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Title 45 → Subtitle B → Chapter VI → Part 671
Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 671—WASTE REGULATION
Subpart A—Introduction
§671.1 Purpose of regulations.
§671.2 Scope.
Subpart B—Prohibited Acts, Exceptions
§671.4 Prohibited acts.
§671.5 Exceptions
Subpart C—Permits
§671.6 Applications for permits.
§671.7 General issuance criteria.
§671.8 Permit administration.
§671.9 Conditions of permit.
§671.10 Review, modification, suspension, and revocation.
Subpart D—Waste Management
§671.11 Waste storage.
§671.12 Waste disposal.
§671.13 Waste management for the USAP.
Subpart E—Designation of Banned Substances; Reclassification of Pollutants
§671.14 Annual review.
§671.15 Publication of preliminary determination
§671.16 Designation and redesignation of pollutants
Subpart F—Cases of Emergency
§671.17 Cases of emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405.
Source: 58 FR 34719, June 29, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
The purposes of these regulations in part 671 are to protect the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems, to preserve Antarctica's value as an area for the conduct of scientific research, and to implement the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541, consistent with the provisions of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Madrid, Spain, on October 4, 1991.
These regulations in part 671 apply to any U.S. citizen's use or release of a banned substance, designated pollutant or waste in Antarctica.
[58 FR 34719, June 29, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 37438, July 22, 1994]
(a) Definitions. In this part:
Act means the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541, 92 Stat. 2048 (16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.)
Antarctic hazardous waste means any waste consisting of or containing one or more designated pollutants.
Antarctica means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude.
Banned substance means any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), non-sterile soil, polystyrene beads, plastic chips or similar loose polystyrene packing material, pesticides (other than those required for scientific, medical or hygiene purposes) or other substance designated as such under subpart E of this part.
Designated pollutant means any substance designated as such by the Director pursuant to subpart E of this part; any pesticide, radioactive substance, or substance consisting of or containing any chemical listed by source, generic or chemical name at 40 CFR 61.01, Table 116.4A of 40 CFR 116.4; subpart D of 40 CFR part 261, 40 CFR 302.4, part 355, and part 372; and any substance which exhibits a hazardous waste characteristic as defined in subparts B and C of 40 CFR part 261; but shall not include any banned substance.
Director means the Director of the National Science Foundation, or an officer or employee of the Foundation designated by the Director.
Incinerate or Incineration means the processing of material by mechanisms that (1) involve the control of combustion air and/or fuel so as to maintain adequate temperature for efficient combustion; (2) contain the combustion reaction in an enclosed device with sufficient residence time and mixing for complete processing; and (3) control emission of gaseous or particulate combustion products.
Master permit means a permit issued to a federal agency, or its agents or contractors, or any other entity, covering activities conducted in connection with USAP or other group activities in Antarctica.
NSF or Foundation means the National Science Foundation.
Open burning means combustion of any material by means other than incineration.
Permit means a permit issued pursuant to subpart C of this part.
Private permit means any permit other than a master permit.
Protocol means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed by the United States in Madrid on October 4, 1991, and any and all Annexes thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, leaching, dumping, burying or disposing of a substance, whether intentionally or accidentally.
Station means McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and any other permanent USAP facility in Antarctica designed to accommodate at least 50 persons at any one time.
Substance means any gas, liquid, or solid, or mixture thereof, including biological material.
Treaty means the Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 1959.
United States means the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including the Federated States of Micronesia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
United States Antarctic Program or USAP means the United States national program in Antarctica.
U.S. citizen means any individual who is a citizen or national of the United States; any corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other legal entity existing or organized under the laws of any of the United States; and any department agency or other instrumentality of the Federal government or of any State, and any officer, employee, or agent of such instrumentality.
Use means to use, generate or create a substance, or to import a substance into Antarctica, but does not include the shipboard use of a substance, provided that substance is not released or removed from the vessel.
Waste means any substance that will no longer be used for any useful purpose, but does not include substances to be recycled in Antarctica, or substances to be reused in a manner different than their initial use, provided such substances are stored in a manner that will prevent their dispersal into the environment, and further provided that they are recycled, reused or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this part within three years. Recycling includes, but is not limited to, the reuse, further use, reclamation or extraction of a waste through a process or activity that is separate from the process or activity that produced the waste.
(b) Pollutants, generally. All banned substances, designated pollutants and waste shall be considered pollutants for purposes of the Antarctic Conservation Act.
Unless one of the exceptions stated in §671.5 is applicable, it is unlawful for any U.S. citizen to:
(a) Use or release any banned substance in Antarctica;
(b) Use or release any designated pollutant in Antarctica, except pursuant to a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part;
(c) Release any waste in Antarctica, except pursuant to a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part; or
(d) Violate any term or condition of a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part, or any term or condition of any of the regulations issued under this part.
A permit shall not be required for any use or release of designated pollutants or waste allowed under the Act to Prevent Marine Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), as amended, or for any shipboard use of banned substances or designated pollutants, provided such substances are not removed from the vessel in Antarctica.
(a) General content of permit applications. Each application for a permit shall be dated and signed by the applicant, and shall include the following information:
(1) The applicant's name, address and telephone number, the business or institutional affiliation of the applicant, or the name, address and telephone number of the president, principal officer or managing partner of the applicant, as applicable;
(2) A description of the types, expected concentrations and volumes of wastes and designated pollutants to be released in Antarctica; the nature and timing of such releases; arrangements for waste management, including, without limitation, plans for waste reduction, minimization, treatment and processing, recycling, storage, transportation and disposal; arrangements for training and educating personnel to comply with these waste management requirements and procedures, and arrangements for monitoring compliance; and other arrangements for minimizing and monitoring the environmental impacts of proposed operations and activities;
(3) A description of the types, expected concentrations and volumes of designated pollutants to be used in Antarctica; the nature and timing of such uses; the method of storage of designated pollutants; and a contingency plan for controlling releases in a manner designed to minimize any resulting hazards to health and the environment;
(4) The desired effective date and duration of the permit; and
(5) The following certification:
“I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, and based upon due inquiry, the information submitted in this application for a permit is complete and accurate. Any knowing or intentional false statement will subject me to the criminal penalties of 18 U.S.C. 1001.”
(b) Address to which application should be sent. Each application shall be in writing, and sent to:
Permits Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
(c) Sufficiency of application. The sufficiency of the application shall be determined by the Director. The Director may waive any requirement for information, or require such additional information as he determines is relevant to the processing and evaluation of the application.
(d) Publication of permit applications. The Director shall publish notice in the Federal Register of each application for a permit and the proposed conditions of its issuance (including duration). The notice shall invite the submission by interested parties, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies, within 30 days after the date of publication of notice, of written data, comments, or views with respect to the application. Information received by the Director as a part of any application shall be available to the public as a matter of public record.
(a) Upon receipt of a complete and properly executed application for a permit, the Director will decide whether and on what conditions he will issue a permit. In making this decision, the Director will carefully consider any comments or suggestions received from interested parties, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies pursuant to §671.6(d), and will determine whether the permit requested meets the objectives of the Act, the Protocol, and the requirements of these regulations.
(b) Permits authorizing the use or release of designated pollutants or wastes may be issued only if, based on relevant available information, the Director determines that such use or release will not pose a substantial hazard to health or the environment, taking into account available information on the possible cumulative impact of multiple releases.
(a) Issuance of permits. The Director may approve an application for a permit in whole or in part, and may condition such approval upon compliance with additional terms and conditions. Permits shall be issued in writing, shall be signed by the Director, shall specify duration, and shall contain such terms and conditions as may be established by the Director and as are consistent with the Act and this part.
(b) Denial. An applicant shall be notified in writing of the denial of any permit request or part of a request, and the reason for such denial. If authorized in the notice of denial, the applicant may submit further information, or reasons why the permit should not be denied. Such further submissions shall constitute amendments of the application.
(c) Amendment of applications or permits. An applicant or permit holder desiring to have any term or condition of his application or permit modified must submit full justification and supporting information in conformance with the provisions of this part. Any application for modification of a permit that involves a material change beyond the terms originally requested will be subject to the same procedures as a new application.
(d) Public notice of issuance or denial. Within 10 days after the date of the issuance or denial of a permit, the Director shall publish notice of the issuance or denial in the Federal Register, including the conditions of issuance or basis for denial, as appropriate.
(a) Conditions. All permits issued pursuant to subpart C of this part shall be conditioned upon compliance with the relevant provisions of the ACA, the Treaty, the Protocol, such specific conditions or restrictions as may be imposed by the Director under §671.7, and the provisions of subpart D of this part.
(b) Possession of permits. Permits issued under this part, or copies of them, must be in the possession of persons to whom they are issued or their agents when conducting the authorized action. Any permit issued shall be shown to the Director or to any other person with enforcement authority upon request.
(c)(1) Reports. Permit holders must provide the Director with written reports of:
(i) Any non-permitted release of designated pollutants or waste within fourteen days after the occurrence of such release, including the date, quantity and cause of the release, and plans for remediation;
(ii) The identity and quantity of all designated pollutants removed from Antarctica or otherwise disposed of, and the method of disposal; and
(iii) Any other violations of the terms and conditions of their permits.
(2) The Director may also require permit holders to file reports of activities conducted under their permits. Such reports shall be submitted to the Director not later than June 30 for the preceding 12 month period ending May 31.
(a) The Director may modify, suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, any permit issued under this part:
(1) In order to make the permit consistent with any change to any regulation in this part made after the date of issuance of the permit;
(2) If there is any change in conditions which makes the permit inconsistent with the Act and any regulation in this part; or
(3) In any case in which there has been any violation of any term or condition of the permit, any regulation in this part, or any provision of the Act.
(b) The Director shall review all unexpired permits issued under this part at least biennially to determine whether those permits should be modified, suspended or revoked as set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Whenever the Director proposes any modifications, suspensions or revocations of a permit under this §671.10, the permittee shall be afforded the opportunity, after due notice, for a hearing by the Director with respect to such proposed modification, suspension, or revocation. If a hearing is requested, the action proposed by the Director shall not take effect before a decision is issued by him after the hearing, unless the proposed action is taken by the Director to meet an emergency situation.
(d) Notice of the modification, suspension, or revocation of any permit shall be published in the Federal Register within 10 days from the date of the Director's decision.
(a) Pending the treatment, disposal or removal of any wastes pursuant to §671.12, all wastes shall be contained, confined or stored in a manner that will prevent dispersal into the environment;
(b) All Antarctic hazardous wastes generated at or transported to any USAP station may be temporarily stored at such station prior to the treatment, disposal or removal of any wastes pursuant to §671.12, provided all such Antarctic hazardous waste is stored in either closed containers or tanks labeled to indicate their contents and the beginning date of accumulation of such waste, and further provided the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) If Antarctic hazardous wastes, radioactive wastes, or medical wastes, are generated at or transported to McMurdo Station, they may be temporarily stored at that station for a period not to exceed 15 months;
(2) If Antarctic hazardous wastes, radioactive wastes, or medical wastes, are generated at or transported to South Pole Station, they may be temporarily stored at that station while awaiting transport to McMurdo Station, for a period not to exceed 15 months;
(3) If Antarctic hazardous wastes, radioactive wastes, or medical wastes, are generated at or transported to Palmer Station, they may be temporarily stored at that station while awaiting transport to McMurdo Station or other disposition, for a period not to exceed 28 months;
(4) Containers holding Antarctic hazardous wastes must be:
(i) In good, non-leaking condition with sufficient structural integrity for the storage of Antarctic hazardous waste;
(ii) Made of or lined with materials which will not react with, and are otherwise compatible with, the Antarctic hazardous waste to be stored, so that the ability of the containers to contain such waste is not impaired;
(iii) Stored in a manner that allows access for inspection and response to emergencies; and
(iv) Inspected at least weekly for leakage and deterioration. All inspections must be appropriately documented.
(5) Tank systems used for storing Antarctic hazardous wastes must be in good, non-leaking condition with sufficient structural integrity for the storing of hazardous wastes; and systems must be inspected weekly to detect corrosion or releases of waste and to collect data from monitoring and leak detection equipment, to the extent available, to ensure that they are functioning properly. All inspections must be appropriately documented. Prior to the expiration of the 15 month period referred to in §671.11(b)(1), all Antarctic hazardous wastes shall be treated or removed from Antarctica in accordance with §671.12.
(6) Ignitable, reactive or incompatible wastes shall be properly segregated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction, as appropriate.
(c) All Antarctic hazardous wastes generated at a location other than a permanent station may be temporarily stored at such location for a period not to exceed 12 months, in closed, non-leaking containers marked to indicate their contents. Such containers must be in good condition and made of or lined with material which will not react with and is otherwise compatible with the Antarctic hazardous waste stored therein so as not to impair the ability of the container to contain the waste. Prior to the expiration of the 12 month period referred to above, all such hazardous wastes shall be either:
(1) Treated or processed, disposed of or removed from Antarctica pursuant to §671.12, or
(2) Removed to a permanent station and temporarily stored at that station in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section.
(a)(1) The following wastes shall be removed from Antarctica:
(i) Radioactive materials;
(ii) Electrical batteries;
(iii) Fuel (both liquid and solid);
(iv) Waste containing harmful levels of heavy metals or acutely toxic or harmful persistent compounds;
(v) Poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam, rubber and lubricating oils, treated timbers and other products containing additives which can produce harmful emissions or releases;
(vi) All other plastic wastes except low density polyethylene containers (such as bags for storing wastes) provided such containers are incinerated in accordance with paragraph (e) of this section;
(vii) Solid, non-combustible wastes; and
(viii) Fuel, oil and chemical drums that constitute waste.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the obligations set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) (vii) and (viii) of this section shall not apply if the Director determines that the removal of such wastes by any practicable option would cause greater adverse environmental impacts than would be caused by leaving them in their existing locations.
(b) All liquid wastes other than sewage and domestic liquid wastes and wastes referred in paragraph (a) of this section shall be removed from Antarctica to the maximum extent practicable.
(c) Sewage and domestic liquid wastes may be discharged directly into the sea, taking into account the assimilative capacity of the receiving marine environment, and provided that such discharge occurs, wherever practicable, where conditions exist for initial dilution and rapid dispersal, and further provided that large quantities of such wastes (generated in a station where the average weekly occupancy over the austral summer is approximately 30 individuals or more) shall be treated at least by maceration. If biological treatment processes are used, the by-product of such treatment may be disposed of into the sea provided disposal does not adversely affect the local environment.
