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__label__wiki	0.804876	0.804876	The collapse of Cyprus reunification talks: Imposition of sanctions against Turkey is long overdue For years Turkey is acting as the bully of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean By Constantine Tzanos, Contributor Nuclear engineer, PhD* July 7, 2017, marked the failure of another effort to solve the over 40-year-old problem of the division of Cyprus. Turkey, in defiance of the international law, refused to terminate its military occupation of Northern Cyprus. In 1960, Cyprus was granted independence from British rule under the imposed Treaties of Guarantee, Alliance and Establishment and an imposed unworkable constitution, which made the conflict between its two main communities (77% Greek, 18% Turkish – many of them forcibly Islamized Greeks – and 5% other) unavoidable. On 20 July 1974, Turkey, a United Nations (UN) member state, in violation of the UN charter, using as an excuse the Treaty of Guarantee, invaded Cyprus, another UN member state, and defying the UN Security Council quickly occupied 37% of the island, and forced the geographic separation of the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Turkey has settled in the occupied Northern Cyprus about 150,000 – 160,000 of its own nationals, who enjoy the houses and properties of about 200,000 Greek Cypriots forced out of their land by the Turks. Since August 1974, at the urging of the Security Council, the two Cypriot communities have engaged in a lengthy series of heavily asymmetric negotiations – on the one side the Republic of Cyprus, represented by the Greek Cypriots, pressured from many sides to compromise, and on the other side the leadership of the Turkish Cypriots, supported by 40,000 Turkish troops in the occupied territories, committed or pressured to pursue the Turkish objective to partition the island. A walk through the many resolutions of the UN Security Council and reports of the UN Secretary-General reveals that the international justice system has left the victim, the Republic of Cyprus, to negotiate the settlement of the “case” by accommodating its assailant, Turkey. The latest failed round of talks was initiated on 11 February 2014. Under the auspices of the UN, the President of the Cyprus Republic Nicos Anastasiades and the then leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community Dervis Eroglu agreed to re-launch negotiations. In their joint communique, the two leaders affirmed that a “united Cyprus, as a member of the United Nations and of the European Union, shall have a single international legal personality and a single sovereignty, which is defined as the sovereignty which is enjoyed by all member States of the United Nations under the UN Charter…” On 7 July 2017, Turkey scuttled the negotiations by refusing to terminate its occupation of Northern Cyprus and accept a unified Cyprus as a sovereign state. The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, dismissing the guarantees provided by the UN and the European Union, insisted on the retention of the Treaty of Guarantee – that gave the excuse to Turkey to invade Cyprus – and on keeping Turkish troops on the island. Articles 41 and 42 of the UN Charter empower the Security Council to take measures “to give effect to its decisions.” They include “complete or partial interruption of economic relations …” and if these would “have proved to be inadequate, it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security. “ In the 1960’s the UN intervened militarily in Congo, and since 1966 the Security Council has imposed sanctions against a number of states. In 1990 the Security Council authorized the use of force against Iraq, which had invaded the small, but oil rich, country of Kuwait. Through a number of resolutions the Security Council has imposed sanctions and an arms embargo on North Korea for its refusal to cease its military nuclear program. In 2006, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program. The sanctions were lifted in 2016, after Iran agreed to limit its nuclear program to verifiable peaceful applications. After Russia illegally annexed Crimea and started to interfere in Eastern Ukraine, the European Union, the United States, Canada, and other Western countries imposed economic sanctions on Russia. In 1975, the U.S. imposed an embargo on arms sales and military aid against Turkey for the illegal use of U.S. supplied arms in the invasion of Cyprus. The embargo was lifted in 1978 at the request of President Carter who stated that the lifting “created fresh opportunities for progress on the Cyprus issue.” The facts have proven that this was a naïve belief. For years Turkey is acting as the bully of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean by daily violating Greece’s airspace and territorial waters, and by threatening Cyprus for exercising its rights over its Exclusive Economic Zone. Turkey is oppressing its Kurdish people, who comprise over 20 percent of its population, in an effort to turkify them, and is systematically violating its obligations under the UN Charter and a host of other International Treaties that has signed. In November 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed sweeping economic sanctions against Turkey after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane over its border with Syria and refused to apologize. Turkish President Erdogan said at the time: “I think if there is a party that needs to apologize, it is not us.” However, under the pressure of the sanctions, the Turkish despot had to swallow his pride, and in June 2016 apologized for the downing of the Russian warplane and called for Russia and Turkey to mend their bilateral relationship. Clearly the language that Turkey understands is not that of civility and legality, but that of brute force. The imposition by the international community of effective sanctions against Turkey for its invasion and continuing occupation of Northern Cyprus in defiance of the international law is over 40 years overdue. History teaches that the selective enforcement of the international law – as short term interests dictate – and the appeasement of thugs encourage the defiance of the law with catastrophic consequences (e.g., Second World War, the ongoing human tragedy in the Middle East). * EDUCATION Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Diploma, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Argonne National Laboratory, Science Applications, Inc., Greek Atomic Energy Commission, University of Massachusetts Lowell, HUFFINGTON POST Source: mignatiou.com Tags With: cyprusCyprus negotiationsgreecenuclear programsanctionsturkeyTurkish invasionUN ← Jailed pro-Kurdish leader says fair trial impossible in Erdogan’s Turkey In escalation, German FM announces steps against Turkey →	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1955
__label__cc	0.742606	0.257394	Encyclopedia > Lesotho Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after 23 years of military rule. Small, landlocked, and mountainous, Lesotho's only important natural resource is water. Its economy is based on subsistence agriculture, livestock, and remittances from miners employed in South Africa. The number of such mine workers has declined steadily over the past several years. In 1996 their remittances added about 33% to GDP compared with the addition of roughly 67% in 1990. A small manufacturing base depends largely on farm products which support the milling, canning, leather, and jute industries. Agricultural products are exported primarily to South Africa. Proceeds from membership in a common customs union with South Africa form the majority of government revenue. Although drought has decreased agricultural activity over the past few years, completion of a major hydropower facility in January 1998 now permits the sale of water to South Africa, generating royalties that will be an important source of income for Lesotho. The pace of parastatal privatization has increased in recent years. Civil disorder in September 1998 destroyed 80% of the commercial infrastructure in Maseru and two other major towns. Most firms were not covered by insurance, and the rebuilding of small and medium business has been a significant challenge in terms of both economic growth and employment levels. Output dropped 10% in 1998 and recovered slowly in 1999. History of Lesotho Geography of Lesotho Demographics of Lesotho Politics of Lesotho Economy of Lesotho Communications in Lesotho Transportation in Lesotho Military of Lesotho Foreign relations of Lesotho Originally from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ... François reneged on the treaty. The 1529 Treaty of Cambrai[?] (signed with France) and the Peace of Barcelona[?] (with the Pope) confirmed Charles as Holy Roman ...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1956
__label__cc	0.604475	0.395525	Catalina Cruiser Could Face Two BC Winners in O'Brien: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229215/catalina-cruiser-could-face-two-bc-winners-in-obrien https://twitter.com/camillayakteen/status/1033038354756001792 https://twitter.com/WatchXBTV/status/1033080805336145920 Travers day results from Saratoga and what impact they could have on the Breeders Cup races: http://www.brisnet.com/content/2018/08/breeders-cup-implications-travers-day/ Report: Mott considering Breeders’ Cup Classic for Elate: https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Report_Mott_considering_Breeders_Cup_Classic_for_Elate_123# sarinne Member Interesting, and I don't blame him. Abel Tasman should have been DQed yesterday. From the HRN: The Grade 1, $350,000 Spinaway - September 1 "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Division Probable: Bella Ciao (Sano); Catherinethegreat (Mark Casse); Chasing Yesterday (Bob Baffert); Love My Honey (Mike Maker); Molto Bella (Ian Wilkes); Reflect (Keith Desormeaux); Sippican Harbor (Gary Contesa); Virginia Eloise (Pletcher) NOTE: All the horses listed are only PROBABLE for the race. Catherinethegreat Aims for More Spa Success in Spinaway: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229315/catherinethegreat-aims-for-more-spa-success-in-spinaway https://twitter.com/TheNYRA/status/1035277590406352897 Sippican Harbor - 2018 - The Spinaway Stakes: Sippican Harbor Upsets Spinaway: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229342/sippican-harbor-upsets-spinaway Lioness Member Interesting that the winners of the Travers, Spinaway, and Woodword all have a turf background. Lioness said: Even the talking heads on the network coverage have mentioned it. Maybe it will be a new approach to training, something trainers won't be reluctant to try, especially with developing 2 year old colts and fillies. I don't know, it just seems like grass would be more forgiving on those bones! Mendelssohn Building to Breeders' Cup Classic: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229403/mendelssohn-building-to-breeders-cup-classic Seven Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races On Tap For Belmont Meet: https://www.paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/seven-breeders-cup-challenge-races-on-tap-for-belmont-meet/ Diverse, Intriguing Field Shaping Up For Breeders’ Cup Classic: https://www.paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/diverse-intriguing-field-shaping-up-for-breeders-cup-classic/ Tight Ten Returns to Churchill for Iroquois Stakes: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229529/tight-ten-returns-to-churchill-for-iroquois-stakes Pocahontas a Stretch for Juvenile Fillies: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229527/pocahontas-a-stretch-for-juvenile-fillies Delta Prince Seeks Top-Level Score in Woodbine Mile: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/229536/delta-prince-seeks-top-level-score-in-woodbine-mile Pay Any Price Totes 130 Pounds To Victory At Gulfstream, On Track For Breeders’ Cup Averill Racing and Matties Racing Stable's Pay Any Price withstood top weight of 130 pounds and a bold stretch challenge to capture Sunday's $75,000 Tamiami Handicap at Gulfstream Park, taking huge strides toward a planned start in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Churchill Downs Nov. 3. The 8-year-old gelding, who set a world record for five furlongs on turf (53.61 seconds) at Gulfstream last year, carried between 12 and 15 pounds more than his six rivals in the five-furlong turf handicap while winning his fourth straight race and 11th of his last 16 starts. https://www.paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/pay-any-price-totes-130-pounds-to-victory-at-gulfstream-on-track-for-breeders-cup/	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1962
__label__wiki	0.692499	0.692499	The Franklin Pellets Story The Greentech Story A Businessman? D.C. Insider Order Film The Movie Terry McAuliffe Doesn't Want You To See Terry McAuliffe’s main claim to fame is his role as a flamboyant political fundraiser. In his autobiography, he refers to himself as a “hustler” and has bragged that he will “stop at nothing to get a check from you.” McAuliffe has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for liberal candidates and the Democratic Party and has been entangled in various campaign finance investigations. As fundraiser-in-chief for the Clintons, McAuliffe literally wrote the memo on how to trade donations for access to the President. He’s been called the “booking agent” for wealthy donors who wished to spend the night in the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom during the Clinton Administration. About Terry © 2014 Citizens United	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1964
__label__wiki	0.935522	0.935522	Film Features Photos Music Features Photos DVD Features Photos TV Feature Photos Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Broll Clips Home>All Posts>Features>Film Features>DVD Features>‘Loving,’ ‘Burn... ‘Loving,’ ‘Burn Country,’ “Dead West,’ More on Home Video … plus giveaways!!! DVD FeaturesFeaturesNews Angela Dawson\|February 5, 2017 LOVING. (DVD Artwork). ©Universal Home Entertainment. By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols (“Take Shelter”), “Loving” celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga), who married in 1958, had children and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their small Virginia town. The acclaimed drama is available on Tuesday Feb. 7 on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Forced to flee to Washington, D.C., the Lovings’ civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry, and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since. The film also stars Marton Csokas (“The Bourne Supremacy”), Nick Kroll (“Sing”) and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”). The Blu-ray and DVD contain several bonus features including a making of featurette, a discussion with the filmmakers on assembling the cast, a look back at the historic court case and its impact on American history, cast and filmmakers discuss shooting on location in Virginia and a commentary with writer/director Nichols. The mystery thriller “Burn Country” makes its debut Tuesday Feb. 7, on DVD, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Dominic Rains (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) delivers a breakthrough lead performance in this suspenseful tale of an Afghan war journalist who moves to a small town in Northern California, where he is drawn into a dangerous underworld of violence and crime. Co-starring Academy Award nominee James Franco (“127 Hours”), Academy Award winner Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”), Rachel Brosnahan (“The Finest Hours”) and Thomas Jay Ryan (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), “Burn Country” was directed by Ian Olds (“Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi”) and written by Olds and Paul Felten (“Zeroville”). Rains plays Osman, a former “fixer” for journalists in Afghanistan, who seeks tranquility in a small California town. Promised a job as a crime reporter for the local newspaper, and a home with his best friend’s mother, the town sheriff (Leo), Osman is ready to settle in. But when the job falls through, Osman finds himself restless and looking for action. His attempts to get to know the area lead him to develop friendships with an elusive actress, Sandra (Brosnahan), and a charming troublemaker named Lindsay (Franco). When a dead body turns up and Lindsay mysteriously disappears, Osman must face the possible evil lurking just beneath the surface and the depths of his new home’s darkness. A never-before-told chapter in Olympic history comes to life in the inspirational sports drama “Spirit of the Game,” debuting Tuesday Feb. 7 on DVD and Digital, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring Aaron Jakubenko (“The Shannara Chronicles”), Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”) and Wade Briggs (“Please Like Me”), this inspiring tale is set in 1956 where 20-year-old Delyle Condie is on top of the world. An MVP of his college basketball team (University of Utah) and engaged to Emily, his high school sweetheart, life is looking pretty good. That is, until the second round of the NCAA tournament. Midway through the most important game of his life, Emily unexpectedly breaks off her engagement to Delyle. Heartbroken, he makes the spontaneous decision to quit basketball and embark on a mission for his church. His destination: Melbourne, Australia, a city gripped with Olympic fever. Delyle’s first encounters with the Aussies are not encouraging. He struggles to maintain his spirits when faced with the indifference of the locals, but when an opportunity arises to help train Australia’s first Olympic basketball team, Delyle sees his chance to connect with them. His passion leads to the formation of the Mormon Yankees basketball team, and in the run up to the Games, fierce competition with the French leads to a bloody rematch, through which Delyle and his Yankees are able to prove their faith—and their mettle—to the world. The DVD and digital release of the film comes with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie. From Titmouse, Inc., creators of the hit animated series “Metalocalypse,” comes the feature-length animated adult comedy “Nerdland,” available on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday Feb. 7, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Paul Rudd (“Ant Man”) and Patton Oswalt (“The King of Queens”) lead an all-star voice cast in this tale of two showbiz nobodies determined to become famous at any cost. Aspiring actor John (Rudd) and wannabe screenwriter Elliot (Oswalt) are slacker best friends who have seen their dreams of super-stardom fizzle. With their 30th birthdays looming and desperation growing, they decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to get famous than ever before, so why not become famous by the end of the day, at any cost? With only the grudging support of a wacky collectible store owner (Hannibal Buress, “The Angry Birds Movie”) and their one-sided love for a pair of equally fame-hungry women (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) to keep them going, the duo troll Los Angeles on an attention-grabbing journey of reckless publicity stunts and failed heroics. While navigating their hyper-stimulating landscape of consumerism gone wild, our disheartened duo inadvertently become key witnesses in a high profile crime that sets the news cycle on fire, making them household names but only if they can survive the infamy and worldwide shame. “Nerdland,” directed by Chris Prynoski (“Metalocalypse”) and written by Andrew Kevin Walker (“Sleepy Hollow”), also features the voice talent of Larraine Newman (“Saturday Night Live”), Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butt-Head”), Molly Shannon (“Hotel Transylvania”), Charlyne Yi (“Knocked Up”) and Paul Scheer (“The League”). The crime drama “Dead West” is available Tuesday Feb. 7 on DVD, from RLJ Entertainment. A charismatic outlaw (Brian Sutherland, “Fat Kids Rule the World”) sets out on a murderous cross-country trip searching for true love. Each time he thinks he has found “the one,” he ends up disappointed, and she ends up dead. Managing to elude capture by traveling from one town to the next, his luck runs out when Tony (Jeffrey Arrington, “Vicious”), the brother of one of his victims, tracks him down. Suddenly the hunter becomes the hunted as Tony seeks vengeance by enforcing his own brand of vigilante justice. Written and directed by Jeff Ferrell (“Ghostlight”), the film features Meagan Karimi-Naser (“Job Hunters”), Aurelio Voltaire (“ABCs of Death 2”) and Michael Joseph Draper (“Grimm”). It is available for an SRP of $27.97. Special features on the DVD include an audio commentary with Ferrell, Sutherland and composer Semih Tareen and a making-of featurette. The DVD is available for an SRP of $27.97. Can’t wait for the new Power Rangers movie? Don’t worry—Front Row Features has got you covered. We’re giving away a DVD copy of “Power Rangers Dino Charge: The Complete Season” to one lucky reader so they can watch Nickelodeon’s hit TV series over and over again with their kids until “Power Rangers” hits theaters in March. To enter, simply email socalmovieeditor@aol.com by Tuesday Feb. 14 for your chance to win. Get ready to enjoy more family-friendly, slapstick comedy with your kids, as “Shaun the Sheep: Seasons 3 and 4” is coming to DVD. Front Row Features is giving away a copy of the 4-disc release to one lucky reader, which includes more than 6 hours of farm-tastic misadventures featuring everyone’s favorite little sheep. To enter, simply emailsocalmovieeditor@aol.com by Tuesday Feb. 14 for your chance to win. Calling all Ewan McGregor fans! Front Row Features is giving away a Blu-ray copy of the actor’s directorial debut, “American Pastoral,” to one lucky reader. Simply email socalmovieeditor@aol.com by Tuesday Feb. 14 for your chance to win. Good luck! Tags:Brian Sutherland, Burn Country, Dead West, Dominic Rains, James Franco, Jeff Nichols, Jeffrey Arrington, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Sorbo, Loving, Nerdland, Ruth Negga, Spirit of the Game Previous PostPhotos: McDonagh Misfires With ‘War on Everyone’ Next PostPhotos: ‘Loving,’ ‘Burn Country,’ “Dead West,’ More on Home Entertainment Angela Dawson Editor/Co-owner Angela Dawson is the editor and co-owner of frontrowfeatures.com. An award-winning journalist, she has covered Hollywood since 2000. Her interviews with actors, directors, writers, authors and musicians have run in numerous outlets. She is the author of the novel "Generations: A Greek Family Odyssey" available on Amazon.com. 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__label__cc	0.620399	0.379601	False Claims Act, Federal Case Updates, Fraud and Abuse, TRICARE Written by David Ross on January 21st, 2016 January 21st, 2016 . Today, the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced a settlement with Medical Reimbursement Systems, Inc. (“MRSI”) to resolve allegations that it violated the false claims act. The press release can be found here. Medical Reimbursement Systems, Inc. provided billing, coding and full revenue cycle services for health care providers. The settlement resolves allegations that MRSI submitted false claims on behalf of a client in Watertown, NY to the TRICARE program, the military health insurer. The government contended that MRSI, who provided coding, billing physician education and data entry services for the practice, submitted false claims for the practice to TRICARE to receive bonuses intended for providers in a qualifying Health Professional Shortage Area even though the practice was ineligible to receive these payments. Danielle Holley, Esq. assisted in writing this blog post. For more information about False Claims Act matters, contact David Ross who served as Acting New York State Medicaid Inspector General under Governors Pataki and Spitzer, as well as General Counsel, Deputy Medicaid Inspector General, and Director of Audits and Investigations for the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. He can be reached at (518) 462-5601 or via e-mail at dross@oalaw.com. Comptroller Claims NYSDOH Leaves $95 Million of Drug Rebates on the Table	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1972
__label__cc	0.543468	0.456532	Reis Magos Church, Verem "Every year on the 6th of January, the people Reis Magos celebrate the feast of 'The Epiphany'. The story of the Three Kings is re-enacted by the locals, with three youths playing the parts of the Magi." Reis Magos Church, Verem, Bardez, Goa Radius to show items on route (km) All American Antiques Art Galleries Asian Beaches Bohri Bookstores/Libraries Boutiques British Burmese Cafes Chinese Churches Continental Embassies/Consulates Entertainment European Fashion Designers Forts French Funiture German Goan Goan Handicraft Greek Gyms Heritage Villas Hotels Hyderabadi Indian Italian Japanese Korean Lakes & Parks Latin American Local Markets Malaysian Malls and Supermarkets Mediterranean Mexican Middle Eastern Mosques Mughlai Museums Music stores Old Age Homes/ Orphanages Places of Interest Plantations Portuguese Pubs/Discs Religious Restaurants Rotary Clubs/ Sports Complexes Shopping Spanish Spas Sports Temples Thai Theatres Tibetan Vietnamese Villas Wellness Wildlife “Reis Magos” is Portuguese word for the Three Magi, otherwise known as the Three Wise Men. The little village of Reis Magos, is the home of not one, but two famous landmarks, the Reis Magos Church and the Reis Magos fort. Located on the banks of the river Mandovi, the sparkling white façade of the Reis Magos church is easily visible from the opposite banks. This church was once the residence of all Catholic Dignitaries and also a Mission Centre of the Franciscan order. It is also one of only three places in Goa which celebrates the Epiphany (Feast of the Three Kings) with processions and re-enactments. The Reis Magos church was constructed in 1555 by the Franciscan Friars and was one of the earliest churches built in Goa. It also has the distinction of being the first to be built in the Bardez Taluka. Although the church was built in 1555, the entire interior was redone in 1771, and the towers were added around the year 1776. The church itself sits atop a graceful flight of steps at the base of which can be seen two carved lions reminiscent of Vijaynagar temple architecture. The church is dedicated to St Jerome. The church interiors are quite impressive with the highlight being the multi-colored wood relief showing The Three Wise Men bearing gifts to the baby Jesus. Near the base of the steps is a small shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Health. This was erected on the spot to commemorate the victory of Afonso de Albuquerque over the outpost in 1510. The church contains the tombs of two Portuguese Viceroys, one of whom was Dom Luis de Ataide. An impressively carved slab in the corridor of the church marks his tomb. This church also contains the tomb of another Portuguese Viceroy. The inscriptions on these in both Portuguese and Latin are still clearly visible. Every year on the 6th of January, the people Reis Magos celebrate the feast of ‘The Epiphany’. The story of the Three Kings is re-enacted by the locals, with three youths playing the parts of the Magi. The locals celebrate the journey of the Three Kings who went to worship the Holy Infant Jesus with a procession that starts from the church and goes around the village. Pics Credit – Shivang Mishra I NT GOGOANOW.COM	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1973
__label__wiki	0.7855	0.7855	CHINA / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN \| Etiquetas: China, Credit Bubbles, Currency Wars, Economics, The Yuan o Renminbi Doug Nolan I figured I would surprise readers this week and focus on China. There’s been a lot written and spoken this past week. My challenge is to put Chinese devaluation into perspective and offer unique insight. August 12 – CNBC (Fred Imbert): “China’s decision to depreciate the yuan was presented (albeit surprisingly) to the world as a way to bolster a recently floundering economy, but Art Cashin said… that Wall Street remains concerned… ‘What’s scary here is that people are beginning to doubt the sophistication of the Chinese officials… Whether they are adept enough and clever enough to know where to move; they didn't look very adept when they were trying to save their stock market, and they're in an area where it can be a little dangerous…” As they say, “bull markets create genius.” Let me suggest that Bubbles deserve Credit for propagating “genius” – genius in the markets, throughout the real economy and in policymaking. I recall how the brilliant, omniscient and clairvoyant “Maestro” Alan Greenspan was unconditionally revered during the late-nineties Bubble period. Bursting Bubbles leave a mess – in the markets, throughout the real economy, in societies, in politics and with policymaking. Major Bubbles leave a trail of disarray and confusion – with the potential for a couple policy miscues to unleash mayhem. Think of the political paralysis and upheaval that has befallen Japan for the past 25 years. Think of post-mortgage finance Bubble divisiveness and political polarization here in the U.S. Look at the social tension and confused policymaking in Europe. The bursting of the historic Chinese Bubble has begun the process of eradicating genius while exposing a mess of monumental proportions. For starters, never have so many Chinese owned (over-priced and poorly constructed) apartments. Never have Chinese citizens, governments, financial institutions and corporations accumulated so much debt. Never have the Chinese had so much invested in securities markets. China has zero experience with a multi-trillion (yuan or dollars) “shadow banking system.” Never have so many invested so much in “wealth management” vehicles and other sophisticated financial products, without a clue as to where their “money” was directed. And when it comes to corruption, I seriously doubt history offers a like comparison. The Chinese – apartment owners, bankers, Internet financiers and policymakers – have never experienced the downside of a massive Credit Bubble. Never has China experienced Trillions of “money” that retains “moneyness” chiefly on the perception that the all-knowing central government will safeguard its value. Never have Chinese finance and spending had such major impacts around the world. China does, however, have a long history of financial panics. A week after blaming short sellers and foreigners and employing unprecedented market intervention, officials this week espouse a preference for market forces to play a prominent role in setting the value of the Chinese currency. Credibility – so vital in markets and as the bedrock of money and Credit - can dissolve so quickly. Clearly, the Chinese will rely on market forces only so long as the markets are operating consistent with their policy aims. A number of analysts now question to what extent Chinese officials have a strategic plan. Insight from Iron Man Mike Tyson is applicable: “Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Did the U.S. have a plan in mid-2008? Europe? Did Japan in 1989? SE Asia in 1997? Without exception, policymakers were oblivious. Chinese officials hold grand ambitions for global economic, financial and military supremacy – a vision brought into keen focus during this protracted Bubble period. In the near-term, however, their fixation has shifted to ensuring that everything doesn’t come crashing down. Collapse would see the focus shift to villainizing foreigners, maintaining social order and retaining power – Putin’s course on a grander scale. Within Chinese government circles, there must today be a wide range of contrasting views, competing priorities and colliding policy prescriptions. There will be no coherent plan because they confront too many unknown variables – domestic and global, economic, financial and geopolitical. Chinese officials this week were compelled to reemploy currency devaluation, a strategy scrapped in 2014 after the swift appearance of financial stress. I have read some analysis pointing to the apparent success of recent Chinese stimulus measures. This ignores key realities. Foremost, the bursting of China’s stock market Bubble marks a critical inflection point. Foreign confidence in China has been badly damaged. At home, there are cracks in public confidence in the ability of Chinese officials to manage the markets and economy. Importantly, stock market losses have begun to foment heightened risk aversion in vulnerable Chinese debt markets. August 11 – Financial Times: “Lending in China's shadow banking sector appears to have collapsed in July, after China's equity market fell by a third and more than half of listed companies suspended their shares to avoid the turmoil. New data show that ‘aggregate financing,’ the broadest measure of Chinese new credit available, was just Rmb718.8bn ($116bn) last month — 61% lower than a month earlier… It's also 29% below forecasts. Details suggest banks flooded the market with liquidity, but that shadow banks cut off the tap. ‘New yuan loans’, which track loans in the normal backing sector, were Rmb1.48tn, almost double forecasts at Rmb750bn… It's rare for new renminbi loans to be higher than the aggregate figure, as it means shadow activity actually contracted in the month. The last time this happened at all was in early 2009.”The abrupt decline in July system Credit growth supports my “inflection point” view regarding the Chinese stock market collapse. I had suspected that much of recent “shadow banking” expansion was funneling finance into the stock market speculative Bubble. And with market losses and risk aversion now spurring deleveraging, it will be quite a challenge for the Chinese Credit system to generate sufficient new finance to keep its maladjusted economy and massive debt mountain levitated. It’s a fundamental Credit Bubble Tenet that Bubbles require ever increasing amounts of new Credit. And, importantly, a Bubble period prolonged by government support generates enormous ongoing Credit requirements – for the securities markets, for housing and asset markets and for spending throughout the real economy. Bubble-induced inflated price levels throughout both the Financial and Real Economy Spheres are at the root of the problem. Massive ongoing Credit requirements to sustain Chinese financial and economic Bubbles poses a far-reaching dilemma for Chinese officials. Post-Bubble Japanese policymakers tried about everything and failed, before resorting to rank monetary inflation and devaluation. A similar fate was to befall the Europeans – so they moved more brazenly to American-style “printing” and devaluing. Here at home, our policymakers ran massive deficits, monetized Trillions, manipulated markets and blatantly devalued. Luxuriating in the advantages and benefits of “reserve currency” status, post-bubble monetization and dollar devaluation appeared painless and cost-free. EM central banks cheerfully accumulated massive Treasury holdings. China, EM and commodities Bubbled. U.S. corporate profits inflated. And in a world chiefly priced in dollars, Credit Availability boomed right along with U.S. corporate debt markets. M&A boomed. Ditto share buybacks and financial engineering. Of course the Chinese aspire to “reserve currency” status and all the associated perks. Yet those prospects appear increasingly remote at the moment. Unlike their American, Japanese and European counterparts, Chinese officials do not today enjoy the luxury of mindlessly printing and devaluing. This limits their options and complicates policy. We now see the strategy of pegging to the dollar coming back to bite. Their banks and corporations have accumulated more than $1 Trillion in dollar-denominated debt. The peg also incentivized massive speculative inflows – myriad “carry trade” variations. How much experience do Chinese bankers and regulators have in managing derivatives markets? How about when they are in disarray? China’s currency regime, the global monetary backdrop and the massive inflow of finance to China spurred a precarious blend of financial experimentation and engineering, commodities and EM overinvestment, domestic over- and mal-investment and historic financial and economic imbalances. Print and devalue won’t suffice. Chinese stimulus over the past year has compounded Chinese fragilities – perhaps greatly. And now state-directed financial institutions are being used to reflate securities markets and stabilize currency trading. Various risks are flowing (flooding?) into China’s already gravely bloated financial sector. Indeed, the grossly inflated Chinese banking system – conventional and “shadow” – enters the downside of Credit and economic cycles exceptionally exposed. There’s another fundamental – and pertinent - Credit Bubble tenet: incredible amounts of “Terminal Phase” financial and economic damage can be inflicted in relatively short order. China is positioned at the epicenter of an unfolding global financial and economic crisis. Last week’s analysis placed China both at the “Core of the Periphery” and the “Periphery of the Core.” It is a confluence of financial and economic factors – domestically in China as well as globally – that creates acute fragility and potential for financial dislocation and deep crisis. This complexity also ensures that the risks go unappreciated by most. It’s worth noting a few headlines from the week: “Fear of Yuan Declines Sparks Biggest Dim Sum Selloff Since 2011”; “Asia Currencies Post Worst Week Since 2011…”; “Russia Bonds Have Worse Rout in Year…”; “Malaysia Ringgit Hits Fresh 17-Year Low: stocks, bond Drop”: “Hedge Funds Bloodied by China Crash in Worst Month Since 2011”; “So How Are All Those Yuan Structured Products Doing?”; “The World’s Credit Investors Are Getting More and More Skittish” The Malaysian ringgit sank 3.9% this week to the low since 1998. Indonesia’s rupiah fell 1.8%, South Korea’s won 1.1% and India’s rupee 1.9%. In Latin America, the Mexican peso declined 1.3% and the Colombian peso fell 1.9%. The Turkish lira dropped 1.9%. The Russian ruble fell 1.4%. South Africa’s rand declined 1.6%. Here at home, junk bond funds suffered a third straight week of significant outflows. European luxury manufacturers’ stocks were hammered. Germany’s BMW and Daimler each sank about 6%. I saw analyst comments suggesting that, since the manufacturer of Mercedes Benz hedges currency risk, the selling was overdone. This misses the key point: The seemingly boundless Chinese “money” spigot where hundreds of billions stoke demand for virtually everything luxury around the world, including U.S. real estate, is suddenly in jeopardy. Curiously, there was little initial response in yen trading to Tuesday’s Chinese devaluation. The yen then surged an immediate 1% after the PBOC followed through Wednesday with a second devaluation. Quickly, fears arose that the Chinese might be in the process of orchestrating a significant devaluation – a strategy that could easily spiral out of control. Global markets were increasingly unstable with “risk off” (de-risking/de-leveraging) gathering momentum. European equities suffered a second day of steep declines (DAX and CAC down another 3%), as risk indicators jumped globally. U.S. stocks also traded sharply lower before yet another well-timed rally worked its magic. Global markets further stabilized as Chinese central bankers took unusual measures to allay devaluation fears. The “currency war” issue garnered deserved attention this week. With currency markets in disarray and disinflationary pressures mounting globally, increasingly desperate central bank measures attempt to spur inflation. “Enrich thy neighbor” – Ben Bernanke’s answer to “beggar thy neighbor” concerns – sounds even more ridiculous these days. Asian currencies were under intense pressure this week. Perhaps it’s related to fears of a cycle of competitive devaluations. Mainly, I believe it is part of an intensifying exodus of “hot money” from a region especially vulnerable to financial contagion, instability and even calamity. And the more currencies weaken the more unmanageable the debt loads. Chinese devaluation only stokes this fire. This week’s 2.8% currency decline (vs. the dollar) offers little relief to Chinese manufactures. And while I do believe the Chinese economic downturn has gained important (post-stock market Bubble) momentum, I don’t see economic weakness as the driving force behind this week’s policy move. Chinese officials are alarmed about a sudden Credit slowdown and the risk of a self-reinforcing deflationary dynamic. The Chinese are fearful of their increasingly fragile Credit system. Currency pegs are dangerously seductive. The longer they remain in place the more advantageous they appear. They are pro-“hot money” flows. Over time they become increasingly pro-leverage and speculation. They are pro-Bubble – which means pro-tantalizing boom. In the end, currency peg regimes ensure precarious financial and economic imbalances. And, repeatedly, derivatives markets have become the epicenter of boom and bust dynamics. Peg the two most important global currencies together, adopt flawed policies, let Bubbles run loose, promote historic expansions of “money” and Credit - and you’re asking for trouble. Most view the Chinese currency as fundamentally strong. Surely Chinese policymakers see it this way. After all, China has a colossal export sector. The People’s Bank of China is sitting on an unmatched $3.7 TN hoard of international reserves. But is the currency sound? What are intermediate to longer-term prospects? How fragile is the Chinese Credit system? How much central government debt and monetization will be employed to counter a Credit and economic bust? EM busts notoriously leave policymakers hamstrung. As “money” flees, EM central banks lose flexibility. Printing “money” only exacerbates outflows, currency weakness and financial turmoil. As we’re seeing with an increasing number of EM countries, the pressure is for central banks to tighten policy to arrest currency weakness and attendant inflationary pressures. Will China, with its $3.7 TN, be able to escape typical EM dynamics? From certain angles China may appear “developed.” Yet the manner in which it has mismanaged its Credit system has been tell-tale “developing” – albeit one massive EM economy. China is an enigma. For years now, it’s as though the Chinese could not get their money out of China fast enough. The outflows have been enormous – from fleeing crooks, to the rich seeking wealth-preservation, to those hoping to situate their children for a better life in the U.S, Canada, Australia or elsewhere. There is as well the spending for the estimated 100 million annual Chinese tourists clogging retail shops in major cities around the world. Up until recently, these persistent outflows were more than offset by inflows of unknown origin. For a while now I’ve assumed there was massive speculative finance flowing into China – “hot money” - enticed by higher yields and a pegged currency - that would some day reverse in a destabilizing manner. The Chinese Bubble has caused a lot of damage – including repulsive air and water pollution. Society is further burdened by what has been historic inequitable wealth distribution. Chinese officials face a major challenge: they will need to print enormous quantities of “money” (to bolster faltering Bubbles) without inciting unmanageable outflows. I can imagine that finance is just flying out of the country right now. Perhaps Chinese officials believe a small devaluation will suffice. Others may see things differently. With Bubbles faltering, it’s time to get out. WORLD WITHOUT WATER: THE DANGEROUS MISUSE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE / DER SPIEGEL \| Etiquetas: Water World without Water The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource Amid climate change, drought and mismanagement, our world's most valuable resource is becoming scarce. Much of the crisis is man-made -- and even water-rich countries like Germany are to blame. By SPIEGEL Staff Men like Edward Mooradian are saving California. Indeed, there would hardly be any water left without them. And without water California, now in the fourth year of an epic drought, would be nothing but desert. That's why it's such a cynical joke and, most of all, a tragic reality, that men like Mooradian are also destroying California. In fact, they are actually aggravating the emergency that they are trying to mitigate. The Americans call this a catch-22, a situation in which there are no good alternatives. Either way, the game is lost. On a Sunday morning in July, Mooradian is standing between rows of orange and lemon trees near Fresno in the Central Valley, the stretch of land in the heart of California that supplies the United States, Canada and Europe with fruit, vegetables and nuts. It is shortly before 8 a.m., but the temperature is already high and there is no wind. Mooradian, tanned and muscular, wearing a helmet and sunglasses, switches on the drill mounted on his truck. It gurgles furiously for a moment and drives a long pipe into the earth. Mooradian is drilling for groundwater. He has been doing this day and night, seven days a week, ever since California's rivers and lakes began drying up. His order book for the next few months is so full that he no longer answers the phone. Were he to answer, all he could do would be to put off the callers, and hearing the desperation in their voices depresses him. They all urgently need water, the farmers, who are on the verge of bankruptcy because of the drought, but also the families, the elderly and the sick, who have had to live for months or even years without a drop of running water, here in California, the vacation paradise that calls itself The Golden State. "The last well we drilled went down to 1,200 feet," says Mooradian, wiping the sweat from his brow with his forearm. He points to the hole, which is spewing mud at the moment. "This here is only supposed to be 400 feet deep. We can do that in our sleep." The only question is whether he will find water down there. If he does his customer, a local farmer, will be saved, at least for the time being. The mile-long rows of small, seemingly identical fruit trees would stay green, in contrast to the devastation in the surrounding area, with its cracked earth, yellow meadows and dead trees, their branches protruding admonishingly into the sky like dinosaur bones. And if he doesn't? "We recently drilled an 880-foot hole nearby, and it was dry," says Mooradian. "Oh man, it really made me sick. Those poor people. They went into debt for that well." California's rivers and lakes are running dry, but its deep aquifers are also rapidly disappearing. The majority of the 40 million Californians are already drawing on this last reserve of water, and they are doing so with such intensity and without restriction that sometimes the ground sinks beneath their feet. The underground reservoir collapses. This in turn destabilizes bridges and damages irrigation canals and roads. This groundwater is thousands of years old, and it is not replenishing itself. Those who hope to win the race for the last water reserves are forced to drill deeper and deeper into the ground. Men like Mooradian help the thirsty and despairing obtain water. At the same time, however, their actions contribute to the impending collapse here. The Earth may be a blue planet when seen from space, but only 2.5 percent of its water is fresh. That water is wasted, polluted and poisoned and its distribution is appallingly unfair. The world's population has almost tripled since 1950, but water consumption has increased six-fold. To make matters worse, mankind is changing the Earth's climate with greenhouse gas emissions, which only exacerbates the injustices. When we talk about water becoming scarce, we are first and foremost referring to people who are suffering from thirst. Close to a billion people are forced to drink contaminated water, while another 2.3 billion suffer from a shortage of water. How will we manage to feed more and more people with less and less water? But people in developing countries are no longer the only ones affected by the problem. Droughts facilitate the massive wildfires in California, and they adversely affect farms in Spain. Water has become the business of global corporations and it is being wasted on a gigantic scale to turn a profit and operate farms in areas where they don't belong. "Water is the primary principle of all things," the philosopher Thales of Miletus wrote in the 6th century BC. More than two-and-a-half thousand years later, on July 28, 2010, the United Nations felt it was necessary to define access to water as a human right. It was an act of desperation. The UN has not fallen so clearly short of any of its other millennium goals than the goal of cutting the number of people without this access in half by 2015. The question is whether water is public property and a human right. Or is it ultimately a commodity, a consumer good and a financial investment? The world's business leaders and decision makers gathered at the annual meeting in snow-covered Davos, Switzerland in January to discuss the most pressing issues of the day. One of the questions was: What is the greatest social and economic risk of the coming decade? The selection of answers consisted of 28 risks, including wars, weapons of mass destruction and epidemics. The answer chosen by the world's economic elite was: water crises. Consumers have recognized for years that we need to reduce our consumption of petroleum. But very few people think about water as being scarce, even though it's the resource of the future, more valuable than oil because it is irreplaceable. It also happens to be the source of all life. Germany is a fortunate country when it comes to water. Many of its lakes are clean enough that they are safe for swimming. Germans splash around in pools, they drive to the seaside and they shower as often and long as they please. But they also contribute -- unknowingly, in most cases -- to the growing scarcity of water in many other parts of the world. A SPIEGEL team traveled around the globe to investigate what happens when water runs out, and what the potential solutions are: Brazil, which considered its surplus of water to be inexhaustible until recently; Spain, where many farmers produce strawberries for German consumers using stolen water; and California, where the record drought is jeopardizing the American dream. The question of who owns water led to a water war in Bolivia. Israel, blessed with neither water nor peace, has found solutions that can serve as a lesson to others. Brazil: Destroyed Wealth On the evening when the hydroelectric plant in Pirapora do Bom Jesus reduces the amount of water released through its spillways, the picturesque town is transformed into something out of a horror film. Dirty white foam rises from the Rio Tietê, which flows through the town 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of São Paulo. The foam creeps up the walls of buildings, coats the riverfront walk, encases the bridge across the river and drifts across the church square in flakes. Recently, the mountain of foam reached to just below the kitchen window at Maria Luiza Villela dos Santos's restaurant, seven meters (23 feet) above the Rio Tietê below. "The river is dead," says dos Santos. It even smells dead, with a pungent, foul odor rising from its waters. Every year, from May to August, during the dry season in southeastern Brazil, city officials in Pirapora do Bom Jesus declare an environmental state of emergency. The water level in the Rio Tietê drops and the concentration of residues of cleaning agents, shampoo and other chemicals in the water becomes even higher than usual. A small dam near the city churns up the water, which creates the foam. The white wall is especially high this year, because the water level in the Rio Tietê is lower than ever before. Brazil's southeast, the country's most densely populated region, has been stricken with the worst drought in 80 years. The last rainy season was almost nonexistent. In the Sistema Cantareira, an enormous system of reservoirs that supplies water to more than 9 million people in São Paulo, the water level has dropped to 18.4 percent. South America's largest city is at risk of running out of water. Government officials blame climate change. "There hasn't been enough rain in three years," says Benedito Braga, the state official in charge of São Paulo's water supply. "Our system isn't designed for that." But the water shortage is primarily man-made, and one that should serve as a warning to countries less well endowed with water -- in other words, all other countries. Brazil prides itself in having the largest fresh water supplies in the world. Built on Water The Brazilians believed that water would always be there, and that everyone could use it as they pleased. They dam rivers to produce energy, change the courses of rivers and pollute bodies of water with fecal matter and industrial waste. Cattle farmers deforest embankments, while fruit growers remove water from rivers and dump pesticides back in. In Rio de Janeiro, maids scrub the sidewalk with drinking water, and rich and poor alike often shower three times a day. Only now are many realizing that this abundance is finite. In São Paulo, for example, the local water company reduced pressure in the pipes to curb consumption. As a result, hillside neighborhoods often see no water for days. Ironically, the huge city is practically built on water. Hundreds of rivers, streams and springs permeate São Paulo. Their sources are in the green hills of the Mata Atlântica, the Atlantic rain forest, which once covered Brazil's coastal regions. But most of the forest has been cut down, and most rivers are now covered with concrete or polluted. Garbage and fecal matter from hundreds of thousands of households flows into the Tietê and the Pinheiros, São Paulo's two most important rivers. Sofas, dead animals and sometimes even human bodies float around in the soup. The result is that water must be piped in to São Paulo from reservoirs located hundreds of kilometers away. Nevertheless, many Brazilians worship their rivers and waterfalls as if they were holy sites. "We treat our water as though it were sacred, and yet we take no responsibility for preserving it," says Malu Ribeiro, director of the environmental organization SOS Mata Atlântica. Few politicians support the construction of sewage treatment plants and sewage pipes, primarily because such issues generate few votes in elections. "They prefer to build new reservoirs," complains environmental activist Adriano Sampaio, "and the construction companies bankroll their campaigns." Sampaio, a slim man dressed in a worn shirt, is standing in a park in São Paulo, a small creek bubbling at his feet. The water is clean here, at the spring, but it turns into a sewage canal a few hundred meters away. Sampaio tracks down buried bodies of water. He created a lake in a park in the western part of the city and was once arrested for breaking open the asphalt on a square and exposing the ponds underneath. "If we cleaned up all the bodies of water in the city, we wouldn't have a water supply crisis," says Sampaio. The authorities disagree. "These bodies of water are either too dirty or have too little water," says government official Braga. His recommendation is to drill wells -- even here, in such a water-rich country -- to tap into the groundwater. Spain: Stealing Water for Strawberries The ground is cracked and nothing but low, thorny bushes with hard leaves grows here. The sun beats down on the fine sand that accumulates in the grooves. The headwaters of the Arroyo de la Rocina have been dry since the beginning of the summer. Welcome to Andalusia, Spain's largest strawberry-farming region. In the spring, the area is a sea of shiny plastic stretching to the horizon. The landscape looks as if it had been wrapped by the artist Christo, covered almost entirely in plastic sheeting designed to protect the valuable fruit, much of it destined for Germany. Irrigated agriculture has been promoted here since Spain joined the European Community in 1986. That was also when the fever surrounding "red gold," or strawberries, began. "You can make easy money, and a lot of it, with strawberries," says Felipe Fuentelsaz of the environmental organization WWF. But the large farms around the city of Huelva consume more than 20 million cubic meters (5.3 billion gallons) of water a year. Furthermore, about 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of forest have been cut down so far to make way for the plantations. According to a study by the WWF, 63 percent of this land was not leased, meaning the crops were planted there illegally. Two thirds of the fincas are irrigated with water from illegal sources. The Rocina, a small river in the region, has lost half of its water in the last 30 years as a result of the heavy irrigation. But the river is also one of the most important waterways in the Doñana National Park, a preserve for rare birds and wild animals. In an area of 1.5 square kilometers, Fuentelsaz and his team found 52 illegal wells and seven catch basins hidden in the forest. The Agriculture Ministry estimates that hundreds of thousands of hectares of land are being irrigated with water from half a million illegal wells throughout Spain. This consumes enough groundwater each year to serve the needs of 60 million people. Avoidable Disasters Flamingos stalk across the lagoon next to the pilgrimage chapel in Rocío, in the heart of the national park. But Spain's most important wetland region is shrinking. Fuentelsaz and his colleagues are constantly reporting cases of illegal water use to the Andalusian authorities. But local mayors allow their friends to do as they please, and conservationists are powerless to prevent politicians from promising farmers even more water. The Spanish government has approved a plan to divert water from the Guadalquivir River to the region. "It's insanity," says WWF activist Fuentelsaz, who argues that this essentially sanctions illegal farming. Besides, he adds, the Guadalquivir already carries too little water today. It is ironic that one of the European countries most affected by climate change has the worst water management practices. And it promises to get worse in the future. Spain can expect to see higher temperatures, less rainfall and more evaporation, says Madrid climatologist Jonathan Gómez Cantero, who advises the European Parliament and the UN. If nothing changes, says Gómez, southern Spain will become a desert by mid-century. There are similar prognoses for the entire Mediterranean region, the Middle East and parts of India, China and Australia. These disasters are at least partially avoidable. "The global trade in food is really about the trade in water," writes Canadian water activist Maude Barlow in her book "Blue Future." The trade becomes problematic when this "virtual water" flows in the wrong direction: from arid to water-rich regions, such as from Spain to Germany. In the 1990s, British geographer John Anthony Allan developed the concept of "virtual water" to study how water is conveyed around the world through the trade in agricultural products. Dutch water management expert Arjen Hoekstra derived the term "water footprint" from Allan's concept of virtual water. Hoekstra's water footprint describes the amount of water that is used, directly and indirectly, to produce individual goods: 80 liters (21 gallons) for one orange, 109 liters for a glass of wine and 15,500 liters for a kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of beef. According to Hoekstra, countries like Spain are exacerbating their water shortages by exporting products with a large water footprint -- the virtual water that leaves the country in the form of strawberries and citrus fruit is permanently removed from local water cycles. On the other hand, countries that import water-intensive products are protecting their own water sources. Some 70 percent of the water consumed worldwide is used in agriculture. Because the agricultural industry is also subject to the laws of a system that promotes global trade and large corporations, massive amounts of virtual water are conveyed around the world. If this virtual water were transported in the right direction, such as from Germany to Spain, it would lessen the plight of arid regions. Instead, Germany, of all places, is one of the world's largest importers of virtual water. Spain should reorganize its agricultural production and limit irrigated agriculture, says climatologist Gómez. But some politicians prefer to promote the exploitation of water reserves for as long as possible. German consumers who buy Spanish strawberries contribute to the possibility that Spain could one day find itself in a dire situation like the one California faces today. The United States: A California Nightmare "I didn't see the disaster coming," says Donna Johnson, 72, with short gray hair, neon-colored sneakers and equally bright earrings. "When there was no water coming out of our well, I thought the pump was broken." Like most people in East Porterville, the Johnsons get their water from a well, which pumps groundwater to the surface. But these wells are not as deep as those on the surrounding farms, and they run dry as a result. Half of East Porterville's 7,000 residents have been living without running water recently, some for as much as two years. Johnson collects donations and takes bottled water to her neighbors, while the authorities deliver water tanks and mobile showers. Most East Porterville residents cannot afford to drill new, deeper wells. The town is located in a part of the Central Valley that is among the world's most productive agricultural zones, but it is of California's poorest regions. It is a region where America, the global superpower, looks more like a developing nation, with its broken streets, run-down houses and residents without running water. Indeed, the water crisis is becoming a humanitarian one -- because the absurd agricultural policy of many arid regions in California is being carried to extremes. More recklessly than elsewhere, wetlands in the state are being dried out to make irrigated agriculture possible. Part of the American dream, at least in California, is to subjugate nature, including both the desert and the water cycle. Water is transported from north to south through a 1,500-kilometer aqueduct. This has allowed Los Angeles to grow into a megacity in the south and the Central Valley to become a key center of the agricultural industry. The dire consequences of this policy are now becoming clear. Temperatures in the southwestern United States are rising faster than the global average, because the region lacks the balancing effect of healthy water systems. And as temperatures rise, evaporation increases, exacerbating drought conditions even further. Agriculture makes up 2 percent of California's GDP, and yet it consumes 80 percent of the state's water. Yet when Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in April and ordered Californians to reduce their water consumption by 25 percent, he was not referring to farmers. They are still allowed to extract as much water from the earth as they can. Digging Wells with Oil Rigs The state grows about half of the fruits, vegetables and nuts produced in the United States, along with large quantities of milk and meat. Ten years ago, some 16 percent of these agricultural products were exported to other countries. Today, that number is 25 percent today. Four out of five almonds on the world market were grown in California. The water footprint of one almond is four liters. "Should we buy our food from the Chinese instead?" asks Dennis Simonian, who grows more than 180 different varieties of fruits and vegetables on his farm near Fresno. Simonian, 72, is a sturdy man with gray hair combed neatly back. After 50 years, he still loves his profession. His grandfather and his father were also fruit farmers, and today one of his daughters works with him on the farm. They sell their produce in their own store and through Trader Joe's, a supermarket chain that belongs to the German chain Aldi-Nord. His "golden jumbo raisins," says Simonian, are also shipped to Germany. We are sitting in his office with the shades drawn. The air outside is stiflingly hot. This year, he was forced to leave some of his fields uncultivated, because his well wasn't producing enough water. "We are fighting a war over water here," he says, "and only the strongest survive." Simonian switched to a more efficient drip irrigation system many years ago, but there are still farmers who flood their fields, he says. A complicated system of water rights regulates who is allowed to consume how much water from aboveground sources in California. But now, two-thirds of the state's water comes from below the ground, where anarchy prevails. In September 2014, the governor signed a bill into law that regulates water use from below-ground sources as well, but it will likely take decades before it goes into effect. Large property owners are having oil rigs shipped from Texas to drill for water, says Simonian, meaning that smaller farmers don't stand a chance. This, he says, is why the state needs to implement new rules now, "and not in 25 years." It also needs new dams and reservoirs. And why not build a pipeline to transport water south from Alaska? "After all, it works with oil." The Global Business The idea isn't all that far-fetched. Transporting water from water-rich regions to arid ones has indeed become an option today. Icelandic companies like Bruárfoss HF, for instance, are planning to ship domestic water around the world in giant tankers, just like oil and liquefied natural gas. While politicians still shudder at the notion that water is not an inexhaustible resource, businesses and investors have long recognized the scarcity -- as well as the opportunities to turn a profit. Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citibank, summed up his industry's assessment in a strategy document four years ago, writing: "Water as an asset class, in my view, will eventually become the single most important physical commodity -- dwarfing oil, copper, agricultural commodities, and precious metals." Large portions of the private sector, as well as new technologies like fracking, cannot function without water. That explains in part why commodities companies have contributed a majority of the €84 billion ($93 billion) that private companies invested in water conservation methods between 2011 and 2014. But the food and beverage industry also spends large sums to minimize its water use. In the fall of 2014, Nestlé, the world's largest food company -- and one which critics suspect of seeking to gain control over water sources worldwide -- opened a powdered milk factory in Mexico that requires no external water. Instead, it uses the water that is extracted from the milk during the drying process. The Netherlands-based company Dutch Rainmaker has built a wind turbine that uses the energy it generates to condense water out of the air. Other companies are developing washing machines and odor-free toilets that operate with almost no water at all. The growing scarcity of water is increasingly attracting investors, who are betting on investments like desalination plants, water conservation technologies, water suppliers and waste water treatment plants. Many banks now offer the option of investing in water funds, which usually include a mixture of water supply companies with global operations, like French market leaders Suez and Veolia, as well as smaller, specialized water technology businesses. The rise in the share price of Veolia shows how lucrative the water business is. Within the last 12 months, the stock, which is traded in Paris, gained 64 percent, almost three times as much as France's benchmark index, the CAC 40. The roughly 15 water funds, most notably the Swiss fund Pictet Water, have achieved annual returns of up to 22.5 percent in the last three years. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, president of the Nestlé supervisory board, has managed a blog about the water crisis since 2012. He told the Wall Street Journal: "Give the 1.5% of the water (that we use to drink and wash with), make it a human right. But give me a market for the 98.5% so the market forces are able to react, and they will be the best guidance that you can have." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that it would take $1.3 trillion in annual investments to develop and expand the necessary water supply infrastructure worldwide. These investments would not only make sense, they would also save lives. Some 842,000 people die each year because they lack clean water for consumption and hygiene. In light of these numbers, Western economists tend to advocate an idea similar to that promoted by Nestlé's Brabeck: Allow market forces to act. Institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) make it a condition of their lending that public utilities, such as water companies, are privatized. This is currently the case in Greece, where the IMF is acting in concert with the European Union. Bolivia: The Water War Bolivians refer to the months in the spring of 2000, which inspired books and films like the James Bond box-office success "Quantum of Solace," as "la guerra del agua." Responding to pressure from the World Bank, Bolivia began to privatize its water supply, leading to a subsidiary of US corporation Bechtel taking control of the water system in Cochabamba, the country's third-largest city. If there is a country that needs outside assistance, it is Bolivia, South America's poorest nation. More than half the country's 10 million people live in dire poverty, there is a high crime rate, and child labor is considered normal. The climate in the Andes is harsh and dry, and the soil is not particularly fertile. Making matters worse, Bolivia has been severely affected by global warming, with glaciers, which normally provide snowmelt in the dry season, steadily shrinking. Plus, there is even less rainfall than in the past. The private water supplier increased prices overnight by up to 300%, and it even demanded payment for rainwater that residents collected themselves. "We ordinary people had to spend a quarter of our income for water," says trade union official Oscar Olivera, an older man wearing a leather cap and a baggy shirt. Standing on Plaza Principal, the main square of Cochabamba, he points to bullet holes in the walls. "Believe me," he says, "we were prepared to die." Olivera was one of the leaders of the resistance movement at the time. Citizens erected roadblocks, threw stones and burned their water bills. When then President Hugo Banzer brought in the army, five demonstrators were shot to death and hundreds were injured. After a four-month struggle, the government finally conceded defeat, and privatization was revoked. Five years later, Bolivians elected Evo Morales, a man of indigenous descent and a representative of coca farmers, as president. He created a Water Ministry and he enshrined the right to water in the country's new constitution. Unlike his predecessors, Morales knows what it means not to have access to water. 'A Public Good' "When I was a child, we lived a kilometer away from the nearest well," says Morales. "My mother had to carry the water home in a clay jug." Sitting in an armchair in a dazzling room at the government headquarters building in La Paz, he says: "Water cannot be a business. It must be a public good." His government is working to expand water networks and improve the supply of water for basic sanitary needs, says Morales, adding that he will not rest until all Bolivians have access to safe water. Two million Bolivians are still forced to drink polluted water, while 4 million lack sanitary installations. Still, there has been some progress. Today 83 percent of Bolivians have access to clean drinking water, compared to less than half the population in 1990. Similar stories, albeit not quite as dramatic, are unfolding in many countries. Expectations that private companies would be more capable than the government in providing citizens with clean, affordable water have rarely been met. What works fairly well with electricity is essentially a fallacy with water, simply because only one concession can be awarded per community. There is no competition. Private water companies often take over pipes, pumping stations and reservoirs for free, use them at little cost and then dictate water prices. The expectation that they develop infrastructure in return has rarely been fulfilled. This has led many countries and regions, including Argentina, Indonesia, Ghana and Mali, to follow Bolivia's example and place their water under public control once again. Geared Toward Profit But there is no other place where more privatizations and joint ventures with private-sector providers are being reversed than in Europe, including Germany. In Stuttgart, a 2013 citizens' initiative forced the city to buy back shares in a private water supplier. In 2014, the state cartel authority in Stuttgart found that water prices were too high and ordered that they be reduced by 30 percent on average. In Berlin, where water operations were partially privatized in 1999, prices jumped up by 28 percent after the stipulated three-year waiting period. Investments to preserve the infrastructure were reduced by more than a fourth. But Berliners also fought back. When a citizens' initiative launched a referendum and gained access to the agreements, something outrageous emerged: Berlin had given the two companies involved, electric utility RWE and Veolia, a guaranteed return for a period of 30 years. In 2012, the Federal Cartel Office ruled that Berlin's water prices had to be reduced by 18 percent. A year later, the Berlin Senate bowed to the pressure and bought back its shares in the privatized company. The European Commission triggered protests throughout Europe in 2012 when it tried to include water in its directive on concessions, which would have opened the door to private water suppliers in many places. More than 1.5 million people signed a petition for free access to water, and they succeeded. Water was removed from the directive. Popular opposition to privatization is probably no more vehement and emotional than it is with water. The general perception is that the most elementary of all goods cannot be left to market forces, which are solely geared toward profit. Israel: The Miracle in the Desert Even before the establishment of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, the country's first prime minister, dreamed of "making the desert bloom." Today, his successors are doing everything possible to make that dream a reality. Avraham Tenne, 68, is one of the architects of this "Israeli water miracle." Until recently, he headed the seawater desalination department within the national water authority. Wearing suspenders and a red helmet, he is standing at the Sorek plant in Rishon LeZion, the largest desalination plant in the world. He fills a plastic cup from a faucet and takes a sip. "It's better than mineral water," he claims. Salt water is pumped from the Mediterranean into the plant, where algae and marine creatures are removed. Then it is conducted into the "membrane building," the core of the plant, through pipes equipped with thousands of plastic membranes. Using a process called reverse osmosis, the seawater is forced through the system under high pressure, producing desalinated water and salt concentrate. The plant produces 26 million liters of water an hour, enough to supply the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The technology of reverse osmosis consumes less energy than thermal desalination, in which seawater is heated. "We have developed techniques that can reduce energy use by 40 percent," says Tenne. Nevertheless, about 10 percent of the country's electricity production is used in desalination, which is high, given that Israel hardly uses any renewable energy sources. There has been little study to date of the environmental burdens that arise, for example, when the salt concentrate is pumped back into the Mediterranean. In 2005 Tenne, who recently retired, decided to work for the government. Israel was suffering from a severe drought, the country's most important water reserves, the Sea of Galilee and ground water, had been overused, and the Jordan River had been reduced to a trickle, partly as a result of intensive irrigation in Israeli agriculture. The government established a national water authority and introduced a progressive water pricing system, under which households are charged more for any water consumed beyond a standard level. The country also invested heavily in research, which is why Israel is now a global leader in many water technologies. No other country recycles as much wastewater for use in agriculture. The recycling rate in Israel is 86 percent, compared to 17 percent in Spain and 1 percent in the United States. Drip irrigation was invented in Israel, as was a system that digitally monitors water lines to detect leaks. Israel is also the world leader in energy-saving desalination. Four desalination plants were built during Tenne's tenure, and today they produce about 600 million cubic meters of water, satisfying close to a third of the country's water needs. "We filled the gap," he says proudly. A Star of David hangs on the wall behind him. At the end of our meeting, he says: "I would like to see us share the water with our neighbors. It should be a tool of peace." But the country is still a long way from that goal. While the Israelis delight in their water miracle, water is available only once a week in many Palestinian households in the West Bank. Under the 1995 Oslo II agreement, Israel is entitled to 80 percent of the water extracted in the West Bank, while the Palestinians are entitled to only 20 percent -- an unjust solution that was meant to be temporary. The example of Israel shows that a country can do many things right when it comes to water and still be in danger -- namely when others remain thirsty. Indeed, the situation in the Gaza Strip is even more desperate than it is in the West Bank. Some 96 of all wells in the Gaza Strip are contaminated with saltwater and wastewater. There is a shortage of drinking water, and the water quality is terrible. The Israeli military has warned that the water crisis in Gaza constitutes a security risk for the Jewish state and Israel recently doubled the amount of desalinated water it sends to Gaza. In this sense Israel, a country of water miracles, is both a role model and a cautionary tale. It sets an example of how to provide water to a growing population despite a scarce water supply. Doing so requires lawmakers who recognize the value of water, and who feel responsible for ensuring that people have enough water to live a life of dignity. Delegating the water supply to private companies is not a solution. But what is also needed is an agricultural policy that regulates how much water can be used without risking a California-like catastrophe. Water-intensive farming in arid regions, especially to grow products that are exported, is rarely a good idea. If a country cannot or does not wish to do without such farming, it should at least promote modern technologies to conserve water. And countries like Germany, which have no shortage of water, should question the importation of products that endanger the water supply in their country of origin. California's response to its water crisis can be found on the 15th floor of an office building on Hope Street in Los Angeles. Rick Silva, an amiable, gray-haired man in a blue polo shirt, is the city's first "water cop." His mission is to teach residents to conserve water. "I prefer to use education rather than punishment," says Silva. He isn't a real police officer, but instead works for the water authority. In that capacity, he writes letters to residents who water their lawns too often or at the wrong times, and are reported by their neighbors. Sometimes he drives through Los Angeles in his light-blue Honda Civic, searching for people who are wasting water. He only issues tickets when he catches water offenders in the act: $100 for the first offence, followed by $200 and $300 tickets for subsequent violations. Revenue from the fines has been modest in the first half of the year, only $6,200. Silva sees this as a positive sign. "I think people understand the gravity of the situation," he says. "Los Angeles is trying to help as much as it can." Since the governor has decided not to touch agriculture, he says, "we are focusing on the 20 percent of water consumption that we can influence." But Los Angeles is a big city, and Silva can't be everywhere at the same time, nor can he replace public policy. He hopes that it will rain soon. Until then, he is getting three new employees. Then Los Angeles will have four water cops, responsible for 4 million residents. By Nicola Abé, Jens Glüsing, Felix Lill, Michaela Schiessl, Samiha Shafy (samiha_shafy@spiegel.de) and Helene Zuber Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan IGNORE THE COMMODITY MESSAGE AT YOUR OWN PERIL / SAFE HAVEN \| Etiquetas: Commodities, Economics, Stock Markets, World Economic And Political Ignore the Commodity Message at Your Own Peril By: Michael Pento The Thompson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index (CRB) is back down to the panic lows of early 2009. For those who think the CRB Index says nothing about global growth...invest accordingly at your own peril. If you believe this commodity crunch is all about some temporary oil supply glut, think again. There are 19 commodities that make up the CRB Index: Aluminum, Cocoa, Coffee, Copper, Corn, Cotton, Crude Oil, Gold, Heating Oil, Lean Hogs, Live Cattle, Natural Gas, Nickel, Orange Juice, Silver, Soybeans, Sugar, Unleaded Gas and Wheat. The value of the weighted average of these commodities is screaming one thing loudly: the rate of global growth is plummeting just as it was at the height of the Great Recession. This is mainly because the synthetic economy of China, which once sucked up the natural resources of the globe in order to create the world's greatest fixed asset bubble in history, is now in freefall. And it is driving down the price of commodities as global growth grinds to a halt. For those who think the U.S. and the rest of the world will be somehow immune to a China slowdown should note that foreign sales accounts for about one third of aggregate revenue for the S&P 500. For years China had been a huge growth market for multi-national companies. However, its recent rut is affecting both domestic and international companies around the globe that once provided China with natural resources during its empty-city building bonanza. These companies and countries who benefitted from China's success are now reeling from its collapse. For example; U.S. multinationals such as Caterpillar, Ford, GM, Tesla and Freeport McMoRan have been negatively affected by the slowdown in China, just to name a few. And then we have Apple, whose stock is down 14% in the past few weeks because investors are now realizing Chinese consumers are not going to buy the volume of iWatches that have been predicted. Strong demand from China had also been a boom to the Eurozone. Germany's auto industry, France and Italy's luxury goods, Dutch and Finnish chemicals, were all beneficiaries from China's huge growth. In fact, around 8% of Germany's exports go directly to China. Sweden's Volvo is also reducing growth expectations in the region and issued a warning to investors that it would have to take a 650 million Swedish Crown ($75 million) charge for expected credit losses. Expanding credit risks are now prompting some Western banks to rethink their exposure to China. Swiss-based UBS AG has stopped lending money to onshore clients in the communist nation. But perhaps we see the largest effect of China in the Asia-Pacific region. China's three major trading partners Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia have seen a significant slowdown. For instance, Taiwan Q2 GDP growth of just 0.64% was the weakest in the past three years. Australia is known as "China's quarry" and had enjoyed a decade-long boom selling iron ore. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have spent billions of dollars to double iron ore production over the past five years to meet China's insatiable demand. But now the good times appear to be over. Australia's July PMI dropped to a 5-month low of 50. While the Markit PMI plunged to 47.8, which was the worst in two years. And to prove that China's slowdown spans the entire globe we can also evidence South America. Brazil is one of the ten largest markets in the world; producing steel, cement, petroleum, lubricants, propane gas, and a wide range of petrochemicals. Brazil was also a huge beneficiary of the Chinese real estate bubble. But their government recently lowered the country's growth output from a small gain to a contraction of 1.5%. Standard & Poor's has downgraded Brazil's debt outlook to "negative" from "stable" a signal they are preparing to drop its credit rating, which now sits just one notch above junk. Brazil's currency, the real, is the weakest in 12 years against the dollar and the stock market is at a 6-year low. And this slowdown in South America is also being felt worldwide. Agribusiness multi-national Bunge said its edible oil business was lower due to lower margins and volumes in Brazil. Owens Illinois, one of the world's biggest makers of glass bottles, reported a drop in volume stemming from a sharp drop in beer sales in Brazil. Goodyear Tire reported that sales in Latin America were down 20% compared to last year. Industrial gas manufacturer Praxair also suffered a sales decline year-over-year due to weaker industrial activity in Brazil and China. Whirlpool, which gets 16% of its revenues from Brazil, said sales were down 22 percent year-over-year. And finally, Caterpillar is getting crushed from the commodities rout and reported sales in Latin America were down 26%. Given the huge global economic risk China and all its related trading partners present you would imagine the Fed would have this looming global recession firmly on their radar. Yet, just recently Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said he feels confident the economy is ready for a rate hike. After all, when has the Fed ever gotten any economic prediction wrong? It's important to understand that in its history, the Fed has never undergone a "one and done" rate hiking campaign. In fact, the current median dot plot from the FOMC assumes a 1.5% Fed funds rate at the end of 2016. Therefore, after the first rate hike takes place, it would be natural to assume the Fed will hold true to its avowed trajectory, unless and until the U.S. economy falls into a recession. However, with the U.S. economy barely growing at 1.5% for the first half of 2015, it won't take much more of a slowdown to bring growth into negative territory. Nevertheless, the Fed's intentions are to slowly begin hike rates in September. But central bankers don't realize the dystopias they have created: $200 trillion worth of debt disabled and asset bubble ridden economies that have become totally addicted to money printing in order to avoid a deflationary collapse. Once the artificial support is removed these bubbles begin to crater. Therefore, it shouldn't take long before the Fed inverts the yield curve and money supply growth gets chocked off. When that happens the economy will be in the middle of another 2008 variety collapse. What is clear is that the CRB index is foreboding a clear message of the danger that lies ahead. Still, U.S. stock values are near record nominal highs and are outlandishly valued in relation to GDP. For those who claim that we are an island economy and don't care if the rest of the world falls apart, I'd like to know what will happen to U.S. multi-national companies' earnings as global trade evaporates and the Fed sends the U.S. dollar even higher. According to FactSet, Q2 S&P 500 revenue growth is already at a negative 3.3% and earnings declined by 1.3%. Into this malaise we will have to add cascading global growth and a Fed that seems committed to commencing an interest rate hiking cycle. With the U.S. averages at such lofty levels it seems prudent to heed the warning declared by cratering commodity prices. If you doubt that conclusion just recall how wise it was not to ignore the same commodity message broadcast to investors beginning in the summer of 2008. PROBLEMS FOR CHINA´S ECONOMY EXTEND FAR BEYOND CURRENCY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES \| Etiquetas: China, Economics, World Economic And Political Problems for China’s economy extend far beyond currency Gabriel Wildau in Shanghai ©AFP An investor checks stock market prices at a securities company in Fuyang, eastern China The sudden fall in China’s currency last week spurred a lively debate about whether the move was a victory for market reform or a competitive devaluation designed to shore up flagging exports. But even those who believe the 3 per cent drop was aimed at exporters acknowledge that a weaker renminbi by itself is radically insufficient to cope with the challenges facing China’s economy. “Currency depreciation to stimulate export growth is neither useful nor necessary,” said Qu Hongbin, HSBC chief China economist. He notes that while China’s exports have fallen this year, “exporters across Asia faced the same challenge, suggesting that the underlying problem is sluggish demand in developed markets”. China’s economy officially grew at an annual rate of 7 per cent during the first half of this year, neatly in line with the government’s full-year target. However, some doubt that figure — Capital Economics, for example, reckons it is 5-6 per cent — and there are widespread suggestions that further stimulus will be needed to prevent a slowdown. Yet an export revival would boost growth only marginally. Contrary to received wisdom, China has not pursued so-called “export-led growth” for the past decade. Net exports subtracted 3 per cent from annual growth in Chinese gross domestic product on average from 2004 to 2014. Meanwhile, investment contributed an average of 52 per cent of growth each year. The importance of investment explains why data released last week will keep Premier Li Keqiang awake at night. Fixed-asset investment grew at its slowest pace since 2000 in the first seven months of 2015, led by a collapse in property investment. Factory output in July was also barely above the four-year low touched in March. “China economic data for July may have lacked the lethal explosive force of last night’s detonation in the industrial city of Tianjin, but it laid bare the wider deterioration of domestic macroeconomic conditions,” Chen Long, China economist at Gavekal Dragonomics, a Beijing-based macroeconomic research firm, wrote last week. Though property sales have begun to inch up following 13 consecutive months of decline, the market remains saddled with a huge overhang of unsold flats. That has caused developers to pull back on new construction, hitting demand for basic materials such as steel and cement. Faced with this slowdown, factories that produce these commodities are cutting back both on current output and investment in new capacity. Even more distressing are signs that the production slowdown may finally be feeding through to the labour market. China’s leaders are sensitive to the risk of social instability from a spike in idle workers, but they have so far been willing to tolerate four consecutive years of economic deceleration because unemployment remained low. That may now be changing. China’s official unemployment rate is widely dismissed as unreliable, but an index of labour demand based on proprietary survey data from FT Confidential, a research service of the Financial Times, shows labour demand contracting in July for the first time since 2012. The index hit 49.3 last month, down from an average of 67.8 in the first six months. A reading below 50 indicates falling demand for workers. Mr Li has repeatedly said China will not resort to heavy-handed stimulus that would boost short-term growth but exacerbate problems with excess debt and industrial overcapacity. Instead, the leadership wants structural reforms to promote a new growth model that relies more on consumption and services. Sticking to that pledge means enduring the pain of an investment slowdown, as smokestack industries that thrived under the old model gradually give way to emerging industries such as healthcare, education, tourism, and information technology. So far the government has employed targeted stimulus in the form of fiscal spending on infrastructure, while resisting pressure to unleash a wave of lending from commercial banks to the manufacturing sector, as in 2008. That stimulus plan led to a quadrupling of China’s economy-wide debt from $7tn in 2007 to $28tn by mid-2014, equivalent to 282 per cent of GDP. B ut if the job market continues to worsen, pressure for drastic measures will increase. The wild card is deflation. Wholesale prices have fallen for 40 consecutive months, with the decline accelerating in July. Falling global commodity prices are largely to blame for Chinese deflation, but that is cold comfort for indebted companies whose nominal cash flows are in decline, even as the debt they owe remains fixed. In an illustration deflation is undermining deleveraging efforts, China’s debt-to-GDP ratio has continued to rise this year, even as new borrowing fell 21 per cent in the first seven months from the year-earlier period. That is because disinflation has caused nominal GDP to slow even more sharply than outstanding debt. Tao Wang, chief China economist at UBS, said: “Clearly, the overwhelming problem for China remains one of rising deflationary pressures.” POST-POST-NATIONALIST GERMANY: STRICT ORDER / THE ECONOMIST \| Etiquetas: Europe Economic and Political, Germany Post-post-nationalist Germany Strict order Europe fears German nationalism. Germany says it is simply enforcing the rules BERLIN AND KNOSSOS EVERY summer, southern Europe’s tourist spots look forward to the arrival of planeloads of Germans on holiday. But this year encounters between Germans and their hosts have become loaded. In Knossos, in Crete, Giorgios Papadopoulos, a tour guide, interrupts his explanation of Minoan matriarchy to ask a visitor from Berlin about the relationship between Germany’s finance minister and its chancellor: "What’s up between Schäuble and Merkel?” Like many Europeans after July’s bitter bail-out negotiations over Greece, he has become intrigued by the internal workings of a country he sees as trying to “dominate” the European Union. To Germans such outside fascination with their domestic politics is new, and it makes them uncomfortable. America, as a superpower, may be used to foreign scrutiny. But the rise of “Berlinology” frightens Germans. They have no appetite for becoming Europe’s “leader” (the German word is Führer). Given their past, Germans do not want to seem domineering. Yet they often do. The anxiety stems from a summit on July 13th, when Germany led euro-zone countries in forcing Greece to accept tougher reforms and more austerity in exchange for a third bail-out—even though Greeks had just rejected them in a referendum. Wolfgang Schäuble, the finance minister, suggested a “temporary” Greek exit from the euro. Both he and Angela Merkel, the chancellor, ruled out a haircut of Greek debt, claiming it would violate euro-zone rules. Germany was thus seen to use the power of its purse to force its vision on weaker members. The reaction was swift. Op-eds decried German bullheadedness. On social media, the hashtags #ThisIsACoup and #BoycottGermany began trending, while others revived accusations of a “Fourth Reich”. It was a “public diplomacy disaster,” thinks Thorsten Benner, director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), a Berlin think-tank. “Germany is seen as the harsh, heartless hegemon of the euro zone, ready to bully small countries into submission.” Mr Benner’s worries may be overblown: not all foreigners fear German strength. The negative view is sharpest among an odd alliance of Anglo-American economists and European leftists sympathetic to Greece’s Syriza party. France, however sceptical of austerity, wants to preserve its position alongside Germany in the EU’s “tandem”. The Spanish and Portuguese governments took Germany’s side regarding austerity, having survived it themselves. And northern and eastern Europe are in many ways more Germanic than the Germans. The Baltic states, Slovakia and Slovenia have had to cut their own budgets sharply, and think the Greeks should too. Threatened by Russian intervention in Ukraine, even Poland has yearned lately for a more assertive German role. Many Britons are hoping for Mrs Merkel’s help in reforming the EU. In short, there is no crisis in Europe that can be solved without Germany. Nonetheless, Berlin’s ministries react to any suggestion of German hegemony with vehement head-shaking. Since the 1950s “all the EU’s institutions were designed to assure that no country could dominate”, notes one official defensively—especially not Germany. Germans observe that Mrs Merkel must constantly compromise with her counterparts—even on July 13th, when François Hollande, France’s president, made her forswear Grexit to reach a deal. Their mighty Bundesbank gets the same single vote on the European Central Bank’s governing council as every other euro-zone country, and often fails to impose its will. To its own citizens Germany is, at best, first among equals. To many Germans this situation seems familiar. It is the same dilemma the historian Ludwig Dehio described after the country was first unified in 1871. Germany became “too big for a balance of power in Europe and too small for hegemony,” he wrote; “not powerful enough to impose its will on the continent, but at the same time powerful enough to be perceived as a threat by other powers.” After reunification in 1990, German historians worried that this pattern could repeat itself. If it did not, it was because Germany under Chancellor Helmut Kohl still thought of itself as it had since its resurrection after the second world war: as a “post-national” society. Thomas Mann articulated this attitude in a famous lecture in 1953, arguing that Germany’s young people must “dispel the mistrust” by coming out “not for a German Europe, but for a European Germany”. In the 1980s Hans-Dietrich Genscher, then foreign minister, argued that (West) Germany had no national interest other than the EU’s. What has changed recently is that this “post-national mentality” has gone, worries Jürgen Habermas, a philosopher. During the July summit, the country “gambled away in one night all the political capital that a better Germany had accumulated in half a century,” he thinks. Many on the centre-left fear that Germany is now “post-post-nationalist”. Joschka Fischer, foreign minister from 1998-2005, laments that “from now on Germany will primarily pursue its national interests, just like everybody else.” Many Germans on the centre-right deny such a turn to realpolitik. They think they are just insisting on following common EU rules, and find nothing nationalist about that. Indeed, it implies that Germany and other countries should cede more sovereignty. Mr Schäuble, the German most vilified in Greece, has argued since 1994 that some member states should form a federal “core”. He now advocates giving the euro zone a common finance minister and budget. But others in his camp, the Christian Democrats (CDU), assert a more naked self-interest. Each time the party submits a Greek bail-out to the Bundestag, the number of defectors increases; one in five voted against the July compromise. Bild, Germany’s largest tabloid, stokes German resentment that foreigners are exploiting their past guilt to “blackmail” them. Germany is not imposing its will on Europe. If it were able to do so, Greece would probably no longer be in the euro zone. The question is just how happy Europe ought to be about this. Germany is back in its old dilemma: too weak for hegemony, too large for balance. No other country can think of imposing solutions, but Europe will not allow Germany to do so either. That may mean that the EU’s biggest challenges—from immigration to preventing a British exit and fixing the euro—will continue to go unmet. WHO RUNS THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS ? / THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE \| Etiquetas: Crime, New Orleans, U.S. Economic And Political Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans? How a rich entrepreneur persuaded the city to let him create his own high-tech police force. By DAVID AMSDEN JULY 30, 2015 . On the morning of Sunday, March 29, Sidney Torres was sipping an espresso in the kitchen of his mansion on the edge of the French Quarter when a jarring notification lit up his iPad and two iPhones. Pimps fighting with drug dealers and johns. Man has gun. Hurry. The message came from a neighbor 10 blocks away, on St. Louis Street, and was sent through a venture Torres started four days earlier: a private police patrol that could be summoned via mobile app. Torres, who made a vast fortune as the founder of SDT Waste & Debris Services, a sanitation company that cleaned up much of New Orleans in the years following Hurricane Katrina, spent $380,000 to fund the enterprise after a crime wave put Quarter residents on edge for the better part of a year. Between November and January, there were more than 60 robberies in the neighborhood, and the crimes became increasingly brazen, including a vicious stabbing and a spate of random beatings. It became a personal issue for Torres on Dec. 17, when his 8,000-square-foot home was burglarized; three weeks later, the bar next door was held up by two masked gunmen. Torres’s crowdsourcing approach to crime, conceived throughout February and March, was the impulsive byproduct of his belief that the New Orleans Police Department, which has shrunk by around 500 officers since Hurricane Katrina, was no longer able to protect even the neighborhood less than a square mile in size that contained the city’s most valuable real estate. Seated at his kitchen table, Torres began furiously refreshing his iPad. The screen displayed a digitized map of the Quarter, a grid of 78 city blocks that, as a national historic landmark and the center of the city’s $6.7 billion tourism industry, draw upward of nine million visitors each year. A red dot represented the incident in progress on St. Louis, while a green arrow indicated a member of Torres’s squad, the French Quarter Task Force, which at all hours had three armed officers zigzagging the neighborhood in matte black Polaris Rangers that resemble militarized golf carts. When Torres, who is 39, had deployed the same vehicles in his garbage business, the decimated city became cleaner than ever. ‘‘Basically, I’m handling crime the same way I did trash,’’ said Torres, whose brooding good looks and penchant for self-promotion earned him the nickname of Trashanova before he sold his sanitation company to a national conglomerate in 2011. The task force’s Polarises had been retrofitted with blue halogen lights and a dock for an iPad, which served up requests in a manner similar to Uber. Torres was especially proud of the GPS chip he embedded in the chassis of each patrol, which now allowed him to watch the green arrow closing in on the red dot. Still, there was a three-second delay with the GPS, and he was not satisfied. The previous June, a shootout between two men on Bourbon Street’s commercial strip left nine wounded and one dead; worried a similar event was about to unfold, Torres telephoned a member of the dispatch team, which he was paying $20,000 a month. &amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt; ‘‘We have a possible gunfight on St. Louis. What’s going on, man?’’ ‘‘We have a guy en route.’’ ‘‘I see that, but he needs to step on it.’’ For the next few minutes, Torres stared at the screen with the twitchy intensity of a day trader. The report came from Gail Cavett, a 30-year resident of the neighborhood who had parked her car on St. Louis to discover a commotion breaking out among a group of about a dozen people. This was not uncommon. The block had become so rough in recent months that, as Cavett later explained, ‘‘I wouldn’t take out my garbage without a gun.’’ From what she could gather, one of the men had failed to pay a prostitute for services rendered, and in response her pimp and his entourage — the ‘‘drug dealers’’ in her report — were now chasing the man down. They caught up with him in front of her home, where they started beating him. When he scurried away, Cavett ran inside and observed the scene from her balcony. The man returned wielding a gun, which he began waving in the street. That was when she sent in the report, opting to use Torres’s mobile app instead of 911, because, as she said, ‘‘everyone in New Orleans knows that 911 is a lost cause.’’ A Polaris turned the corner within two minutes, or 26 minutes faster than the N.O.P.D.’s average response time for the district. At the sight of the flashing blue lights, the men put their guns away and scattered. ‘‘Crazy, right?’’ Torres later said. ‘‘I kind of felt like Bruce Wayne.’’ In the United States, private police officers currently outnumber their publicly funded counterparts by a ratio of roughly three to one. Whereas in past decades the distinction was often clear — the rent-a-cop vs. the real cop — today the boundary between the two has become ‘‘messy and complex,’’ according to a study last year by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Torres’s task force is best understood in this context, one where the larger merging of private and public security has resulted in an extensive retooling of the nation’s policing as a whole. As municipal budgets have stagnated or plummeted, state and local governments have taken to outsourcing police work to the private sector, resulting in changes that have gone largely unnoticed by the public they’re tasked with protecting. A recent report by the Justice Department, which has become one of the most prominent advocates of such collaborative efforts, identified 450 partnerships in the country between law enforcement and the private sector. Nationwide, there are now more than 1,200 ‘‘business improvement districts’’ in which businesses pay self-imposed taxes to fund improved services, including security. In many cases, officers covered by corporate entities have become indistinguishable from those paid for by taxpayers. Last year, Facebook entered into a three-year partnership with the Menlo Park, Calif., Police Department in which the social-media giant agreed to pay the $194,000 salary of a police officer whose job was going to be cut. One of the largest private security forces in the nation today is the University of Chicago Police, which has full jurisdiction over 65,000 residents, only 15,000 of whom are students. More than 100 public housing projects in Boston are patrolled by private security, including one company that has been authorized to arrest suspects under certain circumstances. Torres’s security detail is unique not just in the prominence of its beat — a major American city’s most-visited neighborhood — but also in the fact that it was conceptualized and financed by a single individual, with government support. Staffed by off-duty N.O.P.D. officers in vehicles that bear the N.O.P.D.’s star-and-crescent logo, the force became part of a larger initiative for public-private policing that Mitch Landrieu, the city’s mayor since 2010, had been working to put in place since the shooting on Bourbon Street last summer. In addition to Torres’s force, set to run for a two-month pilot, Landrieu brought in as many as 60 new State Police troopers in the city, paying their salaries through the end of the year with a $2.5 million grant from the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. While critics argue that such plans undermine traditional police departments and heighten the fragile socioeconomic and racial tensions that already plague urban policing, Landrieu, a progressive Democrat, presented it as part of New Orleans’s newfound embrace of entrepreneurial innovation. ‘‘We all have skin in the game,’’ the mayor said at a news conference announcing the plan, ‘‘so I’m confident this will be successful.’’ Nevertheless, Landrieu’s path to working with Torres was contentious, to say the least. Back in January, following the robbery of his home and the neighboring bar, Torres produced a television ad squarely blaming the mayor for the recent crime wave. ‘‘The French Quarter is under siege by criminals,’’ it began, with Torres himself, who spent $100,000 to air the ad prominently statewide over the next month, providing the voice-over narration. ‘‘We should hold the administration accountable for the failures of not protecting the French Quarter.’’ It was a message that resonated with the neighborhood’s 4,000 residents, a predominantly white and wealthy subset of a city with a majority black population. The week his ads began airing, a hundred or so people gathered for an anti-crime rally in Jackson Square, the city’s historic center, where some waved placards printed with the words WELCOME TO LANDRIEUVILLE! HOME OF ROBBERS, STABBERS & RAPISTS! Dozens of homeowners in the neighborhood had taken to hanging signs from their wrought-iron balconies reading CAUTION. WALK IN LARGE GROUPS. WE ♥ NOPD. WE JUST NEED MORE. Because Torres had the means to express these collective frustrations on air, he quickly became something of a neighborhood folk hero, albeit one with a Gulfstream jet. ‘‘He was giving voice to what everyone had been saying for months,’’ said Meg Lousteau, the executive director of Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates, a preservationist group. ‘‘The whole groundswell wasn’t about just one neighborhood, but an expression that something in the city was deeply, deeply wrong.’’ Crime has dropped to record lows in most major American cities, but New Orleans, where wealthy neighborhoods sit side by side with some of the nation’s poorest, continues to struggle. The persistence of crime today stands as the most dominant threat to the resurgent image the city has had since Katrina. Though the murder rate has been in decline, it is still second in the nation, just below Detroit. Nonfatal shootings rose 23 percent last year, leading criminologists to argue that any decline in murders had more to do with advances in emergency medicine, not law enforcement. And with 107 homicides recorded so far this year, the current rate is on pace to increase for the first time in three years, potentially by as much as 20 percent. Meanwhile, over the past few years, other types of violent crime — assault, rape, armed robbery — have risen, some by more than 30 percent, giving credence to Torres’s image of a French Quarter ‘‘under siege.’’ As Peter Scharf, a professor of criminology at the Louisiana State University School of Public Health, explained: ‘‘What happened is that the residents of the Quarter, who have always had great unease with their more impoverished and sometimes violent neighbors, have realized that there is no Green Zone that will protect them from the reality of the city. Whether he meant to or not, Sidney brought up some issues that a lot of people are uncomfortable thinking about. Is the French Quarter a present-day Brooklyn Heights, or is it Bedford-Stuyvesant in the ’70s?’’ Sidney Torres, center, in his home with members of the Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department. Credit Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times Responding to Torres’s attack ads, Landrieu presented Torres with something of a schoolyard dare — one that would ultimately lead the mayor to grant a private citizen extraordinary influence over matters of public safety. ‘‘He made millions and millions and millions of dollars off garbage contracts in the French Quarter,’’ Landrieu remarked on a local news channel. ‘‘Maybe he should just take some of that money and do it himself, if he thinks it’s so easy.’’ Three months later, on an evening in early April, Torres, dressed in skinny jeans and a flowing linen shirt, sat grinning at an outdoor table of an Italian restaurant in the Quarter. ‘‘When the mayor said that thing about me putting my money were my mouth is, I didn’t plan on any of this,’’ he recalled. His decision to take Landrieu up on his challenge was, in Torres’s view, similar to the circumstances under which he founded his sanitation company. In 2005, after Katrina hit, Torres was housing emergency medical workers in the hotels he owned at the time; trash collection had yet to resume, so he rented a truck to haul his garbage to the dump. ‘‘Other businesses asked me to pick theirs up, and so I slapped my name on the truck. One of my first contracts was the Quarter, and within a few years we were picking up over 14,000 homes in the city and state.’’ As he spoke, one of the N.O.P.D. officers in his employ — making $50 an hour, a premium rate for off-duty details — drove past in a Polaris. The force had been on the streets for two weeks, and while small in numbers, the sudden ubiquity of their flashing blue lights, combined with the privately funded presence of the State Police, provided something the Quarter had been lacking: the sense that the police were always nearby. ‘‘What I’m doing now isn’t all that different from the trash thing,’’ Torres said. ‘‘It’s about seeing a need — an unfortunate need — and stepping up to fill it.’’ Torres made it clear, though, that he did not view himself as merely a generous patron. ‘‘I’m already getting calls from other places, like Arkansas, that are interested in the app,’’ he said, citing as an inspiration Michael Bloomberg, New York’s billionaire former mayor, who popularized the notion that governmental institutions are most efficient when run like businesses. Torres involved himself in everything from hiring the officers to coordinating which routes they patrolled, and he became a regular presence at the French Quarter police station, arriving during the shift changes and hanging out in the anteroom that was dedicated to his dispatch. Although the city presented the task force as a complement to the N.O.P.D., Torres seemed at times to take a more competitive view. Rather than work directly with the N.O.P.D., he deputized a fellow resident named Bob Simms, a retired rocket scientist who had been trying to corral businesses into funding private security measures, to help manage the enterprise. (Of his role, Simms said, ‘‘I’m Robin to Sidney’s Batman.’’) When The Times-Picayune reported that ‘‘regular N.O.P.D.’,’ rather than one of his men, was first on the scene after an armed robbery occurred during the force’s first night patrolling the Quarter, Torres insisted on a correction. ‘‘All these different agencies and egos, they’ve never had anything like this in terms of accountability,’’ Torres went on. ‘‘If someone doesn’t show up, I can see it on my phone: Why’s the truck still at the station?’’ Torres rewarded the officers who did a good job — like the one who broke up the potential gunfight a week earlier — with $100 gift certificates to Ruth’s Chris Steak House, something his partners in City Hall worried would foster a divisive atmosphere. ‘‘The government loves its rules, so many pointless rules that just slow everything down,’’ said Torres, who was raised in neighboring St. Bernard Parish, where his family ran the political machine for decades. ‘‘Look, it’s cool that the city supplied me with cops who can arrest people and use their guns. But I pay their salaries, I own the app and the vehicles. They’ve got two months to make this work, or I’ll take it away.’’ Torres also became involved in setting policy. Earlier that week, his force had coordinated with the N.O.P.D. in two huge arrest sweeps of so-called transients, whose familiar panhandling presence in the neighborhood (ragged clothes, mangy dogs, rusted harmonicas) had not been the subject of recent outrage. But Torres believed them to be a nuisance. ‘‘It’s the whole ‘broken windows’ theory,’’ he said. ‘‘You go after the little things in order to send a message that nothing will be tolerated.’’ He prioritized the sweeps during a meeting with Jeff Walls, the N.O.P.D. commander who oversees the Quarter. ‘‘Commander Walls told me they’ve wanted to do something about the gutter punks but didn’t know how,’’ Torres explained. ‘‘He made it sound so complicated — because they had dogs; they needed diabetes medicine. So I coordinated with the A.S.P.C.A. to figure out the dogs and got on the phone with the sheriff to get the medicine in the jails. Easy.’’ The targets of the arrests had not been connected to any serious crimes, and some of the city’s residents saw the move as questionable. ‘‘I’m not O.K. with a rich businessman paying cops to do his bidding, and ridding the Quarter of the bohemians and salt of the earth that make it such an interesting place to begin with,’’ offered a commenter on the Times-Picayune website. But after months of being fearful of walking home from work, Torres’s neighbors seemed to welcome his eagerness to take action of any sort. Strangers began to greet Torres in the streets, offering their vote should he decide to run for mayor in the future. Toward the end of the meal, Torres was approached by a middle-aged couple who had arrived at the restaurant in the back of a pedicab, sipping wine from plastic cups. The man, tall and fit with a military buzz cut, turned out to be Col. Michael Edmonson, head of the Louisiana State Police; he and his wife joined Torres at the table. Edmonson, who had visited Torres at a resort he once owned in the Bahamas, praised Torres’s efforts. ‘‘A safer French Quarter means a healthier Louisiana,’’ he said, describing Torres, half-seriously, as being ‘‘almost like a police chief.’’ A week later, the colonel invited Torres to sit in on an undercover sting targeting human traffickers being conducted by the State Police in a French Quarter hotel. The windows of Mitch Landrieu’s office, in City Hall, provide a panoramic view of a city that has had to contend with more adversity than any in America over the past decade: Katrina and subsequent hurricanes, the BP oil spill, the national recession and, these days, a citizenry fed up with the persistence of crime while the cost of living rises sharply. ‘‘We have a pretty good feeling that we’re moving in the right direction,’’ the mayor said on a rainy afternoon in mid-May, reflecting on the public-private security initiatives that had now been in place in the Quarter for six weeks. While the Quarter’s crime wave had not been entirely stanched — a young African-American man in the neighborhood was shot just a week earlier — there were significant improvements. Assaults and armed robberies were down as much as 30 percent; Torres’s force alone had confiscated 10 guns over two months, and it was the first on the scene during the recent shooting, assisting the State Police in the subsequent arrest of the suspected gunman. Some 9,800 people had downloaded the app, or more than twice the population of the neighborhood. ‘‘We know that it works,’’ Landrieu said of the task force. ‘‘Now it’s about looking for ways to scale it and fund it on a permanent basis.’’ Landrieu had recently proposed a small sales-tax hike in the Quarter, to be voted on in October, which would bring in funding to make the task force and State Police neighborhood fixtures. When the mayor came into office, in 2010, he put a hiring freeze on the N.O.P.D. in order to balance the budget; that same year, in a move similar to one recently adopted in Baltimore, Landrieu invited the Justice Department to overhaul a force tainted by corruption, inept management and a history of civil rights violations. While the mayor acknowledged that these measures contributed to an understaffed and shrinking N.O.P.D., he went to great lengths to convey that they were intended to create a more efficient and transparent force in the long term — a difficult enough task without being harassed by a garbage tycoon who appointed himself a public safety advocate only after a flat-screen television was stolen from his home. Landrieu conceded, though, that Torres was the ‘‘impetus’’ that led to many of the current measures falling into place. ‘‘We have a way here of reaching out to the private sector in everything that’s happening in the city,’’ explained Landrieu, who has accepted on his city’s behalf more private grants than any mayor in the nation, including $4.2 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies in 2011. Noting similar arrangements in areas like the city’s sewage department and its recreation programs, he said, ‘‘It’s a new government model that’s emblematic of what the rest of the country should be doing.’’ Yet the mayor added that the successful efforts in one neighborhood had the potential to raise turbulence in others — namely, the poorer, blacker, less prominent precincts where crime is far more endemic. ‘‘The French Quarter is numerically the safest in the city,’’ said Landrieu, the city’s first white mayor since his father, Moon, vacated the office in 1978. ‘‘That doesn’t mean that what happens down there from time to time is not bad. But in the world that we live in, it creates a little bit of anxiety for the people who live out in Algiers and the Seventh Ward’’ — two far more violent neighborhoods — ‘‘where a number of murders are taking place between African-American men.’’ He paused for a moment, as if weighed down by the pressures of having to manage two vastly different cities that happen to occupy the same 170 square miles: the white, affluent one that has dominated the city’s resilient portrayal in the national media, and the other, more tenuous place, where 52 percent of African-American men are currently out of work and nearly 40 percent of all children are born into poverty. ‘‘And people are complaining about panhandlers in the Quarter?’’ the mayor continued. ‘‘You can see the juxtaposition that adds to unrest like you see in Baltimore.’’ Landrieu’s police chief, Michael Harrison, offered a similar sentiment in a conversation a few days earlier: ‘‘ ‘Hey, why didn’t you put the State Police in my neighborhood? How come there are no Polarises riding around my neighborhood?’ I’m getting asked these questions now every day.’’ Such tensions echoed those expressed last year by Ray Lewis, a retired captain of the Philadelphia Police Department. Lewis joined the protests in Ferguson, Mo., following the shooting death of Michael Brown to bring attention to what he believed was a dangerous precedent being set nationwide by the rise in public-private policing — one that was transforming law-enforcement protection into a privilege of the few rather than a basic right of all. ‘‘Corporate America is using police forces as their mercenaries,’’ Lewis declared. Landrieu, for his part, acknowledged that allowing a private individual such significant participation in policing had not been without its growing pains. Torres’s hunger for credit, his disregard of regulations, his habit of leaking sensitive information that could make it harder to prosecute suspects — all this had resulted in more than a few heated arguments. ‘‘Sometimes, and I say this respectfully, but sometimes people get excited about their roles,’’ the mayor said. ‘‘I don’t want to diminish Sidney’s excitement, but I’m very clear in saying, ‘Listen, you don’t run the Police Department.’ ’’ By June, Torres’s vigilante enthusiasm was clearly waning. Though he had agreed to fund the force for a third month, he began spending time outside of New Orleans — traveling to New York, to his Miami condominium — and was overseeing a $5 million renovation on a new home he purchased across the street from his current residence. He now spoke with irritation about the reluctance of other businesses and wealthy individuals to contribute funding to the patrol. ‘‘People say, ‘Hey, I already pay taxes,’ ’’ Torres said. ‘‘Well, I pay taxes, too, but the fact is that people were still getting beat up for no reason, and I’ve built something that works. It’s time for someone else to step up.’’ Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, which was paying for the State Police, ended up doing exactly that at the end of the month, putting together a plan to keep Torres’s force financed, at $900,000 a year, for at least the next five years. The package includes a larger sum earmarked to maintain around 45 State Police troopers for the same period, transforming the policing model for the French Quarter into one in which most city and state entities will be paid for by the private sector. ‘‘Frankly, it’s a gigantic paradigm shift in terms of how this city has approached public safety,’’ Perry said. A more diplomatic businessman than Torres, he described the new partnership as a means for allowing the N.O.P.D. to both rebuild slowly and deploy officers to more vulnerable neighborhoods immediately: a win-win situation for the entire city, and one he credited Torres with helping to realize. ‘‘The private sector rose up and took the bull by the horns,’’ Perry said. A few days after Torres handed over control of the force, he took a walk through the Quarter. It was a sultry, humid night, but he walked quickly, buoyed by an undercurrent of vindication. A resident passing him in the street whispered, ‘‘Thank you,’’ and Torres thanked her back. ‘‘I don’t even know her,’’ he said once she had passed. He continued on to the neighborhood’s police station, where inside the room dedicated to his task force — no longer technically his, having been officially adopted into something resembling government policy — Torres ran into an officer named Patrick Guidry, who had just finished his shift. ‘‘How’s everything going?’’ Torres asked. ‘‘We hardly have any work these days,’’ said Guidry, the officer who had interrupted the potential gunfight during the force’s first week on the streets. ‘‘That block has been transformed,’’ Guidry added. ‘‘Sometimes the old players come out and test the waters, but they know we’re there and don’t hang around too long.’’ Continue reading the main story Write A Comment ‘‘That’s awesome,’’ Torres said. The boundary between order and chaos, however, remained precariously thin. A few weeks later, two blocks away from the one the officer had praised, a shootout broke out at 2 p.m. just outside the Quarter, in front of a shop that rents small electric cars to tourists. The shop’s owner counted between 12 and 20 shots fired. Five days later, a more violent incident occurred on the neighborhood’s periphery, in which a midday gunfight among multiple men left two with nonfatal gunshot wounds. Witnesses reported hearing at least 20 shots and seeing one man running down Canal Street, Downtown’s main commercial thoroughfare, carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. Another suspect crashed his car into a sedan, injuring its driver, a doctor at Tulane University. ‘‘Crazy, but that’s not the French Quarter,’’ Torres said the day after the shootings. ‘‘I’m just saying — ’’ He suddenly cut himself off, aware that his competitive drive at times fostered a myopic view of the larger challenges facing New Orleans. ‘‘What’s going on in this city right now,’’ he continued, ‘‘will take way more than just me to fix.’’ David Amsden is a writer based in New York and New Orleans. He last wrote for the magazine about the first slavery museum in the United States. WORLD WITHOUT WATER: THE DANGEROUS MISUSE OF OUR M... IGNORE THE COMMODITY MESSAGE AT YOUR OWN PERIL / S... PROBLEMS FOR CHINA´S ECONOMY EXTEND FAR BEYOND CUR... POST-POST-NATIONALIST GERMANY: STRICT ORDER / THE ... WHO RUNS THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS ? / THE NEW YO... VENEZUELA: "TERRORIZED BY OIL PRICE DROP" / THE FI... WHY TRANSPARENCY CAN BE A DIRTY WORD / THE FINANCI... 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__label__wiki	0.606985	0.606985	The school as a system By Piero Paolicchi The growing autonomy of school institutions, inside a general framework defined by the central government, should strengthen the potential for the endorsement of the educational responsibility on the part of the single institution as a whole. It also should contrast the misinterpretation of education in terms of individual professional skills and freedom of teaching, which often makes schools not integrated educational organizations, but places where single teachers carry out a personal and quasi-private educational relationship with their pupils. This should in turn strengthen also the capacity of the school to act as a public agency, responsible towards all of its stakeholders (pupils, their families, the whole society). To activate and sustain this process inside the school as an organization, teachers have: a) to become active protagonists of a renegotiation and reconstruction of the rules and norms of what it means to be a teacher; b) to enable the kinds of social interaction necessary for renegotiating and reconstructing of what it means to be a teacher; c) to manage the feelings associated with changing their activities and beliefs about education, particularly when they go against the current or proposed socially constructed and accepted models; d) to develop new beliefs and conceptions underlying their actions, including the values and commitment that are central to the development of new moral frameworks in education; e) to become able to know about and monitor the change process; f) to start a process of autonomous empowerment for ongoing development, rather than one of continued dependency on a facilitator’s or others specialists’ suggestions for change. To this goal, teachers have to: 1) contribute to the teacher development process and program; 2) feel that their contributions are valued, that their opinions, ideas, teaching activities, suggestions in decision-making, and initiatives are worthwhile; 3) have a sense of control over the nature of their development; address their concerns and needs; 4) view themselves as learners; 5) become innovative and creative, rather than only implement given strategies; 6) feel that changes are possible and beneficial in the current school and political situation. This kind of teacher development raises challenges not only for teachers themselves, but also for teacher trainers, school managers and policy makers. However, teachers stay central as ultimately responsible for their activities and their formation, while the task of local and national authorities is to support and fund teachers’ actions coordinated inside each school as a collective agent, an educational community and an operative system. They refer respectively to technical skill in the class work, personal trait such as self-esteem and openness to interpersonal relationships, and the capacity to propose and produce changes at the organizational level. Receiving immigrant pupils as a system process: resources and obstacles Receiving immigrant pupils into the school means not only to follow adequate educational criteria, but also to be provided with environmental conditions and operational tools apt to face up the problems of linguistic and cultural pluralism at the levels of organization, didactic, interpersonal and social relationships. It is not only a matter of preparing specialized individual educational projects, but of restructuring the whole school organization in both its institutional and relational features (Pinto Minerva 2002). The existence of advanced laws with respect to criteria of equality, democracy, solidarity is important, but all too often those criteria are very hard to put into concrete practices, because of lack of financial and organizational support from the Government and the other public institutions. Teachers know from direct experience that the school can play an important role for the integration of immigrants in our society by means of a cooperative involvement of parents in projects that in turn could have a positive impact at the general social level. But they usually add that difficulties come from the lack of financial and organizational support from the national and local institutions, so that what is actually done in school depends mostly on teachers’ free voluntary initiatives and support from family and social associations. Since the seventies, a lot of researchers have underscored the historical and social factors that support and explain in part prejudice and discrimination, and that the same factors condition projects of integration (Tajfel, 1981; Mazzara, 1996). Experimental studies and field research have pointed out two main strategies to reduce stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and conflict between groups: a superordinate goal and interpersonal contact. After the classic experiments by the Sherifs (1965), in a school context too, when Aronson (1978) applied the jigsaw classroom technique, which makes groups of mates necessarily interdependent in their work and subjected to a unique evaluation as a classroom group, stereotypes and prejudices decreased significantly. The same outcome went out of other experiences of cooperative learning through the instructional use of small groups, so that students work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning (Johnson & Johnson. 2000). The contact hypothesis too is of special interest for its possible applications in the schools, as it presupposes to provide occasions for direct personal contact between teachers and parents, which is a core of general educational theories and methods. But it has to be implemented with some precautions, especially in the case of immigrant parents. According to Allport’s (1954) classical formulation, indeed, prejudices decrease when the two groups’ members have not only some common goals, but also similar statuses, and receive support from the social, cultural and institutional context in which they meet. Thus, obstacles are more easily overcome when interpersonal contacts are brought about firstly by higher status members of the minority group, and when differences are not stressed in the social environment through forms of discrimination like housing or job segregation. Of special interest could be activating interpersonal relationships in a context of cross-category belongings, in which the effect of a category that separates (e.g. religion) could be balanced by a common belonging to the same role category (e.g. motherhood). Focusing on teachers-parents relationships, we can assume that the superordinate goal strategy can be grounded on a goal common to both sides: to improve the academic acquisition and well being of children. But a second and not less important factor in any situation in which people communicate or cooperate is their status-role position in terms of power. Power has to be thought of not only as the capacity to administrate rewards or promises and punishments or menaces, but also as the disposal of more information and competence, and as a consequence of the position one occupy in an institutional, legitimated context. As any communication has an aspect of content and an aspect of relationship, and as every institutional context, be it the school or any other, is more or less hierarchically structured, minority parents who enter a relationship with the school and with teachers as its representatives, always start in a “one down” position. Then, the communicative-relational process has to be oriented not only by a clarification of the shared goals, in order to strengthen their motivation to partnership, but also by a communicative-relational attitude that clearly strengthen their authorship, their feeling to be in themselves, and being judged by others, enough competent partners in the cooperation project. To this end the teacher's main instrument is "to take seriously both the quest for life's meaning and the call to care for persons" (Witherell & Noddings 1991, p. 3), and to invite other people, through deeds as well as words, to do likewise. This invitation cannot be made only by proposing abstract principles of justice or of duty as the contents of a program of civic or moral education, but also by stimulating emotional and even aesthetic responses to suffering and injustice, joy and brotherhood. To that goal, school life plays a strategic role. It identifies a relational experience that is privileged, in that it can be really meaningful, deeply involving and long lasting, potentially incisive in the immediate present and, in many cases, in the long term. The paradox of education lies in the necessity of proposing a point of view in which we believe without aiming at imposing it, in expressing the deep meaning and value it has for us, its "truth for us", and at the same time our respect for other points of view, for the points of view of others. To realize some changes inside social organizations and systems, some agents have to start with actions that have to follow the principle already defined in the larger field of ecological phenomena: “think globally, act locally”. The more some little changes become visible and enjoyable in concrete terms in people’s everyday life, the more some other people will be willing to join the endeavour of working out a better way of living together. 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__label__cc	0.579801	0.420199	Garden Smarts Navigation Feed The Soil Take Only What You Need Embrace Diversity Lose The Calendar Intervene As Little As Possible Live and Learn Siting & Design Beds / Paths Row Covers Soil Maintenance Using Compost Intensive Bed Planting Inter Planting Nutrient Rotations Prevention Rotation Weed Beater Rotation A Sample Rotation Sowing & Growing Growing Seedlings Setting Seedlings Crop Guides All Crops Cabbage Family Onion Family Root Crops Salad Crops Squash Family Tomato Family Practical Reasons About Pesticides Losing Bt About Fertilizers What is N-P-K? PowerPoint Library Garden Smarts Blog Home Libraries Backgrounders About Seeds Seeds are at the heart of vegetable gardening, yet many gardeners misunderstand the realities of how, where, and why seed is grown, and even more, the effect that seed selection has on harvest results. There have been enormous improvements over the years in the quality and variety of vegetable seed, and while home gardeners have benefitted from all this, they are not very important overall. About 90 percent of the seed sold in this country every year is for field corn, soybeans, grain, and grasses: for pastures, lawns, gold courses, and parks (not to mention reclamation of land stripped for construction, mining, or roadways). What’s more, the major buyers of 90 percent of that last 10 percent are not home gardeners, but vegetable farmers, who plant thousands of acres per year. This market reality affects the seed available to us. New vegetable varieties are generally bred for the commercial growers, who know the value of good seed and are willing to pay a premium for it. Many of the characteristics of these improved vegetable varieties are great for home gardeners, too: enhanced yields, disease resistance, etc., and the quality of this new seed is very high. Other aspects, though—like uniform appearance, at the expense of flavor, and shipping tolerance at the expense of good texture—are in direct conflict with the needs of home gardeners. So the wise gardener will balance these two aspects when choosing which varieties to grow. The breeder also is forced to balance different objectives when developing a new vegetable variety. Improvement of a domesticated plant (or animal) begins with a list of desired characteristics; then follows with propagation of individual plants that exhibit the desired traits. What happens in practice is that trade-offs must be made between, say, disease resistance and flavor, uniformity of color and taste, plant habit and yield. No variety is perfect for everybody. A vegetable bred for commercial growers in one region need not be adapted to grow anywhere else in the world. A single large California broccoli grower, for example, may use more seed of a given variety over the course of a season then even the largest of our mail order home garden seed companies! But a variety bred for home gardeners, on the other hand, must grow as well in the desert Southwest as it does on the foggy Maine coast—even if attaining this wide adaptation requires the breeder to put aside other desirable traits—because only then will it sell well enough to offset the cost of its development. There is, of course, some cross-over among categories. Small market gardeners often grow home garden and processing vegetables to sell direct from a farm stand, because the quality of their produce is more important than shipping ability. Home gardeners often do a significant amount of freezing and canning, and so grow varieties suited to once-over harvest. But on the whole, it is a good idea to figure out what a particular new variety was originally bred for. Another group of vegetable varieties to consider is those which pre-date the current seed production and food distribution systems we have in this country—called heirlooms. The current definition of an “heirloom vegetable” variety is one that is more than 100 years old. But I think that a better cut-off point would be 1950. Immediately after World War II, agriculture and gardening in America underwent enormous changes, and the current system was born in that period. The widespread adoption of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, the development of hybrid vegetables, the completion of rural electrification, improvements in refrigeration and our interstate transportation system, suburban destruction of urban fringe market gardens—all these changes became part of a trend that resulted in the national rather than regional scope of our mass culture and agriculture. Before this current period, vegetable seed companies were smaller and often grew their own seed, regionally adapted to the climate of the area in which the company was located. In fact, many seedsmen started out as market gardeners, and simply moved into selling seed they had saved for their own use. As their businesses developed, they collected choice varieties from other gardeners—who had selected their own favorite strains—and by close attention maintained them as distinct varieties. Unlike modern vegetable introductions, all of which are deliberately developed for sale, these heirloom varieties were simply selected over generations according to the whims and preferences of individual gardeners. Thus most are strongly adapted to a particular region of the country, and have an incredible range of qualities—in taste, texture, appearance, and disease or pest resistance—all of which were, for one reason or another, important to their backyard developers. Of the thousands of regional heirlooms a relatively small number eventually became standards; many of our modern hybrids owe part of their parentage to them. Some of these old standards are still available today, though the re-selection and propagation of any variety subtly changes its nature over time. Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, Bibb lettuce and Rutgers tomato are three that come to mind immediately. Open Pollinated Seed You may have noticed the mention of open-pollinated and hybrid seed in the discussion above. Unfortunately, many gardeners don’t understand the distinction, or the differences, in both seed cost and garden performance related to this. Some organic gardeners think that it means, in essence, that one is organic and the other is not, which is not at all a relevant distinction. To over-simplify the matter, let’s say that there are two basic ways that seed comes to be formed on a plant: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Pollination is the transfer of pollen (a plant’s version of sperm) from an anther to the stigma of a flower, where it can fertilize the flower’s egg. In self-pollinated plants the whole process happens within the flower. Lettuce flowers, for example, pollinate themselves, as the female part of the flower containing the egg, in the process of opening, passes through an encircling ring of pollen-laden anthers. In cross-pollinated plants the pollen comes from an entirely different flower, or even plant, of the same species, transported by wind or the visitation of insects or other animals. Open-pollination means simply that the plants are left to become pollinated (if possible) on their own, naturally. To say that a vegetable variety is open-pollinated, however, implies more than that; it implies that the variety will “breed true,” that is, its offspring will resemble itself in all important particulars. After all, to call a kind of plant a variety (properly, a cultivar) is to recognize that it has a particular set of identifiable characteristics, of the kinds we’ve discussed above: yield, appearance, disease resistance, nutrient content, etc. In a self-pollinated vegetable, open-pollinated seed will produce 90 percent or more offspring that are true to type, because virtually all the pollen comes from the same source as the egg, and so the possibility of new genetic traits becoming established is small. But cross-pollinated plants—unless the parentage can be controlled in some way—will not maintain their identity. That is, the set of characteristics that defines a variety, and which we gardeners seek to maintain, are in a constant state of flux; that is ideal in terms of their own need to adapt to their environment, but of little use to the gardener, who wants predictable characteristics. Largely self-pollinated plants like lettuce, beans, peas, tomatoes (and to a lesser extent peppers and eggplants) are fairly easy to maintain, because it is their natural tendency to remain as distinct varieties once they are established as such. Cross-pollinated plants like spinach, beets, carrots, corn, and the onion, cabbage, and squash families require more attention. An established variety must be grown in total isolation from other members of its “breeding family,” so that there can be no cross-pollination from outside the variety itself. Otherwise a fairly high percentage of offspring in the next generation will have traits untrue to the nature of the variety, though the fruits of the current crop will not show the differences. Hybrid Seed Hybrids are not varieties in the above sense, as they will not breed true, that is, produce another generation of plants completely like themselves. The seed from a hybrid tomato, even though self-pollinated, will produce a grab bag of types, of which a quarter will resemble the hybrid’s male parent, a quarter will resemble the hybrid’s female parent, and half will display various combinations of the two parents’ genetic traits. Eventually, after half a dozen generations or so, any of these offspring, could, by self-pollination, become distinct varieties themselves. If they exhibited especially valuable traits, they might be worth maintaining as such. In fact, this is how most new varieties of vegetables are created: the breeder takes two plants which have characteristics of interest, crosses them, and in future generations looks for individual offspring that have the proper combination of the desired traits. He or she then attempts to bring those individuals to a state where they breed true, then perhaps crosses them with others developed the same way, until a whole range of desirable features has been bred into one plant or group of plants, and the traits of the new variety stabilized. But back to the hybrids themselves: the first generation (hence the designation F-1 we see in catalogs) of a particular controlled cross-pollination will exhibit what is called “hybrid vigor”—a sort of snyergistic increase in the vigor of a plant due to the combination of widely diverse genetic traits—and great apparent uniformity (though its own offspring, the F-2 generation, will belie this). Since both vigor and uniformity are desirable to breeders (and to commercial vegetable farmers) the production of hybrid seed has been aggressively pursued since it was first developed as a method of improving corn varieties in the first half of the 20th century. The two keys to successful and profitable hybrid seed production are (1) maintenance of pure parent plant lines which, when crossed, will produce a hybrid of particular, desired characteristics, and (2) economical methods of making the cross-pollination to actually produce the seed. While naturally self-pollinated plants are relatively pure to begin with, and need only be grown out to check on their uniformity, cross-pollinated plants are more time-consuming to work with. It may take years to breed sufficiently pure parent plants, and significant hand work is involved. To be absolutely sure that the parent lines are kept pure, each flower may need to be pollinated by hand and its resultant seed collected, cataloged, and replanted. Then, once the parent plants are ready to cross for production of the F-1 hybrid seed that you, the gardener buy, attention must still be paid to ensure that they cross with each other, rather than with themselves or some other, unknown parent. All this means that hybrid seed is expensive to produce, and so the price of the seed is bound to be higher as well. The higher price is usually worth it, though, due to higher yields, uniformity, and other traits, like disease resistance. This higher cost of production is offset, in the mind of the seedsman, by a different, and very important factor: since the hybrid plants that result do not themselves breed true, the gardener or farmer who bought the seed must return to the seedsman each year for more of the original hybrid seed. Further, the seed can be produced only by crossing the two parent lines, which are the sole property of the seedsman who developed them, and the parents are likely often known only to him. The “natural monopoly” which results means that if a given variety is demonstrably superior, the seedsman can make a very handsome long-term profit on the sale of hybrid seed. Thus in a technical sense, there is no difference between hybrid and open-pollinated seed in terms of organic gardening. Functionally though, there is, because as seedsmen stop maintaining open-pollinated lines to concentrate on their own private, pure lines to be used for hybrid production, diversity—at least publicly available diversity—declines, and diversity is one of the underpinnings of the organic method. Plants like lettuce, beans, and peas may never suffer this fate because they are not economic to produce as hybrids. But even there, the drive toward mass production of a limited range of varieties works toward limiting diversity. What this means is that there is a natural alliance among seed exchanges, small seed companies, and organic gardeners to favor open-pollinated vegetable varieties, and to maintain heirloom strains, even though the short-term performance of a particular hybrid may be superior. Just as many of us who began in the organic agriculture movement have worked over the last decade to learn the skills necessary to build a new food system, there are people working toward the same goals in the seed industry. Within another ten to twenty years we will have the intellectual infrastructure that drives the development of new materials and methods of gardening and agriculture. At that point an organic seed industry will exist along with all the other support structures of an organic horticulture. Your dollars and your demands do (and will) make a difference. 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__label__cc	0.723242	0.276758	All the Girls Who Dream It is six am, Sunday morning and I can’t sleep. I climb out of bed and tip toe across the room so not to wake my husband. The house is cold. It is winter now. I look out the window. The sky is midnight blue; the stars are still shining brightly in the sky and a crescent shaped moon hangs as if someone hastily put it there. The village is dark, but for a single light burning in each house. The women are already up and moving about, preparing for the day ahead, a day like all the others because in Jaunpur there is no day of rest for women. One day blends into the next, the same routine day in and day out; wake up, splash some water on the face, start a fire and put a pot of chai on for the family and then off to the cow shed to clean up after the animals and give them some feed, gather some wood and head back to the house to make breakfast for the family. Then it is off to the mountain sides to cut fodder (grass for the animals), climbing high in the tree tops for the best leaves, and scouring 75 degree slopes for the best grass. The load is tied up and hoisted onto their heads and carried back to the cow sheds –feed for another day. The rest of the day is taken up with tending crops and washing clothes at the local tap, and minding small children while sharing gossip with other women — maybe she will do a little knitting for some family member –but she is never idle. She is busy throughout the day, and then it is evening, and again the cows need to be fed, so she sets off to tend to her animals and again she returns with a bundle of wood balanced perfectly on her head, back straight as an arrow, perfect posture developed over time since she was a small girl going with her mother or older sisters, learning the ways, the life of women in Jaunpur. And then night time arrives. She has cooked dinner over an open fire for her family and washed the dishes and now, at last she can rest, and she curls up on her mattress, closes her eyes and dreams, because she still wants to. It soothes her soul. This is the life of a Jounpur woman in the heart of the Garhwal region of the Indian Himalaya. And now I am a part of this life. I met my husband, Kunwar, seven years ago while I was conducting research for my PhD in Anthropology. Kunwar is Jounpuri, and we live in his village of Sainji. He is a respected leader in this area and has brought a tremendous amount of positive change to the area, and for this he is to be commended. In many ways he is different than most men in this area, more thoughtful, more progressive and open minded. It was these qualities which attracted me to him – these and his life commitment to bringing about positive changes for the people of Jounpur. His experience, his resolve, his knowledge and intuitiveness and innate understanding of the culture are what inspire me; make me want to help him in his mission to improve the lives of his fellow villagers. In my time living in Jaunpur I have come to know a little of what it is to be a woman living in this area. My husband, for all his wonderful qualities, is still a man who was raised in a ‘man’s world’. I love him dearly, but inwardly I have been challenged to live in an alternate sphere where my role as a woman is somewhat tilted. My voice as a woman in this region holds little power. I often find myself screaming inwardly because outwardly no one, it seems, can hear me or even wants to hear me. But still I have more voice, more power than the women around me, these women who are toiling day in and day out — going about their lives quietly, suffering inwardly, accepting compromise, living with their prescribed roles because they were told as little girls they were not worthy of more. The role of women in this region has roots extending back through the years to a time when group polyandry was the standard form of marriage. Girls were married off, with no ceremony, to a group of brothers. Most were children, as young as 8 years old. After some time, the brothers would take another wife and then a third or a fourth. Families were large, and the traditional houses reflect this as the connecting rooms extend several meters. Children referred to the men as, Big Pappa, Middle Papa and Little Papa, depending on the birth order. All were their fathers and all the offspring, their sisters and brothers. If a woman was not happy with her arrangement, she had little recourse, especially if her natal family was poor – they simply could not care for her – she would be too much of a burden. In the 1950s marriages began to change to monogamous arrangements. This was due in part to the road that came through the area and to the influence of plains culture, which placed a stigma on such marriages – they were seen as been perverse, backwards, so people wanted to change to the norm. However, little girls still married at a very young age and this continued until about twenty years ago. My mother-in-law spoke of her experience. “One day a man came and picked me up from where I was playing near my village of Kandhi, and carried me to Sainji – about ten kilometres. I was eight years old then. He carried me on his back and we walked for about 4 hours. I was frightened, but I came to understand that this was my new family. They were good to me – treated me well. I lived with my husband, who was 11. We were only children and we just played with each other as children do. I had my first baby when I was 14. Then I had three more – all boys. And I was a widow by the time I was twenty-one. It was difficult. Everyone wanted to push me out of the village. They wanted our land. I only had my mother-in-law to help me, and I had all these children – the oldest was only seven, and my youngest, a baby. But still I went everyday to tend my fields. One day, these men from Sainji came with sticks. They were going to beat me and they would have killed me, had it not been for some other women from the village who helped me. At last, my husband’s uncle came to my rescue. He was living in Delhi at the time, but he helped me keep the land, and he gave me some help with my children – he took Kunwar, who was only ten at the time, to Delhi and educated him there.” Life improved somewhat when the government began opening more schools in the area and making education more accessible for children, but up until the late 1990’s many women were denied the opportunity to achieve a full education. In our region of Jounpur, it has only been in the last decade that girls have been able to go to high school, and in the last five years that they have begun pursuing university degrees. Twenty years ago, girls were allowed to go to school, but most often were pulled out in their early primary years. Recently, as a grammar assignment I asked my students to interview their mothers about their lives and to write an essay based on what they had learned. What began as a simple grammar exercise has transpired into something truly remarkable. The children began hesitantly at first, asking the standard questions like; ‘When were you born? What is your favourite colour? When did you get married? ‘ and so forth. But every week we reviewed and discussions ensued, and soon the children became really curious about their mothers, so they would return home each day with a whole new set of questions, and the stories began to grow and the regimented questions and answers dissolved into real dialogue and the stories, the real essence of their mothers, began to emerge. What surfaces in almost all these stories is that all of these women, as young girls, had dreams and in most cases these dreams were shattered by the reality of their poverty and the brutal truth that because they were girls they were not a worthy investment – not because they were not loved — they were. In the words of one of our students, My mother got her education at a government school in her village until class five. At that time people thought that girls would give nothing back to their parents if their parents were to give them education. This is because girls married outside of the family. So my mother’s parents didn’t help my mother with her education. But at least until class five her brother helped her. He paid her school fees and provided her with stationary things…. My mother lived six kilometers away from her village in a cow shed. In that cowshed there were more than 105 goats and sheep. My mother used to look after them. At that time my mother was in great difficulty. She had to go to school and also care for the animals. She struggled a lot, but she didn’t give up. I am proud of my mother. After class 5 my mother went to school using her own money. She made alcohol and sold it to pay her school fees. She knew that making alcohol was not good, but she had to do it. She hardly managed to study until class ten. When she was fourteen her parents passed away and that was her saddest moment in her life. That is also when her schooling ended – Ritesh, class 7 Similar stories came forth from our students. One boy, after interviewing his mother, approached me and said, “I never knew how much my mother wanted to go to school. When I grow up, I will make sure my girls get the same education my sons get.” In a conversation with a young lady in our village, I asked her what she wanted to be when she was young. “A teacher.” She replied. I could see the spark in her eyes, but it quickly faded when she added, “But I only managed to get my class eight.” I studied her for a moment. She was engaged, and her wedding was only a few months away. “What about now? What do you dream about now?” I asked. “Nothing, I don’t dream anymore.” Came her answer. Simply put, in the face of abject poverty, where there is no social security and where girls marry outside the family, the investment in education will always fall to the boys. Times are changing and opportunities for girls are emerging, but not in time for the mothers of our children. Yet they dream – they dream of a future for their children, one with little toil and many rewards. Six years ago, my husband and I opened a charitable English Medium School for our village children and named it, The Garhwal English Medium School . We opened the school in response to the very poor quality of education in the area. Most young people had not mastered the educational skills that would help them win scholarships for higher education or compete for good paying jobs. Young men were migrating to cities for poor-paying labor jobs and girls simply hoped to secure a good marriage into a family where they will not have to serve as farm workers like their mothers. Even with a grade 12 education, most youth struggled to read at a class 3 level, and managed with only a basic understanding of math. At the Garhwal English Medium School we strive to offer quality education, and we encourage our children to reach for the stars. However, while we currently have over 230 children enrolled in our school, just 70 are girls. Many of our male students have young sisters at home and who are enrolled in government schools, but parents will not pay the extra fees to enroll their girls in the Garhwal English Medium School. We would like to increase the number of girls at the Garhwal English Medium School to 100 over the next year. Our girls dream of a better life, and education is the stepping stone to improving not only their lives, but of their families as well. When we used to ask the children what they wanted to be when they grew up, the girls would smile and say, ’We will be mommies one day.’ Now, when we ask this question, the girls smile widely and declare, “I want to be a doctor so I can help the ladies in my villages”, or “I will become an engineer.” The list goes on to include; nurses, teachers, business women, policewomen, even politicians. We believe that with support, our girls will go on to live their dreams and those of their mothers. A short film by one of our volunteers – “Life of Kajal” Copyright © 2012. Designed by GavickPro - High quality free WordPress Themes Icons from Glyphicons Free, licensed under CC BY 3.0	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1978
__label__wiki	0.93375	0.93375	Disney+ has already attracted over 10 million subscribers November 13, 2019 Admin Canada, Companies, Disney, e-commerce, Hotstar, Media, Netflix, Streaming Media, TC, television, the walt disney company, United States 0 Disney’s launch of its premium subscription streaming service Disney+ was not without issues – high demand resulted int content not being accessible for hours on its first day of availability. The company cited higher-than-expected demand as a factor, and now we have a rough estimate of the size of that demand – Disney has revealed that it signed up 10 million users since its Tuesday debut. That’s a lot of subscribers in a very short period. To put it in perspective, Netflix recently reported 158 million subscribers, but that’s its total audience after many years of availability, across a broad global market. Disney+ is launching only in a few markets around the world, including the U.S. and Canada, and the Netherlands, while Netflix has grown to cover much of the world. Netflix also started out with much lower subscriber counts when it was U.S. only, with 7.38 million in 2007, the year it began offering streaming for the first time. Disney+ has been offering customers in the U.S. the ability to pre-order their accounts since a couple of months ago, so its subscriber count represents a bit of runway and marketing effort, rather than just pent-up demand. It’s also offering a year of free access to qualifying Verizon subscribers. But that’s still a very impressive debut for a brand new streaming offering, and a firm basis upon which Disney can grow its audience through future releases and marketing efforts. After selling enterprise biz, Docker lands $35M investment and new CEO T-Mobile has made big promises about its merger — but talk is cheap	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1979
__label__cc	0.709865	0.290135	No: 297, 25 September 2017, Press Release Regarding The Referendum That Is Being Held In The Krg The referendum, which is being held today (September 25th) in the KRG, is null and void in terms of its consequences. We do not recognize this initiative, which lacks legal basis and legitimacy with regard to the international law and the Iraqi constitution. We are dismayed by this attempt, which is far from commonsense, undertaken by the KRG leadership who insisted on holding the referendum despite all the warnings of Turkey and of the international community and thereby endangered the peace and stability not only of Iraq, but also that of the region. Turkey has stressed on every occasion that the grave mistake committed by the KRG will have a price and within this framework has identified the sanctions that will be levied against the KRG in the National Security Council meeting which was held on September 22, 2017 and in the Council of Ministers meeting that followed. It is important that the international community and particularly the regional countries should maintain the consistent approach they displayed with regard to the referendum and should refrain from recognizing the consequences of this illegitimate endeavor. In the subsequent process it is a fundamental necessity that the KRG leadership should restore commonsense and should adopt a policy that serves the long term peace and prosperity of the whole of the Iraqi people, rather than seeking short term political interests and utopian aspirations. We stress one more time that we will take every measure that emanates from the international law and from the authority granted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, in the event that some radical elements and terrorists, which may seek to exploit the circumstances that will emerge following the referendum, attempt to carry out acts that target our national security.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1981
__label__wiki	0.715741	0.715741	Artwork by Erica Swenson Located at 7415 Rt. 14 in Sodus Point on the west side of the road on the side of the former Genesee Malt House . It is across from the former Dish It Out Deli. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 43.259880 Longitude: –76.994900 The plaque on the side of the mural reads: This scene depicts a section of Sodus Point in the 1950s. In those days, it was a heavily industrialized area once known as Macyville, named after Sylvanus J. Macy, who built a bank here around 1874. The scene is dominated by the Coal Trestle which shipped coal to Canada and various places on the Great Lakes. One of the coal ships (Fontana) is seen here being loaded. Initially constructed in 1852, it was expanded over the years until it became the behemoth depicted here with a length of 800 feet and a height of 6o feet. Route 14 went right under it! The coal trestle ceased operation in 1967 and burnt down in 1971. For more info on the coal trestle click on this QR code: The coal was shipped up from Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Railroad which acquired the Sodus Point and Southern Railroad Company in 1884, which was experiencing financial difficulties. For 34 years, Henry Zerbe (pictured in the inset) worked on the “Pennsy” RR , many of those years as an engineer. Henry is a long time resident of Sodus Point and for more information on his interesting life, click on this QR code: The other inset shows the Customs House. This building was constructed initially as a bank in 1874 by Sylvanus J. Macy. In subsequent years it served as both a Custom House and later as a Post Office. This grand old building sporting its distinctive architectural style known as “American Federal” was torn down in 2001. For more information on this building click on this QR code: Depicted above the Customs House is the Malt House. The Sodus Point Malt House was originally built in 1880 and was locally owned and operated by Colonel E. Bloss Parsons. The original Malt House had barley delivered to it via small ships that came into Sodus Bay. It in turn supplied malt to breweries around the Lake Ontario shoreline. In 1936, the old Parsons Malt House was purchased by the Genesee Brewing Company of Rochester. This new malt house benefitted hundreds of Western New York farmers because Genesee used locally-grown barley. The new malt house opened in early 1938. Through the years, the malt house provided malt to be used in the Genesee Brewing Company’s beer. In 1986, the Genesee Brewery Malt House ceased operation. Today it is used for boat Storage by Katlynn Marina located across the street from the Malt House. For more info on the Malt House, click this QR code: The Coal Trestle, Pennsylvania Railroad, Customs House and Malt House provided jobs for generations in this community and hearkens back to a time when our town had a distinctive hard working, blue collar flavor. Sodus Chamber of Commerce	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1983
__label__wiki	0.789969	0.789969	Acasă English Culture “If there is no music, then there is no nation”, by conductor... “If there is no music, then there is no nation”, by conductor Dmitry Russu Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Russu, conductor Dmitry Russu is the first Moldovan conductor who joined a worldwide known Orchestra Shen Yun Symphony from New York. He performs all over the world and found a perfect fit to promote peace and conduct the music waves to the audience. He was born in Moldova, Chisinau in 1981 but left the country at a very young age. He was only 6 years old when they moved to Saint-Petersburg (former Leningrad), where he became the winner of the 1st prize of the III All-Russian Open Competition of Conductors of Symphony Orchestras named after Ilya Musin (2013). He was lucky to have his mother the first musical teacher who helped him make the right connection to the musical world. At only 5, he started to study piano and he remembers singing together! The conductor Russu inherited his talents from both parents who were composers at that time in the Soviet Republic of Moldova — Pavel Rusu and Natalia Rusu-Kozulina. “When my musical abilities were well emphasized, my parents just decided that the best way for me was to study in Saint-Petersburg. So I went to school already in Russia. My memories from my childhood about Chisinau — people who often came to visit, friends and colleagues of my parents. There was a lot of music around me”. Dmitry studied at Glinka Choral College in St. Petersburg, which is a special musical college for boys only, which is well known for Boy’s Choir. Dmitry enjoyed touring abroad. “I remember my first impressions about Europe — we were in Switzerland, Germany, France and other countries”. He got to understand cultural differences while staying over families’ houses during the tours. “I still keep in touch with a family in Switzerland, where we were in 1992! I think this is just amazing and I cherish this very much”. During his student years he took part in several international projects, including the Festival of the Baltic Sea Countries (Stockholm, Sweden, 2008). In 2006/2007 he was the conductor of the Russian Horn Capella, a unique orchestra that revives the tradition of performing on natural brass instruments. In 2007 he made his debut with this group on the stage of the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic named after D. D. Shostakovich. After the College, Dmitry attend the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he finished his education in conducting both choral and symphony orchestra.He graduated with honors in majors in choral conducting (class of associate professor N. B. Efimov and professor V.I. Nesterov) and opera and symphonic conducting (class of People’s Artist of the USSR, professor A. S. Dmitriev) . Later, he conducted master classes by professors D. Goia (Romania), Yu. Simonov (Russia), V. Yampolsky (USA). He conducted opera and ballet performances at the Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. For five years, Dmitry Russu worked as a conductor of the Governor’s Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra. During this time, along with the classical repertoire, he carried out a number of concert programs, which included works rarely played or first performed in Ulyanovsk for a symphony orchestra. There are a lot of people who have had a certain influence on him, he says. “First of all, I have to name my teacher, this is my Conducting professor, Alexander Dmitriev, who worked over 40 years as the principal conductor of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic Orchestra. When I was young, I was deeply impressed by the great pianist of 20th century, Svyatoslav Richter”. Nowadays, music represents him as a personality and has a lot of emotions on the stage. He says this is a very special feeling where he feels happy and special, building a team of musicians. Once, he was watching a fragment of Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra and was very impressed by their performance. Later, when he found out that there is a vacancy, he didn’t hesitate to immediately apply for the conductor role. Dmitry Russu, conductor Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Russu recently came back from Taiwan where the Orchestra performed 11 shows, of which, one show in Toronto and now he is getting ready for the concerts in the US, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, etc. He admits it is a big responsibility to perform in Carnegie Hall. He is fulfilled with the same emotions since he was conducting in St. Petersburg Philharmonic for the first time. “My feelings were almost the same and I was very proud because Tchaikovsky was conducting his own music at both halls”, added Dmitry. After joining Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra his goal is to pass on his talents to the younger generation. “If the audience is able to share the feelings of the conductor and musicians — we have achieved this goal”. He thinks Eastern Europeans shall join Shen Yun Symphony concert in the USA and other parts of the world. “Shen Yun is unique in many ways, including the fact that it is able to unite different people. I think this is the most profound understanding of classical music. We all are doing a very important deed — we try to guide people to peace around the world”. He believes that one man has to continue serving a higher purpose, to surrender to it completely. “You can wait all your life for some „special” conditions, and never reach them. If there is no music, then there is no nation. For any person, citizen, it is important to feel like part of the culture and of their country,” concluded Dmitry Russu. Natalia Ghilascu Dmitry Russu Articolul precedentSunteți gata de spectacol? Află despre turneul „Râdeți și cântați cu noi” în America! Articolul următorRomanian American Freedom Alliance in Colorado keeps the traditions alive Being a Romanian actor in Amazon series with Jean Claude Van Damme was just a childhood dream A Moldovan actress inspires women with her inner power to follow the heart South Florida will become a home away from home for many Romanians	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1985
__label__wiki	0.580613	0.580613	A spectacular discovery in Spain: The Tomares Hoard On the morning of 27 April, during maintenance works in a pipeline that runs underneath El Zaudín municipal park, in Tomares (Seville), the workmen realised that the JCB was digging through a cluster of large ceramic containers. Upon realising that these containers were full of coins, they decided to extract them systematically and to call the archaeological service (DelegaciónTerritorial de Cultura de Sevilla, Junta de Andalucía). The find comprised a total of 19 amphorae, 10 of which were broken as a consequence of the machine work. The other 9 were complete and remained sealed. Each group of coins was immediately grouped with the pieces of the corresponding amphora, in order to avoid them getting mixed up, and the entire assemblage was taken to the provincial archaeological museum in Seville for security reasons. These amphorae belong to the well-known Dressel 23 type, which was generally used for the transportation and storage of olive oil. They were manufactured in the Baetica for commercial purposes, as demonstrated by their discovery all over the empire. Their chronology spans the last decade of the 3rd century and the second half of the 4th century, although their use could have persisted somewhat beyond this final date. Tomares is located along the lower course of the Guadalquivir River, very close to Seville, in the hilly area known as the Aljarafe; the terraces of the Aljarafe, which overlooked the former Betis estuary –lacus-ligustinus – were important areas of human habitation throughout prehistory and antiquity, including the Roman period. The area had important riverine and sea connections, and was also traversed by important roads such as the via-Augusta, which ran through nearby Hispalis-towards the north and Emerita Augusta. Of special interest are the Aljarafe’s connections with the mining region of Riotinto and the hills of Huelva via-Itucci-and-Ilipa. This strategic position was attested by the location of the Phoenician sanctuary of El Carambolo, where a famous hoard (also in the Seville museum) composed of pieces of gold jewellery was found. Later, PubliusCornelius Scipio settled his veterans in Italica – the birthplace of Trajan and Hadrian – which was founded on the edge of the lower terrace, near the river, in 206 BC.On the other side of the river, the ancient city of Hispalis, modern Seville, was bestowed in the Augustan period with a new status as Colonia Romula-Hispalis, an important harbour and the centre of intense commercial dealings which distributed the region’s products all over the empire. The discovery of these coin-filled amphorae prompts a series of very interesting questions. Previous research had confirmed the presence of an agricultural villa. A geophysical survey carried out in the area where the coins were found has detected the presence of structural remains, the function of which will hopefully be determined in the future excavation of the area. The archaeological wealth of the area appears to reflect the economic and social position of some of its former inhabitants, and although the epigraphic evidence is not abundant, one inscription found in Tomares (CILA II 589) mentions an important member of a senatorial family, Publius Mummius Sisenna, who was consul in 132 and presumably had property in the area. Concerning the coin hoard, it is still too early to say much, although its detailed analysis promises to yield interesting results. A cursory examination of some of the pieces has resulted in the identification of folles struck by Diocletian, Maximian and Maxentius and some from the early years of Constantine’s reign, up to the year 313. The coins appear to be acceptably well preserved and, after cleaning, it will be a straightforward matter to identify them. The state of preservation of a few examples is outstanding. This is, however, little more than guesswork, because only a limited number of coins have been examined as of yet, and definitive conclusions cannot be reached until the whole assemblage has been analysed. The first problem is to determine the exact number of coins in the hoard, given that the average weight of the amphorae is 35 kg. Moreover, it is still unclear whether the hoard includes coins that predate, or postdate the Tetrarchy. The latter would provide a closing date for the hoard and would raise interesting questions concerning the reasons behind the hoarding and, especially, the non-recovery of the coins. It is important to ascertain the most common date of issue among the coins of the assemblage, but it is also essential to determine whether any of the coins postdate the 318 reform or even date to as late as 330. The limited information available to date provides a tantalising glimpse of what the hoard includes, but more detailed conclusions are not possible yet: let us remember that in a similar hoard, in Misurata, different containers were filled with coins from different periods. It is, therefore, not prudent to proffer any conclusion concerning the closing date before the whole assemblage has been examined. The precise characterisation of the hoard of Tomares will have to wait until a larger number of coins have been examined. In addition, we are currently waiting for the tomography, which will, we hope, tell us more about the contents of the 9 amphorae that remain sealed. The hoard of Tomares is not completely exceptional, as similarly rich hoards from this period have been found elsewhere in the Empire. These hoards include pieces dating to the Tetrarchy and from later, into the 4th century and the reign of Constantine: for example, the afore mentioned hoard of Misurata, in North Africa. There is little doubt, at any rate, that this hoard will have its own peculiarities which will either confirm previous ideas or open new avenues of research. Tobeginwith, it is the largest hoard ever to have been found in the Diocesis Baetica and the whole of Hispania. This attests to the economic and strategic importance that Southern Spain and the Guadalquivir Valley still had in the Late Empire. Submitted by Francisca Chaves Tristán, Universidad de Sevilla	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1987
__label__cc	0.591593	0.408407	Margaret Rhee Automated Poetics :) Emoticon automates affect I start writing this lecture after class. I’m following what the poet Mary Ruefle writes in her book Madness, Rack, and Honey (2012) about how, upon being required to deliver standing lectures to graduate students, she opted to write them out instead of providing spontaneous, informal talks. She writes, “I preferred to write my lectures because I am a writer and writing is my natural act, more natural than speaking.”[1] I am following this impulse to write into the questions and materials at hand. Yet it was not writing that inspired the first words of this forum contribution, but rather the sight of an intersection: I was in a store, under the illusion that I was standing at an intersection. At first, what caught my attention was across the street: a woman, in a black jacket and thick hat, dancing, while a man, presumably her husband, films her with his cell phone. She is laughing — he is too — but he also looks around to see if anyone else is looking. I am looking, and they seem to me like a couple obviously having fun and loving each other in this New England cold. But what sustains my attention are not the humans. It’s the machines. The machines here include the cars, the many cars in various colors that pass by at moderate speeds. Next, the phone in my hand I glanced at because I was debating whether to take a photo of the couple from inside the store. The camera phone in the man’s hand. Then, the lights of the intersection; once red, now they have turned green. A school bus appears, bright yellow, now, in front of me. If I can try to describe it again, I’d say it’s an ongoing, a sustained yellow, a blight of yellow in front of me. I was attracted to Ruefle’s injunction to write rather than to speak because it presents a playful quality in the written form. One is writing, but expecting to read, and this offers an entirely different relationship to the process. The nature of a forum as exploratory and a conversation also lends itself to writing then speaking to investigate these ideas, with the expectation that it will be with you. After all, a forum is a conversation. Moreover, poetry machines (two words that often do not go together) insists on the seriousness of the matter and on automation :) Emoticon automates affect. Additionally, Ruefle’s practice and the form I’ve taken up sheds light on what Fred Moten had said to me, how do poets write about poetry? Through this tool of writing, I’m interested in the many instances when poets refer to the poem as machine. In this way, the poetry as machine may disrupt notions of automation through the wider lens and interventions of the humanities. 1. Mary Ruefle, Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2012), vii. Forthcoming in ASAP/Journal: ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Margaret Rhee is the author of full-length poetry collection Love, Robot (The Operating System, 2017) named a 2017 Entropy Best Book of Poetry, and awarded a 2018 Science Fiction Poetry and Fantasy Association (SPFA) Elgin Award and a 2019 Best Book Prize by the Association of Asian American Studies. Her chapbooks include Yellow (Tinfish Press, 2011) and Radio Heart; or, How Robots Fall Out of Love (Finishing Line Press, 2016) awarded the 2017 Elgin Award. As a new media artist, her project “The Kimchi Poetry Machine” is exhibited in the Electronic Literature Collection Volume 3. Literary fellowships include the 2019 Sierra Nevada College MFA Writer-In-Residence, Kundiman, Hedgebrook, and the Kathy Acker Fellowship. She is currently completing her first monograph, How We Became Human: Race, Robots, and the Asian American Body solicited by MIT Press and Duke University Press. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in ethnic and new media studies, and her BA in Creative Writing/English from the University of Southern California. Currently, she is a College Fellow in Digital Practice in the English Department at Harvard University and an assistant professor in the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. “A poem is a small (or large) machine made of words.” — William Carlos Williams “Automated Poetics” is a series of auto-theory essays asks critical questions on poetry and intersections of cinema, visual art, and new media. Through the speculative investigation of the machine, “Automated Poetics” asks pressing questions on poetry by focusing on technology and other forms of art such as painting, photography, new media art, robotic art, and film. In particular, “Automated Poetics” ponders the Kimchi Poetry Machine, a new media art project I created in 2014. As a tangible poetry jar, the project was a gesture towards an embodied poetic digital future. The series centers around the questions and impulse of a "feminist poetry machine" and art that defies categorical boundaries between art and literature. Works analyzed include Claudia Rankine’s Citizen, Teresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee, Emily Dickinson’s “envelope poems,” to poetic films by Trinh Minh-Ha and Sky Hopinka, and electronic literature. "Automated Poetics" investigates technology, poetry, and art that trouble the boundary between image and text in our digital age. Grappling with the impulse to imagine a poetic future, “Automated Poetics” explores the definition, stakes, and interventions of poetry in our present, and near future. A poem as a machine? The children and poetry Walls of this poetry On Mina Loy, the children again, and 'Come to Your Senses' Poet and comedian STINE AN: Part I Korean Diaspora Stine An Stephanie Burt	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line1992
__label__cc	0.574725	0.425275	Traffic and Motor Vehicle Related Divorce, Family & Children Wills, Estates & Probate Legal Tips Chemical Test Refusal RHODE ISLAND DRUNK DRIVING, DUI, DWI, OUI DEFENSE LAWYER - Attorney Benjamin A. Mesiti, Esq. Getting arrested for a DUI, DWI or OUI can be embarrassing, not to mention the impact that the penalties can have on your daily life. Drunk drivers face very harsh penalties including a significant loss of license, DUI school, hundreds of dollars worth of fines, court costs, fees and assessments, and jail time. In most cases an SR22 auto insurance is required to reinstate your license, which can be very costly. Be sure to hire a lawyer, like Benjamin Mesiti, who has the knowledge and experience to fight your drunk driving case aggressively. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DRUNK DRIVING, DUI, DWI and OUI? There is very little difference between DUI (Driving Under the Influence), DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) and OUI (Operating Under the Influence). Each state calls is something different. In Rhode Island, if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, it is typically called a DUI. In Massachusetts, it is typically called an OUI. The term “Drunk Driving” is a casual term that is used to describe any of these. The important thing to know is that these terms do not refer to alcohol only, rather, an arrest can be made if there is probable cause to believe that the driver is under the influence of any substance that would impair their ability to operate a motor vehicle. WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET PULLED OVER FOR A DUI? First of all, the officer has to have a reason to pull you over, unless you are stopped pursuant to a properly executed sobriety checkpoint (which is not allowed in Rhode Island). Most of the time the reason for the stop is for a traffic offense such as speeding, crossing over the double yellow lines or failure to yield to a traffic control device (stop sign or red light). When the officer approaches your vehicle he/she will be looking for several clues that you may be intoxicated. Bloodshot watery eyes, the smell of alcohol on your breath, slurred speech, fumbling with your license and registration, and your overall demeanor. The officer may ask you to submit to a series of field sobriety tests. The officer will use these tests to assess your impairment. These tests are not mandatory, and there is no penalty in RI or MA for refusing them. This is not to be confused with the breathalyzer test, which may carry significant penalties for refusal. If the officer believes that there is sufficient probable cause to believe that you are impaired, you will be arrested and taken to the police station for processing. There, it is likely that you will be asked to submit to a breathalyzer test. The decision to take or refuse this test is dependent on your particular set of circumstances. Prior to your making that decision, you are entitled to a confidential phone call to call a lawyer. If you are in this situation, you should call Benjamin Mesiti, Esq. any time of the day or night at (401) 274-3331. RI DUI/DWI/OUI PENALTIES: RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - First Offense Rhode Island Drunk Driving/DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - BAC .08-.10 (over 21) Fine $100-$300 Suspended license for one to six months, and a $351.50 reinstatement fee Up to 1 year in jail 10-60 hours of community service Hundreds of dollars in fees, costs, assessments DUI school/counseling RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - First Offense with a BAC between .10-.15 Suspended license for three months to one year, and a $351.50 reinstatement fee RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - First Offense with a BAC of .15 or Higher Fine $500 Suspended license for three to eighteen months, and a $351.50 reinstatement fee RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - Second Offense (within Five Years) - BAC between .08-.15% Suspended license for up to two years MINIMUM MANDATORY 10 days, up to one year in jail Alcohol or drug treatment Possible interlock ignition system from one year, up to two years RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - Second Offense (within Five Years) - BAC of .15% or Higher $1,000 Fine 2 year license suspension MINIMUM MANDATORY 6 Months Jail, up to 1 year RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - Third (3rd) Offense DUI/DWI, w/BAC between .08-.15% THIS IS A FELONY CHARGE Mandatory $400 fine 2 to 3 years license suspension NOT LESS THAN 1 year in jail, up to two years Possible Ignition interlock system device for up to two years RI DUI/DWI/OUI Penalties - Third (3rd) Offense DUI/OUI, w/BAC between .15% or Higher Fines $1,000-$5,000 NOT LESS THAN 3 years in jail, up to 5 years Suspended license for three years Possible SIEZURE of your vehicle and forfeiture to the State RHODE ISLAND REFUSAL TO TAKE THE BREATHALIZER TEST: FIRST OFFENSE REFUSAL: This is a civil offense. AUTOMATIC LICENSE SUSPENSION - from 6 months up to 1 year Up to $500 fine Up to 60 hours of community service Alcohol/Drug treatment and/or DUI school Several hundred dollars in costs, fees and assessments SECOND OFFENSE REFUSAL (Within 5 years):> This is a criminal misdemeanor AUTOMATIC LICENSE SUSPENSION IF YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH YOR 4th OFFENSE OR HIGHER, or ANY OTHER RELATED CHARGES – CALL (401) 274-3331 IMMEDIATELY, 24 HOURS A DAY. Motor and Other vehicles CHAPTER 31-27 Motor Vehicle Offenses SECTION 31-27-2 § 31-27-2 Driving under influence of liquor or drugs. – (a) Whoever drives or otherwise operates any vehicle in the state while under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, drugs, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in chapter 28 of title 21, or any combination of these, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor except as provided in subdivision (d)(3) and shall be punished as provided in subsection (d) of this section. (b) Any person charged under subsection (a) of this section whose blood alcohol concentration is eight one-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or more by weight as shown by a chemical analysis of a blood, breath, or urine sample shall be guilty of violating subsection (a) of this section. This provision shall not preclude a conviction based on other admissible evidence. Proof of guilt under this section may also be based on evidence that the person charged was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, toluene, or any controlled substance defined in chapter 28 of title 21, or any combination of these, to a degree which rendered the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle. The fact that any person charged with violating this section is or has been legally entitled to use alcohol or a drug shall not constitute a defense against any charge of violating this section. (2) Whoever drives or otherwise operates any vehicle in the state with a blood presence of any scheduled controlled substance as defined within chapter 28 of title 21, as shown by analysis of a blood or urine sample, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in subsection (d) of this section. (c) In any criminal prosecution for a violation of subsection (a) of this section, evidence as to the amount of intoxicating liquor, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in chapter 28 of title 21, or any combination of these, in the defendant's blood at the time alleged as shown by a chemical analysis of the defendant's breath, blood, or urine or other bodily substance shall be admissible and competent, provided that evidence is presented that the following conditions have been complied with: (1) The defendant has consented to the taking of the test upon which the analysis is made. Evidence that the defendant had refused to submit to the test shall not be admissible unless the defendant elects to testify. (2) A true copy of the report of the test result was mailed within seventy-two (72) hours of the taking of the test to the person submitting to a breath test. (3) Any person submitting to a chemical test of blood, urine, or other body fluids shall have a true copy of the report of the test result mailed to him or her within thirty (30) days following the taking of the test. (4) The test was performed according to methods and with equipment approved by the director of the department of health of the state of Rhode Island and by an authorized individual. (5) Equipment used for the conduct of the tests by means of breath analysis had been tested for accuracy within thirty (30) days preceding the test by personnel qualified as hereinbefore provided, and breathalyzer operators shall be qualified and certified by the department of health within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the test. (6) The person arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in chapter 28 of title 21, or, any combination of these in violation of subsection (a) of this section was afforded the opportunity to have an additional chemical test. The officer arresting or so charging the person shall have informed the person of this right and afforded him or her a reasonable opportunity to exercise this right, and a notation to this effect is made in the official records of the case in the police department. Refusal to permit an additional chemical test shall render incompetent and inadmissible in evidence the original report. (d) Every person found to have violated subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be sentenced as follows: for a first violation whose blood alcohol concentration is eight one-hundredths of one percent (.08%) but less than one-tenth of one percent (.1%) by weight or who has a blood presence of any scheduled controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(2) shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), shall be required to perform ten (10) to sixty (60) hours of public community restitution, and/or shall be imprisoned for up to one year. The sentence may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge and/or shall be required to attend a special course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance, and his or her driver's license shall be suspended for thirty (30) days up to one hundred eighty (180) days. (ii) Every person convicted of a first violation whose blood alcohol concentration is one-tenth of one percent (.1%) by weight or above but less than fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) or whose blood alcohol concentration is unknown shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than four hundred dollars ($400) and shall be required to perform ten (10) to sixty (60) hours of public community restitution and/or shall be imprisoned for up to one year. The sentence may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge. The person's driving license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months to twelve (12) months. The sentencing judge shall require attendance at a special course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance and/or alcoholic or drug treatment for the individual. (iii) Every person convicted of a first offense whose blood alcohol concentration is fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) or above, or who is under the influence of a drug, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(1) shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) and shall be required to perform twenty (20) to sixty (60) hours of public community restitution and/or shall be imprisoned for up to one year. The sentence may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge. The person's driving license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months to eighteen (18) months. The sentencing judge shall require attendance at a special course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance and/or alcohol or drug treatment for the individual. (2) Every person convicted of a second violation within a five (5) year period with a blood alcohol concentration of eight one-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or above but less than fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) or whose blood alcohol concentration is unknown or who has a blood presence of any controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(2), and every person convicted of a second violation within a five (5) year period regardless of whether the prior violation and subsequent conviction was a violation and subsequent conviction under this statute or under the driving under the influence of liquor or drugs statute of any other state, shall be subject to a mandatory fine of four hundred dollars ($400). The person's driving license shall be suspended for a period of one year to two (2) years, and the individual shall be sentenced to not less than ten (10) days nor more than one year in jail. The sentence may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge; however, not less than forty-eight (48) hours of imprisonment shall be served consecutively. The sentencing judge shall require alcohol or drug treatment for the individual, and may prohibit that person from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system for a period of one year to two (2) years following the completion of the sentence as provided in § 31-27-2.8. (ii) Every person convicted of a second violation within a five (5) year period whose blood alcohol concentration is fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) or above by weight as shown by a chemical analysis of a blood, breath, or urine sample or who is under the influence of a drug, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(1) shall be subject to mandatory imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor more than one year, a mandatory fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and a mandatory license suspension for a period of two (2) years from the date of completion of the sentence imposed under this subsection. (3) Every person convicted of a third or subsequent violation within a five (5) year period with a blood alcohol concentration of eight one-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or above but less than fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) or whose blood alcohol concentration is unknown or who has a blood presence of any scheduled controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(2) regardless of whether any prior violation and subsequent conviction was a violation and subsequent conviction under this statute or under the driving under the influence of liquor or drugs statute of any other state, shall be guilty of a felony and be subject to a mandatory fine of four hundred ($400) dollars. The person's driving license shall be suspended for a period of two (2) years to three (3) years, and the individual shall be sentenced to not less than one year and not more than three (3) years in jail. The sentence may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge; however, not less than forty-eight (48) hours of imprisonment shall be served consecutively. The sentencing judge shall require alcohol or drug treatment for the individual, and may prohibit that person from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system for a period of two (2) years following the completion of the sentence as provided in § 31-27-2.8. (ii) Every person convicted of a third or subsequent violation within a five (5) year period whose blood alcohol concentration is fifteen hundredths of one percent (.15%) above by weight as shown by a chemical analysis of a blood, breath, or urine sample or who is under the influence of a drug, toluene or any controlled substance as defined in subdivision (b)(1) shall be subject to mandatory imprisonment of not less than three (3) years nor more than five (5) years, a mandatory fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and a mandatory license suspension for a period of three (3) years from the date of completion of the sentence imposed under this subsection. (iii) In addition to the foregoing penalties, every person convicted of a third or subsequent violation within a five (5) year period regardless of whether any prior violation and subsequent conviction was a violation and subsequent conviction under this statute or under the driving under the influence of liquor or drugs statute of any other state shall be subject, in the discretion of the sentencing judge, to having the vehicle owned and operated by the violator seized and sold by the state of Rhode Island, with all funds obtained by the sale to be transferred to the general fund. (4) Whoever drives or otherwise operates any vehicle in the state while under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, drugs, toluene, or any controlled substance as defined in chapter 28 of title 21, or any combination of these, when his or her license to operate is suspended, revoked or cancelled for operating under the influence of a narcotic drug or intoxicating liquor shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years and by a fine or not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000). The court shall require alcohol and/or drug treatment for the individual; provided, the penalties provided for in subdivision 31-27-2(d)(4) shall not apply to an individual who has surrendered his or her license, and served the court ordered period of suspension, but who, for any reason, has not had their license reinstated after the period of suspension, revocation, or suspension has expired; provided, further the individual shall be subject to the provisions of paragraphs 31-27-2(d)(2)(i) or (ii) or 31-27-22(d)(3)(i), (ii), or (iii) regarding subsequent offenses, and any other applicable provision of § 31-27-2. (5) For purposes of determining the period of license suspension, a prior violation shall constitute any charge brought and sustained under the provisions of this section or § 31-27-2.1. (ii) Any person over the age of eighteen (18) who is convicted under this section for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, other drugs, or a combination of these, while a child under the age of thirteen (13) years was present as a passenger in the motor vehicle when the offense was committed may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year and further shall not be entitled to the benefit of suspension or deferment of this sentence. The sentence imposed under this section may be served in any unit of the adult correctional institutions in the discretion of the sentencing judge. (6) Any person convicted of a violation under this section shall pay a highway assessment fine of five hundred dollars ($500) which shall be deposited into the general fund. The assessment provided for by this subsection shall be collected from a violator before any other fines authorized by this section. (ii) Any person convicted of a violation under this section shall be assessed a fee of eighty-six dollars ($86). (7) If the person convicted of violating this section is under the age of eighteen (18) years, for the first violation he or she shall be required to perform ten (10) to sixty (60) hours of public community restitution, and the juvenile's driving license shall be suspended for a period of six (6) months, and may be suspended for a period up to eighteen (18) months. The sentencing judge shall also require attendance at a special course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance and alcohol or drug education and/or treatment for the juvenile. The juvenile may also be required to pay a highway assessment fine of no more than five hundred dollars ($500), and the assessment imposed shall be deposited into the general fund. (ii) If the person convicted of violating this section is under the age of eighteen (18) years, for a second or subsequent violation regardless of whether any prior violation and subsequent conviction was a violation and subsequent under this statute or under the driving under the influence of liquor or drugs statute of any other state, he or she shall be subject to a mandatory suspension of his or her driving license until such time as he or she is twenty-one (21) years of age and may, in the discretion of the sentencing judge, also be sentenced to the Rhode Island training school for a period of not more than one year and/or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (8) Any person convicted of a violation under this section may undergo a clinical assessment at the community college of Rhode Island 's center for workforce and community education. Should this clinical assessment determine problems of alcohol, drug abuse, or psychological problems associated with alcoholic or drug abuse, this person shall be referred to an appropriate facility, licensed or approved by the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals for treatment placement, case management, and monitoring. (e) Percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon milligrams of alcohol per one hundred (100) cubic centimeters of blood. (f) There is established an alcohol and drug safety unit within the division of motor vehicles to administer an alcohol safety action program. The program shall provide for placement and follow-up for persons who are required to pay the highway safety assessment. The alcohol and drug safety action program will be administered in conjunction with alcohol and drug programs licensed by the department of mental health retardation and hospitals. (2) Persons convicted under the provisions of this chapter shall be required to attend a special course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance, and/or participate in an alcohol or drug treatment program. The course shall take into consideration any language barrier which may exist as to any person ordered to attend, and shall provide for instruction reasonably calculated to communicate the purposes of the course in accordance with the requirements of the subsection. Any costs reasonably incurred in connection with the provision of this accommodation shall be borne by the person being retrained. A copy of any violation under this section shall be forwarded by the court to the alcohol and drug safety unit. In the event that persons convicted under the provisions of this chapter fail to attend and complete the above course or treatment program, as ordered by the judge, then the person may be brought before the court, and after a hearing as to why the order of the court was not followed, may be sentenced to jail for a period not exceeding one year. (3) The alcohol and drug safety action program within the division of motor vehicles shall be funded by general revenue appropriations. (g) The director of the health department of the state of Rhode Island is empowered to make and file with the secretary of state regulations which prescribe the techniques and methods of chemical analysis of the person's body fluids or breath, and the qualifications and certification of individuals authorized to administer this testing and analysis. (h) Jurisdiction for misdemeanor violations of this section shall be with the district court for persons eighteen (18) years of age or older and to the family court for persons under the age of eighteen (18) years. The courts shall have full authority to impose any sentence authorized and to order the suspension of any license for violations of this section. All trials in the district court and family court of violations of the section shall be scheduled within thirty (30) days of the arraignment date. No continuance or postponement shall be granted except for good cause shown. Any continuances that are necessary shall be granted for the shortest practicable time. Trials in superior court are not required to be scheduled within thirty (30) days of the arraignment date. (i) No fines, suspensions, assessments, alcohol or drug treatment programs, course on driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance, public community restitution, or jail provided for under this section can be suspended. (j) An order to attend a special course on driving while intoxicated that shall be administered in cooperation with a college or university accredited by the state, shall include a provision to pay a reasonable tuition for the course in an amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175), which fee shall be deposited into the general fund. (k) For the purposes of this section, any test of a sample of blood, breath, or urine for the presence of alcohol, which relies in whole or in part upon the principle of infrared light absorption is considered a chemical test. (l) If any provision of this section or the application of any provision shall for any reason be judged invalid, such a judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the section, but shall be confined in this effect to the provision or application directly involved in the controversy giving rise to the judgment. 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__label__wiki	0.574376	0.574376	Ask Jane You went a different route after your novel, Some Nerve. What genre is Confessions of a She-Fan? It’s what publishers and booksellers refer to as narrative nonfiction. Part baseball diary, part memoir, it’s about the months I spent following the New York Yankees to nearly every game in every city for half of the 2007 season. It’s for women who love their baseball team as passionately as they would love a romantic partner. It’s also for readers who can’t stand baseball but enjoy stories about the highs and lows of marriage. So your husband is in the book? Michael’s the hero of the book. Well, sort of. The Yankees may be my fantasy men, but he comes off like a Zen master, always making these wise, incredibly sensible pronouncements. He’s gotten his own fan mail from readers. Then you wrote another nonfiction book after Confessions. It’s about your husband too, right? He’s definitely a focal point. Writers write what they’re passionate about in the moment, and I was passionate about what was going on in my life in 2010. My husband Michael, who’s had Crohn’s disease since he was a child, was in the hospital four times that year and although I’ve been his caregiver for the over 20 years we’ve been married, it seemed as if that year was the most intense. So when my editor said she was acquiring wellness books for Chronicle, I said, “Have I got a wellness book for you.” The result was You’d Better Not Die or I’ll Kill You: A Caregiver’s Survival Guide to Keeping You in Good Health and Good Spirits. The book has even more resonance for me after I moved back East to be closer to my 99-year-old mother, who had dementia and recently passed away. You’re supposed to make us laugh with your books. The caregiver one doesn’t sound funny. But it is. There are times during medical crises when laughter saves us, and I deployed my sense of humor whenever I could. That said, there’s nothing funny about running back and forth to the hospital emergency room or feeling so stressed out you can’t sleep or worrying that your loved one will die. I tried to strike a balance in the book, providing my own personal stories about being a caregiver with interviews with other caregivers and tips for staying healthy and sane. I intend it to be a companion for anyone going through a tough time with their loved one – from how to eat healthy in a hospital cafeteria and how to make a doctor answer your questions to how to cook a turkey burger. So it’s a cookbook too? No, but it has recipes courtesy of bestselling cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman. When Michael was in the hospital, I ate junk on the run and felt awful. Martha tells caregivers how to make quick, easy and nutritious meals for themselves. Who are the other caregivers you interviewed for the book? Jeanne Phillips, also known as Dear Abby, talks about her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s. Actor Victor Garber shares anecdotes about taking care of his mother when she was similarly afflicted. Then there’s Harriet Brown, whose daughter has anorexia, and Yudi Bennett, whose son is autistic, and actress Linda Dano, whose husband had cancer even as both her parents had dementia. The point is that the specifics of the loved one’s medical condition may be different, but the emotions and situations we caregivers experience are surprisingly universal. How’s your husband doing now? Chronic illnesses mean there’s no cure, so he has the proverbial good days and bad days. He’s very proud of the book, even though it’s pretty warts-and-all when it comes to exposing our lives. Is there a new novel out there? Yes, and it was published by Diversion Books in August 2016. It’s called Three Blonde Mice. It’s a spinoff of Princess Charming, my third novel in which best friends and divorcees Elaine, Jackie and Pat take a week-long Caribbean cruise together, completely unaware that one of their exes has hired a hit man to kill one of them on the ship. It’s one of my bestselling titles and I had an urge (and many requests from readers) to bring the three women back. Three Blonde Mice, the sequel novel, is the first in my planned “Three Blonde Mice” series that will send Elaine, Jackie and Pat on different vacations during which they must solve a mystery and deal with the challenging men in their lives (for Elaine, the narrator, that means Simon is back and still making her heart race). All three women are in their forties and when Princess Charming came out, their age was considered radical – chick lit heroines were supposed to be in their late 20s or 30s. I love writing about women and the issues they face as they age. Why haven’t any of your novels been made into movies? Nine of them have been optioned for feature films and TV movies, some more than once, but so far they haven’t reached the green-light stage. I get so much mail from readers who are frustrated by all the male-dominated comedies out there and wonder where the “First Wives Club”-type material is. “Bridesmaids” was a start, but there’s been no real female-driven run of films since. That said, there’s always interest in my novels, and producers are currently circling An Ex to Grind again now that Fox’s deal with Cameron Diaz and Benecio Del Toro attached has lapsed. How do you get the ideas for your novels? Like most writers, I eavesdrop. Sometimes a book will come to me just from overhearing a juicy conversation. That’s what happened with Female Intelligence; I overheard a conversation in a movie theater. Name Dropping came about after my agent told me she had the same name as another prominent woman in publishing and recounted how their identities often got mixed up. An Ex to Grind was the result of a friend telling me about her torturous attempt to divorce her husband. Princess Charming popped into my head after bestselling author John Jakes, whose novels I promoted when I worked in publishing, said to me, “Write about a cruise ship!” For more about how I came up with the ideas for my novels, click on a specific novel and go to “Inspiration.” It’s all there. Are your novels autobiographical? No. Well, all the heroines do sound like me. That’s what my friends tell me. “Reading your books is exactly like talking to you,” they say. So I guess my heroines have some of my smart-ass attitude in them. Mostly, they’re ordinary women who are forced to solve a problem and, in doing so, discover an inner bravery they didn’t know they had. They may start out as bumbling and clueless, but they always become stronger and more self-confident by the end of the story. I like to think I tap into my inner bravery just by pulling them through their struggles. Of all my novels I would say that my first, Clean Sweep (formerly titled Cha Cha Cha), is the most autographical. The heroine is living in a big house in Connecticut when the stock market crashes and rocks her world. The same thing happened to me. I was stuck with a house I couldn’t sell and trying to cope with a divorce on top of it. But unlike the heroine, I didn’t become a murder suspect! Did you always want to be a writer? Not at all. I wanted to do play-by-play for the Yankees. It never occurred to me that I could write a book – not even during the ten years I was working in publishing in New York and promoting authors. I was happy being behind the scenes handling their publicity campaigns. I saw up close what a hard job writing is, and I didn’t want any part of it. But then came the proverbial thunderbolt: I got the idea for Clean Sweep. I started with a paragraph that grew into a page, then a chapter, then several chapters, and before I knew it I’d written 200 pages. I didn’t tell anyone what I was up to – I was afraid people would laugh at me – until one night at a friend’s dinner party. She was trying to fix me up with my now-husband Michael. He sidled up to me and said, “So what do you do?” I swallowed hard and said, “I’m writing a novel.” He rolled his eyes, laughed and said, “Isn’t everyone?” After thirteen novels and two books of nonfiction, he isn’t laughing any more. Do you have a favorite of your novels? I know I’m supposed to say, “No way! I love them equally, the way you love all your children.” Well, I do have a favorite: The Secret Ingredient. It’s about a woman who slips her husband a magic potion in the hopes of making him more romantic. Usually I really wrestle with a book – the middle parts are especially challenging – but The Secret Ingredient came easily to me and I actually laughed out loud when I’d read what I’d written. I think I hit on a very universal aspect of the male-female relationship: We fall in love with men, only to try to change them. I also enjoyed using elements of magic and fantasy in that book. Do you have a favorite book written by someone else? I love to read and there are hundreds of books I could name. But I’ll just mention Susan Isaacs’ Compromising Positions. Without it, there would be no Jane Heller novels. It influenced me so much – finally an entertaining story of a smart, wisecracking woman who solves a mystery! Subconsciously, I must have thought, Maybe I could write a novel like that. Nora Ephron’s Heartburn, along with her nonfiction work, are also touchstones for me. Her wit, her intelligence, her distinctive voice come through on every page and make me want to write funnier, smarter, better. And I must mention Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette. I marvel at the author’s quirky protagonist and unique plot. Do you set out to make your books funny? I don’t set out to tell jokes, but I try to make people laugh through situational humor. Laughter is so crucial to our sense of well-being. It gets us through tough times, distracts us from our struggles, reminds us that we shouldn’t take everything so damn seriously. The most satisfying emails I get are from people who tell me that my books made them laugh during periods in their lives when they didn’t think laughter was possible – medical crises, especially. Those letters are gifts for which I’m very grateful. Are you very disciplined as a writer? I am. I get up in the morning, eat breakfast and go to work until late afternoon – usually seven days a week. If I’m in the home stretch of a book I’ll work at night too. I don’t count pages or set limits for myself. I just put in my hours. Sometimes I’m productive. Sometimes I delete every word I’ve written that day. But I don’t sit around waiting for the muse to strike. Writers write. Do you enjoy doing book signings and TV appearances? I do now. But remember: I used to promote other authors for a living. I was very comfortable setting up their book signings and TV appearances and staying behind the scenes. Then suddenly it was my turn to step into the spotlight when Clean Sweep came out, and I was terrified. I got a negative review for the book (I think they called me “a second-rate Susan Isaacs,” not that they were wrong!) and took to my bed for 24 hours. But I got used to the scrutiny. I even got comfortable going on national television. My grandmother always said I was a ham, and she turned out to be right. Do you do a lot of research for your novels? Yes, and that surprises people. They assume that because the books are light and breezy they don’t need much “work.” The truth is, they’re light and breezy precisely because I put so much work into them. Admittedly, some of the research isn’t a hardship. For Three Blonde Mice, the new novel, I spent weeks taking farm-to-table cooking classes because that’s what my three heroines do, and it was not only delicious fun but educational. (I have lots of new recipes.) For Princess Charming, which is set on a seven-day Caribbean cruise, I took a seven-day Caribbean cruise. (It was harder than it sounds; I went during hurricane season.) For Crystal Clear, which is set in Sedona and pokes fun at the New Age movement, I spent a week there having my aura cleansed and my chakras balanced. The heroine of Name Dropping is a pre-school teacher at a Manhattan private school, so I spent quite a lot of time in the classroom of my sister, who teaches at the 92nd Street “Y” pre-school. Lucky Stars is about a struggling actress in L.A., and I interviewed several similarly struggling actresses about their lives and careers. But my most exciting research came while I was writing Some Nerve, which is about a celebrity reporter who signs up as a hospital volunteer to get the scoop on a movie star patient. I became a hospital volunteer myself. The experience changed me, just as it changed the book’s heroine, and made me realize how rewarding it is to be in service to others. What do you do when you’re not writing? I love going to the movies, and I’ll see just about anything. Here in Connecticut, we have the Bantam Cinema, which has been operating continuously since 1927 and shows all the great indie movies I love best. They have a terrific deal on Wednesday matinees and it’s very tempting for a writer who should be at her computer. Any advice for aspiring writers? Just write. Now. No excuses about how busy you are. I was on a panel once with a widow who had ten children and a full-time job. She woke up at 4 o’clock every morning and wrote until 7 a.m, when she had to get her kids ready for school. 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__label__wiki	0.614734	0.614734	Home Locations UAE UAE job – Inaugural head of Curtin University Dubai appointed UAE job – Inaugural head of Curtin University Dubai appointed Job in Dubai & UAE Inaugural head of Curtin University Dubai appointed Inaugural head of Curtin University Dubai appointed: Dubai, UAE: Professor John Evans has been appointed the inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor of Curtin Dubai, following an extensive international search. The position will provide leadership and management oversight in the ongoing development of Curtin University’s recently opened campus located in the Dubai International Academic City. Professor Evans has extensive international experience as an academic leader and business manager through his roles as Dean of Campus for the University of Wollongong in Dubai, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Curtin Malaysia and most recently, Director of Curtin’s Asia Business Centre. Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry congratulated Professor Evans, saying his experience in international education, coupled with his strong background in economics and finance made him a clear choice for the role. “Professor Evans’ knowledge of the education system in the United Arab Emirates and his leadership of Curtin Malaysia will position him well to lead the development of this exciting new campus,” Professor Terry said. Professor Evans said he was very happy to be appointed to the role and delighted to be going to Dubai to lead the campus operation. “I’m confident that my prior experiences in both Dubai and Malaysia will enable me to work effectively with a dedicated team in the development and success of Curtin Dubai,” Professor Evans said. “Our aim is to position the campus as a centre of excellence in both teaching and research, and also in industry engagement.” Professor Evans has a PhD and Master of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois, and a Master of Business in Accounting from Curtin University. Curtin Dubai was officially opened in September 2017 and currently offers courses in mass communication, engineering, business, education and a MBA Global. Students are mainly drawn from the Middle East, the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and Central Asia. The Dubai Campus strengthens Curtin’s standing as a global university and a recognised international leader in research and education, as well as providing an opportunity for the University to develop collaborative research centres with key industry and international university partners in areas of strategic interest. via Edarabia.com Previous articleStress management : Management : 21 anxiety management tips to help you cope with stress anxiety pan… Next articleinfographic : When you ask the right job interview questions, you're giving your potential… UAE job – Dubai schools looking out for screen time addiction in pupils UAE job – UAE pupils get longer school year, Ministry of Education announces UAE job – Future of Vocational Education in the UAE UAE job – UAE school calendar for next three years announced UAE job – New UAE education policy will have morals and ethics at its heart	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2004
__label__wiki	0.885124	0.885124	Humphrey on the Hill Knoxblogs Knoxblogs List Knoxnews Tag Archives: district 7 Campfield Gets a GOP Primary Challenger Knox County Commissioner Richard Briggs, a cardiothoracic surgeon and retired Army colonel, said Friday he intends to seek the 7th District Senate seat held by Stacey Campfield, reports Georgiana Vines. He has named former County Commissioner Frank Leuthold as his treasurer. Briggs said he had been having weekly meetings with prospective supporters for several months and didn’t intend to make any announcements quite this soon for an election in 2014. But with Campfield making news in Nashville with some of his proposed legislation, “it’s fair to say, everything was coming to a head. I was starting to get calls from people. We thought we should go ahead and pull the trigger and start rallying people,” he said. Briggs and Campfield are Republicans. Briggs’ naming of Leuthold with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance allows him to start raising money for a campaign for the Republican primary on Aug. 7, 2014. Campfield did not return a phone call seeking comment on Briggs’ potential candidacy. Briggs, 60, had told the News Sentinel in September he was considering the race. He and his wife, Stephanie, have bought a condo on Lanesborough Way in the 7th District where they vote, although they still use a house she owns on Breakwater Drive on the lake, he said. Briggs has been on County Commission since 2008. Campfield, in his first term as senator after serving in the state House, is his own treasurer, according to the state registry. The latest financial disclosures report filed Jan. 31 showed he had $11,386 in his campaign account. Note: Brian Stevens, 30, a statistics professor at the University of Tennessee, had previously announced as a Democratic candidate for Campfield’s seat. A Metro Pulse profile of Stevens and his campaign is HERE. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged brian, briggs, Campfield, challenger, district 7, Richard, Senate, stacey, stevens on February 9, 2013 by Tom Humphrey. Campfield Challenger Gets Early Attention Brian Stevens, who has already launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination to oppose Republican state Sen. Stacey Campfield in 2014, is the subject of a lengthy political profile piece in this week’s Metro Pulse. The tall and strapping Stevens embarked on this venture earlier in the year and took advantage of the campaign season to get his message out early to likely voters. He’ll need those two years, he says, if he wants to win the state Senate District 7 seat. “If no one’s ever heard of me, they’re going to reject me,” he says. “We have to fill in that blank. And then I come in and create the rest. It’s hard. Beating Stacey Campfield is not going to be an easy job.” Stevens, 30, is a statistics professor at the University of Tennessee. This semester, he’s also picked up a math class he’s never taught before–and he’s learning the material right along with his students. He says he reads the textbook himself and works out the example problems before teaching a lesson. If a student asks him a question he can’t answer, he tells him or her he’ll look it up himself. On top of his bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s in business analytics, he’s worked a slew of unrelated jobs, including working on an archaeological dig in Texas. In college, he was a member of the student government. “I’ve had positions of authority and leadership,” he says. “My experience is there for my age.” Stevens will run on the Democratic ticket, but mostly for the purposes of raising his odds against Campfield. “I know a third-party candidate will only increase Stacey Campfield’s chances. And it’s not so much about party because it is about me as a person,” he says. Stevens and his supporters don’t use the word “Democrat” to describe him very often; they prefer “social libertarian/fiscal moderate.” In fact, “Democrat” isn’t used on his official website or on his Facebook page. …Though Stevens’ platform is fairly typical of Democratic ideals–it includes support for environmental protections, marriage equality, and more efficient education strategies–he says he would defer to Haslam’s business knowledge when it comes to creating jobs. “He knows what will bring business here. And I think it’s great we have a businessman as a governor,” Stevens says. This entry was posted in legislative campaigns and tagged brian, Campfield, Democrat, district 7, Senate, stacey, stevens on November 29, 2012 by Tom Humphrey. Former News Sentinel Nashville bureau chief Tom Humphrey writes about Tennessee politics, state government and Legislature news. 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__label__cc	0.693158	0.306842	[PATCH 21.5] .gdbinit.in.in fixes for NEW_GC commit/hyperbole: matsl: Synced... commit/XEmacs: Jerry James: Fix... Jerry James Wednesday, 28 December 2011 Wed, 28 Dec '11 PATCH 21.5 If XEmacs is configured with NEW_GC, then using pobj on a symbol elicits a complaint about the absence of a member named data_. This patch fixes that, and also adds support for examining direct and indirect strings. I moved (most of) the NEW_GC support to a single place near the bottom of the tower of nested "ifs" to make it easier to tell how many "end"s need to match them. The patch is attached to avoid gmail mangling. -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/ _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches xemacs-gdbinit.patch (text/x-patch — 2.2 KB) New subject: [AC 21.5] .gdbinit.in.in fixes for NEW_GC APPROVE COMMIT 21.5 On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Jerry James <james(a)xemacs.org> wrote: If XEmacs is configured with NEW_GC, then using pobj on a symbol elicits a complaint about the absence of a member named data_. This patch fixes that, and also adds support for examining direct and indirect strings. I moved (most of) the NEW_GC support to a single place near the bottom of the tower of nested "ifs" to make it easier to tell how many "end"s need to match them. I haven't seen any complaints and it fixes a real problem for me, so I have committed this patch. -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/ _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2013
__label__wiki	0.835539	0.835539	Now there is no place to hide from the focus of Nazi restitution, as art collectors of ArtKabinett social network have seen more and more claims come to court. The Getty Research Institute has announced the addition of approximately 250,000 art sale records from more than 2,000 German auction catalogs dating from 1930–1945 to its free online art historical research resources. These art sale records are part of the Getty Provenance Index® databases, which currently contain close to 1.5 million records taken from source material such as archival inventories, auction catalogs, and dealer stock books. The newly digitized sales catalogs were published in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and German-occupied territories between 1930 and 1945. They include art objects looted and sold under the cultural policy of the Nationalist Socialist regime. The catalogs—some of which include hand-written annotations about sale prices and buyers’ names—are important for establishing the history of ownership for individual objects and are also rich primary sources for historians of Western art. “Provenance research is at the core of the Getty Research Institute’s mission to further art historical study,” said Thomas W. Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute. “These records are essential to the important study of art markets and their artistic, cultural, and historical mechanisms and may be very valuable for potential restitution claims.” Digitalized Records The German auction records were digitized as part of the GRI’s research project, German Sales 1930–1945: Art Works, Art Markets, and Cultural Policy which has been ongoing since January 2011. The project brings together holdings from 35 German, Swiss, and Austrian institutions, with the bulk of the catalogs drawn from the collections of the GRI’s project partners, the Kunstbibliothek of the National Museums in Berlin and University Library at Heidelberg. The Heidelberg library used a rigorous process to digitize some 150,000 pages and make them searchable using text generated via optical character recognition (OCR). This data was then incorporated into the Getty Provenance Index®, an open-access collection of databases on the history of artwork ownership from 1600 to 1900. Over the course of two years, editors at the Getty Research Institute refined and standardized the data, correcting OCR errors and incorporating information from other sources. These editors will continue to work on this material, adding records for wartime catalogs held in American libraries and transcribing handwritten annotations. “Ultimately, more than 35 cultural institutions have worked together to create an easily searchable, comprehensive database of World War II-era German art sales,” said Christian Huemer, manager of the Project for the Study of Collecting and Provenance at the GRI. “This collaboration is a game-changer in the field of provenance research.” This German Sales 1930-1945 research project was supported jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as well as by a grant from the VolkswagenStiftung. WAtch//LIVE@Vanderbilt vs Notre Dame Live Stream NCAA Football	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2020
__label__wiki	0.859019	0.859019	MNPCS About Society Executives Committee About MNP MNP Map History of MNP Khijadiya Birds Sanctuary Narara Reef Gaga Sanctuary Poshitra Nageshwer NEC Camps Welcome to India's First Marine National Park AMAZING Locations 6th Joint Implementation Support Mission of World Bank One day workshop on Sea turtle conservation at Okha Madhi, Dev bhumi Dwaraka on 12th Dec 2014 Wildlife Week Celebration of International Coastal Cleanup Day at Sikka Welcome to Gujarat Marine National Park & Sanctuary Gujarat state is endowed with vast natural resources, which essentially include marine resources, minerals, agriculture and livestock. Two of the important biodiversity hotspots in the state are the Marine Sanctuary (MS) and the Marine National Park (MNP), which were established in 1980 and 1982 respectively, under the provision of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. The main purpose of these two eco-systems is to protect and conserve the marine flora and fauna in the area. The Marine Sanctuary covered an area of 270 sq. km when it was established in 1980. A core area of 110 sq. km was subsequently notified as the Marine Park, comprising 7000 ha area towards the west and 4000 ha towards the east. In 1982, the area of the sanctuary was increased to about 458 sq. km and the geographical spread of the MNP now is 163 sq. km. A complex coral reef ecosystem coupled with extensive mangroves, dominated the seascape of the shallow water of the MNP. Intertidal zones along with 42 islands in the Jamnagar, DevBhumi Dwarkd and Morbi districts have also been included in the marine protected areas. The MNP also known for its species diversity, as there are more than 49 species of hard corals, 23 species of soft corals, 70 species of sponges, 421 species of fishes, 27 species of prawns, 30 species of crabs, 199 species of mollusk, 16 species of echinoderms, 172 species of birds, 3 species of sea mammals, 6 species of mangroves, 3 species of sea turtle, 108 species of brown, green and red algae, etc. The information on each of the Islands of Marine National Park, Jamnagar has been given as follows. Address: Office of The Cheif Conservator of Forests, Marine National Park, "Van Sankul",Forest Colony, Jamnagar - 361001. Phone: 0288-2679357/2552077 Mail: mnpforest@yahoo.com Copyright © 2011 - 2020 Gujarat Marine National Park and Marine Sanctuary Conservation Society. All Rights Reserved. Web Design & Development by Mehta Websolution	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2023
__label__wiki	0.860649	0.860649	Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is a photographer based in New York City. She has been making images through analog and digital photography since the late ’90s. Her photographs have been published by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Exposure the Journal of The Society for Photographic Education, Colorlines and other publications. She is a 2017 recipient of the Reporting Grant for Women’s Stories and African Great Lakes Reporting Fellowship, both from the International Women’s Media Foundation. Her work has been supported with grants from Columbia University’s IRAAS, the Research Foundation of the City University of New York and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a four-time recipient of the Community Arts Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council. BRIC Arts selected her as a 2015 Media Arts Fellow where she produced her first experimental short, “Sunu Fall.” She has given talks at Yale University, The International Center of Photography, New York University, The Women of the World Festival and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S., Europe and Africa. Barrayn’s latest project on the Baye Fall sufi order of Senegal was exhibited at Galleria Biagiottie in Florence, Italy and at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), New York. In 2015, she was selected for the Alexia Foundation workshop, “Photography: Agent for Change” and was shortlisted for the Lucie Foundation’s, Emerging Photographer. She was recently an artist-in-residence at the Waaw Center for Art and Design in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Adama Delphine Fawundu, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief Adama Delphine Fawundu is photo-based multi-disciplinary award winning visual artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. In 2015, Ms. Fawundu, was one of the 60 women chosen to front the clothing brand, The Limited’s “New Look of Leadership Campaign.” Over the past 25 years, through extensive travel and research, Ms. Fawundu has produced several photographic archives of works documenting the life and culture of people within the African Diaspora. These works were published in numerous anthologies and books such as, Africa Under the Prism: Contemporary African Photography from the Lagos Photo Festival by Joseph Gergel, ReSignifications: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings, Edited by Awam Ampka, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840-Present by Deborah Willis, Black: A Celebration of Black Culture Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Dr. Deborah Willis, Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G by Cheo Hodari Coker (Vibe Books, 2004), and Enduring Visions: Women’s Artistic Heritage Around the World by Abby Remer (Davis Publications, 2001). Her works has also been contextualized in publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine and New York Magazine. Ms. Fawundu’s commitment to social justice issues prompted the commission to produce a documentary and solo photography exhibition titled, “Tivoli: A Place We Call Home: A Community Faces Gentrification,” at the Brooklyn Historical Society. This project was used to help a community maintain their housing during the midst of gentrification. She was also commissioned to produce a media campaign and solo traveling exhibition for the Women’s Institute of the GMHC titled: “Touched: Black & Latina Women Living with HIV.” This series project toured New York City and was used as an advocacy tool for HIV awareness and prevention. Fawundu’s works has been exhibited in institutions such as the BRIC Biennial 2016, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, International Center of Photography, Rush Arts Gallery, the Lagos Photo Festival, The Brighton Photo Biennial 2016 (UK), Norton Museum of Art, Villa La Pietra (Italy) and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago). She’s been awarded grants from the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, IREX Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow, Brooklyn Arts Council, The Puffin Foundation, The Open Society Institute, The Norton Museum of Art/Rubin Prize Nominee, and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Her works can be found in the the collections at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Norton Museum of Art, Corridor Art Gallery, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo. Crystal Whaley, Deputy Editor Crystal Whaley is a multiple EMMY Award winning creative producer and development executive in film/TV/digital offering a unique combination of cross-functional skills with over 15 years of experience. Specialized expertise in content development and acquisition, strategic brand initiatives and creative direction. Crystal is responsible for the overall financial sustainability and creative integrity of multiple shows/projects, including the oversight of all logistics necessary to meet creative mandates, broadcast standards and brand recognition. She’s developed, produced, directed and supervised award winning series TV, documentaries, commercials and music videos. Owner and Creative Director of Plan C Media Group, she’s also a former principal and co-owner of Pixel Media LLC / Lionsgate as well as a former senior producer for Sesame Workshop, former director of video for Arista Records and former executive producer of Free Spirit Films Inc. She’s produced nationally syndicated and Peabody nominated documentaries for PBS and The Learning Channel among a myriad of advertising & print campaigns, innovative commercials, and ground breaking music videos for award-winning artists. A lover of the arts, Crystal is an accomplished Curator and Photographer, a member of the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., this Los Angeles native & honorary New Yorker holds a Journalism degree from Howard University and a Film Production Certificate from New York University. Shannon Washington, Creative Director Labeled as a ‘Next Gen CEO’ by Refinery 29, Shannon Washington has built a dynamic career based on a solid reputation, a visionary insight and a flair for the imaginative. With just over 10 years as a professional creative, Shannon has created integrated, print, experiential, broadcast and digital experiences for a variety of industries, from wine + spirits to technology and beauty. She proudly counts Diageo, COTY/Rimmel, Moet Hennessy, Pepsi and more as a part of her brand history and agencies like iris, MKTG, Mirrorball, and CHWA as her training grounds. Currently, Shannon is a Senior Creative Director at INVNT where she focuses on live and integrated experiences for Intel, SC Johnson, POPSUGAR, Time Inc and more. Before INVNT, Shannon served as a lead Digital Creative Director at GREY New York, where she focused on beauty and lifestyle brands such as Pandora Jewelry and Pantene where she actively created work to shape a new, digital-first conversation for the iconic brand. In her spare time, Shannon publishes and crafts content strategy for PARLOUR, a digital travel platform for women of color and serves as a mentor with New Inc, a cultural and entrepreneur incubator program. Shannon also actively adds to the discourse around the importance and power of women in advertising through paneling and public conversations, most recently at Advertising Week NY 2016.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2025
__label__wiki	0.872697	0.872697	A Celebration In Song Re-Release Olivia's 2008 album "A Celebration In Song" is being re-released through Green Hill Music with new artwork/packaging on January 25, 2011. Olivia is donating her proceeds to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center. Pre-Order your copy now from Amazon.com! Posted by DjPaulT at 11:48 PM 0 comments Olivia Featured On Grammy Site Posted by DjPaulT at 9:27 AM 0 comments Olivia Newton-John makes Billboard 2010 Year End Chart Billboard's Year End chart has been released and Olivia Newton-John's "Grace & Gratitude Renewed" has finished at #15 on the New Age Albums chart. Ironically Olivia's 1982 album "Physical" also reached the Billboard Year End chart at #15 in December of 1982. You can view the Billboard New Age Album Cart at Billboard.com Purchase Olivia Newton-John Grace and Gratitude Renewed Olivia Newton-John Tapes Oprah Appearance Oprah gathered her best Australian pals -- Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton-John and Russell Crowe -- to tape her second show at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Some 12,000 audience members were selected from 350,000 applicants to participate in two tapings of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show will air in January, 2011 in the US and Australia. Posted by DjPaulT at 2:27 PM 0 comments Olivia Newton-John new single "Help Me To Heal" Download the new Olivia Newton-John single "Help Me To Heal" taken from the Green Hill release: "GRACE AND GRATITUDE: RENEWED". For each download of "Help Me To Heal" from November 1, 2010 through December 31,2010 on GreenHillMusic.com, $.50 each will be donated to both City of Hope's Women's Cancers program and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre- Melbourne, Australia. Special radio edit mix previously not available! Olivia Newton-John Korean shows cancelled After a tour of Japan Olivia Newton-John was scheduled to appear in Seoul Korea for two concerts on December 6 and 7th. For security reasons and in view of recent events that involve the two Koreas and the tension continues to prevail on the Korean peninsula both concerts were canceled. This was annouced officially on Olivia's web site. Olivia Newton-John Live In Chile Olivia Concert in South America Nov. 15 (Mon) Santiago, Chile - Movistar Arena - 9PM Olivia Profile: AARP "My Generation" If you think of Olivia Newton-John, chances are the first image that comes to mind is the sweet-then-sassy Sandy in the movie Grease. Then there’s her music—the soundtrack for the ‘70s and ‘80s, with hits like I Honestly Love You, Have You Never Been Mellow and Physical. Olivia’s still hard at work in the studio and on the screen, with the recent release of her latest CD Grace and Gratitude Renewed, her cameo appearance on the hit TV show Glee and her starring role in the movie Score: A Hockey Musical. But Olivia is devoted to a new role these days: passionate advocate for women’s health. As a breast cancer survivor, Olivia is on a crusade to create awareness about early detection. She encourages women to take a more active role in their health and has launched the Liv Aid, a device to help women perform breast self-exams. Olivia’s commitment to fighting cancer will expand in 2012 with the opening of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia, for which she raised more than $2 million by leading a trek along the Great Wall of China in 2008. Looking back, Olivia says she’s grateful now for her cancer experience—she can now be a positive inspiration to other women battling cancer. My Generation’s Doris McMillon has the inspiring story of this superstar on a mission to save lives and make a difference for millions of women. Elaine Paige Featuring Olivia Newton-John "Amourese" Olivia originally recorded "Amourese" in the early 1970's now 30 years late she has re-recorded the song as a duet with Elaine Paige. The song will appear on the fortcoming Elaine Paige album "Elaine Paige and Friends". The album is to be released on November 1, 201 by Rhino/Warner Music. The album is produced by Phil Ramone and will also feature duets with Barry Manilow, Billy Ocean and more. Pre-Order from Amazon UK Olivia recorded the song in 1973 for the album "Let Me Be There". New Olivia Newton-John single "Help Me To Heal" The new single "Help Me To Heal" from the new Olivia Newton-John CD "Grace And Gratitude Renewed". Buy the CD now on Amazon. "Help Me To Heal" Olivia Newton-John Comic Book Pre-Order THIS PRE-ORDER ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO STORES ON 10/27/2010 Olivia Newton-John's career has spanned decades! She burst onto the scene in the 1970's as Sandy in the smash movie-musical Grease. Musically she spawned numerous top ten hits including the 80's aerobic anthem 'Physical.' The 90's, however, marked one of her biggest life achievements - surviving breast cancer. This issue will feature a resource guide for breast cancer awareness, with a portion of proceeds going to charity. Pre-Order your copy now from Amazon Olivia Newton-Johnohn Liv® Breast Self-Exam Aid Promo Video Please visit LIV.com to purschase your Liv® Breast Self-Exam Aid http://www.livgeiger.com/products.html# Upcoming Olivia Newton-John TV Appearances Check back here for more updates as they are confirmed: "Fox & Friends" - FOX - check local listings "The Today Show" - NBC - check local listings "Joy Behar Show" - HLN - check local listings "Tavis Smiley" - PBS - check local listings "The Wendy Williams Show" - check local listings "The Doctors" - check local listings Change in schedule / new airdate coming: "Hollywood 411" - TV Guide Channel Dates subject to change. Check local listings for airdates and times. Posted by DjPaulT at 12:17 AM 0 comments Olivia Newton-John gets Physical with Chippendales It's hard to believe that Olivia Newton-John is in her sixties.Looking fit and fabulous, the Grammy award winning singer and Grease actress headlined The 2010 Pink Ribbon Night yesterday in Vienna, Austria. The 61-year-old sang for the crowd and was joined on stage by a group of handsome and fit Chippendales dancers. The gala was held to show solidarity with breast cancer survivors and to convince as many women as possible to see their doctors for potentially life-saving early diagnosis checks. Newton-John is a breast cancer survivor herself, having been diagnosed in 1992,and has since worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the disease. Born in England and raised in Australia, she now lives in Florida with her second husband, John Easterling, and has a grown-up daughter, Chloe. Newton-John became a household name in 1978 after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease, which co-starred John Travolta, became the biggest box office hit of the year. It also made Newton-John a sex symbol when she set male pulses racing by donning a pair of tight black leather trousers and a black leather jacket. The Grease icon also had several chart-topping music hits in the 1970's and '80's including Let Me Be There, I Honestly Love You and Physical. As for her acting, she will next appear in the new film Score: A Hockey Musical, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival recently. Olivia and Canadian songwriter Marc Jordan play the highbrow parents of a teen hockey star who achieves greatness on the ice. Olivia and Marc will also co-write and perform a song for the indie movie's end credits. The actress recently opened up about how she stays looking so fabulous, saying her vices are white toast and chocolate, 'although we all know a little dark chocolate is good for you.' Pink and Blue for Two at Busch Gardens On October 27th, 2010, the "Pink and Blue for Two" cancer awareness campaign will throw its second event at the famed Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa Bay, FL. The goals of the "PB42" events are to raise awareness and funds for both breast and prostate cancer research, and to link the striking similarities between the two cancers. Through these events, we will be urging all couples to help remind one another to visit their Dr.’s for screening of both types of cancers…"Screen Together. LIVE Together." Hosted by Olivia Newton-John and Moffitt Cancer Center founder, H. Lee Moffitt, "PB42" events are star-studded affairs, which attract local, national and international media attention. With live musical performances, speaking engagements and silent and live auctions, "PB42" events offer a multitude of branding opportunities for its partners. For tickets and information pleas visit: pinkandbluefortwo.com Happy Birthday Olivia Newton-John From "Grease" to "Glee" Icon Olivia Newton-John turns 62 today can you believe it? Olivia you are Totally Hot! Photo Courtesy: Michelle Day Olivia Newton John was Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, she was the youngest child of a Professor named Brin Newton-John and her German born mother Irene daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Born. Despite the academic background Olivia only had an interest for music and singing. At the age of 5 years old Olivia moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family. When she was 15 she started an all-girl group called Sol Four. Later that year she entered a poplular talent quest tv show called "Sing, Sing, Sing" hosted by Johnny O'Keefe, winning this contest she earned herself a trip to London. By 1963, Olivia Newton John was appearing on the local daytime TV shows and weekly pop programs in Australia. Olivia met her lifelong friends, Melbourne born Pat Carroll and John Farrar on the "Go Show". The following year she went to London, where she was joined by her friend Pat (who later married John Farrar). They toured Europe as a duo act, they appeared on BBC television and the cabaret circuit and played in nightclubs and American service bases until Pat's visa ran out so she had to return to Australia. Breaking the duo up and leaving Olivia to make her first single with Decca Records in 1966, a version of Jackie DeShannon's "Till You Say You'll Be Mine." In 1971, Bruce Welch of The Shadows co-produced her cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not For You," with her Australian friend, producer/songwriter, John Farrar, who she continues to collaborate with today. "Let Me Be There" her debut U.S album in 1973 on MCA Records produced her first top ten single of the same name, Tthe Academy Of Country Music honored Oliva as the Most Promising Female Vocalist and a Grammy Award as Best Country Vocalist. Just before she moved to the United States to build upon her burgeoning success there, Olivia represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. The number she sang, which was selected by a poll of TV viewers, was a terrible song called "Long Live Love", and together with a long flowing baby-blue dress, turned out to be a disaster. Olivia was up against stiff competition, as ABBA stole the show with a barnstorming performance of their song "Waterloo", which launched their international career. Olivia came in a distant fourth. Olivia left England for America in 1975 to promote her next album "Have You Never Been Mellow". The title song charted at #1 and her next single from the album, "Please Mr Please", reached #3. This was the start of a long list of hits which continued throughout the 70s. Olivia became a regular on the TV show "Midnight Special", and in 1976 she had her own TV special on ABC called "A Very Special Olivia Newton -John". Soft ballads were Olivia's strong suit, and she rattled off a string of albums, including, "Clearly Love", "Come On Over", "Don't Stop Believin", and "Making A Good Thing Better". She toured Japan in 1976 and a concert was recorded as a live album titled "Love Performance". This proved to be only the beginning of a very exciting career. Her countless successes include three more Grammys, numerous Country Music Awards, American Music Awards and Peoples Choice Awards, five #1 hits including “Physical,” which topped the charts for ten consecutive weeks, and 15 top 10 singles. In 1978, her co-starring role with John Travolta in “Grease” catapulted Olivia into super-stardom. This film led to the production of the most successful movie musical soundtrack in history, featuring the duets "You're The One That I Want" and "Summer Nights," with Travolta, as well as her mega-hit, "Hopelessly Devoted To You." The film was re-released worldwide in 1998 in celebration of it's 20th anniversary to even more acclaim, a true testament to it's timeless quality. Her other film credits include "Xanadu," "Two Of A Kind," "It's My Party,” and recently the independent feature, “Sordid Lives.” She followed that success, by co-starring with her daughter, Chloe, in the Showtime movie, “The Wilde Girls.” Clearly following in her mother's footsteps, Chloe has performed on stage with Olivia during her last two tours. Olivia's public appeal has proved to be equally timeless. Her career has spanned more than three decades and she is still a vibrant, creative individual that is adored by fans across the world. Throughout her career, the much-loved star, who danced with Gene Kelly in “Xanadu,” hosted the popular internationally syndicated “Wild Life” television show, was bestowed an O.B.E. (Order Of The British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth in 1979, has held many humanitarian causes close to her heart, particularly since the birth of her daughter Chloe in 1986. She served as Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme and in 1991, the Colette Chuda Environmental Fund/CHEC (Children's Health Environ-mental Coalition) was founded after the tragic death of Chloe's best friend from a rare childhood cancer, with Olivia serving as National Spokesperson for ten years. Her steadfast devotion and shared commitment to CHEC's mission and goals enabled the organization to receive worldwide attention and support. Her charmed life has not been without it's share of upset. In the 90's, Olivia successfully overcame her own battle with breast cancer, which inspired her self-penned and produced album, “GAIA,” her most personal album reflecting upon her experiences with cancer. She used these experiences to gain greater self-awareness and became a positive inspiration to millions of people battling cancer. As a breast cancer survivor, Olivia has become increasingly well known and respected for talking openly about her battle with breast cancer and for promoting public awareness of the importance of early detection. Her personal victory against cancer led her to announce her partnership with the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre and the creation of the “Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre” (ONJCC) on the Austin Campus in her hometown, Melbourne, Australia. The ONJCC will provide a comprehensive range of services and facilities for cancer treatment, education, training and research. Olivia continues to give back to the community generously and has been acknowledged many times by charitable and environmental organizations for her ongoing efforts, among them: the American Red Cross, the Environmental Media Association, the Women's Guild of Cedar's Sinai Medical Center, the Rainforest Alliance and Concept Cure. In 1999, with the release of her album, "Back With A Heart," Olivia garnered an Emmy Award for her songwriting and returned to work as a performer touring extensively in the United States for the first time in seventeen years. In the new millennium, her international recognition has continued to grow. She was invited by the Vatican on behalf of Pope John Paul II to perform at the Jubilee Celebration for the Sick and Healthcare Workers. Olivia was thrilled to sing the duet, “Dare to Dream” with fellow Australian John Farnham at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics to an estimated global viewing audience of four billion people. Adding to this Olympic experience is what Olivia feels is one of her most memorable moments - the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch and then passing it to tennis legend, Pat Rafter, on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, during the Olympic Torch Relay. In 2000/2001, Olivia released her only live album, "One Woman's Live Journey," followed by “Magic - The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John,” which celebrated thirty years of recording. And if that wasn't enough, she also released her first holiday album, “The Christmas Collection.” In 2002, Olivia was inducted into the prestigious Australian Music Hall Of Fame at the 16th Annual Aria Awards. Her passion for Australia was proven once again when Olivia recently reunited with friend and business partner Pat Farrar to launch their distinctly Australian wines under the iconic homegrown brand Koala Blue, to proudly bring the “taste of Australia” to the rest of the world. Her current cd, simply titled, “2,” was recorded in 2002 in Australia and features a host of talented Ozzies along with a couple of her american friends (honorary Ozzies!) and is quickly garnering international acclaim. With her current international tour, ongoing projects and philanthropic endeavors, Olivia's worldwide popularity is as strong as ever! "Grace And Gratitude Renewed" Debuts on Billboard! "Grace and Gratitude Renewed" debuts!#2 on Billboard New Age Chart After a ride on the Billboard Hot 100 back in May with the revamped version of "Physical" from "GLEE" which peaked at #89 on the Billboard digital downloads chart.Olivia Newton-John now sees her album "Grace and Gratitude Renewed" debut at #2 on the Billboard New Age album chart. Buy "Grace And Gratitude Renewed on Amazon "Grace and Gratitude Renewed" In stores now! From Olivia: "Grace and Gratitude" was written at a time in my life when I needed some personal healing. I have always turned to music, meditation and prayer to guide me. I believe that healing starts with an attitude of gratitude, and even in my darkest hours I tried to remember all that I have to be grateful for." In these past four years the universe heard me and has restored joy, health and love into my life. I awoke to the love of my life, my husband John Easterling, and my seven year journey to launch the ONJ Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia has finally come to fruition. I have been very touched by the response to the words and music of "Grace and Gratitude" and have had the privilege of sharing it in concert with many of you since its first release. I am so excited that my new friends at Green Hill and EMI are going to make this music available everywhere. With "Grace and Gratitude Renewed", I want to bring some of the happy energy I have been blessed with these past few years, to this revisited collection. I have resung several of the songs, and invited a few dear friends to sing with me. My producer, co-writer and dear friend Amy Sky and I were inspired to write a new song, "Help Me To Heal" - I love it and hope you do too! Yours in love and light, "Grace and Gratitude Renewed" features: • New tracks - "Help Me To Heal" and "Todah" - featuring Best New Age Grammy Award Winner David Darling • Newly recorded vocals by Olivia on several tracks • New duet version of "To Be Wanted" with Mark Masri • New duet version of "I Will LIft Up My Eyes" with Amy Sky • New instrumentation and harmonies on several tracks • Completely new packaging and photos New vocals recorded in 2010 at Echo Beach Studios FL and Kick Audio Toronto. *Buy the CD "Grace And Gratitude Renewed" From: Green Hill Music CD Universe or your local CD retailer. 1. Shekhinah (Interlude) 2. Pearls On A Chain 3. Yesod (Interlude) 4. To Be Wanted / Mark Masri 5. Hod (Interlude) 6. Learn To Love Yourself 7. Nezah (Interlude) 8. Grace And Gratitude 9. Tiferet (Interlude) 10. Love Is Letting Go Of Fear 11. Hesed Gevurah (Interlude) 12. Gate Gate 13. Tala'al Badru 'Alayna (Interlude) 14. Let Go Let God 15. Binah (Interlude) 16. I Will Lift Up My Eyes / Amy Sky 17. Hochman (Interlude) 18. The Power Of Now Keter (Interlude) 19. Instrument of Peace / Marc Jordan Olivia Newton-John's Grace and Gratitude is inspired by her belief that music has the power to heal by calming our minds, lifting our spirits, and connecting to our hearts. Named for Olivia's appreciation for the gift of life, Grace and Gratitude contains more than 20 tracks intended for relaxation and healing. As an 18-year breast cancer "thriver," Olivia has learned the importance of physical and emotional health, and especially the power of music. Research has shown that music can lower stress hormones, slow down brain waves, and actually boost the body's own healing process. Co-written by the album's producer, Amy Sky, the lyrics acknowledge a variety of belief systems, including Tibetan chants, prayers from Judaism and Islam, and a poem from St. Francis of Assisi. Together, Olivia and Amy took the chakras of the body as the basis for each song on the CD. Each chakra is connected to a sacred truth that reflects your pshycological, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Olivia Newton-John: Olivia's Box - 40th Anniversary Collectors Edition 2010 Japanese exclusive strictly limited edition ELEVEN-disc set, comprised of 10 digitally remastered SHM-CD (Super High Material) CD - playable on all CD players. The box set also includes a bonus Region 2 NTSC DVD featuring rare footage from the 70s and 80s; each CD is presented in a mini LP-style card sleeve each CD includes rare bonus tracks, with the set housed in a beautiful individually numbered box with extensive booklet and a personal message from Olivia herself! Albums included: Long Live Love Clearly Love Making A Good Thing Better Totally Hot Soul Kiss The Rumour Grease (OST) + bonus DVD featuring rare footage Release Date: October 12, 2010 (Date Subject To Change) Format: SHM CD Record Label: Universal Catalogue No: UICY-91519 The SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. VISIT UMUSIC JAPAN Pre-Order Now this box set is a limited Edition so they will go quickly. Pre-Order From: Olivia Newton-John Attends Toronto Film Festival Press Confrence Olivia Newton John attends the press conference for "Score: A Hockey Musical" at the 35th Toronto Film Festival. The film opens October 22nd. Olivia Newton-John heading to Japan for concerts Monday 6th September, 06:00 AM JST TOKYO — Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, 61, will kick off a four-city commemorative tour of Japan with a performance at Tokyo’s Orchard Hall on Nov 25. It will be Newton-John’s fifth visit to Japan and her first in 4 1/2 years. Newton-John sings a wide variety of musical styles from rock, pop and folk to country. Promoters say she promises to dazzle fans with renditions of her classic songs like “Physical,” “Magic” and “Have You Never Been Mellow.” Her visit to Japan comes in the run-up to the Oct 13 release of a 2-disc compilation album titled “Olivia Newton-John 40/40 - The Best Selection.” The 40 tracks on the album were voted for by Japanese fans. Article from: Japan Today Jon Secada and Friends with special guest Olivia Newton-John Secada and Friends with special guest Olivia Newton-John Two time Grammy Award winner Jon Secada will be bringing back the glamour and nostalgia of the city’s once popular live music venues whenSecada’s at Magic City Casino opens November 2010. Located at 450 NW 37 Avenue, on the second floor mezzanine of the Magic City Casino - home to Miami’s first slot machines - this intimate new bar and lounge overlooks a new open-air concert stage that will feature live performances and themed events. The venue is in tune with the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s affinity for music and the entertainment arts, and his passion for Miami. In fact, Secada and Friends, with very special guest Olivia Newton-John, is the first concert scheduled for the upcoming series at the new state of the art Magic City Amphitheatre launching in tandem with the opening of Secada’s onThursday, November 4, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Seating 160 guests, Secada’s will offer an ideal setting for meeting friends for cocktails and innovative bar bites, while enjoying great entertainment, ranging from dance-offs, Carnaval nights, and live DJ music. Secada’s will also bring back the intimacy of a live music venue to Miami, where guests will enjoy impromptu evenings hosted by Secada as well as performances by local musicians and emerging acts. The opening of Secada’s at Magic City Casino will be another career highlight for this internationally recognized Latin crossover singer-songwriter and actor who starred in Broadway hit musicals including Grease and Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed version of Cabaret. In fact, Secada’s career is currently booming. He recently announced his participation on Univision’s first season of its dance competition show, Mira Quién Baila (Look Who’s Dancing), the Spanish equivalent of “Dancing with The Stars,” premiering nationwide on September 12, 2010. In addition, Secada is currently in the studio recording his upcoming Spanish pop album. Over the years, Jon Secada has amassed a career sales total of more than 20 million albums worldwide. He is an international superstar recognized for hits such as “Just Another Day,” “Angel,” and “I’m Free,” and who has helped compose music hits for Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and Jennifer Lopez, among others. He has also performed with opera legend Luciano Pavarotti and recorded a duet with the late Frank Sinatra. Secada’s at Magic City Casino, slated to open Thursday, November 4, 2010, is located on the second floor mezzanine at 450 NW 37th Avenue in Miami. Telephone: (305) 649-3000; www.magiccitycasino.com. For more about Jon’s music, concert tours, Secada’s at Magic City Casino, and Mira Quién Baila, visit www.JonSecada.com Olivia Newton-John Japanese Tour Dates Announced Olivia Newton-John continues to mesmerise the world with her voice! It's finally officially announced ... Olivia Newton-John will perform some concerts in the land of the rising sun! She will perform 5 concerts to mark the 40th Anniversary of her career. Olivia's last visit to Japan was in 2006. Aside from this tour, Japan will release an 11 CD box set titled "Olivia's Box ～40th Anniversary Collector's Edition" that is remastered in SHM-CD format. The set will contain Olivia's first eleven albums as they were originally released in Japan. Each CD is complete with a mini replica cardboard LP sleeve, plus rare bonus tracks. The box will also include a bonus DVD featuring perfomances from the 70's and 80's. There will also be a compilation CD called "40/40 The Best Selection", which also includes some surprises, which will delight Olivia fans worldwide. The Japan Tour Dates: Nov. 25 2010 - Orchard Hall,Tokyo Nov. 28 2010 - JCB Hall, Tokyo Nov. 30 2010 - Hondanomori Hall,Kanazawa Dec. 02 2010 - Aurora Hall,Nagoya Dec. 03 2010 - Archaic Hall,Osaka/Amagasaki For tickets please visit: UDO Artists Inc. (Site in Japanese) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Official Web UNIVERSAL MUSIC Official Web First look at "1 A Minute" - new docu-drama featuring Olivia Breast cancer affects women and families all over the world, from celebrities to maybe your next-door neighbor. In fact, the disease takes the life of one woman every 69 seconds, an astonishing stat that leads to a mortality rate of 465,000 deaths per year. But there is optimism and hope to be found as awareness grows, and those ideas are celebrated in the docudrama 1 a Minute, directed by Indo-American actress — and breast cancer survivor — Namrata Singh Gujral. Narrated by Kelly McGillis, the film chronicles Gujral’s own life as she is diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, as well as interspersing personal tales from famous survivors such as Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith and Diahann Carroll, Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy G. Brinker, Dr. Deepak Chopra, and William and Daniel Baldwin, whose mom Carol M. Baldwin is a breast cancer survivor and started a family research fund for the disease. On Oct. 6, more than 525 theaters around the country will simulcast a live panel discussion that features Gujral, Etheridge, and Newton-John among others, followed by a world premiere showing of the film. Donations from the event will support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Tickets are on sale starting today for the event, so go to the movie’s website for more info and check out this exclusive trailer for 1 a Minute. Olivia Newton-John at Tag Heuer Odyssey of Pioneers Event in Miami Miami Beach, FL – August 19, 2010 TAG - Heuer, the luxury Swiss watch brand celebrated its 150th anniversary and paid tribute to its pioneering spirit at an exclusive “Odyssey of Pioneers” private cocktail party and timepiece exhibition at The Temple House in Miami Beach. Guests enjoyed libations and hors d’oeuvres while mingling among guests including Philippe Alluard (President of LVMH Watch & Jewelry Division), Jean-Christophe Babin (President & CEO of TAG Heuer), Jeffrey Donovan who hosted the event, Carlos Gomez, Michelle Hurd, Olivia Newton John, Matt Passmore, Jon Secada, and Kari Whitman. The brand joined forces with Tesla Motors, the legendary electric sports car company. Together creating a one-of-a-kind fully electric, emissions-free, TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster on display for guests to admire, driven in by Jeffery Donovan followed by a parade-like crowd. The Miami event will mark the 12th major stop that the TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster has made worldwide. Olivia Newton-John to duet on Elaine Paige Album Olivia Newton-John (left) Elaine Paige (Rright) Elaine Paige, the renowned British musical stage star, recording artist and actress who recently celebrated her 40th anniversary on stage, is in New York City recording a new "Duets" album for Warner Bros Records that is being produced by the legendary Phil Ramone. Tentatively titled "Elaine and Friends," the album will include duets of Elaine singing with such internationally renowned recording artists as (in alphabetical order): Paul Anka, John Barrowman, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Olivia Newton John, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ocean, Le Ann Rimes, Jon Secada, Neil Sedaka and Dionne Warwick. The album is scheduled to be released in the UK on November 1, 2010, with a US release early in 2011. "I am very excited by this project," Elaine said, "I have been waiting for this opportunity for 20 years to work with the legendary Phil Ramone. He is a true magician in the recording studio. And being able to sing with some of my idols, people I have admired for years, is an absolute pleasure, a dream come true!" Read more:Broadway World.com Olivia Newton-John makes Billboard 2010 Year End C... Elaine Paige Featuring Olivia Newton-John "Amoures... Olivia Newton-Johnohn Liv® Breast Self-Exam Aid Pr... Olivia Newton-John gets Physical with Chippendales... "Grace And Gratitude Renewed" Debuts on Billboard!... Olivia Newton-John: Olivia's Box - 40th Anniversar... Olivia Newton-John Attends Toronto Film Festival P... Jon Secada and Friends with special guest Olivia N... First look at "1 A Minute" - new docu-drama featur... Olivia Newton-John at Tag Heuer Odyssey of Pioneer...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2026
__label__cc	0.689703	0.310297	Home>Gynecology>Intrauterine adhesions: causes, symptoms, treatment Intrauterine adhesions: causes, symptoms, treatment Intrauterine adhesions or adhesions - this is one ofpossible causes of infertility. They can develop as a result of abortion, operations on the uterus or banal inflammation. Learn more about adhesions read the article. Causes of adhesions and their classification Manifestations of adhesions Diagnosis and treatment of adhesions Intrauterine adhesions (adhesions), or the so-called Asherman's syndrome, are a partial or complete imperforate uterus. There are several possible reasonsoccurrence of intrauterine adhesions: inflammation, trauma and hormonal imbalance. The main factor considered uterine mucosa injury after childbirth or abortion, and, subsequently, the development of inflammation. The occurrence of intrauterine adhesions is very likely in women with pregnancy stops developing. Intrauterine adhesions can also occur after operations on the uterus, in addition, the disease can also provoke intrauterine device (coil). The most convenient and commonly used classification of intrauterine adhesions on the prevalence of: I degree - involved less than 1/4 of the volume of the uterus, adhesions thin pipe openings are free; Grade II - involved from 1/4 to 3/4 volume of the cavity of the uterus, adhesion no walls, only spikes, pipe openings partially closed; Grade III - involved more than 3/4 of the volume of the uterus. Depending on the extent of the uterine cavity imperforateintrauterine adhesions occur scanty menses or their complete absence. The consequence of getting infertility or inability to tolerate pregnancy, ie, constant miscarriages. In the case of imperforate bottom uterus mozhen disrupt the outflow of menstrual blood, and as a result, severe inflammation. In the presence of adhesions in the pregnant uterus is unlikely, even in case of artificial insemination. For the diagnosis of intrauterine adhesions applyX-ray picture of the uterus after the introduction into it of a special contrast medium, ultrasound examination of the inside of the uterus using a special device (hysteroscopy). Currently, the only treatmentintrauterine adhesions is their dissection under direct control of the hysteroscope without damaging healthy tissue to restore normal menstrual cycle and the possibility of conceiving and carrying a child. The nature of the operation, its effectiveness, and the final results depend on the type and degree of intrauterine adhesions uterus imperforate. Pitfalls of andropause. How to avoid them? Allergies in the child: what to do? Rubella in pregnancy Methods of treatment of ovarian apoplexy Early toxemia of pregnancy The asymmetry of the face is normal Pancreatitis - the apotheosis of pain Manifestations of osteosarcoma Treatment of pneumonia	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2031
__label__cc	0.744907	0.255093	Blumenthal on Meaningful Use Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has published an open letter on the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records. Blumenthal reported that CMS will issue it's proposed rule by year end. "Meaningful" Progress Toward Electronic Health Information Exchange A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology I recently reported on our announcement of State Health Information Technology Grants and grants to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers, as authorized under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act). Today I want to discuss the important term “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs) – both as a concept that underlies the movement toward an electronic health care environment and as a practical set of standards that will be issued as a proposed regulation by the end of 2009. The HITECH Act provisions of the Recovery Act create a truly historic opportunity to transform our health system through unprecedented investments in the development of a nationwide electronic health information system. This system will ultimately help facilitate, inform, measure, and sustain improvements in the quality, efficiency, and safety of health care available to every American. Simply put, health professionals will be able to give better care, and their patients’ experience of care will improve, leading to better health outcomes overall. As many of you are aware, the HITECH Act provides incentive payments to doctors and hospitals that adopt and meaningfully use health information technology. Eligible physicians, including those in solo or small practices, can receive up to $44,000 over five years under Medicare or $63,750 over six years under Medicaid for being meaningful users of certified electronic health records. Hospitals that become meaningful EHR users could receive up to four years of financial incentive payments under Medicare beginning in 2011, and up to six years of incentive payments under Medicaid beginning in October 2010. The HITECH Act’s financial incentives demonstrate Congress’ and the Administration’s commitment to help those who want to improve their care delivery, and will serve as a catalyst to accelerate and smooth the path to HIT adoption by more individual providers and organizations. The dollars are tangible evidence of a national determination to bring health care into the 21st century. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is charged with coordinating nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. ONC is working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), through an open and transparent process, on efforts to officially designate what constitutes “meaningful use.” ONC has already engaged in a broad range of efforts to support the development of a formal definition of meaningful use. The HITECH Act designated a federal advisory committee, the HIT Policy Committee, with broad representation from major health care constituencies, to provide recommendations to ONC on meaningful use. The HIT Policy Committee has provided two sets of recommendations, informed by input from a variety of stakeholders. ONC and CMS have also conducted a series of listening sessions to solicit feedback from more than 200 representatives of various constituent groups and an open comment period where over 800 public comments were submitted and reviewed. The second set of recommendations on meaningful use was issued at a July 16 HIT Policy Committee meeting and details can be found at healthit.hhs.gov/policycommittee. CMS is expected to publish a formal definition of meaningful use, for the purposes of receiving the Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments, by December 31, 2009. At that time, the public will be able to comment on the definition, and such comments will be considered in reaching any final definition of the term. By focusing on “meaningful use,” we recognize that better health care does not come solely from the adoption of technology itself, but through the exchange and use of health information to best inform clinical decisions at the point of care. Meaningful use of EHRs, we anticipate, will also enable providers to reduce the amount of time spent on duplicative paperwork and gain more time to spend with their patients throughout the day. It will lead us toward improvements and sustainability of our health care system that can only be attained with the help of a reliable and secure nationwide electronic health information system. The concept of meaningful use is simple and inspiring, but we recognize that it becomes significantly more complex at a policy and regulatory level. As a result, we expect that any formal definition of “meaningful use” must include specific activities health care providers need to undertake to qualify for incentives from the federal government. Ultimately, we believe “meaningful use” should embody the goals of a transformed health system. Meaningful use, in the long-term, is when EHRs are used by health care providers to improve patient care, safety, and quality. As stated above, the next step in our process is a notice of proposed rulemaking in late 2009 with a public comment period in early 2010. As this process unfolds, we will continue to talk and share experiences about transitioning to EHRs, and to help deepen understanding among physicians and hospitals about the use of EHRs. We will also present programs designed to help smooth the transition process, and identify activities physicians and hospitals can engage in now to promote adoption of EHRs. As efforts advance, we will turn our attention to other necessary supporting programs, some of which you will hear more about in the coming weeks, including defining what constitutes a “certified” EHR, which is one of the requirements to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentives. In the meantime, what can providers do to move toward becoming “meaningful users” – even in the absence of a formal definition? Naturally, while understanding that the final definition will be adopted through a formal rulemaking process, it will be helpful to be as familiar as possible with the discussion of meaningful use criteria to date. (You will find that information posted at healthit.hhs.gov/meaningfuluse.) Armed with an understanding of the discussion of meaningful use as it unfolds, providers can begin to consider how their own practices or organizations might be reshaped to enhance the efficiency and quality of care through the use of an electronic health record system. Be assured you will not be alone as you seek to adopt an EHR system. Through our recently announced collaborative HITECH grants programs and others to be initiated later this year, we will continue to support providers in moving forward. Additional details about the grants are also available in my previous update and at healthit.hhs.gov/HITECHgrants. To some providers, particularly small or already stretched physician practices or small, rural hospitals, the path toward meaningful use may still seem arduous. To others, who would just prefer to stick with the “status quo,” it may seem like an unwanted intrusion. We believe that the time has come for coordinated action. The price of inaction – in adverse events, lost patient lives, delayed or improper treatments, unnecessary procedures, excessive costs, and so on – is just too high, and will only get worse. There is much at stake and much to do. We must relieve the crushing burden of health care costs in this country by improving efficiency, and assuring the highest level of patient care and safety regardless of geography or demographics. By using current technologies in a meaningful way, as well as technology to be developed in the future, we will take great strides toward solving some of the most vexing problems facing our health care system and creating a new platform for innovative solutions to health care. I look forward to providing periodic updates, and to continued interactions with all the communities that have so much to gain from this profound transformation. David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Labels: David Blumenthal, Electronic Health Record, Meaningful Use Medesun said... Very informative Postings The Mind Relaxer said... Wow, that was long and very clear.. Please keep us updated re Healthcare Technology News.. "Opt Out" Public Option is In Guerilla Music at the AHIP Conference October 14 HIT Standards Committee update CBO Scores - Does Health Reform Win? Patient-Centered Medical Home Demo Improves Qualit...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2033
__label__wiki	0.596248	0.596248	Meaningful Use Stage 2 HHS News Release Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the next steps for providers who are using electronic health record (EHR) technology and receiving incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid. These proposed rules, from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will govern stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. “We know that broader adoption of electronic health records can save our health care system money, save time for doctors and hospitals, and save lives,” said Secretary Sebelius. “We have seen great success and momentum as we’ve taken the first steps toward adoption of this critical technology. As we move into the next stage, we are encouraging even more providers to participate and support more coordinated, patient-centered care.” Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, eligible health care professionals and hospitals can qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it in a meaningful way. What is considered “meaningful use” is evolving in three stages: Stage 1 (which began in 2011 and remains the starting point for all providers): “meaningful use” consists of transferring data to EHRs and being able to share information, including electronic copies and visit summaries for patients. Stage 2 (to be implemented in 2014 under the proposed rule): “meaningful use” includes new standards such as online access for patients to their health information, and electronic health information exchange between providers. Stage 3 (expected to be implemented in 2016): “meaningful use” includes demonstrating that the quality of health care has been improved. CMS’ proposed rule specifies the stage 2 criteria that eligible providers must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and/or Medicaid EHR incentive payments. It also specifies Medicare payment adjustments that, beginning in 2015, providers will face if they fail to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology and fail to meet other program participation requirements. In a November 2011 “We Can’t Wait” announcement (http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/11/20111130a.html), the Department outlined plans to provide an additional year for providers who attested to meaningful use in 2011. Under today’s proposed rule, stage 1 has been extended an additional year, allowing providers to attest to stage 2 in 2014, instead of in 2013. The proposed rule announced by ONC identifies standards and criteria for the certification of EHR technology, so eligible professionals and hospitals can be sure that the systems they adopt are capable of performing the required functions to demonstrate either stage of meaningful use that would be in effect starting in 2014. “Through the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, we’ve seen incredible progress as over 43,000 providers have received $3.1 billion to help make the transition to electronic health records,” said CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. “There is great momentum as the number of providers adopting this technology grows every month. Today’s announcement will help ensure broad participation and success of the program, as we move toward full adoption of this money-saving and life-saving technology.” “The proposed rules for stage 2 for meaningful use and updated certification criteria largely reflect the recommendations from the Health IT Policy and Standards Committees, the federal advisory committees that operate through a transparent process with broad public input from all key stakeholders. Their recommendations emphasized the desire to increase health information exchange, increase patient and family engagement, and better align reporting requirements with other HHS programs,” said Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. “The proposed rules announced today will continue down the path stage 1 established by focusing on value-added ways in which EHR systems can help providers deliver care which is more coordinated, safer, patient-centered, and efficient.” The number of hospitals using EHRs has more than doubled in the last two years from 16 to 35 percent between 2009 and 2011. Eighty-five percent of hospitals now report that by 2015 they intend to take advantage of the incentive payments. A technical fact sheet on CMS’s proposed rule is available at http://www.cms.gov/apps/media/fact_sheets.asp. A technical fact sheet on ONC’s standards and certification criteria proposed rule is available athttp://www.healthit.gov/policy-research. The proposed rules announced today may be viewed at www.ofr.gov/inspection.aspx. Comments are due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. Query Health: Distributed Population Queries	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2034
__label__wiki	0.741688	0.741688	Nadia Rawlinson Appointed to Vail Resorts Board of Directors BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Dec. 5, 2019 — Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced that Nadia Rawlinson has been appointed to the Company's board of directors. Nadia Rawlinson is the chief human resources officer at Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Since joining Live Nation in June 2016, Rawlinson has led global human resources strategy and workforce development efforts across the company’s 35,000 employees. Previously, Rawlinson was chief human resources officer at Rakuten Americas, a division of one of the largest internet services companies in the world, and held several leadership roles at Groupon, American Express, and Rent the Runway. “We are thrilled to have Nadia join our board,” said Rob Katz, chairman and chief executive officer of Vail Resorts. “Nadia has had an incredible career in a number of experience-driven, leading companies and adds extensive global expertise in human resources to our board of directors, which will be a critical asset for us as we continue to focus on acquiring great talent, developing strong leaders, and growing our global footprint.” Rawlinson currently serves as co-chair of the CHRO Board Academy, a national convening of chief human resources officers; is a board advisor to venture-backed Entelo, Inc., a popular recruiting technology platform; and is a founding member of the Allbright Collective, a professional women-centered network. She also serves as chair of the Stanford University Alumni Committee on Trustee Nominations. Nadia was recently elected to the Executive Leadership Council and was recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Corporate America” in 2019 and one of the “300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” in 2018. Nadia received her Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and her Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Nadia grew up in Seattle, frequently skiing Whistler Blackcomb, Stevens Pass and other resorts in the Pacific Northwest region. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Rawlinson fills the board seat previously held by Roland Hernandez, whose term ended December 5, 2019. Rawlinson is the Company's ninth board member, joining Sue Decker, Rob Katz, John Redmond, Michele Romanow, Hilary Schneider, Bruce Sewell, John Sorte, and Peter Vaughn. Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading global mountain resort operator. Vail Resorts’ subsidiaries operate 37 world-class mountain resorts and urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada; Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham in Australia; Stowe, Mount Snow, Okemo in Vermont; Hunter Mountain in New York; Mount Sunapee, Attitash, Wildcat and Crotched in New Hampshire; Stevens Pass in Washington; Liberty, Roundtop, Whitetail, Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania; Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River in Ohio; Hidden Valley and Snow Creek in Missouri; Wilmot in Wisconsin; Afton Alps in Minnesota; Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and Paoli Peaks in Indiana. Vail Resorts owns and/or manages a collection of casually elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning and development subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.epicpass.com. Sara Olson Director of Corporate Communications Email: solson1@vailresorts.com	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2035
__label__wiki	0.78967	0.78967	Des manifestations de masse éclatent à Hong Kong 13/10/2019 strategic-culture.org 14 min #162922 Behind Hong Kong's Black Terror violence provocation Deciphering who's behind the violence leads to a long list of possibilities "If we burn, you burn with us." "Self-destruct together." (Lam chao.)The new slogans of Hong Kong's black bloc - a mob on a rampage connected to the black shirt protestors - made their first appearance on a rainy Sunday afternoon, scrawled on walls in Kowloon. Decoding the slogans is essential to understand the mindless street violence that was unleashed even before the anti-mask law passed by the government of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) went into effect at midnight on Friday, October 4. By the way, the anti-mask law is the sort of measure that was authorized by the 1922 British colonial Emergency Regulations Ordnance, which granted the city government the authority to "make any regulations whatsoever which he [or she] may consider desirable in the public interest" in case of "emergency or public danger". Perhaps the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, was unaware of this fine lineage when she commented that the law "only intensifies concern over freedom of expression." And it is probably safe to assume that neither she nor other virulent opponents of the law know that a very similar anti-mask law was enacted in Canada on June 19, 2013. More likely to be informed is Hong Kong garment and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, billionaire publisher of the pro-democracy Apple Daily, the city's Chinese Communist Party critic-in-chief and highly visible interlocutor of official Washington, DC, notables such as US Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and ex-National Security Council head John Bolton. On September 6, before the onset of the deranged vandalism and violence that have defined Hong Kong "pro-democracy protests" over the past several weeks, Lai spoke with Bloomberg TV's Stephen Engle from his Kowloon home. He pronounced himself convinced that - if protests turned violent China would have no choice but to send People's Armed Police units from Shenzen into Hong Kong to put down unrest. "That," he said on Bloomberg TV, "will be a repeat of the Tiananmen Square massacre and that will bring in the whole world against China..... Hong Kong will be done, and... China will be done, too." Still, before the violence broke out, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people had gathered in peaceful protests in June, illustrating the depth of feeling that exists in Hong Kong. These are the working-class Hongkongers that Lai supports through the pages of Apple Daily. But the situation has changed dramatically from the early summer of non-violent demonstrations. The black blocs see such intervention as the only way to accomplish their goal. For the black blocs, the burning is all about them - not Hong Kong, the city and its hard-working people. Those are all subjected to the will of this fringe minority that, according to the understaffed and overstretched Hong Kong police force, numbers 12,000 people at the most. Cognitive rigidity is a euphemism when applied to mob rule, which is essentially a religious cult. Even attempting the rudiments of a civilized discussion with these people is hopeless. The supremely incompetent, paralyzed Hong Kong government at least managed to define them precisely as "rioters" who have plunged one of the wealthiest and so far safest cities on the planet "into fear and chaos" and committed "atrocities" that are "far beyond the bottom line of any civilized society." "Revolution in Hong Kong", the previous preferred slogan, at face value a utopian millennial cause, has been in effect drowned by the heroic vandalizing of metro stations, i.e., the public commons; throwing petrol bombs at police officers; and beating up citizens who don't follow the script. To follow these gangs running amok, live, in Central and Kowloon, and also on RTHK, which broadcasts the rampage in real-time, is a mind-numbing experience. I've sketched before the basic profile of thousands of young protestors in the streets fully supported by a silent mass of teachers, lawyers, bewigged judges, civil servants and other liberal professionals who gloss over any outrageous act - as long as they are anti-government. But the key question has to focus on the black blocs, their mob rule on rampage tactics, and who's financing them. Very few people in Hong Kong are willing to discuss it openly. And as I've noted in conversations with informed members of the Hong Kong Football Club, businessmen, art collectors, and social media groups, very few people in Hong Kong - or across Asia for that matter - even know what black blocs are all about. The black bloc matrix Black blocs are not exactly a global movement; they are a tactic deployed by a group of protesters - even though intellectuals springing up from different European strands of anarchism mostly in Spain, Italy, France and Germany since the mid-19th century may also raise it from the level of a tactic to a strategy that is part of a larger movement. The tactic is simple enough. You dress in black, with lots of padding, ski masks or balaclavas, sunglasses, and motorcycle helmets. As much as you protect yourself from police pepper spray and/or tear gas, you conceal your identity and melt into the crowd. You act as a block, usually a few dozen, sometimes a few hundred. You move fast, you search and destroy, then you disperse, regroup and attack again. From the inception, throughout the 1980s, especially in Germany, this was a sort of anarchist-infused urban guerrilla tactic employed against the excesses of globalization and also against the rise of crypto-fascism. Yet the global media explosion of black blocs only happened over a decade later, at the notorious Battle of Seattle in 1999, during the WTO ministerial conference, when the city was shut down. The WTO summit collapsed and a state of emergency was in effect for nearly a week. Crucially, there were no casualties, even as black blocs made themselves known as part of a mass riot organized by radical anarchists. The difference in Hong Kong is that black blocs have been instrumentalized for a blatantly search-and-destroy agenda. The debate is open on whether black bloc tactics, deployed randomly, only serve to legitimize the police state even more. What's clear is that smashing a subway station used by average working people is absolutely irreconcilable with advancing a better, more responsible, local government. My interlocutor shows up impeccably dressed for dim sum on Saturday at a deserted Victoria City outlet in CITIC tower, with a spectacular view of the harbor. He's Shanghai aristocracy, the family having migrated to Hong Kong in 1949, and he's a uniquely informed insider on all aspects of the Hong Kong-China-US triangle. Via mutual Chinese diaspora connections that hark back to the handover era, he agreed to talk on background. Let's call him Mr. E. In the aftermath of dark Friday, Mr. E is still appalled: "Not only you're harming the people making their living in businesses, companies, shopping malls. You're destroying subway stations. You're destroying our streets. You're destroying our hard-earned reputation as a safe, international business center. You're destroying our economy." He cannot explain why there was not a single police officer in sight, for hours, as the rampage continued. Cutting to the chase, Mr. E attributes the whole drama to a pathological hatred of China by a "significant majority" of Hong Kong's population. Significantly, the day after our conversation, a small black bloc contingent circled around the PLA's Kowloon East Barracks in Kowloon Tong in the early evening. Chinese soldiers in camouflage filmed them from the rooftop. There's no way black blocs would take their gas masks, steel rods and petrol bombs to fight the PLA. That's an entirely new ball game compared with thrashing metro stations. And color-coded "revolution" manuals don't teach you how to do it. Mr. E points out there is nothing "leaderless" about the Hong Kong black blocs. Mob rule is strictly regimented. One of the black shirt slogans - "Occupy, disrupt, disperse, repeat" - has in effect mutated into "Swarm, destroy, disperse, repeat." Mr. E asks me about black blocs in France. Western mainstream media, for months, have ignored solid, peaceful protests by the Gilets Jaunes/Yellow Vests across France, against corruption, inequality and the Macron administration's neoliberal push to turn France into a start-up benefitting the 1%. Charges that French intel has manipulated black blocs and inserted undercover agents and casseurs (persons vandalizing property, specifically during protests) to discredit and demonize the Yellow Vests are widespread. As I've witnessed in Paris first hand, the feared CRS have been absolutely ruthless in their RAND-conceptualized militarized operations in urban terrain - repression tactics - without excluding the odd beating up of elderly citizens. In contrast, mob rule in Hong Kong is excused as protest against "totalitarian" China. Most of the conversation with Mr. E centers on possible sources of financing for the initial nonviolent protest and, particularly, for the mob rule that the black blocs have brought in its place. Motivation and opportunity will get you on the list, which is not terribly long - but is long enough to include names of people and organizations diametrically opposed to one another and thus unlikely to be working together. Among governments, we can start with the still (if not, probably, for much longer) number one superpower. Trump administration officials, locked in a trade war with Beijing, would have no trouble imagining some advantage coming from a weakening of the People's Republic's rule over Hong Kong, and could perhaps see good in positively destabilizing China, starting with fomenting a violent revolution in the former British colony. The United Kingdom, contemplating a lonely post-Brexit old age, could have pondered how nice it would be to get closer to its favorite former colony, still an island of Britishness in a less and less British world. Taiwan, of course, would have had interest in provoking a test run of how One Country, Two Systems - the formula that the PRC and the UK used with Hong Kong in 1997 and that Beijing has offered to Taiwan, as well - might work out under stress. And after the stress of peaceful protest had exposed weak underpinnings, the temptation may well have arisen to go farther and make such a hash of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong that no Taiwanese would ever again fall for the merger propaganda. The People's Republic seems an unlikely protagonist for the initial, nonviolent phase, but there are plenty of Hong Kongers who believe it is now encouraging provocations that would justify a major crackdown. And we can't completely rule out the possibility that a mainland CCP faction - opposed to the breach of recent tradition with which Xi Jinping extended his time in the presidency, say - is trying to discredit him. OK, enough about governments. Now we need some on-the-ground agents, Chinese with plausible deniability who can blend in as they receive and disburse the necessary funding and handle organizational and training matters. Here the possibilities are far too numerous to list, but one popular name would be Guo Wengui, aka Miles Kwok. The billionaire fell out with the CCP and, in 2014, fled to the United States to pursue a career as a long-distance political operative. Even more popular would be name of Jimmy Lai, mentioned above. Confirming another of my key meetings, when Mr. E points to the usual funding suspects, the name of Jimmy Lai inevitably comes up. In fact, a US-Taiwan-Jimmy Lai combination may be number one on the hit parade when it comes to the common wisdom. But when I tried that combination on for size I encountered problems. For one big thing, Jimmy Lai has made no effort to hide his aid to pro-democracy groups but in his public remarks has invariably encouraged nonviolent agendas. As South China Morning Post columnist Alex Lo wrote not long ago, "What's wrong with making massive donations to political parties and anti-government groups? Nothing! So I am puzzled by the media brouhaha over Apple Daily boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's alleged donations worth more than HK$40 million to his pals in the pan-democratic camp over a two-year period." Let's not give up so easily, though. I believe that some things are best hidden right out in the open in bright daylight. Yes, Lai's public voice happens to be Mark Simon, who worked for four years as a US naval intelligence analyst. Yes, Lai has been good friends with neo-con guru Paul Wolfowitz since the latter became chairman of the US Taiwan Business Council in 2008, according to a Lai aide. Wolfowitz served as deputy secretary of defense from 2001 to 2005 under Donald Rumsfeld, sort of by accident: He was supposed to become George W Bush's head of CIA. But, alas, that didn't work out because his wife got wind of an affair Paul, a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED, had with a staffer, who was married at the time... and so it goes. And, yes, according to Wikileaks documentation, in 2013 Lai paid US$75,000 to Wolfowitz for an introduction to Myanmar government bigwigs. A document suggesting a transaction between Lai and Wolfowitz. Photo: Wikileaks via SCMP But none of that really proves anything, does it now? Innocent until proven guilty. Colluding with arguably the most important US policy and intelligence operative of the past two decades, apparently yes - but can we establish active involvement by either the Pauls or the Jimmys of this world in black bloc provocations to achieve the bloody Chinese intervention that Lai forecast? Innocent until proven guilty. This is going to take some further work. Back to the old drawing board with Asia Times. There will be blowback "We in Hong Kong are few in number. But we know that the world will never know genuine peace until the people of China are free." - Wall Street Journal op-ed by Jimmy Lai, Sept 30 As much as there have been frantic efforts by the usual suspects to obliterate them, the images of black bloc mob rule and rampage across Hong Kong are now imprinted all over the Global South, not to mention in the unconscious of hundreds of millions of Chinese netizens. Even the black blocs' invisible financial backers may have been stunned by the counter-productive effects of the rampage, to the point of essentially declaring victory and ordering a retreat. In any case, Jimmy Lai continues to blame the Hong Kong police for "excessive and brutal violence" and to demonize the "dictatorial, cold-blooded and violent beast." Yet there's no guarantee the black terror mob will back down - especially with Hong Kong fire officials now alarmed by the proliferation of online instructions for making petrol bombs using lethal white phosphorous. Once again - remember al-Qaeda's "freedom fighters" - history will teach us: Beware of the Frankenstein terrors you create. asiatimes.com	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2037
__label__wiki	0.915323	0.915323	Boko Haram attacks Cameroon, kills four Jihadists from Nigeria's Boko Haram killed at least four people and badly wounded four others in an attack on Kofia, a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad, an official source told AFP on Sunday. The attackers also destroyed part of a military post and vandalised shops in the attack late Saturday, the source said, adding three civilians and one soldier were killed. Kofia island is in the far north of Cameroon near the border with Chad. "Cameroon and Chadian forces" were pursuing the assailants, the source said. The jihadist group has stepped up attacks in Cameroon and neighbouring countries. Earlier this month, they were blamed for an attack that killed 11 civilians in the northern locality of Tcharkamari. That attack was the deadliest one blamed on Boko Haram in recent months, which have seen a surge in violence after a period of calm last year. This month, jihadist attacks and a mine blast that hit a military convoy have killed at least seven Cameroon soldiers. Across the border inside Chad, Boko Haram is blamed for the deaths of at least 30 soldiers since the start of March around Lake Chad. The Boko Haram conflict began in 2009 in neighbouring Nigeria and has killed more than 27,000 people and left 1.8 million homeless in the country's northeast. The violence has spilled over into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. .AFP	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2038
__label__cc	0.695487	0.304513	Hockney’s art takes on the smoking ban The artist David Hockney writes a whimsical letter to MP Austin Mitchell about the smoking ban. I read your piece in the Oldie and I was a bit sympathetic. Of course, I know a lot was exaggerated, and of course it's all nothing compared to the boys of Brussels (and the girls). I think most people thought that as well and had a little snicker about it. The thing is Austin, that people can be very ungrateful about some things and after all they don't always know about your work to clean up things, clear the air so to speak. Read the rest here. From Watt's up with That, comes this US Chamber of commerce wants trial on global warming issue. Reader poll inside 24 08 2009 Excerpts from The LA Times story: U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks trial on global warming By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Washington The nation’s largest business lobby wants to put the science of global warming on trial. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, trying to ward off potentially sweeping federal emissions regulations, is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a rare public hearing on the scientific evidence for man-made climate change. Chamber officials say it would be “the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century” — complete with witnesses, cross-examinations and a judge who would rule, essentially, on whether humans are warming the planet to dangerous effect. “It would be evolution versus creationism,” said William Kovacs, the chamber’s senior vice president for environment, technology and regulatory affairs. “It would be the science of climate change on trial.” The goal of the chamber, which represents 3 million large and small businesses, is to fend off potential emissions regulations by undercutting the scientific consensus over climate change. If the EPA denies the request, as expected, the chamber plans to take the fight to federal court. The EPA is having none of it, calling a hearing a “waste of time” and saying that a threatened lawsuit by the chamber would be “frivolous.” EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said the agency based its proposed finding that global warming is a danger to public health “on the soundest peer-reviewed science available, which overwhelmingly indicates that climate change presents a threat to human health and welfare.” The chamber proposal “brings to mind for me the Salem witch trials, based on myth,” said Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate scientist for the environmental group Union of Concerned Scientists. “In this case, it would be ignoring decades of publicly accessible evidence.” The proposed finding has drawn more than 300,000 public comments. Many of them question scientists’ projections that rising temperatures will lead to increased mortality rates, harmful pollution and extreme weather events such as hurricanes. In light of those comments, the chamber will tell the EPA in a filing today that a trial-style public hearing, which is allowed under the law but nearly unprecedented on this scale, is the only way to “make a fully informed, transparent decision with scientific integrity based on the actual record of the science.” Read the complete LA Times story here Website of the US Chamber of Commerce here READERS POLL Do you support the idea of putting the "Global warming arguement" on trial? Lets see what the general public think. Labels: AGW, poll I want to weep He has fathered seven children by seven women in just seven years and abandoned each and every one. Dressed in a tracksuit, jobless 24-year-old Keith MacDonald is enough to put women off men for life. Doesn't look like it to me. He's just about to marry the eighth. The binman's son, who lives on £44 a week income support, has never paid a penny towards the upbringing of his children. Nor does he see them. Apparently it is 'too much of a hassle'. But bride-to-be Clare Bryant, 20, is convinced he has changed and says they plan to have two children together. Please can any government pass a law for compulsory sterilisation? The couple have since moved in together in a two bedroom council house in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and are applying for joint benefits of around £100 a week - leaving the taxpayer to pick up the £60,000 bill for his seven children. The sad fact of the matter is that they seem to see nothing wrong with their lifestyle. I'm afraid we are going to be stuck with this attitude for a long time until someone takes the bull by the horns and says enough is enough. You can read the rest in the Mail. I can't go on I'm losing the will to live. From Watt's up with That, comes this US Chamber...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2039
__label__cc	0.726348	0.273652	James Zobel - Three Generations of MacArthurs in Milwaukee Internationally renowned scholar and MacArthur Memorial Museum Archivist James Zobel presented the stories of three generations of MacArthurs in Milwaukee. Arthur MacArthur was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and later served as a Circuit Court Judge and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District... Stan Stojkovic - Prisoner Reentry Stan Stojkovic, Dean and Professor of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, discussed the topic of prisoner re-entry and the issues that must be addressed for it to be successful within communities. Professor Stojkovic placed particular emphasis will be on the re-entry needs of returning offenders and how an... Congressmen David Obey & Tom Petri - Civic Participation Former Congressmen Tom Petri from Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District and Dave Obey from Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District spoke to Rotary as part of their Civic Participation Lecture Series on advocacy without partisanship and the state of the current political landscape. This lecture series is supported by... John Franke - Government Accountability Board Rotarian John Franke, Partner with Gass Weber Mullins, will speak on “The Price of Political Speech & Campaign Finance Regulation.” John will discuss current Wisconsin campaign finance law, its Constitutional uncertainties, and the difficulties we face in regulating spending in the political arena. John was...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2042
__label__wiki	0.566415	0.566415	Jessica Kellgren-Fozard is a deaf and disabled YouTuber, as well as a freelance TV presenter and model. The content of her videos include disabilities, LGBT, vintage fashion and BSL tutorials. Jessica is also an advocate for disabled and LGBT rights. You can find out more about Jessica on youtube.com/jessicakellgrenfozard Sharon Scotton has been involved in Orbit Shed since it began. She was a part of the team who set up the charity and after a spell as a Workshop Leader joined the Board. Anthony Williams joined the Board through his wife, Jessica, who leads the Youth Theatre. He designs Orbit Shed’s publicity and marketing materials and builds props for their performances. Rev Anita Colpus is the Vicar in Charge of St Luke’s, where we meet each Tuesday. She has been a great support for many years and keeps our finances in good order. Phil Littleford joined the Board through his child being a member of Orbit Shed and has given many years of support and service on the board. He manages our website and is one of our Licensed Chaperones. Bronach O’Callaghan joined the board through her children’s membership of Orbit Shed and has given many years of support and service in fundraising events and membership recruitment. Susan Tucker joined the Board through her connection with St Luke’s Church, for many years she has attended Orbit Shed weekly to help with administration and book keeping. Jane Rochford joined through her children’s involvement with Orbit Shed. She is our Child Protection Officer. Della Torra joined through hearing about our new Little Theatre and does great work in membership recruitment and marketing. Workshop Directors Vicki Rennles Vicki joined Orbit Shed as a Workshop Leader when we began in 2004 and has been leading and coordinating workshops and performances with Orbit Shed ever since. Vicki trained at Arts Educational and the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She was a professional actor and dancer before starting her family. Jess joined Orbit Shed as one of their first Youth Theatre members in 2004. She has had multiple roles within the charity since joining, growing from Youth Theatre volunteer support, to a Children’s Theatre Workshop Leader and she is currently our Youth Theatre Workshop Director. Workshop Volunteers Doug and Julie Kilborn Doug and Julie started volunteering with us in 2008 when Doug retired from Youth Work and Julie from the NHS. Both are Licensed Chaperones. Harry Scotton Harry joined Orbit Shed as a member of the Childrens’ Theatre when we began in 2004 and has been with us ever since. He started volunteering in the Childrens’ Theatre while he was a member of our Youth Theatre and now volunteers with all three of our groups. He uses his HND in Sound and Music Production to help create our performance soundtracks and is an accomplished musician and composer. Sharon Scotton Sharon trained as a Workshop Leader with Orbit Shed when it began and has continued leading and coordinating workshops and performances as a volunteer ever since in addition to serving on the Board of Trustees. She has been singing and acting since she was a child and set up a successful theatre company while at the University of St Andrews. She serves on the Boards of two other local arts organisations and works in a local school in the English and Performing Arts Departments. Sam Allsopp Sam joined Orbit Shed as a volunteer in 2009 and uses his skills as an actor and musician to lead workshops and direct performances with us. He has a degree in Drama from the University of Winchester and has worked abroad at summer camps in America as a performing arts leader. We also have a team of Youth Theatre Supports who are members of the Youth Theatre helping run the Children’s Theatre workshops. Workshop Administrator Susan Tucker	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2047
__label__cc	0.503826	0.496174	On Faith Canada Reflections by Winnipeg Free Press Faith Page columnist John Longhurst Why So Little Attention Paid to Religion During Elections? Two Scholars Weigh In. The best thing about being a religion reporter is being able to interview smart people like Kevin Flatt and John Stackhouse, like I did when I recently asked them for reflections on why religion is getting so little attention from the political parties during this election (2019). The worst thing about it is not being able to use all the great information they give me—like with my Oct. 12 Free Press column about the lack of attention being paid to religion in the current election. So I’ve reprinted here what they shared with me on that topic. Enjoy! Kevin is an Associate Professor of History and Department Chair, History, Politics, and International Studies, at Redeemer University College. John is Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies & Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University. First up, thoughts from Kevin about why we aren’t hearing much about religion during this election. Could it be partly the fault of the media? “First, one of the main factors shaping news coverage is the attitudes and inclinations of journalists, who, as a group, tend to be fairly irreligious and rather uncomfortable with overt displays of religion in political arena, especially conservative Christianity (Protestant or Catholic), which is the variety most likely to be politically significant in Canada. “In fact, on average, journalists are one of the most politically and socially liberal groups in Canada, and one of the least religious, which shapes what they collectively see as important and worthy of attention, and whether religious elements in politics are framed negatively or positively. “This is turn shapes the views of the electorate and the messaging of politicians with a net effect of suppressing overt discussion of issues linked to religion and a ‘closeting’ of any conservative religious views that might have political implications. “(Witness all of the suspicion directed at Scheer for his views on moral issues, the relative silence about Trudeau's politically inert progressive Catholicism, and May's embarrassed backtracking after she mentioned Jesus in an interview.) “Scheer's views raise red flags for journalists, but Trudeau and May get free passes, as does Singh, for somewhat different reasons. “For some empirical research on these topics, see David M. Haskell's book, Through a Glass Darkly: How the News Media Perceive and Portray Evangelicals (Clements Academic, 2009) The book is now a decade old, but I'd bet good money that the main findings would still apply today. Similar conclusions have been reached by research in the U.S. “Second, there are certainly fewer religiously active Canadians today than in, say, the 1950s, and partly as a result we don't see religion functioning as a kind of politically potent identity group the way it did a century ago in Protestant-Catholic tensions (which overlapped with English-French tensions) and resulted in a tendency for Protestants and Catholics to align along party lines. “Other identities—region, language, urban/rural, immigrants vs. native-born, economic situation, education level—generally seem to be more important when it comes to many political issues. “Third, it would be a mistake, however, to conclude that religion is irrelevant in Canadian politics. “For one thing, the religiously unaffiliated (especially atheists) are in fact a ‘religious group,’ in the sense that their worldview and values affect their political choices just as is the case for Canadians engaged in a traditional religion. “Political choices typically come down to being choices about values, and the hierarchy of values; thus, since worldviews (whether religious or secular) shape people's values they will always be politically relevant. “This is especially so when it comes to explicitly religious issues: you can bet that religion is playing an important role in provincial politics in Quebec right now, for example, with religious minorities alienated from the governing party by Bill 21 and the deeply secular majority energized. “But it is also true for other issues where there are deep worldview-based divides in the Canadian electorate: abortion, some sexuality issues, educational choice and parental rights, etc. “Again, the true range of opinions and depth of disagreement among the electorate on these issues is often obscured by the high level of secular-progressive consensus among most mainstream journalists (on this, see Jonathan Kay's recent piece on the lack of substantive discussion of abortion in Canadian elections). “This mutes the political effect of such divisions and drives it underground, but does not eliminate it. And the right confluence of circumstances can bring it to the fore. “Fourth, my impression is that religion has actually become a stronger driver of partisan alignment in recent decades. John Stackhouse says evangelicals and conservative Catholics don't agree even among themselves on many political issues, and that is true. But they agree more than they used to, both within these groups and between them. “Research done by the Evangelical Fellowship in the 1990s found that the distribution of the evangelical vote across the parties was not that different from the general vote distribution, albeit with a slight conservative lean. “But more recent research seems to suggest that conservative religious views are now a much stronger predictor of voting Conservative, and religious non-affiliation a stronger predictor of voting for left-leaning or progressive parties. “This may reflect a consolidation of views among evangelicals and conservative Catholics, but I think more likely it reflects the fact that since the 1990s that Liberals have taken harder and harder progressive lines on several social issues. "In the 1990s, you had pro-life Liberal MPs and Liberal MPs (and leaders) opposed to same-sex marriage; today, neither of these views are even acceptable in the party, and in the past few years Liberal governments seem to have been working to eliminate such views from respectable society at large (e.g. the Canada Summer Jobs debacle, the Wynne sex-ed curriculum in Ontario). “And of course the NDP takes an equally hard line on these issues (the Greens have been a bit more gentle, though their preferences are clear). "I’ve heard from many evangelical and Catholic voters, who used to vote Liberal or NDP . . . that they feel like the only party that where they would even be welcome as supporters is the Conservatives. This isn't so much because they prefer the Conservatives in terms of fiscal policy, health care, etc., but because of rhetoric and policies related to abortion, education, identity issues, etc. “Again, something quite similar has happened in the US with Republicans and Democrats, though there of course are other things going on there that don't apply in Canada. “Fifth, and finally, given that immigrants to Canada tend to be much more religiously committed than other Canadians (interestingly, a plurality of them are Christians, typically with quite conservative religious views), and large-scale immigration seems likely to continue and probably increase for the foreseeable future, there is going to be a potential for religious dynamics to play an important political role in our large urban centres. “This is anecdotal, but I've heard that enrollment at private Muslim and Christian schools in the Toronto area has skyrocketed since the Wynne sex-ed curriculum was introduced into the public schools (subsequently largely kept in place by Ford's government). “Folks who are willing to make the major financial sacrifices to put their kids into private schools that reflect their religious values because they feel unwelcome in the public schools are also at least potentially willing to have those values shape their voting patterns. This may be a significant political liability for the Liberals and NDP moving forward, though it would be a very tricky thing for the Conservatives to capitalize on it.” Next up, John suggesting another reason religion gets so little attention at voting time is because there isn't a religious bloc politicians need to cater to. “Religion isn’t discussed by politicians in Canada . . . not because it doesn’t matter, but because it does. "It matters in two respects, in fact. “First, religion matters to religious people, of which there is a significant minority in Canada, but different sorts of religious people want different things from politics and political parties, including people within the same religious traditions. “For instance, churchgoing evangelical Protestants and Catholics take their religion seriously, but have no uniform views on most key issues. “There isn’t a single evangelical or Catholic policy position on global climate change or indigenous issues or child poverty or overstretched education and health regimes—so there’s literally no point mentioning them or appealing to them as blocs, since they aren’t blocs. “Second, religion matters to nonreligious people because many of them fear that religious people are fanatics determined to force everyone else to conform to their peculiar preferences, whether shariah or dominionism or conservative Catholicism or whatever. “Therefore, since there is nothing to be gained by appealing to religious communities in toto—since they don’t agree on policy issues and therefore can’t be expected to line up with this or that party on this or that issue—there is much to be lost by appealing to one or another of them. “(Witness how many people get jumpy whenever the Conservatives come within a mile of appealing to traditional Christians). For this reason, Canadian politicians steer clear of religion. “I don’t think the absence of explicit religious language or appeals to religious people is a mark of secularism, or indifference, but of remarkable political pluralism within religious groups and anxiety among the non-religious.” Posted by JDL at 8:13 PM No comments: Labels: religion and politics A Hidden Life No More? New Movie Coming About Austrian Conscientious Objector and Martyr Franz Jägerstätter Many people know about Claus Von Stauffenberg, the German officer who led an unsuccessful plot to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. After the attempt failed, he and other plotters, including theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, were arrested and executed. Some know about Sophie and Hans Scholl, two German university students who were motivated by their Roman Catholic beliefs to oppose the Nazis regime. Together with some other university students, they created the White Rose movement, publishing leaflets expressing their opposition to the regime. They were arrested by the Gestapo and executed in 1943, along with four other members of the group. We know about these people because of the many movies, books and documentaries that have been made (including the 2008 movie Valkyrie, with its controversial selection of actor Tom Cruise to play Von Stauffenberg.) But scant attention has been paid to Franz Jägerstätter. But with a new movie about him by Terrance Malick coming out in December, that should change. Jägerstätter, who was born in 1907, was an Austrian Roman Catholic who found Nazism incompatible with his Catholic faith. When he was called up to military service in 1943, he declared himself a conscientious objector—despite being warned by friends that he was throwing his life away. As they predicted, he was arrested and thrown in prison. But he was undeterred. From his cell, he wrote: “I can easily see that anyone who refuses to acknowledge the Nazi Folk community, and is also unwilling to comply with all the demands of its leaders, will thereby forfeit the rights and privileges offered by that nation.” But, he went on to say, “it is not much different with God: He who does not obey all the commandments set forth by him and his Church, and who is not ready to undergo sacrifices and to fight for his kingdom either—such one loses every claim and every right under that kingdom.” Anyone could be both a Nazi and a Christian, he added, “would be a great magician . . . I, for one, cannot do so. And I definitely prefer to relinquish my rights under the Third Reich and thus make sure of deserving the rights granted under the kingdom of God.” On August 9, 1943, Jägerstätter was executed—beheaded—leaving behind a wife and three children. He was 36 years-old. In June, 2007, the Vatican declared him a martyr. On October 26 that same year he was beatified in Linz, Austria. His feast day is May 21. Jägerstätter's comments, written from his prison cell long ago, still speak to people today about the need to take stands against repressive and tyrannical governments—and their wars. “Just as the man who thinks only of this world does everything possible to make life here easier and better, so must we, too, who believe in the eternal Kingdom, risk everything in order to receive a great reward there,” he wrote. "Just as those who believe in National Socialism tell themselves that their struggle is for survival, so must we, too, convince ourselves that our struggle is for the eternal Kingdom. But with this difference: We need no rifles or pistols for our battle, but instead, spiritual weapons—and the foremost among these is prayer.” More information about A Hidden Life, Terrance Malick’s movie about Franz Jägerstätter can be found here. Geez! Celebrating Aiden Enns and the End of an Era in Winnipeg Winnipeggers gathered to say thanks to Aiden Enns on May 25—thanks for a job well done in creating Geez, a magazine described as protesting the "unholy alliance between church, state, market and military" that also celebrated the "spiritual dimensions of biking, energy efficiency and canning pickles." This year Enns gave up the magazine to a new group of editors based in Detroit, as I wrote about in the Winnipeg Free Press in January. In fact, it was my privilege to write about Geez three times, including being (I think) the first mainstream journalist to write about the magazine soon after its creation in 2005 (in the Winnipeg Free Press and Mennonite World Review). Five years along, I had a chance to check in and see where things were at with the magazine. Helpfully, the editors of Geez posted a copy of my article in the Free Press on their website. Together, the three articles offer a snapshot of the beginning, middle and end of Geez (in Winnipeg.) Like Aiden, I’m sorry Geez never reached the level where it could be financially sustainable. Creating a publication is hard! He’s to be commended for taking it this far, and all the best to the new owners in Detroit as they look to take it into the future. Posted by JDL at 2:46 PM 1 comment: Labels: Christianity A Mystery of Titanic Proportions I wrote this column in 2011, when I still worked downtown. Every weekday morning, when I go to work, I am confronted by the mystery of life. My life, to be precise. It happens when I get off the bus downtown and pass by the Titanic posters at the MTS Centre Exhibition Hall. For many, the photos of the great ship are just that: photos. For me, it prompts a deeper question: Why am I alive? It's not an academic exercise; if not for a missed reservation for passage on the doomed ship, I might not be alive today. The story goes like this. In 1911, my grandfather, also named John Longhurst, emigrated from England to Canada. Like many other emigrants starting a new life in a new country, he left behind his fiancée, Alice Bond—my grandmother. The plan was for him to become established in Canada, then return to England so they could marry. Early in 1912, he came back and they were married. Apparently, John was a bit of a romantic; he wanted to do something special for his new bride. And what could be more special than booking a honeymoon passage on the maiden voyage of the Titanic? But he was too late; the ship was full. Instead, he made a reservation on the SS Megantic, arriving in Quebec City six weeks later. Passenger list from the Megantic, June 4, 1912; John & Alice Longhurst are 6th & 7th from the bottom. Had he been in time to book passage on the Titanic, it is likely that one, or both, would have died. Because of a missed reservation, I am alive. When it comes to averted tragedy, most people don't have a story as dramatic as the Titanic. But everyone can recall near misses of one sort or another, times when the course of our lives could have been completely altered, or ended. When that happens, many people offer thanks to God, Allah, Jehovah, their lucky stars or whatever universal power they believe in. But sometimes another thought creeps in: Did a higher power really help us avoid that tragedy? Was it all planned to happen that way, right from the beginning? Or was it just luck or blind chance? In my case, did God know the Titanic was going to sink, and so prevented my grandfather from getting a ticket on the doomed ship? Did he have a plan that involved not only John and Alice, but also my father, myself and my kids—all the way down the line? And if that's the case, why did he keep John and Alice off the doomed liner, but allow so many others to sail away to their deaths? Those are big questions on weekday mornings, especially before the first cup of coffee. And I'm not sure I have good answers. One person who has given this a lot of thought is Bruce Epperly, a process theologian and author of the book Process Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed. In a nutshell, process theologians like Epperly believe God does not, and cannot, fully determine the experience of any person on the planet. In this view, God does not determine the most important details of our lives. Instead, the future is as open for God as it is for us; neither knows exactly what will happen next. For Epperly, this doesn't diminish God. Instead, it makes God "more alive, creative, and active than a God who has chosen the future in its entirety. A God to whom new things happen can respond to our prayers in ways that make a difference, operating within the causal relationships of the natural world." This is an "open-source, open-system vision of the universe in which God and the world exist in a dynamic, growing and evolving partnership," he adds. If Epperly is right, this means God didn't ordain for the Titanic to hit an iceberg and sink that terrible night in April 1912. He didn't plan for John and Alice not to be able to get passage on the liner, nor for all those people to die. God may not even have known the ship would sink at all. Epperly's view is not conventional. But it's catching on as more Christians wrestle with the issue of suffering and pain in the world. Is everything preordained, from beginning to end? Or are we, in Epperly's words, engaged in a dynamic relationship with God where we both react to events, both good and bad? I certainly don't have answers to those questions. All I know is when I get off the bus each morning and see those photos of the doomed ship, I face a mystery of Titanic proportions. From the July 23, 2011 Winnipeg Free Press. Posted by JDL at 11:20 AM No comments: May 2-3 Symposium in Winnipeg to Explore Past, Present and Future of Canadian Christian Journalism Broadcaster Lorna Dueck to deliver opening address at free public forum, May 2 What was the state of Christian journalism at the turn of the millennium? What is it like today? What will happen to it in the future? Those are questions that will be explored the Legacies and Learnings: A ChristianWeek Symposium, May 2-3 at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. During the Symposium, speakers and panelists will discuss the role played by ChristianWeek, a newspaper that existed in print from 1987-2014, in reporting about the church in Canada during that time; the state of Christian journalism today; and the landscape facing Christian journalists and communicators in the future. Speakers are: Lorna Dueck, well-known Christian broadcaster and commentator, CEO of Yes TV and host of Context with Lorna Dueck, speaking on the topic: Legacies and Learnings: Considering the Past, Present, and Future of Faith-based Media in Canada. Gerry Bowler, a former professor of history at the University of Manitoba, speaking on the topic The Curious Case of ChristianWeek: A Brief History of a Medium that Mattered And Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Waterloo, addressing the issue of the future of faith in Canada through the topic None of the Above: Having No Religion in Canada. Members of Canadian Church Press and the Anglican Editors Association will be holding their conventions in conjunction with the Symposium. "During its time in print, ChristianWeek made an important contribution to the church in Canada, reporting the good and the bad, always seeking to provide an honest look at how God was working in this country," says former editor Doug Koop and one of the Symposium's organizers. "ChristianWeek still exists today online, and is still a window on faith in Canada. The question facing all of us is, what's the best way for it, and for other church publications and communicators, to be that window in the future? That's what we want to explore together." The Symposium starts May 2, 7 PM with an open public forum with keynote speaker Lorna Dueck, and continues all day, May 3, at CMU, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg. The Symposium is made possible by support from Canadian Mennonite University, ChristianWeek and individual supporters across Canada. Cost of the Symposium is $75 by April 15 ($85 after), including lunch on May 3 and breaks. Click here for registration information. Labels: religion & media Religious Humour Goes Overboard with Comic Strip On March 16 my regular Winnipeg Free Press column featured Man Martin, 59, the artist behind the religiously-themed Man Overboard comic. Since I couldn’t share everything he told me in those few words, here’s the transcript of my interview—replete with panels from the comic. Enjoy! Tell me about yourself. I am a novelist and high school English teacher living in Atlanta, Georgia. What's your religious background? I’m Episcopalian. Are you a churchgoer? Yes. I like to call myself a “practicing Christian,” which implies that I still haven’t gotten it right, but I’m not done trying. How important is faith to you? It’s becoming more important as I age; nevertheless, I’ll confess my faith is about as weak as a reed. I struggle with it, and anticipate I'll keep on struggling, which is why it so often forms a theme in my cartoons. What's your background as a cartoonist? I realized my childhood ambition to be a syndicated cartoonist in the 1980s when Universal Press picked up my comic strip “Sibling Revelry.” It appeared in a grand total of 36 papers until its demise. Following that, I turned to writing fiction. It was decades before I began cartooning again. When did you start Man Overboard? About three years ago. Originally, it was titled, “Inkwell Forest,” and was to be a conventional fairy-tale themed comic strip. When it finally sank in that the newspaper comic strip was heading the way of the dodo and the northern white rhino, I cut loose and began drawing about whatever interested me instead of worrying about trying to be commercial. Why did you start the comic? For years I’d been having intermittent dreams about drawing a comic strip, and would wake up thinking, “Maybe it’s time to do another strip.” Then I’d say, “Nah, I don’t want to do that.” Finally, I acted on my dreams and it’s been a delightful experience. What or who are your influences for the comic? Charles Schulz was my first love, but I think I’m very influenced by Jules Feiffer, R O Blechman, and Shel Silverstein. My mother always said I drew like James Thurber because most of the time my characters don’t have hair and ears seem more like an optional accessory. So I’d have to say Thurber too. Do you do it for fun or to make money off it? I just want to have fun and hopefully provide fun for others. I released a book, “Not Easy Being God,” last year, but so far that’s been my only attempt to monetize. The strip is available for free on Facebook, my blog (manmartin.blogspot.com), and through email subscription. (Text OVERBOARD to 22828.) It's more than a hobby and less than a career. It's something I do. What is the response? People like it, and really makes me happy to see them share it on Facebook. My fan base is growing, which is very rewarding. You live if in the Bible Belt, then darn close to it. They take Christianity seriously down there. What's the reaction to the way you portray God, Jesus, the church and Christianity? I live on the veritable buckle of the Bible Belt; oddly, though, no one has ever taken offense at my religious-themed cartoons. When they have taken offense, it’s been when I’ve attempted political humor. Though sometimes I hurt others’ sensibilities, I never set out to, and it’s painful to get an email or message that such and such a cartoon rubbed someone the wrong way. Nevertheless, the only audience I’m beholden to is myself, and whatever strikes me as interesting, funny, or worth commenting on Tuesday morning is likely to show up in a cartoon on Wednesday. Sometimes I may offend the reader, and for that, I apologize in advance, but if I have to avoid certain subjects for fear of crossing the line, then it just isn’t fun for me, and if it isn’t fun, what’s the point. How did you come up with your image of God in the comic? (A play on the eye and pyramid in U.S. currency) I chose it, because as images of God go, it is by far the weirdest and most preposterous. Showing God as a white guy with a beard isn’t nearly as goofy as showing Him as a one-eyed pyramid. And when you’re a cartoonist, goofy trumps all. Do people criticize you for how you draw God? Or Jesus? Again, no one’s found fault, as far as I know, with the way I depict God, Mary, and Jesus. Indeed, some of my most loyal fans are clergy. I guess if you get the joke and see it’s all in fun, you stop and read. If not, you skip over it. Your comic assumes some knowledge of Christianity, biblical literacy, theology and history. Is that a challenge today when so few people know the Bible? Maybe this is what accounts for peoples’ fondness for the cartoon. In an era when organized religion is on the decline, it’s reassuring for people of faith to see cartoons about subject matter uniquely familiar to them. You are also critical of the church. Why? And what's the reaction? For me, one of the great themes of Christianity is the astonishing way people just don’t get it. Jesus can explain something in words of one syllable to his disciples, and they’re all standing around in slack-jawed stupefaction as they try to figure out what he meant. Right from the get-go, the early church began to break into schisms arguing about such earth-shaking trivia as whether bread can be flesh or if Mary was a virgin only when she conceived Jesus, or if she kept on being a virgin after that. This unfortunate tendency of losing sight of the main point is not reserved to theologians, disciples, and other crackpots; every Sunday, I am reminded there are two laws—only two—love God and love your neighbor, and every Sunday I’m back in church needing forgiveness all over again because I couldn’t do those two simple things. You also take on consumerism, the environment, and ultimate meaning. Why? Because those things are interesting to me and rife with absurdity. The funniest material is mined from the most serious topics. As Flannery O’Connor said, “things are funny because they’re terrible, and terrible because they’re funny.” Where do you get your ideas for religious ideas from? Same place everyone gets their religious ideas: personal experience, worship, scripture. The only difference is that in my case, religious ideas come out funny. What, for you, is the role of humour and comics in communicating about faith? I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea humor has a "role" in anything. It seems to make humor subservient to some other purpose. Humor needs no such excuse. If it makes you laugh, grimace, or grunt, that's good enough for me. Humor brings delight, what else would we ask from it? It just so happens, our notions about God and spirituality are a wonderful source of humorous material. Is there any topic you won't touch? (In the religious sphere.) Telling a cartoonist there's a topic he can't touch is like wearing a sign that says, "Don't kick me." As soon as I know something is out of bounds, I'm bound to go there. How does the polarized political climate in the U.S. today affect your work? ( Sometimes I dip my toe into political humor, usually not very adeptly and sometimes to the actual pain of friends and loved ones. When I go to heaven, if there is such a place, and I meet God, if there is such a being, She's going to say she planted me during the most preposterous era of US politics, and She's going to demand to know what I, as a cartoonist, did with this wonderful opportunity. If my answer is "Nothing," I won't be able to meet her gaze. So from time to time, come hell or high water, I will do political humor. Again, it's not my best work. But the target is too big and juicy. 