely seen at that time. 20,000 people attended the festivities arriving by foot, train, boat and horse-drawn carriage. Governor William McKinley (later President of the United States) was on hand to congratulate the citizenry for their foresight in maintaining this great company, which remained a boon to their community for the next forty years. The firm produced the famous nursery tiles designed by Walter Crane, and later hired Frederick H. Rhead (a major figure in American ceramics history) to head its research. The Zanesville plant closed in 1935, a victim of the Great Depression, and the assets were acquired by the Shawnee Pottery Company. Although American Encaustic no longer exists as such, it can be traced through a series of mergers and takeovers to the present firm of Daltile.
An interesting side note – John Glessner’s sister Mary, married Thomas Kimball and they built their home (shown above) in Canton Ohio which they subsequently sold to William McKinley. It was from this home that he accepted the nomination for President of the United States. The home no longer stands.
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The Holocaust Survivor Braving Cancer to March at Auschwitz, Perhaps for the Last Time
'I died 70 already years ago when the Germans murdered my whole family not far from here,' says Ed Mosberg who completed the March for the Living accompanied by two physicians
Cnaan Liphshiz
FILE Photo: People walk through the main gate of Auschwitz during the 'March of the Living' in Oswiecim, Poland. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
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At the age of 93, Holocaust survivor Ed Mosberg is saying his goodbyes to the city of his birth.
Flanked by two physicians who accompanied him all the way from New Jersey, Mosberg, who made his fortune in construction after surviving several Nazi concentration camps, traveled to Krakow yesterday as he has done for at least 20 years to participate in the commemorative March of the Living through the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz near Krakow.
But suffering from recently-diagnosed blood cancer, Mosberg says with characteristic bluntness: “I don’t know if I’ll be alive this time next year, much less able to travel and attend the march.”
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He doesn’t fear death for two reasons, Mosberg said in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“First, I already beat death once after the war when I had final stage tuberculosis – and I can do it again,” he said. “Second, I died 70 already years ago when the Germans murdered my whole family not far from here.”
For Mosberg, attending the march is “not any sign of victory. It’s just duty to name the perpetrators – the German nation. They and they alone bear responsibility, and certainly not the Poles,” he said.
At a time when the Polish government is fighting a controversial battle against what it perceives as attempts to place blame on Poland for the genocide, Mosberg’s message is music to the ears of officials in Warsaw.
On Tuesday, the Polish government unexpectedly announced it would the following day award the nation’s highest non-military honor to Mosberg, the honorary president of the From the Depths commemoration group. Mosberg, who speaks fluent Polish, often stars in March of the Living coverage as he walks in front wearing his original prisoner uniform.
He also brings to the marches – annual events featuring thousands of participants — a whip that he says was used to torture Jews at Mathausen, one of three Nazi camps Mosberg survived. That artifact, he says, tends to invoke keen interest during security checks at airports.
This year’s march includes Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, another Poland-born survivor, who used to be Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi. Several American diplomats, including the ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, also will attend, along with the head of the Jewish Agency, Isaac Herzog.
But they alone will not determine the future of Holocaust commemoration and the fight against anti-Semitism in a world without survivors, organizers of the march said. “That fight belongs to young adults and youth leaders,” one spokesperson for March of the Living, Elie Klein, said.
Which is why this year’s march is the first since the event’s inception in 1988 that is preceded by a conference about anti-Semitism for emerging leadership from around the world. During that event, 20 representatives of prominent youth and young adults group will issue “a rallying and defiant call to other youth to commemorate the Holocaust and help put an end to anti-Semitism before history repeats itself,” organizers wrote in a statement about the event.
The march takes place on Israel’s national day of mourning for the Holocaust, Yom Hashoah. This year it falls on May 2.
The march itself, a walk of about 1.5 miles from the Auschwitz camp to where the gas chambers used to stand at the Birkenau complex, takes just a couple of hours. In the hours leading up to the event, though, participants from dozens of countries interact across the sprawling former campground in the relative warmth of the southern Polish spring.
For some, it’s a rare chance to speak informally to attending celebrities and politicians, before groups are formed for the actual march.
The lessons of the April 27 terrorist shooting attack on a synagogue in Poway, California, where a far-right supporter killed one person and wounded several others, feature prominently in the talks of some of the participants of this year’s march.
“The awful, senseless murder” is “just the latest in a seemingly endless string of violent anti-Semitic events — one of the most challenging periods in recent memory for the international Jewish community,” said Shmuel Rosenman, founder and co-chairman of the March of the Living.
Another first this year for March of the Living – an event which so far has had more than 300,000 participants — is the attendance of soccer players from the New England Revolution team from the United States. Players and executives from the Chelsea soccer team from the United Kingdom, which participated in the 2018 march, said they would again attend this year.
Additionally, this year’s march will be different from previous events in spotlighting during a ceremony the tragedy of the Jews of Greece. Greece was by far the Nazi-occupied country with the highest death rate during the Holocaust, losing more than 95 percent of its pre-war Jewish population of 72,000 people.
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Rachel Bowles
Registrar and Head's PA
Rachel is the School Registrar and Head's PA. Before working at Hampton Court House she has worked for over a decade in Marketing, Recruitment and Widening Participation in the Higher Education Sector. Rachel has a love of the creative arts and in her spare time writes film and television reviews as well as plays. She…
Louise Collins
Caith Olnick
Caith joined Hampton Court House as an EAL teacher in September 2010. Since then, she has completed further training courses in teaching English to Younger Learners. Tuition can be delivered on a one to one or group basis, either during or after school. By maintaining close contact with parents and subject teachers, EAL tuition is…
Liz MurphyMA, SpLD Level 5
Head of Learning Support (Primary)
Liz studied French at the University of St Andrews and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Edinburgh and, after gaining chartered status, moved and worked in Hong Kong. Upon her return to the UK, she worked as an accountant for several years before having a career break to look after her three children. Liz…
Rebecca RoweBA SpLD
Head of Learning Support (Secondary)
Having gained a degree in Political Studies from Exeter University, Rebecca pursued a career in corporate banking, firstly for a Japanese bank and for ten years with Credit Suisse. She left banking to become a full time mother during which time she took on a number of voluntary roles including Chair of Governors at a…
Kieran BruntBA (Cantab)
Director of Senior Music
Kieran is a musician, writer and teacher who graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar. Before this he studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he was the first ever singer to win the Angela Bull Memorial Prize for final year musicians. As a singer he has…
Aleksandra TimarovMA AdvDip
Director of Junior Music
Aleksandra graduated in piano performance (Bachelor and Masters degree) from the University of Arts in Belgarde, Serbia. Aleksandra also has a post-masters qualification ‘dîplome de virtuosité’ from Geneva. Aleksandra has won many top prizes in numerous piano competitions in Serbia, Italy and France. She has performed in Serbia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and England as…
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