(d) Residues of introduced animal carcasses, laboratory culture of micro-organisms and plant pathogens, and introduced avian products must be removed from Antarctica unless incinerated, autoclaved or otherwise sterilized.
(e) Combustible wastes not removed from Antarctica other than wastes referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, shall be burnt in incinerators which reduce harmful emissions or discharges to the maximum extent practicable and the solid residue of such incineration shall be removed from Antarctica; provided, however, that USAP may continue to bury such combustible wastes in snow pits at South Pole Station, but must phase out such practices before March 1, 1995. Any emission or discharge standards and equipment guidelines which may be recommended by the Committee for Environmental Protection constituted or to be constituted pursuant to the Protocol or by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research shall be taken into account.
(f) Sewage and domestic liquid wastes and other liquid wastes not removed from Antarctica in accordance with other provisions of this section, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, not be disposed of onto sea ice, ice shelves or grounded ice-sheet unless such wastes were generated by stations located inland on ice shelves or on the grounded ice-sheet. In such event, the wastes may be disposed of in deep ice pits if that is the only practicable option, provided the ice pits are not located on known ice-flow lines which terminate at ice-free land areas or in blue ice areas of high ablation.
(g) No wastes may be disposed of onto ice-free areas or into any fresh water system.
(h) Open burning of wastes is prohibited at all permanent stations, and shall be phased out at all other locations by March 1, 1994. If it is necessary to dispose of waste by open burning prior to March 1, 1994, allowance shall be made for the wind direction and speed and the type of waste to be burnt to limit particulate deposition and to avoid such deposition over areas of special biological, scientific, historic, aesthetic or wilderness significance.
(i) Each unauthorized release of waste in Antarctic shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, promptly cleaned up by the person responsible for such release.
(a) In order to provide a basis for tracking USAP wastes, and to facilitate studies aimed at evaluating the environmental impacts of scientific activity and logistic support, the USAP shall classify its wastes in one of the following categories:
(1) Sewage and domestic liquid wastes;
(2) Other liquid wastes and chemicals, including fuels and lubricants;
(3) Solid wastes to be combusted;
(4) Other solid wastes; and
(5) Radioactive material.
(b) USAP shall prepare and annually review and update a waste management plan (including plans for waste reduction, storage and disposal) specifying for each of its permanent stations, field camps and ships (other than small boats that are part of the operations of permanent stations or are otherwise taken into account in existing management plans for ships):
(1) Current and planned waste management arrangements, including final disposal;
(2) Current and planned arrangement for assessing the environmental effects of waste and waste management;
(3) Other efforts to minimize environmental effects of wastes and waste management; and
(4) Programs for cleaning up existing waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites.
(c) USAP shall designate one or more waste management officials to develop and monitor waste management plans and ensure that members of expeditions receive training so as to limit the impact of their activities on the Antarctic environment, and to inform them of the requirements of the Protocol and of this part.
(d) USAP shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an inventory of locations of past activities (i.e., traverses, fuel depots, field bases, crashed aircraft) so that such locations can be taken into account in planning future scientific, logistic and waste management programs.
(e) USAP shall clean up its past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites, except that it shall not be required to:
(1) Remove any structure designated as a historic site or monument; or
(2) Remove any structure or waste in circumstances where the removal would result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the structure or waste in its existing location.
(f) USAP shall circulate waste management plans and inventories described in this section in accordance with the requirements of the Treaty and the Protocol.
The Director shall review the list of banned substances and designated pollutants at least annually, and may propose the designation or redesignation of any substance as a banned substance, designated pollutant or other waste, based on the following criteria:
(a) If the Director determines that a substance, including a designated pollutant, poses a substantial immediate hazard to health or the environment and such hazard cannot be eliminated through waste management practices or other methods, or if the Parties to the Protocol or Treaty agree that a substance should be banned from use in Antarctica, the Director may designate such substance a banned substance.
(b) If the Director determines that a substance is liable to create a hazard to health or the environment if improperly treated or processed, stored, transported, or disposed of, the Director may designate such substance a designated pollutant.
(c) If the Director determines that a substance previously designated a banned substance no longer displays the characteristics described in paragraph (a) of this section, the Director may remove such substance from the list of banned substances (to the extent consistent with the provisions of the Protocol), but if the Director determines that such substance has the characteristics described in paragraph (b) of this section, it shall be redesignated a designated pollutant.
(d) If the Director determines that a substance previously designated a designated pollutant no longer displays the characteristics described in paragraph (b) of this section, the Director may remove such substance from the list of designated pollutants.
(e) In making the determinations referred to in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, the Director shall take into account all relevant new information obtained through monitoring activities or otherwise.
Prior to any designation or redesignation of substances pursuant to §671.14 (including removal of such substances from lists of banned substances or designated pollutants), the Director shall publish notice in the Federal Register of any proposed designation or redesignation, including the basis therefor. The notice shall invite the submission by interested parties, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies, within 30 days after the date of publication of notice, of written data, comments, or views with respect to such action.
After review of any comments or suggestions received from interested parties, the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies pursuant to §671.15, the Director will make a final determination to designate and redesignate various substances as set forth above. Within 10 days after the date of such final determination, the Director shall publish notice of any action taken in the Federal Register. Such action shall become effective no earlier than thirty days following publication of notice.
The provisions of this part shall not apply in cases of emergency relating to the safety of human life or of ships, aircraft or other equipment and facilities of high value, or the protection of the environment. Notice of any acts or omissions resulting from such emergency situations shall be reported promptly to the Director, who shall notify the Treaty parties in accordance with the requirements of the Treaty and the Protocol, and publish notice of such acts or omissions in the Federal Register.
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What’s in the red box?
Philip Hammond prepares for a low-key budget
A minority government on the brink of a big Brexit vote won’t take any chances
BUDGETS ARE often fraught with danger for politicians. In 2012 George Osborne, the then chancellor of the exchequer, was forced to withdraw a “pasty tax” on takeaway food after an outcry; a few years later he had to shelve plans to cut working-age welfare. Last year Philip Hammond, the current occupant of 11 Downing Street, had to scrap plans to raise taxes on the self-employed.
But this year’s budget, at 3.30pm on October 29th, is likely to be a low-key affair, both economically and politically. The Conservatives lack a parliamentary majority, making it tricky to propose any controversial policy changes. And Theresa May, the prime minister, needs to keep her backbenchers sweet in order to get her hoped-for Brexit deal through Parliament. Mr Hammond is likely to propose only small changes. But he will not be able to duck the big decisions for ever.
Britain has endured nearly a decade of fiscal austerity, during which the government has reduced the budget deficit from 10% of GDP to 2%. It has been far from easy. The finances of local governments look increasingly unsustainable. Rough sleeping is rising fast. Cuts to welfare are expected to lop a huge chunk off the incomes of Britain’s poorest.
Mrs May senses that the political tide is turning. She recently promised a £20bn ($26bn) boost for the National Health Service. She has also promised that fuel duty will be frozen for the ninth year running. The phrase “austerity is over” is ringing across Westminster.
Promising extra spending is all well and good, but Mr Hammond must keep Britain’s public finances on the straight and narrow. Already the ratio of public debt to GDP is nearing 90%. Better-than-expected forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the fiscal watchdog, will help the chancellor. So far this year Britain has borrowed some £20bn. If the current performance continues, then over the financial year Britain will borrow some £10bn less than the OBR expected when it made its most recent forecasts in March.
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Eventually, therefore, the chancellor will need to think about raising tax. Some good options would include broadening the range of goods and services to which VAT is charged. Scrapping plans to increase the tax-free allowance for income tax would also help. There are few easy options, and Mr Hammond has no appetite for a fight just now. But the British people have tired of spending cuts. Sooner or later, therefore, tax rises are on the way.
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Featured in Vanity Fair and located in the New Museum Building at 158 Mercer St. - Soho's premiere, landmarked, full service pre-war condominium - this 4,171 square-foot loft has 3 bedrooms, a maid's room, 2.5 bathrooms, and 10'6" ceilings. The exacting renovation by architect Deborah Berke incorporates the best 21st century conveniences and received a 2001 Interior Architecture Award from the American Institute of Architects. The minimalist home utilizes just 6 materials (walnut, oak, white-colored glass, plaster, stainless steel, and Manhattan black schist, a dark, garnet-flecked stone), has electrical outlets hidden under wood planks in the floor, and has sleek metallic slivers in place of light switches. The oak floor planks that run throughout the apartment were rift-sawn to ensure straight grain, enhancing the apartment's modernist lines. Direct entry from keyed elevators leads to the foyer and the nearly 59' long living room and open kitchen which features custom walnut cabinetry, Sub Zero refrigerator, Gaggenau stovetop and oven, and Arne Jacobsen fixtures. The master bedroom is over 450 square feet and features a white glass wall and custom-designed closets hidden behind oversized walnut doors. The master bathroom features a wet room with a half-ton Manhattan black schist bathtub and shower, a Manhattan black schist basin sink with hidden slit drains, and a bidet. The second bedroom currently has a divider through the center with a bed on each side and the remaining space utilized as a play area and office. The third bedroom currently serves as an office with a built-in walnut desk and shelves. The gracious flow among the rooms allows for effortless entertaining. Abundant light fills the rooms through 16 oversized windows with North, South, and West exposures. The New Museum Building at 158 Mercer Street is a prestigious pre-War condominium built in 1895 and converted in 1996. It was one of the first full service buildings established in SoHo and features a 24hr doorman/concierge, two entrances with two separate elevator banks, and a stunning rooftop deck.
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63rd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners
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Palash Krishna Mehrotra, Why Dubrava Ugresic is a writer’s writer’s writer. The Hindu BusinesLine, 20/04/2019.
Franziska Lamprecht, Fox – Dubravka Ugrešić. Full Stop, March 14, 2019.
Ena Selimovic, “Scattered words (and scattered worlds)”: Dubravka Ugrešić’s “American Fictionary”. Reading in Translation, January 21, 2019.
Mekiya Walters, American Fictionary. The Arkansas International, Sept. 4, 2018.
Peter Mitchell, Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić. Asymptote 2018.
Andrea Scrima, Dubravka Ugrešić’s Fox. Music&Literature, 06/10, 2018.
Jennifer Kurdyla, Fox. Harvard Review Online, 05/31, 2018.
Hannah Weber, Fact and Fox- enter the world of Dubravka Ugrešić’s new novel, a visceral study in elusiveness. Calvert Journal, 05/08, 2018.
John Domini, Dorothy Parker with a Ph.D. The Brooklyn Rail, 01/05/2018.
Michele Levy, Fox by Dubravka Ugresic. WLT May 2018.
Joanna Walsh, Writing in a state of Nation Emergency: On Dubravka Ugresic. Music&Literature (November 2015).
Sam Sacks, Steffie Cvek and Miloš Hrma, Literary Half-Sibblings. World Literature Today, 10/29, 2015.
Sara Nović, Memories of Pan-Yugo Angst. Lit Hub, 05/28, 2015.
Ellen Elias-Bursać, Dubravka Ugresic Bets a Few Chips on the Future. The Arts Fuse, 06/08, 2014.
Madeleine LaRue, Dubravka Ugrešić’s Europe in Sepia. Music&Literature, No4, 2014.
Anne K.Yoder, I’m with the Losers- On Dubravka Ugrešić’s Europe in Sepia. The Millions, 02/28, 2014.
Michele Levy, Europe in Sepia by Dubravka Ugresic. World Literature Today. March 2014.
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim, Europe in Sepia. Full Stop, March 2014.
Tomislav Longinovic, Karaoke Culture. Slavic&East European Journal 2013.
Rychard Byrne, Slouching Towards Karaoke. The Writing in Public Book Review, April 2012.
Mark Athitakis, A Question of Perspektive. The Rumpus, 03/05, 2012.
Carolyn Kellogg, Karaoke Culture. LA Times, 01/01, 2012.
Sam Munson, The Power of Myth. The Daily Beast, 02/26, 2010.
Mary Gaitskill, Hagiography, Dubravka Ugresic finds feminist mettle in an Eastern European witch.
Bookforum, February/March 2010.
Jessa Crispin, Feminism And Folklore. NPR, 02/16, 2010.
Elisabeth Bachner, Which Witch? Reading Dubravka Ugresic’s Baba Yaga Laid an Egg. Bookslut, January 2010.
Stevie Davis, In praise of the mythical older woman. The Independent, 06/03, 2009.
Karen Vanushka, Citizen of Literature: Dubravka Ugrešić. The Quarterly Conversation, 17.
Melissa Katsoulis, Baba Yaga laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic. The Times, 05/23, 2009.
Ellen Elias-Bursać, Croatian Anticharlatanism. C A L Q U E, 2008.
Nicole Rudnick, When In Roam. Bookforum, sept-nov. 2008.
Elaine Feinstein, Foreign bread has a bitter flavor. The Telegraph, 011/24, 2007.
James Clive, In: Cultural Amnesia, Necessary Memories from History and the Arts, New York: W.W. Northon 2007.
Meredith Tax, The language without name. Women’s Review of Books, 01/01. 2007;
Elizabeth Gold, On Being Yugoslav without a Yugoslavia. San Francisco Chronicle, 03/06, 2006;
Adam Klein, Pain management. San Francisco Bay Guardian, 07/25, 2006.
Aamer Husein, Beyond the Borders of Brutality. The Independent, 11/18, 2005.
Julian Evans, The Croatian Myths. Telegraph, 10/16, 2005.
Todd McEwan, Adrift on the map. The Guardian, 10/01, 2005.
James Hopkin, This Side of Paradise. Times, 09/24, 2005.
Lydia Perovic, Lend me Your Character.pfd. Globemail.com 09/17, 2005.
Julian Evans, Joan Collins and the decline of the West . The Guardian, 05/08, 2004.
Robert McCrum, The Outsider. The Observer, 01/25, 2004.
Maggie Helwig, Ignore the title, read the book. The Globe and Mail, 01/10, 2004.
Tess Lewis, Literature v. trivia. The New Criterion, Sept. 2004.
Jay Press, Slavic Essayist Dreams of Communism and Joan Collins. The Village Voice, 11/03, 2003.