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__label__cc	0.527404	0.472596	The facade of The Peninsula Hong Kong Lee Chi Ching Artist Lee Chi Ching On Display December 12, 2013 - December 14, 2013 Materials Chinese ink drawing on paper Location The facade of The Peninsula Hong Kong The celebration of the 85th Anniversary of The Peninsula Hong Kong was highlighted with a fascinating animation which illustrated the incredible stories of the hotel and Hong Kong. With Hong Kong Arts Centre and Public Art Hong Kong as the Artistic Partners, renowned artist Lee Chi Ching was being invited to create a 3.5 metres long masterpiece with ink drawing and it was turned into a 3-minute animation – “The Moment”. The dazzling animation was on display at the façade of The Peninsula Hong Kong from 12 to 14 December, 2013 at 7:30pm, 8:30pm and 9:30pm. Lee Chi Ching, an honorary advisor of the Hong Kong Comics & Animation Federation and member of the Hong Kong Contemporary Artists Association, began his career in drawing and art in 1981, creating comics, illustrations, Chinese ink paintings and Western paintings. His creation Three Kingdoms garnered acclamations and popularity, making him the first Hong Kong artist to make a mark on the Japanese manga scene. In 2007, Lee’s Sun Zi’s Tactics won the Gold Award at the International Manga Award in Japan and launched a number of solo exhibitions in Japan, Hong Kong etc. Lee has devoted great efforts in arts creations for various organisations and the community. From 2009-present, he helped with the Budget consultation comics for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the 60th anniversary stamp and calendar design for the Hong Kong Housing Society, trams painting and postcard design for the Hong Kong Tourism Board, traffic safety comics for the Hong Kong Transport Department, dynamic cartoons for the Hong Kong Narcotics Division, etc. Lee has created over one hundred publications, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Zi’s Tactics, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and more historical comics with martial arts element. Recently, he is publishing his refreshing illustration book namely The Skys were Blue in Those Years. Commissioning Agency Nil Presenter The Peninsula Hong Kong Artistic Partners Hong Kong Arts Centre, Public Art Hong Kong	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2053
__label__wiki	0.938225	0.938225	Get The Hurt Locker essential facts below. View Videos or join the The Hurt Locker discussion. Add The Hurt Locker to your PopFlock.com topic list for future reference or share this resource on social media. 2008 American war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow Nicolas Chartier Greg Shapiro Buck Sanders Barry Ackroyd Chris Innis Bob Murawski Voltage Pictures Grosvenor Park Media Film Capital Europe Funds First Light Productions Kingsgate Films September 4, 2008 (2008-09-04) (Venice) June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26) (United States) $15 million[1] The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which is intolerable to some and addictive to others. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenplay. The Hurt Locker premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival before it was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, by Summit Entertainment. The film earned near universal acclaim from critics, who praised Bigelow's directing, the cast, writing, and action sequences. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, making it the first Best Picture winner by a female director. The film grossed $49.2 million worldwide. In 2004, Sergeant First Class William James arrives as the new team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in the Iraq War. He replaces Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson, who was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baghdad. His team includes Sergeant J. T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge. James is often approached by an Iraqi youth nicknamed "Beckham" attempting to sell DVDs. James challenges him to a game of soccer and takes a liking to him. Sanborn and Eldridge consider James' maverick disposal methods and attitude reckless, raising tensions. When they are assigned to destroy explosives, James returns to the detonation site to pick up his gloves. Sanborn openly contemplates killing him by "accidentally" triggering the explosives, making Eldridge uncomfortable. Nothing is done, and tensions continue to increase. Returning to Camp Victory in their Humvee, the team encounters five armed men in traditional Arab garb and casual attire standing near a Ford Excursion, which has a flat tire. James' team has a tense encounter with their leader, who reveals that they are private military contractors and British mercenaries. They have captured two prisoners featured on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. The group comes under fire; when the prisoners attempt to escape in the confusion, the leader of the mercenaries shoots them, as they are valuable dead or alive. Enemy snipers kill three of the mercenaries, including their leader. Sanborn and James borrow a gun to dispatch three attackers, while Eldridge kills a fourth. During a raid on a warehouse, James discovers a body he believes is Beckham, in which a bomb has been surgically implanted. During evacuation, Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge, the camp's psychiatrist and a friend of Eldridge, is killed in an explosion; Eldridge blames himself for his death. James breaks into the house of an Iraqi professor, seeking revenge for Beckham, but his search reveals nothing. Called to a petrol tanker detonation, James decides to hunt for the insurgents responsible, guessing they are still nearby. Sanborn protests, but when James begins a pursuit, he and Eldridge reluctantly follow. After they split up, insurgents capture Eldridge after shooting him in the leg. James and Sanborn rescue him. The following morning, James is approached by Beckham, who James believed was dead, and James walks by silently. Before being airlifted for surgery, Eldridge angrily blames James for his injury. James and Sanborn's unit is called to another mission in their last two days of their rotation. An innocent Iraqi civilian has had a bomb vest strapped to his chest. James tries to cut off the locks to remove the vest, but there are too many of them. He abandons the man, who is killed when the bomb explodes. Sanborn is distraught by the man's death. He confesses to James that he can no longer cope with the pressure, and wants to return home and have a son. After Bravo Company's rotation ends, James returns to his ex-wife Connie and their infant son, who still lives with him in his house. However, he is bored by routine civilian life. James confesses to his son that there is only one thing that he knows he loves. He starts another tour of duty, serving with Delta Company, a U.S. Army EOD unit on its 365-day rotation. Jeremy Renner as Sergeant First Class William James Anthony Mackie as Sergeant J. T. Sanborn Brian Geraghty as Specialist Owen Eldridge Guy Pearce as Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson Christian Camargo as Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge David Morse as Colonel Reed Ralph Fiennes as the leader of a Private Military Company unit Evangeline Lilly as Connie James Christopher Sayegh as Beckham Malcolm Barrett as Sergeant Foster Sam Spruell as Contractor Charlie The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy during 2008. After being shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was picked up for distribution in the United States by Summit Entertainment. In May 2009, it was the Closing Night selection for Maryland Film Festival. The film was released in the United States on June 26, 2009 but received a more widespread theatrical release on July 24, 2009. Since the film was not released in the United States until 2009, it was eligible for the Academy Awards only the following year, where it was nominated for nine Academy Awards. Although the film had not recovered its budget by the time of the ceremony,[2] it won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Bigelow (the first woman to win this award), and Best Original Screenplay for Boal. The Hurt Locker is based on accounts of Mark Boal, a freelance journalist who was embedded with an American bomb squad in the war in Iraq for two weeks in 2004.[3] The director Kathryn Bigelow was familiar with Boal's work before his experiences, having adapted one of his Playboy articles as the short-lived television series The Inside in 2002. When Boal was embedded with the squad, he accompanied its members 10 to 15 times a day to watch their tasks, and kept in touch with Bigelow via email about his experiences.[4] Boal used his experiences as the basis of a fictional drama based on real events. He said of the film's goal, "The idea is that it's the first movie about the Iraq War that purports to show the experience of the soldiers. We wanted to show the kinds of things that soldiers go through that you can't see on CNN, and I don't mean that in a censorship-conspiracy way. I just mean the news doesn't actually put photographers in with units that are this elite."[5] Bigelow was fascinated with exploring "the psychology behind the type of soldier who volunteers for this particular conflict and then, because of [their] aptitude, is chosen and given the opportunity to go into bomb disarmament and goes toward what everybody else is running from."[6] While working with Boal in 2005 on the script, originally titled The Something Jacket, Bigelow began to do some preliminary, rough storyboards to get an idea of the specific location needed. Bomb disarmament protocol requires a containment area. She wanted to make the film as authentic as possible and "put the audience into the Humvee, into a boots-on-the-ground experience."[6] For the main characters, Bigelow made a point of casting relatively unknown actors: "it underscored the tension because with the lack of familiarity also comes a sense of unpredictability."[6] Renner's character, Sergeant First Class William James, is a composite character, with qualities based on individuals whom screenwriter Boal knew when embedded with the bomb squad.[4] Bigelow cast Renner based on his work in Dahmer, a film about Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial killer whose victims were boys.[7] To prepare for the film, Renner spent a week living and training at Fort Irwin, a U.S. military reservation in the Mojave Desert in California. He was taught to use C4 explosives, learned how to render safe improvised explosive devices, and how to wear a bomb suit.[7] Mackie plays Sergeant J. T. Sanborn. Describing the experience of filming in Jordan in the summer, he said, "It was so desperately hot, and we were so easily agitated. But that movie was like doing a play. We really looked out for each other, and it was a great experience. It made me believe in film."[8] Several hundred thousand refugees of Iraq live in Jordan. Bigelow cast refugees who had theatrical backgrounds, such as Suhail Aldabbach. He plays the innocent man used as a suicide bomber at the film's end.[4] The film was shot in Jordan, within miles of the Iraqi border, to achieve Bigelow's goal of authenticity. Iraqi refugees were used for extras and the cast worked in the intense heat of the Middle East. The filmmakers had scouted for locations in Morocco, but director Kathryn Bigelow felt its cities did not resemble Baghdad. In addition, she wanted to get as close to the war zone as possible. Some of the locations were less than three miles from the Iraq border.[9] She had wanted to film in Iraq, but the production security team could not guarantee their safety from snipers.[6] Principal photography began in July 2007 in Jordan and Kuwait. Temperatures averaged 120 °F (49 °C) over the 44 days of shooting.[5][6][7] Often four or more camera crews filmed simultaneously, which resulted in nearly 200 hours of footage.[9][10] The producer Greg Shapiro spoke about security concerns of filming in Jordan, "It was interesting telling people we were going to make the movie in Jordan because the first question everybody asked was about the security situation here." Her choice to film in the Kingdom met some resistance. In discussion, Bigelow found that her cast and crew shared stereotypes of the region from American culture. "Sadly people in America and Los Angeles have these perceptions", she said. "But once you get off the plane you realise it's like Manhattan without the trees", she continued. As Iraq dominated discourse in America and across the world, Bigelow believed that filmmakers would continue to explore the conflict, making Jordan the natural place to film.[11] According to producer Tony Mark, the blood, sweat and heat captured on-camera in the production was mirrored behind the scenes. "It's a tough, tough movie about a tough, tough subject", Mark said in an interview, "There was a palpable tension throughout on the set. It was just like the onscreen story of three guys who fight with each other, but when the time comes to do the work, they come together to get the job done."[12] Renner remembered, "I got food bugs. Then I got food poisoning: lost 15 lbs in three days".[7] In addition to the burden of the heat, the bomb suit he had to wear all day weighed 80-100 lb (36-45 kg).[13] In a scene in which his character carries a dead Iraqi boy, Renner fell down some stairs and twisted his ankle, which delayed filming because he could not walk. At that point, "people wanted to quit. All the departments were struggling to get their job done, none of them were communicating".[7] A week later, filming resumed.[7] The producer Tony Mark recalled the armorer David Fencl's finishing a 12-hour day. He found he had to stay up all night to make proper ammunition for a sniper rifle, as the supplies did not clear Jordanian customs in time for the scheduled shoot.[12] Due to import restrictions on military props, the film's special effects artist Richard Stutsman used Chinese fireworks for gunpowder. One day, he was assembling a prop, and the heat and friction caused the fireworks to blow up in his face. Two days later, he returned to work.[7] The film shoot had few of the normal Hollywood perks; nobody on the set got an air-conditioned trailer or a private bathroom.[12] Renner said that great care was taken to ensure the film's authenticity.[14] According to Renner, shooting the film in the Middle East contributed to this. "There were two-by-fours with nails being dropped from two-story buildings that hit me in the helmet, and they were throwing rocks.... We got shot at a few times while we were filming", Renner said. "When you see it, you're gonna feel like you've been in war."[15] "You can't fake that amount of heat", Mackie says, adding, "When you are on set and all of the extras are Iraqi refugees, it really informs the movie that you're making. When you start hearing the stories from a true perspective ... of people who were actually there, it gives you a clear viewpoint of where you are as an artist and the story you would like to tell. It was a great experience to be there."[16] For the film, Bigelow sought to immerse audiences "into something that was raw, immediate and visceral". Impressed with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd's work on United 93 and The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Bigelow invited him to work on her film. While the film was independently produced and filmed on a low budget, Bigelow used four Super 16 mm cameras to capture multiple perspectives, saying, "That's how we experience reality, by looking at the microcosm and the macrocosm simultaneously. The eye sees differently than the lens, but with multiple focal lengths and a muscular editorial style, the lens can give you that microcosm/macrocosm perspective, and that contributes to the feeling of total immersion."[17] In staging the film's action sequences, Bigelow did not want to lose a sense of the geography and used multiple cameras to allow her to "look at any particular set piece from every possible perspective."[6] The Hurt Locker was edited by Chris Innis and Bob Murawski.[18][19] The two editors worked with almost 200 hours of footage from the multiple hand-held cameras in use during the shoot.[19] Adding to the challenge, Boal's screenplay had a non-traditional, asymmetrical, episodic structure. There was no traditional "villain", and tension was derived from the characters' internal conflicts and the suspense from the explosives and snipers.[19] "This movie is kind of like a horror film where you're unable to see the killer," says Innis. "You know a bomb could go off at any minute, but you never know just when it's going to happen, so the ideas of [Alfred] Hitchcock--about making your audience anxious--were influential for us when we did the editing."[20] The raw footage was described as a "hodge-podge of disconnected, nausea-inducing motion that was constantly crossing the 180-degree line".[19] Innis spent the first eight weeks editing the film on location in Jordan, before returning to Los Angeles, where she was joined by Murawski. The process took over eight months to complete.[18][21] The goal was to edit a brutally realistic portrayal of the realities of war, using minimal special effects or technical enhancement.[18][19] Innis stated that they "really wanted the film to retain that 'newsreel' documentary quality... Too many stage-y effects would have been distracting. The editing in this film was all about restraint".[18] Editing on location led to additional complications in post-production. The production was unwilling to risk sending undeveloped film through high-security airports where the cans could be opened, X-rayed, or damaged. Accordingly, film was hand-carried on a flight by a production assistant from Amman to London. After the Super 16mm film was transferred to DVcam at a lab in London, the video dailies were transported by plane back to the Middle East to be imported into the editing system. The whole journey would take anywhere from three days to a week and was described by Innis as the "modern-day equivalent of shipping via donkey cart".[19] The low production budget and the lack of a developed film infrastructure in the area hampered the process, according to Innis. "We were working with grainy Super 16mm film, editing in standard definition. We tried doing FTP downloads, but at the time the facilities in Jordan simply couldn't handle it."[18][19] The producer Tony Mark later negotiated the use of a local radio station late at night to receive low-grade QuickTime clips over the Internet so the crew would not be shooting blindly.[19] Critical response The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim, with Renner's performance receiving praise from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97%, based on 281 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 8.51/10. It was the second highest-rated film of 2009, behind Pixar's Up. The critics' consensus reads, "A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War."[22]Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, gave the film an average score of 95 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[23] Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun Times rated the film as the best of 2009, writing, "The Hurt Locker is a great film, an intelligent film, a film shot clearly so that we know exactly who everybody is and where they are and what they're doing and why." He applauded how the suspense was built, calling the film "spellbinding". Ebert considered Renner "a leading contender for Academy Awards", writing, "His performance is not built on complex speeches but on a visceral projection of who this man is and what he feels. He is not a hero in a conventional sense."[24] He eventually ranked it the second-best film of the decade, behind only Synecdoche, New York.[25] Richard Corliss of Time magazine also spoke highly of Renner's performance, calling it a highlight of the film. Corliss wrote, "He's ordinary, pudgy-faced, quiet, and at first seems to lack the screen charisma to carry a film. That supposition vanishes in a few minutes, as Renner slowly reveals the strength, confidence and unpredictability of a young Russell Crowe. The merging of actor and character is one of the big things to love about this movie ... It's a creepy marvel to watch James in action. He has the cool aplomb, analytical acumen and attention to detail of a great athlete, or a master psychopath, maybe both." Corliss praised the film's "steely calm" tone, reflective of its main character. Corliss summarized, "The Hurt Locker is a near-perfect movie about men in war, men at work. Through sturdy imagery and violent action, it says that even Hell needs heroes."[26] A. O. Scott of The New York Times called The Hurt Locker the best American feature film yet made about the war in Iraq: "You may emerge from The Hurt Locker shaken, exhilarated and drained, but you will also be thinking ... The movie is a viscerally exciting, adrenaline-soaked tour de force of suspense and surprise, full of explosions and hectic scenes of combat, but it blows a hole in the condescending assumption that such effects are just empty spectacle or mindless noise." Scott noticed that the film reserved criticism of the war but wrote of how the director handled the film's limits, "Ms. Bigelow, practicing a kind of hyperbolic realism, distills the psychological essence and moral complications of modern warfare into a series of brilliant, agonizing set pieces." He also applauded the convergence of the characters in the film, saying that it "focuses on three men whose contrasting temperaments knit this episodic exploration of peril and bravery into a coherent and satisfying story."[27]Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the performances of Renner, Mackie, and Geraghty would raise their profiles considerably, and said their characters reveal their "unlooked-for aspects", such as Renner's character being playful with an Iraqi boy. Turan applauded Boal's "lean and compelling" script and said of Bigelow's direction, "Bigelow and her team bring an awesome ferocity to re-creating the unhinged mania of bomb removal in an alien, culturally unfathomable atmosphere."[28] Guy Westwell of Sight & Sound wrote that the cinematographer Barry Ackroyd provided "sharp handheld coverage" and that Paul N.J. Ottosson's sound design "uses the barely perceptible ringing of tinnitus to amp up the tension."[29] Westwell praised the director's skill: "The careful mapping of the subtle differences between each bomb, the play with point of view ... and the attenuation of key action sequences ... lends the film a distinctive quality that can only be attributed to Bigelow's clever, confident direction."[29] The critic noted the film's different take on the Iraq War, writing that "it confronts the fact that men often take great pleasure in war."[29] He concluded, "This unapologetic celebration of a testosterone-fuelled lust for war may gall. Yet there is something original and distinctive about the film's willingness to admit that for some men (and many moviegoers) war carries an intrinsic dramatic charge."[29] Amy Taubin of Film Comment described The Hurt Locker as "a structuralist war movie" and "a totally immersive, off-the-charts high-anxiety experience from beginning to end." Taubin praised Ackroyd's "brilliant" cinematography with multiple viewpoints. She said of the film's editing, "Bob Murawski and Chris Innis's editing is similarly quick and nervous; the rapid changes in POV as they cut from one camera's coverage to another's makes you feel as if you, like the characters, are under threat from all sides."[30] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal called it "A first-rate action thriller, a vivid evocation of urban warfare in Iraq, a penetrating study of heroism and a showcase for austere technique, terse writing and a trio of brilliant performances."[31] The Toronto Star critic Peter Howell said, "Just when you think the battle of Iraq war dramas has been fought and lost, along comes one that demands to be seen... If you can sit through The Hurt Locker without your heart nearly pounding through your chest, you must be made of granite."[32]Entertainment Weekly's film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the film the rare "A" rating, calling it, "an intense, action-driven war pic, a muscular, efficient standout that simultaneously conveys the feeling of combat from within as well as what it looks like on the ground. This ain't no war videogame."[33] Derek Elley of Variety found The Hurt Locker to be "gripping" as a thriller but felt that the film was weakened by, "its fuzzy (and hardly original) psychology." Elley wrote that it was unclear to know where the drama lay: "These guys get by on old-fashioned guts and instinct rather than sissy hardware--but it's not a pure men-under-stress drama either." The critic also felt that the script showed "signs of artificially straining for character depth."[34] Anne Thompson, also writing for Variety, believed The Hurt Locker to be a contender for Best Picture, particularly based on the unique subject matter pursued by a female director and on being an exception to other films about the Iraq War, which had performed poorly.[35] Tara McKelvey from The American Prospect wrote that the film is pro-U.S. Army propaganda, although it suggests it is anti-war with the opening statement: "War is a drug." She continues, "You feel empathy for the soldiers when they shoot. And in this way, the full impact of the Iraq war--at least as it was fought in 2004--becomes clear: American soldiers shot at Iraqi civilians even when, for example, they just happened to be holding a cell phone and standing near an IED." She concludes, "For all the graphic violence, bloody explosions and, literally, human butchery that is shown in the film, The Hurt Locker is one of the most effective recruiting vehicles for the U.S. Army that I have seen."[36] John Pilger, journalist and documentarian, criticized the film in the New Statesman, writing that it "offers a vicarious thrill via yet another standard-issue psychopath high on violence in somebody else's country where the deaths of a million people are consigned to cinematic oblivion."[37] In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years.[38] The Hurt Locker was named the tenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" in 2017 by The New York Times chief film critics A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis.[39] The Hurt Locker was listed on many critics' top ten lists.[40] 1st - David Ansen, Newsweek 1st - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice 1st - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times 1st - Claudia Puig, USA Today 1st - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly 1st - Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle 1st - Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly 1st - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times 1st - Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune 1st - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News 1st - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal 1st - Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader 1st - David Germain, Associated Press[41] 1st - David Denby, The New Yorker 1st - Bob Mondello, NPR 2nd - A.O. Scott, The New York Times 2nd - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle 2nd - Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club 2nd - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun 2nd - Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald 2nd - Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News 2nd - J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader 2nd - Michael Rechtshaffen, Ray Bennett, & Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter 3rd - Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times 3rd - Christy Lemire, Associated Press[42] 3rd - V.A. Musetto, New York Post 3rd - David Fear, Time Out New York 3rd - Richard Roeper[43] 3rd - Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter 3rd - Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly 4th - Richard Corliss, Time 4th - Ty Burr, Boston Globe 4th - Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer 4th - Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail 4th - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter 5th - Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club 5th - James Berardinelli, Reelviews 5th - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune 5th - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 5th - Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle 5th - Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6th - Stephen Holden, The New York Times 6th - Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer 7th - Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle 9th - Kimberly Jones, Austin Chronicle 9th - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly 10th - Keith Phipps & Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club 10th - David Edelstein, New York Magazine Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - Bob Mondello, NPR Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - David Denby, The New Yorker Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - Dana Stevens, Slate Response among veterans The film was criticized by some Iraq veterans and embedded reporters for inaccurately portraying wartime conditions.[44] Writing for The Huffington Post, Iraq veteran Kate Hoit said that The Hurt Locker is "Hollywood's version of the Iraq war and of the soldiers who fight it, and their version is inaccurate." She described the film as being more accurate than other recently released war films, but expressed concerns that a number of errors--among them wrong uniforms, lack of radio communication or misbehavior of the soldiers--would prevent service members from enjoying the film.[45] Author Brandon Friedman, also a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, shared a similar view at VetVoice: "The Hurt Locker is a high-tension, well-made, action movie that will certainly keep most viewers on the edges of their seats. But if you know anything about the Army, or about operations or life in Iraq, you'll be so distracted by the nonsensical sequences and plot twists that it will ruin the movie for you. It certainly did for me." Friedman criticized the inaccuracy of the film's representation of combat, saying "in real life, EOD techs don't conduct dangerous missions as autonomous three-man teams without communications gear ... Another thing you'll rarely hear in combat is an EOD E-7 suggesting to two or three of his guys that they leave the scene of an explosion in an Iraqi city by saying: 'C'mon, let's split up. We can cover more ground that way.'"[46] At the blog Army of Dude, infantryman and Iraq veteran Alex Horton noted that "the way the team goes about their missions is completely absurd." He still generally enjoyed it and called it "the best Iraq movie to date."[47] Troy Steward, another combat veteran, wrote on the blog Bouhammer that while the film accurately depicted the scale of bomb violence and the relations between Iraqis and troops, "just about everything else wasn't realistic." Steward went on to say: "I was amazed that a movie so bad could get any kind of accolades from anyone."[48] A review published March 8, 2010 in the Air Force Times[49] cited overall negative reviews from bomb experts in Iraq attached to the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, quoting a bomb disposal team leader who called the film's portrayal of a bomb expert "grossly exaggerated and not appropriate," and describing the lead character as "more of a run and gun cowboy type ... exactly the kind of person that we're not looking for." Another bomb disposal team member said that the lead character's "swagger would put a whole team at risk. Our team leaders don't have that kind of invincibility complex, and if they do, they aren't allowed to operate. A team leader's first priority is getting his team home in one piece." On the embedded side, former correspondent for The Politico and Military Times Christian Lowe (who embedded with U.S. military units each year from 2002 to 2005) explained at DefenseTech: "Some of the scenes are so disconnected with reality to be almost parody."[50] Former British bomb disposal officer Guy Marot said, "James makes us look like hot-headed, irrational adrenaline junkies with no self-discipline. It's immensely disrespectful to the many officers who have lost their lives."[51] On the other hand, Henry Engelhardt, an adjutant with the National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Association having twenty years' experience in bomb defusal, complimented the film's atmosphere and depiction of the difficulties of the job, saying, "Of course, no film is realistic in all its details, but the important things were done very well."[52] Sarver lawsuit In early March 2010, U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Master Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against The Hurt Locker. Sarver's lawsuit claimed he used the term "hurt locker" and the phrase "war is a drug" around Boal, that his likeness was used to create the character William James, and that the portrayal of James defames Sarver.[53] Sarver said he felt "just a little bit hurt, a little bit felt left out" and cheated out of "financial participation" in the film.[54] Sarver claimed he originated the title of the film; however, the title is a decades-old colloquialism for being injured, as in "they sent him to the hurt locker."[55] It dates back to the Vietnam War where it was one of several phrases meaning "in trouble or at a disadvantage; in bad shape."[56] Boal defended himself to the press, saying "the film is a work of fiction inspired by many people's stories."[54] He said he talked to more than 100 soldiers during his research.[57] Jody Simon, a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer, noted that "soldiers don't have privacy", and that when the military embedded Boal they gave him full permission to use his observations as he saw fit. Summit Entertainment, the producers of the film, said in early March that they hoped for a quick resolution to the suit.[54] In the December 8, 2011, issue of The Hollywood Reporter, it was announced that Master Sergeant Sarver's lawsuit was thrown out by the court, and a federal judge ordered him to pay more than $180,000 in attorney fees.[58] Copyright infringement lawsuit On May 12, 2010, Voltage Pictures, the production company behind The Hurt Locker, announced that it would attempt to sue "potentially tens of thousands" of online computer users who downloaded unlicensed copies of the film using the BitTorrent and P2P networks. It would be the largest lawsuit of its kind.[59][60] On May 28, 2010, it filed a complaint against 5,000 unidentified BitTorrent users in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Voltage announced its intention to demand $1,500 from each defendant to release him or her from the suit.[61] Several people, however, have refused to settle with the studio.[62] The US Copyright Group (USCG) has since dropped all cases against the alleged Hurt Locker downloaders.[63] On August 29, 2011, the Federal Court of Canada ordered the three Canadian ISPs--Bell Canada, Cogeco, and Vidéotron--to disclose the names and addresses of the subscribers whose IP addresses were suspected to have downloaded a copy of the film. The ISPs were given two weeks to comply with the order.[64] Festival screenings The Hurt Locker had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2008, and the film received a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening.[65] At the festival, the film won the SIGNIS award,[66] the Arca Cinemagiovani Award (Arca Young Cinema Award) for "Best Film Venezia 65" (chosen by an international youth jury); the Human Rights Film Network Award; and the Venezia Cinema Award known as the "Navicella".[67] The film also screened at the 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival on September 8,[65] where it generated "keen interest", though distributors were reluctant to buy it since previous films about the Iraq War performed poorly at the box office.[68]Summit Entertainment purchased the film for distribution in the United States in what was perceived as "a skittish climate for pic sales".[69] In the rest of 2008, The Hurt Locker screened at the 3rd Zurich Film Festival,[70] the 37th Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the 21st Mar del Plata Film Festival,[71] the 5th Dubai International Film Festival, and the 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.[72] In 2009, The Hurt Locker screened at the Göteborg International Film Festival,[73] the 10th Film Comment Selects festival,[74] and the South by Southwest film festival.[75] It was the closing night film at Maryland Film Festival 2009, with Bigelow presenting. It had a centerpiece screening at the 3rd AFI Dallas International Film Festival, where director Kathryn Bigelow received the Dallas Star Award.[76] Other 2009 festivals included the Human Rights Nights International Film Festival,[77] the Seattle International Film Festival,[78] and the Philadelphia Film Festival.[79] Theatrical run The Hurt Locker was first publicly released in Italy by Warner Bros. on October 10, 2008.[65]Summit Entertainment picked the film up for distribution in the United States after it was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival for $1.5 million.[80]The Hurt Locker was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, with a limited release at four theaters in Los Angeles and New York City.[81] Over its first weekend the film grossed $145,352, averaging $36,338 per theater. The following weekend, beginning July 3, the film grossed $131,202 at nine theaters, averaging $14,578 per theater.[82] It held the highest per-screen average of any film playing theatrically in the United States for the first two weeks of its release,[1] gradually moving into the top 20 chart with much wider-released, bigger budget studio films.[83] It held around number 13 or number 14 on box office charts for an additional four weeks. Summit Entertainment took The Hurt Locker wider to more than 200 screens on July 24, 2009 and more than 500 screens on July 31, 2009. The film's final gross was $17,017,811 in the United States and Canada, and $32,212,961 in other countries, bringing its worldwide total to $49,230,772. It was a success against its budget of $15 million.[1] According to the Los Angeles Times, The Hurt Locker performed better than most recent dramas about Middle East conflict. The film outperformed all other Iraq-war-themed films such as In the Valley of Elah (2007), Stop-Loss (2008) and Afghanistan-themed Lions for Lambs (2007).[80] In the United States, The Hurt Locker is one of only five Best Picture winners (The English Patient, Amadeus, The Artist, and The Shape of Water being the other four) to never enter the weekend box office top 5 since top 10 rankings were first recorded in 1982. It is also one of the only two Best Picture winners on record never to have entered the weekend box office top 10 (The Artist being the other). The Hurt Locker opened in the top ten in the United Kingdom in 103 theaters, scoring the fourth-highest per-screen average of $3,607, ranking between G-Force and G.I. Joe in overall grosses. The film garnered half a million dollars in its opening weekend in the United Kingdom of August 28 through August 30, 2009,[84] and grossed over a million dollars in the UK, Japan, Spain, and France through March.[85] Distribution: Independent film print shortage According to an article in the Springfield, Illinois State Journal-Register, as of August 2009 there was a shortage of film prints of The Hurt Locker, as well as other hit independent films such as Food, Inc.[86] Distributors told theater owners that they would have to wait weeks or months past the initial U.S. release date to get the few available prints that were already in distribution. "Sometimes the distributors goof up," said a film buyer for one theater. "They misjudge how wide they should go."[86] One theory is that the independent films have a hard time competing for screen space during the summer against blockbuster tent-pole films that take up as much as half the screens in any given city, flooding the United States market with thousands of prints. Theater owners have also complained about distributors "bunching too many movies too close together".[86][87] It is also thought that independent film distributors are trying to cut their losses on prints by recycling them. Given the popularity of some of the films that are "hard to come by", this strategy may be leaving box office money on the table.[86][87] The Hurt Locker was released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on January 12, 2010. This disc includes an added audio commentary featuring director Kathryn Bigelow, writer Mark Boal, and other members of the production crew; an image gallery of photos from shooting; and a 15-minute EPK featurette highlighting the filming experience in Jordan and the film's production. The UK DVD and Blu-ray has no commentary. U.S. sales of the DVD topped $30 million by mid-August 2010.[88] Starting with its initial screening at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival, The Hurt Locker has earned many awards and honors. It also ranked on more film critics' top 10 lists than any other film of 2009. It was nominated in nine categories at the 82nd Academy Awards and won in six: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing. It lost the award for Best Actor to Crazy Heart, Best Original Score to Up, and Best Cinematography to Avatar.[89] Bigelow became the first and, to date, only woman to win an Oscar for Best Director.[90] Kathryn Bigelow was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film for the film, the first and, to date, only time a female director has ever won.[91] The film won six awards at the BAFTAs held on February 21, 2010, including Best Film and Best Director for Bigelow. The Hurt Locker was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards.[92] The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director was given to Kathryn Bigelow, the first time the honor has gone to a woman. The film swept most critics groups awards for Best Director and Best Picture, including Chicago, Boston, and Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York' film critics group associations. The Hurt Locker is one of only five films that have won all three major U.S. critics group prizes (LA, NY, NSFC), together with Goodfellas, Schindler's List, L.A. Confidential, and The Social Network. The five awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics were the most by that organization to a single film in the group's 30-year history.[93] In February 2010, the film's producer Nicolas Chartier emailed a group of Academy Award voters in an attempt to sway them to vote for The Hurt Locker instead of "a $500M film" (referring to Avatar) for the Best Picture award. He later issued a public apology, saying that it was "out of line and not in the spirit of the celebration of cinema that this acknowledgment is".[94] The Academy banned him from attending the award ceremony, the first time the Academy has ever banned an individual nominee.[95] Iraq portal Film portal Nine From Aberdeen, a 2012 book by Jeffrey M. Leatherwood on the WWII forerunners of EOD, with an afterword by CSM James H. 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__label__wiki	0.64257	0.64257	Knowledge Service Section ECA IR Home Communities and Collections developed on the Browse ECA Conference Proceedings Conferences on Climate change Trade can induce climate-resilient reforms for food security in Africa b11953561.pdf (1.495Mb) United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Special Initiatives Division. African Climate Policy Center; African Union Commission; African Development Bank; Commodity-based economic growth that has driven Africa’s development in the past decades is now in jeopardy owing to the impact of climate change on natural resources and agricultural commodities. The effects of temperature on the aggregated macroeconomic productivity in poor countries have been found to be linearly related1 to an increase in temperature, primarily through the effects of temperature on workers and crops. Lobell and others (2011)2 demonstrated the nonlinearity between warming and yield relationships in African maize, in particular how the final yield of maize under rain-fed conditions was reduced by 1 per cent for every day spent above 30o C, even by just one additional degree. Through those findings, it was underscored that approximately 65 percent of Africa’s maize-growing areas will experience temperature-induced yield losses at 1o C of warming, even under optimal rain-fed management. “United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Special Initiatives Division. African Climate Policy Center; African Union Commission; African Development Bank (2019). Trade can induce climate-resilient reforms for food security in Africa. Addis Ababa. © UN. 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__label__wiki	0.508322	0.508322	Aleksander Tytus Kulisiewicz A.T. Kulisiewicz Aleksander Tytus Kulisiewicz (1918 - 03/1982), a Polish composer, from Krakow, was a law student when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. One month later he was denounced for antifascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well as those learned from fellow prisoners, dictating hundreds of pages of text to his attending nurse at a Polish infirmary. The majority of Kulisiewicz�s songs are darkly humorous ballads concerning the sadistic treatment of prisoners. Performed at secret gatherings, imbued with biting wit and subversive attitude, these songs helped inmates cope with their hunger and despair, raised morale, and offered hope of survival. Beyond this spiritual and psychological purport, Kulisiewicz also considered the camp song to be a form of documentation. "In the camp," he wrote, "I tried under all circumstances to create verses that would serve as direct poetical reportage. I used my memory as a living archive. Friends came to me and dictated their songs." In the 1950s, Kulisiewicz began amassing a private collection of music, poetry, and artwork created by camp prisoners, gathering this material through correspondence and hundreds of hours of recorded interviews. In the 1960s, he inaugurated a series of public recitals of his repertoire of camp songs, and issued several recordings. Kulisiewicz's major project, a monumental study of the cultural life of the camps and the vital role music played as a means of survival for many prisoners, remained unpublished at the time of his death. His archive, the largest extant collection of music composed in the camps, is now a part of the USHMM Archives. Source: http://digitalassets.ushmm.org/photoarchives/detail.aspx?id=1162193&search=KULISIEWICZ&index=3 Musical form: free Text/libretto: Jewish texts The Polish (from Krakow) composer Aleksander Tytus Kulisiewicz (1918-March 1982) has written an arrangement of Martin Rosenberg�s �J�dische Todessang� (�Jewish Requiem�). Contributor: Tassos Dimitriadis	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2065
__label__wiki	0.906836	0.906836	Tag Archives: The CW Actor Nicole Oliver keeps busy with roles in Hallmark’s Radio Hype, Lifetime’s Ungodly Acts, and the feature film Marrying the Family As one of the most respected voice-over actors Nicole continues to be in demand in animation Multi-faceted Nicole Oliver continues to keep extremely busy with roles on screen as an actor and in the voice-over market. This spring Nicole divides her time with roles on Hallmark (Eone) “Radio Hype,” Lifetime’s “Ungodly Acts” and the feature film “Marrying the Family.” As one of the most respected voice-over actors Nicole continues to be in demand in Animation on Season 5 of “My Little Pony” now airing on Discovery Family and “Kate and Mim Mim” airing on the Disney Channel. Hallmark’s “Radio Hype” is directed by Kris Tabori and is starring Alison Sweeney. Nicole has the role as Julie, the owner of a fashion boutique and sister to Nick (Jonathan Scarfe – Hell on Wheels). Carl Bessai directs Lifetime’s “Ungodly Acts”. Nicole plays Paula Martin one of the leaders of the Church of the Blessed Light Ministry. “Marrying the Family” unites Nicole with many of the ensemble cast from the Film Festival darling (VIFF 2013; TIFF Next Wave 2014) “Leap for Your Life”. “Marrying the Family” follows Dylan (Taylor Hill), as she is getting ready for her wedding to her high school sweetheart Corey (Adam Di Marco). However, any plans for a simple wedding are put on hold when her wedding planner mother Kathy, played by Nicole, steps in to design a wedding Dylan will never forget. Marrying the Family is a sweet comedy about love, family, growing up and letting go and is directed by Peter Benson (What An Idiot). Nicole Oliver has been nominated for several Leo Awards for her work on both the small and big screen. She is the recipient of the UBCP/ACTRA award for Best Voice for her work in animation. She has guest starred on numerous television series “Supernatural and “Rogue”. She has also starred in many MOW’s including “The Christmas Ornament” starring Cameron Mathison and Kellie Martin, “The Woodcarver” with John Ratzenberger; “Taken Back – Finding Haley” with Amanda Tapping and “Innocent” with Bill Pullman and Marcia Gay Harden. For four seasons, Nicole was also the host on the hit Slice Network series “Crash Test Mommy”. A high light for Nicole was acting along side her young son, William Ainscough, who starred as Billy in City TV’s “Seed” for two seasons. Well known throughout the world at Brony and Fan Conventions as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee on “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” and Zoe on the cartoon “Littlest Pet Shop”, her voice-over work continues to thrive. In animation, she has popular roles on “Max Steel”, “Martha Speaks”, “Strawberry Shortcake”, and “Superbook”. She is currently the voice for Wireless Wave, and has provided her voice to over 100 companies including American Express, Starbucks, Salon Selectives, Club House, and IKEA. Nicole Oliver has worked for over twenty years in the entertainment industry as an actor, producer, and director. This multi-talented, incredibly busy mother and professional has mastered the balance between family and work, and has furthered her education with a Masters of Arts in Communication from Royal Roads University (2011). She is the recipient of both the Founders Award for leadership and sustainability and the Chancellors Award for highest academic achievement. Nicole believes that diversification is the key to success, and that with success in life there can be balance. She resides in Vancouver with her husband and their two sons. Nicole is available for interviews and photographs upon request. Social Media Handles Website: nicoleoliver.com Twitter: @mouthnoize IMDb: Nicole Oliver Contact The Promotion People Lesley Diana – Founder, President and Publicist lesley@thepromotionpeople.ca Website: thepromotionpeople.ca Twitter: @PromotionPeople Facebook: The Promotion People Instagram: @thepromotionpeople This entry was posted in Nicole Oliver and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on May 12, 2015 by press. William Ainscough is nominated for a Joey Award for his role as Billy on ‘Seed’ Watch William in ‘The Christmas Secret’, a Hallmark Movies World Premiere on Sunday, December 7, 9/8c And ‘The Haunting Hour’ episode entitled Spores set to air on Discovery Family in November 2014 Young Actor William Ainscough continues to receive nominations for his starring role as Billy in CityTV’s ‘Seed’ at the Joey Awards in the Young Actor age 9 or younger in a TV series Comedy Action Leading Role category. The Joey Awards will be held in New Westminster BC on November 16th. www.joeyawards.com The Joey Awards have been established to recognize young performers in Canada through awards, and educate their parents on keeping their young performers safe in the crazy world of Showbiz.” The Joey Awards goal is to reward young actors and actresses in Canada for their hard work and dedication to their craft. William has received other award nominations for ‘Seed’ including a 2014 Leo Award nomination for best performance in a Comedy, Variety or Musical www.leoawards.com and his 2013 Actor nomination for the ‘BEST NEWCOMER’ category for the UBCP/ACTRA Awards (www.ubcp.com). ‘Seed’ stars a talented ensemble cast headed by Adam Korson (2 Broke Girls). It was clear after booking his first two auditions that acting for William was a path well chosen. William’s very first attempt at acting was a success, when he landed his first audition in an open casting call for the feature film Hidden’. William was successful in landing the role of Joey, a slightly shy and soulful boy and close friend and neighbor of Zoe’s (Emily Alyn Lind). The feature film, which follows a family hiding in a bomb shelter after a mysterious outbreak devastates civilization, stars Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Battleship) and Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion, Never Let Me Go). The film Hidden, directed by The Duffer Brothers is slated for theatrical release. William has a supporting role as Zach in ‘The Christmas Secret’, a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original World Premiere on Sunday, December 7, 9/8c starring Bethany Joy Lenz and John Reardon. http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/the-most-wonderful-movies-of-christmas/most-wonderful-movies William will also be seen in his Guest Star role as Melvin in ‘The Haunting Hour’ episode entitled Spores set to air on the new Discovery Family in November 2014. Other recent highlights for William include playing the iconic role of John Darling in ABC’s ‘Once Upon a Time,’ and a major supporting role in ‘Zapped’ the television feature for the new Disney Channel starring the US pop music sensation and actor Zendaya. Following in his parent’s footsteps (Nicole Oliver, actress; Chris Ainscough, composer/film editor), William Ainscough is making a serious impression in the entertainment industry. It was after watching his mother in action during visits to the sets of some of her film projects that William’s interest in the acting world began. Nicole inspired him to try acting for himself and began taking classes. William has had the chance to act opposite his mother in several episodes of ‘Seed’, when she plays Billy’s teacher and principal, Mrs. Anderson. Aside from acting, William is an accomplished drummer, loves soccer and baseball, and is a huge fan of the online game Minecraft. Website: citytv.com Facebook: Seed Twitter: @Seed_tv This entry was posted in William Ainscough and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on November 3, 2014 by press. William Ainscough stars in City TV’s series “Seed” set to premiere on the CW Network in July, co-stars in Disney Channel’s ‘Zapped’ out June 27th and was a nominee for a 2014 Leo Award In the past year, William Ainscough has been recognized for his hard work on “SEED”; being nominated for the 2013 UBCP Best Newcomer and most recently for a 2014 Leo Award Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series category. William was also thrilled to attend the CSAs in Toronto in March to celebrate Seed’s 8 CSA nominations including Best Comedic Series. The first season of “SEED” was hailed as both a critical and commercial success and has been picked up by U.S. network The CW set to debut on the CW Monday July 14. William returned to his starring role of Billy Jones-Krasnoff in the second season of “SEED” and is just wrapping up airing Thursday nights at 9pm on CityTV. The series stars Adam Korson (2 Broke Girls) as Harry, a bachelor-bartender and sperm donor. Harry discovers that his foray into the world of sperm donation has resulted in kids – lots of kids! This ill-equipped bachelor finds himself entangled in the lives of his newfound children and their less-than-thrilled families with whom he’ll come to share more than just his DNA. William Ainscough has been busy with other several acting gigs; having played the iconic role of John Darling in ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”, completing a major supporting role in “The Christmas Ornament” for Hallmark Channel coming out this December, and a leading role on “The Haunting Hour”, which will air on the HUB Network later this year. Continuously pursuing his acting ambitions, William also booked a role in the comedic Disney Channel Original Movie “Zapped”, set to debut June 27, 2014. He has been working with multi-talented recording artist/actress Zendaya (“Dancing with the Stars,” “Shake It Up”), who will be headlining “Zapped,” the story of Zoey, a girl whose well-ordered life is up-ended when her mother remarries and she finds herself part of a family composed of rambunctious, chaotic – and most of all – messy boys and a male dog, to boot. William plays Ben, the youngest and messiest of Zendaya’s step-brothers. After booking his first two auditions, it was clear that acting was a path well chosen for William. He has been thrilled to be able to add actor and his new bookings to his resume of accomplishments. Following in his parent’s footsteps (Nicole Oliver, actress; Chris Ainscough, composer/film editor), William Ainscough is making a serious impression in the entertainment industry. William has had the chance to act opposite his mother in several episodes of SEED , when she plays Billy’s teacher/Vice Principal, Mrs. Anderson. It was after watching his mother in action during visits to the sets of some of her film projects that William’s interest in the acting world began. Nicole inspired him to try acting for himself and his very first attempt at acting was a success, when he landed his first audition in May 2012—an open casting call for a new feature film “Hidden”. The feature film, which follows a family hiding in a bomb shelter after a mysterious outbreak devastates civilization, stars Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Battleship) and Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion, Never Let Me Go). William was successful in landing the role of Joey, a slightly shy and soulful boy and close friend and neighbor of Zoe’s (Emily Alyn Lind). The film Hidden, directed by The Duffer Brothers, and is set to hit theatres in 2014. This entry was posted in William Ainscough and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on June 15, 2014 by press. Congratulations to William Ainscough star of CITY TV’s series “Seed” for presenting a cheque for $1210 to the Music Therapy Program at the IWK Foundation in Halifax Young actor William Aisncough raised money while taping CITY TV’s “SEED” to contribute to the Music Therapy Program at the IWK Health Centre Foundation in Halifax. Just wrapping up filming the second season of “SEED” in Halifax, Nova Scotia, William found inspiration by the beauty of the province and the kindness and generosity of the people. His hope was to give the gift of music to brighten the day and make it a little easier for the children who are going through treatments at IWK. Continuing in the spirit of giving, the production company Force Four Entertainment generously matched what William raised and presented them with a cheque for $1210. Alongside William, CITY TV’s hit series “SEED” stars Adam Korson (from the CBS hit comedy 2 Broke Girls). Adam Korson plays a bachelor-bartender and sperm donor who becomes an overnight father to three different children. Adam begins his relationship with the families of his children: an upper-class family with a rebellious teenage daughter, a neurotically hopeful single mother-to-be, and a laid-back lesbian couple with a 9-year-old son Billy who is played by William. William Aisncough was also recently nominated for his first UBCP/ACTRA Award in the ‘BEST NEWCOMER’ category for his starring role in “SEED”. The awards were handed out in Vancouver on November 24th. The first season of “Seed” was hailed as both a critical and commercial success and was picked up by U.S. network The CW. Photography by Ross den Otter Website: forcefour.com, iwk.nshealth.ca, citytv.com Facebook: IWK Health Centre Foundation, Seed Twitter: @ForceFourEnt, @IWKFoundation, @Seed_tv This entry was posted in William Ainscough and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on December 5, 2013 by press. Actress Nicole Oliver wins Best Voice Award at 2013 UBCP/ACTRA Awards on November 24, 2013 Congratulations to Nicole Oliver who was awarded the UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Voice! Nicole Oliver was honoured as one of the top talents in BC at the second annual UBCP/ACTRA Awards at the Vancouver Playhouse on November 24th. The Awards Gala was attended by hundreds of industry professionals, members, partners, press, and politicians. For more information on the event, visit www.ubcp.com. “It is wonderful that our performers are being recognized and feted for their talent and hard work. We couldn’t be happier. Congratulations and well done.” – Alvin Sanders, President of UBCP/ACTRA Nicole has been busy with numerous roles, most recently playing a stage mother in the independent feature film “Leap 4 Your Life”, which premiered at VIFF in September and October 2013. Nicole has also just completed a supporting role in the soon to be released Hallmark film, “The Christmas Ornament” starring Cameron Mathison and Kellie Martin. She has guest starred on numerous television series; recent roles include “Supernatural and “Rogue”. She has also starred in many MOW’s including recent releases “The Woodcarver” with John Ratzenberger; “Taken Back – Finding Haley” with Amanda Tapping and “Innocent” with Bill Pullman and Marcia Gay Harden. For 4 seasons, Nicole was also the host on the hit Slice Network series “Crash Test Mommy”. Photo by: Andrew Chin/Getty Images Following in Nicole’s footsteps, her son William Aisncough was nominated for the ‘BEST NEWCOMER’ category for the UBCP/ACTRA Awards for his starring role as ‘Billy’ in City TV’s second season of “SEED”. Nicole joins her young son in the hit series “SEED” and will once again be playing Billy’s teacher, Mrs. Anderson, in several episodes this season, as well as perfecting her chops as the Ultimate Stage Parent to William behind the scenes. The first season of “Seed” was hailed as both a critical and commercial success and has been picked up by U.S. network The CW. This entry was posted in Nicole Oliver, William Ainscough and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on November 25, 2013 by press. Young Actor William Ainscough Stars on City TV’s New Original Series “SEED” and is Nominated For His First UBCP/ACTRA Award City TV’s “Seed” has been picked up by U.S. network The CW. William Aisncough has been nominated for the ‘BEST NEWCOMER’ category for the UBCP/ACTRA Awards for his starring role in CITY TV’s hit series “SEED”. The awards will be handed out in Vancouver on November 24th. The first season of “Seed” was hailed as both a critical and commercial success and has been picked up by U.S. network The CW. William is currently filming the second season of “SEED” in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The series stars Adam Korson (from the CBS hit comedy 2 Broke Girls). Adam Korson plays a bachelor-bartender and sperm donor who becomes an overnight father to three different children. Adam begins his relationship with the families of his children: an upper-class family with a rebellious teenage daughter, a neurotically hopeful single mother-to-be, and a laid-back lesbian couple with a 9-year-old son Billy who is played by William. Following in his parent’s footsteps (Nicole Oliver, actress; Chris Ainscough, composer/film editor), William Ainscough is making a serious impression in the entertainment industry. William has had the chance to act opposite his mother, Nicole Oliver, in several episodes of the series, when she plays Billy’s teacher, Mrs. Anderson. It was after watching his mother in action during visits to the sets of some of his Mom’s past film projects that William’s interest in the acting world began. Nicole inspired him to try acting for himself and began taking classes. William’s very first attempt at acting was a success, when he landed his first audition in May 2012—an open casting call for a new feature film “Hidden”. The feature film, which follows a family hiding in a bomb shelter after a mysterious outbreak devastates civilization, stars Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Battleship) and Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion, Never Let Me Go). William was successful in landing the role of Joey, a slightly shy and soulful boy and close friend and neighbor of Zoe’s (Emily Alyn Lind). The film Hidden, directed by The Duffer Brothers, and is set to hit theatres late 2013, early 2014. It was clear after booking his first two auditions that it was a path well chosen. William is thrilled to be able to add ACTOR, to his resume of accomplishments. Other highlights for William this past year include playing the iconic role of John Darling in ABC’s Once Upon a Time, and a major supporting role in a “top-secret” television feature for the Disney Channel. This entry was posted in Nicole Oliver, William Ainscough and tagged 2 Broke Girls, 2014, ABC, accomplishments, acting, actor, actress, Adam Korson, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, auditions, baseball, Battleship, blog, blogger, Canada, CBS, Chris Ainscough, City TV, comedy, commercial, composer, Disney Channel, drummer, editor, entertainment, film, filming, Halifax, Lesley Diana, Minecraft, network, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Oliver, Nova Scotia, Oblivion, Once Upon A Time, online, PR, press, Public Relations, publicist, resume, Seed, series, soccer, The CW, The Duffer Brothers, The Promotion People, theatres, True Blood, TV, U.S., United States, Vancouver, William Aisncough on October 1, 2013 by press.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2067
__label__cc	0.644596	0.355404	Home > Privacy and Government > Government Threats to Privacy > Public Records > Social Security Numbers The U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) is an unusual form of public record because it is information that the government created by assigning a unique number to each person. The majority of public records collect preexisting information. One of the unintended consequences of the SSN is that, despite assurances this would not happen, it has been widely adopted by both governments and the public as a standard identifier. Well beyond administering the Social Security program, the SSN is now used for all varieties of tax collection, credit and banking transactions, federal government security, state-level recordkeeping, passport issuance, and so on. All of the recordkeeping uniformity created by adoption of the SSN has surely made financial services and government benefits more easily available to people. At the same time, however, it has eroded privacy by facilitating monitoring and record-tracking. The SSN is also increasingly being used to commit a group of frauds known as "identity theft." In response, there have been calls to limit the use of SSNs. Though often put forward as solutions to a privacy problem, these proposals are, in fact, largely a matter of crime control. And they would prevent law-abiding citizens and businesses from exchanging true information about one another for good purposes as well as bad. As a public record, the SSN is a mixed bag. It has streamlined many transactions in both the government- and private-sectors, yet it threatens privacy and is an instrument of crime. These latter harms are unintended consequences — the hidden costs — of the Social Security program, which catalogues and warehouses data on nearly every living American. Understanding Amy Boyer's Law: Social Security Numbers, Crime Control, and Privacy, Privacilla.org (December, 2000) (PDF format; also available in html format) Comments? comments@privacilla.org (Subject: SSN)	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2069
__label__wiki	0.501552	0.501552	Featured Articles / Fraternity / Historical / National News Where is Your National Shrine? by Podium · Published October 11, 2012 · Updated September 10, 2014 by Dale Croston, National Chapter and Colony Education Coordinator, Headquarters Staff, Alpha KKΨ Alumni \| As you can see, the National Shrine of Kappa Kappa Psi has been moved. One day while crossing campus, Brenna Hensley (Alpha Chapter President) was passing near the shrine, and as normal for most members glanced over to make sure the shrine was ok. But this time it was different, there were workers around it and marker flags in the area surrounding it. Physical Plant employees with clipboards and measuring tapes were there marking pipes and cables in the area. Making a sharp right-face like every good marcher should, she approached one of the workers and asked what was going on. The worker said that they were prepping the area for some renovations; it was an expansion of the new Student Union courtyard which lies just to the south of the shrine. Then Brenna being a little taken back by this news asked the obvious question, “So what’s the plan for the monument there in the middle?” To which the worker replies, “Oh, we’re going to move that”. Keeping her cool, she told him that she was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and asked if he had informed the National Office of the move. “No”, he replied, “I still need to figure out how to do that.” The worker Brenna was talking to was Mr. Steve Dobbs, Manager of Grounds and Landscape Services for Oklahoma State University. Mr. Dobbs was grateful for the information on how to reach the National Headquarters, and said it was on his list to do but he wasn’t sure who to call. After her talk with Mr. Dobbs, Brenna headed for Headquarters to share what she had seen, and to let us know that the university was planning to move the Shrine. After hearing the story, Headquarters took her information and made a few calls resulting in a meeting with Mr. Dobbs at HQ to share the University’s plans. The next day, armed with the all the history and information that could be found, the Headquarters Staff waited for the arrival of Mr. Dobbs not knowing what to expect. We had all kinds of questions in our heads like: Where were they moving it to? Will we like the new location? Will we have any input is any of this? What if its totally unacceptable? The Shrine in it’s old location about to be hoisted up and off it’s cement platform The meeting with Mr. Dobbs was attended by Alan Bonner, National Executive Director; Aaron Moore, Alumni & Historical Development Coordinator; Dale Croston, Chapter & Colony Education Coordinator; Di Spiva, National Accountant; Brenna Hensley, KKΨ Alpha President; and Alex Schallner, TBΣ Alpha President. Mr. Dobbs started by providing background for us on how this project came about. According to Mr. Dobbs, it started on January 27, 2012 when he was approached by Clark Brockahan a Senior Landscape Architecture major, along with a group of about 15 students from the ECO-OSU Student organization, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)-OSU Student Chapter. The group had come up with an idea and wanted to orchestrate a large specific project for Campus Beautification Day on March 28th. The focus area for the project idea was the location on the west side of the Classroom Building, which had been the home to the Shrine since its dedication in 1960. The new renovations to the Student Union and its new Union Plaza adjacent to the shrine left this area, in their eyes, in need of an update to match the rest of the Library Lawn while, at the same time providing better focus and functionality. Their plan connects the new Student Union Plaza with the area by the Classroom Building by extending the style of the Union Plaza to the west side of the Classroom Building. The plan called for new bike racks, benches, social areas and functionality for student groups to set up tables with tent coverage. According to an article on the Oklahoma State University website by Trisha Gedon, Brockahan stated that the planning for this new landscaped area began in fall 2011. “Martin Smith with Alpha Phi Alpha received a $1,000 grant for a beautification project. He contacted Morgan Hopkins with Eco OSU, and they in turn contacted ASLA,” Brockahan said. “We had been looking for a project to do on campus, so we decided to combine our efforts. From there we contacted the physical plant and the plan just started coming together. We submitted a landscape plan and OSU administration accepted and agreed to fund it.” The date set for the Campus Beautification work day was March 28, giving Mr. Dobbs only two months to pull the entire project together. The first step was finalizing the plans: the ASLA team came back to Mr. Dobbs on February 9th with two design proposals to submit for review and on February 10, a design was selected. The next step was to pull together construction documents and a budget estimate to give to University Administration who would then have to vote for approval of the funding. It was during this step that Brenna, our Alpha Brother came into the story. Mr. Dobbs asked for some background information about Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, two organizations he had never heard of before. After receiving a brief history lesson, he was truly impressed with the scope and impact our organizations have across the country. The Headquarters team shared some of the history of the Shrine and the focus it has as a hot spot for chapters and members when they come to Stillwater; so naturally the relocation of our shrine was a cause for concern. Having a new understanding of the focus the Shrine would bring to the campus, Mr. Dobbs presented the design that was chosen for us to review with a reminder that at this point it had not gone to the Administration for funding approval. Mr. Dobbs displayed concept drawings with several views of the site. It was a very nice design, and we were all pleasantly surprised with the sketches of the area where the shrine was. Some feedback and perspective were provided on potential adjustments or concerns that were identified by our group, and were well accepted by Mr. Dobbs. With that, and Mr. Dobbs’ thanks, the meeting came to a close. On February 20th the project was approved, and four days later construction began in order to have the site prepped for the student workday on March 28. The Shrine being lifted and moved to it’s new spot a few feet from where it stood for the last few decades By March 28, 2012, the Physical Plant Grounds and Landscape Department finished the prep for the paver brick work, irrigation installation, and landscape planning; while the Physical Plant Carpentry shop did the brick work on the new seating walls. The sub-concrete work and the precast stone portions of the project were subcontracted by outside vendors. The Shrine itself was removed on February 25th, and the site was ready with the shrine in its new location just in time for the workday. The big day came with about 50 students, including members of both Alpha Chapters, working to help complete the project. Brother Greg Schiller placing bricks into the walkway in front of the shrine On the work day, the students helped lay a large part of the pavers, planted trees and shrubs and placed mulch on the flower beds. OSU President Burns Hargis and his wife, Ann, were on hand to see the landscape design created by the students come to life. They also joined in with students and other OSU personnel to plant a Ruby Spring™ Nuttall Oak, which will display brilliant orange leaves in the fall and complement the other landscaping efforts of the campus. In addition to this main project, several teams of students went around the campus working on other smaller projects. “So many of the good things on this campus start with our students, and the continuation of the Student Union Plaza is a great thing. It’s so important to have a beautiful campus, and I’m proud to be a part of this Campus Beautification Day.” OSU President Burns Hargis. “We are thankful for their support and help with campus beautification. Their enthusiasm and willingness to volunteer is very impressive… Those who participated in the Campus Beautification Day were very creative, organized and demonstrated great leadership within their peer groups.” Steve Dobbs, Manager of Grounds and Landscape Services for Oklahoma State University. Several of the groups involved not only donated their time and crafts, but also donated money to the project to help offset the cost of the surprise project which came out of the University’s Grounds Beautification Budget. Martin Smith with Alpha Phi Alpha received a $1,000 grant for a beautification project and was able to join forces with the other groups. The ASLA-OSU group had also applied for a grant to help offset the cost of their project and was awarded $7,600. The Project was totally completed on April 24, with the placing of the cap stones for the benches around the back edge with a final price tag of $61,043. Oh, you probably want me to get back to the big question. Where did the Shrine go? Our National Shrine’s new home is located about ten feet back and to the right of its original home. If you have ever been to the shrine, you know it is at the west end of the Classroom Building in a small patch of grass surrounded by large shrubs and it looks sort of out of place in the large Library Lawn area that it is a small part of. The expansion of the Student Union’s courtyard brings a whole new focus to the area around the Shrine, and now, with the expansion by the students, our shrine and our organizations have become a new focal point on campus. No longer is the Shrine standing alone, out of touch from the casual passerby. The new site places the shrine in a prominent location interacting with the students and campus activities and helping to draw attention to Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. The timing of this project could not have been better even if we had planned it ourselves. This unprecedented project has given our Shrine, and the area around it, a much needed face lift just as planning for celebrations of Kappa Kappa Psi’s Centennial Celebration are on the horizon. The dedication and service shown by the OSU students and their student groups was amazing. The pride for their campus, service to their school and organizations, along with the expressed care given to us and our Shrine has great parallels to the high standards we have in our own schools, band programs, and Kappa Kappa Psi / Tau Beta Sigma. For more detailed pictures of the construction around the shrine and the process it took to move it, see the printed Fall 2012 Edition of the Podium publication. 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__label__wiki	0.863223	0.863223	You are here: Home › inventor › Carl von Linde’s Breakthrough in the Refrigeration Process Carl von Linde’s Breakthrough in the Refrigeration Process inventor, physics 11. June 2018 0 Tabea Tietz Carl Von Linde (1842 – 1934) On June 11, 1842, German scientist, engineer, and businessman Carl von Linde was born. Von Linde discovered a refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes. These breakthroughs laid the backbone for his 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics. Cotton-Spinning, Locomotive Factory, and Technical University Born in Berndorf, Germany as the son of a German-born minister and Swedish mother, Carl von Linde was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps, but took another direction entirely. In 1854 the family moved to Munich, Bavaria, and eight years later Carl von Linde started to study engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland. However, he was expelled in 1864 for participating in student protests. Soon, von Linde was apprenticed at the Kottern cotton-spinning plant in Kempten before first moving to Borsig and later to Berlin. At the Krauss locomotive factory in Munich, he became head of the technical department. When Carl von Linde heard that the Technical University in Munich would open soon, he successfully applied for a job as a lecturer. In 1872 he became full professor of mechanical engineering and managed to set up an engineering lab. There, Rudolf Diesel became one of his students.[5] The Refrigeration Process In 1871 Linde published an essay on improved refrigeration processes in the Bavarian Industry and Trade Journal. Many breweries were interested in it, and Linde soon supplied them with the new machines on which he was constantly working. Linde laid the foundations for modern refrigeration technology. In 1871 he designed a refrigerating machine working with methyl ether (dimethyl ether), which he had manufactured at Maschinenfabrik Augsburg (MAN). The second generation of refrigeration machines, which followed in 1876, worked with ammonia. The principle of cooling gas, which had previously done mechanical work, was common to both. In 1873, a competition for a cooling plant for the crystallization of paraffin was an incentive for the university teacher to build a cooling machine that allowed fermentation at a constant temperature when brewing beer. Breweries throughout Europe were promptly interested in the new refrigeration technology: as the first turners in Trieste in 1877, the Actien brewery in Mainz, Spaten in Munich, Heineken in the Netherlands, Carlsberg in Denmark. In 1879, von Linde gave up his teaching post and, together with two brewers and three other founders, founded the Gesellschaft für Linde’s Eismaschinen AG (today Linde AG). Unlike the other shareholders, he brought no capital into the company, but his patents. After a relatively short time, the company became the European leader in refrigeration technology. A mild winter in 1883/1884 had a favourable effect: There was a shortage of natural ice, which was needed for temperature-controlled fermentation with bottom-fermented yeast. Previous reservations of the brewers against artificial ice had melted away, refrigerators were suddenly in demand, and Linde delivered immediately. Linde even had refrigerated warehouses for foodstuffs and several ice factories built by Linde itself little by little. His process was also in demand on ice rinks, in dairies and in the liquefaction of chlorine and carbon dioxide, and the company flourished. By 1890, von Linde had sold more than 700 machines. Low Temperature Refrigeration In 1892, von Linde received an order from the Guinness brewery in Dublin for a carbon dioxide liquefaction plant. This further sparked von Linde’s interest in research and he began to analyze the area of low-temperature refrigeration. In 1894 he began working on the process for the liquefaction of air. By 1895 he achieved first results and filed for a patent which was granted to him in 1903. In 1901, Linde began work on a technique to obtain pure oxygen and nitrogen based on the fractional distillation of liquefied air. By 1910, coworkers including Carl’s son Friedrich had developed the Linde double-column process, variants of which are still in common use today. Awards and Later Years In 1895 he became a member of the board of trustees of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt and in 1896 a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He joined the Göttingen Association for Applied Physics and Mathematics – the intellectual forerunner of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society – in 1898. Linde was awarded the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown by Prince Regent Luitpold in 1897 and was elevated to personal nobility on the basis of the order’s statutes. In 1907 he received the Order of Maximilian. In 1916 he was the first laureate of the Siemens Ring. In 1918 he was awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts.From around 1910 Linde started transferring responsibility for the company’s operation to his sons Friedrich and Richard and to his son-in-law Rudolf Wucherer. He continued with supervisory board and advisory duties until his death in November 1934. [1] Carl von Linde at Nature [2] Carl von Linde at Britannica Online [3] Carl von Linde at Science History [4] Carl von Linde at Wikidata [5] Rudolf Diesel and his famous Engine, SciHi Blog [6] Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine, SciHi Blog [7] Timeline for Carl von Linde via Wikidata Carl von Linde, Germany, Nobel Prize, physics, refrigerator, Rudolf Diesel, thermodynamics The Legendary Annual Boat Race of Oxford and Cambridge John A. Roebling – The Father of the Brooklyn Bridge Johannes Schöner and his Famous Globes Friedrich Schiller’s Iconic Sturm and Drang Drama ‘The Robbers’ Rudolf Clausius and the Science of Thermodynamics There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom – Richard Feynman and The Birth of Nanotechnology	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2074
__label__wiki	0.860722	0.860722	DSA 2014 - Hmmmmm Humbug? I initially did not want to attend the show this year as I suspected that there is nothing much new that will be on show. Nonetheless a relative asked me to attend as he wanted to ask me for assistance in business networking so I relented and attended on the third day, the first time doing so. It was as I suspected but since it was already at the tail end of the show, nothing much was being announced when I was there.Therefore this time I will just make a pictorial of what captured my attention the most during my brief visit. The star of the show would surely be the AV8s on show where both the AFV-30 and IFV-25 variant is on show. I was informed that 11 units are now ready to be inducted into the army in the near future as the first delivery. And from the DEFTECH representative that I met that was premiering their AV6 or actually the rebadged PARS 6x6, I was informed that there will finally be a field testing of 6x6 armoured vehicles in order to fulfil the UNIFIL requirements. No wonder there was a lot 6x6 units being displayed except for a particular brand from a neighbouring country that previously claimed the contract was already awarded to them. Hopefully this will be a nucleus order for the full replacement of the Condor fleet of battle taxis. The AV6 is currently displayed with the proposed weapon, 25 mm STOP Remote Controlled Stabilized Naval Gun System The emblem although different from PARS belies its origins, mayhaps now in the form of an ODE to Proton? Deftech also took the opportunity to showcase their HMMWV in partnership with AM General which a friend informed me was trialed in the north sometime last year. Also in association with Bell Helicopters, an USMC UH-1Y 'Huey" made an appearance as the solo static helicopter being openly displayed to public although an AW139 was in one of the booths. The Huey was flown all the way from Afghanistan in a C5 and assembled in Subang before being flown in to the PWTC open carpark where it was displayed. And now lets continue to the eye candies shall we. The local agent for Rotinor's divescooter for use by the Malaysian Special Forces creative costuming of their promoters certainly attracted a lot of visitors to their booth. Hopefully it is accepted into service soon. It was claimed that the use of the leash would allow a team of 6 to be transported by a single scooter. Interesting right? And finally don't forget to YUK visit Indo Defence 2014. Posted by mumuchi at 3:08 PM 1 comment: And Yet Some Asks Our Navy To Use Prahus To Patrol An interesting read on how the MH370 incident and subsequent SAR efforts has revealed the capability gaps of the nations' military involved, in this case in particular the China's maritime capabilities.However China's booming military spending as detailed in this other article may rectify the gaps in the long run. China-Japan Military Balance Yes China will learn from this incident but pity Malaysia's own military. I personally do not think that our military will get what they need even though their shortfalls are now plain to see with only a single navy frigate and three C-130H involved in the SAR efforts in the Indian Ocean even though we are the primary nation affected. Nonetheless the DSA 2014 has just started today and hopefully we can get some good news on military procurement despite the odds. Published: Sunday April 13, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday April 13, 2014 MYT 8:36:56 AM China’s tech gap exposed in MH370 search mission Ability in doubt: Chinese patrol ship 'Haixun 01' picked up electronic pulsing signals in the Indian Ocean on April 4 and again on April 5. But some foreign experts are sceptical about whether China's equipment is advanced enough to obtain signals from as deep as 4,500m under the sea. - EPA BEIJING: China has the ability to detect signals sent from deep in the sea, but the month-long hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has exposed technological drawbacks in China’s maritime search and rescue outfit, experts said. Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 picked up electronic pulsing signals in the Indian Ocean on April 4 and again on April 5. But some foreign experts are sceptical about whether China’s equipment is advanced enough to obtain signals from as deep as 4,500m under the sea. The ship is equipped with maritime detection equipment, including one black box sonar detector and two underwater robots, said Wang Liangyu, head of maritime survey at the Donghai Navigation Safety Administration under the Transport Ministry. “All of them were imported,” he said. “The black box detector, which was made by the same company that produces black boxes, has a maximum detection range of 5,000m.” The adoption of such advanced technologies has enabled China to catch “ping” signals from the black boxes, he told Shanghai newspaper Jiefang Daily. However, searchers need more time to analyse and verify the signals to see whether they are consistent with the black boxes – the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. Many Chinese applauded Haixun 01’s findings, but say China still lags behind other nations when it comes to maritime search and rescue equipment. “I’m proud that it was our ship that first detected the (suspected) signals,” said an Internet user who goes under the name biedong1925, “but it is a pity that none of the equipment used was made in China”. Some experts said more resources and investment should be allocated to China’s maritime search and rescue outfit development. “There are a lot of things that China should do to upgrade its equipment used in maritime search and rescue operations,” said Cui Yiliang, an expert on ships and naval armament in Beijing. “We must speed up the research and development of autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs,” he said. “High-tech underwater vehicles such as the Bluefin-21 play an irreplaceable role in deep-sea detection and retrieval operations, but I haven’t read any reports about similar equipment developed in China.” The Australian navy vessel Ocean Shield is carrying a Bluefin-21 in its current search and will use the sub to scan for wreckage once the black box is located. AUV played a critical role in locating a lost Air France jet in 2011, two years after it crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States used an AUV equipped with side-scan sonar to locate the aircraft about 3,900m underwater. In China, the AUV is still in its infancy and far from being operational, Cui said. In November, the Qianlong-1 unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle completed its first application test in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Co-developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harbin Engineering University, it can travel to a depth of 6,000m, and is tasked to explore the seabed and collect hydrological data. The vehicle is on a trial run and marks the first time a Chinese AUV has been used for a scientific expedition, according to the academy. Meanwhile, a military observer said the Chinese navy should improve its use of sea-based air platforms in maritime search and rescue operations. The PLA navy’s missile destroyer Haikou, replenishment ship Qiandaohu, and amphibian landing craft Kunlunshan and Jinggangshan are taking part in the search mission led by Australia in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. However, the fleet “apparently failed to bring enough helicopters”, said the observer in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, who declined to be named. The two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the US Navy that had participated in the early search for MH370, the USS Pinckney and USS Kidd, each carried two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, which flew sorties from dawn to dusk. “Each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer can carry up to four helicopters, which means it has a strong capability to search on the sea,” the observer said, adding Chinese destroyers and frigates can carry only one helicopter. The amphibian landing craft Kunlunshan and Jinggangshan can each embark up to four helicopters, he said. “But judging from news reports, they didn’t bring that number of helicopters. The only guess I can make is that our navy still needs to learn from the US Navy in the use of sea-based air platforms.” Posted by mumuchi at 11:01 AM No comments: Littoral Combat Ship - Finally ? I myself cannot remember when was supposed to be the actual launch date :-) Published: Friday April 4, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Friday April 4, 2014 MYT 7:27:55 AM BHIC to build first littoral combat ship in 2015 KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) expects to build the first littoral combat ship (LCS) early next year, under a RM9bil contract awarded to its associate company. This, coupled with the group’s growing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, will help the company improve its financial performance in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2014. “We are confident of doing much better this year. BHIC’s order book for shipbuilding and MRO for this year is more than RM500mil,” managing director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor told reporters after the company’s AGM yesterday. He said the LCS programme was ahead of schedule and that actual work at the group’s shipyard in Lumut, Perak was expected to commence once the LCS project contract was finalised. “We are already more or less at 35%. A lot of pre-planning is being done,” he said. Project revisions and cost overuns related to the LCS project hit the group last year as its associate company Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd reported loss of RM23.2mil in the financial year of 2013. Ahmad Ramli said the revisions took into consideration the negotiated scope of work with various stakeholders, including the navy and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). He added that 80% of contracts with the OEMs was already in place. The building of the ships required a lot of imported high-end equipment, something which the company was wary about, he said, adding that the projected cost could vary with the value of the ringgit fluctuating against major currencies. “We purchased a lot of equipment from overseas. So the movements of the ringgit do have a big impact on our shipbuilding business. But the project is on track and will start in the first quarter of next year,” chairman Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin said. According to The Edge Financial Daily on this matter, 35% of the project has already been completed as follows ; On the RM9 billion littoral combat ship contract from the Defence Ministry, Ahmad Ramli said Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, an associate of BHIC, has progressed around 35% of the project, mostly on the aspects of the design work, training of manpower and improvement of infrastructure. “The actual work itself will start in Lumut in the first quarter of next year,” he added. Posted by mumuchi at 10:48 AM 1 comment: Yup Now It Is A Real Submarine, But... Yes ladies and gentlemen, a full fledged submarine has finally joined the Task Force for SAR MH370 as reported below. Nonetheless before you start asking why our own submarines are not joining, do take note that The Trafalgar Class HMS Tireless is a nuclear attack submarine that is far more capable than our own diesel submarine as you can read here. So unless you allow Malaysia to follow Brunei footsteps and increase our defence budget to record of more than 10% of our national budget, please hold your tongue as this incident has clearly shown our defence capabilities shortfalls due to petty sniping of our defence spending prior to this. Anyway Malaysia even if we can afford it will never be allowed to join the nuclear submarine navy club so let's be clear about that shall we. But who knows, maybe our own Perdana class SSK diesel submarines are actually steaming towards the SAR area as it is their nature to announce their journey before arriving at their destination, exactly as HMS Tireless has done when her arrival was only announced upon arrival around a week after being ordered to move from an operational tasking to the search area. See how much details are left out even the this article gives much more information than article posted here. Published: Wednesday April 2, 2014 MYT 8:30:00 AM Updated: Wednesday April 2, 2014 MYT 8:32:19 AM MH370 search: Sub joins hunt ahead of Najib’s visit to Perth PERTH: The protracted search for missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 was boosted Wednesday by the arrival of a British submarine in the Indian Ocean ahead of a visit to Australia by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The personal jet of Oscar-winning New Zealand movie director Peter Jackson is also now reportedly being used in the multinational hunt for the plane that vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board. Despite extensive scouring of remote Indian Ocean waters by planes and ships southwest of Perth where Malaysia believes the plane went down, nothing has been found so far that would indicate a crash site. “No significant developments to report,” the Australian Maritime Safety Authority tweeted after 10 planes returned from flying sorties on Tuesday evening in a now familiar update on drawing a blank. But in a boost to the search effort, Britain’s Royal Navy said submarine HMS Tireless has arrived in the area and “with her advanced underwater search capability will be able to contribute to the attempts to locate the missing plane”. While planes, ships and helicopters have all been deployed, it is the first submarine to be drafted in. Britain’s HMS Echo is also due in the search zone shortly to assist Australia's Ocean Shield naval vessel, which is fitted with a US-supplied black box detector and is expected to arrive on Friday. The battery-powered signal from the black box – which records flight data and cockpit voice communications that could indicate what happened to the plane – usually lasts only about 30 days, with time fast running out to find it. Australia has warned against expectations of quick success in the difficult task of recovering the black box from the deep and vast seas. Retired Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, who is heading a new coordination centre in Perth, reiterated Wednesday that the odds were stacked against them. “The reality is it’s the most complex and challenging search and recovery operation I’ve ever seen,” he told national radio. “If we don’t find anything on the surface, we’ll have to think about what we do next.” Prime Minister Najib is due in Perth on Wednesday evening to tour the air base being used as a staging post and meet with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott, as well as Houston. – AFP And Yet Some Asks Our Navy To Use Prahus To Patrol...