Chris Lehmann, The banality of drivel.The Washington Post, 12/09, 2003.
Merle Rubin, West’s sellout of standards The Los Angeles Times, December 2003.
Matthew Goulish, Reading Dubravka Ugresic Through Six Selected Sentences. Context, No. 12, 2003.
Ivana Vuletic, All People Are Brothers, Especially Africans. Global City Review 2002.
Martha Kuhlman, The Ex(centric) Mind of Europe: Dubravka Ugresic. World Literature Today, Summer 1999.
Martha Kulman, The Culture of Lies, the Museum of Unconditional Surrender: Dubravka Ugresic’s recent work. Art Margins 1999.
Meredith Tax, Aboard ‘the Balkan Express’. The Nation, 12/13, 1999.
John Balaban, Lest We Forget. Washington Post, 11/07, 1999.
Carolyn Kuebler, The Curator of Oblivion. City Pages, 11/24, 1999.
Carole Angier, An Exile’s memories of home. The Independent, 10/09, 1998.
Hugh Macpherson, In the aftermath of war. The Times Literary Supplement, 10/19, 1998.
Jeff Marcus, A postcard from Zagreb. Lingua Franca Book Review, December 1998.
Richard Eder, A Journal of Pain. The New York Newsday, 04/23, 1995.
Steve Silk, Leaving A Violent Homeland For The Shallow New World. Hartford Courant, 05/14, 1995.
Cynthya Simmons, Émigré’ s lament: feeling lost, awfully other. Boston Globe, 08/13, 1995.
Edward Allen, Insulted by History. The New York Times Book Review, 03/20, 1994.
Neal David Anderson, Un-merging Realities: The Dilemmas of Dubravka Ugresic. Border Crossings, Fall 1993.
Meredith Tax, Five Women That Won’t Be Silenced. The Nation, 05/10 1993.
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Traumatic Brain Injury after a Virginia Car Accident (Part A)
The impact of a serious car accident may surpass the damage done to the vehicle and result in significant, life-altering injuries. If you or someone you love was severely injured as a result of someone else’s negligent actions, compensation may be available.
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Study Law in the UK 2020
Australia / By Yellani Rasaputhra / Advocate, Bachelor of Law, Barrister, Chambering, De Montfort, How to become a lawyer, Law, lawyer, Pupilage, Solicitor, Study in UK, Study Law, Unieversity of Hull, University of Oxford, UWE Bristol
What can you do with a Law Degree?
“Law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.”
Adhering to the law of a nation is crucial. The set of rules will decide what is right from wrong for the purpose of ensuring peace and security of a society.
A law degree is highly sought after and is a gateway to many career paths. Other than becoming a lawyer, a degree in law makes individuals desirable candidates for various other fields such as academia, commerce, social work, politics and more. For some, the aim of studying law is to uphold justice, however, it is not only for lawyers or action taken in courtrooms. It focuses on the protection of life, and graduates are capable of doing so by engaging in multitudes of professions.
Let’s take a look at a few career paths open to law graduates :
Attorney-General’s Chambers
Other jobs where a Law Degree is useful :
Civil service administrator
Why study Law in the UK?
It is no doubt that the UK is home to some of the world’s leading and prestigious universities. The world class academic reputation will allow students to prepare themselves to embark on a long term successful career path in the field of law. Studying in the UK also means studying in a country where the Common Law was originated.
Moreover, the majority of the UK law degrees allow students the opportunity to take a professional placement at a firm for one year or engage in overseas study.
In addition, all LLB Programs in British universities are accredited by the Law Society of England and Wales as well as the Bar Council of England and Wales as qualifying law.
Further, apart from the knowledge acquired, students will learn many transferable skills. Students will have a strong command of language,sharpened mindsets ,enhanced critical-thinking skills and negotiation skills.
Law Degrees available in the UK :
LLB – Bachelor of Law.
Graduate LLB – Fast track LLB leading to a postgraduate degree in law.
LLM – Master of Law.
GDL –Graduate Diploma in Law.
LPC – Law Practice Course.
QLTS – Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme.
If you are interested to know more about studying Law in the UK, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Pathway for Malaysians to become Lawyers with a UK Degree
Step 1 : Complete a recognized Pre-University, Diploma or Foundation Course
Students who have completed SPM/IGCSE can proceed to complete Pre-University courses required to obtain a degree in Law. UEC students can directly proceed to a Bachelor’s degree in Law. There are few possible pathways which are recognized by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia ;
Diploma in Law
Step 2 : Complete a recognized Law Degree
Upon successful completion of step 1, students can proceed to a Law degree. However, it is important to ensure that the law degree is from an institution recognized by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia in order to gain entry into the legal profession in Malaysia.
Therefore, students who wish to study in the UK are required to obtain degrees from the following bodies or institutions ;
Inner Temple
Middle Temple
Lincoln’s Inn
In general, there are 2 types of Law degrees that students can pursue :
3 year Law Degree allows students to gain the necessary knowledge and skills about being a qualified lawyer. LLB degrees (Bachelor of Law) are usually 3 year degrees in the UK.
4 year Law Degrees includes an additional year where it provides students professional experience.
Students who have completed a Diploma in Law can proceed to the 2nd year of a Law degree based on the necessary requirements.
Step 3 : Complete CLP or BPTC Law Examination
In order to qualify as a Solicitor or an Advocate in Malaysia, that is, to be a practicing lawyer, a law degree is not sufficient. It is mandatory to complete and pass either the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
A. What is Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP)?
CLP is conducted by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia. It is a professional Law exam for those who wish to become practicing lawyers in Malaysia. It consists of 5 compulsory papers.
Entry requirements to qualify for the CLP exams are as follows :
Minimum 3C’s at SPM/O/level/UEC (Students who have a UEC are required to have a minimum of 3C’s in SPM or O/Level)
Minimum 2E’s at STPM/A/Level (Students who have a UEC are required to have a minimum of 2E’s in STPM or A/Level)
Recognized Law degree minimum of 3 academic years and minimum of 12 law subjects with passes in 6 core subjects.
B. What is Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)?
Students can take the BPTC in the UK instead of CLP examination. This is highly recommended for UEC students due to the requirements by CLP. Those who complete this examination will be admitted as barristers in England and Wales, and as Advocates and Solicitors in Malaysia.
Entry Requirements to apply for BPTC examination
Bachelor of Laws with a minimum lower-second class honours
Non-English speakers – IELTS 7.5
Member of an Inns Court
Pass the Bar Code Aptitude Test (BCAT)
Students can learn the BPTC at the following locations in England and Wales :
BPP Law School
Cardiff Law School
City Law School
The University of Law
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle
University of the West of England Bristol
Step 4 : Complete Pupilage (Chambering)
Pupilage, also known as Chambering is a 9 – 12 month period of time where graduates work for a law firm in the form of an internship. This is required to allow graduates to gain experience by working with senior lawyers to comprehend the daily tasks as a solicitor or advocate before being called to the Malaysian Bar where graduates will be admitted and enrolled as official advocates and solicitors.
Top Universities to study Law in the UK
As mentioned above, it is required by the LPQB for students to obtain a qualification recognized by a number of bodies and institutions in the UK in order to enter the legal profession in Malaysia.
The following universities are all recognized by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and students graduating from these universities would have to apply to sit and pass the CLP examination if they intend to become solicitors and advocates in Malaysia.
Study Law at University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is the oldest in the UK and is consistently ranked in the Top 10 of the world’s best universities. The institution is ranked 1st in the UK and 4th in the world. The faculty of Law is ranked 2nd in the world based on 2019’s QS world University’s world subject rankings.
Indicative Annual Fee (2020)
BA in Jurisprudence [Equivalent to LLB]
3 Years (Full time) or 4 Years with year abroad
Bachelor of Civil Law
[Graduate degree – after first class undergraduate degree with honors in law]
If you would like to know more about studying Law at University of Oxford, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Study Law at Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s is a public research university. Law has been studied and taught since 1845 and has been growing continuously. There are over 800 undergraduate students, 250 postgraduates and over 80 PhD students enrolled in the School.
The School of Law at Queen’s is a leading Law school ranked in the Top 101-150 universities in the world for Law in 2019.
They focus on interacting with a wide community who has an interest in the study of law locally, nationally and globally. In addition to Law, there are 300 other academic programs to choose from at the institution with subjects ranked in the Top 200,
3 Years (Full time)
Law with Politics (LLB with honours)
Common & Civil Law with French law (LLB Honours)
Common & Civil Law with Hispanic Studies (LLB Honors)
If you would like to know more about studying Law at Queen’s University Belfast, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Study Law at University of Hull
The University of Hull is a public research university established in 1927 as University College Hull. It is England’s 14th oldest university. Hull is ranked 54th in the UK. The university has been growing steadily, with over 16,000 students.
The school of law is a part of the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, therefore, students can engage in double degrees. Law has been taught at Hull since 1927 where all LLB programs are inclusive of the foundations of legal knowledge which is required when students choose to go into legal practice.
There are many opportunities at Hull which will enable students to enhance their study experiences. As a result, students have the chance to provide legal advice to real clients through Law clinics and Legal Advice Centers. Hull has an active Law Society which encourages students to take part in negotiations and client interview competitions.
LLB Law (Honours)
LLB Law and Legislative Studies
LLB Law with Business Management
LLB Law with Politics
If you would like to know more about studying Law at University of hull, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
University of West of England Bristol (UWE)
UWE is a public research university ranked 67th in the Uk. (link). Bristol Law School is a leading UK provider of legal education. They have been involved in legal education for over 40 years and provides high quality Law courses in a supportive environment. They recently opened a new £55 million Law School with the purpose of providing students the best possible environment to study in.
Furthermore, UWE has a Business and Law Clinic that provides pro bono advice to individuals and businesses across the South West area. This is a great opportunity for students to gain first-hand experience in the legal sector while studying.
Undergraduate with Foundation year
BA in Business and Law (Honors)
BA in Criminology and Law (Honors)
LLB (Honors) with Foundation Year
LLB (Honors) Law with Business (with Foundation Year)
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Undergraduate (No foundation year)
BA Honors Business and Law
BA Honors Criminology and Law
LLB (Honors) Law
LLB (Honors) Law with Business
If you would like to know more about studying Law at UWE, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
De Montfort is a public research university established in 1992 and located in Leicester.
The institution offers fully qualifying degrees in law which aids students to lead a successful legal career. They are currently ranked 72 in the UK.
Leicester De Montfort Law School offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate Law courses and has an excellent reputation in teaching. Most importantly, undergraduate law students are given the opportunity to engage in real trial experience before a sitting judge supported by advocacy trainers.
Law students also have the chance to undertake pro bono activities such as working in DMU Legal Advice Centre or Street Law.
To further enhance the learning and experience, DMU Law Society offers extra-curricular activities such as career events, trips to law fairs and visit Royal Courts of Justice.
LLB Law (Honors)
LLB Business Law (Honors)
LLB Law and Criminal Justice (Honors)
Law, Human Rights and Social Justice LLB (Hons)
BA Business Management and Law (Honors)
BA Law and Economics (Honors)
If you would like to know more about studying Law at De Montfort University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
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Top reasons study in the UK 2020
Australia / By Yellani Rasaputhra / Culture, Diversity, Global, Imperial College London, Loughborough University, Study in UK, Top Universities, uk, University of Hull, University of Oxford, Work visa, Working Opportunities
United kingdom is a state that is made up of the four separate first world countries : England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each country has distinct regions, each with large cosmopolitan cities, towns, historic counties and countryside villages.
In addition to world class academic excellence, there is much more to do in the U.K as a student. There are many tourist attractions in the U.K that considered monumental and historical, such as Big Ben and the Tower of London. Students who are more on to the adventurous side of things can journey through the vibrant national parks, climb UK’s highest peak or relax on some of the best beaches in Sussex, Cornwall or Kent when the temperature rises. There is something to do for anyone and everyone depending on where their interests lie. Many people enjoy a walk through some of the free museums, Italian styled villages and castles or indulge in the world famous Fish and Chips.
UK has always been one of the most popular countries for Malaysian students. In the year 2017 and 2018, according to official international enrollment statistics, there were almost 15, 000 Malaysian students attending universities in the UK. Let’s look at why UK is such a popular destination for international students?
Why study in the UK?
1. World class education
The UK offers a wide array of well-reputed universities and is famous for its undoubtedly high reputation for academic excellence. Students holding a British degree will have a competitive edge in the field of employment, regardless of which country you aim to work in. The U.K is the second most popular destination for international students, with over a million overseas students enrolled annually.
Some of the UK’s famous universities have been ranked as the best in the world consistently.
Top universities to study in the UK
Studying in University of Oxford
History and Campuses
The University of Oxford is the oldest University in the UK. It is so ancient that its date of establishment is unknown. It is thought to have started its teachings as early as the 11th Century. There are approximately 100 major academic departments, overseen by four academic divisions: Humanities, Medical Sciences, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences and Social Sciences.
The university does not have a main campus, instead its facilities, colleges and buildings are scattered around the city center.
There are roughly around 24,000 students enrolling annually, out of which 11,390 of them are undergraduate students. Around 43% of the student population are international students, that is about 11,000 students from 140 countries. This makes it the city with the youngest population in the UK.
University of Oxford Rankings
Oxford is consistently ranked in the top 10 universities in the world and has a friendly rivalry with University of Cambridge for the number 1 university in the UK. As of 2019, Oxford is ranked 1st in the UK and 4th globally. As one of the leading education providers of the world, there are many subjects that are the world’s highest ranked:
Arts and Humanities – 1st
English Language and Literature – 1st
Anthropology – 1st
Law – 2nd
Medicine – 2nd
Psychology – 3rd
Chemical Engineering – 6th
Mechanical Engineering – 8th
Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence [Equivalent to LLB]
3 Years or 4 Years (One year abroad) (Full time)
Bachelor of Medicine
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
If you are interested to know more about studying in the UK, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Studying in Imperial College London
Imperial College is a one of kind public research institutions that focuses solely on Engineering, Medicine, Business and Science. It was established in 1907The education offered by Imperial is research-led, therefore, exposing students to real world challenges and opportunities to work across multicultural and multinational teams.
The main campus is located in South Kensington and 3 other campuses situated around the area.
Imperial College London Rankings
Imperial is ranked 4th in the UK and 9th in the world according to QS World University Ranking 2020:
Imperial includes many world ranked subjects such as;
Civil Engineering – 6th
Environmental studies – 9th
Medicine – 12th
Computer Science and Information Systems – 15th
Business and Management studies – 30th
Master in Civil Engineering
(Masters level obtained at the 4th year)
Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Environmental Biology
Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS)
Bachelor of Engineering in Computing
Studying in Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s is a public research university which was granted university status in 1908. Its main campus is located in Belfast city centre and is associated with 2 university colleges; St Mary’s and Stranmilis.
Queen’s offers around 300 academic degree programs in various levels. Queen’s currently has over 2,600 international students from 85 different countries.
Queen’s University Belfast Rankings
Queen’s University is ranked in the Top 200 universities in the world and is highly regarded across the globe as a centre of teaching excellence and innovative search.
Some of the top ranked subjects taught are;
Nursing – 51-100
Pharmacy and Pharmacology – 51-100
Performing Arts – 51-100
English Language and Literacy – 51-100
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Studying in University of Liverpool
The University is a public university established in 1881 and located in the city of Liverpool. The campus is based around a single urban campus approximately five minutes from the City Centre. There are three faculties: Health and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Science and Engineering.
There are approximately 22,000 students on campus, including 7,700 international students. The university offers over 400 Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.
University of Liverpool Rankings
The university is consistently ranked in the Top 2% of universities worldwide. They also offer subjects ranked in the top 100 in the world:
Veterinary Sciences – 9th
Engineering (Mining and Minerals) – 49th
Architecture – 51-100
Pharmacy – 51-100
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (Honours)
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours)
Bachelor of Arts in Business Management (Honours)
Studying in Loughborough University
Loughborough University is located on a 440 acre single-site campus. It is a public research university established in 1966. However, the institution dates back to 1909 when a small Technical Institute was established in the center of Loughborough. They have over 17,000 students and staff from over 90 countries to provide a strong sense of community.
University of Loughborough Rankings
The university is currently ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and 30th in the U.K. Let’s take a look at a few of the major accolades:
a. Awarded University of the year in 2018 by Whatuni Student Choice Awards
b. Best sporting university in the world – Global 2019 QS higher education league table.
c. Britain’s Top University for quality of student life – Lloyds Bank survey
The university also teaches some of the world’s top ranked subjects:
Sports-related subjects – 1st
Library and Information Management – 9th
Art and Design – 28th
Communication and Media Studies – 49th
Bachelor of Science in Sports Management (Honours)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Management (Honours)
Bachelor of Science in Media and Communication (Honours)
Bachelor of Architecture
Studying in University of Hull
University of Hull is a public research university founded in 1927 as University College Hull. Its main campus is located in Hull and is hoe to the Hull York Medical School. It is England’s 14th oldest university and has over 16,000 students including around 3,000 International students. The institution is divided into 4 faculties: Arts, Cultures and Education, Business,Law and Politics, Health Sciences, and Science and Engineering.
University of Hull Rankings
The university is ranked in the Top 6% worldwide and is placed 54th in the UK. Some of their subject offerings are ranked in the top 3%-6% in the world, such as Medicine, Chemistry, and Business and Management studies.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Honours)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Medicine (MBBS)
2. Part time work for International Students in the UK
International students can work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and up to 40 hours a week during semester breaks. Each university has a Career Centre that can assist you to look for a part-time job.
Students who work part-time are legally entitled to be treated the same as the full-time workers since they share the same rights. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK for a student aged between 18 and 20 is £6.15 per hour and for those 21 and over, the NMW is £7.70 per hour.
The ability to work part will allow students to earn some money to spend for their food, clothing, transportation or any other general expenses. It allows students to know what it’s like to be financially independent to a certain extent whilst also gaining industry knowledge and experience.
There are many job opportunities that are well suited for international students;
Pizza delivery driver
Personal Tutor and many more.
If you are interested to know more about living in the UK, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
3. Cultural Diversity in the UK
The UK today is a richly diverse country because of the immigration that took place over the last fifty years or so. The UK governments have promoted and implemented policies to encourage people from different cultures to coexist and maintain social cohesiveness while combatting discrimination and inequality. As mentioned above, the UK is home to some of the world-class universities, therefore, welcomes over 400,000 international students annually.
Being around those from different cultures allows students to have a better understanding or perspective of the world we live in. It is a great opportunity to learn new languages and other skills.
As a result of the rich diverse culture, students will be able to explore a wealth of widely available cuisines. There are many other festivals and events which celebrate history, religions, music and sports.
An added advantage is that international students will never feel they are alone because they are constantly surrounded by those from different countries. So there are so many others in the same situation.
4. Two-Year Work Visa
The UK job market is continuously flourishing. The market attracts individuals from all over the world. London especially is a magnet for international employees. Therefore, there are many employment opportunities for international students who aim to follow a long term career path in England.
An added benefit is that currently, international students who complete a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are allowed four months to look for work.
However, from 2020 onward, the restrictions on immigration policies are to be overturned. Therefore, international students will be offered two-year work visa after graduation. This will increase chances of finding long term employment opportunities.
If you would like to know more about living in the UK, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Study at Edith Cowan University Australia 2020
Australia / By Yellani Rasaputhra / Accommodation, Acting, Arts, Bachelor, Business, Civil Engineering, Clubs & Societies, Computer Science, Design, Edith Cowan University, Engineering course, Information Technology, Law, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, nursing, Science, Student activity, study in australia
History of Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a large, multi-campus public university. It is located in Perth, Western Australia including three campuses:Joondalup, Mount Lawley and Bunbury. The institution was established in 1991 and considered to be one of the first institutions for higher education in the region of Western Australia. The reason for this is quite interesting since it was formed by a group of teacher’s colleges which has a history going back to the early 1900’s.
ECU was named after Edith Dircksey Cowan who was the first woman to be elected to the Australian Parliament which makes ECU the only university in the country to be named after a woman.
ECU has over 30,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students while also annually welcoming approximately 6,000 international students from over 100 countries.
Moreover, ECU’s teaching and research is all industry-related thereby, equipping students with academic as well as practical knowledge and skills. All teachings are conducted in study environments and facilities that are award winning to help students thrive in any situation.
Edith Cowan University Rankings
ECU is ranked 30th in Australia and has been awarded a 5 star rating for teaching quality by the ECU graduates for 2020. This makes ECU the only public university in Australia to achieve a high affirmation for teaching quality as they have been receiving this rating for 13 years consecutively.
In addition, ECU’s Sports-related degree programs have been ranked in the world’s top 100 in 2019 whilst achieving and maintaining a Top 300 position for Education courses seven years in a row.
Further, ECU has been listed in the Top 150 in QS Top 50 under 50 ranking for 2018 and 2019, making it one of the youngest highly reputed universities.
ECU has eight teaching schools offering over 300 courses across the three campuses.
School of Business and Law
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The School of Business and Law at ECU is highly regarded in Australia. ECU was the first university in the country to teach employability skills in a program that is now a part of the Bachelor of Commerce program. Further, ECU is one of the only universities in Western Australia (WA) to offer courses such as Bachelor of International Hotel & Resort Management, Master of Marketing and Innovation Management. Moreover, ECU introduced the first professionally accredited online Law degree in WA.
Quality Indicators Learning and Teaching (QILT) ranked ECU at the top for undergraduate teaching amongst all the public universities in Australia in 2019. Business and Law disciplines are also ranked best in Western Australia:
Legal and Paralegal Studies
ECU is also ranked at the top as an Australian Public university of skills and educational experience.
AUD$31,550
Bachelor of International Hotel and Resort Management
If you are interested to know more about studying Business or Law at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU focuses on the importance of communication and understanding fellow individuals as it is fundamental for human existence. ECU offers diverse course areas such as; Media and Communication, Criminology, Design, Psychology and Counselling.
ECU is the only in the area of Western Australia to offer specialized majors in children and family studies as well as human services within a Social Science program.
Bachelor of Design
If you are interested to know more about studying Arts and Humanities courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU School of Education is highly reputed in Australia. It is the oldest and largest school of Education in Western Australia. It is also Western Australia’s most popular school for graduating professional educators more than any other institution in the state. Furthermore, they have the widest range of Secondary teaching specializations amongst all universities in the are.
QILT ranked ECU School of Education at the top for undergraduate teaching amongst public schools in Australia.
ECU is also ranked best in the country across the following disciplines for teaching quality, student support, skills and educational experience;
Humanities, Culture, Social Sciences
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood studies)
If you are interested to know more about studying Education courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
The School of Engineering at ECU is one of the fastest growing schools and is amongst the world’s top 175. Students will gain practical experiences in advanced labs and workshops. They will also have the opportunity to receive real life experience from 12 weeks of industry placement. The courses are designed with close collaboration of industry needs to help better prepare students.
ECU received 5-star rating from students in the 2020 Good University Guide in areas such as;
As mentioned above, ECU is the only public university in Australia to receive 5-star ratings for teaching quality 13 years in a row.
Bachelor of Engineering – Civil (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering – Computer systems (Honours)
If you are interested to know more about studying Engineering courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Students who wish to study Science at ECU have a wide array of specialization options to choose from. Students can select from traditional subjects such as Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry or choose courses in Computing and Security or Natural Sciences where disciplines such as Counter Terrorism, Cyber Security and Environmental Management is taught.
QILT ranked ECU’s School of Science disciplines as some of the best in Western Australia;
If you are interested to know more about studying Medical and Health Science courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU places a strong emphasis on the importance of good health and enhancing the quality of lives for others. Therefore, ECU offers a variety of courses. Students can study a Science degree in areas such as; Biomedical Science, Exercise and Sports Science or Paramedical Science. Students also have the option to choose other Health related degree programs such as Occupational therapy, Speech pathology and Nutrition and Dietetics.
Bachelor of Medical Science
Bachelor of Health Science
Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science)
ECU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery is Western Australia’s largest nursing program. The institution has the only Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery double degree in Western Australia. Further, the school has partnerships with rural and metropolitan hospitals and the private sector to enable students to receive undergraduate clinical placements in one setting.
Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
If you are interested to know more about studying Nursing courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WWAPA)
WAAPA is a nationally and internationally recognized academy in Australia. They provide comprehensive training in a range of performing arts courses.
WAAPA offers courses in the following disciplines:
Aboriginal Performance
Production and Design
It is a creative and supportive environment where students are encouraged continuously to pursue artistic excellence. Each year critically-acclaimed guest artists collaborate with students and staff to present over 300 public performances.
The Academy’s reputation is confirmed as WAAPA graduates go on to excel in their chosen field of profession around the world. Some of the Star graduates are well known actors, dancers, musicians, including: Hugh Jackman, Dacre Montgomery, Frances O’connor, Emma Matthews, Lucy Durack and many more.
If you are interested to know more about studying WAAPA courses at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU Student activities, Clubs & Societies
ECU’s student guilds acts on behalf of all students, thereby, providing many services to students in aim to protect their rights and enhance their experience while studying.
The guild has organized many clubs and societies for students to join. They also have social events and cultural activities to ensure students enjoy their time beyond studies. This is a good way for students to wind down, relax and make new friends.
Their clubs range from;
Academic – Arts Management Student Organisation, Finance & Accounting Society, Edith Cowan Aviators etc
Equity – Mature age student network, ECU Wellbeing Community, Queer Collective, Women’s Community etc
Social – ECU Badminton club, Collective hope, ECU Malaysia club, Cricket club etc
Sports – ECU Jets Sports club
If you would like to know more about student activities at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU Student Accommodation
The university offers on-campus accommodation at all three campuses. Off-campus accommodation services are also available through ECU.
The on-campus accommodation is operated by campus Living Villages. The villages consist of modern single and multi-room units. Most of the accommodation are apartment style and is close to all campuses, local shops, and sport facilities.
There are a wide range of rooms available for students based on their budget as they offer tenants below market prices.
ECU Village Bunbury Accommodation
Price [Per week, 2020]
6 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
ECU Village Joondalup Accommodation
NRAS Studio
AUD$195.20 – $200.20
4 bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms
AUD$1227.20 – $233.20
ECU Village Mount Lawley Accommodation
NRAS 2 bedroom apartment with 1 bathroom
6 bedroom apartment Lakeside with 2 bathrooms
If you are interested to know more about student accommodation available at ECU, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Top Universities to study Hospitality Management in Australia 2020
News / By Yellani Rasaputhra / austr, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Edith, graduates, Griffith University, Hospit, International college of management sydney, international scholarship, International Student, James Cook Univeristy, Kaplan Business School Australia, Management, Study, Undergraduate degree, University of Queensland
What is Hospitality Management?
Hospitality Management involves overseeing administrative, operational and commercial tasks of many establishments on a daily basis. Establishments such as hotels, resorts, shops, amusement parks and many other business require daily management to ensure it provides satisfactory experiences to its customers and is long lasting. The industry includes a large number of establishments, from big hotel chains to small dining restaurants. The goal as an employee in this field is to make guests feel right at home and ensure they have a pleasant and comfortable experience at your establishment.
The hospitality industry is rapidly improving and the demand for employees continuously increasing. One way to get on the path of this exciting and fast paced sector is to get a degree in Hospitality Management.
Why study Hospitality Management in Australia
Since it is a booming industry, Hospitality Management offers graduates attractive opportunities across the world. So if you can get a degree anywhere in the world, Why in Australia?
Let’s take a look at a few reasons why it’s best for students to study Hospitality in Australia
Graduates from Australia in this field are highly demanded in the industry. This gives the students a competitive edge and a number of opportunities to choose from. An internationally recognized Australian education allows students to explore the world with confidence and succeed in their future career goals.
Institution that provide Hospitality Management degrees in Australia focus on including theoretical foundations as well as specific units to give an all round practical view of the industry. Some of these units are; Services Management, and Front office management etc.
Australian Hospitality courses also include training elements such as internships for a semester. This is designed to give students a practical experience and allow them to apply theoretical learning as well.
What can you do with a Hospitality Management degree?
In addition, students who complete their degrees in Australia have a wide array of job openings to engage in. Whether its restaurants, hotels, resorts, or travel agencies etc. Here are a few career options:
Resort Manager
Tourist / Cultural Tourist Development Manager
Airline or Cruise Manager
Leisure, Sports and Events Manager
Conference center manager
Public house manager
If you would like to know more about studying Hospitality Management in Australia, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Top Universities in Australia to study Hospitality Management
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
International College of Management Sydney
Kaplan Business School
Blue Mountains Hotel Management School provides a Bachelor of Business degree course where students can specialize in International Hotel and Resort Management.