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2079
__label__cc	0.596545	0.403455	The Question of the Osmothèque Human beings have been perfuming themselves in one way or another for thousands of years. Yet still today, in the twenty-first century, perfumery has not been widely accepted by most people as a fine art. The best explanation for this neglect and the exclusion of perfumery from the history of the fine arts more generally is undoubtedly the sheer ephemerality of perfume. Here today; gone tomorrow is a slogan which applies nowhere better than in the case of perfume. Even the names of what were said once to be classic perfumes are applied today to entirely new perfumes as a marketing strategy, thus effectively undermining the very possibility of perfumery's subsumption under the more general heading of the exalted and immortal beaux arts. In the Big Black Bechstein in the Middle of the Room, I attempted (with limited success) to suggest that perfume is closer to music than it is to the other arts, in that it is intrinsically nonrepresentational in nature. I also find, although I have yet to develop this idea in writing, that perfume and music are similar to one another in terms of our experience of them, as each flows to us in an undulating stream of consciousness. Just as it is impossible to attend equally to each and every note of a complex piece of music such as a fugue or symphony, it is impossible to attend equally to each and every note of a complex perfume as it unfurls throughout the course of its development. What we catch are snatches of the works, which is one of the reasons why they are so rich and can be experienced over and over again without ever risking boredom. Setting to one side ontological issues and the psychology of music and perfume perception, and looking at the objects of perception instead, it becomes clear that there is a fundamental difference between the two cases. Nothing that any human being does today will ever change the basic fact that J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations are a masterpiece. Pianists may interpret the work in various ways, and we may or may not like those interpretations (I myself never liked Glenn Gould's grunts, may he rest in peace), but the work remains the same. In perfume, in contrast, the works said to be or to have been great eventually evaporate—quite literally—from the face of the earth. Small wonder, then, that perfumers, along with their art, have not only been relegated to the margins of history, but their names have been inscribed in invisible ink. People have been perfuming themselves for thousands of years, but how many perfumers' names from more than a century ago does anyone know? We know that the old houses are old. Creed was established in 1760, Guerlain in 1828, and quite a cluster of names appeared on the scene in the early twentieth century: Chanel, Coty, Houbigant, et al. Lately the number of houses and perfumes has been increasing at a dizzying rate, chronicled admirably by Michael Edwards in his compendium Fragrances of the World (2012). But will any of these houses or perfumes be able to carve a permanent notch onto the tablet of human history? Certainly in the small circles in which perfumers and perfumistas travel, much attention is paid to the originality and creativity of splendid perfumes, with credit given where credit is due to the otherwise unsung heroes of this art. Perfumers' names are explicitly associated with the perfumes of their creation by those “in the know,” but in the larger reality of which perfume collection (and obsession) represents only a minuscule subculture, for the vast majority of the consumers of perfumes, the name of the creator is completely unknown. They buy a bottle of perfume, which comes in a box, and generally speaking (with rare exceptions such as the house of Frédéric Malle) nowhere on either the bottle or the box is the perfumer's name anywhere to be found. This is the first clue that perfumery is more of a business than it is an art. Houses, not perfumers, are credited when a consumer appreciates their wares. Thus Chanel is well-known even by the unwashed masses as a great creator of perfumes in part because they have produced the likes of Coco, Allure, Coco Mademoiselle, and above all Chanel no 5, but mostly because these have been made into household names by ubiquitous, relentless, mass cultural marketing campaigns. How many people actually know that these perfumes were the works of Jacques Polge and Ernest Beaux? I would surmise very few, even among self-styled perfumistas who regard themselves as more sophisticated than the average consumer. The truth is that there is no need to know the names of perfumers, and people concern themselves primarily with information relevant to their lives. If someone already knows that Chanel no 5 is and always will be her signature scent, then she may have neither the need nor the desire to find out who the perfumer responsible for its existence is. The question may never even arise in her mind. Her quest is over. She needs to know nothing more about her favorite perfume than where it can be found and purchased. She may even believe (erroneously) that the perfume was composed by Gabriel Chanel herself, just as many people appear to credit designers such as Marc Jacobs and Thierry Mugler with the perfumes bearing their name on the label. Others, who have more of an eclectic approach to perfuming themselves may well wish to find out who created one of their favorite perfumes in order to be able to seek out others by the same nose. After a while, however, it may become clear that knowing the name will not necessarily be much help in finding other equally beloved perfumes, because every single creation of every single perfumer is unique and manifests a variety of influences beyond the sheer identity of the perfumer, including his or her budget on a particular project, the specifications of the client company, etc. Consider some of the more and less famous works by Maurice Roucel. Every perfumer well known among the members of fragrance communities has produced one or more duds. Of course, the precise identity of the “duds” varies from person to person, depending above all on their tastes... Is Amarige abhorrent? Or is it a masterpiece? While perfumistas may have strong opinions about their likes and dislikes, there does not seem to be any real consensus about which of the perfumes of Dominique Ropion are the masterpieces and which are the duds. It's fascinating actually, that so many people can agree that Dominique Ropion is a great perfumer, while vehemently disagreeing over the specific perfumes which validate that claim. But, again, ask most any person you encounter on the street whether they know who Dominique Ropion is, and you will find that they do not. Some may confuse him with a vague media-generated image of Dominique de Villepin around the time when U.S. congressmen were pouring French wine down the gutters of Washington D.C. and eating “freedom fries”. In all likelihood, most people will frankly confess that they do not know who Dominique Ropion is and have never to their recollection even heard the name. Unsung Heroes: Film Directors and Perfumers In some ways, the situation of the perfumer is not unlike that of the film director, who often gets little if any credit for the product of his labor. Instead, most moviegoers attribute the greatness of a film to its stars, though in reality they have little to do with the nature of the artwork, serving only to interpret the lines written by the screenwriter and placed into a visual context by the director. There are of course sophisticated film lovers who are very familiar with the oeuvres of many different directors, but when ordinary people go to the cinema, they are not drawn by the director's name but by the movie stars. Every rule has its exceptions, and I'd surmise that many of the people who go to see or rent a film by Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen or Stanley Kubrick (may he rest in peace) are doing so for the director, not for whoever the stars of a particular film by any of these iconic directors might be. The ultimate exception to the rule may be Alfred Hitchcock, whose name became a household word through the massive exposure to him afforded to ordinary people through his many years on television as the host of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In any case, the proportion of savvy movie viewers is likely to be as small as the proportion of savvy perfume users, it seems to me. Perfumers are in some ways much worse off than film makers, however, because they lose all control over what is done with the perfumes of their creation once they become the property of a house. Reformulation is nothing if not the perversion by someone else of an artist's creation. The reasons for undertaking reformulation appear to be primarily economic, but there may be other considerations as well, including the desire on the part of a house's management team to leave their mark on or shape the quality of their offerings. I touched upon some of these topics in my earlier Reflections on Reformulation, but my point here is that the same thing does not generally speaking happen to the work of film directors. A film is a film, and it stays that film for all time. Some people have protested the colorization of classic black and white films as a perversion of the original work, and reformulation may seem to be the same sort of thing. One significant difference is that the original black and white film upon which a recolorized version is based continues to exist and is not itself destroyed by the production of another version of the film. Not so in the case of perfume, where reformulations typically supplant the original perfume, usurping its name. Consider Bernard Chant's Cabochard. A perfume bearing this name, still produced by Parfums Grès (pictured at right), has undergone significant change as a result of reformulation. It is said that Bernard Chant is a great perfumer. It is also said that he created Cabochard. But the vast majority of people who are familiar with this perfume today have only smelled the reformulation. And my hunch is that most of the people who refer to “the great Bernard Chant” have not smelled very many of his original perfumes. We accept on hearsay that he was great because he created perfumes which are said to have been great, though some of them are no longer produced while others have been drastically reformulated. What is also interesting, however, in contrast to the case of film, is that, in the case of perfume, it is generally accepted as perfectly permissible to do the artistic equivalent of mangling a film and destroying the original. True, people may and do lament the reformulation of their formerly beloved perfume, but they do not, it seems, generally conceive of the injury as one committed against the perfumer but rather against the consumer. It would not be possible, I think, for a perfumer to initiate a successful civil lawsuit against a house for ruining his creation because the property in question belongs to the house. This is a second clue that perfume is not regarded as a bona fide art in modern culture more generally, no matter how we perfumistas may wish to view things. The only perfumers who retain complete creative control over their works are those who also run their own houses. Perfumers such as Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes, for example, are at once the nose and the chair of their own company, and this ensures complete unanimity when it comes time to make tough decisions about discontinuations or reformulations. I imagine that Andy Tauer, the artist, never proposes to himself, as CEO, to reformulate one of his own perfumes. His wearing of both of these hats simultaneously ensures that his works will not be degraded or destroyed through reformulation. He may of course for a variety of reasons decide to discontinue a perfume or, what is almost the same, to produce limited edition perfumes which literally cannot be reproduced beyond the original batch. With mass market and designer perfumes, it seems that even sophisticated perfumistas are initially drawn to perfumes by the house label, and then only later do they learn who the creator of the perfume was. This may be in part simply because perfumers often work for many different houses, and there is no simple or obvious way to track the career trajectory of a given perfumer. He may work for L'Artisan Parfumeur and Van Cleef & Arpels, and found The Different Company before taking up permanent residence chez Hermès. In fact, that appears to be precisely what Jean-Claude Ellena did—among many other things. Most everyone now knowledgeable about perfume is aware that nearly everything coming out of Hermès is the work of Ellena, just as everything coming out of Caron these days is the work of Richard Fraysse, and Thierry Wasser is the house perfumer for Guerlain. But in view of the vague and sketchy history of perfume up to now, all of this really adds up to the proverbial fifteen minutes of fame, in the grand scheme of things, again, given the ephemeral nature of perfume. Can the Osmothèque Legitimate Perfumery as an Art? As some consumers have become more sophisticated about perfume, thanks in large part to online fragrance community websites such as Parfumo.net and Fragrantica.com, they seem to have contributed to the general feeling among practitioners in the industry that perfume deserves to be recognized as le huitième art. Enter L'Osmothèque, inaugurated in 1990 and currently directed by Patricia Nicolai of Parfums de Nicolai. According to the Osmothèque website: Premier conservatoire de parfums de l'histoire, elle préserve ces créations si vulnérables et si précieuses de l’usure du temps, de la perte et de l’oubli. Collection vivante de parfums existants ou disparus, elle protège le patrimoine mondial de la parfumerie. [The first conservatory of perfume in history, the Osmothèque preserves these precious and vulnerable creations from the ravages of time, from loss, and from oblivion. A living collection of perfumes, both currently available and discontinued, the Osmothèque protects the heritage of perfumery.] It may seem that it is straightforward to assimilate L'Osmothèque with one of the great visual arts museums, but my distinct impression is that it lies much closer to a Museum of Oenology, of which there are a surprising number in existence. Why is perfume closer to wine than to the visual arts? Because both are consumable and therefore exhaustible. It is possible to empty the last bottle drawn from the last vat of a discontinued perfume after which it is essentially extinct. The reason why vintage wines command such high prices and give rise to the likes of Rudy Kurniawan is because they, too, are exhaustible. The Osmothèque Vault The minds behind the Osmothèque appear keen to capture for posterity the great perfumes of the past, but it is unclear whether this can or even should be done. For one thing, unlike visual arts museums, the direct experience of the perfumes preserved at the Osmothèque is not going to be possible for the general public. Yes, select invitees may be permitted to take a sniff here and there, but the whole reason why the perfumes are kept under argon gas is because they are subject to decomposition and evaporation. If L'Osmothèque began opening up its storage containers of famous perfumes from times past to the general public, they would not last long. In fact, even if the vessels are carefully guarded and stored, it is inevitable that one day in the future their contents will be exhausted. This implies that, in the future, all talk of such extinct perfumes will be mere hearsay. At some point, every person on the planet who ever smelled the original perfume will actually be dead, and those who continue to talk about it will simply be parroting what others have told them. Indeed, this is the case for the early perfumes listed at the Osmothèque, which are intelligent, educated reconstructions by modern perfumers of works of the distant past. What are these reconstructions based upon? The written words of others. This is, then, one of the dangers of a book written by people with very strong but idiosyncratic opinions who claim to be offering up a guide, as opposed to a sort of autobiographical chronicle of their own peculiar tastes. Call a book “The A-Z Guide,” and lots of ignorant and gullible people will parrot whatever it says, even with no knowledge of the objects to which the words refer. This is one of the many reasons why I believe that the caustic tone of so much of The Holey [sic] Book (see A Found Review) can only have a negative effect on the world of perfumery as a whole. Perfume users looking for "expert guidance" may follow the lead of the Royal [ties] Coup[le] and slam perfumes which they've never even experienced and dismiss without so much as a sniff many works which in fact merit our consideration, as of course the perfumers who created them believed that they did. Ignorant readers may operate under the reasonable assumption, given the title of the book, that the authors are actually experts about something beyond their own personal tastes and beliefs. One problem I see with the Osmothèque is that it promotes this same notion, that self-proclaimed aesthetic experts really are experts, when in fact perfume perception is highly subjective (Everything you've heard and read about perfume is true!), which implies that such "perfume pundits" are really just people with particular likes and dislikes. It's one thing to be an expert about the science of olfaction and quite another to be an “aesthetic expert” about perfume—whatever that is supposed to mean. Even worse, the whole concept of institutional preservation of select perfumes holds the potential for corporate cooption. I recall reading an announcement by Chandler Burr of his new position as curator of the Department of Olfactory Art at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. One of the first things he mentioned was that funding was being provided by Estée Lauder, a company which obviously has a lot at stake financially in the identification of some of its and its subsidiaries' perfumes as genuine masterpieces. Now, the arts have always had their patrons, of course. But the difference in this case as, say, from that of the visual and literary arts, which receive a great deal of public funding, is that in order for legislators to fund such an undertaking, they would need first to believe that perfumery is an art. It's a chicken-egg problem or, if you like, a catch-22. Because perfumery is not generally regarded as an art by average people (as opposed to perfumers and perfumistas), it cannot receive the sort of public funding enjoyed by the established arts. This leaves primarily corporations to foot the bill, but they obviously have a very self-interested reason in seeing to it that the products of their making receive stamps of approval from "the experts". On the very face of it, there would seem to be the potential for deep conflict of interest in this structure, with a perfumer as the curator and the institution being funded, I presume, by some of the houses. It seems to me rather like the situation with a Museum of Oenology underwritten by Robert Mondavi or some other winemaking giant. These apparently truth-seeking institutions may start to seem more like just another promotional tool rather than an apparatus for celebrating the great perfumes of the past. Perfumery as it has developed in human societies, and in the form to which we are granted access, is a business. There may be artists working behind the scenes, but the real power at the houses lies elsewhere. In the end, rather than attempting to turn perfume into something which it is not and could never be, perhaps we should instead celebrate this art form's essential ephemerality. Just as the value of travel inheres primarily in the experience, and not in the souvenirs and snapshots or videos which one may gather along the way, perhaps we should focus more upon the precious beauty of the fleeting moments of pleasure which perfume can bring to us, and worry less about how to bottle that experience for all time. Labels: aesthetics, Bernard Chant, Dominique Ropion, economics, film, history, J.S. Bach, Jean-Claude Ellena, L'Osmothèque, Maurice Roucel, MIchael Edwards, money, music, Reformulation, The Holey [sic] Book, truth, wine Awesomeness April 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM Of course, it may be art ... in eye of the beholder, yada yada. But the medium is so incredibly unstable AND the medium does not have physical that can be captured. The medium itself is unstable. Light, air, temperature & time that change the art. There are many types of art that die or are fleeting ... a flower arrangement, an ice sculpture, a dance performance. But for the most part, these can be captured, at least in some way, with a picture, a drawing, or a recording. Fragrance excludes us because it can't be captured in that same way. Well ... I take that back a bit, because I think the replications of great classic fragrances is part of an effort to try to capture its essence ... but it will never be like the original. sherapop April 30, 2012 at 8:48 AM Hello, aweseomeness! I suppose that it is possible that DARPA is currently developing the means to capture and transmit scent electronically--provided that it has military applications. Who knows what the future will bring? Another possibility is that if gas chromatographic methods were refined to the point of being able to generate a molecule-by-molecule breakdown of a sample, then it would be possible to build (re-create) the same perfume even after its extinction. For now, however, we're in the odd position of having the same companies who reformulate former masterpieces in the position of being able to write the history of perfumery! Which Miss Dior will be represented at the Osmothèque a century from now? Hi, well constructed argument. I agree, and totally subscribe to the last paragraph: Mag ich zum Augenblicke sagen: Verweile doch, du bist so schön. Given that arguments such as "Is architecture art?" or "Is psychoanalysis a science?" fill libraries, I always have to laugh when I come across the perfume/fashion is art dogma. I call it a dogma because there's really no discussion about the term art as such going on in the background. Some people think that they know when perfume is art because they are in the know. The argument is as simple as that. Way to arbitrary and authoritarian to me. Besides I'm not really into the esoteric type of knowledge. What I find interesting is the question: Why do some people feel the need to call it art? What inside them urges them to see it as such? Why is it so bad that perfume is not art? Sometimes I get the feeling it's all about surplus value. And I'd argue that this is the point when one falls easily prey to marketing. (I also find this surplus value creation process going on in perfume reviews. It's not enough to say: I sprayed it on, I perceived ......... No people create myths around it. They tell stories etc. I don't mind the mythmaking. But when I take into consideration how little we know for sure about perfume houses, I get the impression that what we really do is: This house (symbol) stands for this and that. Do you speak brand-language? Are you fluent in it? Did you learn the lesson that marketing taught you?) I also find that there's a de-humanizing aspect to the perfume is art dogma. If perfume were art then the wearer would be a piece of art. I see something similar going on in the fashion world. Women starving themselves just to wear a dress. It's all upside down. It's the commodity (the dress in my example) that should serve the customer. But to the contrary, it's the other way round. I (the customer) serve the commodity to the point of denying my body. The designers must feel extremely flattered. There is nothing that the fashion piece of art is not willing to do to themselves (or others. As in the case of those two sisters from Latin America who died of starvation literally on the runway in front of the audience. That is the moment when I think that I'm living in a Pasolini movie.) Recently I have been to a concept store of a designer in my hometown. I had to bite my cheeks not to start laughing out loud. Of course I was friendly and polite, but I'm also vivacious. Later that day I wrote to my sister: Life is serious, art is more serious, but nothing is as serious as a downtown concept store that sells pret a porter. Looking forward to reading your next argument, Girasole. sherapop May 2, 2012 at 10:22 AM Guten Morgen, Girasole, und Vielen Dank! What a rich comment you have left, filled with fruitful avenues for philosophical reflection! Only last night I was drafting my next post, "Cabotine and I were never meant to be," in which I make a passing allusion to something like your critique of fashion-supermodel culture. I'll probably post that tomorrow, but here I'd like to pursue some of your other fascinating points. Why, indeed, have perfumistas become obsessed with exalting perfumery as an art? I posted a link to the above text in one of my facebook perfume groups, along with the question: “Can Perfume Be Legitimated as an Art?” and it elicited an immediate, exclamatory response from one of the members to the effect that perfumery is obviously an art. I do not believe that the person even followed the link to read the post, because he was so convinced of the answer to the question! I even detected what I believe to have been a tinge of anger that anyone should dare pose such a question! (-; On its face, however, there really is a serious question here. Let's take what I regard as a completely analogous case: haute cuisine. Are people going to the mat to preserve the brilliance of a single meal in the infinity of time as a work of art? No. People recognize that meals are essentially ephemeral. Although in current culture there is a sort of fascination with the production of good food, with entire television channels (“The Food Network”!) dedicated to entertaining people with “Iron Chefs” said to be culinary artists, at the same time, somewhat less exalted figures are teaching ordinary people how to prepare excellent food at home. People seem okay with the idea that the preparation of good food is a skill or a craft. At its best, haute cuisine does seem truly artful, but it is intrinsically ephemeral. To appreciate the artwork is to destroy it. End of story. There is no way, even in principle, to capture the splendid beauty of an excellent meal. If you produce a plastic facsimile of a brilliant meal, it is not the meal, it is not even a fake of the meal. It is just a plastic facsimile of what might have been a brilliant meal. Just because some creations are ephemeral doesn't mean they cannot be art. Merce Cunningham understood that all dance is ultimately ephemeral. Does that mean that dance is not art? I could write: At its best, dance does seem truly artful, but it is intrinsically ephemeral. To appreciate the artwork is to destroy it. End of story. There is no way, even in principle, to capture the splendid beauty of a dance. If you produce a film of a brilliant dance, it is not the dance, it is not even a fake of the dance. It is just a plastic facsimile of what might have been a brilliant dance. And why is this? Anyone who has seen live performances as well as video of dances, cannot be but struck by how film fails to capture the energy, physicality and magic of the live performance. There is also labanotation with its own tremendous limitations for "preserving" what is essentially an ephemeral art (equivalent to the recipe for a dish or the formula for a perfume). And finally there are the individual variations that creep in as a particular choreography gets handed down along generations. Food can be a craft (or better yet an applied art or commercial art) -- it can also be a fine art. Perfume can be a craft (or better yet an applied art or commercial art) -- it can also be an art. What perfume shares with food and dance is that a particular experience of it gets consumed by the audience. In this sense all three take place in a four dimensional universe with time being the additional dimension. What perfume shares with food and dance is that it is more than just the smelling of the scent, or the eating of the food, and the watching of the dance, but that one gets transported to a different place, that there is something magical that occurs to the person experiencing the thing. And isn't that what art truly is? Also I had a friend once say that you have to have a certain amount of bad art in order to have any good art. And we can debate the meaning of "bad" versus "good" but if you think in broad terms, what it means is that there has to be a lot of human activity of varying levels of skill and talent, out of which can come the less frequent or more rare instances of brilliance. -NS sherapop January 4, 2013 at 8:27 AM Dear NS, Welcome to the salon de parfum, and thank you so much for this thoughtful and thought-provoking reply. I am very glad that you brought up the counterexample of dancing. I did not mean to suggest that perfume is excluded from the realm of art solely because of its ephemerality, but you are certainly right that that is precisely how my reply reads. In fact, I do not deny that perfumery can be, in principle, an art. Art knows no bounds. Anything can be art. What I deny is that most of perfumery is art. In reality, most perfumers are designers, "noses for hire," who create scents for other people and companies. They are not expressing their own values so much as producing something which conforms to the dictates and desires of others. In this way, they are closer to the people who write ad copy for companies than they are to literary writers. Now, the fact that a given person can, say, support himself by writing ad copy does not mean that he is incapable of writing literature. Whether or not a perfumer who is creating a fragrance is an artist will similarly depend upon why and how s/he is producing something new. Ad copy is new, but that does not make it literature. Similarly, a perfume composed to satisfy a brief drawn up by a client seems to me obviously to be a work of design. The major disagreement arises, in debating whether perfumery is art or design, because those who exalt perfumery as an art wish to regard the object in its own right, without attention to its context or the intentions of its creators and the conditions under which it was produced. Yes, some perfumes are beautiful, but that does not suffice to make them works of art. Those who insist that perfumery is design are focusing on the context and the process. But you are absolutely right: the ephemerality is not really the issue at all. I very much appreciate your having pointed out the problem with my above characterization. I do believe that the context and the process are key, which is why global pronouncements that “All perfumery is art" and “No perfumery is art” both seem false to me. The way that perfumery has developed in the context of capitalism has made it the case that many professional perfumers work as designers, not as artists. I think that Daniela Andrier understands and captured the crucial distinction very well in a recent New York Times article on the “Art of Scent” exhibit. She said: “I do think it takes a creative soul to make fragrances, but I don’t think it makes us artists.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/arts/design/the-art-of-scent-at-the-museum-of-arts-and-design.html?pagewanted=all reply to NS, part 2: Just as I do not believe that engineers are somehow lesser beings for directing their energies to the production of things with pre-delineated functions, I do not believe that perfumers who work as “noses for hire” are somehow less honorable for producing fragrances for other people and companies. Your comparison to dance is very fruitful, and probably even better than the best case I've come up with so far, that of music. Dance is even more ephemeral than music, as you rightly observe, because, like theater, it cannot really be captured (recorded, as can music) except as it is experienced. One big distinction between dance and theater, on the one hand, and perfume, on the other, is that perfume, as we encounter it, is essentially commodified. This raises the question whether the masses really are right in their selection of perfumes, say, Estée Lauder Pleasures and Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue as masterpieces. Since when did works in any realm become “masterworks” or “art” by winning popularity contests? No one would say that the bestselling pop songs are the acme of musical art, so why should that be true in the case of perfume? Well, that's a separate topic, which I should probably think about some more and then maybe open up a new discussion... Thank you very much for stopping by and pointing out the weaknesses in my views! I hope to read more comments from you here again soon! Reply to your Reply Part 1 In no specific order: You refer to necessity for survival: I don’t think necessity disqualifies a certain human endeavor from being art. Look at clothing --we need clothing to survive does that mean that there can be no such thing as the textile arts? Ikkat, batik, brocade... And similarly with food. Not that every meal is a piece of art, but a seven course meal with wine pairings, where each dish and beverage are a symphony of flavors, textures, shapes and colors served in a setting of carefully staged lighting, setting, and props, is most definitely art. Lord knows one doesn’t need to eat such an elaborate meal to survive. It is performance art at its best and grandest, rivaling or I’d even assert surpassing opera, in its all encompassing production. The audience is a participant in this theater, and all the senses are engaged, touch,smell, taste, vision, hearing. (Here’s where I put in a plug for one of my favorite books from college -- The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman) When we wear perfume, we don’t become the art, but we become part of the experience of the art, or wait, maybe we do become the art..we are enveloped in it, and others are the audience to our presence inseparable from the fragrance. Commodities cannot be art: Commodification or commercialization also doesn’t act to disqualify a human endeavor from being art. Art has always been a commodity. In the past it was only the rich who could afford it. One could fete the democratization of art by the commercialization of it. If multiple copies can be produced and made affordable to more people, maybe that’s a good thing. You write that "our contemporary tastes in perfume are largely determined by fashion and, as you so astutely point out, marketing." This statement could be made about many things including painting, music, dance, literature, dogs. Think about the riots after the impressionists exhibit, or the performance of the ballet “The Rite of Spring” -- examples of art that went against the current popular taste. I think a comparison with the visual arts can be helpful here. The aroma chemists are much like the pigment manufacturers. What revolutionized painting was first the invention of collapsible tin paint tubes, and second, the commercial production of new and affordable pigments. Until then painters had to mix their own paints and do batches fresh each day, since there was no method for storing the pigments. It was these technological innovations that facilitated the work of the Impressionists. Plein air painting became possible, and a much broader array of colors were available to experiment with. And the fragrance manufacturers are akin to the pigment manufacturers. When there is money to be made and something becomes commercialized, there does develop a certain mindless adherence by the masses to the things that the “experts” select, and the industry develops and selects; Even the so called artists can become conformist in their own narrow ways: Fashion designers only working with models of a certain body type; choreographers who create the pas de deux in the straight jacket of the male supporting the female; composers who always place the soprano voice as the melody or leader in the composition. Reply to Your Reply Part 2: The Great Works of Perfumic Art: When you ask where are the great works of perfumic art, I think its important to distinguish what is ‘popular’ with what is ‘art.’ And great works of art need to be understood from the context of their time period. Hieronymous Bosch’s paintings come to mind as an example of painting that couldn’t really be understood until people looked into the historical context. The symbolism in his paintings were clear and obvious to his contemporaries, the religious pilgrims who picked up the souvenir pins, on their pilgrimages. And how about the ridiculousness of playing Bach solo violin partitas and sonatas with an Italian bow instead of the German bow? I can believe there are great works of perfumic art that exist. But with all arts, the debate is what is “bad” or “good” and how to tease that apart from what is popular or fallen out of favor with the audience. And understanding perfume as an art is essentially in its infancy in the West, so there is no wonder this is such a messy and energetic debate. [and how commercialism complicates identifying "great works of art" is debated in many areas: e.g. Thomas Kinkade self styled "painter of light". I'm not willing to assert that what he created wasn't great works of art, just because he figured out a way to commercialize and sell tons of copies of his works.] Museum of Perfumes: Then there is the question of whether one can preserve art that is ephemeral in a museum, or archive. Again, Merce Cunningham would say no, you cannot preserve an ephemeral creation. But what is the harm in trying? We’ve got to start somewhere, and if a perfume museum is stocked with products from the corporate fragrance makers, where is the harm? If consumers can continue to develop a vocabulary for the critique of fragrances, and understand each creation in its historical context, then not all is lost to the passage of time. And we can push back against all the self-styled experts, get them to clean up their act, or find new experts, and push the perfumers to see themselves in a different light if they so choose. “The major disagreement arises, in debating whether perfumery is art or design, because those who exalt perfumery as an art wish to regard the object in its own right, without attention to its context or the intentions of its creators and the conditions under which it was produced. Yes, some perfumes are beautiful, but that does not suffice to make them works of art. Those who insist that perfumery is design are focusing on the context and the process.” ... Daniela Andrier .... said: “I do think it takes a creative soul to make fragrances, but I don’t think it makes us artists.” Art or Design: I tried several times to respond to these ideas but find that I cannot. They are just too jumbled up and nonsensical. There is no way one can assert that “beauty” and “lack of context/process” = art , whereas “context” and “process” = design. Juan Miró designed a huge tapestry that hung for a while in the main hall of the National Gallery of Art, East Wing. He didn’t manufacture it however. He had it made by technicians. Does that make it any less a work of art? And that’s only one example. And in my earlier post I mentioned other works of art that could not be understood independent of their context. In fact the field of art history is all about understanding works of art in their context and process. And Daniela Andrier’s comment, neither heads nor tails can I make of it. An artist is a creative soul. Just because the artist has sold that soul to Mammon doesn’t make them any less of an artist or creative soul. What I get from underneath your writings, is a lament that the Western fragrance tradition has failed to consider in what way it is an art form. And perhaps starting with and thanks to Turin and Burr, and all the rest of you who have joined in the dialog, Western people are waking up and are newly appreciating, judging and prodding this art form to reclaim itself. Why haven’t Western perfumers seen themselves as artists first and artists for hire second? And you are right to point out that in perfume criticism there needs to be a vocabulary, and regular criteria by which we can critique and talk about perfumes. But I’ll have to leave my comments on that for another day. Thanks for giving me so much to think about and say! Reply to Girasole, cont'd. Again, wine offers another telling comparison and perhaps a more apt one. Who are the wine connoisseurs who set the prices on fine wine? Well, there's an entire culture devoted to wine as well, with magazines such as “Wine Spectator” offering consumers plenty of advice on good buys and excellent wines. But, ultimately, all of this is created by the wine industry itself. A few years ago I watched a film, “Mondovino” which criticizes the corporatized wine culture, pointing out that, in reality, the critics for wine magazines are also consultants for wine companies. Hmmm.... sounds familiar... As in perfumery, in winery, the “experts” and the houses (wineries) are in a collaborative arrangement. In Mondovino, the director attempts to criticize the trends induced by wine critics: the oakification of white wines; the Merlot-ization of red wines, et cetera. Precisely the same thing can happen in perfumery, of course. In fact, I'd go so far as to argue that our contemporary tastes in perfume are largely determined by fashion and, as you so astutely point out, marketing. We are bombarded by marketing campaigns which link certain perfumes to glamorous images, inducing in us a desire to be like the models or celebrities depicted. What, after all, are celebrity perfumes, if not a clever marketing scheme for capitalizing on the fan base of a celebrity? But once the perfumes are produced, people will buy and wear them, and then they become habituated to those smells and will therefore buy them, or similar perfumes, again. To take an example, sweet patchouli is a very popular scent right now. We are used to smelling sweet patchouli, and after wearing a number of perfumes with this demeanor, turning to a classic chypre or floral aldehyde may be impossible. Such perfumes may even seem repugnant to people accustomed to fruity-floral or sweet-laundry perfumes. Such “classics” just do not smell good, relative to what the wearer is used to smelling. So which are the great works of perfumic art? Honestly, it's a mystery to me. Tommie Girl? Badgley Mischka? Sécrétions Magnifiques? Dzing!?WHAT????????????????????????????????? Thank you so much for stopping by again, Girasole. Your comment has opened up all sorts of excellent possibilities for future discussions here at the salon! Bist du ein Gott? Mir wird so licht! Hi, hahahahaha my mother would say: Nein, sie ist der Geist, der stets verneint. Have a good weekend, Girasole AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 12:06 PM sherapop January 6, 2013 at 1:33 PM Hello, NS, and thank you so much for returning to continue this conversation! I am moving your comments down so that I can reply to each one separately. First, regarding the question of commodification and the status of perfume, I think that there may be a general confusion here. I am not categorically denying that perfume can be art. I just deny that most of it is, because I think that most of it is produced by "noses for hire," according to the specifications of clients, which often appeal to market data. In such cases, the perfumer is not expressing his or her values so much as designing a product to satisfy the requirements of the brief, which I strongly suspect are more often than not dictated by business concerns. When the properties of the product itself are determined solely and wholly by profit motive, then, no, I do not think of it as art. None of this means, and it certainly does not imply, that artists cannot sell their work. Obviously, they do, so that's not the important distinction. The distinction is whether the work was produced ONLY for profit or to express the artist's values. When a perfume is produced by appeal to market data, with the aim of selling the maximum number of bottles, then, yes, I do indeed believe that its beauty is irrelevant to the question whether it is art. There is a common and naïve conflation of "goodness" and "art" among perfumistas, who assume that because something is beautiful, therefore, it is art. When I tried (apparently unsuccessfully, since you found it "nonsensical"! lol) to explain the distinction between process and product, that is precisely what I meant. Is it still unclear? Do you think that the Grand Canyon, for example, is a work of art? Or does it matter at all to you that such a gorgeous thing was not produced by an artist? Do you wish to say that because of its aesthetic properties alone it is a work of art? We speak loosely in this way, of course, when we compliment a chef on a meal, saying “It's a masterpiece!” What we really mean is that the meal was a delight to consume and to behold. Just as I believe that people who write ad copy are not literary writers (though they may well be, when they are writing other things), I do not believe that someone who creates a toilet bowl scent for a company according to requirements determined by market surveys is doing art. The perfumer is designing a scent. This seems so obvious to me that I have a hard time understanding how it could be "nonsensical" to you. My basic concern here is that if we start calling everything 'art' then nothing is art. I believe that there is a distinction, and while some perfumers may be artists, many are not, because they are working for people who determine the properties of the product. If you have access to Netflix, you might want to take a look at the PBS Nova miniseries episode on the "Mystery of the Senses: Smell". I reviewed it here (the text is under the review tab). It shows Sophia Grojsman in a struggle to produce something pleasing to her client. She is not doing art, because she is not expressing her own values but attempting to satisfy someone else's. Now, you could reply that her client is the artist, and that is a possibility, I own. It will turn on where the client's specifications came from. If they are purely market-data generated, geared only to maximizing company profit, then I'd have to say that the client is a business person, not an artist. More to follow, but I wanted to clarify that point! ;-) To me the grand canyon is not a work of art. Art is a cultural construct - it is something that humans do (not necessarily humans exclusively -- bower birds come to mind). The Grand Canyon is something made by the Creator of all things -- God to the theists, the big bang to the non-theists. "Sophia Grojsman in a struggle to produce something pleasing to her client. She is not doing art, because she is not expressing her own values but attempting to satisfy someone else's." I would call that a commissioned work. And again one can look down through history to see how many "works of art" were commissioned and produced specifically to meet the goals and taste of the client. I would still call it art. Am I calling everything art? I'll have to think about that. I take your point on the toilet bowl scent. But that brings me back to the distinction between fine art and commercial art or applied art. How much creativity is actually involved in creating a toilet bowl scent that will really sell? What degree of creativity is involved? Is it just a question of putting various combinations of molecules under test customers noses and having them vote, then that would seem not to be art to my mind. I can see what you mean about the corruptive effect of Madison Avenue. (I hesitate to use the word capitalism). _NS And one more thought I can't resist! And I thank you for the opportunity to share thoughts on your blog pages! Tell me if I have this right: you're saying that what many of the perfume houses are doing is identical to the seller of the toilet bowl scent. They are putting combinations of molecules under the noses of test audiences trying to figure out what will sell, and then how to sell loads of it with the best marketing campaign. I'd have to agree that there doesn't appear to be much creativity or artistic energy in that endeavor, and the perfumers are merely hired hands, with talent and creative energy, but no choice in how to exercise it. I can see your point about the seemingly corrupting influence of capitalism or commodification. But that was just the sort of thing that Duchamp was reacting to when he "created" his sculptures, Fountain and Bicycle Wheel. And even his work ended up commodified. I just don't know if there is a bright line between art and non-art. Maybe like the difficulty of defining obscenity ("I know it when I see it" -Justice P. Stewart). So this debate has gone on for many years in many different areas. And maybe what's important is not that one or the other side is right, but the debate itself. That the answer to the question is not important, only the question itself... Yes, that is EXACTLY what I am saying. In the short film "Mystery of the Senses: Smell", that very point is driven home unforgettably, because Grojsman is working down the hall from the perfumers designing scents for toilet bowel cleaners and shampoos, and from the looks of things, she is just as much under the yoke of the managers as are the other, no-name perfumers hovering over toilets and sinks. This was all rather shocking for me to see, given my esteem for Sophia Grojsman. Among other things, she expresses her discontent at having been asked to produce a scent for men, saying that her area of expertise is women's floral accords. She observes that the powers that be at IFF have decided that she works better under pressure so "now they all step on my neck." This does not sound like an artist working in an atelier to me. But the main point is exactly what you just said: that in these sorts of contexts (she works for IFF, and I'm sure that the situation is very similar at other such companies), it's hard to see why we would want to say that the perfumer is an artist just because she makes perfume, which we happen to love, while admitting that the toilet bowl cleaner scent-makers are not artists but designers. As a matter of fact, most people in the world appear to regard perfume as a toiletry, so they would have no problem with assimilating the two cases, the person who designs a toilet bowl cleaner scent to make the bathroom smell good, and the person who designs a perfume for people to wear to smell good and attract other people, etc. (whatever their view of the function and value of perfume is). Now, as far as the commodification question is concerned: yes, the art world itself has undergone so much of this, that these distinctions start to seem entirely arbitrary and dubious, so I do agree with you that, in the end, we are talking about gray areas. What I want to resist are global proclamations either way. It is simply not true that all professional perfumers (working at IFF and elsewhere) are "olfactory artists". Interestingly enough, there are fine artists who have used scent as their medium, and they are referred to as "olfactory artists". They are not perfumers. So to apply the term which applies to them to perfumers globally seems to me to be a big mistake. I have more to say in response to some of your earlier points, but I wanted to jump in here to affirm your characterization of what I meant to illustrate by the example of the perfumer who produces toilet bowl cleaner scents. Okay, just one more for now: You made an excellent point above about Daniela Andrier and how it doesn't really matter what she thinks. Granted, she could be wrong. (According to Socrates, the last person to ask about the meaning of a poem is the poet!) Furthermore, there are plenty of corporate hacks who would love to be exalted as artists, knowing full well that they will produce anything for anyone, provided the price is right. From their perspective, being labeled “artists” may help them to land new and better paying jobs! more to follow... All relevant comments are welcome at the salon de parfum—whether in agreement or disagreement with the opinions here expressed. Effective March 14, 2013, comment moderation has been implemented in order to prevent the receipt by subscribers of unwanted, irrelevant remarks. Wine Fraud and Perfume Reformulation: A Distinctio... Lego Perfumery and the Death of the Tattoo Frag	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2080
__label__cc	0.582764	0.417236	Artistic practices, intermediate zones and social utility… Posted on Mar 1, 2013 by admin in issue #01 \| 0 comments By Ramón Parramón DirectorACVic, Centre for Contemporary Arts /Angles Utility in artistic practices Contemporary arts practices cover a wide range of techniques, tactics, strategies, attitudes and positions, carried out using different vehicles which display unique nuances and even structural innovations, making these practices possible on the levels of production, research, distribution, the building of new audiences (users, participants) or education. Despite their diversity, we may define these vehicles for bringing together contemporary arts practices as three groups based upon production and financing: one group led by public institutions (or semi-private institutions financed mainly from public funds), another group conveyed through the arts market (brokers and producers marketing artworks), and a self-managed group (led by producers- promoters). Many current projects combine different vehicles so that “artistic practice” may be produced, communicated, distributed, consumed, or socialised in different areas. In the current economic crisis, which has grown exponentially since 2008, things have been changing substantially, the ecosystem comprising these three groups of “productive” vehicles suffering the consequences, and all the more severely when these practices depend largely on public funding. Artistic practices channeled through the art markets are also affected, since a great deal of this market is controlled by public institutions themselves (museums, art centres), which in many cases are financially backing the production of artworks. With regard to the private market, it constitutes a particular area which combines many other factors such as private collection, altruism, patronage or money laundering, and in this case we are interested in the socialisable value which such practices promote, or the potential which they have to be socialised. In this context of the crisis of public values, self-managed practices are clearly liberated and in a certain way take on a role of major importance. A large component of self-management has always been present in art production, is a practice which often takes place in a context of informal economy, and is self-financed by the same actors who promote it. In this new scenario for production, alternative forms of financing are appearing, such as Crowd-funding, which combine self-management with individual contributions through various networking sites, even though their organisational structures subsist by means of public resources. Since 2010, the consequences of this crisis in the Spanish context have been clearly displayed, and point to the configuration of a new scenario. Within the fields of public administration and civil society, one of the most repeated questions put to anyone proposing a new project based on contemporary art practices is: what use is it? It is a question basically asked to justify the maintenance of a budget for this sort of thing, and what will its return be to the community (or to society). In fact it is the utility of contemporary art practices which is in question, pointing, with increasing explicitness, to the deep gulf between contemporary artistic practices and the people. When a justification is required for art’s social utility, a recurrent term is referred to: art as a tool. A tool to help people deal with life and the human condition, a tool of mediation in a socially disadvantaged context, an educational tool, a tool which can help improve quality of life, a tool to facilitate social cohesion, a cross-disciplinary tool which helps to build bridges in situations of conflict resolution, a tool which gives symbolic meaning to a particular context, a tool of communication, propaganda, innovation, visibility, a tool of participation, a tool which encourages critical thinking and aesthetic enjoyment, etc.. Any tool can be used, and may function, in many different ways. A screwdriver, for example, apart from tightening and loosening screws, is essential when used on various materials, with ingenuity, creativity or for a specific purpose, serving to construct (repair) furniture, motors, electrical circuits, appliances, homes, etc.. Furthermore, the practice of art as a tool is multifunctional, its utility generated according to the user, the specific situation, the objectives sought and the participants in the creative action. One of the functions traditionally assumed by culture (and especially by art) is associated with the idea of controlling perception of the world, and to enter a realm of experimentation and critical analysis in relation to social space. Right now there are new actors in the management of cultural policies, influenced by neoliberal strategies, proposing schedules derived from market needs, interested in increasing audiences, converting cultural activities into arenas of entertainment, by promoting cultural tourism and activities on demand. This entails a major change in the relationship between cultural policies and artistic production, understanding this artistic production as a structure embedded into the relationship between the individual, the collective and the transition from a type of society which has touched rock-bottom to a new one which must be put together. “When culture is no longer a tool for the design, construction and maintenance of social order, cultural things are seized and taken to auction to be acquired by the highest bidder.”[1] This quotation is from a dialogue between Zygmunt Bauman and Maaretta Jaukkuri before the outbreak of the current crisis. Recently this idea of culture as a tool or as a public service is being abandoned, the same as with other social benefits, such as health and education. This is being accelerated by the instability affecting most governments, due to their inability to control the resultant chaos caused by global capitalism, a prevalent condition in most countries, especially those belonging to the European Union. This serious current situation is characterised by a formula supported by “market liberalisation, deregulation of the economy, and especially of the financial sector, the privatisation of state assets, low taxes and the minimum possible public expense.”[2] The inability to control the crisis by political powers is evident, furthermore when most rights won over years, and structures which were part of the welfare state, are either directly endangered or disappearing entirely from public budgets. Structures and vehicles for art and culture are the hardest to justify their existence in a society in which unemployment rates continue to grow and where job insecurity is expanding at a rapid pace. It may be considered that in a less tense social context, it might be easier to argue and justify the purpose and meaning of artistic practice, but even in times of economic stability, these arguments have been a persistent issue. Those involved in artistic practices, while an important part of the cultural sphere, have struggled to explain what functions they perform, which needs they cover, which services they provide, and to which audiences or collectives they address themselves. In terms of connection (more integration, less exclusion) of artistic practices with society (the territory), it still remains to define concepts, activities and cultural policies which articulate this connection. When we propose that art can play a mediating and cross-disciplinary role within specific contexts, which may cooperate with other social or cultural agents with similar goals but different methodologies, we are proposing possible alternatives which can bridge the gap between art and society. To shorten these distances, right now, is a priority and is essential in generating a new context. When evaluating cultural activity in general and art in particular, and in deciding policies based upon purely quantitative indicators (audience, spectators, return on investment …), it is evident that the criteria applied are modeled purely upon market objectives. The same criteria which have been revived during recent decades and from which perspective, social space is considered as the sum of individual consumers. The concept of Utility, qualitatively understood, cannot be quantified by purely numerical indicators. Utility, in economics, is the ability of a good or service to satisfy a need. A need is a desire which a person has for a good or service. Broadly, utility is equivalent to wellbeing and satisfaction, therefore it is a subjective value, a capricious response to tastes, preferences and desires ( of consumers – users – participants). The same combination of benefits will obtain a different utility (satisfaction) , according to the tastes and desires of each person. Goods or services are useful, whether a person prefers to possess them or not[3]. From this premise it follows that the higher the consumption of goods, the greater the satisfaction. From the perspective of cultural and artistic practices, if we measure the utility only by the number of individual users (consumers) , we ignore all reference to the socialisation of goods or services derived from them[4]. We cannot understand the social utility as the sum of individual utilities. The sum of individual benefits is not the sum of social benefits, as in order to be a social benefit, regulation is required to balance common interests, and also collective action is required to build and satisfy common interests. To enhance quality of life, to develop people’s social skills, to improve their relationship with the environment and to enhance creativity, these, perhaps, are among the utilities we might hope for. A hope which must be cultivated, not so much in the sense of consuming, but from the need to build something new in which the citizen may participate in a shared desire for transformation. We propose here two changes in the evaluation system of cultural and artistic practices: to incorporate qualitative indicators which allow clear objectives to be set in different artistic practices, in order to evaluate these practices more easily; and to work alongside other disciplines and in different fields (which need not belong to the world of culture). These changes are intended to join together the desire and satisfaction applied to social space, and to increase utility from a kind of “expanded art practices” which satisfy the sum of collective interests (desires) . In a context of social dismantling, resulting from the limited responsibility of public administrations, now deficit-ridden and indebted, alternatives promoted by the public and generated within collective contexts must be greatly strengthened. Self-management may be understood not only as a survival mechanism, but also as a mechanism of militancy. Positioning in adversity These changes and alternatives remain incipient in the artistic sphere, and we find ourselves in front of an adverse prospect. A prospect of adversity in which it is necessary to find ways in which cultural practices, art, take on an active, purposeful role, addressed to alleviate a situation which existing institutions cannot solve, whether for economic, ecological, social or political reasons. We confront a long-term change which will affect and transform our society. Many writers who analyse the reasons for, and the consequences of, the crisis in which we find ourselves, coincide (Neil Smith, Raj Patel, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Alain Touraine, Ramon Fernandez Duran). Virtually all agree that the current situation posits an open future, no return, in which the solutions or the results may end up in conflict. “It could be chaos which evokes strong (or stronger) state repression, or may be chaos from which arise very real alternatives for social organisation “[5]. The geographer Neil Smith argues that the urban future is open, and an air of equality and hope must circulate, leaving aside apathy and cynicism. To Raj Patel, a true picture of the world can never be seen through the lens of the market, which makes it necessary to regain the right to have rights, the right to participation, the capacity for social commitment, ultimately generating an active movement within society to regain the power which the market economy has seized, and to restore democracy. “To restore politics , we will have to have more imagination, more creativity and courage”[6]. For Stiglitz[7] this is the time to propose the society we want, and to think about whether we are creating the economy to bring us to these aspirations. Stiglitz argues that we must create a new economic system which generates employment, a financial system at the service of the human being, in which to reduce the gap between those who have little and those who have much, and above all to build a new society in which each individual can develop her potential in a community respectful of the planet. For Stiglitz, the real danger is not to take the opportunity of current times. Alain Touraine makes it clear that there is no possible internal solution to the crisis. Touraine sees two possible routes, one towards the European catastrophe, unable to reform and control financial transactions. A world in which the links between economy and society have been broken by globalisation and in which no one manages to exercise control. The second, more optimistic, is based upon the consolidation of the defence of universal human rights as the only way. This way consists of using the mutation from one society to another, beginning with new social and cultural movements, “considering the capacity of human beings to build, thanks to language, artistic representations, and the creation of a “ future”, considering the source of their own creativity, as the guarantors of their own rights[8]. There is a common thread in appealing to inherent human creativity as one of the essential elements for a graceful resurgence in front of adversity. A creativity which must be worked upon, and expanded into different areas , and which must manifest itself as social creativity, brought together through collective actions with potentially shared goals. In a radical way, by analysing the recent past and the “catastrophic” present for the planet, Ramon Fernandez Duran suggests that this moment of crisis is a consequence of the collapse of global capitalism, which began in 2000 and which will run until 2030, coinciding with the decline of fossil fuel, the energetic concentration of which is irreplaceable by any of the currently known alternative energy sources. He argues that the beginning of the end of this energy is generating a total historical rupture[9]. His documented analysis points to an “atrocious” vision of the continuous present, and his hypothetical future scenarios “extremely fluid and changing”, presenting an opportunity for transformation. New stories must be constructed to interpolate in a symbolic way an awareness of global interdependence, the personal responsibility for contemporary developments. New stories, expressing possible solutions, to replace competitive individualism with cooperative individualism. Intermediate zones: unstable nuclei – floating Peripheries This need for new stories also presents a new paradigm for cultural and artistic practices. So far some of them have played a symbolic role close to the centres of power, while others are located in a supposedly peripheral area, to investigate alternative options or take a critical position of the system. When the system collapses, critical action must regroup as direct action and therefore propose structuring discourses (narratives) within the new social reality, participants in the processes of transformation. Spheres of action, up until now peripheral, and from which these practices have so far operated, will take on greater importance in the contemporary context. An intermediate zone is a place of mediation among different things. There is a type of artistic practice whose function may be understood as a vehicle for forming relationships between different social entities (in relation to education, science, town planning, within a particular community …) . These practices act in intermediate areas. In these zones the centres become unstable, are brought into question, upon which the peripheral increases in value, strengthened because it gathers a constructive narrative of change. The need to find a way out of the extreme situation, justifies the raison d’être for the peripheral, and its utility (understood as the yearning for something new). The centre-periphery relationship is a prolific concept in various fields such as geography, urbanism, economics, sociology or politics. Within the cultural field, it has also generated a large amount of visual and symbolic narratives. Specifically the aesthetics of the urban periphery has been, and will always be, a magnet for artists, architects, filmmakers and writers. The periphery is a floating thing, multiple cohabiting locations in relationship with other more established, more institutionalised places which we call centres , heavier, denser, with more commitment, less autonomous , with less fluctuating structures. Being a centre carries an historic, moral, structural and systemic responsibility which reduces its dynamism. The centre must continuously position itself in competition with other nuclei of economic, urban and social power, decision-making, control, and thinking. Centres of economic decisions are concentrated in a few individuals with vast fortunes of capital, speculating on legalised financial systems under the standard of greater personal enrichment. This financial structure has marginalised the actions of governments, has hurt wage-earners and is moving the unemployed and those in unstable working conditions even further to the edges. Urban and social peripheries no longer match, but still the tensions polarised by economic imbalances become increasingly accentuated. Social differences between higher and lower incomes grow, increasing poverty levels. According to Alain Touraine, social categories have fragmented, causing the appearance of numerous smaller groups where “the poor are distinguished from the poorer, so as to differentiate one group from the other”[10], immigrant workers arouse the rejection of a large part of the population, creating other subgroups , a fragmentation which has led to a blurring of what until now were called social classes, which means for Touraine, the end of the social or a “postsocial” condition. The periphery is a space in which one can continually reinvent and remake, a place of creativity and exploration. “The monster is always on the periphery. In the centre we have our customs, habits, our morals, and so on. And on the outskirts we collect all that is transgressive”[11]. Traditionally the periphery was a place of displacement, of indifference, of misery, exclusion, invisibility, a space outside the boundaries of the visible and controlled. Right now it is the space where hybridisation is staged, where everyone who wants to be part of a process of transformation should be, because the centres (of power) have become unstable nuclei, decaying spaces, structures governed adrift, and the peripheries are those places where something new may be built. Being on the periphery or part of it, in a cultural sense, has become a way of proposing alternative forms, a space of flux[12] from which to reclaim a new outlook on the world, new possible societies. From these intermediate zones where nuclei become unstable and delocalised peripheries proliferate, artistic practices can position themselves as an active part in processes of transformation. We must take this opportunity and contribute to the necessary revolution which requires the involvement of many other parties. Firstly they must be redefined, in the same way that many social collectives or many activities attempt to influence government policies. There is no turning back, as the above-quoted authors have noted, there will be no return to the previous situation. We must write a new story under progressively precarious conditions . We must analyse, discuss and take positions for later broadcast, not only among politicians, but also various social groups, which must also be redefined.[13] 1. Detects various self-management experiences in the field of artistic practices and observe the following: Do you think that they pose a real alternative? Do they represent a survival strategy? How do these strategies coexist with other proposed models? 2. Select several examples and see if they can be part of the categories raised or if there are cases-hybrids that combine the production, mediation, dissemination and distribution to give rise to new formulations. 3. What other qualitative indicators could be defined in order to increase the value of artistic practices in relation to society? 4. What values should be promoted to cover a role in the public sphere? What factors play against? 5. Art should be useful? Find examples for and against. 6. State your own questions regarding the text. [1] Zygmunt Bauman speaks with Maaretta Jaukkuri: “Liquid Times, liquid art”, in BAUMAN, Zygmunt. ” Art, liquid?” Sequitur Ediciones, Madrid, 2007. Dialogue first published in 2007 by the National Academy of Arts in Bergen, Norway. KHiB, Bergen 2007. [2] LANCHESTER, John. “¡Huy! Porqué todo el mundo debe a todo el mundo y nadie puede pagar”.(Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay.) Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona 2010. [3] Different glossaries on fundamentals of economics refer to the concept of Utility, for example those in the University of Havana webpage: http://www.uh.cu/sitios / cult_econom / glossary / u_v_w or the wikipedia definitions: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilidad_ (economics) [4]. The economy of culture supposes a field of work which is concerned with the application of theory and economic analysis on the problems of art and cultural practices. Tools of economics operate in cultural and artistic activities, from production, exchange, consumption and welfare. (MARCHIARO, Pancho. “Inconsciente colectivo. Producir y gestionar cultura desde la periferia”. Universidad Pascal, Córdoba, 2007. pp 421-422).VV.AA. (2007) ( Collective Unconsciousness: Producing and managing culture from the periphery. Foundation ABACO/Univ. UBP. (Chapter 1)) It is not the aim of this text to enter the specific field of economy despite referring to terms proper to it. [5]. SMITH, Neil. “Cities after neoliberalism??”. in VVAA. After Neoliberalism: Cities and Systemic Chaos. Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona 2009. p.29 [6]. PATEL, Raj. The Value of Nothing. How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy. Los Libros del Lince, Barcelona mayo 2010. p.208 [7]. STIGLITZ, Joseph E. “Caída libre. El libre mercado y el hundimiento de la economía mundial”. Santillana Ediciones Generales SL, Madrid 2011. Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy W. W. Norton & Company Publishers, 2010 [8]. TOURAINE, Alain. “Después de la crisis. Por un futuro sin marginación”. Ed Paidós, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, México, 2011. pp 158 “After the crisis. For a future without marginalization” [9]. FERNÁNDEZ DURAN, Ramón. “La Quiebra del Capitalismo Global: 2000-2030, Ecologistas en acción, Virus Editorial, Baladre, CGT, Madrid, 2010 “Breakdown of global capitalismm: 2000-2030” [10]. op.cit. Pp. 62 [11]. ARGULLOL, Rafael. “Centro y periferia. Criaturas fronterizas.” At http://www.elboomeran.com/blog-post/2/4606/rafael-argullol/centro-y-periferia-criaturas-fronterizas. Posted on 28/8/2008 ( Centre and periphery. Border Creatures” – Posted on 28/08/2008) [12]. The concept, developed by Manuel Castells in the mid-90s, in which the space of flux overlaps or merges with physical space, has been confirmed. He argued that to be competitive in the new economy, in productivity and between regions and cities, it would be necessary to combine three key elements: IT capacity, quality of life and connectivity to international networks. Of these three elements, quality of life has suffered more evident relegation, due to the economic and social dualisation established in the cities. In: Castells, M. (1993), “European Cities, The Informational Society, and the Global Economy”. Tijdschrift voor Sociale economische in Geografie, 84: 247-257. [13]. This text is a revised version of the text published in MESTRES Angel (director). “Música para camaleones; el black album de la sostenibilidad cultural”, Transit Projectes, Barcelona, Madrid, 2012. Digital version available at: http://musicaparacamaleones.transit.es	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2084
__label__wiki	0.576796	0.576796	Videobrasil on TV: new season Broadcast from next Monday, the 18th, series tackles the 30 years legacy of the Festival, and issues raised by the Southern Panoramas show In its 18th edition, Videobrasil will expand its program into Sesc TV once again, reverberating contemporary art productions among different audiences. The new season of the Videobrasil on TV series explores themes of the 18th Festival. The first few programs cover the changes undergone by Videobrasil and the art scene in the last thirty years, locating the Festival’s dialogue with different artistic, aesthetical, social and political contexts, in the light of the present time. The final programs shed light on issues arising from the Southern Panoramas show. November 18 to December 30 / Sesc TV / sesctv.org.br Independent production: television and political opening \| The program tackles the issues that motivated the Festival’s emergence, in the context of early independent video productions, political opening, the end of military dictatorship in Brazil, and the desire to provide visibility to social, political and cultural themes. \| Nov 18, Monday, 11:00 pm Video: languages, technologies and new possibilities \| The program outlines a portrait of the early 1980s Brazilian video scene, a time when the medium started becoming popular. How video was absorbed by independent artists and producers with the purpose of building new aesthetics for image in motion. \| 11.25, Monday, 11:00 pm Internationalization: visions of the South \| The Festival’s internationalization process and the choosing of the geopolitical South as its structuring axis are the themes of this program, which shows how the event became a place for exchange between artists, scholars, and curators, and a platform for launching and inserting art production from its target region. \| Dec 2, Monday, 11:00 pm Expanded circuits \| Over the last thirty years, video and image in motion took up new places, establishing dialogues with both the visual arts and cinema. The program portrays the Festival’s gradual opening up to other artistic languages, consolidating its presence in the contemporary art circuit. \| Dec 9, Monday, 11:00 pm Southern Panoramas: nature and space, reconfigurations of the gaze \| The first of three programs focusing on the Southern Panoramas show addresses different ways in which artists and their works articulate the idea of space, exploring themes such as nature, the urban space, architecture, global mobility and ties of belonging. \| Dec 16, Monday, 11:00 pm Southern Panoramas: memory, identity and politics \|The central issue in contemporary times, the memory turns into a conflicted territory as countless symbolic circulation systems operate in constructing and reconstructing our recollections. The program addresses works that explore the relationship between memory, identity and tension between local and global. \| Dec 23, Monday, 11:00 pm Southern Panoramas: contemporary collective imaginations \| How does the intense mediatization of daily life affect the formalization of artwork? The program features artists whose strategy consists of appropriating and re-signifying media elements, rethinking our subjectivation processes through dialogue with mass communication and social networks. \| Dec 30, Monday, 11:00 pm From November 18th to December 30th, on Mondays at 11 pm. On SescTV, and Canal VB, in the day after the TV broadcast Festival, VB Memoir, SESCTV	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2085
__label__cc	0.710941	0.289059	Visa & Passport The Copper Canyon Yucatan Peninsula Mexico Basics Print this Guide \| Email this Guide Time: Mexico spans three different time zones: South, Central and Eastern Mexico GMT 6 (GMT 5 from first Sunday in April to second last Saturday in October); Nayarit, Sonora, Sinaloa and southern Baja California GMT 7 (GMT 6 from first Sunday in April to second last Saturday in October); Northern Baja California GMT 8 (GMT 7 from first Sunday in April to second last Saturday in October). Electricity: 110-120 volts, 60Hz. Two-pin flat blade attachment plugs are standard. Money: Mexican currency is the Mexican Peso (MXN), divided into 100 centavos. Credit cards are widely accepted, particularly Visa, MasterCard and American Express. ATMs are available in most cities and towns and are the most convenient way to get money, but for safety reasons should only be used during business hours and vigilance is advised. Although many businesses will accept foreign currency (particularly US Dollars) it is best to use pesos. Foreign currency can be exchanged at one of many casas de cambio (exchange houses), which have longer hours and offer a quicker service than the banks. MXN1.00 = USD 0.05 GBP 0.04 CAD 0.07 AUD 0.08 ZAR 0.76 EUR 0.05 NZD 0.08 Note: These rates are not updated daily and should be used as a guideline only. Language: Spanish is the official language in Mexico. Some English is spoken in tourist regions. Entry requirements for Americans: US citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days. Entry requirements for UK nationals: British citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for holders of British passports endorsed British Citizen, British National (Overseas) or British Subject for stays of up to 180 days. Entry requirements for Canadians: Canadian citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days. Entry requirements for Australians: Australian citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days. Note that visa exemptions apply to holders of an APEC Business Travel Card, provided that the card is valid for travel to Mexico (i.e. endorsed with "MEX" on its reverse side). Entry requirements for South Africans: South African citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is required. Passengers with a valid visa issued by Canada, Japan, USA, United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State are visa exempt for a maximum stay of 180 days. Entry requirements for New Zealanders: New Zealand citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days. Note that visa exemptions apply to holders of an APEC Business Travel Card, provided that the card is valid for travel to Mexico (i.e. endorsed with "MEX" on its reverse side). Entry requirements for Irish nationals: Irish citizens must have a passport that is valid upon their arrival in Mexico. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days. Passport/Visa Note: All foreign passengers to Mexico must hold a Mexico Visitor's Permit (FMM), which is issued free of charge, and obtainable from airlines, Mexican Consulates, Mexican international airports, and border crossing points. As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), all travellers transiting through the United States are required to present a passport, or other valid travel document, to enter or re-enter the United States. Foreign passengers to Mexico should ensure that their passports and other travel documents are in good condition - even slightly torn passports will not be accepted. NOTE: It is highly recommended that your passport has at least six months validity remaining after your intended date of departure from your travel destination. Immigration officials often apply different rules to those stated by travel agents and official sources. Travel Health: Those entering Mexico from an infected area require a yellow fever certificate. There are no vaccination requirements for visitors to Mexico, however visitors should take medical advice if travelling outside the major tourist areas. A malaria risk exists in some rural areas, but not on the Pacific and Gulf coasts, and dengue fever is on the increase. Vaccinations are recommended for hepatitis A and typhoid. Travellers who may come into close contact with animals and may be at risk of bites should consider a rabies vaccination. Sensible precautions regarding food and water should be followed and visitors are advised to be cautious of street food and stick to bottled water. Medical facilities are basic, so comprehensive medical insurance is recommended. As medicines may be in short supply in certain areas travellers should consider taking along prescription medications, in their original packaging, and accompanied by a signed and dated letter from a doctor detailing what it is and why it is needed. Note: Zika is still a risk in Mexico. Because Zika infection in a pregnant woman can cause serious birth defects, women who are pregnant should seek advice from healthcare providers before travelling to Mexico. Tipping: Tipping is customary in Mexico for almost all services as employees are not paid sufficient hourly wages and often rely on tips. Waiters and bar staff should be tipped 10 to 15 percent if a service charge hasn't already been added to the bill. The American custom of tipping 15 to 20 percent is practiced at international resorts, including those in Los Cabos. Safety Information: There can be incidents of robberies and muggings in Mexico, especially in the big cities such as Mexico City. Travellers, particularly women on their own, should be vigilant and take care of their belongings, especially on public transport. Only use authorised taxi services, and try to avoid bus travel at night. Visitors are advised to be wary of people presenting themselves as police officers attempting to fine or arrest them for no apparent reason, leading to theft or assault. If in doubt ask for identification. Most of the violence related to drug cartel wars in Mexico is concentrated along the border between Mexico and the United States. Tourist zones are generally unaffected, though it is worth checking the news before travelling. Hurricanes may affect the coastal areas between June and November. Local Customs: Mexicans are not impatient and do not appreciate impatience in others, so travellers should expect opening hours and public transport times to be flexible and laid back. Mexicans are friendly and hospitable people and courteous behaviour and polite speech in return is greatly appreciated. Travellers should also note that it is common for Mexicans to communicate closer than one arm's length from each other and that it is not an attempt to be forward. Business: In Mexico, business is ideally conducted face-to-face. Although many Mexican businessmen speak perfect English, Spanish is the official language of business in Mexico - and learning a few choice words and phrases will go a long way toward ingratiating yourself with your new associates. Business etiquette in Mexico is marked by a combination of formality and friendliness. It is very rare to hear the word 'No' being used in a direct or confrontational way - bald refusals are seen as rude. Use titles ('Señhor' and 'Señhora') until specifically instructed not to do so, but do not shrink away from engaging in personal discussions with your colleagues. Business meetings must be scheduled in advance, and then confirmed a few days before they are due to take place. The dress code for the Mexican business world is smart and formal. Business hours in Mexico are generally from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (with a 2 or 3 hour siesta in the early afternoon). Communications: The international access code for Mexico is +52. If calling internationally from a phone booth use the official TelMex phone booths, as all others charge very high fees. There is widespread network coverage in Mexico from Telcel, Movistar, and AT&T Mexico. As international roaming costs can be high, purchasing a local prepaid SIM card can be a cheaper option. Hotels, cafes and restaurants offering free wifi are widely available. Duty Free: Travellers to Mexico over 18 years do not have to pay duty on 200 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 200g tobacco; 3 litres spirits or 6 litres wine; other goods to the value of US$500 if arriving by air, or US$300 if arriving by land are premitted without incurring duty fees. Prohibited goods include narcotics, firearms and used clothing that is not part of your personal luggage. The export of archaeological artefacts is strictly forbidden.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2086
__label__wiki	0.997634	0.997634	RT @GetintothisHQ: SINGLES CLUB 💿 rifle through the best new releases: Featuring: 💿 @FramaticsBand 💿 @YouSGirls 💿 @BombayBicycle 💿 @TheJac… - 17 Jan 2020 Singer/songwriter Harrison Whitford announces January 2020 tour dates https://t.co/thROTCdG4A - 13 Jan 2020 King Kartel have announced the release of their new single 'Be Mine', out 7th February. The band have also confirme… https://t.co/ixgXjJECRn - 9 Jan 2020 LITTLEMEN REVEAL NEW SINGLE: ‘FRONT PAGE NEWS’ NEW ALBUM: ‘IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING’ COMING SOON LITTLEMEN are pleased to unveil a brand new single: ‘Front Page News’ – out 25 October 2019 on Littlemen Recordings. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Though their roots lie in the West Country, from tuning-in to the billowing, classic country-rock sound of the LITTLEMEN’s latest you could quite easily be forgiven for thinking they hailed from the West Coast of the USA. Extracting the same Californian warmth that radiates from Tom Petty’s immortal recordings, the golden Laurel Canyon harmonies of CSNY and the potent song craft exuded by the Travelling Wilbury’s, the latest single from the Littlemen tips its stetson to the greats of the genre while bringing a refreshing lyrical outlook timely for the 21st century. Making a firm standpoint against certain media that continue to exploit women purely for their image, the track is an anthem against sexism that chimes with the long-overdue surge in female empowerment. Written by lead singer and chief songwriter Nick Allen, ‘Front Page News’ was recorded at the infamous Nam Recordings Studio (that has housed KT Tunstall, The Mission, Killing Joke, Royal Blood and many more). Mixed and produced by Keith Holmes, the track is the first to emerge from Littlemen’s forthcoming album: ‘It’s A Beautiful Thing’ (slated for release in 2020). Littlemen are a five-piece from Wiltshire, UK. Talented to the hilt when it comes to studio ingenuity, sonic expertise and all-round musicianship, it is perhaps no surprise this band sound as accomplished as they do; especially when examining their impressive cumulative CV. In drummer, ROBERT BRIAN they have a Grammy award winning rhythm consultant; a man who’s remarkable career trajectory has included lending his talents to Siouxsie Sioux, Goldfrapp, Miles Kane, Peter Gabriel & Simple Minds, as well as more recently recording and circling the globe with Canadian artist Loreena McKennitt. Then there’s stellar guitar duties from MARK GRIFFIN, a multi-instrumentalist and renowned sound guru. Lead guitar comes courtesy of GUY TOWNLEY, another venerated multi-instrumentalist, as talented as he is popular. Picking up those bass guitar duties is TYLER SPICER, a man who has made his proud reputation on the role he undertakes here. And then, completing the current line-up, is the newly appointed frontman NICK ALLEN, a songwriter already known to many in the music biz who has been applauded and admired as a proven songwriter, manager, studio owner and conceptual thinker. Although there has been a previous ensemble known as LITTLEMEN who have released various singles, a much-lauded album (“LONG ROAD HOME”), and garnered radio play, Nick now joins this incarnation of the band to bring his own celebrated signature and refusing outlook to proceedings. Writing, rehearsing and recording constantly, LITTLEMEN are appearing at a venue near you very soon! 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__label__wiki	0.554441	0.554441	Sony Exhibits at CES for the 49th year - Tune in to Watch the Press Event and Panel Broadcasting Live from the Sony Booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center Press Event to be Followed by a Sony Celebrity Panel Session, Featuring "The People's Shark," Daymond John, and Sony Executives SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CES®, owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), sets the global stage for revealing next-generation innovations. As such, Sony, entering its 49th year as an exhibitor at CES, will bring its best on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The press conference will be led by global CEO Ken Yoshida at Sony's booth, #17300 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event will be broadcast live to a global audience at www.sony.com/CES. "CES is the pre-eminent consumer electronics event of the year and is one of our customers' favorite venues to experience Sony's most advanced audio, video and next-generation products, platforms and services," said Mike Fasulo, president and COO of Sony Electronics and chairman of CTA's Executive Board. "As a global entertainment company with a solid foundation in technology, Sony is continuing to pioneer new experiences that surprise and create authentic emotional connections with our customers across our film, television, music and gaming portfolios." Industry press and analysts will hear from companywide Sony leadership regarding new developments in sensors, audio experiences and how technology is enriching people's lives through the delivery of emotive experiences, enabling creators to realize their dreams and contribute to society. The press event will be immediately followed by a lively panel discussion with Sony Electronics president and COO, Mike Fasulo, and will feature two special guests: Sony Pictures Television Shark Tank personality, CEO of The Shark Group and FUBU and best-selling author, Daymond John, and Dr. Daniela Braga, CEO and founder of DefinedCrowd, a startup that is defining the standards for artificial intelligence training data in speech, natural language processing, and computer vision. Forbes Portugal recently listed Dr. Braga as one of the Top 20 most powerful Portuguese women in business, and DefinedCrowd was named one of the Forbes AI 50 companies on their inaugural list earlier this year. DefinedCrowd is a portfolio company with the Sony Innovation Fund. These tech and entertainment industry leaders will discuss topics ranging from the use of volumetric capture on the Shark Tank set, to the power of diversity in innovation and business, while offering insights into emerging trends in the consumer electronics space. Cheryl Goodman, spokesperson, and head of corporate communications and corporate social responsibility at Sony Electronics, will moderate the discussion. Sony Innovation Fund and CTA Match Sony Innovation Fund is dedicated to engaging with promising early-stage companies. Its mission is to provide companies with venture financing and access to the broader Sony world and its global network. On January 8, 2020, Sony Innovation Fund is participating in CTA's CES 2020 Match event in Las Vegas, which brings together startup founders, investors and corporations for a two-hour speed match meeting from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. PT. 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__label__wiki	0.870125	0.870125	The Biggest Saudi Oil Field Is Fading Faster Than Anyone Guessed Bloomberg, 2 April 2019 It was a state secret and the source of a kingdom’s riches. It was so important that U.S. military planners once debated how to seize it by force. For oil traders, it was a source of endless speculation. Now the market finally knows: Ghawar in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest conventional oil field, can produce a lot less than almost anyone believed. When Saudi Aramco on Monday published its first ever profit figures since its nationalization nearly 40 years ago, it also lifted the veil of secrecy around its mega oil fields. The company’s bond prospectus revealed that Ghawar is able to pump a maximum of 3.8 million barrels a day — well below the more than 5 million that had become conventional wisdom in the market. “As Saudi’s largest field, a surprisingly low production capacity figure from Ghawar is the stand-out of the report,” said Virendra Chauhan, head of upstream at consultant Energy Aspects Ltd. in Singapore. The Energy Information Administration, a U.S. government body that provides statistical information and often is used as a benchmark by the oil market, listed Ghawar’s production capacity at 5.8 million barrels a day in 2017. Aramco, in a presentation in Washington in 2004 when it tried to debunk the “peak oil” supply theories of the late U.S. oil banker Matt Simmons, also said the field was pumping more than 5 million barrels a day, and had been doing so since at least the previous decade. In his book “Twilight in the Desert,” Simmons argued that Saudi Arabia would struggle to boost production due to the imminent depletion of Ghawar, among other factors. “Field-by-field production reports disappeared behind a wall of secrecy over two decades ago,” he wrote in his book in reference to Aramco’s nationalization. The new details about Ghawar prove one of Simmons’s points but he missed other changes in technology that allowed Saudi Arabia — and, more importantly, U.S. shale producers — to boost output significantly, with global oil production yet to peak. The prospectus offered no information about why Ghawar can produce today a quarter less than 15 years ago — a significant reduction for any oil field. The report also didn’t say whether capacity would continue to decline at a similar rate in the future. In response to a request for comment, Aramco referred back to the bond prospectus without elaborating. Lost Crown The new maximum production rate for Ghawar means that the Permian in the U.S., which pumped 4.1 million barrels a day last month according to government data, is already the largest oil production basin. The comparison isn’t exact — the Saudi field is a conventional reservoir, while the Permian is an unconventional shale formation — yet it shows the shifting balance of power in the market. Ghawar, which is about 174 miles long — or about the distance from New York to Baltimore — is so important for Saudi Arabia because the field has “accounted for more than half of the total cumulative crude oil production in the kingdom,” according to the bond prospectus. The country has been pumping since the discovery of the Dammam No. 7 well in 1938. On top of Ghawar, which was found in 1948 by an American geologist, Saudi Arabia relies heavily on two other mega-fields: Khurais, which was discovered in 1957, and can pump 1.45 million barrels a day, and Safaniyah, found in 1951 and still today the world’s largest offshore oil field with capacity of 1.3 million barrels a day. In total, Aramco operates 101 oil fields. The 470-page bond prospectus confirms that Saudi Aramco is able to pump a maximum of 12 million barrels a day — as Riyadh has said for several years. The kingdom has access to another 500,000 barrels a day of output capacity in the so-called neutral zone shared with Kuwait. That area isn’t producing anything now due a political dispute with its neighbor. While the prospectus confirmed the overall maximum production capacity, the split among fields is different to what the market had assumed. As a policy, Saudi Arabia keeps about 1 million to 2 million barrels a day of its capacity in reserve, using it only during wars, disruptions elsewhere or unusually strong demand. Saudi Arabia briefly pumped a record of more than 11 million barrels a day in late 2018. “The company also uses this spare capacity as an alternative supply option in case of unplanned production outages at any field and to maintain its production levels during routine field maintenance,” Aramco said in its prospectus. Costly Strategy For Aramco, that’s a significant cost, as it has invested billions of dollars into facilities that aren’t regularly used. However, the company said the ability to tap its spare capacity also allows it to profit handsomely at times of market tightness, providing an extra $35.5 billion in revenue from 2013 to 2018. Last year, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said maintaining this supply buffer costs about $2 billion a year. Aramco also disclosed reserves at its top-five fields, revealing that some of them have shorter lifespans than previously thought. Ghawar, for example, has 48.2 billion barrels of oil left, which would last another 34 years at the maximum rate of production. Nonetheless, companies are often able to boost the reserves over time by deploying new techniques or technology. In total, the kingdom has 226 billion barrels of reserves, enough for another 52 years of production at the maximum capacity of 12 million barrels a day. The Saudis also told the world that their fields are aging better than expected, with “low depletion rates of 1 percent to 2 percent per year,” slower than the 5 percent decline some analysts suspected. Yet, it also said that some of its reserves — about a fifth of the total — had been drilled so systematically over nearly a century that more than 40 percent of their oil has been already extracted, a considerable figure for an industry that usually struggles to recover more than half the barrels in place underground. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-02/saudi-aramco-reveals-sharp-output-drop-at-super-giant-oil-field From: Energy, Locale is International ← Living ‘liveable’: this is what residents have to say about life on the urban fringe Call that an EV? This is an EV… Volvo rolls out self-driving electric bus →	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2096
__label__wiki	0.848424	0.848424	Stuart Harrison PAPER for SAHANZ 2005 ‘Celebrating Civicness in Modern Architectural Language through Arcading’ This paper will examine how selected architects attempted to present a civic quality in modernist public buildings, focusing on the technique of figuring architectural language through the arch and arcade. The paper will discuss selected public projects designed at the same time in the post-war period by Frank Lloyd Wright (Marin County Civic Center, 1957-70), Oscar Niemeyer (Ministry of Justice in Brasilia, 1957) and locally Roy Grounds (Academy of Sciences in Canberra, 1957-59). The work of Louis Kahn will also come under review. The projects are by architects who worked simultaneously across the world, and whose careers have ultimately been regarded as operating on the edge of Modernist dogma, and addressed the task of making the civic role of a building evident. Grounds used the referential device of the arch, and the Modern aspirations of abstraction and lightness are also rejected in the massive quality of many of Grounds’ later projects, including the Academy of Sciences. Kahn’s use of arched forms is argued as part of a lineage that passes to Venturi & Scott-Brown and the architectural discourse of Post-Modernism. Both Wright and Niemeyer combine repetition and formal manipulation of the arch to produce civic buildings that are both modern and grounded within traditional forms of the civic. This discussion is part of wider research into the nature of the civic in architecture and its application in current environments. Roy Grounds, Academy of Sciences, Canberra, 1959 Photography by Stuart Harrison Oscar Niemeyer, Ministry of Justice, Brasilia, 1957) Photography by Marcus White, used with permission This paper attempts to demonstrate that several Modern architects addressed the issue of distinguishing civic or public buildings at the same period in the mid to late 1950s using similar method of employing arch-based arcades. Both arches and arcades will discussed in this paper, and an arch is referred to as commonly known but not commonly used (in the 1950s) architectural device, a readable figure. An arcade as discussed here is formed through the repetition of arches, typically as part of the façade of a building. It is generally accepted that Modernism, as an international movement, moved away from associative forms of typology and decoration to a language of abstraction and universality, that had its roots in a social vision for humanity, where status or ability to read bourgeois semantic systems would not be required. It is the proposition of this paper that several modern architects simultaneously confronted the issue of making the function of civic buildings expressed. The civic here is seen as the collective desire to value the instruments of public and urban life. This paper examines several buildings designed at a similar time, that of the late 1950s. At this time, following the Second World War, modernism had become the principal mode of operation for Architecture, exhibiting qualities such as expression of function, universal language without decoration and associative motifs. It is the proposition of this paper that certain architects saw this mode as limited and sort an architectural language to distinguish civic buildings – so that in universalising modern city, they would be read as different to other new buildings. The arch based arcade is developed by these architects as the system of readable architectural language as been collapsed to historicism by the massive success of architectural Modernism. These architects’ identification of a gap in architectural modernism is later addressed widely in the movement known as Post-Modernism, where the dogma of modernism is inverted in an attempt to address the perceived failures of identification of Modern buildings. This return to ideas such as typology and style was then in turn widely rejected as both kitsch and lacking in substance. The following architectural movements that operate to this day did not provide an alternative to this absence within modernism, and this gap remains. The using of the referential arch introduced into modernism by the architects in this is still used by some architectural practices to address the same concerns. Louis Kahn (1901-1974) spent almost his entire career at the task of developing an appropriate architectural language for community and public buildings, as it documented by Sarah Williams Goldhagen in her book Louis Kahn’s Situated Modernism. Moving from an expression of technology and the organic to form and association, Kahn employs simplified historic devices such as the arch to this aim. Furthermore, he develops the circular ‘cut-out’ as distinctive development on the arch to become a new type, whilst maintaining a quality of abstraction and purity. Kahn’s use of traditional arch forms is demonstrated in projects such as the Kimball Art Museum (1973), but Kahn begins to develop an interest in the referential device of the arch in 1957 when reworking his (Trenton) Jewish Community Center project[1], as is extensively documented by Goldhagen, Kahn, acknowledging this new direction, added Roman arches to the now brick façade which coincided with the concrete beams that supported the gymnasium roof (during this period he was also considering arched windows for the Richards Medical Center).[2] Kahn’s use of arches and circular cut-outs is gradually introduced in his work as he moved away from an organic and technology inspired language. By 1959 Kahn’s movement away from this has become clear, as Goldhagen states; For Kahn, modern buildings that echoed historical ones bound a viewer to a greater community of past users: ‘modern space is really not different from Renaissance space,’ he said in 1959. ‘We still want domes, we still want walls, we still want arches, arcades, and loggias of all kinds.’ In embracing architectural precedents, Kahn reshaped his architectural language to reinforce the social bonds that make a community cohere.[3] Goldhagen locates a critical interest in the mid-fifties in historicism, particularly in the classical; “Edward Durrell Stone, and Yamaskai followed (Philip) Johnson’s lead, producing in the middle of the decade a mini-revival of classicism, or formalism”[4] Goldhagen’s book revisits accepted ideas about Kahn, particular that he was a solitary figure of individual genius, and suggests he was continually influenced by other figures as he became increasing involved in teaching, including students Charles Moore and Robert Venturi - who he assessed in 1950. The practice of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is well documented, but his late work, normally associated with the Guggenheim Museum in New York, showed a change of direction. The Marin County Civic Center (1957-70), California, is the clearest built example of the shift in imagery and language, as Wright is called upon to design a civic component of the expanding post-war American city. Completed in two stages, both after his death, Marin County Civic Center demonstrates an allusion to the repetitive arches of a Roman viaduct. Twenty minutes after arriving at the site, Wright said to his associate Aaron Green, “I’ll bridge these hills with graceful arches.”[5] The use of the arch had occurred before in Wright’s work - the V. C. Morris Store, San Francisco (1948) used a single Syrian derived arch. Repetition of arches represents a shift, and can be seen to a lesser extent in the Wauwatosa Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church scheme that ran concurrently to Marin County, the design of which commenced one year earlier in 1956. The Monona Terrace Civic Center in Madison, Wisconsin was commenced by Wright in 1938 and remarkably not built until 1997. Wright revises the scheme in 1957[6] (as he starts the design of Marin County) and the Monona Terrace project (originally known as Orin Terraces) begins to develop an arching façade treatment as the project mutates from a large bridge-like series of terraces in 1938 with three large domes into a singular building with a curved front with grand arches. These arches, like those of the Greek Orthodox Church form the boundary between inside and outside, rather than an arcade. Importantly, the Monona project revisions represent Wrights’ evolved approach to designing a civic centre. At Marin County, the allusion to a load bearing Roman viaduct or aqueduct is perhaps informed partially by the site and generally large-scale nature of the project - to which a bridge is an analogy. The system of arches used on Marin County exhibits an underlying classical vertical system (of decreasing weight with height), where the larger spanning arches occupy the lower levels, and then decrease in size up the façade. The top series of arches are continuous to form circular profiles, in a point of departure from the illusion to a Roman viaduct. Wright’s operations on these arches however reveal a different quality that moves them away from the load bearing traditional arch, for the main body of arches are not structural and are supported out from the main concrete construction. This is in a manner similar to a contemporary curtain wall system and Wright makes no attempt to suggest that they are thick - built as a stucco cladding on a steel frame. In addition the junction between the arches is almost point-like. Here the arches seem to hang from the building, inverting the structural logic of the Roman viaduct. This subversion of a Roman series of arches and lightness of the system explains the building’s inclusion in two mainstream science fiction films as a building of the future.[7] Detractors of Wright’s late work suggest his remoteness to the project and large practice workload account for the thinness of the building and its lack of detail, unlike in his early work. Robert McCarther is typical in this view: Like many of Wright’s late works, this design for the Marin County Civic Center seems to have developed without any significant constraints, limitations or even goals, and is merely an exercise in unfettered imagination.[8] The Marin County Civic Center was one of Wright’s few built civic projects for a government. Despite his enormous body of work, Wright was principally an architect for private clients, both houses and businesses. Another account for Wright’s change of direction in this late work is possibly a search for a way to demonstrate the civic; rather than a lack of interest, recycling or lack of time as suggested by McCarther[9]. In addition, the project was designed and built on a tight budget. By evacuating the structural role of the arches and expressing this, they became a screen and signaling device, identifying the civic function of the centre. In order for this to be successfully communicated, residents would need to decode arches, particularly in a serialised form as denoting of building of some civic nature. Prior to the Marin County’s occupation of the Wright building, the County administration was principally located within the simple Classical temple fronted San Rafael Court House.[10] Historic images of San Rafael reveal the only linear buildings with repeating elements were those for railways. Given that the Marin County Civic Center is a bent (at the dome) linear building that buries itself into the two hills of site, it has a continuous quality. It is impossible to say whether the population of Marin County was immediately aware of the building’s purpose – there is little doubt as to whether the building was distinguished from its surroundings however. In 1893 Wright entered the Milwaukee Library Competition (his closest previous project of this type), with an symmetrically composed classical scheme, featuring a central dome above a temple portico. The Marin building can be read as a radical reworking of this scheme, with dome in the middle. Elements of association and repetition are used in both schemes, to give them a grandness of vision that is transferable from the pre-modern to the modern. Wright does not develop a modern architectural language for the civic until 1957. Prior to Oscar Niemeyer’s (1906-) commencement on the government buildings at Brasilia, his use of arch forms, or curved profiles generally in elevation was restricted to the Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi (curving elements were frequently used in plan). The chapel is part of a complex of buildings (1942-43) for a residential development at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. The chapel is the most well known of the suite, which also includes a casino (now a museum), restaurant, and a yacht club all on an artificial lake. The well known series of four ground touching vaults on the mural façade creates an asymmetrical configuration of reinforced concrete shells. Here, Niemeyer uses arching forms to distinguish the chapel from the other buildings he designed in the suite, suggesting a principle where buildings of more social significance are apparent. This reflects the chapel as the most civic building of this collection. Niemeyer is Jewish by birth but not religious, and the chapel after completion was not blessed by the Catholic Church[11], assumedly due to its failure to appear as a church building. The buildings’ fame is often attributed to its innovative use of concrete, “The Church of St Francis is the birthplace of proper Brazilian Architecture. With its self-supporting vaulting of varying dimensions, it makes use of the structural and sculptural potential of concrete.”[12] The use of curves in Niemeyer’s work is often attributed to either landscape, or by Niemeyer himself as natural forms such as the profile of the human body[13]. The issue of type is often not engaged with. The other buildings at Pampulha use curves in plan, but not in elevation. The residential landscape by the lake is not overtly undulating, therefore not establishing a connection of the arching roofline of the chapel to the invented landscape. The commission for the new Brazilian capital of Brasilia was a direct result of the Pampulha project, through Juscelino Kubitschek who was the Governor of Minas Gerais and had initiated Pampulha, and then Brasilia after his election as President of Brazil in 1956. Soon after Niemeyer commenced the design of a suite of governmental buildings - where a system of typological hierarchy in architectural language is further developed. Some indication of Niemeyer’s adherence to an appropriate system of hierarchical expression can be read through a statement related to monumentality, “I have never been afraid of monumentality when a corresponding theme justifies it”[14] Justification is key in this statement, making clear Niemeyer considers appropriateness in his work; that not all buildings should be as expressive as others. In this way, the work can be seen to fall into a system of decorum.[15] The collection of buildings around the eastern end of Brasilia’s Monumental Axis form the key components of Government. In the centre is the twin domed Congresso (Parliament), immediately behind (to the east) at to each side is the Palacio do Planalto (Executive Branch) and the Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Court) – with the Plaza of the Three Powers between these three. In front (west) of the Congresso and also to each side and opposite each other are Palacio Itamaraty (Foreign Affairs) and the Ministry of Justice. Valerie Fraser discusses how the Itamaraty Palace and Justice Ministry relate to the other pair of buildings on the other side of the Congresso, These two ministries are again ‘palaces’, like the Planalto and Supreme Court beyond. Each is enclosed with a modern version of a classical peristyle, this time with the colonnades the right way up, but having a more traditional type, Niemeyer then backs off again: the structures are not faced in classical marble but left as explicitly modern coarse-textured concrete.[16] In addition, the ministry buildings further west and out from the Congresso after Ministry of Justice and Itamaraty Palace become simple vertically louvered slab blocks, with no arcading or colonnading; and are general government administration. The Brasilia buildings are essentially glazed boxes with some form of treatment wrapping around them. Fraser suggests these two buildings are less radical in their operations on the traditional arcaded form than the Planalto and Supreme Court, where Niemeyer develops an inverted and double arch system, running perpendicular to the main facades. The Palacio da Alvorada (‘Palace of the Dawn’ – the Presidential Residence) departs from a traditional reading the most - by inverting the arcade as readable in elevation. This building is not accessible to the public and is removed from the main concentration of public buildings. The materiality of Alvorada Palace is white painted concrete, rather than the marble facing of Planalto Palace and the Supreme Court. In addition Niemeyer makes the reading of the concrete arches of Alvorada Palace as thin as possible, this coupled with the whiteness of the arches suggests them as far more delicate than the other more robust buildings directly around the Congresso. The overall scale of this building is lower than the others, perhaps akin to a large villa (suiting a residence). Its placement off the ordering armature of the Monumental Axis also plays down its role as an instrument of government. The thinning of the edges that assist in achieving this lightness is possible with concrete as the exterior finish – to clad this is stone would involve complex faceting of the material. The arches that are stone clad for the Planalto Palace and Supreme Court are by the same logic flat, or two-dimensional. The Ministry of Justice, although equal with the Itamaraty Palace across from it in the wider system, deviates from Itamaraty Palace’s regularity considerably. The key operation to the arch on this building is the asymmetrical arch system on the southern (axis facing) façade. These half arches repeat in the same direction across this facade, like a giant order with the wall set back behind them. The directional nature of these arches is revealing, going against the flow of the traffic on the road in front, but gesturing toward the Congresso and Plaza. Interestingly, the opposite north façade, with the same bay spacing, employs a more traditional fully rounded arch, registering its distance away from the Congresso and Monumental Axis. Indeed, all four facades of the Ministry of Justice are different – the eastern façade is a series of even simple vertical blade columns, whereas the western façade is a dense varying cluster of the same blade columns, at differing spaces. Assumedly this dense array is to block harsh western sun hitting the glazed wall – a consideration not addressed on Itamaraty Palace opposite. A photograph of this façade from the Birkhauser book on Niemeyer shows the western façade of Itamaraty Palace with curtains drawn and several wall air-conditioners installed in the glazed wall.[17] It seems that the built design of Itamaraty Palace is a redesign, whereas the Ministry of Justice is not.[18] Different dates for both buildings make it hard to suggest if the design of one affected the design of the other, or if they had originally intended to be different. Justin Read speculates on the use of arching in the buildings at Brasilia; Brasília, we should recall, was built for a nation that had not fully “modernized” by the time the capital opened in 1960; at the same time, it is precisely the urge to modernize that produced a city that seemed far more “modern” than any other at the time, either in the third world or the first. Paradoxically, much of the sense of modernity surrounding it stems from Niemeyer’s employment of “surreal” curved forms—to produce the sense that something “new” had been built unlike anything built before.[19] Fraser cites Niemeyer to establish the connection with arch as a historic device; I rejoice in realizing that these forms bestowed individuality and originality upon the Palaces in their modest way and (and this I deem important) establish a link with the architecture of colonial Brazil.[20] Niemeyer used the arch as an associative device, and as such recognised the limitations of the version of modernism that adheres to abstraction as universal social device. Niemeyer, as a dedicated communist, could be no closer to the desire for an open society that is as far from the elitism of the pre-independent and pre-20th Century world as possible. However, a system of hierarchical architectural language is employed using new concrete technology. The differences in use depending on building type indicates Niemeyer was not making architecture as fluid and expressive as possible in every case, that buildings demonstrate their place in a hierarchy. Niemeyer’s work came to Australia through the Architectural Review and via the book Brazil Builds, Architecture new and old, 1652-1942 by Phillip Goodwin. This accompanied the Brazil Builds MOMA exhibition in 1943, and came to Australia toward the end of Second World War. James Birrell, studying at Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT) at this time recalls these arrivals in Australia after the War.[21] Birrell transferred studies to the University of Melbourne, where he studied under Roy Grounds, Robin Boyd and other well-known Melbourne architectural figures. The influence of Niemeyer and Roy Grounds (1905-1981) is clear within Birrell’s work and it is possible that Niemeyer’s work came to Grounds in the post-war period. The Academy of Sciences in Canberra was Grounds’ first major commission and was designed in 1957 and completed in 1959.