Blue Mountains has the highest reputation Australia and the Asian Pacific regions the best hotel school. They are ranked 18th globally for Hospitality and Leisure Management in 2019 and 1st in Australia
Students enrolled in this course can benefit from a business management perspective as well as a hands on practical learning with the Australian hotel environment.
Studying hotel and resort management enables students to gain experience to enter dynamic industries. Blue Mountain is highly regarded as they teach all the key skills to manage a hotel, starting from front office, operations, marketing strategies and food and beverage sections.
Program Duration Indicative Total course Fee (2020)
Bachelor of Business Degree in International Hotel and Resort Management 2.5 years (Full time) AUD$ 67,438
If you would like to know more about studying at Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Griffith was one of the first institutions in the country to design degrees in Tourism and Hotel Management and still continue to be leading teachers in the field today. Hospitality and Leisure Management subjects have been ranked number 2nd in Australia and 20th globally according to the 2019 QS World University Subject Rankings.
The university’s department of Tourism and Hotel Management has won many awards such as the Queensland Award for Excellence in industry Education consecutively since 1993, and are members of the Queensland Tourism Hall of Fame. As mentioned above about Australian institutions focus on practical experience, Griffith allows students to gain real life experience by getting them to work on projects for real companies or community organizations through internships.
Bachelor of International Tourism and Hotel management
If you would like to know more about studying at Griffith University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions. UQ is ranked among the top universities in the world consistently. In 2019 it was ranked 27th in the world based on QS World University Ranking. UQ has maintained its position as the 3rd best university in Australia to study Hospitality and Leisure Management subjects.
The Hospitality Management major focuses on the broad hospitality industry, where each day is different from the previous. The Hospitality Management major focuses on international hotel operations, the role of technology in the hospitality sector as well as services management. The 3 year course will equip students with an understanding of skills valued by the hospitality sector, food and beverage, and entrepreneurship.
Bachelor of International Hotel and Tourism Management
If you would like to know more about studying at University of Queensland, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland and one of Australia’s leading universities in the tropics. JCU offers excellent research and teaching in a vibrant and multi-campus environment. It is a world class university that is ranked in the top 2% of tertiary institutions in the world. They are ranked 43rd in the top 50 universities under 50 years.
Students in JCU can study Hospitality and Tourism Management as a major in Bachelor of Business. The major covers fundamental principles addressing issues prevalent in the hospitality sectors, gaming management, event and conference management etc.
Students are continuously encouraged to enhance their skills and expertise to prepare them to be industry professionals.
Bachelor of Business, majoring in Hospitality and Tourism Management
If you would like to know more about studying at James Cook University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ECU has a vibrant research culture and offers courses which are practical as well as innovative.
ECU offers a 3 year course in Hospitality and Tourism Management by covering key aspects required to manage diverse hospitality and tourism business. A few key aspects are Marketing, Financial Management, business research, analytics and strategic management.
Students could also engage in a specialized unit in Food and Beverage management, tourism planning and development, managing service experience and event management to enhance learning and skills.
Graduates from this course will gain the essential competencies and perspectives required by all levels of management in hospitality and tourism organisations.
Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
If you would like to know more about studying at Edith Cowan University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
ICMS is an award winning high education institution located in Sydney. They are leaders in providing high quality, career focused education. 90% of their students are employed in their respective fields before graduation.
ICMS in conjunction with Swiss hotel school Cesar Ritz offers a Bachelor of Hospitality Management representing top class hospitality qualifications. Upon graduation, students will possess the best combination of theory and practical skills to succeed in the field of employment as it features the most comprehensive training programs in Australia. Cesar Ritz and ICMS designed this degree for the purpose of ensuring that graduates are at the top of the profession and can be placed in 5 star New York hotels to a sun-drenched hotel resort.
If you would like to know more about studying at International College of Management Sydney, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
KBS is an internationally recognized provider of higher education degrees in Australia. It was established in 2008 but has grown from a small institution to a multi-campus institution servicing over 2,000 students.
KBS offers a Bachelor of Business in Hospitality and Tourism Management degree which enables students to acquire communication skills, financial literacy and many other skills required in the sector.
Students graduating from KBS in this degree can pursue many exciting career paths with a strong background in business.
Bachelor of Business (Hospitality and Tourism Management)
If you would like to know more about studying at Kaplan Business School, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Top reasons to study in Queensland (2020)
News / By Yellani Rasaputhra / Bachelor of music, best courses, best student cities, brisbane, Employment, Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Griffith University, hospitality management, James Cook Univeristy, nursing, Pharmacy, queensland, Regional Area, scholarships, Scholarships Opportunity, study in australia, The University of Queensland Technology, Tourism
The opportunity to study in Queensland is one of a kind. Queensland is the second largest city in Australia and the nation’s third-largest Economy. It has a rich history spanning over 1000 years. It is situated in the north-east of the country, with a population of over 5,000,000. Brisbane is the capital of Queensland and is also the largest city in the state and 3rd largest in Australia. It is often referred to as the “Sunshine State”.
Tourism fuels the state’s economy. Because, it’s an expansive area. Therefore, has many landscapes to explore ranging from tropical coastal areas to dry inland’s and sensual rain-forests. Tourists can enjoy the vast mountain range such as Bunya Mountains and Great Dividing Range. Those who like to spend time in the coastal areas can check in to the state’s most popular beaches ; Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. In addition, the world’s largest coral reef system is also located off the coast of Queensland; The Great Barrier Reef. Other smaller locations to take note of are some of the majestic waterfalls such as the Wallaman Falls and Josephine Falls.
Let’s look at a few reasons why studying in a university in Queensland might be the best option for you.
1- Academic Excellence
Did you know that Queensland is home to some of the high ranked universities in the world? With subjects ranked in the top 100 in the world? Queensland has a world class education system attracting over 85,000 students from over 160 countries. Studying in Queensland will allow you to choose from a diverse range of academic degree programs. Catered to your strengths and potential. Further, the study programs will help you gain a deeper understanding of the real world. It will also enhance the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the world of employment.
Top Universities to study in Queensland
Studying in University of Queensland
University of Queensland is a public research university located in the capital of Queensland. UQ is the 5th oldest university in Australia and therefore, is a leading and highly reputed university in the world. The university accommodates around 54,000 students including around 18,000 international students.
The main campus is St.Lucia and Gatton campus is the largest campus of UQ. There are other campuses and facilities located around Queensland as well.
University of Queensland Rankings
UQ is consistently ranked in the top world’s universities and is a founding member of the Group of Eight. UQ has won more Australian Awards for Teaching than any other university in Australia. UQ is ranked 47th in the world in 2019. As a leading prestigious university, they teach some of the world’s highest ranked subjects:
Sports-related subjects – 2nd
Engineering – Mineral and Mining – 5th
Environmental Studies – 11th
Agriculture and Forestry – 17th
Education and Training – 19th
Nursing – 21st
Psychology – 23rd
Hospitality and Leisure Management – 27th
Pharmacy – 31st
Geography – 37th
UQ actively encourages and supports students to engage in extra-curricular activities on campus. This is in aim to enhance student’s experiences beyond academics. They offer a number of activities ranging from sports, clubs and societies, Music, Arts and cultural events.
Let’s look in to few of the degree programs available at University of Queensland.
Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education (Honours)
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Business Management
If you are interested in knowing more about University of Queensland, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Studying in Griffith University
Griffith University was established over 40 years ago in South East Queensland. Their teaching spans over six campuses and one of it is an online campus. Their vision is to be one of the most influential universities in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region.
Griffith University Rankings
Griffiths focus is contributing to society by transforming students into remarkable people by providing excellent education and research. Griffith is regarded highly as a young university. They have maintained its position as the 37th University in the 2020 QS World university rankings Top 50 under 50 years. They introduced some of Australia’s first degrees in areas such as Environmental science, dental technology, forensic science and Asian studies. In addition, they happen to teach some subjects ranked in the top 100 in the world.
Nursing – 32nd
Sports-related subjects – 33rd
Performing Arts – 35th
Development studies – ranked between 51-100
These ranking have contributed to Griffith being ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.
In addition to excellent academics, Griffith focuses on getting its students to actively participate in extracurricular activities. This is to help shape their experiences and prepare them for life beyond graduation. Griffith has over 120 clubs and societies which includes activities that take place each trimester.
They also include off-campus activities to help students relax. These include; Chill out days with live music, massages and henna tattoos, End-of trimester theme parties, Performances, cultural fiestas and toga parties.
Now Let’s take a look at a few of the many Degree programs available at Griffith University which you can choose from.
Indicative Annual Fees (2020)
Bachelor of International tourism and hospitality management
Bachelor of Musical Theater
Bachelor of Sport Development
If you would like to know more about Griffith University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Studying in Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
QUT was founded and granted university status in 1989. It is a public research university located in 2 campuses across urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland. QUT enrolls around 50,000 students, including 9,000 international students from over 120 countries. The institution offers approximately 400 undergraduate and postgraduate degree options.
QUT Rankings
QUT is highly recognized despite being a young university. It is ranked 19th in the QS Top 50 under 50 years. QUT is also highly regarded for some of the subjects taught at their campuses as they are ranked in the Top 50 in QS World University Ranking by subjects:
Communication and Media Studies : 16th
Nursing : 35th
Art & Design : 41
Sports-Related : 51-100
Performing Arts : 51-100
QUT has a wide range of clubs and societies to join to take away stress from all the work. They encourage students to join sports clubs such as Dodgeball, Cheer and Dance, Hiking, Yoga and Rowing etc to keep yourself fit and entertained throughout your academic period. They also have clubs for international students for their respective countries to help them feel right at home.
Let us take a quick look at some of the degree options available.
Bachelor of Communication (Digital Media)
Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)
Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science
AUD$34,9000
Bachelor of Arts (Drama)
3 years (Fill time)
If you are interested to know more about Queensland University of Technology, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Studying in James Cook University (JCU)
JCU was established on 1961 making it the second oldest public university in Queensland. The main campuses are located in Cairns and Townsville. JCU also has study centers in Mount Isa, Mackay and Thursday Island. Over 4,000 students study in Cairns including about 400 international students. Townsville campus is the largest of all JCU campuses, accommodating over 13,000 students including around 1,200 international students.
JCU Rankings
JCU’s main fields of research includes Marine Sciences, Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Tourism and Engineering. JCU’s research has received some of the highest rankings. Excellence in Research for Australia evaluates quality of research in each field in all Australian universities. 83% of JCU’s research areas were ranked “world-class or above”. That is, 38 out of 46 research field. Out of this 38 fields, JCU received “Well above world standard in 8 research areas:
Ecological applications
Fisheries sciences
JCU has been ranked 43rd in the QS top 50 under 50 years. And includes few other subjects ranked in the Top 150 in the world:
Environmental studies: 51-100
Earth and Marine Sciences: 51-100
Agriculture and Forestry: 101-150
JCU focuses on engaging students in their clubs and societies to help them have a fulfilling and exciting academic journey. They have many course based clubs, sports clubs as well as society and culture clubs to be a part of.
Let’s take a look at a few graduate degree programs available at JCU
Bachelor of Tourism, Hospitality and Events
If you would like to know more about James Cook University, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
2 – Cheapest and affordable cities in Queensland
As a student, one of the biggest worries is the cost of living. This includes tuition fees, accommodation and day to day general expenses. However, Queensland is home to two of the cheapest and affordable cities to study and live in; Brisbane and Gold Coast.
Gold Coast is ranked 1st for affordability in Australia and 84th globally as one of the best student cities. Gold coast is quite similar to Brisbane in terms of affordability, however, it is a little cheaper. Weekly expenditure for a student would range between AU$480-$512. Rent in Gold Coast is 40% lower than that of Sydney and it also has one of the lowest Undergraduate fees in comparison to other Australian cities.
Brisbane is the 4th cheapest city to live in Australia. Living costs are lower than any major Australian cities such as Sydney. It was also ranked 22nd in “Best student cities in 2019”. Students would have to spend around AU$500-$533 a week including rent, food, transport and general expenses whereas, in Sydney it would range between AU$600-$700 per week.
It is also important to keep in mind, that as a student with restricted finances, Queensland is a very reasonable state to live in. It has universities offering top-class education at low tuition fees such as that of Griffith University.
3 – Cultural Diversity in Queensland
Studying abroad allows students to meet individuals from various countries, backgrounds and cultures. Apart from the sunny, beautiful tourist destinations in Queensland, it is also extremely diverse in culture. Therefore, if you are someone who sees diversity as an important factor in where you’d like to study and live in, then Queensland is the place to be, as you can reap the benefits of a multicultural environment. The state is abundant in different cultures and with people who are not restricted to adopt one particular lifestyle. They are open minded people from different walks of life and enjoy forming friendships that are long lasting. It is very easy to find a wide range of food and activities representing almost any country in the world.
The Government has an incessant need to celebrate cultural diversity and multicultural events. Since Queensland is recognized as a state with a long history of migration, The Queensland Government is committed to ensuring that all Queenslanders can participate and celebrate the society, whether born in or migrated to the state. As a result, they have placed the Queensland Cultural Diversity Policy which focuses on improving and supporting the continued growth of strong culturally diverse communities in the state. Further, $1.3 million was used to fund over 150 multicultural events held throughout the state in 2019 as Queensland is home to people from about 220 different countries who speak over 180 languages and identify with over 110 different faiths.
One city in particular stands out as one of the most diverse student cities based on QS Best Student Cities 2019:
Brisbane – is ranked 9th in the top 10 most diverse student cities in the world since a large number of the student population comes from countries outside of Australia. Thereby, making it one of the ultimate choices for students who are looking to gain a top class education and embrace different cultural experiences.
4 – Part-time work in Queensland
As the 3rd largest Economy in Australia, Queensland is considered a gateway to a wide range of career paths and advantages. It provides a stable and safe environment for International students with a strong economy. Queensland also has an abundance of service industries and an internationally-renowned tourism industry. Which opens up many career opportunities. The first step to obtaining a permanent employment position is to engage in Volunteering, Working while studying and Vocational placements. This improves work experience and increases the chances of being hired by a suitable employer. Therefore, students can earn while studying.
An added advantage is that apart from greater Brisbane, majority of the cities in Queensland is a designated Regional Area. Therefore, those who are eligible are allowed to apply for a resident visa. The next section will cover all about Regional Areas in Australia.
If you would like to know more about studying in Queensland, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
5 – Gold Coast is classified as “Regional Area”
Regional Australia was designed by the Australian Government to promote certain areas of the country, especially for immigration purposes. Recently, it was announced that Gold Coast will be reclassified as a regional area in aim to attract migrants and foreign students. This will open many opportunities for International students who are looking to study and settle down in Queensland or other regional areas in Australia. Gold Coast is looking for skilled migrants for occupations that have been identified as being a shortage in the area. Gold coast or any other regional area in Queensland is an attractive place to study and there onwards continue to live, due to the high standard of living and working conditions.
Students who study in a regional area such as Gold Coast will benefit when applying for Skilled Visa as they will be awarded extra points in the system:
Extra 5 points in the Skilled visa points grid for studying in a regional area
Extra 1 years for the graduate 485 Visa.
If you want to know more about studying in a Regional Area such as Gold Coast, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
International Scholarships for A-Level and UEC students in Australia 2020
News / By Yellani Rasaputhra / A-Level, Australia, Australian university, Curtin University, Deakin University, Edith Cowan University, Griffith University, international scholarship, International Student, Kaplan Business School Australia, Melbourne, Perth, queensland, scholarship 2020, sydney, Tasmania, The University of Queensland Technology, The University of Western Sydney, Top Education Institute, UEC, University of Queensland, University of Tasmania, University of Technology Sydney
As a student from this generation, it is important to gain international experience to enhance the learning process, whilst increasing exposure to other cultures and ways of life. This is will allow graduates to have a better understanding of global industries.
However, studying abroad can be costly, especially in countries such as Australia. Which is why it’s important to consider applying for scholarships offered by universities to ease financial commitments. In this respect, we have summarized a list of scholarships provided by reputable universities in Australia for A-Level and UEC students.
If you are Interested in scholarships offered by Malaysian universities, please look at; Scholarships for SPM, UEC, and IGCSE Students in Malaysia 2020.
A- Level Calculation
This formula is important as it will be used throughout this list, A Level grades will be calculated with a point system:
3 A Level subjects including any pre-requisite subjects (A* = 6, A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2, E = 1).
Max 2 AS Level subjects may be substituted for 1 A Level subject (A = 2.5, B = 2, C = 1.5, D = 1, E = 0.5) provided the AS subject has not been taken at A Level.
Calculation can be based on 2 A Level sittings that is within 10 months of each other.
UEC Calculation
UEC grades will be calculated with a point system:
A1=8, A2=7, B3=6, B4=5, B5 =4, B6=3, C7=2, C8=1
Universities in Queensland
Academic Requirement
A-Level – Standard entry -DDD
Higher entry – A*AAA
UEC – Score of 14 for maximum 10 subjects
50% Griffith Remarkable Scholarship
A-Level –Standard entry -DDD
UEC – Standard Entry- Score of 14 for maximum 10 subjects.
Higher Entry – Score of 74 for maximum 10 subjects
25% International Student Excellence Scholarship -High School leavers
UEC- Score of 14 for maximum 10 subjects.
10% International Overseas student school leaver Scholarship – (10% deduction in tuition fees for the first 2 trimesters only)
A-Level – 12 points (BBB)
UEC – Average of 2 based on 5 academic subjects (excluding Chinese, Malay or PE)
25% Triple Crown Scholarship (One year)
[Limited to courses from Business School only]
25% Creative industries International Scholarship (One year)
[Limited to courses from Creative Industries faculty only]
25% International Merit Scholarship (One Year)
[Limited to courses from Science and Engineering Only]
25% Faculty of Education International Merit Scholarship (One Year)
If you require any further information, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Universities in Melbourne
Melbourne Institute of Technology
A-Level – Average of 70% or more
Minimum average of 65%
UEC – Average of 70% or more
20% MIT International Excellence Scholarship
Minimum of 70%
30% MIT academic achievement scholarship
A-Level – Minimum average of 85%
UEC – Minimum average of 85%
100% or 50% Deakin Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship
Meet Minimum entry level requirements
Application automatically assessed for eligibility
Up to $15,000 Destination Australia Scholarship
A- Level – Minimum CCD and above
UEC – 20 points in 5 subjects or below
15%, 20%, or 25% La Trobe Excellence Scholarship
Universities in Perth
Minimum Requirement
Application automatically assessed for applicability
20% International Undergraduate Scholarship 2020
20% Petroleum Engineering Scholarship
Meet the minimum entry level requirements
25% Meng Fei Innovative Future Leader Scholarship (First year only- Up to a maximum of AUD$ 10,000 Only)
Commencing in 2020 – 2024 intakes
Meet the minimum entry level requirements.
International Welcome Scholarship – AUD$ 12,000 for Business and Nursing
AUD$ 11,000 for all other degrees
[For degrees that hold a four year duration]
3 year degrees are eligible for a maximum of AUD$9,000
A-Level –
Average grade of 92% and above
UEC – Average grade of 92% and above
Up to AUD$ 20,000 Scholarship for Scientific Excellence for degrees under School of Engineering and Information Technology
Universities in Sydney
A-Level – Minimum AAA or equivalent
50% Vice Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Undergraduate Scholarship
Up to AUD$5,000 – $7,000 Western Sydney University International Scholarship
A-Level – At least BBC
UEC – average overall mark of 85%
International Undergraduate full tuition fee scholarship
25% Undergraduate Academic excellence scholarship [up to AUD10,000 for the duration of the degree]
Completed a UTS Insearch Diploma in Sydney, and have an overall GPA of 6.0 or above in their Diploma
50% UTS Insearch to UTS Pathways Scholarship
Up to AUD$10,000 Undergraduate Merit Scholarship for high achievers in A-Level and UEC [First year only]
30% High achievers Scholarship program
Top Education Institute
[for 25% scholarship]
15%-20% International Excellence Scholarship for School or Law and Business
Reference letter indicating student is at the top 20% of their studies.
AUD$3,000 or $4,000 Global Young Leaders Program
[For students enrolled in an International Pathway Program]
Universities in Tasmania
20% Tasmanian International Scholarship
Exception: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree
10% FSP to Degree Scholarship
[For students who have completed foundation studies at the university and wish to proceed to a Bachelor’s degree at the university.
Assessment for eligibility will be based on academic merit and quality of written application
AUD$15,000 Destination Australia Scholarship
A-Level –High achieving students
UEC – High achieving students
50% ASEAN Science and Technology Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
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Study International Business in Australia (2020)
News / By Yellani Rasaputhra / Australia, Business, Griffith University, International Student, Monash University, scholarships, The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Top Education Institute
Why study International Business?
A degree in International Business is the perfect degree to launch an international career if you’re interested in working with and managing people from different countries and cultures.
The world’s economy is rapidly globalizing, therefore, a degree program in International Business will equip you with an increased understanding of the global economic markets and business climates.
An added advantage is the increasing employability demand for those who have a wider understanding of business in a global context. Reason being, when you study International Business, you will learn about a variety of international practices in relation to logistics, trade and cross-border investments which are valuable to employers who are faced with the challenge of effectively integrating multiple markets and managing diverse workforce’s.
A typical International Business degree offers a wide range of job opportunities and administrative positions within international organisations across governments, trade, banking, and logistics.
A few positions are as follows;
International Accountant
International Business Analyst
Foreign Affairs & Trade Officer
Exporter & importer
International Business Consultant
Top 5 Universities to study International Business in Australia
We can now look into a few recommended universities and institutes to study International Business Management in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree program. This list is based on the QS world rankings for each university’s Bachelor and Master program in International Business Management. They are guaranteed to be credible, as they rank their subjects based on:
Enrollment rate in the program
Course satisfaction rates among students and recent graduates
Employment rates
1. University of New South Wales (UNSW)
UNSW is ranked #4th in Australia and #43rd in the world for 2020. It is also #26th in the world for Business & Management studies. International Business is offered as a major in UNSW.
Therefore, includes a wide range of fundamentals of business studies and practices.
The graduates are prepared to succeed in the real-world, therefore, equips students with real-world experiences, technical know-how, analytical skills and hands-on experiences which will enable you to train your mind to improve adaptability in the international arena.
February, June & September
AUD $36,960
3(Full time)
Bachelor of Commerce (international)
4 (Full time)
Bachelor of Economics
Master of International Business
Master of Commerce
1.5 years (Full time)
2. Monash University
Monash University is consistently ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide. It is currently ranked #58th in the world and #6th in Australia. Business and Management studies are placed #36th in the world thereby, providing high quality degree programs.
The international Business degree program focuses on providing an integrative understanding of the different problems affecting business operations in contemporary international firms, their strategies, and policies.
Therefore, the Bachelor of International Business is tailor-made to give you skills which can be utilized and applied in the field of employment, thereby, making you an asset in a global firm.
Bachelor of International Business
February, July & November
February & July
1, 1.5 or 2 years full-time
3. Griffith University
Griffith is an internationally recognized university providing International Business degrees which will equip you with critical business skills and knowledge with an international perspective. It is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and #35th under the Top 50 under 50 years universities list in the world. It is ranked #19th in Australia. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance practical skills through specialist business degrees.
The course structure is such that you will learn about the core concepts of international business in your first year, which includes International relations, Economics, and Marketing. Moving on to the second and third years you will complete advanced business units such as international Trade and International marketing.
An added benefit of studying in Griffith is the opportunity to gain a scholarship for the duration of your study.
Program Intake Duration Indicative Annual Fee (2020)
Bachelor of International Business February, July & October 3 years (Full time) AUD $28500
Bachelor of Business February, July & October 3 years (Full time) AUD $28500
February, July & October
1 year – 1,5 years (Full time)
AUD $31500
February, July
Master of Marketing/Master of International Business
4. Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan is ranked #3oth in Australia and aims to equip graduates with an International business outlook applicable to any international business and multicultural environment.
The degree has an extensive coverage of the Asian, U.S. and Latin American business markets by utilizing and applying foreign Direct Investment, Business relationship Management, logistics, strategy and ethics courses and techniques to prepare students to achieve success in a highly dynamic and complex global business environment.
ECU provides scholarships programs that provide many opportunities to students based on eligibility.
Master of Business Administration International
Master of International Hospitality Management
5. Top Education Institute
TOP Education has been a leader in providing specialized degrees in Business, Accounting and Law. Due to its narrow range of specialised degrees, it is renowned as highly academic and accomplished degree programs.
To provide further assistance and support for their students, they have implemented a wide range of scholarships such as International Diversity Scholarship and International Excellence Scholarship as well as work placement programs to prepare students for employment. TOP Education has partnered with organisations such as PriceWaterHouseCoopers, UnionPay and Huawei Technology LTD.
The Bachelor of International Business is designed to cater to students who aim to gain a wider understanding of key areas of business such as Economics, Business Communication, Management and marketing in the international context.
Furthermore, students enrolled in Bachelor of International Business degree have the esteemed opportunity to study one semester at Fudan University in Shanghai, China to gain a global experience.
Mode 1 – March & August
Mode 2 – March, July & November
Graduate Diploma of International Business
1 year (Full time)
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The 107th (Timber Wolf) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, known officially as the 107th (Winnipeg) Battalion, was an infantry battalion established during the First World War. After it arrived in Britain, the unit was converted to a pioneer battalion and served on the Western Front in France and Belgium. It was later absorbed into an engineer brigade. About half the unit’s soldiers were Indigenous Canadians.
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In the first decade of the 19th century, relations between Great Britain and the United States deteriorated, primarily due to the widening influence of the Napoleonic Wars.
Abraham Ulrikab
Abraham Ulrikab (born 29 January 1845 in Hebron, Labrador; died 13 January 1881 in Paris, France) was one of eight Labrador Inuit to die from smallpox while travelling through Europe as part of an ethnographic show (now called human zoos). In 2011, his skeleton, along with that of four other Inuit, was uncovered in the reserves of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) in Paris. The Nunatsiavut government (See Labrador Inuit) is studying the possibility of having them repatriated.
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Acadia was from its beginnings a centre of conflict and competing ambitions.
Acadian Expulsion (the Great Upheaval)
Soldiers rounding up terrified civilians, expelling them from their land, burning their homes and crops ‒ it sounds like a 20th century nightmare in one of the world's trouble spots, but it describes a scene from Canada's early history, the Deportation of the Acadians.
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Adam Dollard Des Ormeaux, soldier (b in France 1635; d at Long Sault May 1660). In late April 1660, 17 Frenchmen with Dollard in command left Montréal to ambush Iroquois hunters returning by the Ottawa River. They were joined by 44 Hurons and Algonquins.
Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper of Rat River”
Albert Johnson, also known as the “Mad Trapper,” outlaw (born circa 1890–1900, place of birth unknown; died 17 February 1932 in Yukon). On 31 December 1931, an RCMP constable investigating a complaint about traplines was shot and seriously wounded by a trapper living west of Fort McPherson, NT. The ensuing manhunt — one of the largest in Canadian history — lasted 48 days and covered 240 km in temperatures averaging -40°C. Before it was over, a second policeman was badly wounded and another killed. The killer, tentatively but never positively identified as Albert Johnson, was so skilled at survival that the police had to employ bush pilot Wilfrid “Wop” May to track him. The Trapper’s extraordinary flight from the police across sub-Arctic terrain in the dead of winter captured the attention of the nation and earned him the title “The Mad Trapper of Rat River.” No motive for Johnson’s crimes has ever been established, and his identity remains a mystery.
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Alexander Dunn at the Battle of Balaclava
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Alexander Dunn, VC
Alexander Roberts Dunn, VC, army officer (born 15 September 1833 in York, Upper Canada; died 25 January 1868 near Senafe, Abyssinia). During the Crimean War, Lieutenant Dunn was the first Canadian ever to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for bravery among troops of the British Empire.
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Vivega Vijayakumar, MASc '13
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering)
Using engineering and medicine to change lives
After completing an undergraduate degree in health sciences, Vivega Vijayakumar came to McMaster to earn her master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering.
“I wanted to get involved with cutting edge technology and research that intersected the medical and engineering fields,” she says. “I was hoping to make a difference in the health care field in a broader way.”