[22] Grounds’ biggest works before this were multi-residential flats, and this project represented a major typological leap for Grounds, designing a new institutional building. The pure low-slung dome building shows a simultaneous development with the domic forms of the Congresso in Brasilia, the design of which commenced sometime between 1956 and 1958. Niemeyer’s use of arcades is restricted to orthogonal buildings, whereas Grounds is able to produce an arcaded edge to the base of the copper clad concrete dome. Like Niemeyer’s Ministry of Justice and Itamaraty Palace, Grounds uses water around the perimeter of the building, in an interaction with the arcade. For the Academy of Sciences this also provides a water collection point from the copper roof and animates reflected light onto the vertical perimeter glass wall and into the spaces inside. The continuous circular arcade opens and closes to the surroundings with the flow of the complex curved arch, the depth of which changes in relation to the user. As a result, there is a changing quality of enclosure around the edge. This, coupled the reflective consequences of water and glass, make this arcade an unexpectedly dynamic and public space, given the purity and mass of the form. The Academy of Sciences has been dubbed for many years the ‘Martian Embassy’[23], which tells of the building’s science fiction-like qualities, similar to that of the Marin County Civic Center. Grounds’ design was selected from a competition process as the most radical[24]. At the same time it utilises traditional forms such as the arch, symmetry and moat. Like Niemeyer’s public buildings in Brasilia, the effect of deep arcades and colonnades around the building is the creation of deep shadowed facades, also suggesting a difference from generic building types. The interest in pure geometry had been escalating in Grounds’ work, but extends back to the Round (Henty) House (1950). Conrad Hamann suggests that the Academy of Sciences draws from Eero Saarinen’s Kresge Auditorium (1950-55) at MIT, being also a “large scale geometric work”[25] which Grounds is believed to have visited. Precedent for Grounds’ use of arches, or arcades, is not immediately apparent, especially given the simultaneous nature of the Niemeyer work in Brasilia. The Academy represents Grounds’ first use of the arch, and can be seen as a prototype to the monumental National Gallery of Victoria completed in 1968. Normally regarded as a massive enlargement of Grounds’ experimental own house in Hill Street, Toorak, Melbourne (1952-53), the National Gallery is different to this house via the use of the central arch (forming a single arch arcade), rather than conventional doorway on the house. The common denominator between Academy of Sciences and National Gallery, as public buildings, is the use of an archway – suggesting Grounds is using it as a civic device. The reworking of the arch and arcade is a strategy that that does not involve pure invention in architectural language, but operations and reconfiguration of an existing language still alive in the consciousness of often classically trained architects. For a general population that sees civic buildings as pre-modern, and modern architecture as the style of reconstruction - mass housing, industry and commerce; the arch can connote the civic. This proposition, whether true or not, seems to be the assumption by which the featured architects in this paper rely on for design of these institutional and civic projects. The arch however in the pre-modern period was not an exceptional device, and featured on many types of buildings. Only with the onslaught of Modernism does the arch gain this meaning of connoting the civic as it is no longer widely used in either civic or utilitarian buildings. The projects examined in this paper use repeating arches, often to form arcades rather than singular arch openings in studied civic projects. Repetition is a key tenet of modernism, as is the use of new materials and technologies. The projects these Architects develop around 1957 all show a major departure from the universality and non-referential qualities of the ‘International Style’ or Modernism generally[26], as they all attempt to distinguish their new civic buildings from the postwar city that is becoming dominated by Modernism itself, as it became the default architectural style. [1] Sarah Williams Goldhagen, Louis Kahn’s Situated Modernism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2001, p129 [2] Goldhagen, Louis Kahn’s Situated Modernism, p131 [5] Aaron Green, An Architecture for Democracy: Frank Lloyd Wright The Marin County Civic Center, Walsworth Press, Marceline, Missouri, 1990, p 21. [6] Donald W. Hoppen, The Seven Ages of Frank Lloyd Wright, Dover, Mineola NY, 1993 [7] In both George Lucas’ early film THX-1138 (1971) and Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca (1997) the centre is filmed as a futuristic building. [8] Robert McCarther, Frank Lloyd Wright, Phaidon, London, 1999, pp. 325 [9] McCarther, Frank Lloyd Wright, p. 325 [10] Established from and thanks to Laurie Thompson from the Marin County Library. The Court House was destroyed by fire in 1971. Local Government in the US is linked with the judicatory, hence the accommodation of the county administration within the court house, and the Hall of Justice and Administration wings being the two ‘arms’ of the Wright scheme, pivoting out from the domed library. [11] Established from an internet search, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer.html [12] Lauro Cavalcanti, ‘Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Modernism’, Oscar Niemeyer – A Legend of Modernism, Birkhauser, Basel, 2003, p34 [13] Andreas, Paul, ‘Oscar Niemeyer and Landscape’, Oscar Niemeyer – A Legend of Modernism, Birkhauser, Basel, 2003, p78 [14] Niemeyer, Oscar, ‘My Architecture’, Oscar Niemeyer – A Legend of Modernism, Birkhauser, Basel, 2003, p131 [15] P. Kohane and M Hill, ‘The eclipse of a commonplace idea: decorum in architectural theory’, Architectural Research Quarterly, vol.5, no.1, 2001 [16] Valerie Fraser, Building the New World: Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America 1930-1960, Verso, London, 2000, p.232 [17] The Ministry of Justice can be seen in background of this image, showing the relationship between the two buildings, and the void of the Monumental Axis in between. This photograph is inexplicably printed in reverse in this book on pages 90 and 91 of Oscar Niemeyer – A Legend of Modernism, Birkhauser, Basel, 2003. [18] Andreas and Flagge, (Oscar Niemeyer – A Legend of Modernism) date both projects to 1962, but list a first design of Itamaraty Palace to 1960, suggesting both designs as built were made at the same time in 1960. Niemeyer’s website (http://www.niemeyer.org.br/0scarNiemeyer/arquitetura.htm) however dates the design of the Ministry of Justice in 1957 and Itamaraty Palace to 1962. Other texts provide other dates. [19] Justin Reed, ‘Alternative Functions: Oscar Niemeyer and the Poetics of Modernity’ in Modernism / Modernity, Vol 12, Number 2, John Hopkins University Press, 2005, p.266 [20] Fraser, Building the New World, p.219 [21] In a recent interview with the author, June 2005 [22] Conrad Hamann, ‘Roy Grounds 1905-, Frederick Romberg 1913- and Robin Boyd 1919-1971’ in Architects of Australia, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981 [23] Often cited as such, Dr. Doug Evans has used the term - http://users.tce.rmit.edu.au/e03159/ModMelb/mm2/modmelbprac2/rg/groundsbio.htm [24] From The Dome: The story of its construction by the Academy of Sciences, Canberra, located on its website - http://www.science.org.au/dome/story.htm [25] Hamann, Roy Grounds 1905-, Frederick Romberg 1913- and Robin Boyd 1919-1971’ p138 [26] Examples of modern architects using arches is rare before the mid 1950s, one notable exception being the Palacio de la Civilización Italiana (G. Guerrini, E.B. La Padula, M. Romano, 1938), brought to the world’s attention as part of the EUR (Exposición Universal de Roma) in 1942. This notable structure features a regular array of simple arch opens in a white rectangular prism, and recalls directly the Italian classical tradition.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2099
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__label__wiki	0.837872	0.837872	Home Kids North Shore community rallies against intolerance Times of Middle Country Times of Smithtown Village Beacon Record Village Times Herald by Victoria Espinoza - November 30, 2016 Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D) holds up signs kids made in support of peace. Photo by Victoria Espinoza By Victoria Espinoza The divisive nature of the 2016 presidential election is still affecting many Americans, and racist, anti-Semitic and other xenophobic actions have occurred in some communities. Local legislators, police officers, school administrators and religious leaders gathered at the Tri Community Youth Association in Huntington Nov. 23 to preach inclusivity and acceptance after several hate-driven incidents were reported. Two weeks ago, police said multiple swastikas were found spray painted on walls at Northport High School, and town officials said residents have reported hearing hateful language as well. Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) said parents and community members need to teach children the importance of accepting one another. “One of these incidents is one too many,” he said during the Huntington event. “It’s our responsibility to speak out against it and educate our youth of the ramifications of such actions.” A local rabbi holds up another sign encouraging unity. Photo by Victoria Espinoza Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) echoed the sentiment. “I want to take this opportunity to come together, to speak to our anxieties, our fears, our concerns that have been spurred by acts of predominantly ignorance,” Spencer said at the event. “We now have a new generation of young people that may not have experienced the Holocaust or the civil rights movement, and this call of unity is not speaking against acts for any particular group, but for all of us. Whether it’s with minorities, in the Jewish, Muslim, Christian community; this is condemning acts of hatred for all of us.” Spencer said he has received multiple calls from friends and colleagues detailing stories of bullying and threatening acts in recent weeks. “We are better than this. We can disagree with dignity and without being threatened or going as far as to commit a crime,” Spencer said. The legislator outlined the many resources available to the public to battle hate crimes and encourage the observation of human rights, including education programs for students, and officers who are specifically trained to recognize hate crimes and counsel victims. Rabbi Yaakov Saacks from the Chai Center in Dix Hills detailed programs offered to educators to help them teach about the Holocaust. Saacks urged teachers to give extra attention to Holocaust studies and racism studies. The rabbi said he is involved with the Memorial Library, an organization that supports Holocaust education with satellite seminars, mini grants and more to help schools teach students about the Holocaust. He also offered to travel to schools himself to teach students. “I believe a Holocaust symbol, while it’s true it’s hurtful to the Jews, the swastika … is hurtful to us all,” Saacks said. “Sixty million people died because of Hitler’s nonsense in World War II. Ten percent of those were of the Jewish faith. Fifty-four million non-Jewish people died. Over three percent of the world’s population were killed in WWII — 292,130 U.S. soldiers were killed in battle. The Iraq War was 5,000. The Civil War was 87,000. It’s not only a Jewish problem. The swastika hurt us all and hurts us all greatly.” “We are better than this. We can disagree with dignity and without being threatened or going as far as to commit a crime.” — William Spencer Kenneth Bossert, superintendent of Elwood school district as well as the vice president of the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association, agreed educators need more help teaching students about these sensitive issues. “Schools are a reflection of what’s happening in society,” Bossert said. “What children bring with them to the classroom is not only what they learn from their teachers, but what they’re learning in their homes.” Bossert said he has been an educator for more than 20 years, and this is the first presidential election he remembers that required teachers to talk about issues of race and division. “Typically, after a presidential election, the results come in and teachers instruct about lessons on the Electoral College and the popular vote and how states break it down,” he said. “The lessons were very different this year. The lessons were about community and respecting others and making everyone feel comfortable and welcome in the hallways and the classrooms.” Bossert said he wanted to correct one word used throughout the rally: tolerance. “That’s not a word I use,” he said. “The word I use is acceptance. Tolerance implies that we’re going to tolerate someone who is somehow less than we are. Acceptance implies respect, community and love for one another.” Cancer center’s Adopt a Family program warms the heart by TBR Staff - November 29, 2016 Students in teacher Eric Gustafson’s fourth-grade class at Setauket Elementary School hold wrapped gifts to be donated. Photo from Three Village school district By Rebecca Anzel Opportunities for warming hearts abound during the holiday season and those who give tend to receive much more. Five years ago, when Linda Bily, cancer patient advocacy and community outreach director at Stony Brook Cancer Center, and others noticed some patients did not have family members to share the holidays with, she started the Adopt a Family program. The first year, 20 families were “adopted” by 20 departments, which donated gifts such as winter coats, new sneakers and gift cards for grocery stores and gas stations. This year, Bily estimates that 75 families will be adopted by departments and community groups. “This is a good thing for patients going through chemo because it’s one less thing they have to worry about,” Bily said. “The people that donate the gifts get as much out of it as the patients — and they always go above and beyond. It makes them feel good to do it.” From left, Stony Brook ‘elves’ Maryellen Bestenheider, Mary Alice Plant and Michele Hass make the season bright for some cancer patients and their families. Photo from Stony Brook Cancer Center Patients and their families are nominated by the nursing staff and social workers. The only requirements are that they receive treatment at the cancer center and are facing financial hardship. Alicia McArdle has been a social worker at the cancer center for two years and nominates families to participate in the program. She said what separates this program from others like it is that it includes cancer patients of all ages, not just children. “So many people are nominated, it’s unbelievable,” McArdle said. “It’s a way to give our patients joy during a difficult time, and it definitely brightens their days.” Once a patient agrees to participate he or she gives Bily a wish list. It contains items like a new pair of sweatpants, music, or gloves — never anything like a new Xbox or cellphone, Bily said “You wouldn’t believe how a new pair of sneakers and a really warm winter jacket can change someone’s life,” McArdle said. “It really helps because most of our patients want to pay their bills first and they put themselves last. It’s nice to put them first for once, and they’re so appreciative for it.” Only first names are shared, in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Bily said once a group has participated in the program, it almost always does so again. That’s true of the cancer center’s radiology department, which has adopted a family every year. Elizabeth Kramer said her 22-person department looks forward to the holiday tradition. “We’re all very fortunate and we want to help these people that are in need,” she said. “A lot of them cannot afford to buy gifts for their family, so we enjoy purchasing and wrapping presents for them.” Radiology is adopting a family of four this year — a mom, a dad and two children. Kramer said the father asked for music to relax and “zone out” while he receives chemo. Kramer added the radiology department always purchases a supermarket gift card as well. In December 2014, Judith Mitchell, a mother of five was receiving radiation at the center to treat her breast cancer, and she needed help. She knew she would have trouble affording gifts such as clothes and shoes for her holiday presents for her children. Mitchell was asked by cancer center staff if she wanted to participate in the program. “The program was a blessing because there’s no way we could have done for these children what our adopters had done,” she said. “It’s nice to know that people are really willing to help others who cannot help themselves, because sometimes when you have cancer, it’s hard. My cancer did not affect me alone, it affected my whole family.” “What’s nice about this program is that it’s giving and it warms the heart. “It’s such a beautiful experience being able to provide gifts and it gets your mind off yourself during the holiday season.” — Jennifer Scarlatos Business owners in the community also get involved. “What’s nice about this program is that it’s giving and it warms the heart,” Jennifer Scarlatos, co-owner of Toast Coffeehouse in Port Jefferson, said. “It’s such a beautiful experience being able to provide gifts and it gets your mind off yourself during the holiday season.” She participated in the program with her employees last year, and also helped her daughter’s fourth-grade class at Setauket Elementary School adopt a family. Teacher Eric Gustafson said it was a great opportunity to remind his students of the importance of giving — not just receiving. He remembered the children excitedly telling each other about gifts they picked out while they all wrapped the presents together. “It was such a fun day and the kids really got into it,” he said. “Once you put together everything they bought, it made for a pretty impressive pile, and it put us in the spirit of giving.” Gustafson encouraged other classrooms to participate, and Kramer added churches and other groups should consider it as well. Port Jeff parade kicks off holiday season by Alex Petroski - November 28, 2016 Kids and adults alike line the streets of Port Jefferson for the annual Santa Parade down Main Street Nov. 26. Photo by Alex Petroski Floats carrying various Port Jefferson groups join Santa in the village's annual parade down Main Street Nov. 26. Photo by Alex Petroski Pets in holiday attire are among those in the crowd for Port Jefferson Village's annual Santa Parade Nov. 26. Photo by Alex Petroski Santa comes to Port Jefferson Nov. 26. Photo by Alex Petroski The spirit of Charles Dickens lives during Port Jefferson's annual Santa Parade Nov. 26. Photo by Alex Petroski The Port Jefferson community lined Main Street in the village Nov. 26 to welcome a very special visitor. The annual Santa Parade saw the man himself riding his sleigh through the streets for hundreds of onlookers, along with floats from local Boy Scout troops, the Port Jefferson Ferry, the Chamber of Commerce, the Village Board and many more. Port Jefferson’s annual Dickens Festival begins Dec. 3. Comsewogue named ‘Family Place Library’ by Heidi Sutton - November 23, 2016 Photo courtesy of Comsewogue Public Library ‘LITERACY BEGINS AT BIRTH’ The Comsewogue Public Library in Port Jefferson Station recently announced that it has officially become a Family Place Library. Family Place Libraries redesign the library environment to be welcoming and appropriate for children beginning at birth and connect parents with resources, programs and services. Pictured from left are Kristen Todd-Wurm, Christine Kowalski, Director Debra Engelhardt, Audrey Asaro, Debbie Bush and Amanda Pendzick. Book Review: ‘Dylan the Singing Duck’ Reviewed by Rebecca Anzel A family of ducks living near a river by author Stacey Moshier’s home in Mastic was the inspiration for her new children’s book “Dylan the Singing Duck” (Squidgy Press). This 52-page book, with illustrations by Barry Sachs, is the heartwarming story of how a little duck, with the encouragement of new friends, discovers the importance of never giving up on a dream. Moshier recently took time out from writing new stories to answer a few questions about her first book and new-found passion for writing. Tell me a little bit about your background. I’m actually a New York State certified teacher. I subbed for many, many years in various districts but just didn’t land that full-time position. Tell me about the book. The story is about a little duck named Dylan who wants to sing. Despite everybody laughing at him or thinking that who heard of a singing duck, he still holds on to that and goes for it. With the help of some friends, he finally achieves that dream. How would you describe Dylan? I would say initially shy — determined though. And just a good little guy. What inspired you to write this book? One summer we had moved into a new house by a river, and there was a family of ducks there. On a whim I just started writing. My family was coming together. You have to believe in a dream, that it’s going to be okay and believe in each other and trust in that. That’s where that idea came from. And then, of course, not giving up on yourself and believing in your goals and dreams. I always want a lesson to be behind [a story] that you can carry with you throughout your life. Dylan’s lesson was “don’t give up on yourself, believe in your dreams.” I didn’t set out to be a writer but it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I’m working on other stories. Of course, life gets ahead of you, and you have to find the time. I have a bunch of ideas in my head so that’s pretty much how I got into it. I did it not knowing that I was a writer, but I am. How did it feel when you saw the final book? The publishing was like a dream come true. I couldn’t believe I did it. It was a very proud accomplishment to be published. What do you hope children will learn from reading your book? That they can be whatever they want to be and never to give up on themselves, and that it’s okay to be different. Tell me a little about the new stories you’re working on. One is going to be called “Why So Mean Norma-Jean?” It’s about anti-bullying. There are two cats, Norma-Jean and Babies. They are my cats actually. The other one is called “I Love You Just As Much.” It’s about Francesca who has been the only child for five years and now they’re having a baby. She’s not thrilled. And then the third one is “Tumbling Timothy Jay.” It’s about a turtle who wants to be a gymnast. Through the help of his friends he tries to overcome his obstacle. What advice would you give to someone who is writing their first book? Don’t give up — go for it. Even though it’s hard to get published, don’t give up that dream. If you have an idea and you’re inspired to write, do it. I carry a notebook around with me all the time. I write little things that come to my head, even if it’s just an idea. At least it came to my head, and I wrote it down and maybe I don’t do anything with it for a little bit, but I have it. Why do you think reading to a child is important? I know kids are all into the Kindle and all the electronics. But the physical act of holding a book is just the best thing of all. Just for you to actually read to that child I think inspires a love of reading and an interest in it. You know, if they see a parent or teacher or someone holding a book to read it to them, and they sit and enjoy it, I think that promotes a love of reading. Readers can contact Moshier by phone (631-618-5889) or email (dylansadventures@gmail.com) for an autographed copy of “Dylan the Singing Duck,” which the author will send with free shipping anywhere on Long Island. Gingerbread House contest underway A previous year’s entry depicts Port Jefferson’s Village Hall. File photo by Heidi Sutton Calling all gingerbread house enthusiasts and architects! Time to start your ovens! Suffolk Lodge No. 60 Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons will be hosting its 6th Annual Gingerbread House Contest during the 21st annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Dec. 3 and 4. Every year thousands of people attend this wonderful festival to see the transformation of Port Jefferson Village into a town out of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” All Gingerbread House Contest submissions will be on display during the festival in the basement of the Port Jefferson Masonic Temple, 312 Main Street on Dec. 3 from noon to 10 p.m. and Dec. 4 from noon to 5 p.m. Entries will be judged for their creativity, execution and originality by a panel of judges that includes celebrated local artists and chefs. First prize in the adult category will be $500, runner-up receives $200. In the under-18 category, first prize is a $125 Amazon gift card, and runner-up is a $75 Amazon gift card. All Gingerbread House Contest entry registrations must be submitted by Sunday, Nov. 23. For complete details, printable and online registration forms and rules, please visit www.gingerli.org. For further information, call 631-339-0940. Local Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts improving Greenway Trail Local Boy Scout Troop 454 helps beautify the Greenway Trail as part of a community service project, led by James Nielsen. Photo by Alex Petroski The popular walking trail that connects Setauket and Port Jefferson Station is getting much needed TLC from some of the community’s youngest leaders. Fifteen-year-old James Nielsen of Terryville Boy Scout Troop 454 organized a clean-up effort on the Port Jefferson Station end of the Greenway Trail Oct. 29 and has future plans to create a sign post with a smartphone scannable QR code that will provide historical information alongside a bench in the trail. The plan would be part of James’ process to become an Eagle Scout. At the other end of the 3.4-mile long nature trail, Eagle Scout candidate Jake Linkletter also organized a clean-up effort and fundraised for a new kiosk in the Gnarled Hollow Road parking lot in Setauket. The cleanups were started to remove brush and litter from the trail as part of a beautification process. Charles McAteer, chairman of the not-for-profit organization Friends of the Greenway Trail, is grateful for all of the work being done by local Scouts, which he called “invaluable.” “This community spirit is what has and continues to make the Greenway the community gem we all hoped it would be,” McAteer said in an email. “Civic groups like Scouts have contributed via their fundraising thousands of dollars for improvements to the trail as well as hundreds of man hours in cleanups and creating the various improvements. As mentioned, all to help the community keep the Greenway clean — fulfilling the needs of our citizens.” James said he feels the community service efforts are important because it shows how many people care about the area and its trail. “I’ve [been] sending out emails to the people in my troop and the people I’ve been working with on the project — the fundraising people who have been working to get my project improved — It’s been a bit of work, but I’ve been glad for all the help that I’ve been getting,” he said. “I feel like it’s a good community.” James attends JFK Middle School, and his parents Steven and Jean are both teachers in the Comsewogue School District. From left Marc Difilippo, Jake Linkletter, AJ Colletta and David Linkletter install a new kiosk on the Setauket end of the trail. Photo by Nick Koridis “It has been an unbelievable experience to watch him,” James’ father said of his son. “When he started he was kind of shy and introverted, and to watch him grow throughout the years in Scouts — taking a leadership role … I’m so proud of him.” James’ mother stressed the importance of doing something positive to benefit the community. “It’s really nice to see something positive in Port Jefferson Station,” she said. “I feel like living here forever, we need some things to be proud of, some things for our community. But to have some pride, and see all of these residents working together, it’s just very, very exciting. I’m proud of James and the Boy Scouts.” Strathmore Bagels in Setauket donated bagels on the morning of the cleanup. James has also set up a crowd-funding website where community members can donate money to support his project. He has received almost $450 in donations, and his ultimate goal is to raise $800. To contribute to his efforts visit www.youcaring.com/james-nielsen-659986. Rocky Point robotics team gets financial backing by Desirée Keegan - November 16, 2016 The Rocky Point GearHeadz with coach Chris Pinkenburg, a physicist at Brookhaven National Lab. File photo by Desirée Keegan “It’s finally happening,” award-winning Rocky Point-area robotics coach Chris Pinkenburg said. “After six years in the making we will have a FIRST Robotics Competition team.” This was the goal for him and his GearHeadz since day one. The team competed in lower divisions in the FIRST LEGO League to build experience and grow to be able to compete in the higher-level league. In February, the team was crowned Second Place Champions in the FLL Long Island Championship Tournament and went on to represent the area in the North American Open Invitational Championship Tournament in May. The GearHeadz competed against 74 teams — all regional and state champions from the U.S. and Canada, as well as international guests from Germany and South Korea. The team’s hard work paid off, as the GearHeadz claimed second place in programming in its final year as an FLL team. This award recognizes a team that utilizes outstanding programming principles, including clear, concise and reusable code that allows their robot to perform challenge missions autonomously and consistently. The team also placed in fifth place overall. “It’s very heartening to see kids involved in this kind of work. We’re proud of what they have been able to accomplish and we wish them more success in the future.” — Jane Alcorn It is the second championship win in a row for two members, and the third championship win for two of the founding members. As a result of its continued growth, the GearHeadz gained a new science connection. The GearHeadz now have affiliation with the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe in Shoreham, and the future collaboration will help the team as it ventures into the FRC. A more advanced team needs more space than the Pinkenburgs’ basement, which is where the team currently practices and builds. “Space is the biggest problem, so I approached the Tesla Science Center in April or May to see if they would be interested to host a robotics team,’ Pinkenburg said. “They are absolutely in favor of this. It also fits well into their plans for the science center.” The Tesla Science Center, while currently working on turning some of the lab into a museum, is also working on hosting space for local community groups and an incubator where scientists can conduct experiments, build and share ideas. While the space is not going to be ready for this upcoming season, which begins in January, the plan is to move to permanent housing next season. “With the Tesla Science Center we have a long-term future,” Pinkenburg said. The center’s president, Jane Alcorn, hopes the partnership will give the team more visibility and said it’s exactly the kind of thing the site wants to foster and work with and would like the team to one day be Tesla’s GearHeadz. “Since Tesla is one of the fathers of robotics it seems very appropriate,” she said. Nikola Tesla also invented the first remote control. “Part of our mission is to have groups like this.” The Rocky Point-based robotics team, GearHeadz, after competing in the North American Open Invitational Tournament. File photo from Chris Pinkenburg But besides space, an FRC team needs more money. That’s where Bohemia-based North Atlantic Industries came in. The organization contacted Pinkenburg after FIRST pointed it in Rocky Point’s direction. The company offered to sponsor the GearHeadz with up to $6,000 dollars in matching funds. “This was really great news,” Pinkenburg said. “It was the breakthrough we needed.” In order to compete in 2017, the GearHeadz must raise at least $15,000 to purchase equipment and pay the FRC fees. The six-week season begins in January, but the team must come up with the funding by mid-November. So far, the group has raised close to $3,000, and the matching grant enables the team to pay for the $6,000 registration fee that is due this month. The registration comes with a robot base kit and one competition, which will take place from the end of March to the beginning of April at Hofstra University. “We still need additional material for the robot — you are allowed to spend $4,000 but my guess is that it’ll be around $1,500,” Pinkenburg said. “We need tools — we have some promises for donations in that department already — and we would like to participate in a second competition, which is another $4,000. That’s where the $15,000 comes from. If we match the money from North Atlantic Industries we’ll be close to this.” Pinkenburg said from his team’s past experience he believes the GearHeadz are well-prepared to have a good start in its new division. Since it’s a community-based team — not limited by school district boundaries when accepting new members — he hopes that the team can continue to grow. “I hope that this will turn into something where many kids from the North Shore communities profit from,” he said. Information about the team and a sponsor form may be found on the GearHeadz’ website at www.rockypointroboticsclub.com. The group also set up a GoFundMe site: www.gofundme.com/Gearheadz. “We’re excited to see what this robotics club can do, especially since they’re doing so well,” Alcorn said. “It’s very heartening to see kids involved in this kind of work. We’re proud of what they have been able to accomplish and we wish them more success in the future.” Photo from PJCC THAT’S BRILLIANT! The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce recently announced the winner of its annual scarecrow competition that was held in conjunction with the village’s Harvest Fest. Port Jefferson Juniors & Cadet Girl Scout Troop 1390 beat out the competition with their scarecrow, ‘Harry Potter’s Hermione.’ The group wins a $50 gift card to The Pie in Port Jefferson. Congratulations! Take a Scarecrow Walk down East Main Street through November to view all the wonderful entries. Send your Photo of the Week to leisure@tbrnewspapers.com. Eye on Education: Navigating the college application process By Judith Burke-Berhannan New technology influences everything, including your child’s college application process. Websites, social media and streaming videos may be more common than catalogs as sources of information for the college-bound child, but the fundamentals of applying for college remain the same — along with the anxiety and anticipation. So how do you help your children make the most of their college search and selection process? Talk to your child about his or her interests, strengths and goals early. During sophomore and junior year, keep college in focus by including him or her in conversations with family, friends and associates about their college experiences and take advantage of college planning and guidance resources available through your high school and library. Help your child compile a checklist of what he or she wants in a college, so that by senior year, they can explain their reasons for applying. Research options by exploring college websites together. For example, the Stony Brook University website features a virtual tour, blogs from current students and tools to help you plan for college costs and scholarship opportunities. The summer before senior year is an ideal time to tour college campuses and review essay topics and application deadlines. Encourage your child to complete all college applications before Thanksgiving. Remember that application and scholarship deadlines are non-negotiable. At the same time, establish an email account for your child’s college correspondence. Colleges will correspond with applicants primarily by email, so make sure your child checks the account regularly and responds quickly throughout the application process. Remind them that all college correspondence is professional and their writing style should be formal to reflect how serious they are about applying. Make sure they use proper grammar and etiquette and don’t use any casual shorthand commonly used in text messages and on social media — in other words, no acronyms, abbreviations or emojis! But remember, when it’s time to write essays and talk with the people who will provide letters of recommendation, step aside. This is your child’s college experience, not yours. Admissions committees can detect essays written by professionals and parents. Empower your student to take ownership of the process. Finally, take a step back and relax. Be confident that with the proper preparation and a positive outlook, your child will be successful in his or her college search. Judith Burke-Berhannan is the dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Stony Brook University. 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__label__cc	0.537303	0.462697	Julien Raffalli: Pole Vaulting; an art, not a science (Part 2) Julien Raffalli presents to UK pole vault coaches on his coaching and training philosophy and how his French influence has guided this, the programe he sets for his athletes, how he develops athletes from Junior to Senior level and the importance he places on gaining International competition experience. Julien Raffalli, was born in France, where he trained as a pole vaulter under the tutelage of his father, Jean-Francois. He achieved his personal best of 5.20m as a junior. It became the good fortune of British pole vault when he was forced to move to Manchester with work and has developed one of the premier pole vault groups in the country. Coach to Katie Byres, British Junior Record holder and P.B. of 4.52m at only 18 years of age, and Andy Sutcliffe, European Junior bronze medallist and personal best of 5.55m. He also Coach current British Record holder indoors and out, Holly Bleasdale from when she started in the sport to her 4.87m indoor personal best and 6th place in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Other parts in the series: Greg Hull: The Art of Coaching Women Part 1 Kienbaum 09: Vincenzo Canali - Pole Vault Event Specific: Jumps MasterClass: Preparation for Major Championships Blog: The Vault Britain Series 2014	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2107
__label__wiki	0.761776	0.761776	Iraq - Since July, over 2,000 bodies have been excavated in the western part of Mosul, after the city was cleared from Daesh in June, an Iraqi official said on Friday. Speaking to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, the civil defense official of Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, Saad Hamid, said that more than 2,100 civilian bodies were found under the ruins. Hamid said that during their work the team faced “lack of equipment and various security problems such as Deash members firing from hide outs, bunkers, tunnels or basements”. There are still nearly 400 to 500 bodies which need to be removed from the ruins which could take up to two months to finish the work, Hamid added. In June, the Iraqi army retook the northern city of Mosul, regional capital of Nineveh province, from the terrorist group after a nine-month campaign. In August, Daesh was driven from Nineveh’s Tal Afar district following a week long army operation. middleeastmonitor.com	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2114
__label__wiki	0.831662	0.831662	Sister Mary John Baptist de Lacy: The Irish Sister and the English Bishop Three of the five Sisters of Charity who arrived in Sydney in 1838: Sr Mary Xavier Williams, Mother Mary John Cahill, and Sr Mary De Sales O’Brien. No images of Srs Mary Laurence Cator and Mary Baptist De Lacy are known... On a gusty summer morning, 31 December 1838, five women dressed in the sombre robes of the Irish Sisters of Charity disembarked from the Francis Spaight after their six-month voyage from Dublin. Mother Mary John Cahill, Sister Mary John Baptist De Lacy, Sister Mary Lawrence Cater, Sister Mary Francis De Sales O’Brien, Sister Mary Xavier Williams (then a novice) were the first religious sisters to arrive in the penal colony of New South Wales. The women had come at the specific request of the Bishop of Sydney, Bishop Polding, who had travelled to Ireland to share with Mother Mary Augustine Aikenhead, the founder of the Sisters of Charity order, his concerns about the spiritual wellbeing of the women convicts in the colony, especially the intractable women (primarily Irish) who had been sent to the Female Factory in Parramatta . He begged Mary Aikenhead to send a group of sisters to New South Wales to help these convict women and the colony generally. The Female Factory In an address given in the Catholic Cathedral of Sydney on 6 January 1839, Polding described them as being ‘filled with courage not belonging to their sex’. It wasn’t long before he was to view these Irish nuns as a thorn in his English side and as intractable as the Irish convicts in the Female Factory in Parramatta. The Sisters of Charity had been founded in Dublin in 1815 by Mary Aikenhead with the special mission of serving the poor, but as the daughter of an apothecary Aikenhead gave special emphasis to the care of the sick poor. In 1834, she had opened St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, and it was soon recognised as the premier hospital in the city. Mary Aikenhead had listened sympathetically to Bishop Polding’s request. She asked for volunteers to make the long journey, and five sisters agreed to go. They were all educated and cultured women and at least two - De Lacy and O'Brien - had formal nursing skills. Alicia De Lacy, later Sister Mary John Baptist De Lacy, was born in Limerick, Ireland, on 1 July 1799 into a landed family that had fallen on hard times. In 1835, having heard that volunteers were sought to join a mission to New South Wales, she entered the Sisters of Charity as a novice and professed on 25 September 1837. She gained nursing experience at the newly opened St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin before her journey to Australia. When the five Sisters of Charity arrived, the Female Factory was severely overcrowded and had become famous for its riots. Even the attending Roman Catholic priest had given up calling there to celebrate mass on Sunday, because of the ‘blasphemy and general bad conduct of the inmates’. The women were willing to accept the Irish sisters, who visited twice a day, giving religious instruction, treating the sick and giving school lessons for the children. The sisters also lobbied the government successfully for improved conditions. But Archbishop Polding was an English Benedictine and he subjected the women to constant interference, trying to get them to accept the Benedictine Rule. More seriously, despite his assurances to Aikenhead that he would provide for the sisters, he kept them in severe and unrelenting poverty. The sisters had no money of their own. Assuming that Polding would care for them, when they arrived in the colony they had refused a government offer to pay them a stipend directly, saying that under their rule any service given to the poor must be done without payment. This decision was to cause them great suffering. Although Polding received a government stipend on behalf of the sisters, he withheld it from them. Nor did he give them the sum of £2,000 that had been sent out with them on the voyage to Sydney. Instead, he demanded that they write to Dublin and ask Aikenhead to send them the dowries they had paid when they entered the order. When the money arrived, the Bishop did not release it to the sisters. Their early years in the colony were haunted by desperate poverty and actual hunger. By 1847, De Lacy was Superior of eight other sisters who had joined the order. She was the only one of the original five sisters still in New South Wales, as the others had moved to Tasmania (primarily to escape Polding). The dark-robed Sisters of Charity were often to be seen in the city, walking many miles each day to assist at the Sydney Infirmary and attend at the prisons. They became known for visiting and treating the sick poor in their homes, no matter whether the patient was Catholic or not. It had become clear to the people of Sydney (if not to Polding) that the Sisters of Charity needed a permanent residence. Also that Sydney needed a new hospital. What could be better, suggested the city’s luminaries, than to house the nuns in a free Catholic hospital, based on the model established at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin? And who could run it better than the redoubtable De Lacy, ‘who had devoted her whole life to the relief of the sick, and to the comfort of the poor’ and was surely ‘equally entitled to gratitude with Miss Nightingale'? And so, at Tarmons, a substantial villa in Woolloomooloo Heights (now Potts Point) was purchased with the assistance of subscribers. In 1857 that the Sisters of Charity founded St Vincent’s Hospital there. Tarmons As the first Superioress of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney De Lacy and used her skills to negotiate the financial and practical needs of the organisation. As reported in The Sydney Mail in 1866, she was creative in her efforts for the hospital: The Sisters on entering into possession at once devoted the best apartments in the building to hospital purposes. But so much had to be done, and so much purchased, that it was not until August, 1857, that the hospital was thrown open to the public. At first the Sisters were only able to provide a single ward for female patients; and, but for the energy and influence of their Superioress, there would probably have been a still longer delay. This lady got together a number of such ladies as were liberally disposed and as possessed the means of indulging this disposition, and prevailed upon them to contribute each a bedstead, bed, and bedding. By all accounts, Sister Mary De Lacy was an extremely hard worker, assisting at all levels of hospital management, including nursing and the dispensing of prescription medications and in the training of other nursing sisters. And she was scrupulous in implementing Mary Aikenhead’s policy: that the Sisters of Charity would help people of any race, colour or creed. She had a special alcove near the wards set aside for her, where she could catch some sleep when nursing a patient overnight. Despite her dedication to her patients and the hospital, De Lacy faced a great deal of opposition from Archbishop Polding. He did not approve of St Vincent’s or De Lacy, and he especially did not approve of the ecumenical nature of the hospital. There is no known picture of De Lacy, but this is a representation of her Matters came to a head in 1859, when Polding’s zealous chaplain, Father Kenyon, removed a donation of Protestant Bibles that De Lacy had accepted for the use of Protestant patients. There was outrage in Sydney at this, and Polding was reminded that subscriptions for the hospital had been raised on the basis that St Vincent’s would welcome patients of all religions. Polding backed down and the Bibles were returned. But his dislike of De Lacy, who had allowed the Bibles to be accepted and used in the hospital, increased. A short time later, when the hospital's supply of water ran short, Dr Robertson (the hospital's Protestant doctor), and De Lacy used a hand-pump to draw water from some tanks in the front of the convent without asking for the permission of the whole sisterhood to do so. This provided the excuse Polding needed. He demoted De Lacy from her position as mother rectoress of the hospital and and inexperienced woman of Polding’s choosing was given the position instead. It was the last insult for De Lacy, who gave up the fight and asked for permission to return to Ireland. Still Polding's vendetta continued. Not only did he refuse De Lacy's request, he insisted that her vow of poverty meant she owned nothing except the clothes she was wearing. Thus she had no means to pay for the journey home to Ireland. Polding thought that was an end to it, but De Lacy was very much liked and admired in Sydney. Community outrage at her treatment led to public subscriptions that raised the funds for her voyage home. The Freeman’s Journal of 8 June 1859 lamented the departure of ‘Australia's Florence Nightingale’ in fulsome prose: "The tribute paid by her co-religionists to the lady who just left the colony will, no doubt, meet with general response. We hear, on every hand, testimonies to her amiable character and serene beneficence. She has been described to us as strongly realising the ideal of some of those characters of the Middle Ages delineated in the writings of Scott … We are not less strongly attached to the distinguishing principles of Protestantism, because we cherish towards these virtues a feeling of the highest veneration, whether in a Fry, a Nightingale, or a De Lacy." On her return to Ireland, she was welcomed back by the Irish Sisters of Charity. Polding, however, would not let the matter rest. He wrote to Archbishop Cullen in Dublin, insisting that the archbishop order De Lacy to return to Sydney or excommunicate her for disobeying his orders. Archbishop Cullen's reply was firm but polite. He told Polding that Sister Mary was doing good work in Dublin and as she was rather advanced in age (she was 60) it would be best to let her remain in Ireland. Appalled by Polding's actions, De Lacy's supporters in Sydney wrote to the Vatican, demanding an end to the Archbishop’s persecution of the nun and of the Australian Sisters of Charity generally. The Vatican undertook an investigation into the matter, and to Polding’s utter chagrin, he was called to account for his treatment of the Sisters. He no doubt considered himself to be the victim of an Irish conspiracy. Things settled down at St Vincent’s when Sister Veronica O’Brien assumed the hospital’s management. Educated in France and a first cousin of Sir Dominic Corrigan, an eminent Dublin physician, she was by all accounts an excellent superioress. Sister Mary John Baptist De Lacy died in Ireland on 12 December 1878 at the age of 79, and was buried near the grave of Mary Aikenhead at Donnybrook, near Dublin (right). In recognition of her contribution to health care in Australia, De Lacy Place in Canberra was named in her honour. 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__label__cc	0.520471	0.479529	The Theosophical Society in Maryland, Inc. 523 N. Charles Street, 2nd floor · Baltimore Md. 21201 Our Centennial History of The Theosophical Society in Maryland Directions to the Lodge Library at the Theosophical Society in Maryland TS-MD: Reminders for March 12th, 15th and 19th Mar 11, 2017 By Ann in Events at the Lodge, Featured Event There will be no program this Sunday, March 12th because getting to the lodge and parking will be difficult. The St Patrick’s Parade starts a block away at 2pm at the Washington Monument, and proceeds south on Charles Street, to “celebrate Irish culture, music, song, and dance.” Enjoy! This coming Wednesday evening, March 15th, is the third Wednesday of the month for Library Night. Our library is open for browsing and interesting discussions from 6-8 pm. Free and open to all. Parking on our block is free after 6 pm. On Sunday, March 19th, 1-3 pm, our programs resume with Leonard Jackson Jr’s talk – A Theosophical View of America’s Destiny, Part II. He will continue to explore the esoteric events surrounding the founding and early days of the United States. There will be a recap of Part I for those who could not attend his earlier talk. All programs at our center are free and open to the public. « TS-MD: Sunday, March 5th- Open Discussion; No Program on March 12th » TS-MD: Sunday, 3/19, 1-3 pm-America and Americans: Then, Now, Tomorrow TS-MD: Meditation for World Peace tonight The parent organization of our lodge, the Theosophical Society in America (TSA) has started a special monthly meditation online, on the last Friday of the month, 7-7:30 Central Time. It is open to all. For more information, please go to this link. Join the Baltimore Theosophical Society Baltimore TS News Letter From the Lodge President National TS Links Theosophical Society in America Theosophical Society in America on Facebook Other Theosophical Society Links Theosophical Society in Washington DC (National Capital Lodge) Theosophical Order of Service (USA) Theosophy Wiki © The Theosophical Society in Maryland, Inc. 2020	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2123
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__label__wiki	0.948296	0.948296	TraderNorth.com Upstate New York Conservative Views Exclusive: Obama plan to ‘Power Africa’ gets off to a dim start By Joe Brock – Routers- 11-28-14 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Barack Obama last year told a cheering crowd in Cape Town that a $7 billion plan to “Power Africa” would double electricity output on the world’s poorest continent and bring “light where currently there is darkness”. A year later, the U.S. president’s flagship project for Africa has already achieved 25 percent of its goal to deliver 10,000 megawatts of electricity and bring light to 20 million households and businesses, according to its annual report. But the five-year plan has not yet delivered the power. Power Africa has not measured its progress by counting actual megawatts added to the grid but promises of additional power made in deals it says it helped negotiate, according to sources inside the project and documents seen by Reuters. Some projects facilitated by Power Africa — a program operated by the U.S. aid agency USAID — were under way years before the scheme’s inception, others are still in the planning stage. It is unclear how much of the $7 billion Obama pledged has actually been spent or if a further $20 billion in private sector investment commitments will materialize. “Saying you’ve met targets on projects that might never happen or taking the credit for projects that have been worked on for years makes me uncomfortable,” a source working on Power Africa told Reuters. “It’s misleading.” Obama’s pledge to double power generation in Africa within five years looked highly ambitious from the start. Per capita electricity output in Sub-Saharan Africa has been flat for three decades because most promised power plants never get built. “We’re dealing with megawatts on paper, rather than on the grid,” a second source working on the project said. “Is that really what Obama promised?” The first African-American U.S. president, the son of a Kenyan father, Obama has often been criticized for a lukewarm engagement in Africa, consisting more of words than deeds. “WE’RE LIKE A PHARMACIST” The 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a combined population of 800 million, produce roughly the same amount of power as Spain, a country of just 46 million. This constrains Africa’s growth and keeps hundreds of millions in poverty. Power Africa coordinator Andrew Herscowitz told Reuters there had been some confusion about the role of the program. He said it was always intended to “expedite transactions”, facilitating private investment rather than handing out aid. Herscowitz said Power Africa was there to help the private sector deliver electricity and it had already negotiated commitments from companies worth $20 billion, although he did not know how much of this money had been spent. “We’re like a pharmacist, where people come to us, we reach out to people and figure out what is needed,” he said. “In some projects we may have a lot of involvement and in some we have very little involvement.” Foreign companies sign billions of dollars of agreements with African governments to build infrastructure every year, although a large number never get built. In April 2011, the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corp., a government aid agency involved in Power Africa, signed a $350 million deal to “revitalize” Malawi’s power sector. More than three years on, 1.7 percent of that money has been spent, according to the programmer’s website, which gives no detail on progress on the ground. Memoranda of understanding Power Africa signed this year with its six focus countries — Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Liberia and Ghana — contain less than $100 million of financial commitments targeted at specific countries, most of which is for consultants. U.S. consultancy Tetra Tech won a $64 million contract and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative was given a $3 million deal. As with many African aid projects, rights groups have criticized Power Africa as mostly being a vehicle to subsidize U.S. companies. Documents show $5 billion out of the $7 billion pledged is for loans for U.S. exports from the government’s Export-Import Bank (EXIM) and Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC). TURN ON THE LIGHTS “It’s absolutely not true. Power Africa is an opportunity to turn on the lights for millions of Africans by taking investment from all over the world,” Herscowitz said. Herscowitz rejected suggestions Power Africa merely tapped into existing projects, highlighting a 5 megawatt “NextGen” solar project in Tanzania and a 30 megawatt biomass scheme in Kenya which he said “didn’t exist before Power Africa”. The NextGen project website, however, says a power purchase agreement for the solar project was signed in January 2013, six months before Power Africa was launched. It is by no means guaranteed that the Power Africa program, which has an initial five-year mandate, will continue or be seen as a priority when Obama’s final term ends in two years, U.S. government sources told Reuters. In addition, the investment banks EXIM and OPIC are fighting for their survival in Congress, where Obama’s Democratic Party was severely weakened in mid-term elections this month. In a change of tack, the U.S. government said this month it wants to partner with China on improving power in Africa. Meanwhile, corruption in the countries that Power Africa operates in remains a problem. Nigeria’s state oil company was accused last year by the then central bank governor of withholding $20 billion in oil funds due to the government, while Tanzania’s parliament is currently reviewing a report on graft in its energy sector. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2014 by UpStateEd. Astorino Campaign Highlights Now that the dust has settled and we’ve all recovered from another grueling election year, I wanted to take a moment to give you a couple of key takeaways from the campaign. Together, we worked really hard and built a great team of supporters. While the outcome was not in our favor, there is still much to be proud of. · Rob Astorino won 46 of the 62 counties in New York! In fact, when you take away the five boroughs of New York City, Rob beat Cuomo 49-46%. This is a huge change from four years ago when Cuomo won 55% of non-New York City votes. · In Monroe County, where Cuomo won in 2010 by a 2 to 1 margin, Rob became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county in 16 years. · We also broke records with the amount of individual donors who contributed to Rob’s campaign for governor. In less than a year, nearly 9,000 people invested their hard-earned money into the campaign. We are so grateful for the support! Sheriff Chris Moss said something on Election Night that has stuck with me. He said, “This is not the end of our story together, just the end of this chapter.” The support behind Rob Astorino over the last several months was both thrilling and inspiring. I look forward to our continued work together to make New York great again. Christina Sofia-Comer Finance Director, Astorino for Governor REPORT: Leaked Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton’s ‘Mafia’ By Colin Campbell Two people who are reportedly in the running to manage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign repeatedly referred to themselves as member of a “mafia” in emails to a private discussion group that were published Friday by ABC News. “F U Republicans. Mafia till I die,” wrote one of those people, Marlon Marshall. “If you have just a few minutes, hop on that activate and punish those voters!” Meanwhile, the other person, Robby Mook, once urged his fellow operatives to “smite Republicans mafia-style.” Mook and Marshall are both veterans of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and are said to be potential candidates to take the lead role in her still-unannounced 2016 effort. The emails come from a private listserv the pair participated in with their friends and other campaign veterans called “Mook Mafia.” According to ABC, the messages were leaked by an unnamed Clinton supporter who does not believe Marshall and Mook should lead Clinton’s potential White House bid. The clubby nature of the listserv led to numerous inside jokes that are less than flattering when made public. For example, Mook referred to himself as “Deacon,” and Marshall called himself “Reverend” in many of the exchanges, the report said. “First, the mafia never separates, it just continues to grow and expand and move into other states in order to destroy Republicans,” Marshall once wrote. “A special thanks to none other than the namesake himself, Deacon Robby Mook. Without him, there would be no mafia.” For the past five years, a prominent Democratic operative who is a leading contender to manage a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign has maintained a private email listserv for friends and associates that carries a provocative name: the “Mook Mafia.” The listserv, which one member said reaches more than 150 fellow campaign veterans, has been a means for Robby Mook and a close friend Marlon Marshall to stay connected with many of the operatives who would likely populate a Democratic presidential campaign in 2016. Mook and Marshall have both been mentioned as possible Hillary Clinton campaign managers. Copies of a cache of the emails obtained by ABC News, and revealed publicly for the first time, show Mook and Marshall demonstrating an aggressive tone in rallying their friends behind political causes, in exchanges that are often self-mocking and sometimes border on being profane. They include rallying cries to, in Mook’s words, “smite Republicans mafia-style,” and, to quote Marshall, “punish those voters.” Mook sometimes calls himself “Deacon” in the emails, while Marshall, now a senior White House aide, refers to himself as “Reverend” in many of the exchanges. “This is even more exciting than walking through the back of the Bellagio.” Their inside jokes sometimes come at the expense of fellow Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton. A November 2009 mock news release announcing the listserv in addition to a new website and an upcoming reunion for the “Mook Mafia” included a fabricated quote from the former president. “The Mafia has finally built a bridge to the 21st century,” Bill Clinton is jokingly quoted as having said in an email that appears to have been written by Marshall. “This is even more exciting than walking through the back of the Bellagio.” The private emails were provided to ABC News by a Democrat on the listserv who has worked alongside Mook and Marshall on previous campaigns. The person who provided the emails is, like the vast majority of those on the listserv, supportive of Hillary Clinton, but does not support the idea of Mook or Marshall holding leadership roles in a second presidential bid. They were provided on the condition of anonymity. That the emails are emerging publicly reflects the ferocious intra-battle to populate the top positions of an expected Clinton campaign. Neither Mook nor Marshall responded to requests for comment. ABC News first reached out to both men Thursday morning, by email and phone. “Crushing it mafia style.” On one level, the listserv is a testament to the loyalty Mook, 34, has inspired over a decade in national politics. His resume includes stints on Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign, running a series of state efforts for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid and managing Terry McAuliffe’s successful run for governor of Virginia last year. Marshall is also a veteran of Clinton’s 2008 campaign. He joined Obama’s field operation after the primaries, and he then served in top positions for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, often working alongside Mook along the way. He is now a special assistant to the president and serves as principal deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. The exchanges provide a window into the clubby and pugnacious motivational styles of both Mook and Marshall, two stars of their party’s universe of field organizers and operatives. The two most-recent messages to the group came just last week, on Election Day. They included a reference to a team reunion that would likely be held in New York early next year. At least some recipients saw that reference as presuming that “Mook Mafia” members would be involved in running Clinton’s likely presidential candidacy. Clinton represented New York in the Senate and is said to be considering a campaign headquarters in Westchester County. “TEAM! I was just at the DCCC last night for the GOTV [get-out-the-vote] rally, where we were in the middle of GOTV calisthenics when Nancy Pelosi walked in and said we looked like the Village People. Some things you can’t make up,” Mook wrote at 2:59 pm on Election Day. Mook continued: “This has been a tough cycle — midterms always are — but what’s been so amazing to me is how from the Senate to the House to Governor’s races and beyond, we’ve been keeping the other side on defense. So many of you have played leadershp [sic] roles building field programs, managing campaigns, or running programs from allied groups. It’s been incredibly insipiring [sic] to see.” Marshall had written the group earlier that day from Florida, where he was working – apparently in a volunteer capacity because he still works for the White House — to elect Charlie Crist as governor. “I know many of you are out there on campaigns, crushing it mafia style,” Marshall wrote. “We unfortunately didn’t do a call this year, but Robby and I wanted to start a chain to acknowledge many in our great family who have been out there busting their tails for all that is right in the world. “We also wanted you to know that this years [sic] reunion will actually be held early next year, January or February, and likely in New York for a weekend. Apologies for the late notice and for not sending anything out on a reunion. Please believe there will be one. The planning committee has just been a tad busy!” The email was signed “MM,” with Marshall adding a hashtag: #mafia4life. “F U Republicans.” The existence of a “Mook Mafia” of friends and loyalists who extend through Mook’s previous campaign work has long been known. Scattered references to the informal group have appeared in favorable Mook profiles, and a Politico story last week referenced the possible New York reunion that was mentioned on the listserv. The emails themselves, though, have not been seen publicly before. Much of the email traffic on the listserv appears to have been mundane: announcing job openings and new assignments, advertising or seeking rooms for rent in battleground states and organizing reunions in places including Las Vegas and Columbus, Ohio. In the more substantive messages, though, Marshall emerges as the more aggressive of the duo. Writing in January 2010 to urge fellow “mafia” members to work hard on behalf of Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley, Marshall offered “an overall big thank you to everyone on this list who continues to fight the good fight.” “F U Republicans. Mafia till I die,” he wrote. “If you have just a few minutes, hop on that activate and punish those voters!” (“Activate” is an apparent reference to a software program allowing volunteers to contact targeted voters by phone from anywhere in the country.) “The Mafia never separates.” The following year, in confirming news that he would be taking a new job that would include a move to Chicago, Marshall offered special thanks to Mook. “First, the mafia never separates, it just continues to grow and expand and move into other states in order to destroy Republicans,” he wrote. “A special thanks to none other than the namesake himself, Deacon Robby Mook. Without him, there would be no mafia and I for sure know I would not have learned as much as I have in this business and have this opportunity.” Mook responded by announcing “mandatory” attendance at a goodbye party for Marshall at a Capitol Hill bar. “It’s true: Marlon Marshall is leaving our fold. Today is the day the grownassman [sic] grows up and leaves for America’s Second City. I know this prodical [sic] son will return to the mafia manger soon enough to smite Republicans mafia-style,” Mook wrote. “If you can’t be here in person, join me in spirit by sending your words of love and encouragement to the Most High Grown Ass Reverend Marlon D as he embarks on his pilgrimage. Please believe and obey the beard.” Both Mook and Marshall have been discussed as potential Clinton campaign managers, should she run for president. Another top contender, Guy Cecil, may have seen his chances damaged by last week’s Republican rout because Cecil was running the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for this election cycle. Fired up Nojay ready for Dems By Jason Jordan The Evening Tribune Hornell, N.Y. Tuesday’s election saw Democrats yield the majority in the New York State Senate to Republicans, and lose seats in the State Assembly, leaving many voters to wonder if there will be a new political dynamic in Albany when the new state Legislature convenes next year. Asking Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R- District 133, Pittsford) the answer is a definite yes when he gave his reaction to last week’s election results on Monday. Nojay was re-elected to a second term in his State Assembly district as he ran unopposed. Nojay reaffirmed that the outcome of the election has not changed his priorities at all, and that going forward, Republicans would engage in what he called a “holding action” to keep downstate Democrats from pushing their agenda through the legislature. “It was a victory for Upstate and Hornell in that we’ve seen when New York City Democrats run things, it favors New York City,” he said of the election results. “It’s not good for our primary industries, manufacturing and agriculture, when Democrats are in charge,” Nojay added. He is excited that his party closing the gap on Democrats in the Assembly. “I think chances are very good that (Assembly Speaker) Sheldon Silver’s power will be diluted,” he said. Nojay believes that the election results mean that more people are beginning to open up to a Republican message that “supports free markets and personal liberties.” “Let’s face it, this is a blue state, and divided government was the best we could have possibly hoped for. The divided legislature gives us a seat at the table,” he said. Nojay then noted his intention to use that seat at the table to address issues he thinks are crucial to the region, which notably included hydrofracking, the SAFE Act, and the economy. On the issue of fracking, Nojay faulted newly re-elected Gov. Andrew Cuomo for “setting up a never ending civil war in local legislatures.” “These people are communists, using the environmental issue as a front to attack our property rights,” he said disdainfully of fracking opponents. Despite Democrats keeping the governor’s office, Nojay does not think the SAFE Act beyond repeal. “Not necessarily. Last Tuesday was a good day for the Second Amendment. It would have been better if we won the governor’s office, but it gave us the three seat majority in the Senate,” he said. Assessing the economic situation in the district, Nojay said, “Governor Cuomo has proven to be not good for our economy.” He called Cuomo’s Start-up NY program a failure. Nojay praised the local delegation to the Legislature. Cuomo had a secret re-election ‘pact’ with Republicans By Fredric U. Dicker – New York Post 11-10-14 The state’s most powerful Republican secretly worked for months to help Democratic Gov. Cuomo win re-election — in exchange for Cuomo’s promise not to aid Senate Democrats in their Long Island races, a top New York GOP leader has charged. Former state Republican Party Executive Director Michael Lawler — who managed Rob Astorino’s ill-fated gubernatorial run against Cuomo — told The Post that he learned of the alleged bombshell deal between Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos and Cuomo just days ago, after suspecting for months that it existed. “Dean Skelos clearly was working against Rob’s campaign — he and the governor cut a deal,’’ seethed Lawler, a protégé of GOP Chairman Ed Cox. The Nassau County-based Skelos and his aides “fight for nothing, stand for nothing except staying in power,’’ Lawler charged. Lawler said he found out about the alleged Skelos-Cuomo arrangement from a top political aide to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican and Skelos ally who, in a serious setback to Astorino, endorsed Cuomo last month. “We heard rumblings that Mangano was going to [endorse Cuomo], and I reached out to his folks and was told ‘absolutely not,’ that Mangano would endorse Astorino, although he would then let Cuomo use a video of him praising the governor,’’ Lawler said. “But after Mangano actually endorsed Cuomo in a video on TV, I called Mangano’s guy and said, ‘What the f–k?’ He said, ‘When this is over, give me a call.’ “So I called him a few days ago, and he said, ‘A deal was cut for Mangano to endorse Cuomo in exchange for Cuomo staying out of the Senate races on Long Island,’ ’’ Lawler continued. “I asked him, ‘Who cut the deal?’ And he said, ‘People higher than me.’ “I said, ‘Dean?’ And he responded, ‘That would be a pretty good guess.’ ” Both GOP and Democratic sources had been speculating on the possibility for a while, noting that in the lead-up to last week’s election, Cuomo had been doing little to help his party win a majority in the Senate. If the governor made any appearance on behalf of a Democratic candidate on Long Island, it was a token in-and-out visit, with no follow-up and virtually no financial support, observers said. The GOP rout of Long Island Senate seats included Jack Martins’ win over Adam Haber, Tom Croci over Adrienne Esposito and Kemp Hannon over Ethan Irwin. Lawler said he and others in Astorino’s camp saw repeated additional evidence that Skelos — a key Cuomo political ally on such controversial measures as gay marriage and the anti-gun Safe Act — wanted the governor re-elected. “We asked Dean numerous times to hold press conferences with Rob in Nassau in reference to Cuomo’s Moreland Commission scandal, in reference to Rob’s tax, jobs and education plans, on Cuomo’s taking $37.5 million from Sandy victims for his Start-Up NY ads,’’ Lawler said. “And each time, Dean or his people either refused our request or they just didn’t respond,’’ Lawler said. Skelos spokeswoman Kelly Cummings called Lawler’s charges “totally false,’’ insisting that “Skelos supported Astorino’’ and contending that Mangano’s decision to back Cuomo “was his own.” A Cuomo spokesman also dismissed any deal between his boss and Skelos as a “delusion,” adding, “It’s wrong on the facts.” But Lawler noted that ironically, Skelos would likely become leader of the new Republican-led Senate because Astorino’s presence at the top of the ticket helped three upstate GOP challengers defeat Democratic incumbents. “The only reason Republicans will have a majority is because of Rob Astorino, who outperformed the governor in key areas including Monroe County and the Capital District, where we won,’’ Lawler said. “Senate Republicans worked against Rob tactically, but if it wasn’t for Rob providing a strong top of the ticket in these areas, those same Senate Republicans would not have won the majority,’’ he said. Lawler said he realized his explosive comments could cost him his future in New York politics but insisted he didn’t care. “I’ve had enough of these f—ing people,’’ he said. “I’m happy to go on the record about all of this, and if that means I don’t get a job up in Albany, I’m happy with it.” With GOP in control of State Senate, Cuomo faces delicate balancing act By Tom Precious \| News Albany Bureau \| November 5, 2014 ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s public position was that he wanted his fellow Democrats to take control of the State Senate so he could push through a series of GOP-blocked measures – abortion rights, immigration policies and another increase in the minimum wage. But with Republicans in full control of that chamber after the elections Tuesday, Cuomo’s best opportunities might be for getting approval of popular fiscal plans that otherwise would be dead with the more left-leaning Democrats in leadership roles. Although it does give Cuomo something else: political cover to blame Republicans for initiatives that the liberal base of his own party wants but that Cuomo can’t get through. After winning 32 seats in the 63-member Senate, Republicans will have full control of that chamber next year for the first time since 2011-12, and they won’t need any help from Independent Democratic Conference members. How did the Senate GOP pull this off? For starters, money, and lots of it. Some of the money was raised by the GOP. But super PACs – political action committees representing a range of interests and wanting to block a Democratic takeover – also raised substantial funds for their own campaigns that helped elect Republicans. Money from outside groups totaled $15 million over the last few months. Leading the outside spending for Senate races, as of Wednesday, was New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, a pro-charter school group that unleashed $4.8 million, according to Bill Mahoney at the New York Public Interest Research Group. Democratic-friendly super PACS also raised and spent large sums, specifically the New York State United Teachers union, which spent at least $4.1 million. The GOP also found a strong slate of candidates this time. And, some observer say, it did not hurt that Cuomo came out in favor of Senate Democrats in areas of the state where he did not perform well in his own election. They credited Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos of Nassau County and Sen. Catharine M. Young, R-Olean, who heads the Senate GOP campaign committee. Democrats blamed their losses on everything from the SAFE Act gun-control law, an anti-Obama sentiment that cost Democrats elections in other states and a still-sour economy. Plus, as Sen. Timothy M. Kennedy, a Buffalo Democrat, pointed out, the three Senate seats that Democrats lost were all previously held by Republicans, and in 2012, district boundary lines were redrawn by Republicans to favor Republicans – a process that Cuomo signed off on. “The farce of redistricting set this in motion,” Kennedy said of the Democratic losses in the Senate. Republicans won three Democratic-held seats in the Senate from Monroe County and the mid- and lower Hudson Valley, held open seats and suffered only one loss: the 60th District seat in Erie County, where Democrat Marc C. Panepinto won in a four-way race with just a third of the total vote. Interestingly, Panepinto was the one Democrat vying in contested races where Cuomo did not make endorsements. Voicing the loudest anger with Cuomo over the GOP Senate victory was the Working Families Party. Cuomo courted that labor-backed party last spring and, in return for its endorsement, he pledged to work hard to prevent Republicans from controlling the Senate. Cuomo “squandered millions on a fake party,” Working Families Party director Bill Lipton said, referring to Cuomo’s new Women’s Equality Party. He “left millions more in his campaign account as New York Democrats in the Legislature and in Congress withered on the vine,” Lipton added. Additionally, Senate Republicans came “flying out of the gate” after the September primaries with messages, especially upstate, meant to move voters to their side, said Bruce N. Gyory, a political consultant and adjunct political science professor at the University at Albany. Upstate, they focused on a theme: GOP losses means Democratic takeover, and that means loss of power to upstate at the hands of downstate politicians. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a backer of Senate Democrats, became a lightening rod, and Democrats failed to follow with a tough “rapid response” message to counter the GOP mantra, Gyory said. “Republicans did a better job of driving home a regionalism theme: that ‘we’ll protect your interests more than Democrats,’ ” he said. Now the unanswered question: Where does Cuomo want to go? The governor fueled a reputation in his first term as a social progressive and fiscal moderate, but following nasty tussles with Democratic progressives in the September primary and in the general election, Cuomo likely will be under continuing pressure to lean left in his second term. The governor recently said he needed a Democratic majority in the Senate to push a progressive agenda in his second term, including an abortion proposal, a plan to give state college aid to children of illegal immigrants, another increase in the minimum wage and a taxpayer-funded campaign finance system. Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York said that it would be a “mistake” to think the Senate GOP takeover was about the Women’s Equality Act, which includes the abortion measure. President M. Tracey Brooks blamed Democrats’ legislative defeats on education and property tax issues as well as a “mood of general dissatisfaction.” An anti-abortion group, meanwhile, said backers of the abortion proposal “were utterly defeated” in the Senate elections. The Chiaroscuro PAC said the issue ended up “blowing up in the faces of New York Democrats who neglected talking about the economic issues New Yorkers really care about in order to spin a yarn about a fabricated war on women.” But Senate Republicans said that based on campaign promises by Cuomo and Democratic senators, the state was getting ready for a hard left turn. The GOP victories stopped that from happening, they suggested. “We have balanced the New York State government, and the entire state remains represented, as opposed to control being in one place, particularly New York City,” said Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, R-Elma. In 2015,Senate Republicans will push for expanded job-creation programs, more tax cuts, fewer regulatory burdens and more funds for to remedy crumbling infrastructure, he said. That leaves open the question whether Senate Republicans can or will want to cut another deal with the five-member Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, which broke away from the mainline group of Democrats in 2013 to form a ruling coalition with the GOP. If there is a continued relationship between the IDC and the GOP, it likely won’t be as beneficial for the IDC as in the last two years, which included rotating top leadership titles on a daily basis between Republican Skelos and Democratic Sen. Jeffrey D. Klein of the Bronx. Klein, an aide said, was on a plane Wednesday and unavailable for comment, and Skelos declined an interview – signs that he and Klein still have much to work out before they heavily engage with reporters. One Democrat said Wednesday that the Senate GOP and the IDC were already negotiating a change in Senate rules to permit the continuation of the IDC as a stand-alone group, with various perks, including staff, offices and committee chairs but with less power than it has had in the last two years. Gallivan said that he does not know the future of relations between the Senate GOP and the IDC but that he expects them to “work together” on common interests, although Tuesday’s results make clear that the GOP will run the show in the Senate. There are reasons the GOP might still want some sort of formal relationship with the IDC, if for none other than wanting to have a cushion for votes. Moreover, one Senate Republican, Thomas W. Libous of Binghamton, is under federal indictment and no one can predict the future of that case. Gyory said the GOP working with the IDC also makes sense just for the simple legislative reality of vote cushioning. “In the course of the Legislature handling issues, there are controversial measures that some of your members are not going to want to vote with the majority,” he said, adding that the IDC could give the Senate GOP that leeway on some controversial votes in the next couple of years. email: tprecious@buffnews.com This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2014 by UpStateEd. Give Us Four Years And We’ll Turn This State Around Astorino says he feels race ‘shifting’ NEW YORK CITY: MORE GUN CONTROL, MORE SHOOTINGS Erasing e-mails proves Cuomo’s vow of transparency is a sham Bharara sees corruption “all over” New York State HOW TO MAKE YOUR “ASSAULT WEAPON” NEW YORK COMPLIANT Cuomo finds out Silver is arrested (video)	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2127
__label__wiki	0.728737	0.728737	Published on Voice For The Defense Online (http://voiceforthedefenseonline.com) Home > Printer-friendly What Do You Mean the Courthouse is in the Wrong Place? A War Story [1]Features [2]Bill Trantham One of the most ingenious, albeit unsuccessful, collateral attacks upon a capital murder indictment occurred in Denton County in 1980. Defense attorney Hal Jackson and his team set out to prove the Denton County District Court had no jurisdiction over their client, Brian Thomas Knowles, because the indictment returned by the grand jury had occurred outside the boundaries of the Denton County seat, and was therefore void. Had it not been for a fire in 1875 in the Denton County Courthouse, Mr. Knowles may have prevailed in his challenge. This ingenious fight was memorialized in an original action for writs of prohibition and mandamus in Knowles v. Scofield, 598 S.W.2d 854 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980). The back story went something like this. In 1979, a young man was charged with raping and murdering a woman he’d met in a Denton County pool hall. The couple had left the pool hall around midnight, both reportedly intoxicated, and had made their way to a secluded place. The young man claimed the couple had sex in the pickup truck’s bed, but further asserted the woman jumped out into the dark and began yelling for help. He claimed to have climbed back into the truck, turned on the lights, and began moving around to locate her. However, when he got out of the truck her lifeless body was found in the rear wheel well. Mr. Knowles was quickly arrested, indicted for capital murder, and was set for a hearing in about six weeks. Knowles hired Hal Jackson, a co-founder of TCDLA, war hero, and legendary attorney. Jackson accepted a $5,000 retainer with more to be paid later. Jackson and an associate, George Preston, began their investigation and appeared at the announcement setting as required. However, the team was stunned when the district court set the case for trial a month hence. They had not been paid enough, obviously, and the following Sunday morning the defense team discussed how they could slow the rush to judgment. Denton County had moved into what was known as the Joseph A. Carroll Courts Building in 1978. This was a building intended for commercial use that went bust—even before the walls and painting were completed. Denton got a really good deal. The new building was about five blocks from the old courthouse, which had been located on the town square. Remarkably, some old-timers at Ruby’s, a town square café, talked about how an old iron fence had surrounded the old courthouse on the town square, marking off the Denton County seat. At the time, the office of the sheriff and the courthouse had to be within the physical boundaries of the county seat. Indictments had to be returned in the county seat, as well. It looked like a long shot, but maybe this was something to work with. The first stop was the county museum, where a history of Denton County was quickly purchased and scrutinized. The first revelation was the county seat had been platted in the shape of the state of Utah. Interestingly, Joseph A. Carroll himself platted the county seat, sometime between 1856 and 1858. Stop number two was the Jagoe Abstract Company. Owner Joe Jagoe, whose grandfather had bought out Joseph A. Carroll’s survey company, provided an original map of the county seat. Clearly, and as luck would have it, the Joseph A. Carroll Courts Building was not within the physical boundaries of the platted Denton County seat. After additional research and investigation, a motion to dismiss the indictment was filed alleging the indictment had not been received in open court and was therefore null and void. A hearing on the motion was heard by a visiting judge. All the historical documents gathered were entered into evidence, and a surveyor testified the Carroll Building was over 600 feet outside the platted county seat. Despite these extraordinary efforts to represent Mr. Knowles, the motion to dismiss was denied. Astonishingly, as the defense team left the courtroom, the sitting Denton County District Judge dashed down the hallway, with long curly white hair bouncing, screaming that if they freed all the convicts, he would release them from a bus at the team’s front door. Judge Sam Houston Clinton wrote the opinion in Knowles v. Scofield denying mandamus relief. The core question in Knowles concerned the discernment of geographical limits of location of the county seat of Denton County after it was removed from the town of Alton, pursuant to a November 1856 election where 136 votes were cast by county residents. Knowles, 598 S.W.2d at 859. There Clinton wrote: Of course our concern here is not the legality of the 1856 election in Denton County but with ascertaining the intention of the citizens who voted in the election [citation omitted]. Since we cannot know from our record [because of the 1875 courthouse fire] what language appeared on the ballot submitting the question, in search of the answer we turn to the factual setting of the election, its consequences, and subsequent events that may provide it. Judge Clinton went on to say: For all that we can learn from the record before us, in November 1856 as unincorporated territory Denton may have embraced within its outer limits the panhandle area of the 100-acre tract, the whole of the tract and lands outside either or both [footnote omitted]. The later prepared and filed plat of the original town site of Denton is not, ipso facto, the county seat removed to Denton. And in denying mandamus relief, he wrote: [T]his Court is not in a position to “determine the issue of fact as to what constitutes the boundaries” of Denton, as county seat. Hal Jackson and his team accomplished their goal of slowing the rush to judgment. But the ingenious legal battle in Knowles was the last of its kind. In the end, Mr. Knowles plead for 6 years’ confinement in state prison. Probably a win, after all. Moreover, a Texas constitutional amendment was later approved to permit Texas counties to hold court and return indictments wherever their Commissioners Court designated. So never a Knowles issue would there be, ever again. 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__label__wiki	0.514575	0.514575	So You Voted — Now Here’s How You Really Change America Win McNamee/Getty Images By David Dayen Hillary Clinton’s closing argument at a weekend rally in Philadelphia appealed to the historic nature of this election. "When your kids and grandkids ask you what you did in 2016,” Clinton told the crowd, “when it was all on the line, I want you be able to say, I voted for a better, stronger, fairer America.” I have to disagree. I don’t want you to be able to say you merely voted for a better, stronger, fairer America. I want you to be able to say you fought for it. In a democratic society, that has to mean more than voting. Our conception of politics must go beyond focusing all our energies into a 24-hour period on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Such a transitory moment of democratic accountability corrodes our political structure, ensures corruption and generates soul-crushing election cycles like 2016. There’s too much at stake in America to walk away the day the polls close. So I’m asking you to do more. Related: It's Time We Stop Banning Selfies at Polling Booth Our culture processes politics through a comforting cycle resembling the arc of a television program. In this world only the presidential election matters, with its defined crescendos, from primaries to conventions to debates to the general election, conveniently located in the middle of November sweeps. You can mark your schedule every four years, like for the Olympics or the World Cup. And because every societal cue signals this as the defining moment in politics, you can feel free to check in quadrennially, and check out in the intervening period. The problem with this approach is that the intervening period is when everything in politics happens. It’s when federal agency heads get appointed and legislation gets introduced and chief executives make decisions on what bills to prioritize and what wars to initiate. It’s when members of Congress decide how to please their constituents, and in the absence of constituents they’ll take that to mean donors. Public opinion can shape political trends in subtle and also far-reaching ways. To use a couple of examples, a majority of Americans didn’t wake up one day and decide to support same-sex marriage; activists worked for decades to make that reality. Walmart didn’t decide in a moment of generosity to give its employees raises; pressure from OUR Walmart and the Fight for $15 created the environment for change to happen. Related: A Voter’s Guide to Economic Policy Unfortunately, those moments are few and far between. Far more of American life — decisions of both government and the private sector — rumbles forward with little or no public input. A large reason for that is that our culture induces people to think of Election Day as an ending rather than a beginning. When Election Day ends, political reporters walk off the trail and speculate about the next campaign to occupy their time. The campaign offices shut down, the bunting gets puts away, the phone calls and house-to-house canvasses end. Political leaders take on the business of governing, mostly in the dark, while we all binge-watch Stranger Things. This rapid switch from high accountability to low accountability serves the interests of politicians. They only need to get through the campaign to have a relatively free hand. The concentration on one big election spectacle signals to special interests when to spend their money to influence outcomes. It teaches citizens that voting is our only shot, our only opportunity to have a voice in the process. Politicians tell us “this is the most important election of our lifetimes” every couple years, and when that’s described as the only inflection point, they’re right. Related: Trump Awakens a Sleeping Giant — Record Turnout for Latino Voters This precipitates the hair-on-fire frenzy when a demagogue approaches the cusp of power. If voting were just one of many acceptable, widespread political acts in America, the temperature of Election Day could be lowered. But the view of politics-as-quadrennial-sporting-event has grown only worse over the last decade, and public engagement has suffered as a result. I’m not saying the presidency and the makeup of Congress and state legislatures and city councils aren’t important; of course they are. But selecting them does not represent the only way you can get involved in matters you care about. Politics is everywhere, and it most definitely matters to your personal life, even if you’re not a Koch brother. You can call your legislators and attend town hall meetings (yes, they actually pay attention to these things before a critical vote). You can get involved in local decisions in your community. You can join advocacy organizations on issues as varied as climate change or equality. You can express your values — not by posting a screed on Facebook, but through actual conversations with friends and neighbors. Your choice of what products and services you decide to buy, and what investments to make with your savings, is a political act. Your choice of how you eat and what type of power you use to charge the battery on your laptop is a political act. Your choice of speaking up against injustice is a political act. Your choice of pressuring businesses to respect their workers, or joining a union, or helping someone going through a rough patch, is a political act. A community clean-up or day of service is a political act. What you believe is a political act. You can live your life in a political fashion and do your part among 300 million to change the country. That’s my definition of being a citizen in a democracy. Related: How Historic Would a Hillary Clinton Presidency Be? The other option is leaving it all on the field (or on Twitter) in the days leading up to an election, and then leaving the field. Our country needs more engagement than that. People are told they’re only needed once every two or four years to change America. That’s not how America has ever changed. And propagating that myth explains in part why so many Americans feel powerless. But we have power. We don’t have to limit our political acts to watching a reality show called The President. Lobbyists don’t. Special interests don’t. The civil rights and antitrust movements didn’t. The women’s suffrage and gay equality movements didn’t. So many have felt frustrated this year about their choices for president. I’m frustrated by their learned belief that a president comprises their only choices. Please, please, do more than vote. Election Day Freebies: 17 Tasty Treats for Voters After pulling the lever for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump on Tuesday, reward yourself with one of the many... A Big Problem for Obamacare: How Much Americans Can Afford to Pay The amount of money that Americans say they can spend on health insurance each month is far less than the monthly cost... The Disturbing Facebook Scandal We’re All Ignoring Imagine if a report came out showing evidence that Wells Fargo violated the Fair Housing Act by hiding certain home... David Dayen David Dayen has been writing about politics since 2004, first as a blogger and then as a freelance journalist. He is a contributing writer to Salon.com, and also writes for The New Republic, The American Prospect, The Guardian (UK), Politico, The Huffington Post, Alternet, and more.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2134
__label__wiki	0.851819	0.851819	VOD in languages Available languages: Original عربي English 2nd Meeting Geneva Conference on Syria 22 Jan 2014 - Opening remarks by United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter, President of Switzerland H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation H.E. Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of State, United States of America H.E. Mr. Walid Muallem, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Syrian Government H.E. Mr. Ahmad Jarba, President of the Syrian National Coalition, Syrian Opposition H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, China H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France Rt.Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland H.E. Dr. Nabil Elaraby, Secretary General, League of Arab States H.E. Ms. Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union H.E. Mr. Iyad Madani, Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey H.E. Ms. Emma Bonino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan H.R.H. Prince Saud Al Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia H.E. Mr. Borge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway H.E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt H.E. Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Foreign Minister, Germany H.E. Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morocco H.E. Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden H.E. Mr. Nasser Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jordan H.E. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait H.E. D. José Manuel Garcia-Margallo Y Marfil, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain H.E. Mr. Holger K. Nielsen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark H.E. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria H.E. Mr. Hoshyaar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq H.E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, India H.E. Mr. Eduardo dos Santos, Deputy Minister of External Relations, Brazil H.E. Mr. John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates H.E. Dr. R. M. Marty M. Natalegawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia H.E. Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa H.E. Dr. Adnan Mansour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lebanon H.E. Dr. Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar H.E. Mr. Jose Antonio Meade, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico H.E. Mr. Frans Timmermans, Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands H.E. Mr. Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece H.E. Mr. Didier Reynders, Vice-First Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium H.E. Shaikh Khalid Ahmed Mohamed Alkhalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain H.E. Mr. Cho Tae-yul, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg H.E. Mr. Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Australia H.E. Mons. Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Holy See Geneva Conference on Syria Open Video Chapters H.E. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria 00:01:30 H.E. Mr. Hoshyaar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq 00:06:32 H.E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, India 00:13:55 H.E. Dr. Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar 00:20:50 H.E. Mr. John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada 00:29:31 H.E. Dr. R. M. Marty M. Natalegawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia 00:36:14 H.E. Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa 00:42:37 H.E. Dr. Adnan Mansour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lebanon 00:53:11 H.E. Mr. Eduardo dos Santos, Deputy Minister of External Relations, Brazil 01:00:13 H.E. Mr. Jose Antonio Meade, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico 01:06:50 H.E. Mr. Frans Timmermans, Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands 01:13:52 H.E. Mr. Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece 01:19:03 H.E. Mr. Didier Reynders, Vice-First Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium 01:22:29 H.E. Shaikh Khalid Ahmed Mohamed Alkhalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain 01:30:57 H.E. Mr. Cho Tae-yul, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea 01:37:10 H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg 01:45:14 H.E. Mr. Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Australia 01:52:04 H.E. Mons. Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Holy See 01:56:58 H.E. Mr. Walid Muallem, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Syrian Government (Final Remarks) 02:05:53 H.E. Mr. Ahmad Jarba, President of the Syrian National Coalition, Syrian Opposition (Final Remarks) 02:09:00 Closing remarks by United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon 02:14:33 03:51:01 25 Chapters عربي 22 Jan 2014 1st Meeting Geneva Conference on Syria John Kerry (United States of America), Geneva Conference on Syria Didier Burkhalter (Switzerland), Geneva Conference on Syria Ban Ki-moon (UNSG), Geneva Conference on Syria Walid Muallem (Syria), Geneva Conference on Syria Ahmad Jarba (Syrian Opposition) Geneva Conference on Syria Eswatini (The Kingdom of) Somalia Republic Русский 28 Sep 2018 Греческая Республика, общие прения, 73-я сессия	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2137
__label__wiki	0.919415	0.919415	Adel Abdessemed, "The sea," 2009, video projection, 10 seconds (loop). Courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery, New York. Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971, lives and works in New York and Paris) left Algeria in 1994, and he considers his “act” a political one: “When there is no peace at home, one must go elsewhere, otherwise the soul will die. The most important thing is to act, to resist, and to create in order to change the world.” Abdessemed’s work draws from a multiplicity of media, including sculptural installation, video, animation, and photography. While some critics label his controversial pieces inappropriate due to their often graphically violent nature, the ‘acts,’ as Abdessemed calls his politically committed artworks, consistently interact with larger global realities. Abdessemed’s apparent rage permeates throughout, calling viewers’ attention to expressions of brutality and frequently referencing failed immigration policies, exile, and displacement. His work has been exhibited widely, in such venues as the Venice Biennale (Italy), the Gwangju Biennale (South Korea), and Dak’Art (Senegal), as well as solo exhibitions including P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York). "The sea," 2009 [عربي] [English] "The sea," by Adel Abdessemed, is a video in which the artist faces the ocean on a rough slab of wood. A work that speaks about the role of the artist and questions of survival, "The sea" documents Abdessemed’s efforts to balance on his hands and knees on the wooden slab as it pitches with the ocean waves while he attempts to write the phrase “Politically Correct.”	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2143
__label__wiki	0.709455	0.709455	VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > F. The Middle East and North Africa, 1914–1945 > 2. The Middle East CONTENTS · SUBJECT INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. 2. The Middle East a. The Ottoman Empire and Turkey (See 1913–14) (See Nov. 13) (See Nov) (See Aug. 10) Production of the first Turkish film, a documentary entitled The Demise of the Russian Monument in Ayestefanis. 1 Abolition of the Capitulations by the Ottoman government. 2 OTTOMAN ENTRY INTO THE FIRST WORLD WAR as one of the Central powers. The huge military effort placed a great strain on Ottoman society and the economy. Large-scale conscription affected some 3 million men (more than half of whom may have deserted). The general population had to contend with rampant inflation and the shock of a 2500 percent increase in the cost of living between 1914 and 1918. Trade and communications were disrupted, and consumers faced widespread shortages of basic goods. Some areas of the empire experienced disastrous famines, such as the one that struck Syria and Lebanon in 1915–16 and claimed an estimated 100,000 victims. 3 The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2144
__label__cc	0.586297	0.413703	DETACHMENT 1409 The Runestone Detachment of the Marine Corps League is based in Alexandria, MN. It received its charter on February 19, 2013. It is organized exclusively for charitable and social welfare purposes as specified in Section 501 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code, including for such purposes as making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c)(4). Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps, banding together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy, voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all Marines, FMF Corpsmen and former Marines and FMF Corpsmen and to their widows and orphans; and to perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2147
__label__cc	0.616665	0.383335	Accountant explains the benefits of tax havens to avoid money laundering detection By Christine Duhaime \| April 7th, 2017 If you ever wondered if there is a definitive text about tax havens, well apparently there is in the form of a series of text books called “Tax Havens of the World”, written by Walter Diamond, who was an accountant at Deloitte and KPMG, and a prolific teacher of the benefits of tax havens, as well as an advisor to the US government. “Tax Havens of the World” was updated annually until 2009, the year Mr. Diamond died. Mr. Diamond started out as bank examiner but somehow wound his way into writing text books for 25 years that promoted the use of tax havens to defeat law enforcement and government oversight. In “Tax Havens of the World”, he writes of the many benefits and advantages of tax havens and summarizes each of them. He also writes about their usefulness and explains why accountants and other professionals, as well as corporations, among others, should use them. The key benefits, he writes, include: to cloak foreign bank accounts in secrecy; to shift investments without being taxed; to give privacy to financial dealings and what your financial assets are; and to have no government control. The aim of “Tax Havens of the World” according to the text book, is to provide a “shopping guide” to select the best country to cloak one’s money and protect it from government control. Mr. Diamond remarked that offshore tax havens were the target of unfair “virulent attacks” by governments and accusatory tactics by the Financial Action Task Force. Each country highlighted by Mr. Diamond lists things like how to set up trusts versus foundations, how to set up companies for anonymity (beneficial ownership problem), and the strength of each country’s anti-money laundering enforcement, as well as what must be disclosed to authorities if an entity parks its money in that jurisdiction. Despite what appears to be the questionable legality of some of the advice to use tax havens to cloak banks accounts and private corporations in secrecy, to avoid taxes and avoid anti-money laundering reporting, Mr. Diamond’s text books are still available at libraries around the world. Financial Crime, Foreign Corruption, Money Laundering Caribbean, Money Laundering Offshore, Offshore Tax, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Tax Haven	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2148
__label__wiki	0.71279	0.71279	Country Info2 Capital Athens Time Zone EET (GMT+2) Country Code 30 Mobile Codes 690,693,694,695,697,698,699 ccTLD .gr Currency Euro Land Area 131,990 sq km Population 11.3 million Language Greek Major Religion Orthodox Christianity Financial Challenges Expose Weaknesses in Greece’s Economy and Aristocracy Structure; Default and Departure from Eurozone Possible By Chris Deliso and Ioannis Michaletos Greeks, foreign observers, governments and ‘the markets’ alike remain captivated by the perilous state of the nation and its finances. The question of whether Greece will accept and implement its financial bailout package in time to avert a default has been the key question on a daily basis for over a year. However, more importantly in the long term perhaps, is how the historical centrist aristocracy will be affected, and whether – as in other European countries – the attrition suffered by unpopular governments and with them near-governmental individuals will open the doors for further polarizing influence from the far-right and far-left. Even if it is temporary, the new government’s inclusion of deputies widely seen as having fascist worldviews might indicate the latter. However, in order for the decades- and in some cases-century old familial dynastic structure in Greek public life to be upended, serious and violent social instability would have to occur, which is unlikely for the time being. An overview of Greek political life, and the challenges facing the new prime minister, Lucas Papademos, provides a means of exploring this issue from an often ignored angle. Swaps and Scandals The job of leading Greece out of its budget deficit impasse and enforcing austerity measures, at least until new elections can be held for a more stable long-term government, has devolved to the man who served as a governor of the central bank in Athens at the time when Greece allegedly ‘cooked the books’ on its financial data in order to enter the Eurozone in 2001. Due to his oversight of the Greek debt back then, newly-appointed Prime Minister Lucas Papademos would certainly have been aware of Goldman Sachs’ now-criticized role that made Greece’s adoption of the single currency possible. The controversial role of Goldman at that time has been widely discussed, as in this Bloomberg article of February 2010, which states that the securities giant “may have also misled investors when it managed the sale of $15 billion worth of Greek bonds in subsequent years… no mention was made of the Greek currency swap in sales documents for the bond offerings in at least 6 of the 10 sales the bank arranged for since the 2002 currency transaction.” At that time, “Goldman helped Greece pull off a lucrative cross-currency swap in which some $10 billion in Greek debt, issued in dollars and yen to international investors, was swapped for euro debt using a ‘historical’ (and very favorable) exchange rate,” reported Bloomberg, citing Christoforos Sardelis, then head of Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency. Prime Minister Papademos has also come under fire in Greek media for allegedly not having done enough during the 1999 stock market crash in Greece, after which numerous financial scandals emerged. A Trusted Insider More recently, the US-trained economist served as deputy head of the European Central Bank between 2002-2008. Like Mario Monti, the new premier of similarly debt-plagued Italy, Papademos is a member of the Trilateral Commission (a non-governmental entity founded by David Rockefeller in 1973, to foster greater dialogue and cooperation between North America, Europe and Japan). Thus, while seen as a temporary fix, it is also clear that he was chosen as a ‘trusted insider’ to quell any fears of the EU and ECB about Greece’s resolve to adopt the controversial, and already delayed bailout package required to keep Greece running. Interestingly, Papademos was first suggested as a potential prime minister by the leader of the hard right-wing party LAOS, Giorgios Karatzaferis back in March 2009. At that time, however, it was a completely unexpected suggestion to most Greeks, and LAOS has always had only a marginal appeal. However, now it is in government and there are concerns for what this means for the far right’s prospects. For Karatzaferis to have a role in picking prime ministers would thus seem rather improbable, and could illustrate transformations in the Greek right-wing landscape following the downfall of the former government of Costas Karamanlis, and the departure of his foreign minister, Dora Bakoyannis, from the Nea Dimokratia in May 2010 (she has since started a small centrist party of her own, the Democratic Alliance, which has four seats in parliament). However, it is not yet clear whether the ongoing political earthquake is sufficient to break the decades-long hold on power of a few familial dynasties. The Bigger Picture: Cyclical Financial Scandals, Recurring Characters The relationship between Greece’s political aristocracy, foreign financial obligations and ensuing scandals is fascinating, particularly for its longevity. A brief review of the interconnected nature of the Greek power structure and historical symmetries indicates this with blinding clarity. It is necessary to point out these facts, as foreign observers today are frequently baffled by the sense of apathy and disdain at the possibility of political and economic reform expressed frequently by the other 11 million Greeks who do not happen to be related to the ruling dynasties. The former conservative government’s foreign minister, Dora Bakoyiannis, is also the daughter of a former prime minister, the late Constantine Mitsotakis. She had in fact been expelled from Nea Dimokratia in 2010 specifically for breaking party lines to vote in favor of austerity measures involved with an initial IMF-sponsored loan meant to address the current financial impasse. Looking further back, one finds more interesting correlations. In June 1989 elections, Bakoyannis’ father and the ND defeated the (now, recently deposed) George Papandreou’s father, iconic politician Andreas Papandreou and PASOK. The left-wing party’s defeat was partly due to a financial scandal involving the disappearance of $132 million from the Bank of Crete in 1988, and allegations that Papandreou was involved with the bank’s corrupt dealings. However, he would later be exonerated. In its 1996 obituary for Papandreou, The Economist noted that: “his failings included the massive debt accumulated as a result of reckless spending in the 1980s and dismal growth: his socialist populism frightened off many Greek entrepreneurs, so that billions of dollars that might have been invested in Greece went abroad.” When the current financial crisis began two years ago in Greece, a frustrated Nea Dimokratia blamed the roots of it on chronic fiscal mismanagement on the part of PASOK, which had ruled almost uninterruptedly since 1981, and particularly financial statistics that Eurostat rejected in 2004, when Greece was also spending exorbitant sums on the Olympics. The almost karmic connection between financial scandals continues today. The current finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos originally came to prominence in 1989 as the lawyer who got Andreas Papandreou acquitted of corruption charges in the Bank of Crete scandal. Although not related to legendary statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, this longtime party rival of George Papandreou would, according to Spiegel, like to become prime minister someday- and perhaps start a new dynasty of his own under the Venizelos name. Greece’s “European dream” had always been tied to international loans and vague promises of repayment to its lenders. In July 1961, Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis (another Greek political legend, and uncle of the more recent prime minister by that name), signed the Treaty of Association with the European Economic Community (EEC)- the forerunner to the European Union, then comprised of France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg. Crucially, the treaty involved $300 million in EEC loans to Greece; to secure them, strong personal lobbying with the leaders of France and Germany was needed- just as it is today. To illustrate the magnitude of the recurring dynamic and the depth of the Greek aristocracy over time, one need only consider the following facts. Constantinos Karamanlis the elder, uncle of today’s Nea Dimokratia ex-president, was born way back in 1907. Constantine Mitsotakis, for his part, was born into a political family in 1918, while his powerful uncle, the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, was born in 1864. Both Constantine’s father and grandfather were members of parliament in the 19th century. For his part, Andreas Papandreou was born in 1919. His father (and archon of the family dynasty), Giorgos Papandreou was born in 1888. Compared to these lineages, the family tree of Antonis Samaras – active in the Nea Dimokratia in the era of Mitsotakis, and supplanter of Costas Karamanlis as party president today – is altogether mundane. Yet though he only had one MP for an uncle (George Samaras), the ND president has in his background something that is perhaps more important- the institutional cohesion that unites so many of today’s Greek leaders. The Athens College, an elite school that for almost a century has enhanced American cultural and political influence in the country, is part of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation. The school was founded in 1925 by Samaras’ great-grandfather, Stephanos Deltas, along with Emmanouil Benakis, Deltas’ father-in-law. A wealthy merchant and national benefactor born in 1843, Benakis was also a close friend of Eleftherios Venizelos (who later endowed the school), a cabinet member and, in 1914, mayor of Athens. His son, Antonis Benakis, was an art collector who founded the city’s world-famous Benakis Museum. Today, the Samaras family retains close ties with the school and its alumni and donor organizations. The school, still one of the most prestigious on the continent, has a long list of famous alumni; for the present topic, those that might be mentioned include Andreas and George Papandreou, Antonis Samaras, ND parliamentarian Kyriakos Mitsotakis (son of Constantine Mitsotakis) and Lucas Papademos- the current prime minister. It is estimated that at least 25% of the current political and business elite in Greece graduated from this school- a remarkable figure indicative of a very unusual and specific social environment and history. We must remember that at the time of the founding of the Athens College, Greece was a largely provincial and impoverished backwater, racked by years of war and a massive influx of destitute Greek refugees from Anatolia only two years earlier. In such a society, where the availability of equal opportunities was already so low to begin with, the conditions were ideal for the sustenance of a small and well-integrated elite. The at-first humble little school in the affluent neighborhood of Psychiko would provide one key element favoring such a system, though it is important to note that it could never have acquired the “power incubator” role it has had were the prevailing social conditions not exactly right. ‘Political Turmoil Is at Hand’ Although he is an Athens College graduate, new Prime Minister Papademos does not come from a family of top prominence- rather, he encountered success through acumen. This was recognized by Andreas Papandreou, who in 1993 appointed him vice-chairman of the Bank of Greece (in 1994, Papademos became chairman). While Papademos is generally well-liked and seen as decent by the Greek public thus far, the massive weight of Greece’s financial mismanagement, going back many decades, is all but certainly too much to be overcome by any one leader. Internationally, Papademos is also widely thought by Greek pundits as having very close relations with the German banking establishment. French sources, such as Le Monde in a recent article, indirectly linked him with Goldman Sachs. However, these powerful connections may not be enough to ensure future reform. An experienced banker in Greece who has worked over the past 30 years as a director in both Greek and foreign bank tells Balkanalysis.com that the government under Papademos faces “a gigantic task and a multitude of commitments to deliver in a very short period of time, since the early elections have already been scheduled for February 19, 2012. There is simply no way that they have enough time to achieve their aims.” Thus if the hastily-assembled government cannot meet and really implement its commitments in time, the early elections will likely be suspended until May-June 2012. Moreover, the banking source notes that Papademos – not a politician by background – “lacks essential political skills and the depression in Greece is sufficiently severe- and will get much, much worse. So I am afraid political turmoil is at hand.” Steadying the Ship- but No Commitments Since the scale of public unrest and protests in Greece since 2009 has centered on the nepotistic and dynastic nature of Greek politics, as discussed above, the appointment of a non-polarizing outsider at this crucial moment was seen as an imperative in order to increase the likelihood of public acquiescence to extremely unpopular austerity measures. While Papademos is not a politician by background, however, his father was a leading Greek archeologist and high-ranking civil servant. Shortly before his abrupt resignation, the former prime minister, George Papandreou shocked EU leaders and world markets by calling for a referendum regarding acceptance of the EU bailout package. Although he dropped this unexpected demand quickly, it reaffirmed Brussels’ mistrust of the Greek leadership’s general reliability. The apparent game of chicken seems to be continuing, however. More recently, new Nea Dimokratia leader Antonis Samaras – himself an old political operative dating back to the Mitsotakis era – argued that Greek politicians “should not be forced to sign written commitments demanded by the European Commission as part of the bailout package,” Kathimerini reported on November 16, noting that that Samaras was supported in this by LAOS leader Giorgos Karatzaferis. However, Eurogroup head, and Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker has confirmed that “written statements from Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and party leaders that would commit them to the terms of the second bailout agreed on October 26” are necessary- an indication of the ongoing lack of trust from the EU’s side. Negative Scenarios Nevertheless, several sources in the British political risk and analysis community have attested for Balkanalysis.com that investment houses, banks and governments as well are prepared for a series of negative scenarios, including the likelihood that Greece will be unable to withstand the pressure that its economy – which registered a staggering -7% GDP decrease in 2011 – is facing. Indications are for a similar and probably higher decrease in 2012. Thus it is likely, these sources believe, that Greece will indeed eventually default, and return to the drachma- an outcome that has been seen as anathema – to use an appropriately Greek word – but that has been predicted by various local and foreign analysts as one option ever since the crisis began. Whether Greece leaves the euro is less important than whether the single currency itself will survive. Greeks, including the deposed Papandreou, have argued that whatever is done to handle their own debt and economy will ultimately not save Europe, as the Italian and Spanish debt totals are much greater. Concerns beyond Greece The above information correlates to recent investment reports by Barclay’s Bank, which says that the European Central Bank would have to print money “before it is too late” if it wants to save the euro. However, Germany, the steadying force that has attempted to guide the Greek bailout in order to save the Eurozone, is strongly opposed to the euro depreciation/inflation that would ensue, as it would affect its own economic well-being. Yet without strong German backing, the euro has no real guarantee. “The only buyer for debt obligations from Italy and Spain is the ECB, which cannot cover the (much larger) amounts,” notes a concerned foreign investor, “hence the impulse to print money.” Beyond Greece, Italy and Spain, some experts are also looking with concern at countries like Hungary and Belgium. Nevertheless, even if Greece is not the ultimate cause of the Eurozone crisis, it will feel the shocks more strongly than other nations. Civil and civic life “will stop abruptly if and when the next 8 billion euros [in bailout funds] is not received,” notes the investor, adding that the Greek political establishment’s brinksmanship up to now with the EU will not be tolerated. Outlooks and Possibilities Unfortunately, there are many scenarios by which individual, party or public pressure prevents a smooth execution of all the demanded terms, meaning that the risk of not securing the funds is high. In such a scenario, a long-term depression, political unrest, increases in crime and civil unrest would plague Greece for at least 2-3 years. Through all of the current uncertainty, it is important to keep in mind a sense of historical perspective. Greece has suffered – and survived – far worse calamities than the current ones, including wars, occupations and martial law. Considering that the Hellenes have survived various ups and downs for around 5000 years now, odds are that they will manage in the current scenario as well. And, though the younger generations may not be aware of it, until relatively recently Greece was historically a poor country, a Balkan country notable for an agrarian economy and subsistence livelihood, gripped by superstition, xenophobia, tribalism and provincialism. In this light, the last couple decades of unprecedented wealth and growth, as well as a somewhat fulsome aspiration to a ‘leadership’ role in the region signify more the exception than the rule. At the same time modernization, access to information and general changes in the value perception of education in the world may in time diminish the singular power that specific institutions like the Athens College had in the past for the perpetuation of a gilded elite. Economic pressures may now force Greeks to enter a process of internal self-scrutiny which might manifest in various displays of right- or left-wing extremism at times. However, given the cultural cohesion and conservatism that has marked the Greeks for centuries, it is hard to imagine a truly revolutionary spectacle overtaking the country- rather more likely is a redistribution of wealth and assets that may see the creation of new aristocratic dynasties, and the participation of new and different foreign owners in the country. View Greece in a larger map Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Balkanalysis.com	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2152
__label__wiki	0.510198	0.510198	Loughborough Teacher wounded in action. Lieutenant Edward Stephen Plumb 2nd, 3rd and 9th Battalions of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment Died of wounds, 8th September 1917 When Edward Stephen Plumb was born on the 24th December 1890 and registered in January 1891in Edmonton, Middlesex, his father, Edward, was 29, his mother, Lydia, 23 and his sister, Lydia, 2. Edward senior was a plumber and gas fitter. When Edward was one, his sister, Ethel, was born on the 11th December 1892. Another sister, Enid Caroline, was born in April 1895 when Edward was four years old. Four years later, in 1899, Sydney Ernest was born but sadly died in 1902 when Edward was eleven. Sister, Muriel Evelyn Avril was born on the 18th April 1901 and Alma Dorothy in 1906 when Edward was fifteen. When he was eight, Edward was admitted to Munster Road School, London and then, in September 1905, he went on to the Latymer School in Edmonton. He achieved a Bachelor of Arts at London University. The 1911 census shows Stephen living with his family at 133 Munster Road, Fulham where he was a student teacher. His father was then a jobbing builder and decorator and older sister, Lydia, a piano teacher and younger sister, Ethel, a cashier. In 1916 Edward served as 2nd Lieutenant with 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment and then, on the 7th April 1917 he entered the theatre of war, as Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. He was wounded near Arras and taken to the 8th Casualty Clearing Station near Duisans. Sadly he later died of his wounds on the 8th September 1917. He was just 26. Edward's parents received a letter from his commanding officer which said: "I had only known your son a few weeks but during that time I saw what a sterling, capable officer he was. His loss is a great blow to the battalion. Your son was splendidly brave when he was wounded and he had just done some fine work." Another officer, with whom Edward had been working, wrote: "He was with me doing some special work which was interrupted about 3.00 a.m. by hostile shelling, and all of us went back into the trench to wait until things were quieter. Unfortunately a chance shell fell where we were killing another officer and wounding your son badly in the right leg and wrist, and another soldier, both of whom I am sorry to say died after we got them down to the dressing station. Your son's bravery was splendid, and he was smoking a cigarette when he was being bandaged." Lieutenant Plumb was buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun. His death was recorded in the School's magazine where he had been teaching – Loughborough Grammar School. His medals, The British War Medal and The Victory Medal, and effects were sent to his father, Edward Plumb, at 170 Queen's Road, Brockhurst Hill, Essex. He also left £107 4s 2d to his father. © Karen Ette Posted by Dr Karen Ette at Monday, September 11, 2017 No comments: Links to this post Labels: Arras, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, killed in action, London University, Loughborough, wounded in action Location: Duisans, France	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2154
__label__wiki	0.584792	0.584792	Director: Jacqui Dillon Address: Floor 2/3, Pier 1, Quay Street, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal. Email: admin@donegaledcentre.ie Web: www.donegaledcentre.ie In the early 90s a Teachers’ Study Group was set up at a meeting convened in Donegal Town, with the support and encouragement of Eileen Kent, Department of Education Inspector. In 1997 an education centre was sanctioned for Co. Donegal, with full-time status to be named County Donegal Education Centre. This formed part of the expansion of the network of full-time education centres from nine to twenty. The total land area of County Donegal is 486,091 hectares, which represents 6.9% of the total land area of the state, encompassing also six offshore islands. Donegal is home to the largest Gaeltacht area in the country occupying almost one third of the land space of the county. This large geographical spread and peripharility presents its own set of challenges for the centre, in the delivery of the national and local continuing professional development for the teachers in the 178 primary and 28 post-primary schools in the county. These factors are taken into consideration when designing and delivering customised courses to address the locally identified needs of the teachers and schools in our catchment area and also the necessity to outreach throughout the county to ensure equity of access for all teachers. In 1998 the centre piloted an Anti-Bullying project in collaboration with the Anti Bullying National Centre, Trinity College for the Department of Education and Science. The centre continues to promote and deliver this programme which adopts and embraces the wider school community approach and provides training for and liaises with, many regional and national bodies and agencies, wishing to avail of the services of our highly trained and experienced team. County Donegal Education Centre due to its geographical position and the fact that it shares the border with three of the counties in Northern Ireland it behoves the centre to embrace opportunities for involvement in cross-border projects. Through these very valuable and fruitful partnerships the centre has developed and delivered accredited courses in the area of mediation and diversity. The Department of Education and Science in acknowledging the need for specific resources for the teaching of Irish in Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools in the state, funded the Aiseanna Teagaisc na Gaeilge project. The project is managed by County Donegal Education Centre and the project team has designed and developed all materials for the teaching of Irish in all the Gaeilscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools in the country. Donegal Education Centre Courses	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2155
__label__wiki	0.689912	0.689912	Menorah in Ancient Judaism The Menorah in Ancient Judaism by Sean Burrus In the ancient world, the menorah was the most widely used symbol of Judaism but was initially a sacred vessel in the Israelite period. At the most basic level, the menorah was a lampstand with seven branches, each of which held aloft an oil lamp. As a ritual object, the menorah dates back to Israelite times where it was one of the most important cultic vessels alongside ark of the covenant, the showbread table, and incense altar. Its golden form and elaborate floral decoration is first described in the lengthy account of the wilderness tabernacle in Exodus (esp. Exod 25, Exod 37). When the Jerusalem temple was built, the menorah became an important fixture there too. Following the destruction of the temple by the Romans in 70 C.E., the continued use of the menorah in synagogues is confirmed by accounts in rabbinic literature as well as by archaeological discoveries. Several freestanding menorahs in synagogues from the land of Israel date from the 3rd century C.E. or later. Depictions of the menorah in many mosaics and frescoes from late antiquity (3rd-5th centuries C.E.) suggest that the menorah had a prominent place in the synagogue, as in the tabernacle and temple before. On a functional level, the menorah provided light for the ritual and liturgical activities. Ancient authors most commonly explained the cultic significance of the menorah in terms of the light it provided. The prophet Zechariah offered a Persian period (6th-4th century B.C.E.) interpretation of the menorah as “the eyes of the Lord” (Zech 4:10), while Philo and Josephus, in the Roman period, connected the lamps of the menorah to the heavenly lights and celestial bodies. Prior to the late-Roman period (3rd-4th centuries C.E.) and while the temple still stood, the menorah only appeared occasionally as a symbol or motif. Early occurrences include depictions on Hasmonean coins, on clay lamps, and in burials on ossuaries and as graffiti. In this early period however, the menorah does not seem to have been used with any special prevalence as a symbol or marker of Jewish identity; other motifs and ritual objects, such as the facade of the temple or the showbread table, appear at least as often. In the third century C.E., the menorah’s popularity dramatically overtakes other motifs in Jewish art and iconography in an astonishingly wide variety of contexts. Depictions of menorahs are found on objects used from daily life such as bread stamps and lamps, and on ritual objects like incense shovels. We see menorahs in synagogues in architectural reliefs (as at Magdala), on mosaic floors, and in Jewish burials, where menorahs were painted, carved or incised on walls and tomb seals, on grave goods and sarcophagi. The popularity of the menorah is best explained as the result of several factors. First, the menorah was a prominent sacred vessel in both the temple cult and in ancient synagogues. Used symbollicaly, it provided a link to central Jewish institutions. Furthermore, the menorah was easily the most distinct and recognizably “Jewish” object in antiquity. The Jewish god was imageless, and other ritual objects like offering tables and incense shovels were similar or the same as those used in pagan cults. The menorah had the advantage of being simple in form, easy to depict, and unique to the Jewish religion. Another possible factor was the influence of Christianity. There is little doubt that the growth of Christianity and the proliferation of the cross as a symbol of Christian identity played a role in elevating the menorah as a visual Jewish symbol. Like the menorah, the cross was used symbolically in a wide range of private and public contexts to mark objects, individuals and spaces as Christian. It is important to point out however, that use of the menorah as a Jewish symbol predated the Christianization of the Roman empire by at least a century. Sean Burrus , "Menorah in Ancient Judaism", n.p. [cited 19 Jan 2020]. Online: http://www.bibleodyssey.net/en/places/related-articles/menorah-in-ancient-judaism Sean Burrus Ph.D. in candidate, Duke University Sean Burrus is a Ph.D. candidate in Jewish History at Duke University, where he researches Jewish visual culture in antiquity. Sean specializes in the role of material culture in the production of religious identities and is an archaeologist with over seven seasons of excavating, photographing, and supervising in the field at the sites of Yotvata, Ashekelon, and Sepphoris. Jewish and Christian Catacombs in Rome Elements of ancient Jewish and Christian culture are preserved in the underground cemeteries of Rome, some of which are still open to the public. Despite the city’s reputation as hostile to Christians, one of the oldest Christian communities thrived in Rome, a major ancient metropolis. Bible and Iconography Michael Chan on how the study of ancient images and artifacts can shed light on the biblical text. Ark of God showbread Temple, The Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology The Menorah, the Ancient Seven-Armed Candelabrum: Origin, Form, and Significance Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity: Historical Contexts of Jewish Art The religion and culture of Jews. It emerged as the descendant of ancient Israelite Religion, and is characterized by monotheism and an adherence to the laws present in the Written Torah (the Bible) and the Oral Torah (Talmudic/Rabbinic tradition). The seven-armed candelabrum that stood in the Jerusalem temple; the rekindling of the menorah when the Maccabees rededicated the temple is celebrated during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The historical period from the beginning of Western civilization to the start of the Middle Ages. A system of religious worship, or cultus (e.g., the Israelite cult). Also refers to adherents of that system. Painting, usually murals, created in wet plaster. Unauthorized writings or pictures drawn onto a wall or other public place. Relating to the dynasty established by Simon Maccabeus that ruled Israel independently from 140-37 B.C.E. Relating to or associated with people living in the territory of the northern kingdom of Israel during the divided monarchy, or more broadly describing the biblical descendants of Jacob. A designation describing a set of practices centred on the worship of YHWH, which developed out of the ancient Israelite religion in the late Second Temple period. of or relating to Moses or the writings attributed to him. A recurring element or symbolism in artwork, literature, and other forms of expression. Boxes used for the burial of human bones, often made of limestone or clay. (n.) One who adheres to traditional or polytheistic religious and spiritual belief and practice systems; sometimes used to refer broadly to anyone who does not adhere to biblical monotheism. Collective ceremonies having a common focus on a god or gods. Exod 25 Offerings for the Tabernacle 1The Lord said to Moses:2Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receiv ... View more Making the Ark of the Covenant 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; it was two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.2He ... View more Zech 4:10 10For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord, wh ... View more	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2158
__label__cc	0.691693	0.308307	Get Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States from Amazon.com Order our Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Study Guide Chapters Three and Four Chapters Five through Seven Chapters Eight and Nine Chapters Ten and Eleven Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States - Chapters Five through Seven Summary & Analysis Helen Prejean This Study Guide consists of approximately 30 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dead Man Walking. Chapters Five through Seven Summary and Analysis The following morning, Helen is at the home of her mother. The next day the funeral is held and Eddie is granted permission to attend, though he's not allowed to go to the cemetery. Patrick is buried in ground held for the church and is buried near priests and nuns. There is press coverage and a reporter questions Helen, asking if she and Patrick had been in love and citing his final words to her. Helen says theirs was a love as a brother for a sister. Helen is soon caught up in the idea of who is responsible for Patrick's death and knows that everyone is hiding behind the façade of duty. Helen requests an audience with Paul Phelps, the man who has overseen the entire execution process and who has, in fact... (read more from the Chapters Five through Seven Summary) More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States from BookRags. (c)2020 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2163
__label__wiki	0.535015	0.535015	Issue #74 Michael Wood on How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup FIFA moved the Qatar World Cup from the Summer to the Winter because the teams would not be able to play good football matches in the hot weather. The FA positioning Bradford City's FA Cup tie as the third away game in six days meant that City ended up being as incapable of playing as a team in the Summer of Qatar playing against a team in the Winter would be. How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup was written by Michael Wood on Saturday March 21st, 2015 at 10:32 which is 5 years ago, mid-March and has had Comments Off on How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup RSS. Posted in Articles on Saturday March 21st, 2015 at 10:32. More about Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Germany, Phil Parkinson, Qatar, Reading, The Champions League, The FA, UEFA, West Germany, World Cup 2022. Permanent link to How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup. How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup has Comments Off on How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup. Comments Off on How Bradford City lost the first game of the Qatar World Cup and follow comments using an RSS feed.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2165
__label__wiki	0.567722	0.567722	Home Business Ideas Inspiration Young Entrepreneur Millionaires In Your Neighborhood Millionaires In Your Neighborhood Home-Based Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips For Surviving And Thriving In These Economic Times Despite a slowly-recovering economy, the number of U. S. millionaires is increasing. Entrepreneurs have begun modest ventures from garages, tiny home offices, or kitchens that have not only survived, but thrived far beyond their financial expectations. They may live beside you or just down the street. Here are some of their inspiring profiles. Their ventures fall under the following categories: Brand Marketing, Inventing, Management, Personal Services, Product Sales, Writing, Direct Sales, Business Coaching, and Social Media. MILLIONAIRE # 1 Jay Leopardi, Visionary Marketer; Lifestyle, Pop Culture Branding Expert Jay Leopardi, a devoted father and husband, was often labeled the “Bad Boy,” by big names in entertainment businesses in which he had been involved since he was thirteen. So he started “Bad Boy Branding” — branding, developing, and producing web designs for companies’ products like Touch Markers, Fuse Science, ChaCha’s new “Social Reactor; automotive industry moguls; and personalities like “Cedric the Entertainer.” He emphasizes the importance of relations like his tight-knit bond with “The Shark,” Daymond John, of the television show “Shark Tank,” and many of the entrepreneurs launched from that show, like the owner of “Liquid Money Cologne,” and others. “Bad Boy Branding” grew rapidly from clients’ referrals, networking contacts, and his own productions. Leopardi still works from home, and from offices in Miami and New York City. He adds, “I’m also often in Los Angeles helping celebrities market new clothing lines, technology, or movies.” Leopardi offers clients parts of, or combinations of his “In the Tank” consulting services of video, film and television commercial productions; Internet marketing services, and web development. “I tell clients, just one mistake can ‘kill’ their businesses, so they often hire us for the entire branding-marketing process.” He advises entrepreneurs to find good lawyers and offer them a revenue percentage in exchange for legal services that he says will actually save entrepreneurs money, and give them more time to grow their businesses. Leopardi adds, “If you are going to fail, fail fast! Otherwise, it will take you and your house down. The more times you are broke, the more successful you will be financially; that is IF you have LEARNED from your mistakes.” “Keep the words ‘greed’ and ‘money’ out of your vocabulary and statements like, “what’s in it for me,” he says. “Be passionate about your work, but be willing to share success tips with others, because it will always come back to you in the end.” For more information, visit Jayleopardi.com; Badboybranding.com; Whosbig.com. Linda Collinson, founder, LaCrista, Inc. Tired of problems caused by her sensitive skin, Linda Collinson researched and literally in her kitchen sink mixed a combination of pure ingredients, creating chemically-free lotions, soaps, and moisturizers. Noticing her beautiful skin, friends asked Collinson for samples, so she bottled her skin care formulations and began selling them under the company name, LaCrista, (“the best” in Latin). Collinson found a laboratory to bottle her first product, a natural moisturizer, but no retailers would carry them without a UPC label. She says. “I had no manufacturing background, but I just did it!” After repeatedly calling Izzy Cohen, founder of Giant Food stores, he met with her and market-tested her products. They sold well enough to be sold in both Giant, and then Safeway stores. Wal-Mart sold them, too, after Collinson made a sales presentation to 4,000 people and David Glass, head of Sam’s Club at the time, who was there for a ‘Made in America,’ program. Television appearances, talks, and newspaper coverage, including a Washington Post feature, were Collinson’s best marketing tactics. “Operating the business from home with two small children was hard work,” she says, “so after a lucrative offer, I sold LaCrista.” With recent trends for natural products, though, Collinson may revive LaCrista. In the meantime, Collinson’s son, Budge, has hired her to help him in his business, selling “Youth Infusion,” a vitamin-mineral drink with no preservatives, no sugar, or artificial flavors. “Start your business from even a little cubbyhole in your home. If it succeeds, then you can move elsewhere,” says Collinson. “I started LaCrista out of need. I was educating and helping people because I went through a terrible time, and I was just fortunate it worked out.” For more information, visit www.lacrista.com/; www.drinkyouthinfusion.com. MILLIONAIRES # 3, #4, and #5 Vincent Porpiglia, Founder, David Lekach, Co-Founder, Joseph Lekach- Executive VP of Sales – Dream Water One sleepless night while in college, Vincent Porpiglia, a lifetime sufferer of sleeping problems, came up with the concept of a natural, effective liquid that would help him and countless others relax and sleep. “I was not satisfied with the current market place sleep aids, and the associated side effects, so the idea for Dream Water was ‘born,” said Porgpiglia, one of the company’s founders. “Dream Water is a natural, liquid shot with no-preservatives or calories, helping users relax, fall sleep, and improve their quality of sleep.” Since its inception in 2009, Dream Water has established a nationwide presence in some 35,000 stores, including Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Target and CVS, and also in over 1,000 airports. Joseph Lekach, Executive Vice President of Sales, discovered a unique distribution method into stores to compliment what they were already doing directly with the retailers. “Now we’ve been able to secure great chain-wide deals and programs at many major retailers,” he says. David Lekach, Co-Founder, and CEO, is proud he and his partners created and developed the first mainstream sleep aid that has helped so many get much-needed rest. Sampling to potential customers so they can experience the positive benefits of Dream Water first hand is their best marketing tactic. This method typically results in referrals to the users’ friends and family network, thus creating additional buzz. Joseph says, “With sleep issues being so prevalent now days, everyone like me (in my mid-twenties) to my grandmother can use Dream Water as a natural and healthier alternative to those other products on the market.” At the start, all three worked from home, liking the savings and the flexibility it gave them. Even with a Miami office, they still do catch-up and concentrated work from their homes. Porpiglia advises to set boundaries when working from home: “Create a designated work space, so everyone, including yourself, knows that when you are sitting in that chair, you mean business.” Having more and more people try Dream Water is the company’s goal. “We know if we are helping more people sleep, our business is growing…,” says Porpiglia, and “to come up with an idea one night and see it grow quickly into a multi-million dollar company leaves me speechless all the time.” For more information, visit www.DrinkDreamWater.com. Robert D. Smith, “THE [ROBERT] D” Thirty years ago, when Robert D. Smith (aka, “The Robert D”) started First Image, an artist management company, his friend, Andy Andrews, an aspiring comedian, asked Smith to be his manager. “I wanted to start a business, so I said I’d help him out until he found someone else to direct his career. Thirty years later, I’m still his manager, and he’s now a New York Times best-selling author.” Until Smith recently released his own book, 20,000 Days and Counting, he says Andrews was the only author or speaker he had ever managed! Smith says their best promotional method is giving away his and Andy’s books. He believes Andrews’ first book, The Traveler’s Gift, made the New York Times’ bestseller list for seventeen straight weeks, because Smith sent out hundreds of personalized books and letters. “Eventually, Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts read a copy…and they had just started a book club. Guess what the second book they picked was?” Going into a “work” mode without even having to leave his home, is what Smith likes about being home-based. He says his best customers are those who have decided that they no longer want life to just be something that happens to them. “They are ready to step up, take control, and create the lives they want to live.” After being rejected 51 times, Smith is proud he got Andy Andrews’ book, The Traveler’s Gift, published and on the best seller list. He concludes with an excerpt from his article, “7 Things Every New Entrepreneur Must Know.” “Never lose sight of what makes every business successful — people. You are now officially in the people business. Congratulations!!!” For more information, visit TheRobertD.com; AndyAndrews.com. Robin Wilson, CEO, Robin Wilson Home After realizing a financial windfall, Robin Wilson left her corporate job and fulfilled her dream of getting a Master’s degree in real estate finance. She learned early on growing up in Texas and suffering with allergies and asthma, how interior toxins affected one’s health. Acquiring design concepts from her grandfather who was in the real estate profession, “It became easy to apply those experiences and the desire to express my creativity in a design and construction business.” Begun as a project manager in 2000 for construction projects, Wilson’s firm transitioned into a multi-service company serving residential and commercial clients and with developer projects. “We are a lifestyle brand that handles a few interior design projects annually. We license our brand name to retail products; market our brand to consumers; and educate consumers about the eco-friendly options for their homes and lifestyles.” Social media and speaking engagements are Wilson’s most effective marketing tactics, and word-of-mouth brings her best customers: “those who are concerned about their homes’ aesthetic beauty and their families’ health.” With a virtual home office setup, she likes balancing motherhood and work. “I’m still able to consult with team members in various locations.” Wilson is understandably proud of her company’s progress: how her company’s rebranding enabled it to break even in five years; mentoring young interns; and starting a webisode series featuring her CEO to CEO/Mommy transition. With future plans to license to new product lines with her Robin Wilson Home brand, she would also like to speak to more organizations interested in women’s leadership, wellness, and work-life balance issues. Her advice for entrepreneurial success: “Work smarter, not harder,” and “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? For more information, visit www.RobinWilsonHome.com. MILLIONAIRES # 8 and # 9 Riley Goodman and Jake Director, Co-Founders, Strideline ™ Riley Goodman and Jake Director really have been lifelong partners. Being born in the same hospital, playing together in sports, and attending the same schools, these University of Washington seniors are co-founders of a growing business, Strideline™. Combining their high school graduation gift monies to fund Strideline ™, they produce and sell crew sports socks with colorful designs of different cities’ skylines to young, “fashion-forward” athletes. Riley says, “We found a manufacturer online and drew our first design on a sock with permanent marker and sent it to an overseas mill.” In 2012, they raised $250,000 in investment capital, and also hired a designer, accountant, and a national sales team. They also won The Arthur W. Buerk Center of Entrepreneurship Milestone Award at the UW — receiving a $25,000 grant and a team of mentors to lend support. Strideline has always been home-based: from the partners’ childhood bedrooms, to a college fraternity house, to the house they now share with eleven other guys. Their “market manager program,” a grassroots approach of selling from booths at sports tournaments in featured cities, is their most effective marketing method. Having well-known personalities and sports stars such as “Snoop Dog,” and Marshawn Terrell Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks wear their socks has also helped increase national sales. Strideline socks are available on their website and at small and larger retail outlets like LIDS® stores, Nordstrom stores. These enterprising friends-partners say, “If we accomplish this year’s goal to roll-out our sales program across the U.S in time for the holiday buying season, we should have no problem hitting our sales goal of $2.5 million for 2013.” For more information, visit www.strideline.com. MILLIONAIRE # 10 Michael Levin, Author and CEO, BusinessGhost, Inc. Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc., was a broke, “starving writer,” even after Simon & Schuster published three of his acclaimed novels. When a mentor suggested he teach writing classes to make money, he says, “People also hired me as a consultant, often asking me to write books for them…and from there, BusinessGhost began and has evolved.” Word-of-mouth referrals bring Levin the most clients; in addition to people he identifies as “Aggregators,” those who recommend him to a large number of potential clients. “Let us write a mini-book for you, so that you can stand out from the pack…” describes how Levin’s ghostwriting services “create preeminence and distinctiveness” for business people, financial advisors, top athletes, broadcasters, celebrities, and others. Levin says these professionals and industry leaders are his best customers as they know what marketing costs to expect to create their marketing materials. Starting BusinessGhost from his home, and where he did most of his early writing, Levin says, “I do have an office now, but it’s a mile from my house so I can still go home, work there, eat lunch, or even take a nap.” In addition to being a New York Times best-selling author, Levin edited Zig Ziglar’s last book; wrote books with Dave Winfield, Michael Gerber, and the late Pat Summerall; played an extra in a Disney movie based on one of his novels; and was interviewed by worldwide media and, happy, too, that BusinessGhost has continued to thrive and expand for nineteen years! “Never give up,” Levin tells entrepreneurs. “Most businesses fail not because the business model was poor, but because the owner quit instead of fighting through a problem. Don’t expect things to be easy. Above all, bust your butt!” For more information, visit BusinessGhost.com. Kimberly Cornwell, CEO, Celadon Road, Inc. In 2007, Kimberly Cornwell, a former attorney for a biotechnology company, worried about her co-workers’ futures when a third of the workforce was laid off. “I knew I had to do something to provide people money-making opportunities to support themselves and their loved ones,” she says. Cornwell, a young mother, was learning more about toxic chemicals in skincare and baby products; so she considered starting venture offering healthier products. “It wasn’t until I attended a friend’s home party that I figured the right business model for me and started Celadon Road.” Celadon Road, is an organic, direct selling (party plan) company that markets and sells its eco-friendly and organic products through its independent consultants. “Each of our consultants has her/his own business and chooses to market it through home parties, vendor events, and-or Facebook accounts,” says Cornwell. “My best customers are women, especially mothers, as they care about the environment and want to avoid their families’ exposure to toxins in skin care and cleaning products.” Cornwell likes that working from home enables her to pick her kids up at school and have her children hear her conference calls, she says. “They are ‘sponges’ learning all about business.” Celadon Road’s operations are also “green.” The company uses recycled packaging and refillable bottles; has an online catalog; and uses a green web hosting company and servers, powered by wind power. Cornwell’s rapidly-growing company has over 335 consultants in 48 states and is experiencing 450% growth in over a year. Her quest to help others achieve financial stability, while caring for the Earth, is summed up on her web site: “We strongly believe if we all make small changes toward a greener lifestyle, collectively we can have a profound impact on our world.” For more information, visit www.celadonroad.com. Dr. Denis Burke, “The Doctor of Wisdom” Dr. Denis Burke says he was entrepreneurial since the age of eleven. Coming to New York City from Ireland in the eighties, he continued his entrepreneurial ventures in sales and other enterprises. Dr. Burke, “The Doctor of Wisdom,” provides coaching and consulting services to small- medium-sized businesses. “Many entrepreneurs have not aligned their businesses’ missions and goals with their personal missions, and you need both to succeed,” he says. Burke guides clients with step-by-step processes in programs like, ‘Thinking into Results’ to create models for their lives and business so they have a clear-cut understanding where they are going in their lives. Dr. Burke reaches potential clients through online social media and his websites like MindDestiny.com, that feature his offerings and webinars. He also launched a “Success Mastermind Program,” that he presents in public venues across the country. Dr. Burke says based on his own life and business experiences he has developed, “…a ‘Blueprint for Financial Freedom,’ a 12-step process to become financially independent, that anyone could follow and be successful.” What Burke likes best about being home-based, is that he does not have to show up at any particular office, and he can continue to run his businesses doing on- and off-line tasks. “Entrepreneurs can achieve success through multiple streams of income, especially if they automate parts of their business through the Internet,” he says. Dr. Burke plans to have more speaking engagements; launch a radio show in the fall; and finish his new book, “144 Keys for a Better Life.” He advises: “Create a ‘Master Plan,’ for the next fifteen years or so of your life, so you can follow that pattern to your greatest success.” For more information, visit http://drdenisburke.com/; www.MindDestiny.com. Brian Solis, Founder, FutureWorks Brian Solis says, “My story is one of timing, place, and perseverance.” In 1999, he started FutureWorks, a creative media lab focusing on the future of digital marketing. “I was inspired by the stark reality that everything I learned in school and through experience would prevent me from finding success in this new frontier. I would literally have to invent as I go…and invent I did.” With the rise of Web2.0, Solis decided to share what he knew and was learning. He started with blogging and evolved to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube; and eventually books, speaking, and investing/advising startups and Fortune 500 companies. Working at the Altimer Group, and from home, Solis is a principal analyst studying disruptive technology’s impact on businesses and on society. “This allows me to find bridges between the two; and my nights and weekends are spent writing and creating content to help people learn,” he says. Solis reaches his market with blogging; creating a video series, “Revolution;” writing books, (his latest, What’s the Future of Business (WTF)); and contributing to business publications like the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and others. One of the first to recognize the rise of social media, Solis wrote the original “Social Media Manifesto;” and from years spent studying the social media landscape as a form of digital ethnography, he released “The Conversation Prism.” His customers are business executives, top Fortune 100 companies, celebrities, and what he calls, “…some very cool startups. They are change agents looking for ways to turn social media strategies into business drives.” Though Solis writes from home, his “home” can be traveling anywhere in the world speaking about this global phenomenon of the evolution of technology and consumer behavior. While there are no shortage of social media and emerging technology experts, Solis says, “I still to this day, fight for my place among them. At this blinding pace of acceleration, striving to become an expert is done so by remaining a student of evolution.” Solis says, “You have to follow what I call 3D: dream. do. deserve. The distance between who you are and who you want to be is separated only by your aspirations and actions.” For more information, visit www.BrianSolis.com; Facebook.com/BrianSolis; Twitter.com/BrianSolis. Business startups create many new jobs, but becoming a successful seven-figure entrepreneur is not for the “faint-hearted.” Joseph Lekach of Dream Water says, “Take a risk. Bet on yourself. Work your hardest so you can never say, ‘If I had only done more.’ There is no better bet than believing in yourself.” What is holding you back from launching your own potential million-dollar, home-based business? HBM Millionaire’s Success Tip for These Economic Times – “Don’t be afraid to get on the phone and ask questions.” – Linda Collinson, LaCrista – “The key to business success is to ensure you have these foundation blocks in place: advisors, attorneys and accountants.” – RobinWilson.Home – “You’re only as good and you can only push yourself as much as your friends and family network allows you; make sure those around you know you appreciate them. – David Lekach, Dream Water – “Start your business today and transition out of your day job so you do not fail due to lack of funds.” – Kimberly Cornwell, Celadon Road – “This is a jobless recovery, so you must be entrepreneurial.” – Michael Levin, BusinessGhost – “Try to unravel your idea, find every hole in it, see how competitors could squash you, then rewrite your business and marketing plan and pursue it.” – Brian Solis, FutureWorks A Millionaire’s Business-Building Idea – “Finance your startup yourself. Find that one idea to make more money now…” – Robert D. Smith, (TheRobertD.com) – “Hire partners not people. You will need people who are as passionate as you are about the idea.” – Vincent Porpiglia, Dream Water – “You have to be available. If you think you are too big to be available, you have issues. Answer your phone. Money never sleeps.” – Jay Leopardi – “Create automated, scalable systems within your business.” – Riley Goodman, Jake Director, Strideline.com – “When I followed the money, I failed; but when I followed my love and passion, I achieved unbelievable success.” – Dr. Denis Burke	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2167
__label__wiki	0.847136	0.847136	Canadian Tax Litigation Keeping an eye on Canadian tax litigation developments. Search the site: Search The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP Posted on Jul 9th, 2013 By Jennifer Halloran Categories: Conflict of Interest, Supreme Court of Canada Share The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP on Twitter Share The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP on Facebook Share The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP on Linkedin Share The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP on Google+ Share The Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Conflicts of Interest: Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP using Email The Supreme Court of Canada shed a bit more light on the “bright line rule” for determining when a conflict exists when a law firm represents clients whose interests are adverse in the recent decision of Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39. The Court also provided further clarification regarding a law firm’s duty of loyalty to its clients and guidance for determining the appropriate remedy where this duty is breached. In McKercher, Gordon Wallace hired McKercher LLP to act for him as the representative plaintiff in a proposed $1.75 billion class action against Canadian National Railway (CN) and others for allegedly overcharging western farmers to transport grain. At the time McKercher was retained by Mr. Wallace, the firm was acting for CN on several unrelated matters. McKercher did not tell CN in advance that it was entering into a retainer with Mr. Wallace, and after entering into this new retainer, the firm withdrew as counsel on some of CN’s matters. CN learned that McKercher was acting for Mr. Wallace in the proposed class action when it received a copy of the Statement of Claim, at which point CN terminated its relationship with McKercher and applied to disqualify the firm from representing Mr. Wallace. The Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan ruled in CN’s favour and disqualified McKercher from acting in the class action. However, the Court of Appeal overturned the disqualification and allowed McKercher to continue acting for Mr. Wallace, and CN appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court allowed CN’s appeal, finding that McKercher breached its duty of loyalty owed to CN by breaching its duties (1) to avoid conflicts of interest, (2) of candour, and (3) of commitment to its client’s cause, which the Court described as the three salient aspects of the duty of loyalty. In considering whether a conflict of interest existed, the Supreme Court applied the bright-line rule and found that McKercher clearly crossed the bright line by accepting the retainer with Mr. Wallace without CN’s consent. The Court upheld a strict interpretation of the rule, which stipulates that a law firm cannot concurrently represent clients whose interests are adverse without first obtaining their consent, even if the matters are unrelated. Despite expressly rejecting arguments for a less strict interpretation of the rule, the Supreme Court pointed out that the scope of the rule is not unlimited. The Court clarified that the bright-line rule: only applies where the clients’ immediate interests are directly adverse in the legal matters the firm is representing them on; only applies to legal interests, not to commercial or strategic interests; cannot be used tactically; and does not apply where it would be unreasonable for a client to expect that the firm would not act against it in an unrelated matter (for example, with professional litigants, whose consent can be inferred when the conflicting matters are unrelated and there is no risk of improper use of confidential information). When the bright-line rule does not apply, the Court endorsed a more contextual approach and stated that the test for determining whether a conflict of interest exists is whether there is a substantial risk that the lawyer’s representation of the client would be materially or adversely affected. The Supreme Court observed that disqualification is normally the appropriate remedy for a breach of the bright-line rule in order to: avoid misuse of confidential information; avoid impaired representation; and maintain confidence in the administration of justice. However, the Supreme Court noted that disqualification may not always be warranted where there is no risk of misuse of confidential information or prejudice to the complaining party. In cases where disqualification is sought only to maintain confidence in the justice system, courts must consider factors that may weigh against disqualification, including: conduct that could disentitle the complaining party from seeking disqualification (such as delay in applying for disqualification); significant prejudice to the non-complaining client in retaining its choice of, or any, counsel; a law firm’s having accepted the conflicting matter in good faith and with the belief that the concurrent representation would not breach the bright-line rule. The Court found that McKercher did not have confidential information that could prejudice CN in the class action. Therefore, the only relevant ground for disqualification in this case is to maintain public confidence in the administration of justice, which requires consideration of the above factors. 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__label__cc	0.501048	0.498952	CORPORATE MEETING PRIVATE HAPPENINGS PROJECT CR MONTEVIDEO PROGETTO CR SYRACUSE ALUGAR OBJETOS Project Casa Roberto Montevideo There are some houses that don’t forget their history but that, thanks to a subtle restoration, become able to live along with it and at the same time to reshape theirselves in a contemporary key. This is the case of Casa Roberto, An elegant hôtel particulier in the heart of Montevideo. First built in 1912, as part of a project commisioned by the English property tycoon Sir Henry Hamilton, it’s a prime example of the renowned architecture of the start of the Twentieth Century, with touches of the exquisite. Thankfully, in over a century of existence, everything has been strictly preserved and cared for. None of the varied decorative elements have been altered. As such, one discovers the luxuriant pine floors, the enormous windows, the remarkable central skylight and the majestic staircase leading to the upper floor to be practically untouched. The restoration, starting with the fabric of the building itself, encompasses contemporary ‘habitability’, the necessities of modern life, the pleasure of sharing and the various functions which the new owner, Roberto Begnini, has discovered for these spaces. The original british colour palette has been studied, so to reconstruct an historical atmosphere but also inluding a few eclectic touches. The living was in good condition. The intervention here has been limited to the wall colour. It has been realized a fake lambris in a deep purple enamel, that is separated from the walls thanks to a gros grain blue ribbon. The ceiling, that presents precious decorations in plaster, has been painted in grey, so to enhance the scuplted details. The furnishing is a refined mix of different styles. In the dining room the original wooden lambris has been restored and to enhance it it has been chosen a very light pastel colour for the walls. At its four corners, in harmony with the original soul of the house, it has been applied a british deco wallpaper by Osborne & Little, embroidered by a thick passementerie. The big table, made from different marble types (design & production Casa Roberto Interiors) is composed by 8 different pieces, so to adapt the table to the different uses of this room. The stair and the hall were in perfect condition. The only intervention has been a proper restoration. The original painting has been preserved and left as a striped decoration. The patio, that had been abandoned for several years, had a monumental vitraux, now restored by mixing green and violet glasses. These colours match perfectly the impressive bouganville. On the other side, the wall has been lifted up, so to hide the neighborhood and the has been embellished thanks to a particular use of tiles, that recreate an oriental pattern. The pavement has been totally redesigned with a black and white mosaic, inspired by fabrics from Uzbekistan. The room number 1 was originally a deposit, so a deep work of renovation was required, as well as the construction of a brand new bathroom. Thanks to wìthe width of the space it has been possible to realized a double shower. Here we also find an old bathroom suite, completely restored and the final effect is pretty surprising. In the proper room, we tried to enhance to industrial style by playing with the electrical system (visible on purpose). An old sign provenient from an italian store serves as headboard. Room number 2 had a very original floor and that has been the starting point to create an eclectic and intimate space. The old serving hatch has become a small cupboard. Moreover, a small sink has been added and its pink colour perfectly matches the room. In room number 3 it has been necessary to create a bathroom by using a part of its surface. That’s why a doorless entrance has been created. The inspiration is a cabinet de curiosité with typical wunderkammern decorations inspired by nature, like the Cole & Sons wallpaper. Room number 4 is an homage to the time when the house has been built. It’s an historical Libery reconstruction, but in a delicate way. The english wallpaper, that recreates an original design, creates a “time machine” effect, as well as the tiles that have been used for the bathroom, that are the same that can be found in the historical stations of the metro in Paris. Also the colour choice has been inspired by art nouveau decorations, that usually combine brown, green and ivory. In room number 5 the combination of colors of the floor (black, grey, ivory and oxide), also present in other rooms of the house, has been studied so to create an eclectic effect. The leitmotiv here is the arch, that can be noticed in different elements of the room, like the neogotic shield, the painting that represent the genealogy of the royal british monarchy or the curios hanger, that has been realized with elements from a montevidean door, not to mention the three trompe l’œil painted windows, that serve as a headboard for the canopy bed (original design: Casa Roberto Interiors).	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2169
__label__wiki	0.827736	0.827736	Blue Daring Into the Blue. Deep thoughts on bettering your brand. The Entrepreneur’s Journey: A Daring Balance Posted by Courtney Griffin on 09.19.2018 At Melissa Ballate’s desk there’s an illuminated display of ever-changing math equations. After some deciphering, it becomes clear it isn’t a game, it’s a clock, creatively communicating time. It’s just one of many clues that Ballate is always thinking differently. As the founder and president of Blue Daring, Melissa partners with people with vision to bring their ideas to life. What does that mean? That means using strategic branding, design and creative thinking to make things happen. This deep-seeded dichotomy of form and function has been in Melissa’s blood for most of her 38 years; finding the balance has been an art all its own. Kids dream of a lot of things. But when asked where she had imagined she’d live as an adult, Melissa had a unique answer. “I never imagined my future home,” said Melissa. “I always imagined my future office.” If it wasn’t implied by her answer, Melissa’s work ethic is unmatched, innate and unshakeable. She began working at the age of 14, and had four degrees by the age of 22 in everything from marketing to information systems management. Two years prior, she had begun consulting during lunch breaks while working at Cars.com. “We would avoid telling clients Melissa’s age,” said Vanessa Mentor, Blue Daring’s Ideation Lead and first employee, hired shortly after Blue Daring’s founding in 2003. “That’s how young we were.” Despite her youth, Melissa possessed a unique lens with which she viewed the world… marrying and leveraging the creative and strategic potential of any idea. She chose to create a company where the relationship between the two was essential, not exclusive. “Nature in and of itself is a balance of form and function,” said Melissa. “It is when you strike that perfect balance that things are right. That was the reason why I started Blue Daring.” This balance was also a guiding force in Melissa’s upbringing. She grew up in Chicago’s North side, the daughter of an engineer who was “very shy but very smart” and a hairdresser with a tenth-grade education and a powerful sense for people. “She was so intuitive in her ability to make people feel not only beautiful but happy when they sat in her chair,” says Melissa. “That upbringing developed the lens through which I look at the world, constantly seeking not just the most beautiful solution, but the one that is going to make people feel the best.” Beyond her desire to intertwine creative and strategic thinking, Melissa wanted the freedom and accountability that comes with being your own boss. “I liked the idea of being accountable for the food on my table,” said Melissa, recalling the feeling of being able to provide for her family after securing her first big job. “I was able to move my mom up to a nicer place, and I remember thinking that if I work hard, I can do more.” Melissa doesn’t just dream; she delivers. Blue Daring is celebrating its 15th year in business in 2018, a long life in start-up years. But when you see the massive amount of work Blue Daring has done in this decade and a half, it feels a whole lot shorter. The staff of 8 she leads from the company’s River West office has partnered with leaders in education, business, manufacturing and transportation, and various non-profits, with almost no challenge too big for the small but mighty team, including: Promoting more equitable use of bike sharing in Chicago Developing an employer brand for the world’s largest auto manufacturer Naming and branding open enrollment for the country’s third largest school district Helping the world’s largest manufacturer of firefighter protective gear launch a cancer awareness campaign Her journey to entrepreneurial success felt both inevitable and, at times, impossible. But Melissa dared to be different, and struck the perfect balance. Melissa discusses the past 15 years and her daily balance, centered in creative branding, strategic thinking, and…a bit of scotch. Watch below. Share via Twitter: The Entrepreneur’s Journey: A Daring Balance Share via Facebook: The Entrepreneur’s Journey: A Daring Balance Share via Linkedin: The Entrepreneur’s Journey: A Daring Balance Share via Pinterest: The Entrepreneur’s Journey: A Daring Balance Dare to dive deeper? © Blue Daring \| 688 N. Milwaukee Ave, Suite 304 Chicago, IL 60642 \| 312.243.8700 An MBE, WBE and ACDBE-certified firm	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2173
__label__wiki	0.806476	0.806476	Capitalism vs. Science at Foulden Maar / International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) (2019-09-25) — Version: 2019-09-25. — Visited: 2020-01-19 — URL: http://www.bolshevik.org/statements/ibt_20190925_foulden_maar.html Capitalism vs. Science at Foulden Maar Daily news stories chronicle the breakdown of Earth’s environment due to destructive human intervention caused by international capitalism’s relentless pursuit of super-profits. Our comrades in Otago, New Zealand, have recently been involved in fighting one small manifestation of capitalism’s rampage across the planet. Opposition to mining Foulden Maar near Middlemarch began when residents of the rural community became alarmed at their quiet neighbourhood turning into a 24/7 transit route for heavy, double-articulated trucks for an estimated 27 years. It was all part of a grand money-spinning scheme by Australian/Malaysian transnational corporation Plaman Resources, which intended to use the diatomite (fossilised algae) contained in the maar (volcano crater) as a fertiliser additive for Southeast Asian palm oil plantations, and as a stock feed additive for factory farms and feedlots. But as the scientific and geological importance of the site became publicly known, opposition has grown dramatically over the last six months to include leftists, community activists and climate-change fighters. Foulden Maar is a 23-million-year-old volcanic crater that over time filled seasonally with layers of diatoms – the fossilised remains of single-celled algae composed of silica. The tiny part of the maar which has so far been explored by scientists already reveals a huge range of fossils of plants, fish, insects and spiders caught between the layers of algae. They are so well preserved due to the anoxic environment of the 180-metre-deep crater that, in some cases, tissue and DNA still remains in the fossils. From these, it is possible to extrapolate the prehistoric biosphere in this part of the world. Of global importance given the impact of climate change, Foulden Maar also holds within its layers of sediment an extraordinary record of climatic fluctuations on a season-by-season basis. As the only known record of such detail from a time when the Antarctic last went through a period of rapid deglaciation, this is of global practical importance in interpreting current climatic trends. International paleoclimatologist Beth Fox describes the site as: “the only record that can document this period on human timescales, i.e. over periods of seasons to centuries. The more information we have about how the Earth system has responded to past changes in carbon dioxide and Antarctic ice volume, the better.” —Letter to Save Foulden Maar campaign group, 5 August 2019 All this was at risk of being completely destroyed in a saga of greed and deceit by a cast of nefarious characters – from politicians willing to sacrifice Foulden Maar for short term economic gain and limited employment opportunities, to the ultra-rich whose way of life is dependent on exploiting both the world’s limited resources and the labour and lives of the working class. Local businesses, politicians and bureaucrats swooned at the prospect of a share of the hundreds of millions of dollars investment promised by the Plaman directors, two smooth-talking Australian bankers-cum-entrepreneurs related to some of the biggest property developers in Sydney, with backing from Malaysian tech giant Iris Corporation and seed funding from multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs. Official Information Act requests showed Plaman wheeling and dealing with bureaucrats in Kiwi Rail, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Ministry of Trade and Enterprise and Clutha District Council in a strategy to access the publicly financed Provincial Growth Fund to build infrastructure without which, it later transpired, they could not economically mine Foulden Maar. A leaked document showed that former Labour Party politician Clayton Cosgrove had been engaged by Plaman as a “government relations advisor” for his “outstanding relationships with the ruling Labour Government” to curry favour and ease Plaman Resources through compliance (Otago Daily Times, 20 April 2019). None of these politicians or bureaucrats did their due diligence in relation to the company and its claims, or investigated the site itself. But both the politicians and the corporation underestimated the opposition. Plaman had gone to great lengths to avoid alerting the public of the geological importance of Foulden Maar and had not anticipated their duplicity being revealed. The political furore drove Plaman Resources into liquidation in July. While this buys time, the land is still in private hands. A scientific reserve under public ownership is necessary to preserve the maar. Foulden Maar has become yet another symbol of the rapaciousness and irrationality of capitalism in its pursuit of short-term profit at the cost of long-term survival. There are sites of scientific and historic interest all over the world similarly at risk, and the workers’ movement must actively intervene to defend them. Foulden Maar is of particular interest because the data it contains will help scientists studying the effects of climate change. After a hard fight, it may be possible to retain and study this important data even under capitalism. But taking effective action to prevent what climate scientists are forecasting is not possible while the world is run for profit (see “Communism & Ecology”). Capitalism cannot be fixed. We must build a revolutionary international to overthrow capitalism worldwide. Our only hope is a global economic plan under workers’ rule to manage resources in the interests of the planet and all its occupants. Small victories like saving Foulden Maar can be used as a bridge toward those ends.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2175
__label__wiki	0.879921	0.879921	Comic Kevin Barnett, Creator Of ‘Rel’ On Fox, Dies Suddenly At 32 Kevin Barnett, the co-creator of Fox’s comedy series “Rel,” has died suddenly, according to Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment. The writer and stand-up comedian was 32. The entertainment company said in a statement: “Our hearts are broken, as are those of everyone at Rel, at the news of Kevin Barnett’s passing. He was an incredibly funny, wildly talented man who had so much more to do and so many more stories to tell. We send our thoughts and prayers to his friends and family during this difficult time.” Barnett’s rep, United Talent Agency, wrote on Twitter that it was “deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and client Kevin Barnett. He was an incredible talent and a wonderful person.” The cause of death had yet to be reported as of Wednesday. Most recently, Barnett posted a photo of himself in Mexico earlier in the week on Instagram. Comedian and ‘Rel’ co-creator Kevin Barnett dies at 32 Via www.msn.com Comedian and writer Kevin Barnett, who co-created the Fox series “Rel,” has died at the age of… ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Director Bryan Singer Faces New Sexual Abuse Allegations Cardinals Wide Receiver Larry Fitzgerald Returning To Team For 16th Season Lil Baby Dropping New Album in February Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller Conor McGregor, a changed man outside the octagon, dominates inside it in UFC re...	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2176
__label__cc	0.630919	0.369081	Posts Tagged ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Well That Got Weird Quickly Nice article about Star Trek Beyond (written by my former colleague at Babble, Whit Honea). Discussing whether or not it’s OK to take the kids. Spoiler alert: Whit says it is, with the caveat that your mileage may vary. (That’s usually the case, but I was glad to read that there wasn’t any blood and guts, which is usually what bothers me.) Then I read the comments. I’ll let them speak for themselves. Generally it’s a good idea to skip the comments. In this case, though, I’m glad I didn’t. Because commenters responded the same way I did, which is to reply with a hearty, “What the hell are you talking about?” Or, to put it another way: Here’s what parents can expect from ‘Star Trek Beyond.’ Source: Are Your Kids Ready for ‘Star Trek Beyond’? \| Fandango The Star Trek TV Shows That Never Happened Beam It Up! SYFY Presents ‘A Song For Star Trek’ ‘Star Trek Discovery’ will feature female lead, gay character Star Trek 50th Anniversary TV & Movie Set Features 30 Blu-ray Discs Star Trek Beyond (Distinctions) – SJWs in Space! Star Trek character network Fans celebrate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary Tags: comments, crazy people, parents, Star Trek, Star Trek Beyond New Star Trek Beyond Trailer is Brilliant This may seem weird because I’m linking to a site that says “The Star Trek Beyond trailer has landed and it’s going to annoy the hell out of fans”. But I think the new Star Trek Beyond trailer is brilliant. Here’s what the other site says: The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third in the current series, has landed, and it’s very silly. While fans still crave a more cerebral film a la the Picard/Sisco golden years, Paramount looks to be going further in the other direction – the emphasis in the trailer being on comedy and action. And here is the trailer. Something needs to be clarified. This quote is also from the linked article: “It begins by shamelessly cribbing from Guardians of the Galaxy, with the crew enjoying anachronistic music, before rifling through one-liners, lurching spaceships and hand-to-hand combat with aliens.” (emphasis added) That “anachronistic music” is the Beastie Boys’ song Sabotage (arguably the best song ever), and it was featured in the first JJ Abrams’ Star Trek movie. Remember that? I know it was 2009, but that wasn’t THAT long ago. More importantly, it’s not a random choice of song. It’s a callback to the first of the new Star Trek movies, when a young lad named James Tiberius Kirk steals his stepfather’s car and cranks up Sabotage. Does the trailer look a little goofy? Maybe. But it’s a first trailer. There’s clearly going to be more Scotty, which I’m in favor of, because Simon Pegg is awesome. He also co-wrote the screenplay, so I don’t mind that he’s giving himself more screen time. But awful? Really? I think it looks like fun. The other two reboots weren’t perfect but what they did get right is the characters. As long as that continues, we’ll be fine. Also — and this is very important — IT’S THE FIRST TRAILER. We have no idea what the actual film is going to be like. And that’s great. I’m tired of trailers telling me every friggin’ thing that’s going to be in the movie before I see it. For example, Idris Elba is in the cast. Love Idris Elba. No idea who he’s playing. That’s cool with me. Spock is logical. McCoy is cranky. Kirk is something of a maverick who will sleep with anything. That’s what matters. After that, give it a chance, people. Don’t judge a film by it’s trailer. Be happy that there’s more Star Trek to consume. I know I am. Source: The Star Trek Beyond trailer has landed and it’s going to annoy the hell out of fans (Independent) The Closest Thing To A New Star Trek Game Take A Walk Through The ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise In This Virtual Reality Demo Bemer Me Up Scotty! STAR TREK BEYOND Has a New Release Date KEXP Goes Back Inside Paul’s Boutique Listen to Beastie Boys’ Mike D Remix AWOLNATION’s ‘I Am’ Tags: Beastie Boys, Chris Pine, Classic Star Trek, DaddyTube, fans, Idris Elba, Justin Lin, Simon Pegg, Star Trek, Star Trek Beyond, Star Trek Beyond Trailer Posted under Blog, DaddyTube, Featured \| 1 Comment »	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2180
__label__wiki	0.719308	0.719308	Baggot, Joseph Andover, MA - July 18, 2003 Joseph P. Baggot, 78, died Monday at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. He was a Maryknoll priest for 17 years in the missions in East Africa and supervisor of clinical pastoral education at Boston City Hospital. Born in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., He received his doctorate in divinity from the Andover Newton Theological School. Mr. Baggot served as a radioman in the Navy during World War II, receiving the Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the American Area Campaign Medal. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, all in Andover, and volunteered at the Andover Senior Center. He leaves his wife of 27 years Gail P. (O'Neil) Baggot; sister Mary Kutzke of Wisconsin Dells; and several nieces and nephews. TAKEN FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE When Joseph P Baggot first arrived in East Africa as a Maryknoll missionary in 1956, he caught malaria. The disease never left him during the 17 years he was in East Africa nor did the memories of the places and people he administered to and, years later, wrote about lovingly in a creative writing class at the Andover Senior Center. Dr. Baggot died Monday at Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen following a stroke. The Andover resident was 78 and had left the religious Iife more than a quarter century ago. "Joe felt the work of the missionary was to help people help themselves and then, to push on," Gail P. (ONeil), his wife of 27 years, said yesterday. "Joe was a simple man," she said, "with a great sense of humor and a deep faith, not the kind of faith that would judge others.” Dr Baggot lived by his beliefs. While in East Africa, he learned the Swahili language and translated the Bible into it. He taught the community how to organize and develop at a grassroots level. He lived In a grass-roofed mud hut in the little town of Musoma in what was then the British territory of Tanganyika, which, after independence,became Tanzania. In the nearby village of Mugango,, with funds contributed by friends in the States, he built a a one-room school house, still used today. His outreach included rural clinics, government hospitals, prisons, and home visits to patients and the elderly. During his years in East Africa, Dr. Baggot met some memorable people, converting many to Christianity. He wrote about one, an elderly woman named Teresa Nyanswi, a member of the Kuria tribe, whom he met at the Nyegina Mission. In 1998, Dr. Baggot wrote: “She could hold your attention even if you thought you had some other place that needed your presence. She hung in until her business was over. That was usually to assure herself of her goal (receiving) the sacrament of baptism.” One problem, Dr. Baggot wrote, was that Nyanswi had not passed the language test for baptism and another priest flunked her. "Suddenly, Nyanswi became deathly ill”, he wrote. "Some who saw her said she turned very pasty and green. Of course, the priest teacher who had cut her from his class rushed to her side and baptized her immediately. The next morning, Teresa was on the road, staff in hand, rosary around her neck, snuff bottle at her waist, setting off on foot for her Kuria homeland, 75 miles away.” Dr. Baggot’s idyllic Wisconsin childhood might not have presaged his calling as a missionary. He was born in 1925 in Wisconsin Dells, a farming and resort town on the Wisconsin River, As a young man, Dr. Baggot piloted and served as a guide on river boats full tourists. He was an outstanding high school athlete in track and pole vault, and active In the school theater group, its choir and band as a cornet player. He Joined the Navy during World War II and served as a radioman in the Pacific. From 1946 to 1949,, under the G1 Bill, Dr. Baggot was a pre-med student at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, but left to become a Missionary. *His decision, he wrote later, was driven “by a young person’s willingness to try to be the best, and, in my mind, I decided the ministry would be the better choice. He graduated from Maryknoll College in Glynn Ellyn,Ill, in 1951 and from the Maryknoll Seminary in Maryknoll, N.Y., in 1956, when he was sent to East Africa. On his return, Dr. Baggot was supervisor of clinical pastoral education at Boston City Hospital where Gail O'Neil, a nun, Also worked in the program. Dt Baggot retired from the Maryknoll order in 1976, the year they were married. That same year, he earned his doctorate of ministry degree, focusing on psychology and clinical studies, from Andover Newton Theological School In Newton Centre, MA. His thesis was, "God, Fatherhood, and the Catholic Priesthood.” Dr. Baggot's work history was a long one. He worked for the state Department of Mental Health, the Human Resources Institute of Boston, and as director of social services at nursing homes in the Lawrence and Methuen area. He kept his connection with East Africa alive by promoting fund-raising drives to build schools and transportation facilities there. When Dr. Baggot retired at 65, he went to work inspecting Polartec cloth at Malden Mills in Lawrence for the next five years. After his second retirement, he volunteered at the senior citizen drop-in center in Andover, MA and took courses at the center In creative writing and cooking. Besides his wife, a teacher at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsborough, MA, Dr. Baggot leaves a sister, Mary Kutzke of Wisconsin Dells, and several nieces and nephews.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2182
__label__cc	0.503428	0.496572	Craft Forms 2017 on display through Jan. 27, 2018 One of the highest museum-quality craft exhibitions in the United States, Craft Forms consistently draws upward of 5,000 visitors during its two-month exhibition. The exhibitions and special events continue to attract local, regional, national and international visitors throughout the duration of the show. Craft Forms’ status as a fine craft exhibition grows each year in large part due to the expertise of the acclaimed jurors. Nora Atkinson, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is this year’s Craft Forms Juror. A seasoned curator, published writer and respected lecturer, Atkinson selected a collection of 96 pieces of artwork by 94 artists from 780 artwork submissions by 429 artists representing metal, glass, ceramics, fiber, wood, digital and mixed media by artists from around the world. “We are honored to have Nora Atkinson’s involvement this year. Her endorsement is greatly valued by all of those involved in the execution of this highly anticipated exhibition that celebrates the diversity of so many talented contemporary craft artists around the world,” said Nancy Campbell, executive director and founder of Craft Forms. Wayne Art Center also will present this year’s companion show, Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass, curated by Dr. Arlene Silvers. A glass educator and collector extraordinaire, Silvers is best known for her glass curatorial efforts with the National Liberty Museum in Center City. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass will run concurrently with Craft Forms and will feature over 75 works by over 22 invitational glass artists. The exhibition will survey female glass artists, from the “Grand Dames” of the ’70s to the “Young Turks” of the 21st century, and will show many achievements of women working with glass, from the male-dominated Studio Glass Movement of the 1960s to the present. In addition, Vidinghoff Gallery will feature Patrick Lee’s “Excursions” that will explore pushing the painting abstraction in his work through color, shapes and drawings. The Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Outer Gallery will highlight Wayne Art Center faculty member, Val Rossman and her students in a show of paintings titled “Exploration/Inspiration/Abstraction.” Wayne Art Center acknowledges the sponsors and patrons for their generosity and support of Craft Forms. Presenting sponsors are West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Funeral Home, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, First Priority Bank and Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass. After the opening night, the Craft Forms Juror’s Lecture by Atkinson will discuss how she selected the 96 works, define where craft has been in the past and explain how materials and technology are playing a significant part in the creation of emerging and established craft artists’ works. Curator for Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass, Dr. Arlene Silvers, will speak about why she chose the artists and their work for this invitational glass exhibition. The Juror and Curator Lectures and Meet the Artists Talk from Craft Forms and Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass will speak about their work in the shows, as well as their artistic backgrounds, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, from 1 to 4 p.m. The Lectures and Meet the Artists Talks are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, phone 610-688-3553 or visit www.wayneart.org and www.craftforms.org. Glass Tour and Luncheon On Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., join the select few to experience two private Center City residences that rival museum-quality glass collections. Owners will discuss their glass collections and how they acquired the works over their lifetimes. A private lunch will be included at a fine dining restaurant in Center City. On Thursday, Jan. 18, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., join 56 guests for a sit-down four-course dinner prepared by Jimmy Duffy’s Catering. Each plate will be paired with wines to compliment the cuisine and a well-known sommelier will discuss the selected wine during each course. During the evening, world renowned glass artist, Toots Zynsky, recipient of the 2017 James Renwick Alliance Masters of the Medium Award, will discuss her distinctive heat-formed filet de verre (glass thread) and how her work inhabits an interweaving of painting, sculpture and decorative arts. Live entertainment will complete the candlelit evening. Win the Christopher Ries sculpture World renowned Ries sculpts glass cold by cutting, grinding and polishing monolithic forms from optic crystal. Wayne Art Center will be selling $10 raffle tickets until Jan. 18 when the lucky name will be drawn at the wine pairing dinner. The lucky winner will receive the Ries glass sculpture valued at $5,700. The Art of Eating lecture Emily Bell of Slow Food Philadelphia presents The Art of Eating: A lecture and dinner, “Le Pâquis” featuring food and stories from M.F.K. Fisher’s written works. On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., join 30 guests to hear Emily Bell discuss the forerunner to Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher. A tasting of cuisines from M.F.K Fisher’s book will be the delight of the evening. The Wayne Art Center is located at 413 Maplewood Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania. For further information, call 610-688-3553 or visit wayneart.org.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2183
__label__cc	0.68551	0.31449	Home / News & Updates / Double Discovery Introduces Local High School Students to the "Core" of College Academics Double Discovery Introduces Local High School Students to the "Core" of College Academics For the second consecutive summer, a group of talented New York City teenagers from low and moderate income families have come to Columbia University for an introduction to rigorous, college-level coursework in the humanities thanks to a unique collaboration between the University's Center for American Studies and its Double Discovery Center (DDC) for local high school students. The summer coursework is based on Introduction to Contemporary Civilization, the oldest course in Columbia’s Core Curriculum, and emphasizes the twin themes of freedom and citizenship. Instructors include philosopher and dean of Columbia College Michele Moody-Adams; history professors Andrew Delbanco, who also directs the Center for American Studies, Casey Blake, faculty chair for the Center for American Studies, Roosevelt Montás, director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, as well as history professor Eric Foner. For more information on the program, click here.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2185
__label__cc	0.537283	0.462717	Country star Michael Ray is arrested for DUI and drug possession By Markos Papadatos Dec 20, 2017 in Music Eustis - On December 20, country star Michael Ray was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI), and drug possession in Eustis, Florida. Ray was arrested after a minor collision at McDonald's, where he was subsequently charged for DUI and for possession of marijuana oil. Based on the police report, this collision took place around 3:30 a.m. in Eustis, Florida. Ray had bumped the car in front of him in the McDonald's drive-thru line, without injuries. The country singer, known for his chart-topping single "Kiss You in the Morning," went on to fail several sobriety tests, and stated that he "came from a bar." The police also noted that he had bloodshot eyes, and his speech was slurred. Michael Ray was held in the Lake County Jail on a $6,000 bond. More about Michael Ray, Country, Drug, Marijuana Michael Ray Country Drug Marijuana	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2186
__label__cc	0.56248	0.43752	dna people thinking outloud from the lighthouse Enabling high performing individuals to power high performing teams Posted on October 20, 2015 by Ian A thumping for the Northern Hemisphere in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals – match winning performances from Juan Imhoff, Julian Savea, Fourie du Preez – and the absence of Paul O’Connell – showed the impact of high performance individuals on a team game. Ireland’s defeat to Argentina was unexpected, and the loss of captain Paul O’Connell was keenly felt. However it ends, I’ll feel lucky O’Connell once said about his career, but his forced international retirement due to a hamstring injury was a huge blow. He was their talisman and leader. Whether playing for and captaining Munster, Ireland or the British Lions, O’Connell has been a dominant presence at the heart of the scrum, the lineout and as a leader of every team who have followed him out of the tunnel. Much like Martin Johnson, O’Connell is a galvanising force when the spirit of those around him looks as if it might dip or flag. Having lead Ireland to successive Six Nations championships, he is Ireland’s third most capped player, the twelfth most international capped player in rugby history. Not bad for someone who only started playing rugby at 16. O’Connell has never given in without a fight. It is his defining quality. His lineout prowess, ferocity of his scrummaging, his octopus-like stretching arms over the maul, his work-rate, his rugby intellect – all marked him out as a key player in any team. It is the fierce, elemental nature of his play that sets him apart. That has been ‘Paulie’, uncompromising, committed, a colossus. Another milestone at the Rugby World Cup was the 100th cap for the explosive All Black centre Ma’a Nonu. He has built a reputation as a beautiful passing centre, a blockbusting runner able to break the line, off-load the ball and set up or score scintillating tries. On a cool Friday night in Newcastle, he ran out first onto the field versus Tonga for the 50,000 crowd to acknowledge the achievement. At the final whistle, brother Palepoi hung ula’lole around his neck, blindside Jerome Kaino lifted him on his shoulders through the player’s tunnel, and Richie McCaw presented the tasseled silver cap recognising a century of appearances, only awarded to only five other men before him. Despite Richie McCaw’s absence due to injury, there were a historic four centurions in the All Blacks team – Tony Woodcock (118 caps), Dan Carter (109) and Keven Mealamu (129), joined Nonu. McCaw has a staggering 145 caps. Mils Muliaina is the other centurion on 100 caps, retiring in 2011. Sadly, injury to Woodcock saw his international career end on the night. It’s a fantastic achievement to gain one cap for the All Blacks, let alone a hundred, and whilst many claim great teams operate to the maxim ‘there is no I in team’, there is no doubt that successful teams are comprised of high performing individuals like O’Connell and Nonu. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? The strongest teams don’t neutralise individual tendencies, they leverage and harness individual talents, not stifling them – the All Blacks clearly show this with over half their team being the best in the world at their position. Yet, with great individual talent to hand, why is it hard to get teams to realise their potential? How can people work more effectively in teams? Key business dilemmas such as these were researched by Mark de Rond, in his book The I in Team. Combining social and psychological research with stories from team sport and high performance athletes, de Rond tested many popular notions about teams. His findings advocate a new way to view team potential as a path to business advantage, and shows what team leaders can learn by focusing on the individuals within them. His overriding conclusion is quite stark and unexpected: Performance should take precedence over teamwork because over-emphasising the harmonious nature of a team can have a negative impact on performance. The assumption is that team harmony is somehow a cause or precursor for performance – a lot of the evidence points exactly the other way. So the maxim There is no I in Team turns out is only half true. It ignores the fact that great teams have great individual members, and high performing teams are not always easy places to be – de Rond acknowledges that with few exceptions, the qualities that make individuals gifted can make them wearisome as team members, and that powerful teams are made up of individuals who have chosen to work as a team. In his research, de Rond tackles other realities of teams: Everyone is not equal In high performance teams, star performers increase a team’s overall effectiveness but only to a point. If the proportion of stars versus average members exceeds 50%, you begin to experience diminishing returns. Emotional intelligence plays a part de Rond reports that ‘If someone is strongly disliked, it is almost irrelevant whether or not he is competent. By contrast, if someone is liked, her colleagues will seek out every bit of competence she has to offer, meaning that a little likeability has far more mileage than competence in making someone a desirable team member. Too much harmony can hurt team performance Without internal competition, teams may underperform. A healthy level of internal competition can help get the best out of high performers. While we want everyone to be on the same page, people have different versions of reality. Productivity tumbles with size de Rond shows that productivity and team size is less an issue of coordination, and more a problem of contribution. Team members are more likely to optimise their performance when faced with slightly fewer members. Larger teams were inclined to seek consensus rather than explore novel ideas – de Rond describes this as ‘social loafing’. Teamship de Rond’s research highlighted that the most effective teams are unsurprisingly comprised of consistent membership. In a group of ten, where six members have been together for six months or more, this is the tipping point where socialisation of new members is manageable and doesn’t impact productivity; beyond this, the imbalance of existing and new team members is dysfunctional and has an adverse impact on performance. Complimenting de Rond’s research, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni describes the many pitfalls that teams face as they seek to ‘row together’. He explores the fundamental causes of organisational team failure, identifying the five dysfunctions, where a team becomes silos of individuals. Absence of trust Fear of conflict Lack of commitment Avoidance of accountability Inattention to results Having these concerns, the key challenge is to ensure team cohesion and that high performing individuals fit into this dynamic process, building the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in the pursuit of goals and objectives. We have seen star teams do extraordinary work. For example, it took just 600 Apple engineers less than two years to develop, debug, and deploy OS X, a revolutionary change in the company’s operating system. By contrast, it took as many as 10,000 engineers more than five years to develop, debug, deploy, and eventually retract Microsoft’s Windows Vista. The blockbuster movie Toy Story – one of the most innovative and top-grossing films of all time – wasn’t the product of one visionary filmmaker. Rather, it was the result of an often prickly but ultimately productive collaboration among Pixar’s top artists and animators. If you have world-class talent on a team, you multiply the productivity and performance advantages that stand-alone stars deliver in terms of sheer firepower. Take another sport, cricket, where the individual performance matters and there are star performing individuals, but always, for the greatest impact, it has to be channelled towards the collective end. Individuality alone is insufficient – a batsman may continually hit centuries, but if bowlers and fielders don’t perform, the team won’t win. Contrast James Anderson and Kevin Pietersen in terms of attitude and behaviour. Anderson a world-class performer who is committed to the team and whose authenticity and humility are self evident, it was instructive to find the telling remark made to Kevin Pietersen, a similar ‘solo’ performer to Anderson but who is disruptive to the team, was made by his former England colleague Matthew Hoggard, that ‘maybe team sport’s not for you, Kevin?’ Pietersen is a highly gifted cricketer, a unique batsman, a fearless seat-of-the-pants player capable of transforming a match. To a great extent he has done so by marching to the beat of his own drum, for which, while he was at his peak and delivering awesome performances, allowance was made for his maverick tendencies. Having been acknowledged as England’s primary batsman, guaranteed to deliver, his England career decline coincided with his decision to seek riches elsewhere, lauded for his talent as an individual performer, notably the IPL. These mercenary tendencies manifestly began to intrude on and take precedence in his thoughts. He opted out of being a team player and playing for himself. He sought rewards for his personal performance as a bat-for-hire, hawking himself around the franchises of the cricket world, playing mediocre cricket by his standards. Playing for the England team became secondary on this agenda. It is also noticeable that this focus on himself and not the England team career coincided with his public conflict with the team management, and tension with his teammates. Pietersen had little respect for the team cohesion. As a result, he will not play for England again and to suggest otherwise is just delusional. The implication is that leaders should look to assess an individual’s attitude around the ‘I in team’, specifically ensuring that team members are clear about and happy with team goals that have been identified. Appropriate action should be taken on developing team communication and shared responsibility – developing the ‘we’ mentality, that it would appear Pietersen lacked, but O’Connell and Nonu have in spades. So considering all this research, what attitudes and behaviours should you look for in high performing individuals when building a team? For me, there are three primary considerations to consider high-performing individuals: A sense of humility & equality Humility is critical to developing and maintaining positive working relationships. An individual whose ego is so self-inflated with their own self-worth will quickly run into trouble. Everyone in an organisation contributes through assigned roles. While high-performers will potentially deliver more impact, everyone on the team deserves to be treated with respect. Authentic and collaboration Authenticity and collaboration are critical to both individual and team success. High performers who are team players are active participants. They come prepared for team meetings and listen and speak up in discussions. They’re fully engaged in the work of the team and do not sit passively on the sidelines simply focused on their own agenda. Share positive, contagious energy Emotions are contagious and infecting a team with either positive or negative energy. You can be a germ or a big dose a Vitamin C. When you share positive energy you infectiously enhance the mood, morale and performance of your team. Remember, negativity is toxic. High performers with high egos are energy vampires and sabotage teams. Both O’Connell and Ma’a Nonu shows that if you want a winning team, you need to ensure that each individual team member is responsible and committed to contributing to the team, and accountable for their performance and behaviour, no matter how much of an individual performer they are. Effective teamwork is critical to an organisation’s success. We are better together than we are apart said Richie McCaw. When you score a try for the All Blacks, you do it for the team, because the silver fern on the front of the shirt, and the shirt itself, are more important than the name on the team sheet. No one can whistle a symphony, it takes a whole orchestra to play it. Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a great rugby team work, a company work. Many of us are more capable than some of us, but none of us is as capable as all of us, but when you have an individual like Ma’a Nonu or Paul O’Connell in your team, it makes a difference. 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__label__wiki	0.542482	0.542482	David Forsmark biography articles blog books mailing list How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise by Arthur C. Brooks Basic Books, $25.99, 214 pp. Reviewed by David Forsmark http://www.davidforsmark.com/11706/the-road-to-freedom "Life isn't fair," we patiently explain to our children, unschooled in the ways of the world. By the same token, conservatives try to explain to liberals that they can't make life fair with other people's money. "Fairness" is the new mantra of President Obama to justify his economic policies and attack those of his opponents. His critics mock that's all he's got because his redistributive policies have failed so miserably. But in The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise, a timely and important new book, Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, says defenders of a free economy can — and should — win the fight for free enterprise on the basis of "fairness," too. Brooks forcefully contends that Americans aren't satisfied with the materialistic argument that free enterprise is more effective at creating jobs, which obviously has failed to "stem the tide of big government." Privately, free enterprise's champions talk about these things incessantly. While they generally believe in the need for a safety net, they celebrate capitalism because they believe that succeeding by merit, doing something meaningful, seeing the poor rise by their hard work and virtue, and having control over life are essential to happiness and fulfillment. But in public debate, they often fall back on capitalism's superiority to other systems just in terms of productivity and economic efficiency. What moves them is the story of their immigrant grandparents who came to America to be free; but what they talk about is the most efficacious way to achieve a balanced budget. However, polls show Americans still instinctively react favorably to the concept of the freedom of opportunity. In fact, this has been ingrained in the American spirit since its founding, when the "pursuit of Happiness" was enshrined in the Declaration of Independence along with "Life" and "Liberty." While some libertarians and economic writers have lamented that an early draft included the word "property," rather than what they regard as the more amorphous and emotional term of "happiness," Brooks argues that the choice was inspired: The shift in emphasis away from material property and toward the pursuit of happiness was a shift from materialism to morality. America was intended as the greatest experiment in liberty in the history of the world. Property was the "what" of this experiment. The pursuit of happiness was the "why." Of course, Brooks notes, the Founders did not promise happiness, only the right to its pursuit. And few things are as satisfying as earned success. Mere possession does not equal that, whether it's via lottery winnings, inherited wealth, or a government check. receive the latest by email: subscribe to david forsmark's free mailing list Review: The Black Count Review: Fearless Review: Into the Fire Review: The Road to Freedom Review: American Sniper Review: SEAL Warrior Review: Horse Soldiers Review: The New Dealers' War home \| biography \| articles \| blog \| books \| mailing list \| mobile site	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2189
__label__wiki	0.592192	0.592192	A Blog Post Williams mulls retirement or return to Hurricanes By Troy In Music Discussion Justin Williams is currently mulling retirement after 18 seasons in the league, but the Carolina Hurricanes hope their 2018-19 captain will decide to play another year. The 37-year-old veteran became an unrestricted free agent on Monday and has not given the team any sign which way he is leaning. “He hasn’t given us 100 percent yet which way he’s going to move,” Carolina general manager Don Waddell told reporters. “I think he possibly could be leaning toward acting , but I believe in the next few months it will shake out.” Waddell feels there is. “If he is going to playwith, we believe he’s going to play in Carolina,” Waddell said. “He built a house here, his loved ones here, and he said all along this is where he wishes to play. I don’t see anything happening in the very near future, but I think over the next period of time we will know for certain.” Williams, a forward, had 30 assists and 23 goals in 82 games last season. He was been part of three Stanley Cup winners, with the Los Angeles Kings in 2014 and 2012 and the Hurricanes in 2006. He won the Conn Smythe Award as MVP of the 2014 playoffs when he scored 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists) in 26 games. Williams dealt with his prospective two weeks back at the 2019 NHL Awards in Las Vegas and signaled he believes no urgency over reaching a determination. “I will take my time and make sure I make the best one, right?” Williams told reporters at the event. “Because if I am all in, I’m going to be in. If I am not all there, I must reassess the circumstance. If I am 85 percent all in I’m not going to be good. I have got to be all in. That is the only (thing) that is reasonable to me, honest to the teammates, honest to everybody.” Williams includes 786 career factors (312 aims, 474 aids ) in 1,244 regular-season games. Read more here: http://dayvsnight.com/?p=20011 Copyright 2020 ^ Top	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2190
__label__wiki	0.731255	0.731255	NCDM Board NCDM Alliance Mayors Alliance Mayors in Action 2019 State of the Cities Greg Stanton Mayor Greg Stanton https://www.phoenix.gov/mayor Since taking office just two years ago, Mayor Greg Stanton has worked tirelessly to build a modern economy that works for every Phoenix family. By boosting trade with Mexico, investing in the biosciences, and lifting up local small business, Stanton is leading the way to create an innovation based, export economy built to last. Stanton is also committed to making our community a welcoming place for military veterans and their families. Under his leadership, Phoenix became the first U.S. city to end chronic homelessness among veterans. And Stanton's H.E.R.O. initiative is emerging as an example for how to match veterans -- especially post-9/11 vets -- with local employers and good jobs. The mayor's commitment to building a stronger city for middle class families stems from his own childhood in West Phoenix. His dad, Fred, rode the city bus to his job as a shoe salesman and his mom, Mary Ann, was a devoted educator. Even with modest means, the Stantons made it a priority to help those in need, and founded the Christian Needs Network, a group of multi-faith volunteers who collected clothes, food and diapers for members of their community. Stanton attended Marquette University on the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, and earned a law degree from the University of Michigan. Before he was elected mayor in 2011, Stanton served nine years on the City Council and as Arizona's Deputy Attorney General. He and his wife, Nicole, who is a prominent local attorney, are both working parents of two young children. Tweets by @DemMayors Error in tag 'tag' - No such tag slug sideaction email: virginia@democraticmayors.org Paid for by The National Conference of Democratic Mayors Like National Conference of Democratic Mayors on Facebook.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2193
__label__cc	0.546779	0.453221	Vernier Software & Technology Pledges to Support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Educational technology company will join 195 countries in supporting the 2015 agreement to minimize the damage due to climate change BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 12, 2017 – Inspired by its ninth consecutive listing on the Oregon Business Magazine’s Best Green Workplaces in Oregon, Vernier Software & Technology has pledged to work harder than ever toward reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement. Specifically, Vernier is installing additional solar panels to the 17 kW system it has had for almost 10 years and is committing to buying 100% renewable electricity for its building. “Led by our 13 employee owners and our Green Team, Vernier is more committed than ever to do our part in reducing carbon emissions and slowing down climate change, and the Paris Agreement sets important goals for us to work toward,” said David Vernier, co-founder of Vernier and a former physics teacher. The Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 countries in 2015 to bring the world together in the fight against climate change. Specifically, the countries that signed on to the pact agreed to limit the century’s global average temperature increase to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the levels from the years 1850 to 1900 (the pre-industrial era). The agreement also states a more rigid goal of limiting temperature increases to only 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial era levels. In addition, to help science and STEM educators teach students about the importance of climate change, Vernier is offering four free inquiry investigations focused on climate change. The investigations available on the Vernier website include: The Effect of Acid Deposition on Aqueous Systems A Local Weather Study Investigating Dissolved Oxygen To download the free investigations, visit http://www.vernier.com/news/2017/06/09/free-download-for-climate-change-investigations/. Vernier has also joined the Oregon Business Alliance for Climate, a new business effort focused on supporting and engaging lawmakers on developing a carbon reduction program for Oregon. To learn more about how Vernier is working to minimize the company’s and its employees’ impact on climate change, visit http://www.vernier.com/company/environment/. About Vernier Software & Technology Vernier Software & Technology has led the innovation of scientific data-collection technology for 36 years. Vernier was founded by a former physics teacher and employs educators at all levels of the organization. The company is committed to teachers and to developing creative ways to teach and learn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) using hands-on science. Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software. With worldwide distribution to over 140 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university. Vernier technology-based solutions enhance STEM education, increase learning, build students' critical thinking skills, and support the science and engineering practices detailed in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The Vernier business culture is grounded in Earth-friendly policies and practices, and the company provides a family-friendly workplace. For more information, visit http://www.vernier.com. Here you can find the Round Up's collection of editorial pieces and press releases where we will discuss the latest trends and ideas in educational technology	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2197
__label__wiki	0.79779	0.79779	Where do the Chicago Bulls play basketball? United Center is an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois and is the home of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The United Center's predecessor, the Chicago Stadium, was demolished after the new arena opened in 1994. The first ever event at the United Center was the WWF SummerSlam. Due to the NHL's lockout, the Blackhawks did not move into the building until the 1994-95 season. The east side of the United Center features statues of Michael Jordan, Bobby Hull, and Stan Mikita. In addition to 82 Bulls and Blackhawks games each year, the United Center has hosted other sporting events such as University of Illinois basketball, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (from the first tournament in 1998 to 2001, then in odd-numbered years from 2003 to 2007 and again in 2013 and 2015), the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament (hosted four times, including 2011), the Roundball Classic, and the Great Eight Classic. The arena's capacity is 23,129 with standing room for basketball while 22,428 fans can fit in the building for hockey. One of the best traditions in hockey takes place in the United Centre as the Blackhawks fans cheer as loudly as they can during American National Anthem before the opening puck drop. NBA Arenas	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2199
__label__cc	0.739786	0.260214	Recognizing Volunteers for over 20 years POINTS OF LIGHT WINNER FFC President/Founder Donneth was named The Points of Light Institute's # 4579th Daily Point of Light on August 24, 2011. autoplay=1; Donneth Wedderburn you are in good company. You are #4579. That's a tall order. DAILY POINTS OF LIGHT NOMINATION Donneth Wedderburn FFC President/ Founder Family & Friends Connection, Inc (FFC), President & Founder, Donneth Wedderburn has been nominated for a Daily Points of Light Award from The Points Of Light Institute. Points of Light Institute embraces service and civic engagement as fundamental to a purposeful life and essential to a healthy world. For more than 20 years of history, this bi-partisan presidential legacy, the largest national volunteer footprint in the nation, has been recognizing volunteer leaders in our country. In his Inaugural Address, President George H. W. Bush called on Americans to engage in hands-on, active service to their country and communities. He called the individuals and groups doing this kind of work “points of light.” "Points of Light are the soul of America. They are ordinary people who reach beyond themselves to the lives of those in need, brining hope and opportunity, care and friendship." -- Former President George H. W. Bush DAILY POINT OF LIGHT AWARDS The Daily Point of Light Award honors individuals and volunteer groups who are helping to meet critical needs in their communities and creating change every day. It is through their stories that people are inspired to serve and begin to recognize their personal power to transform themselves and the world around them. When Donneth takes home this award, she will share it with her husband of more than 20 years, Kevin, and daughters Shaneil and Karena. She always give thanks to them for giving her more free time to help others in need. Not by any coincidence at all, her daughter Shaneil is a dual enrolled student. She is enrolled in college and high school at the same time, and maintains a higher than 5.0 GPA. She helps her mom and the Family & Friends Connection, Inc. organization, by providing tutoring to neighborhood kids, and you will always see her volunteering at FFC community outreach events. Last time I saw her at an even, was at the recent FFC Community Life Empowerment Conference where she was one of the official photographers. Her youngest daughter Karena, attends middle school, and is a budding pianist. She is enrolled at a magnet school for the Performing Arts. She too uses her talents to support her mom when she sometimes plays at FFC events. Mr. Nathan, you should be here. You were so instrumental in helping Donneth keep this vision alive. Without your support in the early days of 2006 when she saw the needs of the marginalized families in her neighborhood, and surrounding communities, and founded Family & Friends Connection, Inc (FFC), she probably would not have been able to keep going when there were so many skeptics. You were a guiding light and a source of strength and encouragement. She thanks you every day. All the foundation members of FFC, who are too many to name, you helped her to get this nomination. She led by example, and through your help with the hard work, she had been recognized for her selflessness, drive and determination to make lives better. Congratulations to all of you for helping to get the job done. (Get some rest because your work is just beginning). So in a sense, when this award is won, it will be shared by her immediate family, and the entire FFC family. Congratulations to all of you. FFC Tribute on Points Of Light Tribute Wall Please Join Family & Friends Connection, Inc in sending Congratulations to Donneth. She has been an extremely hardworking member of the community, and has been making an enormous contribution to so many lives for so long. She was working below the radar until now. Let us encourage her to keep doing the good she does.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2201
__label__cc	0.568526	0.431474	home > review > Dungeon Master's Guide Third Edition Review Dungeon Master's Guide Third Edition Review game: Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition posted by: GF! Back Catalogue 10/2004 => 1995 publisher: Wizards of the Coast developer: Monte Cook genre: rpg pen-and-paper platform: Book keywords: d&d date posted: 09:10 AM Fri Sep 1st, 2000 last revision: 08:46 PM Mon Sep 12th, 2005 by Robert Rider Hallelujah, the Dungeon Master\'s Guide (DMG) is here. The DMG is probably the single most important book in a Dungeon Master\'s (DM) library. It has rules for every situation and encounter that the game designers could think of, and thus provides an invaluable reference for a DM. For those of you who are unfamiliar with D&D and think that the DMG is just a large rulebook, you\'re probably right. It does have many rules governing combat and adventures, but this DMG is more than that; to me, it\'s a work of art and a wonderful piece of literature. When I first read this book I was amazed by how well-written it is. It not only covers all the information that a DM should need in the course of a game, but it covers it with a dash of humor thrown in. Throughout the book are examples to help a DM see how all the rules fit together and interact, and it also gives tips on how to run a game for beginner and expert DMs alike. The problem I have with this book is how to properly review it. I suppose the best way is to cover the most important chapters, discussing each in turn. So I\'ll cover chapters 1 through 6: 1) Dungeon Mastering, 2) Characters, 3) Running the game, 4) Adventures, 5) Campaigns, and 6) World Building. The last portions of the book are experience awards and magic items. These last portions are well written, but very dry and not very different from the Second Edition DMG. It takes time and experience to become a good Dungeon Master, and the Third Edition DMG provides a good starting point for developing DMs. In fact, the first chapter is called \"Dungeon Mastering,\" and is essentially a basic overview of what it is to be a DM. DMing isn\'t just sitting behind a screen, throwing monster after monster at the PC\'s, although I\'ve been in games where it felt like the DM was doing just that. Being a DM means that you have to be an arbitrator, a judge, a storyteller, a writer, and a teacher. Trying to do all of these things can seem overwhelming to novice, so the first chapter gives DMs guidelines on how to run an exciting and fun game for both the PCs and the DM. This section gives excellent descriptions on styles of game play, how to arbitrate rule disputes, how to keep a game balanced, and how to run a game session. In addition to all this, it provides a \'Handy DM Scratch Paper Tricks\' section which gives DMs tips on how to keep a game session flowing along and exciting. The most important thing to any player is their character. The DM tends to have little say over how a character will act or how it will interact with others, but the DM does have a significant say about the alternatives that a character has when advancing or creating a character. All of these options and many more are listed in chapter two, which is titled (appropriately enough) \"Characters.\" In this chapter are rules on how to develop different sub-races of the standard races found in the Player\'s Handbook. I mean, let\'s face it, the world wouldn\'t be the same without Drow to stir things up. The guide also provides rules on how to include non-standard races such as Centaurs, Ogres, Unicorns, and Giants as possible races in your campaign, and even gives all the rules needed to create completely new races. Races are only a portion, and a small one at that, of a character\'s profile. As a DM is developing a world they often develop groups and organizations within their world such as the Harpers in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. These groups are often comprised of individuals of different races and backgrounds. Third Edition provides a new type of character class to cover those that belong to such groups. These are called Prestige Classes. A prestige class is simply a class that has requirements that need to be met before character can join it, meaning a character must be higher than first level (often fifth or sixth level) before he can become part of this class. Several fully-developed prestige classes are provided as examples of possible classes for your players, and possible classes for your villains. These classes include the Assassin, Loremaster, and Dwarven Defender, and harken back to the days of first edition, when it took work to become a bard and you ended up very powerful because of it. Creating and advancing characters is still just a small portion of what goes on in a game. At some point the characters will actually go out and interact with the game world. When this happens the DM has to run the game. Chapter three has rules for everything from combat situations to weather dangers. This section is of special importance since combat usually takes up a significant portion of a game, so a DM must know most of the general rules that apply to combat and be familiar enough with the rest to find those rules quickly. In the Guide, the rules for combat are described in detail with examples to help a DM understand how these rules work. Also in this section, the effects of monster and NPC abilities (such as Breath Weapons and Regeneration) are described. A DM should understand enough about these abilities so he can use them effectively against his players. That doesn\'t mean that he has to memorize all the specifics of each ability (since this would be very difficult and take considerable time) but that he should have enough of an understanding to comprehend what is happening when these abilities are used. The write-ups provided in chapter two give excellent descriptions for what happens with each ability and well-described game mechanics for each. This information is needed to develop and run good adventures. Although it is possible to purchase a pre-made adventure module most DMs will at some point want to develop their own adventures. All the rules that a DM needs to do this are found in chapter four. This chapter is given over exclusively to developing adventures. It has the rules for the design of the dungeon, how to get the adventure started, how challenging to make the adventure, and how to pick out what creatures the PCs might encounter. Designing the adventure is one of the ways that a DM gets to really shine. Good adventures are well-remembered and will garner praise from peers; on the other hand, bad adventures can end a promising DMs career in a hurry. Drawing a dungeon and picking out traps are detailed in this chapter, but they aren\'t all that critical since most people can do that with a bit of common sense and a ruler. The most difficult things about designing a good adventure are more abstract, such as determining what structure should the adventure have and figuring out how to motivate the players to go through the adventure. This section has excellent descriptions of what to and not to do for all of these parts of the adventure. For any beginning DM (and a few experienced DMs I know) this section is a must read. It will help to develop fun and interesting adventures for all concerned. It\'s fairly common to have one adventuring group going through a series of adventures together. That\'s what a campaign essentially is-a series of adventures in which the characters have a chance to develop and grow over a long period of time. This means that a DM has to deal with what the characters do between adventures. Where do the adventurers stay? Who do the adventurers spend the most time with? Are there recurring villains? All of these are questions that a DM must answer to run a good campaign. Chapter five has good suggestions for how to answer these questions. It provides information that is essential, but tedious to decide on your own. For a beginning DM this section will help tremendously to create a fun and dynamic campaign. There is an essential element needed to run a campaign or even an adventure that hasn\'t been discussed yet. This essential element is a world to set the campaign or adventure in. There are several worlds, called campaign settings, that have been published for Second Edition and that will be published for Third Edition. These are probably the easiest for new DMs, but the rules for world building are presented in chapter six of the DMG. This chapter discuses all the aspects of a well-rounded world. It discuses with great detail all the aspects of a D&D world. It covers from politics to economics, war to religion, and geography to magic. All of these things go into world building and have a profound effect on how fun the game is. The development of a world is difficult and can be time consuming, but it can also be very satisfying. There are no easy ways to make a well-developed world, but the tips and suggestions in the DMG do make it easier. This book is a well-written work of art. It provides a huge amount of information to help run a good game. Moreover, it presents it in a plain, humorous style that is appealing. It provides rules and guidelines for an endless amount of creative output. It provides in-depth information on subjects from the character to the world itself. It shows how to run a game and how to be a DM. Finally, it gives examples of almost everything it does so as to stimulate the DMs creativity and aid in his understanding. I have to say that this book is a MUST HAVE for any gamer interested in running, or for that matter even playing, Third Edition AD&D. Treasure's Gems: A History of Action Gaming (feature) (02/20/06)	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2212
__label__wiki	0.758035	0.758035	Foreign Correspondence in the Digital Age: An Analysis of India Ink-the New York Times' India-Specific Blog Newly Paul* Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University Newly Paul Manship School of Mass Communication This paper is a case study of India Ink, the New York Times’ first country-specific blog, launched in September 2011. This paper examines the blog’s content in order to analyze the ways in which participatory Web 2.0 tools have changed foreign coverage. Findings indicate that through interactive multimedia, crowd-sourced content, and collaboration between Indian and American reporters, India Ink is helping foreign correspondence thrive amidst drastic newsroom budget cuts. In May 2011, when 33-year-old Sohaib Athar from Abbottabad, Pakistan, began sending out live Twitter messages about a helicopter hovering above the city at 1 a.m., a mysterious blast and shaking windows, he did not realize that he was documenting the U.S. military attack that took down al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden. In 36 tweets, Athar described what he heard and saw around him, reports from his local network of friends and rumors from the web. “Osama Bin Laden killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.: ISI has confirmed it << Uh oh, there goes the neighborhood :-/,” he tweeted, just hours after Operation Neptune Spear ended, 1.5 miles away from his home (McCullagh 2011), thereby becoming one of the most-interviewed citizen journalists in recent times. In the years before Twitter and social networking sites (SNSs), readers would have to wait for traditional foreign correspondents to get news from around the world. But with Twitter and SNSs, the world is flatter and news travels faster. As Hamilton (2009) points out, “Until recently, journalists had a? virtual monopoly on news gathering and dissemination…The foreign correspondent was indispensable. The weblogs or bloggers are evidence that the monopoly no longer exists.” The widespread use of the Internet means anyone with a camera and Internet-enabled phone can be a journalist. This changing media landscape is causing a swift evolution in the role of the foreign correspondent. While dismal economic conditions in American newsrooms do not allow for editors to maintain traditional foreign bureaus, they do not mean that foreign correspondence is dying. It’s simply changing in tune with the changing times and technologies (Hamilton & Jenner, 2004). An example of these changing times is India Ink, the New York Times’ first country-specific blog, launched in September 2011. In this paper, I aim to conduct a case study analysis of this blog. By examining the blog’s content and the reporters’ use of digital media tools (video, slideshows, embedded links, etc.), I attempt to answer questions about the nature of the New York Times’ coverage of India-related topics in the digital age. Have participatory Web 2.0 tools improved coverage in any way? What kinds of stories appear in the blog? How do American and Indian journalists influence the content? These are some of the questions my paper seeks to answer. Previous scholarship on foreign correspondence approaches the topic from a number of perspectives. The historical perspective (Marr, 2004; Hamilton, 2010) traces the growth of foreign correspondence through the ages—from the age of telegraphs and telephones to satellite phones and the Internet. Technological determinism guides this theory, the argument being that evolving technology has guided the evolution of foreign correspondence. The feminist perspective (Geertsema, 2009) on the study of global news argues that in an era of increasing globalization, women are underrepresented and stereotyped in national, international and global news media. Giving the example of the representation of Arab women in Western media, Geertsema (2009) notes, “The problem is exacerbated when geographic boundaries are crossed and the media in one country report on issues and events, particularly those that impact women, in another country.” The critical cultural perspective (Berger, 2009) is similar to the feminist perspective in some ways. It reflects on imbalanced flows between developed and “developing nations.” As Berger, 2009 argues, the developing world experiences the Internet as an international medium, from a subordinate cultural and linguistic position. Compared with the amount of scholarship on foreign correspondence, there is a lot more research on digital media and online journalism. Many scholars have studied the blog as a news format and the changes it has brought to the traditional news format. Robinson (2006) defines a news blog as “a cross between a column, a news story and a journal.” Tracing the history of the development of blogs, she says in the beginning blogs were a way for people “out there” to take back their news, to comment on mainstream journalism and to present their own analysis of news events. Wall (2004) called it a sort of “black market” journalism. But the trend of mainstream publications such as the New York Times starting their own blogs gives an interesting twist to the attempt to recapture journalism authority. Wendland (2003) notes that blogging consists of “news that is happening now almost in real time – not filtered, edited, or delay delivered, as with traditional media” (p. 94). According to Pohlig (2003), journalism blogs are popular because, “they allow the reader to see the journalist as a human being, connecting with them without the stiff, imperial voice that turns so many young people off. And most blogs allow– indeed thrive on–reader interaction” (p. 25). As Robinson sums up, the very notion of blogging challenges traditional journalism framing practices, and the result could be different frames, or no frames at all. My study analyzes India Ink from each of these perspectives. My sample for this study includes 87 items published on the blog between September and December, 2011. This sample includes interviews, news and feature articles, photo-essays and videos. I think this study is relevant because it explores a rapidly changing aspect of the news industry in America, especially at a time when the news industry is undergoing rapid change. A census of foreign news bureaus taken by the American Journalism Review (AJR) in December/January 2011 stated that the number of foreign correspondents employed by U.S. newspapers had decreased markedly since the last AJR census in 2003. “A count largely conducted in July shows that 10 newspapers and one chain employ 234 correspondents (including one vacancy) to serve as eyes and ears to global events. In 2003, AJR found 307 fulltime correspondents and pending assignments,” said a report (Kumar 2011). Further, surveys such as the State of the News Media conducted by the Pew Research Center, show worrying trends about the importance of foreign news in American newsrooms. “Barely a quarter (26%) of editors from larger papers still consider foreign news as “very essential,” compared to just 6% of their colleagues from smaller dailies,” reports the State of the News Media, 2008 survey (Pew 2011). At the same time, however, it has perhaps never been more important to know what’s happening in the other parts of the world. Expectations from international news reporting are changing, mostly because of “the growing interconnectedness of the world, through global communications, ease of travel and increasing migration” (Sambrook, 2010, p. 47). International political and economic interdependence has made it important for the “foreign” to be wellknown. Then there is the ever-expanding diaspora community that pays special attention to news from the homeland. As Hamilton (2010) points out, “The foreign-born population of the United States is the largest it has been in the past hundred years,” (p. 479) and it is important that the American news media serves “these immigrants and their offspring in the way African-American correspondents served their audience during World War II—by providing news specially tailored to their interests” (p. 479). India Ink: Background and Structure The Times has maintained a long tradition of commitment to foreign news. One of the reasons it has managed to carry on this tradition is that publisher Albert Ochs’s heirs have maintained control over the majority of Times stock voting rights. This has made the newspaper “less susceptible to the sentiment of investors who want bigger returns” (Hamilton, 2010, p. 484). The launch of the India-specific blog, however, was not completely free from financial considerations. A report about the launch said the New York Times’ new venture suggests “Western publishers may look to the large Indian market for growth potential, especially as broadband penetration and incomes rise there” (Kaplan, 2011, para 1). By sharpening its India focus, the company was following a series of U.S. websites, broadcast channels and newspapers, such as Wall Street Journal, The History Channel, Forbes and Fortune that entered the Indian market in the past few years through content, partnerships and collaborations. For now, access to the blog is exempt from the New York Times’ digital subscription package, hence it’s unclear what the site’s revenue model is. Currently, India Ink has one prominent space for advertisements toward the top right corner of the site. Describing the editorial content of the blog, Jim Schachter, associate managing editor, NYTimes.com, said in a press release that the aim is to provide “a richer, deeper, wider report for an audience in India – and the Indian diaspora – that is hungry for independent, authoritative coverage reflecting Western journalistic values.” The blog is edited by the NYT staff in India and the International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, led by lead writer Heather Timmons, who has covered business in India for the NYT for the last four years. The blog lists 22 writers—a mix of Indian and American nationals based in India and abroad—who contribute to the content. Of this pool of writers, 10 work exclusively for the Times, writing articles for the main newspaper as well as India Ink, and the rest are freelancers. The blog’s producer, Pamposh Raina, is based in India. The blog’s webpage design is similar to that of the main website. A blue and black logo of a fountain pen appears beside the site’s headline: India Ink—Notes on the world’s largest democracy. The site is updated several times each day, and there is an average of seven to nine stories per day. Though it is a news site it does not provide breaking-news updates on everything that happens around the country. Instead, as Schachter explained, the journalists “attempt to lead a conversation through the day about the most important news of and about India, and to frame the big issues of everyday life in a fast-changing society.”(citation?) The site provides news summaries of the day culled from leading Indian dailies, commentary on society and culture, photo or video features, and special series on topics such as education, economy and poverty. Each article has a section for readers’ comments and share options using Facebook and Twitter. The website offers an RSS feed and an option to sign up via email to receive daily headlines. The blog is divided into two columns. The left column carries editorial content, while the right has assorted items. Below the main advertisement on the left is the site’s Twitter feed, where journalists provide links to interesting stories from the NYT website, usually India Ink content, re-tweet followers’ content, and interact with followers by asking questions, commenting, or answering questions. Another feature is a chart displaying information from the financial markets of India, Asia, U.S., Europe, and the commodities market, and currency exchange rates. Apart from this there are two sections, one titled “Global Business News,” which has a collection of links to articles that appeared in the NYT Global edition’s business section, and the archives section where articles that appeared in India Ink are searchable by the month in which they appeared. A blogroll titled “What we are Reading,” with a list of the most popular news and opinion websites from India, and a section linking to opinion pieces by Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman and Roger Cohen complete the rest of the elements on the site. The articles of each of these writers, except Kristof, are accessible only to subscribers. Content and Themes The growth in news opportunities to consume is in direct contrast to the freeze across professional newsgathering. News distribution channels have expanded exponentially. If we want to find out country-specific news, we can use a simple Google search to get it directly from the website of newspapers in that country. It is unnecessary to rely on the New York Times’ coverage of country-specific news. Similarly, news for radio and television stations is available online, complete with video and audio packages and podcasts, encouraging readers to download and listen to their favorite at their convenience. With the market for fact or evidence-based journalism becoming highly competitive, it is hardly surprising that opinion-led journalism is becoming popular with news editors. The India Ink blog, however, is positioned in a unique place because it offers a mix of facts and opinions. In 2005, remarking on the changing media landscape, David Hoffman, the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor for foreign news said: “We now live in a nanosecond news cycle. Correspondents must be ‘information warriors’” (Hamilton, 2010, p. 450). He expected reporters to write first for the web and then for the newspaper. That double process, he argued, “makes the second story better organized and written with more flair, which is essential if a reader is going to pick up a newspaper when the main points of the story are already out via television or the Internet” (Hamilton, 2010, p. 450). Though India Ink is web-based, it functions more like a newspaper in Hoffman’s sense. While every article is built off current events, there are no breaking news updates—the emphasis is on commentary and explanation. Choosing opinions over facts has an advantage. Opinions are useful compared with other papers that make use of news agencies, thereby creating an echo-chamber effect where the same points of view reverberate repeatedly, or worse, causing factual and other errors to get disseminated widely. As Paterson (2006) notes, discourse on international events of consequence within the global public sphere is substantially determined by the production practices and institutional priorities of two information services—Reuters and the Associated Press. By minimal use of news from the wire services, and by using original reporting in its feature, indepth, and opinion articles, India Ink successfully builds credibility with readers. In the following paragraphs, I perform an in-depth analysis of the various components of the blog. News in India Ink: Every week, a reporter summarizes the week’s events from around the country as reported in the Indian press, in a section called “Newswallah.” The write up provides a succinct summary of news, with special emphasis on the biggest political and social stories. These snippets have embedded links leading back to the original articles in the national Englishlanguage newspaper websites. Newswallah has several editions. The long-reads edition, as the name suggests, summarizes profiles, feature-length articles, interviews, and other examples of long-form journalism in the Indian press. For example, the Newswallah long-reads edition on September 11, 2011 (Polgreen 2011) included a profile of Arvind Kejriwal, the man behind India’s most popular anti-corruption movement in recent times published in The Caravan; an essay in Tehelka magazine by veteran journalist and analyst Prem Shankar Jha who argued that the only real way to tackle corruption is through election reform; a piece in Outlook Magazine dissecting the reasons behind the calm that has settled over the terrorism-ridden Kashmir Valley; and “a scholarly but highly readable look” by Economic & Political Weekly at the legacy of the 1971 war for independence. The Bollywood edition of Newswallah is written by Indian film critic Anupama Chopra and includes original writing. Its content varies from opinion to interviews of Bollywood actors, filmmakers etc. The Bharat (India) edition summarizes one interesting article of the week from an Indian state. Occasionally, this section carries straight news reports with original reporting. For instance, on September 14, 2011, the site carried a story about a terrorist chief being killed by the police in Kashmir (Kumar Sept. 14, 2011). The day a fire broke out in a Kolkata hospital killing dozens, India Ink did a summary of the event, with an embedded link to an Associated Press story, and then followed up with an interview of the chief fire officer in Delhi, written by the India Ink producer (Raina 2011). By providing summaries, this section helps readers get quick access to some of the most pertinent news items of the week without investing time in in-depth reading or searching on the web for region-specific news. By providing embedded links to the original articles, this section makes great use of digital media to counter the concern of some theorists about dominant media (in this case Western or English) speaking on behalf of the “natives.” Readers who wish to read more about a particular issue, or get the Indian media’s interpretation of events can do so by clicking on the links embedded in the article. In addition to giving a voice to Indian media on a global platform, this practice reduces the possibility of misrepresentation or misinterpretation of a subject with which the foreign media might be unfamiliar. By keeping an eye on the latest events, the blog keeps itself relevant to readers in India and abroad, and by doing follow-up stories on breaking news events, the blog performs an important function of journalism—that of acting as a watchdog—and draws attention to important issues that might easily get lost in fickle public memories. Features and Special series in India Ink: In his book, My Trade: A short history of British journalism (2004), journalist Andrew Marr says technological development goes two ways for journalists. On the one hand it brings speed and vividness, and on the other it reduces the time a reporter has to watch, think, listen and compose. By investing in commentary and analysis instead of breaking news, I think India Ink largely sidesteps the issues that arise out of technology disempowering the reporter. The blog’s salient content is in-depth features, and by giving a story the long-form treatment, the blog allows more room for reporters to explicate complex issues. For instance, in a series titled “The Long View: Current events from the view of history,” author Samanth Subramanian traces historical precedents of events currently in the news (Subramanian 2011). The first article in this series was about Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi’s hush-hush trip to the Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Instead of reporting on rumors that Gandhi was in the U.S. to undergo treatment for cancer (which most media outlets did) Subramanian’s article traced the established tradition of Indian political leaders guarding news of their health as if it were a state secret. “Not for them the publicly fought battles of Rudy Giuliani against his prostate cancer, of Dick Cheney against his troublesome heart, or of Hugo Chavez against his recent pelvic abscess,” he wrote. Another example is a multi-authored in-depth series titled “India’s Way: The messy and maddening road to progress in India,” which appears as a permanent feature on the home page of the blog. The idea is to feature examples of the juxtaposition of the traditional with the modern in India. Articles in this section offer comprehensive coverage of complex issues, and are often published in the New York edition of the newspaper, as well as in the for-subscription-only section of the main NY Times website. From time to time, the blog launches in-depth coverage on particular events. In the sample I analyzed, I saw an example of this in the coverage of the anti-corruption movement led by social activist Anna Hazare. Between October and December 2011, the blog carried 16 articles on the movement. These articles covered the issue from a variety of perspectives: some provided just the facts and tracked the progress of the movement, some critiqued the methods used by Hazare and his followers, and others analyzed the nature of the demands set by the group. Some of these articles were cross-posted on the global section of the main New York Times website. It was interesting to note that while most Indian media outlets were reluctant to criticize Hazare’s protest tactics, and often drew comparisons between him and Mahatma Gandhi’s protests, the reports in India Ink were more critical. For instance, Manu Joseph, an Indian journalist, talked about self-interest and corruption in the key leaders of the movement, (Joseph 2011) while New York Times’ economic correspondent, Hari Kumar talked about the hypocrisy among Indian politicians who say they want an effective and strong anticorruption squad, while in reality they want the exact opposite. The best of both worlds: Collaborative articles in India Ink: Collaborative efforts between reporters in local and national media are nothing new, but it’s increasingly becoming a common feature of foreign correspondence. As Sambrook (2010) said, “In increasingly multicultural societies, national identity is more complex, and a white middle-class male reporter may not be an adequate cultural bridge between the country he is reporting and the audience at home.” In a digital environment, this dilemma is magnified as “digital media ensures that foreign journalists can no longer ‘get away’ with more because their subjects would never read, see or hear what had been said.” Several of India Ink’s in-depth feature stories are written through collaborations between NYT reporters in America and India or two NYT reporters in India. Collaborative works benefit from the richness of ideas that two or more minds working together can produce; they are also a depiction of the tactics used by changing foreign news bureaus to balance tight budgets with quality news coverage. Hamilton (2009) mentions new kinds of journalists that have emerged in foreign bureaus as a result of the changing media landscape. “The American foreign correspondent for the New York Times or CBS News—the familiar Traditional Foreign Correspondent—continues, but not alone. Three other types of correspondents have become integral to traditional mass media news-gathering abroad” (p. 465). These types are: the foreign foreign correspondent, local foreign correspondents, and citizen journalists. Hamilton (2009) defines foreign foreign correspondents as “non-American reporters, often citizens of the countries they cover.” He cites a survey conducted 2000 that found that 69 percent of foreign correspondents for American news organizations were not Americans. At India Ink, 17 out of 22 correspondents are Indians based in India. The 2000 study also found that nearly one out of every foreign foreign correspondent earned his or her highest degree in the United States. This appears to be true to a large extent for India Ink reporters, and 10 of its Indian reporters have advanced degrees from abroad (U.S., Canada or England). Hamilton (2009) noted that though American and foreign foreign reporters “had remarkably similar news priorities for politics, economics, culture, social programs, sports, religion, environment/energy, and human rights” (p.466), these reporters are not the identical twins of American reporters. He noticed a number of trade-offs arising out of collaborations between different kinds of reporters working together. While foreign foreign correspondents may have a lesser understanding of the needs of American news consumers, they are, at the same time, better equipped to understand and interpret events abroad. Another paradox is that these correspondents may have more appreciation of local circumstances, and have a greater propensity toward bias. In short, “Foreigners have an intimate feel for local customs and politics, possess local language ability, and are convenient to hire (and if things did not work out, easy to let go)” (Hamilton, 2009, p. 162). The second type of correspondent Hamilton (2009) mentions is local foreign correspondents, i.e. correspondents who cover the world from within the United States. There is a handful of this type at India Ink. For instance, The Times’ technology reporter, who is listed as an India Ink correspondent, is based in San Francisco. Similarly, contributor Shivani Vora, whose reports examine the diasporic Indian community, is based in New York. As Hamilton (2009) explains, “Sometimes these reporters are dedicated full-time to stories involving local ties to foreign events and trends. Sometimes they cover foreign news as part of their work on another beat; for instance, a business reporter may look at the impact of foreign competition on a local manufacturing concern” (p.466). In short, local foreign correspondents are an expression of growing global interdependence, in which foreign affairs shape Americans’ lives every day in tangible ways. In the sample examined for this study, India Ink did not have any examples of the third kind of correspondent—the citizen foreign correspondent—described by Hamilton (2009). According to him, these correspondents are “individuals without journalistic training or affiliation who become de facto journalists when they report on foreign events and issues, often by posting the information directly on the Internet.” Since they are unsupervised, self-appointed and work for free, they are not answerable to an editor for fairness or accuracy. They are highly partisan and unreliable in terms of delivery. Yet they provide valuable information often available nowhere else, as seen in late 2008 when terrorists attacked Mumbai, and victims and onlookers became citizen journalists by providing information through tweets. By soliciting tips, stories, and reactions from readers, however, India Ink is encouraging a particular form of this kind of correspondence. For now, these correspondents are represented on the blog through the blogroll, which links to some of the most popular citizen journalism blogs written by Indians in India. It might be a matter of time before articles in India Ink link directly to news or commentary from these blogs, or mention them as sources. In addition to these three types of correspondents, India Ink has three traditional foreign correspondents—“Americans who are sent abroad by an established news organization to maintain a permanent bureau or who work abroad for years as freelance correspondents for such media” (Hamilton, 2009). New York Times’ South Asia bureau chief, Jim Yardley is an example of this kind of correspondent. Two other India Ink reporters, Heather Timmons, who has been in India for four years, and Lydia Polgreen, The Times’ Africa and South Asia correspondent, are other examples. In keeping with the nature of a blog, India Ink sometimes publishes articles carrying deeply personal opinions, usually stemming from the author’s own life experiences. Interestingly, these articles are not separated visually from the regular news and feature articles. In two such instances, readers flooded the comments section with their responses. The first instance was an article titled (Mungee 2011) “Why I Left India (Again),” about the author’s inability to adjust to life in India, after having spent 11 years in the U.S. “India’s wealth and lifestyle disparity is still impossibly great; I probably spent more on pizza than on my maid,” he wrote. Readers responded with 450 comments—mostly vitriolic. They accused him of being unpatriotic and hypocritical. The attacks continued on the author’s personal blog, and he reported, “A nice gentleman on Twitter said he’d hunt (him) down in the U.S.” The response was so overwhelming that a week later, the site’s editor Heather Timmons put together an article based solely on readers’ responses. She posted links to some of the reactions of readers from around the world, and then summed up the main themes that emerged from the tweets and comments. In another case, when New-York based author Shivani Vora wrote about her motherhood experience (Vora 2011), and the post-delivery care offered by her mother, readers accused her of propagating stereotypes about Indian parents. Most people took offence at her generalized observations about middle-class Indian parents’ aspirations for their daughters. “My parents pushed me to study, rather than learn how to make traditional Indian food. Instead of focusing on finding me a suitable husband, they wanted me to find a career which would make me independent,” wrote Vora, who moved to the U.S. when she was seven, pointing out how her parents were different from “traditional” Indians. Readers called her out on her generalization of gender bias. “My wife, an Indian, born and raised in India never had to choose kitchen over education,” commented a reader. “I have nine female first cousins—some of them came of age in the 1940s and others in the 1980s. The older cousins are now retired and some retired as Professors, others as principals of high schools or professional colleges,” wrote another. In my opinion, these are examples of the way in which India Ink uses the form and structure of a blog platform to add an informal and personal touch to articles. While opinion columns in newspapers might generate similar discussion among readers, the blog’s comments section works differently. One, it is public—which means readers can read and respond to each other’s comments, which in both the examples above they did. Second, the digital platform allows a certain swiftness in response, both from readers and the author, allowing for better chances of a meaningful discussion. And lastly, the ease of distribution of a blog’s content— readers shared the story on social networking sites and emailed the link to their friends, which helped the article attract readership and attention, and generate more readership for the site. The blog went one step ahead by acknowledging its readers opinions and ascribing value to them, when it published a follow-up article based purely on the reactions the article generated from all over the world. Depicting the subaltern As discussed in the sections above, technology and the blog format have helped free foreign correspondence of several binds imposed on it by traditional methods of news reporting and traditional mainstream media. How applicable is this freedom to the depiction of women? Does technology allow for a “true” depiction of India, without the tinge of “othering” that a Western lens could produce? As Geertsema (2009) points out in her feminist critique of foreign correspondence, there are many examples of the lack of representation of women and of negative or stereotypical representations, whether on the national, international, or global level. The news media commit both sins of omission and sins of commission (Made, Lowe-Morna & Kwaramba 2003). The Global Media Monitoring Project (WACC 2005, p. 17) found that women are more than twice as likely as men to be portrayed as victims, and that they primarily appear in the news as celebrities, royalty or “ordinary people.” Women are also frequently represented within their domestic roles and sexual appeal to men (Ceulemans & Fauconnier 1979), or as wives and mothers, sex objects and glamour girls, virgins or whores, or passive, dependent and indecisive (Gallagher 1981). According to Valdivia (1995), postcolonial women are forced to remain silent partly because of “the Western press’s inability to envision such women as speaking subjects on public issues” (p. 15). Luthra (1995) argues that the mass media embody modernity whereas women embody tradition. The intersection of race and gender contributes to the “othering” of women, as news reports about the Third World often create an us/them dichotomy, with the “other” represented as unstable and violent, while “us” are being shown as industrialized, ordered and stable (Dahlgren 1982). Hosken (1996) points out that the focus in international news is typically on political problems, disasters, conflicts, and war, and very little is reported on the lives of women in the limited space dedicated to international affairs. India Ink’s unique mix of reporters from varied backgrounds combined with its use of technology, which allows for diverse voices to get heard, and promote interactivity, helps it avoid most of the pitfalls of biased reporting. It’s true, however, that the blog lacks adequate and sustained coverage on women. Its regular series on women, “Ms India,” only had one feature over the four-month period of sample collection for this study. The article was about women running a printing press in South India (Roy 2011). Contrary to Valdivia’s (1995) assertions, the coverage was far from stereotypical. It portrayed women from a lower socio-economic strata in an empowered role and allowed them to represent themselves. Another series, “The Other India,” by author Sonia Faleiro, carried stories from India’s small towns and villages: stories of farmers, weavers, teachers, dancing troupes, small-time politicians, pickle-makers, housewives, and circus artists, who are usually depicted as disempowered and victims in traditional media. The topics for this series could be considered stereotypical by some scholars in that they portray the exotic, the poverty and the grime in India. The stories, however, are very sensitively written, and are accompanied by photographs of specific characters in the story, thus avoiding generalizations about social situations. The text is written in a way that allows agency to the main characters, and is devoid of the author’s judgments. Thus, I would conclude that in its limited space and capacity, India Ink makes an effort to focus on issues related to the marginalized population in a respectable way. But considering the vast digital divide in a country of 1.2 billion between those with computer access and those without, it is debatable whether and to what extent the subjects of these stories have the opportunity to engage with the reporter and provide their feedback. Use of Multimedia in India Ink: Though India Ink’s scope and volume of multimedia components do not match with that of the main New York Times website, the blog makes a decent attempt to parse out stories through different media. Some of the most memorable instances of video use include a story about the endangered profession of traditional Indian music bands that play at wedding processions (Teng 2011). Shot by a freelance videographer, the story has a short write up and uses mostly on-camera interviews to tell the story. Another example is a photo slideshow, with video and text on Calcutta, by father-son photographer duo Alex and Sidin Vadukul (Vadukul 2011).Through images, words and sound the two provide their personal take on the city of their origin. Though seen from a Western lens, there is no attempt to exoticize Calcutta. The article was cross-posted from The Times’ magazine section. Interaction with readers One of the components of the multimedia elements used by India Ink is audience interaction methods. Almost every article is accompanied by a question asking readers for their reactions and recommendations in the comments section, or encouraging some other kind of participation. In cases where the comments become particularly lively or interesting, the reporter might join the debate and make a new point, clarify a misunderstood aspect of the story or answer a question. Apart from engaging readers in the comments section, India Ink uses crowdsourcing techniques to generate ideas for stories. This is a particularly savvy way of keeping the website relevant for readers. For instance, at the height of the anti-corruption movement by social activist Anna Hazare, India Ink started a special feature called “I Did Not Pay a Bribe.” The site identified this as “a collaborative project with readers, devoted to showing how some people manage to get things done in India, without paying extra (bribes).” This is the appeal it sent to readers: “Did you get a driver’s license, a government job, a home, an electricity connection or your daughter admitted to school without paying a bribe, when others around you did? Write us at IndiaInk@nytimes.com and tell us in detail about your experience. Your tale may help your neighbor or someone across the country.” The first issue of this feature reported on a dental assistant and her family who stood in line for six hours, rather than pay seven times the actual fee for her family’s vaccinations. In another instance of soliciting reader involvement, the blog asked readers to send stories of “Indians far from home, working unlikely jobs, keeping traditions in unusual ways.” This question was attached to an article giving a roundup of Indian immigrants around the world and their stories of resilience (Bajaj 2011). Ethical Issues: In my opinion, India Ink does a commendable job of negotiating tricky ethical situations by using digital tools. For instance, in an article about the 7 billionth baby of the world being born in India (Gottipati 2011), the reporter visited a “half dozen maternity wards in Delhi.” The article appeared on the blog with a series of photographs depicting conditions inside the maternity ward. The report painted a grim picture of these wards: Dozens of pregnant women lay splayed, groaning on rusty beds with creaky wheels. Some clutched their heads and watched the filthy fans whirring above them. Blood and body fluids were everywhere. In dingy rooms with peeling walls and grimy peach tiles, these women knew little about the world’s 7 billionth person, nor really seemed to care. At first glance, the article may appear biased—a reader commenting on the article questioned why the reporter was looking at a developing country’s underfunded healthcare system through a First-World, Western lens. She also commented on the photographer violating the patients’ rights to privacy. Merely reading the text of the article might give this impression. But when one clicks to the photo slideshow, a wholly different context emerges. The slideshow is accompanied by several paragraphs of text by the photographer, which gives a very detailed background of how the story came to be. In her explanation, the photographer (herself seven months pregnant) mentions her long career of photographing women in maternity wards all around the world— from Haiti to Africa, Sierra Leone, Congo, Afghanistan and Pakistan. She describes in detail the reason behind choosing that particular hospital (it was one of the largest maternity hospitals in Delhi, and possibly Asia) and the process of gaining access and permission to shoot pictures. “It’s important to be respectful to the people that you’re photographing. In a maternity ward/health story, it’s hard because things are very graphic and women are very exposed,” she explained, referring to the process of making the patients comfortable and informing them about the project, before photographing them. In a print publication, providing this kind of transparency would have been impossible due to limitations of space. Readers might have been left with resentful questions about what went on behind the scenes, especially for a complex story such as this. But with the use of digital tools, the blog was able to avoid an ethical dilemma. On November 30, last year, Athar tweeted: “About to answer questions with @KateBussmann for her book #twinterview2011.” Athar’s act of citizen journalism—live tweeting Osama’s death—had turned him into an example of the forms journalism could take in the future. As Hamilton (2010) notes, in the future we will see “endless mixing of old and new models.” I think India Ink is an important step in exploring a model for expanding the possibilities of foreign correspondence in the digital era. In its two and a half years of existence, the blog’s well-thought out and credible coverage has provided readers a useful tool to experience India. 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__label__wiki	0.792759	0.792759	Media Re-victimization of Rape Victims in a Shame Culture? Exploring the Framing and Representation of Rape Cases in Nigerian Dailies Chinenye Nwabueze, Ph.D* and Fidelis Oduah Department of Mass Communication, Anambra State University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria Department of Mass Communication,Federal Polytechnic, Oko,Anambra State University,Nigeria Chinenye Nwabueze, Ph.D E-mail: cdnwabueze@yahoo.com This is a content analysis of three Nigerian Dailies – Daily Sun, Vanguard and Guardian newspapers to examine the framing and representation of rape cases in the newspapers. Among the objectives of the study are to find out the frequency of stories on rape reported in the Nigerian newspapers, to find out the sources of rape cases as reported in the Nigerian Newspapers, and to find out the dominant frame used in the stories on rape reported in the Nigerian newspapers. It was found that the dominant frame of rape stories in the newspapers was innocence frame which portrayed victims of rape as innocent of the crime rather than re-victimisation frame which portrayed victims as responsible for the incident Framing, Representation, Re-victimisation, Rape. A cursory look at the series of unfolding events and developments the world over indicates that the globe is fast degenerating into crimes and crime-related offences. One of such crimes is that of men sexually abusing women and, in fact, forcefully having carnal knowledge of girls and women without their consent. For instance, India as a country has in recent time, continued to have its doses of not just rape cases but “gang raping” of powerless, defenseless and innocent women and girls by rapists and “the situation has become more or less chronic and satanic” (Ogbu 2014, p.2).In Nigeria, the same ugly scenario floods the nation and the Nigerian media, particularly the print media, are daily becoming awash with catalogue of incidents and stories of girls and women being not just sexually molested and abused but most wickedly descended on and raped without scruples leaving this poor victims wallowing in both physical and psychological trauma without urgent remedies even in the face of apparent enabling laws against such dastardly and inhuman crimes.These mindless cases of rape as have been reported in the Nigerian media, particularly newspapers, are legion. For instance, it was reported by one Mrs. Ngozi Ugwu that her seven year old niece was raped by three men, namely, Kazeem Mohammed (40 years old), Tobi Daramola (19 years old) and James Anieskin (19 years old) (Daily Sun Newspaper, Thursday 19th December 2013, p. 27). Equally, seventeen year old school girl was abducted in Benin, Edo State while returning from school by a gang of three men who confined her to their room and took turns of raping her (Daily Sun Newspaper, 10th January 2014, p.12). A pastor, Emmanuel Mathew, aged 50, who is the General Overseer of the Choice Bible Church was alleged to have raped three pupils, one was aged nine while the other two were both seven years (Vanguard Newspaper, Friday 25th October 2013, p.7). Worrisomely too, a virgin school girl at Ikorodu Lagos was lured into a room forcefully stripped naked and raped to coma by a gang of three (Daily Sun Newspaper, Thursday 31st October 2013, p.25). A police corporal, Anthony Onoja was dismissed from the Nigerian police force for raping a two-year-old girl (Daily Sun Newspaper, Wednesday, November 6th 2011, p.14). Again, a twenty-nine-year-old man, Masonter Iyange of Akwabo street, Zaki-Biam, Benue State was arraigned before a Makurdi chief magistrate court over charges of armed robbery and rape (The Guardian Newspaper, 6th June 2013, p.12).The above incidents are as pathetic as they are tear-evoking the situation, most worrisomely, is increasing by the day and lamenting (rape has renamed a recurring decided across the country)(Guardian Newspaper editorial, Thursday 6th June, 2004, p.12). The question here is do rape victims face another form of victimization, this time, re-victimisation, in media reports based on choice of words used in framing the rape incidents? Revictimisation of rape victims leads to violation which often occurs when the disregard for the victim can closely mimic the victim’s experience at the hands of her assailant (Campbell &Raja, 1999, p.142). The victim may feel that this treatment “hurts as much as therape itself” (Campbell et al., 1999:847-858). Sexual re-victimisation refers to a pattern in which the sexual assault victim has an increased risk of subsequent victimisation relative to an individual who was never victimized (Lurie, Boaz, & Golan, 2013). How do the media in Nigeria, particularly the newspapers, frame rape incidents? Are the choice of words used in writing stories on rape revictimise the victims? Is there a relationship between fear of revictimisation and unwillingness of rape victims to report such incidents to the police and other legal authorities? These, among others, form the nucleus of this research work “exploring media framing and representation of rape cases in Nigerian Newspapers”. Over the years, there has been an upsurge in the number of rape related cases in the Nigerian society (Agaba 2013, p.3) and situation appears to be increasing in astronomical proportion as days roll by (Okunzua 2014, p.6). This has created palpable worries in the minds of many. Some of these sexual assaults and rapes are according to Ifeacho (2012, p.4) either reported or intentionally “buried” by the victims or their parents or relations for fear of stigmatization while some few others are reported by the media.There is this growing fear that rape victims are sometimes re-victimized by the media as being responsible for the sexual assaults and carnal knowledge inflicted on them by their assailants. Although there exists substantial research on physical revictimisation of rape victims (Campbell &Raja, 1999; Classen, Palesh, and Aggarwal, 2005;Steyn, 2005), less is known about media revictimisation through choice of words and framing. The quest to fill these gaps informed this study. The following constitute the objectives of this study: 1. To find out the frequency of stories on rape reported in the Nigerian newspapers 2. To find out the dominant story type on rape cases in the Nigerian newspapers. 3. To find out the sources of rape cases as reported in the Nigerian Newspapers. 4. To find out the dominant frame used in the stories on rape reported in the Nigerian newspapers. Theoretical framework This research work is anchored on the social responsibility theory as well as the agenda setting theory of the press. Social responsibility theory The social responsibility theory of the press posits that the press, as it were, has roles, obligations and responsibilities which it owes the society in order that such a society would develop in the process of the press freely doing its duties.Expanded by Peterson, Siebert and Schramm in 1956, the social responsibility theory is an extension of the libertarian theory in that the press recognizes that it has a responsibility to society to carryout its essential functions (Hasan, 2013, p.170). Affirming this (Uwakwe, 2012, p.94) asserts that “the theory as a legal extension of the plus implies all vestiges of social responsibility”. Agbanu (2013, p.161-162) says concerning the emergence of the social responsibility theory of the press thus:Because of the need for regulation which arises due to the abuse of libertarian theory, the American government in 1947 inaugurated the Hutchins commission to study the situation and offer recommendation. This commission after its assignment suggested that freedom has to go with responsibility. This recommendation gave rise to the social responsibility theory the social responsibility theory highlights the obligation and responsibilities the media owe the society.Aligning himself with the above position, Asemah (2011, p.146) laments that it was amply as a result of the failure and abuse of the libertarian theory of the press that the social responsibility theory came into existence. According to him: The theory emerged because the press abused the freedom which they enjoyed as a result of the free press. The press engaged in sensationalism, invasion of privacy, defamation of character and other negative activities that fell-short of the idealistic libertarian goals. As the press grew large in the 20th century, it became an object of criticism. As a result of the negative activities of the press due to press freedom, the Hutchins commission was set up in 1947 to look into the criticisms made it clear that freedom and responsibility go hand in hand and that the press should be periodically reminded of its responsibilities.The relevance of social responsibility theory to this study is that since it is genuinely the responsibility and/or duty of the press to freely inform the members of the society, it is then part and parcel of this responsibility or obligation of the press or the media to bring to the public cases of rape in the society with a view to exposing those perpetrating the act. This will go a long way in not only sanitizing the system but also making the society a better place. Without proper framing, representation and, indeed, reportage of rape cases, rape as a crime would continue to bestride the society and this would no doubt be seen as an indictment against the press for non-performance. Agenda setting theory The main gist of the agenda setting theory is that “the mass media determine what the public discuss and think about” (Nwabueze, 2014, p.44). This is in line with earlier assertions by many communication scholars who argue that the hallmark of the agenda setting theory is that “the media do not tell us what to think but what to think about and that the media are responsible for most of the pictures we hold in our hands. The agenda setting theory argues that “when the media emphasize an issue by frequently reporting it and also giving it prominence, the people use it as an agenda for discussion” (Nwabueze, 2014, p. 44). It “refers to media audiences’ acceptance as important those issues, events and people because the media have made them so for people to think and take about” (Ngoa 2012, p. 4).Ekeanyanwu (2015, p.115) in his view contends that “agenda setting is where the mass is accredited with the power to set the agenda of the topics for discussion”. This means that it is what the media want us to think about that they project to the public as an important issue and at the end of the day, it appears important in the eyes of the public (Ozuru & Ekeanyanwu 2013, p. 109). The agenda setting theory is apt in this research because it is the degree of prominence or importance attached to a story or event such as rape by the media (whether print or electronic) that would determine greatly how the public would see or value such event, story or situation. Media, Media framing and Representation The ideas of media framing and media representation are fast becoming Siamese twins as both are seemingly inseparable. Framing involves giving an angle to an event with a view that the audience or readers would perceive the story from the perspective of the media reporting same. This view is supported by Entman (2002, p. 291) who sees framing as “the selection of some aspects of a perceived reality and making them more salient in a communication text in such a way as to promote a particular problem definition, casual interpretation, moral evaluation and/or treatment recommendation for the item described”. To Entman, therefore, framing can simply be summarized as involving “selection and salience”.Media framing and representation, therefore, refers to the art and act of the media, whether print, electronic or even the social media, giving prominence to an issue or personality by selecting and giving more prominence and emphasis on such issue or personality thus drawing and focusing the attention of the people in the direction of the issue or personality. This position is given vent to by Iyengar and Kinder (1987, p.114) when they argued that by “by lavishing news coverage on an issue while ignoring others, the media draw attention to certain aspects of political life at the expense of the others”. Thus, he further argued that “issues highlighted in the media become the standard by which media audiences judge politicians and elective office seekers” for “if it is crime that dominates the media agenda, not only does crime become public enemy number one, crime also becomes the principal yardstick for evaluating president’s or congress’s performance” (Iyengar & Reeves, 1997, p.213). Viewing framing from the angle of “issue framing”, Dearing & Rogers (1992, p.63) explain that “issues framing are the subtle selection of certain aspects of an issue by making the media to make them more important and thus, emphasize a particular cause of some phenomenon”.Flowing from the above, therefore, is that the degree of coverage and salience given to events, issued or phenomena by the media would go a long way in determining people knowledge, exposures, views, opinions and/or suggestions about such event, issue or phenomenon. Thus, the degree or amount of prominence or coverage or placement of cases of rape in the newspaper would determine what people or the Nigerian society feel about rape and its attendant consequences. Exploring the concept of Revictimisation of rape victims Revictimisation, also called secondary victimization, happens when providers subjugate the needs and psychological boundaries of rape victims to organisational needs, which leaves the victim feeling violated (Steyn, 2005). Revictimization is associated with higher distress and certain psychiatric disorders. People who were revictimized show difficulty in interpersonal relationships, coping, self-representations, and affect regulation and exhibit greater self-blame and shame (Classen, Palesh, and Aggarwal, 2005). This could possibly, in the medium term, lead to disordered eating, sleep problems, depression and difficulties in establishing trusting relationships with important others (Steyn, 2005). In the long term serious psychological disorders could develop such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS), General Anxiety Disorder, panic attacks and phobias (Steyn, 2005). Media revictimisation therefore refers to the use of words and frames to create an impression that a rape victim brought the incident of rape upon herself through indecent dressing or being in the wrong place at wrong time. Reporting a rape incident from this angle consists of revictimising the victim. Such reports could possibly lead to revictimisation problems highlighted by Classen, Palesh, and Aggarwal, (2005) such as difficulty in interpersonal relationships, coping, self-representations, and affect regulation and exhibit greater self-blame and shame. Gqola (2006) writes the media re-victimize women who have been raped through the choice of words used in telling the stories. According to Gqola, the idea that the woman should not have been wearing a kind of provocative dressing or should not have been walking alone at a particular time and place is often used to justify some of the media’s bias in terms of representations of women who have been victims of gender-based violence. Rape and the Shame Culture A shame culture is one in which conformity to behavior is basically achieved to the fear of being shamed (Oxford Dictionaries: Language Matters, 2004). People adhere to rules and accepted behavior because they feel that if caught going against the law or societal norms, they could be put to public riddle and made suffer shame in the process. Shame and guilt are often referred to as ‘moral’ emotions (Tangney & Stuewig, 2004). People experience shame and guilt when they have done something bad in their own eyes or in the eyes of others (Wong & Tsai, 2007). Shame has also been described as an inner torment or a sickness of the soul (Tomkins, Sedgwick & Frank, 1995).Shame can be a very strong indicator of an individual’s role in society; for instance, a can feel shame for failing to meet a minimal standard of social acceptability, over fear of exclusion from a particular social group, or at being perceived as an outcast (Lewis, 1992; Rao, 2014). Among a wide range of culture-specific reasons why a woman might feel ashamed or guilt-ridden, the violation of the body ranks as one of the most common (Benedict, 1992; Thapan, 1997). This places rape as a factor which triggers off feeling of shame among victims of such incidents in any society. The existence of fear of shame among rape victims is prevalent in Nigerian and other African societies. Nigeria as a society that has a shame culture that covertly tolerates rape is reflected in the comments of Okafor-Vanni (2013) who observes that daily in the society, decisions are consciously or unconsciously made which perpetrate the culture of rape, that is, a culture where rape and sexual violence are common and in which prevalent attitudes, norms, societal practices and even the media normalises, excuses or tolerates rape. Okafor-Vanni further observes that numerous cases of rape and gang rape in Nigeria go unreported while the few that get reported to the authorities are either not pursued by the police or the victim is advised to keep silent lest she disgraces her family. Kalu (2004) writes that in many parts of Africa, violence against women is a common phenomenon, occurring in various forms and often engraved in the psyche of women as an inevitable part of womanhood. Shame and ape culture are prevalent in most African societies. Incidents of Rape in Nigeria: An Overview The rate at which incidents of rape occur in our society today is becoming not only alarming but outrageous. Statistics have it that in Lagos alone, 678 cases of rape were reported in 2012, which is an average of two cases per day (Musbau, 2013, p. 53). No fewer than 100 cases of rape were equally recorded in Kano courts in 2013 alone out of which only 40 offenders were convicted. In Anambra, some NGOs working on sexual violence recorded 115 incidents and complaints on rape but only 12 cases taken up with the police while none of them was successfully prosecuted (Guardian Newspaper, Friday February 7, 2014, page 20). Perhaps, the most goose-pimple raising incident of rape was the recent incestuous rape of a 60 year old mother at the Ajabamidele area of Ado Ekiti by her own 21 year old son, Akintumde Omotehinde. One is the most likely to ask at this juncture, why are the cases of rape on the increase in the Nigerian society today. Oduah (2014, p. 10) gives the following as factors that bring about increased cases of rape in Nigeria; gaps in the country’s laws and stringent burden of proof placed on victims and prosecutors; Stigmatization; Unnecessary delays in the judicial system; Corruption in the judiciary; Family ties (where cases of child rape and/or rape are committed against victims by their close relatives following which the family members more often than not decide not to report these crimes to the police for prosecution owing to consanguinity or family ties);Intimidation and fear of attacks(where victims of rape are more often than not afraid of reporting the rapists for fear of attacks by some of these rapists who sometimes are deadly and fiendish); and Indecent dressing by girls and carelessness on the part of parents. It is important to note that failure to prove any of the above ingredient of rape means that the accused will be exculpated even when the crime was, in fact committed. This is disheartening. Musbau (2013, p. 53) satirically regrets the situation thus: Rape culprits are having a field day because the onus of proof lies only with the victims. The victim is the one that must provide the bed sheet used to rape her. She must provide her pant and not wash herself before going to the police station and the hospital even when it is sure that there would be delay in getting and presenting the report of medical tests because of the nature of our health facilities. Research method The content analysis and interview methods were adopted for this study. Content analysis as a research method was found apt and suitable for this study because the method involves the assessment and evaluation of newspaper coverage of rape cases in Nigeria. The population of interest for this study consists of editions of The Guardian, Daily Sun and Vanguard newspapers published between June 2013 and May 2014 which covers one year. To arrive at the population of this study, the number of days/editions of newspapers that make up one year are multiplied into three to cover the three newspapers used for this study. Hence the population of this study was 1095 editions.In order to determine the sample size for this study, the Taro Yarmane’s formula was adopted. The Taro Yarmane’s formula was adopted in order to obtain the sample size since the population of this study is already. The Taro Yarmane’s formula for the determination of the sample size where the population is known is as follows: Using the above formula, a sample size of editions of the three newspapers was arrived at. Apart from the above, the systematic sampling was equally adopted in selecting the samples of the newspapers studied. Applying the staggering list order, the months of the year were listed and the six(6) months were systematically selected using an interval of every two months commencing from June 2013 and purposively three days in a weeks – Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday were selected. Units of analysis and the corresponding content categories The units of analysis and the manifest content of the selected newspapers which this study examined are: 1. Frequency/regularity of rape cases in the Nigerian newspaper 2. Form of coverage 3. Direction of coverage/slant 4. Story source 1. Frequency: This refers to number of times stories on rape incidents appeared in the selected newspapers. 2. Form of coverage: The form of coverage refers to the way the story was reported or presented. Forms of coverage were categorized into Straight news story, Editorials, Feature stories, Opinion articles/columns, Letters, Advertorials/supplements, Cartoons, Photo news, Public enlightenment campaigns. 3. Story source: By story source, it meant the person from whom the story was obtained. Thus, in this study, story source refers to the person from whom the rape story or news came to be known to the public. Hence, the story sources in this work were categorized as: a) The rape victims themselves b) Family members of the rape victims – father, mother, relations etc. c) The police d) Courts e) Eye witnesses f) Groups – FIDA, NGOs etc. 4. Story Frame: This refers to the way words were used to create a perception or understanding of the stories on rape read by the audience. The following frames were used in analyzing the reports on rape in the selected newspapers: innocence frame: reports indicating that the rape victim was innocent of the crime; neutral frame: a report which simply reported the crime without using words suggestive of the victim being innocent or indirectly responsible for attracting the crime to herself; intimidation frame: reports which used words indicating that the police or law enforcement agents intimidated the rape victim in anyway by asking her questions that may have made her feel that reporting the incident was a bad idea; and responsibility/blame frame: stories using words suggesting that the rape victim was directly or indirectly responsible for attracting the rape incident to herself, where for instance, sources are quoted in the report accusing the rape victim of wearing an indecent cloth or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Frames have been used to study media coverage of rape incidents. Steeves (1992) studied framing patterns supportive of patriarchal or feminist ideologies of rape in selected Kenyan publications. Inter-coder reliability In inter-coder reliability, where there exists 75% similarity in their independent coding, it means that the coding as done and obtained can be relied upon. However, where there is below 45% similarly, the coding guide is assumed to be unreliable and therefore cannot be conveniently or reliably used or depended upon.Hence, the inter-coder reliability for this study was calculated using Holstis formula. The data as gathered or generated from content analyzing the three newspapers, Guardian, Vanguard and the Daily Sun are presented and analyzed in this section. Table 1 above shows the rate at which the Nigerian newspapers report rape cases as depicted by the three Nigerian newspapers, namely, the Guardian, Vanguard and the Sun newspapers. Table 1: The frequency at which Nigerian newspapers report rape cases as presented by the Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014 The table shows that from June 2013 to April 2014, the three selected newspapers reported rape cases fifty-seven(57) times. In June 2013, a total of ten(10) reported cases of rape were contained in the three selected Nigerian newspapers in June 2013.In August 2013, a total of eight (8) reported cases of rape were contained in the three selected Nigerian newspapers in August 2013.In October 2013, a total of thirteen (13) reported cases of rape were contained in the three selected Nigerian newspapers in October 2013. In December 2013, the three selected Nigerian newspapers reported rape cases twelve (12) times in December 2013.In February 2013, a total of five(5) reported cases of rape were contained in the three selected Nigerian newspapers. Finally in April 2013, a total of nine (9) reported cases of rape were contained in the three selected Nigerian newspapers in April 2013.This means that the Daily Sun newspaper reported rape cases most than the other selected newspapers within the period under study while the Guardian was least in reportage of rape cases within the period under study. Table 2 above shows the form of coverage of rape cases in Nigerian newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014. It shows that out of the fifty-seven (57) cases of reported cases of rape, thirty seven (37) of them were reported to the people in the straight news forms. Out of this thirty seven(37) reported cases of rape in straight news forms, the Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers had three(3), eleven(11) and twenty three(23) respectively.Again, a total of four (4) cases of rape were reported by the three selected Nigerian newspapers in editorial form. The Guardian, Vanguard and the Daily Sun respectively had the ratio as one (1), one(1) and two(2).Feature stories relating to rape as reported by the three Nigerian newspapers within the period under review were seven (7). Both the Guardian and the Vanguard newspapers each reported rape cases using feature form twice while the Daily Sun reported rape cases in feature form three(3) times.Equally, the table above shows that within the period under review, rape related stories that came in form of opinion articles were respectively one(1), two(2) and three(3) for the Guardian, Vanguard and the Daily Sun newspapers making it a total of six(6) rape related cases expressed through opinion articles.For cartoons, only one case of rape related case appeared in the Daily Sun newspaper within the period under review. The result presented above shows that most rape cases as reported by the Nigerian newspapers as depicted by the three Nigerian newspapers of Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun appear in straight news forms. On the contrary, the result presented above shows that the least or seldom used form of reporting rape cases by the Nigerian newspapers are cartoon. Table 2: Form of coverage of rape cases in the Nigerian newspapers as presented by the Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014 Table 3 above shows the sources of reported cases of rape in the Nigerian newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014. In other words, the table shows those who brought the rape cases to the knowledge of the public. The study shows that out of the fifty-seven(57) reported cases of rape from June 2013 – May 2014, thirteen(13) were reported or made known to the public by the victims themselves while thirty-two(32) of the cases were reported by family members of the victims. Other sources of stories on rape as revealed from the study are police(4), eyewitnesses(0), court(5), Non-Governmental Organizations(3).It follows, therefore, that most cases of rape reported by the Nigerian newspapers have their origin or source from the relations of victims, which include victims’ parents, aunts, uncles etc. Table 3: Story source of reported cases of rape in the Nigerian newspapers as presented by the Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014 Table 4: Framing of rape stories/cases as reported in the three Nigerian newspapers, the Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers from June 2013 – May 2014 In the table above, from a total of fifty-seven(57) reported cases of rape, most of the newspapers used in this study adopted the innocence frame as thirty-two(32) stories were written using the innocence frame. This is followed by the neutral frame which has nine(9) out of fifty-seven(57) reported rape cases. Others include intimidation frame(7), avoidance frame (6) and the least being the responsibility/blame frame(3). In summary, therefore, the innocence frame form of reportage of rape cases forms the most used form of frame by the Nigerian newspapers as exemplified by The Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers. On the contrary, the responsibility frame form or angle of reportage of rape cases is the least used by Nigerian newspapers. Result from Interview with rape victims Eleven rape victims in Anambra state (one of the Southeastern states in Nigeria) were interviewed for this study. This was basically done with a view to confirming whether the victims reported their cases to the police or whether they avoided making the matter known the police or other authorities due to fear of physical or media revictimisation.Eleven rape victims were interviewed for this study. Ten of the victims were between 8 and 16 years old while one victim was a 21-year-old university undergraduate. All the cases were reported by the relations of the victims. The rape incidents which the victims were involved in took place between January to August 2014. Only three of the eleven cases were not reported to the police. The interview with rape victims was conducted by persons who had worked with the rape victims in seeking justice. This was because the rape victims were unwilling to speak with the researchers or any other person on the incidents and preferred to keep the cases confidential. The people who assisted the researchers in conducting the interviews are a journalist with Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Awka, Anambra State who spoke with four rape victims she investigated their cases, a lawyer who spoke with two victims he assisted in settling their cases out of court, a police officer who spoke with four victims he investigated their cases, and a lady who spoke with a victim she reported her incident to security personnel. Theses interviewers spoke with the victims at their homes, each interview not lasting more than 30 minutes.The victims and their relations told the researchers that they were unwilling to go to the court or to the press to report the incidents basically because of the stigma attached to victims of such incidents by the society. The victims, according to the interviews, avoided going public with the cases because of fear of stigma and social discrimination in the society, not fear of physical or media revictimisation. The relations of the victims told the researchers that reporting the matter to the police gave the victims’ families enough assurance of protection from physical revictimisation. Discussion of findings The present study explored media framing and representation of rape cases in Nigeria in selected Nigerian newspapers – The Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun. The study was hinged on the social responsibility and agenda setting theories. Six research questions were raised and the results obtained from the analysis are discussed thus:On research question one which is on the frequency at which Nigerian newspapers report cases of rape, it was found out that most Nigerian newspapers seldom report rape cases. The Daily Sun newspaper, however, tops the list of Nigerian newspapers in the reportage of rape cases as the newspaper reported rape cases thirty-three (33) times out of the total number of fifty-seven (57) reported cases of rape during the period under study. This affirms the study of Musbau (2013) which found out that an average of two rape cases occur per day in Lagos, Nigeria alone. Thus, if an average of two rape cases occur daily in Lagos, Nigeria alone and only fifty-seven(57) are reported in one year which the study covers, it deductively shows low reportage of rape cases by Nigerian newspapers. However, this may be as a result of the unwillingness of rape victims to report such cases to security personnel or the press, as confirmed in the interviews with rape victims carried out as part of this study. According to Okafo-Vanni (2013), there are numerous cases of rape and gang rape in Nigeria, yet many go unreported; the few that get reported to the authorities are either not pursued by the police or the victim is advised to keep silent lest she disgraces her family.The interview aspect of this study revealed that most rape cases are reported to the police by the victims’ relations. These victims’ relations were even unwilling to do so but had to go to the police because of the need to protect the victims from possible physical victimization. Stigma and social discrimination in the society accounted for the unwillingness to make rape cases a press affair, according to the interviews with rape victims. On research question two, which is on the dominant story or form of coverage of rape cases in Nigeria, the study found out that most Nigerian newspapers report cases of rape in straight news form. The implication of this is that investigative and explanatory stories on rape incidents presented in feature story format are lacking in these newspapers. This gives reports on rape a predictable pattern. According to Joseph (2008, p. 262): Mainstream media coverage of rape over the past quarter of a century has generally conformed to a predictable pattern: long spells of routine reports regularly, if randomly, culled from police handouts, broken by brief periods of intensive and extensive coverage catalyzed by one or more cases that happen to grab the imagination of the media and the public—usually in that order. (p. 262)Feature story stories would provide opportunity for indepth coverage of rape cases, with details presentation of facts, how the victims were attacked, the news behind the news, interpretation of such incidents, and what law enforcement agents are doing. The provides platform for informative story contents beyond the skeletal straight news presentation of rape cases.On the Nigerian newspaper placement of rape cases, the study found out that considering the front, back and inside pages of Nigerian newspapers, most Nigerian newspapers as typified by the three selected Nigerian newspapers – The Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Sun newspapers, place most of their rape related cases or report inside the pages of their newspapers, thus, denying them prominence. This agrees with the position of Agaba (2013) who posit that the increase in the rate of rape cases in Nigeria may not be unconnected with the culture of “brotherliness, spirit of forgiveness and non-placement of priority and prominence” in the reportage of rape cases.On the research question pertaining to the source of rape cases as reported in the Nigerian newspapers, this study found out that most cases of rape as reported by the Nigerian newspapers have their origin or source from the relations of victims which include victim’s parents, aunts, uncles etc. This was confirmed by both the content analysis and interview aspects of this study. Thus, many victims of rape do not report or divulge these rape incidents committed against them. This observation was supported by results from interview with rape victims which revealed that most of the victims’ cases were reported to the police by the victims’ relations. This no doubt confirms the findings of Ifeacho (2012) who stated that victims of rape would rather wish to nurse their wounds alone instead of reporting their ordeals and end up being stigmatized by the same society that ought to come to their rescue. This also confirms similar finding after a study on violence against women in Nepal which revealed that women who had been sexually assaulted were the least likely to seek help (Government of Nepal, 2012). The unwillingness of rape victims to report such incidents buttresses the existence of a shame culture which stigmatizes these victims in most societies across the globe. Culture-specific reasons could explain why a woman might feel ashamed or guilt-ridden, but the violation of the body ranks as one of the most common (Benedict, 1992; Thapan, 1997).Lastly on the framings used by the Nigerian newspapers in their reportage of rape cases in Nigeria, this study found that in most of the cases of rape as reported by the Nigerian newspapers, the innocence frame is the most predominantly used form of reportage of rape cases in Nigeria as the rape victims are portrayed as innocent of the crime committed against them. This study also found that in some cases, though rare, the victims of rape are re-victimized by the Nigerian newspapers in their reportage of rape cases as these victims are painted as being responsible for their ordeals by being in the wrong place at the wrong time or wearing what they shouldn’t wear. Though the revictimisation frame was rare (only 3 stories out of 57 studied), the existence of such reports supports the postulation by Gqola (2006) that the idea that a woman should not have been wearing a kind of provocative dressing or should not have been walking alone at a particular time and place is often used to by the media to revictimise rape victims. Rao (2014) after a study of journalists in India revealed that the journalists interviewed were consistent in stating that the television news media both countered and perpetuated the portrayal of rape victim as a shamed woman. While some journalists vocally critiqued the persistent victim shaming in perpetrated by politicians, religious leaders, and bureaucrats in India, others stated that the news media continued to bring shame to the victim by focusing on her rather than the perpetrators. With specific reference to Nigeria, Okafor-Vanni (2013) observes that everyday people make decisions consciously or unconsciously that perpetrate the culture of rape, that is, a culture where rape and sexual violence are common and in which prevalent attitudes, norms, societal practices and even the media normalises, excuses or tolerates rape. The findings of this study reveal that cases that bothered on rape are reported by Nigerian newspapers but the degree of coverage by the three selected Nigerian newspapers is minimal especially the Guardian newspaper coverage of rape cases. While most of the reported cases in the three selected newspapers appeared in straight news report, very few editorials on rape were run; again, the three newspapers “the Guardian, Vanguard and the Daily Sun” placed most of their news stories on rape inside their newspapers than at the front or back pages. 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__label__wiki	0.714356	0.714356	Newlands Chapel Chapel History Prices / Services Kent Chapel Weddings A Delightful, Secluded Kent Chapel, licensed for Civil Ceremonies Home » Chapel History Newlands Chapel, Charing, Kent. Newlands Chapel is the oldest building in Charing. During Saxon times the area was part of the Calehill One Hundred in the Lathe of Scray. The Manor of Calehill which sat on the hills to the South and the families residing there, were significant. “This district during the time of the Saxons belonged to one of their princes named Lalethe, of whom it was purchased by Archbishop Ceolnoth in 839, and given to the monks of Christ Church, and with the consent of King Ethulwulf, who declared it to be free from all secular service and regal tribute excepting the repelling of invasions and the reparation of bridges and castles. “However, the Saxons weren’t the first settlers here as surrounding the Stud is a Romano-British Road where many ancient artifacts have been found going back to the Neolithic Age. Kings and Queens quite possibly used this road en route to the Archbishop’s Palace in Charing, a stopover point midway between Lambeth and Canterbury for archbishops travelling between the two religious seats. They would travel across the country with large entourages entertaining important people as they went, and the Great Hall of the Archbishop’s Palace would have been designed to fulfill this function. Evidence suggests that Henry VIII was a frequent visitor to the Palace. Sir John de Newelond resided at ‘an eminent stone built manor’ (The Manor of Newelond) during 1271-1307. This Manor ceased to exist by at least 1460. “Sir John took his name from the land and sealed with an escallop upon a chevron for his coat, which is yet visible in ancient registers and other venerable monuments of antiquity, left before the latter end of Edward III (1377) the family was extinguished of this place. In 1374 Sir John received from the Prior and Chapter of Christ Church Canterbury their license permitting him to hear divine service within a private oratory”. “In 1279 Thomas de Bendinges did homage to Archbishop Peckham for 20th part of a knight’s fee at Neweland in Charing”. In 1347 the Brockhull family were paying auxiliary supplies at making the Black Prince Knight”. “In 1502 a complaint was made to Archbishop Dene that no priest attended to do service in Newland Chapel, although lands had been left as an endowment to provide perpetual service therein. Those lands were held by the Prior and Convent of Leeds (Priory). In reply the prior agreed to find a Chaplain, who should perform divine service in the Chapel. Nevertheless about 9 years later complaint was made to Archbishop Warham that no priest singeth service here although the Prior and Convent had the lands. The matter was remitted to the special consideration of the Archbishop himself at the foot of his bed” To this date, no-one has been able to trace the outcome of the above. The Chapel once saved the lives of children. “On 4th July 1739 the Churchwarden’s Accounts note that ‘clothing be provided for the little boy born at Newland named Epiphany Morgan’. A heavily pregnant beggar woman was walking by and the birth of her child was imminent. Upon seeing the chapel she took shelter ad gave birth leaving her child for the parish to take care of. He would have eventually been apprenticed probably to a farming family.” This was quite a common occurrence during this age and it was been written the building became ‘a Chapel for lost children’. 1952 The Chapel was listed as Grade II* The building is of Caen and Rag Stone. The walls have been significantly reduced in height but measurements can be obtained by calculating the points of the arcade arches on the south side. These calculations show that the walls would have been around 1.3m higher and the roof would have been tall and pitched. The Piscine is made of an unknown stone and the wooden credence shelf therein is contemporary as it cannot be moved. Opposite the Piscine is the Aumbry (In the Middle Ages an aumbry was a cabinet in the wall of a Christian church or in the sacristy which was used to store chalices and other vessels, as well as for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the Aucharist (Holy Communion). There is a missing ‘South aisle’ which would have been through the arcade arches. The North doorway graffiti includes pilgrims’ crosses and possibly markings of the Knights Templar together with sword and knife sharpening grooves. The North doorway is Norman in style. The annulets (rings) are used purely for ornamentation. The style of these annulets is unique the only other similarity being that of the intersecting arches of St. Albans Abbey (now Cathedral). There are several engravings on the inside walls. One – “Jesus Spede Me” was inscribed by J Rawlings and is of 17thC hand. J Rawlings, a travelling man looking for shelter, inscribed his last wishes on the pillar. There is another on the opposite side which is currently being researched. The red painting on the North wall is a mystery but possibly a coat of arms – research continues. There are apotropaic symbols (intended to ward off evil spirits) on many of the interior walls. Literature shows that in the early 1900’s the Norman doorway and three of the original walls existed. It isn’t known, as yet, when the Chapel became a ruin, however, it remained so until the then owner rebuilt it in preparation for her daughter’s marriage. It was completed in May 1968. During the research undertaken during the 60’s it was found that there was evidence of a Saxon Chapel. This was at the Chancel area – where our couples are married today. The earliest map we have seen is dated 1639 where the chapel appears to be complete but after that date to this it is shown as ‘Newlands Chapel…remains of’. The Chapel remained a ‘hidden treasure’ and even to this day most are unaware of its existence as, until 2010, the building was guarded by tall bushes and trees. On the entrance walls are many engravings made by the soldiers on gate duty who were stationed here during WWII. Newlands was used as a billet during WWII and housed the 6th guards Tank Brigade Workshop Reme who were preparing for the D-Day landings. It is recorded that they suffered the ‘largest single loss of life’ within the REME Corps – this still stands today. ‘At 6am on 24 June 1944 a V1 bomb landed in the workshop area. It caused untold damage. Out of 244 men, 46 REME soldiers from the workshop were killed out right. There were 80 wounded, including 40 seriously, 6 of whom subsequently died of their wounds. It also destroyed 7 nissan huts, the QM stores and an office hut. The following was subsequently written by Brigadier Gough: “It was a beautiful sunny morning and there was no need for us to jump out of bed on Reveille. I was in the stables, used as a washroom, shaving, when I heard a noise, looked up and saw a doodlebug coming towards us. It was being shot at from behind by a fighter-bomber. I started shouting, “Take cover, take cover”. Then it hit the camp. The bomb struck the corner of a nissan hut housing the soldiers. The blast took me off my feet. I picked myself up and wandered round where the camp was and it had all disappeared. The huts were all mangled together. There were blokes bombed to pieces, ripped apart. For security reasons it was decreed that it should be an active service burial in a mass grave in the cemetery of the nearby village of Lenham. The grave was dug during the day by Guardsmen of Scots, Grenadiers and Coldstreams. At night by lantern light the burial took place. Each soldier was wrapped in their blanket, those who could be identified had a label attached, with their number, rank and name. The names were recorded and placed in a sealed bottle which was placed under a wooden cross.” Each year this tragic event is remembered at Lenham Church with 133 Workshop Coy; there is also a service held at the burial sight on 11th November (or nearest Sunday). On arriving at the church yard you are met by the most imposing set of gates. They are dedicated to the men buried in the the church yard. Inside the churchyard the War Graves Commission have arranged head stones to the fallen men. A commemorative plaque was unveiled at Newlands Chapel in 2018. © Copyright 2020 Kent Chapel Weddings	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2232
__label__wiki	0.568484	0.568484	Superior Court Briefs: May 18 - 19 Andy McKeever 03:05PM / Friday May 20, 2011 Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Wednesday, May 18. Michael Bannister, 24, of Adams had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts distribution of oxycodone, two counts of drug violation within a school zone and one count of conspiracy to violate drug laws. Bannister was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred between November 1, 2010 and November 25, 2010 in Adams. Jeffrey Baribeault, 42, of North Adams was sentenced to a two year sentence at the Berkshire County House of Correction on one count of assault and batter and placed on two years probation on a single count of intimidation of a witness. Baribeault pleaded guilty to the charges on May 3 from the incident that involved a 39-year-old woman in Adams on July 20, 2009. Nicholas Bondini, 27, had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on five counts of possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute, seven counts of distribution of oxycodone, two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, nine counts of drug violation within a school zone and one count of conspiracy to violate drug laws. Bondini was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred in Adams and North Adams between November 5, 2010 and November 25, 2010. Edward Jennings, 24, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and larceny from a person. Ford sentenced Jennings to two years at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the assault and batter by means of a dangerous weapon and two years probation on the larceny charge. Jennings assaulted and took money from a 42-year-old man in Pittsfield on March 9, 2010. Rodney K Lewis, 46, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to one count of unarmed robbery. Lewis was sentenced to serve four to five years in state prison at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. Lewis robbed a clerk at Convenience Plus on Tyler Street on October 2, 2008. Jeffrey V. Williams, of Pittsfield, had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of illegal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, receiving stolen property over $250, one count of possession of ammunition without proper identification and improper storage of a firearm. Williams was released on personal recognizance. The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on October 23, 2010. Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Thursday, May 19. Timothy Kasuba, 28, of Lanesborough had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of distribution of oxycodone and one count of conspiracy to violate drug laws. Kasuba was released on personal recognizance. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in Lanesborough between November 1. 2010 and November 25, 2010. Michael LaPrise, 35, of North Adams had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one counts of distribution of oxycodone and conspiracy to violate drug laws. LaPrise was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred in North Adams between November 1, 2010 and November 25, 2010. Marc Tucker, 32, of North Adams had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of distribution of marijuana - his second offense - and two counts of drug violation within a school zone. Tucker was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred in North Adams on November 5, 2010 and November 15, 2010. Tags: oxycodone, intimidation, assault, marijuana, robbery Man Threatens To Bomb Pharmacy For Drugs Andy McKeever 03:19PM / Monday May 02, 2011 ADAMS, Mass. — An local man threatened to blow up Rite Aide Pharmacy on Saturday if technicians refused to give him narcotics, said police. Thomas Lee Deherrera, 23, of East Street was arrested and charged with stealing the prescription drugs oxycodone and fentanyl from the Columbia Street pharmacy. Deherrera allegedly threatened store employees at about 3 p.m. on Saturday; he reportedly had a towel over his face and was wearing blue gloves. He handed pharmacy technicians a note saying he would blow up the pharmacy if he was not given the drugs, police said Monday. Police called in a search dog from Williamstown but found no explosives. Deherrera was found and arrested while walking along the Hoosic River about a quarter of a mile away. Deherrera was being held on $25,000 cash bail and was charged with unarmed robbery, larceny from a building, four counts of possession of oxycodone, a Class B substance, and three counts of possession of fentanyl, a Class A substance. Tags: oxycodone, robbery, bomb threat, fentanyl Missing Persons Firearms Mvi Assault Buglaries Pedestrians Search Crime Watch Hit & Run Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries Armed Robbery Stabbing Robbery Motorcycles Break-ins Larceny Fraud Accident Search & Rescue Homicide Veremko Shooting Police Investigation Murder Fire Motor Vehicle Assaults Structure Fire Drug Charges Drugs Fatal Heroin Vehicle Rape	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2236
__label__cc	0.594136	0.405864	Search for: [Keywords = heat and mass transfer] Archives of Thermodynamics (3) Chemical and Process Engineering (1) Teka Commission of Motorization and Power Industry in Agriculture (1) Modeling of heat and mass transfer during thermal decomposition of a single solid fuel particle Izabela Wardach-Święcicka Dariusz Kardaś Archives of Thermodynamics \| 2013 \| No 2 June \| 53-71 \| DOI: 10.2478/aoter-2013-0010 Keywords Fuel particle Devolatilization Pyrolysis Heat and mass transfer The aim of this work was to investigate the heat and mass transfer during thermal decomposition of a single solid fuel particle. The problem regards the pyrolysis process which occurs in the absence of oxygen in the first stage of fuel oxidation. Moreover, the mass transfer during heating of the solid fuels is the basic phenomenon in the pyrolysis-derived alternative fuels (gas, liquid and solid phase) and in the gasification process which is focused on the generation of syngas (gas phase) and char (solid phase). Numerical simulations concern pyrolysis process of a single solid particle which occurs as a consequence of the particle temperature increase. The research was aimed at an analysis of the influence of particle physical properties on the devolatilization process. In the mathematical modeling the fuel grain is treated as an ideal sphere which consists of porous material (solid and gaseous phase), so as to simplify the final form of the partial differential equations. Assumption that the physical properties change only in the radial direction, reduces the partial derivatives of the angular coordinates. This leads to obtaining the equations which are only the functions of the radial coordinate. The model consists of the mass, momentum and energy equations for porous spherical solid particle heated by the stream of hot gas. The mass source term was determined in the wide range of the temperature according to the experimental data. The devolatilization rate was defined by the Arrhenius formula. The results of numerical simulation show that the heating and devolatilization time strongly depend on the physical properties of fuel. Moreover, proposed model allows to determine the pyrolysis process direction, which is limited by the equilibrium state. Two-dimensional CFD modeling of the heat and mass transfer process during sewage sludge drying in a solar dryer Piotr Krawczyk Krzysztof Badyda Archives of Thermodynamics \| 2011 \| No 4 December \| 3-16 \| DOI: 10.2478/v10173-011-0028-y Keywords heat and mass transfer CFD Sewage sludge drying The paper presents key assumptions of the mathematical model which describes heat and mass transfer phenomena in a solar sewage drying process, as well as techniques used for solving this model with the Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Special attention was paid to implementation of boundary conditions on the sludge surface, which is a physical boundary between the gaseous phase - air, and solid phase - dried matter. Those conditions allow to model heat and mass transfer between the media during first and second drying stages. Selection of the computational geometry is also discussed - it is a fragment of the entire drying facility. Selected modelling results are presented in the final part of the paper. Methods of Thermal Calculations for a Condensing Waste-Heat Exchanger Paweł Rączka Kazimierz Wójs Chemical and Process Engineering \| 2014 \| No 4 December \| 447-461 \| DOI: 10.2478/cpe-2014-0034 Keywords condensation heat recovery calculation of the heat and mass transfer heat exchanger waste heat The paper presents the algorithms for a flue gas/water waste-heat exchanger with and without condensation of water vapour contained in flue gas with experimental validation of theoretical results. The algorithms were used for calculations of the area of a heat exchanger using waste heat from a pulverised brown coal fired steam boiler operating in a power unit with a capacity of 900 MWe. In calculation of the condensing part, the calculation results obtained with two algorithms were compared (Colburn-Hobler and VDI algorithms). The VDI algorithm allowed to take into account the condensation of water vapour for flue gas temperatures above the temperature of the water dew point. Thanks to this, it was possible to calculate more accurately the required heat transfer area, which resulted in its reduction by 19 %. In addition, the influence of the mass transfer on the heat transfer area was taken into account, which contributed to a further reduction in the calculated size of the heat exchanger - in total by 28% as compared with the Colburn-Hobler algorithm. The presented VDI algorithm was used to design a 312 kW pilot-scale condensing heat exchanger installed in PGE Belchatow power plant. Obtained experimental results are in a good agreement with calculated values. Entropy increase as a measure of energy degradation in heat transfer Zbigniew Drożyński Archives of Thermodynamics \| 2013 \| No 3 September \| 147-160 \| DOI: 10.2478/aoter-2013-0021 Keywords The second law of thermodynamics in heat Heat and mass transfer Entropy increment Surface heat exchangers Clausius-Rankine cycle Heat transfer is an irreversible process. This article defines the entropy increment as a measure of energy degradation in heat transfer realized in typical surface heat exchangers. As an example of the proposed entropy increase method, presented below are the calculations for heat exchangers working in a typical Clausius-Rankine cycle. The entropy increase in such exchangers inevitably leads to increased fuel consumption and, as a further consequence, to increased carbon dioxide emission. Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer Process Under Heat Treatment of Grain Materials in Dense Layer Boris Kotov Roman Kalinichenko Anatoliy Spirin Teka Commission of Motorization and Power Industry in Agriculture \| 2016 \| vol. 16 \| No 4 Keywords heat and mass transfer active ventilation thermal drying mathematical model temperature field field of moisture content Postharvest processing of grain is an important step in the overall grain production process. It makes possible not only quantitative and qualitative preservation of the harvest, but also ensures maximum profit from its sale at the most favorable market conditions. Convective heat treatment (drying, cooling) guarantees commercial harvest conservation, prevents its loss, and in some cases improves the quality of the finished product. The necessity of intensification and automation of technological processes of postharvest grain processing requires the development of methods of mathematical modeling of energy-intensive processes of convective heat treatment. The determination and substantiation of optimum modes and parameters of equipment operation to ensure the preservation of grain quality is possible only when applying mathematical modeling techniques. In this work, a mathematical model of particulate material drying is presented through a system of differential equations in partial derivatives of which the variable in time and space relationship between heat and mass transfer processes in the material and a drying agent is reflected. The aim of the research was to determine the dynamics of the interrelated fields of unsteady temperature and moisture content of the material and the drying agent on the basis of mathematical models of heat and mass transfer in the layer of particulate material in convective heat approach or heat retraction. The implementation of the mathematical model proposed in the standard mathematical set allows analyzing efficiency of machines and equipment for the convective heat treatment of particulate agricultural materials in a dense layer, according the determinant technological parameters and operating modes.	cc/2020-05/en_head_0046.json.gz/line2238

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