She then went on to earn a medical degree in Australia, and is currently working as a junior doctor in New South Wales.
“I'm hoping to specialize in radiation oncology, which will utilize the knowledge and skills I acquired in both medicine and engineering,” Vijayakumar says.
While her engineering degree opened her eyes to a variety of corporate and academic possible career options, she says she eventually decided she wanted to make a difference in people’s lives – something that has become a career highlight for her.
“I realized that I wanted the ultimate career which would allow patient contact and the use of engineering principles to push my boundaries and continue learning for life,” she says.
“ Whether through providing medical care or being compassionate towards patients' social issues, I have been able to work with the young, the elderly, and everyone in between to further my own life experiences and obtain the highest level of job satisfaction.”
She encourages students to be patient, do their research and seek out something they feel passionate about.
“You want to be able to wake up every day and be excited to go to work. At the end of the day, you want to feel like you've have accomplished something great. I am also a huge advocate of having life balance. There is more to life than just work and self sacrifice.”
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Brendan McNamara: "I'd rather people just ring me up and tell me to f*** off"
The controversial L.A. Noire developer faces the music in this frank new interview.
Interview by Wesley Yin-Poole, Deputy Editor
Updated on 10 November 2011
Brendan McNamara begins his Bradford Animation Festival 2011 presentation with a story. His first visit to Yorkshire was to Huddersfield as a much younger man, playing for a north London cricket team. He batted first - not McNamara's speciality, as he's more of a bowling man. As the bowler ran in, he put his foot forward to the pitch of the ball and tried to whack it as hard as he could, just as he'd been taught as a schoolboy.
He missed the ball completely and smashed his big toe. The slip, who caught the ball behind as Brendan hopped around holding his foot, appealed. The umpire, who had a grim look on his face, said to McNamara, "get out of there you cheating Aussie ****".
The anecdote is apt. McNamara, the brains behind L.A. Noire, is public enemy number one. The high profile, shocking allegations of horrendous working conditions at Team Bondi during the development of L.A. Noire, as well as the emergence online of personal insults directed squarely at McNamara himself (he's been called a "bully" by former colleagues) paint a picture of a nightmare of a man.
Here, in his first interview since the collapse of his company and the scandal that dogged the developer, we get a different side to the story. McNamara calls out those who attacked him anonymously, defends his management style and reveals the truth of Team Bondi's closure.
L.A. Noire spoilers follow.
Eurogamer: It's always sad when a game developer closes.
Brendan McNamara: It is. Film productions, anyone you want to name... when we were over shooting motion capture for L.A. Noire they were closing down the shoot for Avatar and there were 500 people running around inside this big hanger, which is actually the hanger that The Spruce Goose is in in the game. It's still there. You see everybody and it's sad. They've all been working on it for four or five years or longer. It is sad, and it's sad to see people scattered to the winds. But it's been a difficult time for games developers in Australia. Our dollar's worth a lot of money now. It didn't use to be.
Eurogamer: Why did Team Bondi close down?
Brendan McNamara: We hadn't signed another project in the time we needed to.
Eurogamer: Why didn't that happen?
Brendan McNamara: Mainly, I'd say because we got a lot of bad press about what it was like to work with us and our conditions. That, obviously, didn't come at the right time. To do a deal for a major video game probably takes about a year. We didn't start running around doing that stuff until well after the game was finished. That's the problem when a game is all consuming and you need to get out there and do whatever you need to do to get people to know it and interested. They would probably be the two main things, I'd say.
Eurogamer: Were Rockstar not interested in a sequel then?
Brendan McNamara: Rockstar own the property, so I don't know what they'll do with the sequel.
Eurogamer: I mean, doing a sequel with you?
Brendan McNamara: We're all pretty volatile. We had our ups and downs in the making of it. But we're all big boys. We were all trying to make something that was financially risky. I've known Sam [Houser, co-founder and president of Rockstar Games] for maybe fifteen years. We go a long way. We still talk when we need to. Anything that was part of the process is all water under the bridge to me.
Eurogamer: So what's Rockstar's problem?
Brendan McNamara: I think their real problem is when they're coming to the end of things, the whole company has to focus on that game. We had lots of help from Rockstar in Leeds. We had QA, the whole world, in different parts of Rockstar, working on the game. We had the whole PR team. The main creative guys like Sam and Dan [Houser, vice president of creativity for Rockstar Games] and Les [Benzies, Rockstar North producer] and Jeronimo [Barrera], they have to come down and get involved and try and help with the process.
That's a difficult thing for them to do across many projects. I'm probably speaking for them when I shouldn't be. And now they're finishing Max [Payne 3] and about to start the end run for GTA 5. I presume everybody in the whole of Rockstar is working on that thing because it is a behemoth. All of the rest of this year and all of the rest of next year, we wouldn't have got any bandwidth out of them at all.
Eurogamer: Will you have mixed feelings when they get someone else to do L.A. Noire 2? It is your baby.
Brendan McNamara: I don't know. Yes in some ways because of the writing part of it. But in other ways no. Remedy did the first couple of Max Paynes and they were great. Rockstar is doing the new one. From what I saw of that game, it looked great to me.
Eurogamer: But they had the opportunity to make two, and that's very important, because I understand when developers make a new IP, the sequel is always the one they wish they'd made the first time around.
Brendan McNamara: Probably. But I took three years to make The Getaway and everybody said that was ridiculously long. We took just over six years to make this one. After six years of it, am I more interested in writing... I can write more things in six years than one game, right? So from my point of view, can I write more stuff or can I write L.A. Noire 2? It's probably more interesting for me, right now, to be working on the new one rather than spending another three or four years on another one.
Cole Phelps is dead and Jack Kelso could continue on. We had ideas. I've got no problem with them [Rockstar]. They've got great writers there from Dan down. I'm sure they can turn it into something amazing. I'm looking forward to see what they do next with Red Dead Redemption. I'm sure they'll do something pretty amazing, right? It's very much in safe hands there.
"I'm perfectly happy for people to say they don't like working with me or I'm a bully or I'm this or whatever. The part that annoys me is people do it anonymously. I'd rather they just ring me up and tell me to f**k off."
Eurogamer: You don't come across as someone angered by having their creation taken away from them. Are you moving on?
Brendan McNamara: I don't really feel like that. I feel like they were as much a part of it as we were and they hung in there for a long time when it wasn't going anywhere. It was never Duke Nukem, but there were periods when it was slow. When you're in the middle of making games it's like watching paint dry. You can write as much script as you want but then the actual process is a bit like watching paint dry.
I'm not bitter about that at all. They really hung in there with this and we made something great and we made something great together. Hopefully it will stand the test of time. Why would you be bitter about the opportunity? Not many people get to make that kind of game.
Eurogamer: Are you misunderstood, Brendan?
Brendan McNamara: You'll have to ask my wife.
Eurogamer: You're a very direct person. You say what you think, I can tell that.
Brendan McNamara: Yeah. I do. I always have. I was talking about being in Yorkshire and people saying what they think. So yeah, I do.
Maybe that's not the best way to make games. Probably, it should be more divorced between my directness and the people I work with. But having said that, when I read about Steve Jobs - I don't know if you're reading the book - I've never said anything like that to people. And I'm the bully of the games business.
Eurogamer: Are you?
Brendan McNamara: Well, I don't think so. I've got people who've worked with me for sixteen years.
Eurogamer: So where has all this come from?
Brendan McNamara: It's come from people who didn't enjoy the process of making the game. And that's fair enough. Everybody has their own opinion. The way I look at it now is that people can say whatever they like, and they will. So I might as well just wear it. That's where it's at.
Eurogamer: But you struggled to get another project off the ground because of some of the bad press. That has a tangible effect on you doing your job. It affects the company and your reputation as a game developer.
Brendan McNamara: It affects the company, yeah, definitely. It affects my reputation. But it also affects people's opportunities in Australia. Australia, whether you like it or not, the games business out there hasn't been doing very well lately. We're the cause célèbre of that, but lots of other developers have gone out of business out there as well. It makes it diminishing returns.
People are entitled to their opinion. I'm perfectly happy for people to say they don't like working with me or I'm a bully or I'm this or whatever. The part that annoys me is people do it anonymously. I'd rather they just ring me up and tell me to f**k off, right? Or people want to print your company emails on the internet. I'm like, what is that about? That could happen to any company in the business.
I remember just before E3, Naughty Dog, there was a story in the LA Times about people working there three days straight, and they were walking around like drunks in the office and people were screaming at each other. When you've been up for three days you do that. Nobody stayed up for three days making L.A. Noire. I don't even think there was an all-nighter on it. I'm not saying that stuff is good and people should do it anyway. But they were doing that, and they said it was going to be like that crunch until the end of the game. In America, people expect you to work hard to see results.
I'm not justifying crunch for video games. If there's a smarter way of doing it we should all do it a smarter way. But the backlash to us compared to the backlash to other people was pretty remarkable, I thought. I don't know what you thought.
"I'm not justifying crunch for video games. If there's a smarter way of doing it we should all do it a smarter way. But the backlash to us compared to the backlash to other people was pretty remarkable."
Eurogamer: It was certainly unprecedented, I'll give you that. I wonder why?
Brendan McNamara: Vicky, who runs our studio, says, I'm like Vegemite. People either love you or hate you. And there's a lot of people who don't like Vegemite.
Eurogamer: That's like Marmite, right?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah, exactly the same. You either like it or you don't.
Eurogamer: Are you a free agent now?
Brendan McNamara: At the moment, yeah.
Eurogamer: You're not attached to a company?
Brendan McNamara: No I'm not, right now.
Eurogamer: You can do what you want, then?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah I can. I just had a big holiday, which is great. I spent some time with my wife and kids, which was great. We hadn't had much time to do that because we were trying to finish this epic project and you just can't walk away from it because you're trying to get it done. So that was great. Kids were really happy. I spent some time sailing. It was good.
Eurogamer: Are you with KMM [Happy Feet production studio] now?
Brendan McNamara: A lot of people who were working on L.A. Noire have gone across to KMM, some of them to be working on some of the film projects. A lot of the art and animation guys went across. Some of the people have gone to work in different Rockstar studios. I'm personally just writing some new stuff now, which I've been pitching around for the last couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll have something to announce on that pretty soon.
Eurogamer: A video game?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah.
Eurogamer: What can you tell us about it?
Brendan McNamara: I can't tell you right now, but hopefully I can tell you in a couple of weeks time.
Eurogamer: So someone's interested?
Brendan McNamara: There are a few people interested, yeah. I've still got to do the paperwork.
Eurogamer: Are we talking about a video game in the same vein as L.A. Noire, like a big budget console game, or a smaller, mobile game?
Brendan McNamara: A console game. I don't know how to make iOS games yet. We think the evolution from The Getaway to L.A. Noire and learning the lessons we did on the way, and some of the stuff about emerging storytelling, is definitely an avenue to pursue.
Eurogamer: Is MotionScan part of it? Are you still involved with Depth Analysis?
Brendan McNamara: I own some of the shares, and some other people own some of the shares. It's a limited company, and there are some other investors in that, too.
"We had a TV show in Australia, which was showing people who used to work on L.A. Noire with their faces blacked out and their voices changed. I was sitting there thinking, hang on, this isn't the IRA."
Eurogamer: So you have access to MotionScan for your next game?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah, I do. Hopefully towards the end of that we'll have the full body stuff up and running. That could be pretty interesting, too.
Eurogamer: When is it set? The present? The future? The past?
Brendan McNamara: It's pretty interesting. It's one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. So I think it'll be good.
Eurogamer: Is there more to life than video games?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah, there is. That's one of the things that's remarkable. We had a TV show in Australia, which was showing people who used to work on L.A. Noire with their faces blacked out and their voices changed. I was sitting there thinking, hang on, this isn't the IRA. They didn't enjoy working at the place and they don't like me as their boss. Okay, but we made a video game. I think we made a great video game. It was a difficult and terrible process, but nobody died making it. No-one's career ended making it either. They'll happily go on to do bigger and better things, and I'm totally fine with that.
So I thought that was kind of.... where does this end, you know? What we did was make a video game, and you black out your face and change your voice? If you want to have your five minutes on TV and show your face, I'm cool about it. You can say whatever you like about me.
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Eurogamer: 110 hour weeks, though. That's tough. How do you justify that?
Brendan McNamara: Yeah, 110 hour weeks are tough. But not many people worked 110 hour weeks making L.A. Noire, I can tell you that. And it wasn't mandatory. It was just, yeah, it was hard, and it was brutal, but I would say, most of those triple-A games, when you aren't sure of what the technology is, and you aren't sure what the process is, it's going to be pretty difficult. Time's a finite thing. You can't extend it forever. We certainly had plenty of time.
Eurogamer: Meeting you, the impression I get is of someone who has had some time to think about the L.A. Noire project and reflect on things.
Brendan McNamara: Yeah. That's definitely the case.
Eurogamer: Was there a point when you were raw about it?
Brendan McNamara: I was raw during the process of making the game. It's a pressure cooker situation.
It's the nature of the internet, too. People are anonymous and they can just go on a forum. I remember reading on one of them that I was a murderer and a rapist. They'd read that thing, and then the next comment was, yeah, I know him, he's a murderer and a rapist.
You can look on the funny side of it, but it's pretty over the top stuff for somebody who just makes games, right?
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After RuneScape's controversial 2019, Jagex plots "direct and deliberate" changes for 2020
Yaks, archeology and microtransactions.
Article by Lottie Lynn, Guides Writer
RuneScape was the introduction to the world of massively multiplayer online role-playing games for many gamers; where many of us met our first online friends and learnt about that MMORPG levelling grind from hours of fishing. Even if you've never played RuneScape, then you probably had a friend who did, or maybe there's a chance that, like me, you're still playing to this day.
I've been playing RuneScape, with the occasional break, for over 13 years. Throughout these years I've witnessed both the lows, such as the removal of PvP in the Wilderness between 2007 to 2011, and the highs, such as the release of Old School RuneScape in 2013. I've completed fantastic quests filled with rewarding challenges and great storylines (my favourites are Ritual of the Mahjarrent and While Guthix Sleeps). All the time I've spent in Gielinor also means I've seen the rise of microtransactions and monetisation in RuneScape.
As a subscription based game, RuneScape has had an element of pay-to-play since the membership program was first released in February 2002. Since then the membership cost has slowly risen, but it took 10 years for developer Jagex to introduce a new form of monetisation and it was called Squeal of Fortune.
The concept was simple - players could win prizes, coins for example, by spinning a wheel. Each player received a certain number of free spins each day, while additional spins could be earned in-game or purchased using real-world currency. Players were quick to criticise the new feature as being a form of real-world trading, which RuneScape has a long history of fighting against.
In April 2012, Jagex redefined the rule about real-world trading in RuneScape, stating: "Real-world trading is the term used for activities which occur outside of the game environment which result in the real-world sale or purchase of items, gold pieces or services with the intention of supplying or advancing a Jagex in-game character other than by the means which are incorporated into the game." This change clarifies that real-world trading has to involve a third-party and that any form of monetisation owned by Jagex is omitted from this rule. But criticism of Squeal of Fortune continued, until it was replaced with Treasure Hunter in February 2014.
Treasure Hunter remains the current loot box system in RuneScape and has received similar criticism to Squeal of Fortune, due to players being able to purchase additional keys. It has also been criticised for creating a pay-to-win atmosphere, since many of its prizes, including a range of XP lamps (like genie lamps), supply players with large amount of experience they can spend on a skill of their choice. The focus of these arguments is using Treasure Hunter devalues both the scoreboad and the very act of skilling itself.
Buried Treasure - a Treasure Hunter promotion that ran in October and May 2019.
Player Redhorizon, who spoke to Eurogamer at RuneFest 2019, said: "Treasure Hunter was bad enough, but then you have the promotions that offer double experience." At the time of writing, Jagex has run 49 Treasure Hunter promotions during 2019. The Bubbling Lamps promotion, for example, has run twice in 2019, first in February and then in June, rewarding players with a selection of special XP lamps. These lamps could be redeemed for either direct or bonus experience, allowing players to quickly gain experience in skills that typically take a lot of time to train, such as Summoning and Agility.
Bonds and Solomon's General Store, two other forms of monetisation for RuneScape, have faced similar accusations from the player community. Bonds, which were introduced in 2013, can be traded between players in-game and redeemed for a variety of services, including membership and Treasure Hunter keys. Some players view Bonds as a form of real-world trading, since players must first purchase them using real-world currency.
Meanwhile, Solomon's General Store, which absorbed the Loyalty Store in 2013, has faced the same criticism, since many of its items must be purchased using RuneCoin, which, again, can only be purchased using real-world currency. The store originally focused primarily on cosmetic items, such as hairstyles or pets, but now allows players to purchase services, such as Bank Booster Packs, through the use of RuneCoin. Like Treasure Hunter, these items encourage players to spend additional money and put those who can't or choose not to at a disadvantage to those who do.
The front page for Solomon's General Store.
Jagex also introduced an enhanced version of the membership subscription program in 2012, called Premier Club. This special form of membership can only be purchased in the latter months of each year, usually between November and January, and has three tiers for players to choose from: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each tier supplies a different period of membership, from three months to a year, at a discounted rate and a variety of other bonuses, including new cosmetic items, a discount on RuneMetrics and additional Treasure Hunter keys.
RuneMetrics is an analytics tool, which was released in 2016, that can be accessed both in-game and through the RuneScape website. It has a variety of features, including both a wealth and experience tracker. If you want to use RuneMetrics to its full potential, then you have to purchase a £3.99-a-month subscription to RuneMetrics Pro, which is separate to your actual standard £6.99 RuneScape membership.
Finally, Jagex experimented with a battle pass inspired event in July 2018, called RunePass. This two-week long event involved players completing a variety of tasks to earn rewards and, in proper battle pass style, there were two reward tracks players could follow: a free track and a premium track, which was purchasable for 400 RuneCoins (around £7). RunePass was criticised by the player base for feeling more like an extension of the daily challenge system, rather than being its own, unique, event. The free track was also criticised for lacking substantial rewards.
Jagex was aware of the problems with RunePass, however, as senior product manager Matt Casey explained to Eurogamer: "It [RunePass] was probably a little bit rushed and we didn't give it enough gestation time that resulted in a system that didn't offer enough value for players. It didn't have enough rewards and players felt it didn't represent good value." Casey added RunePass, and its successor Yak Track, are "part of a wider kind of initiative for us to look at how can we evolve our monetisation model and our strategy".
For many years the arguments over the implementation of monetisation in RuneScape were confined to the game's subreddit and forums, but in April 2019 Jagex gave oral evidence at the investigation into Immersive and Addictive Technologies run by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Jon Goddard, head of corporate communications at Jagex, explained to Eurogamer that Jagex was approached "directly by the select committee to take part in the process and were invited to attend and give oral evidence directly to the committee". Jagex was invited to appear before the select committee, because, Goddard explained, the company "leads in areas like player safety and player protection". Jagex gave evidence alongside a variety of other game developers and social media companies, including EA, Epic Games and Instagram.
The report from this investigation was released on 12th September 2019. It included details on the weekly and monthly payment caps, £1000 and £5000 retrospectively, placed on players. Controversially, the report also included an anonymous complaint from the parents of an adult player, who had reportedly spent in excess of £50,000 on RuneScape. In the written evidence supplied by this anonymous individual, the complainant claimed their son "took out payday loans, bank loans and 'max'd' out a credit card", and detailed how this "financially ruined our [their] retirement plans" as they had to pay off their son's debt.
Once the committee investigated further, as evidenced in the minutes for the oral evidence given by Neil McClary, vice president of product and player strategy at Jagex, and Kelvin Plomer, director of player experience at Jagex, it became clear this figure is, in fact, closer to £17,000. Goddard explained, concerning this particular case: "We [Jagex] were unable to entirely corroborate the details that were submitted to the committee with our own records - there just wasn't an exact match, so it's very difficult when the complaint or the evidence is submitted by someone who is not the account holder themselves."
Jagex is currently awaiting feedback from the committee, which has been delayed due to the general election. Goddard commented that, even though Jagex is waiting for the response, "not only are we in a strong position already to answer many of the suggestions they may make, but we're also trying to be far ahead of it", and "I don't think that any business should sit back and think they do everything right when it comes to player support and player safety. That's why we're looking very, very proactively into what we can do and not just follow what we're told to do, but lead in that area".
Still, despite Jagex's readiness to listen to the committee's feedback, the report, and the evidence it held, reignited arguments about the place of monetisation and loot boxes in RuneScape, which encapsulate the discussion of these features in video games as a whole. Loot boxes and in-game currency stores may be described as optional, but the services and items they provide are attractive to players, particularly in live service games where there is often a pressure to maintain the same level of progress as the rest of the player community. RuneScape players can easily fall prey to this trap, because some of the game's best content, such as quests or new locations, are locked behind high skill requirements.
It's also impossible to avoid the microtransactions that exist in RuneScape. Every time you log in to the game you're taken to the lobby. Here you'll find adverts for the latest deals in Solomon's General Store or the Treasure Hunter promotion. Once you enter the game itself, an icon to open Treasure Hunter will appear in the top-left hand corner of your screen, which you have to manually close. The temptation to spend is always present and it shouldn't be.
The login lobby for RuneScape.
The question Jagex is tackling now is, how does it regain the trust of players who've become disenchanted with its implementation of monetisation? Jagex's answer is a willingness to experiment with both its live events and monetisation methods, with the goal of evolving beyond the current loot box system to one that is more appealing to players. This will also include revitalising and reworking older forms of monetisation, such as Solomon's General Store, over the coming years. Matt Casey said the aim of restructuring the monetisation with RuneScape is: "We want players to feel any content they paid for is done in a generous way, represents good value for money, and we want to be transparent with those systems."
If you play RuneScape, then you will have noticed the first of these experiments has already occurred. From 22nd November to 2nd December 2019, RuneScape ran a reworked version of its Double XP weekend. The difference being that, rather than having the event occur over the actual weekend, each player was instead given an allotted 36 hours of double XP to use throughout this week. This innovation, according to Casey, received a positive response from the community: "We got the right balance of players who wanted to min max it and not lose out, but, at the same time, feel like they have the choice of when to play."
This observation is certainly true; a large percentage of RuneScape players have been playing for five to 10 years and, as their lives become more complicated, the time they have for playing RuneScape dwindles. The re-imagining of the Double XP weekend allowed these players to take advantage of the event's bonuses without having to schedule their life around RuneScape, preventing what was meant to be a fun event from becoming an inconvenience.
The riskier experiment, however, was Count Yakula's Yak Track. As mentioned, the game's previous attempt at a battle pass-like system, RunePass, wasn't well received by players, leading to feedback from both the player community and internally at Jagex that helped play a major role in the creation of Yak Track. This was the right decision because, compared to RunePass, Yak Track is clearly the superior event in terms of both the rewards on offer and, most importantly, the tasks you complete to earn them.
Unlike RunePass, where each player was given a series of daily tasks depending on which track they were on, each tier in the Yak Track has two dedicated tasks for you to pick from. These can either be skill-based tasks, which scale to your level in that particular skill, or an activity task, like picking cabbages near Port Sarim. This change ensures the Yak Track feels like a new piece of content, rather than just an extension of the daily challenges, especially since many of the tasks can take multiple hours to complete. Other alterations, such as a wider variety of rewards, extending the length of the event from two weeks to six, and ensuring Premier Club members receive the premium track for free, have also helped it feel like a unique event instead of an encore of RunePass.
The Live Ops team also used Yak Track as an opportunity to release an experimental update to Treasure Hunter that let players see the content of some loot boxes before buying them. Casey described it as "a new feature that's much more transparent, where players can still use their daily keys if they want to and they can still earn the same type of rewards, but it's a much more open system that increases the amount of player control and choice", and insists there's "still an amount of randomisation in the prizes selected around them, then if you use a key, you'll receive one of the prizes randomly, but you'll be able to see what they are, so if you see something you really want, you'll be able to go after it and get it".
While this new features does give players an additional advantage when using Treasure Hunter, there will always be voices within the community that call for the removal of the loot box system entirely. It's highly unlikely, however, that Jagex will pull Treasure Hunter from RuneScape due to the revenue it provides. What Casey did tell Eurogamer though is the Live Ops team plans to run a number of tests throughout 2020 to help "find the right balance and the right kind of mechanics" as part of their commitment to "evolving our model, moving away from a standard loot crate system".
The new Farming Guild.
Aside from monetisation, another issue that plagued RuneScape throughout the late summer and early autumn months of 2019 was a lack of content.
Outside the release of The Land Out of Time, the majority of updates RuneScape experienced before November 2019 were focused around improving the game's quality of life, such as Bank Placeholders and the Slayer Collection Log. Only three quests were released this year, and the planned Weapon Diversity update was unfortunately cancelled.
Weapon Diversity was a modernisation project in a similar vein to the Mining and Smithing rework, which was released at the beginning of 2019. When asked about the project's cancellation by Eurogamer at RuneFest 2019, lead designer David Osborne explained: "It was meant to bring diversity to weapons so it feels different to have short swords, than it did to have a whip and it wasn't doing that as well as it should. I'm glad I'm part of a game that decided, 'No, we're going to cancel that.' Rather than just say we've put so much effort and sunk cost into this we want to launch it."
We currently live in an era where some developers release content in games that contains multiple issues, which are slowly fixed via patches after their release. It's refreshing to see Jagex decided against releasing an update it believed wasn't performing to the correct standard. The unintentional problem, however, was there wasn't anything to replace Weapon Diversity in the schedule. As Osborne said: "We cancelled that [Weapon Diversity] and it left a hole. What we need to get better at is having updates contingency."
This content drought was brought to an end with the release of the Ranch Out of Time feature, and both the Farming and Herblore skills being raised to level 120, at the end of November. RuneScape also promises to start 2020 off strong with the release of its 28th skill, Archaeology, in January, which looks perfect for Gielinor lore nerds like myself. Yet, to ensure this content black hole doesn't happen again, Jagex plans to temporarily increase the size of the RuneScape development team.
"We're going to get a number of people that can help us develop a number of projects," Osborne explained, "that means we have a contingency, so, if something like weapon diversity happens, as a subscriber you don't feel like you have an empty gap." Jagex will also create a subteam to work on developing new quests and remastering older elements of the game. The remastering subteam will begin with a rework of Managing Miscellenia, while the quest subteam will work on an Azzanadra quest.
The news of the quest subteam is especially welcome. For many players, the variety of quests available in RuneScape is one of the main reasons why they keep playing. You can join the rebellion against the vampyric lords in Morytania, uncover the secrets of the Elven race or find out why the penguins are acting suspiciously. There are even multiple murder mystery quests, including Murder Mystery, released in 2003, and The Needle Skips.
Quest development has slowed in the last couple of years, with four being released in 2018 and six in 2017, leaving the questers of RuneScape wanting. Hopefully the new quest subteam will create a new range of exciting quests, continuing the subversive, yet engaging, tone the game is known for. Two quests for 2020 have already been confirmed at RuneFest 2019: Desperate Measures, the sequel to Desperate Times, and a City of Sennitsten quest.
Jagex hasn't, however, just created a selection of new subteams. It's also increased the resources of all its major teams. Ryan Ward, executive producer for RuneScape, explained to Eurogamer: "We added resources to each of the teams and we actually had our teams focused on three different core areas: Live Ops, the Episodic Content and the Core Experiences." Ward added he is now "trying to look forward and look at the 2020 vision and 2020 road map, align each of the efforts from Episodic Content, Core Experience and Live Ops, so they actually feed into each other and they make sense to each other".
The hope is these additional resources should not only help increase the flow of content, but also support the experimentations with monetisation and Jagex's short-term goal, as Ward described it, of having the "players experience and see the real direct and deliberate changes and that we're in this regular cadence of feedback". This also signals an increased focus on communication with players, in both the terms of player protection and listening to feedback.
Kharid Et and Everlight - two new locations created for the Archaeology skill.
The challenges awaiting RuneScape and Jagex in 2020 lie in how it develops its approach to monetisation and its efforts to regain the trust of its community. Personally, I'm optimistic about the future of RuneScape, as the foundation for these goals already appears to have been set. The creation of the subteams and additional resources for the pre-existing teams should hopefully ensure players in 2020 don't experience a drop in content, while also helping new updates, such as Archaeology and the promised Elder God Wars dungeon, reach their full potential.
When it comes to monetisation, players are already experiencing the results of the Live Ops team's desire to innovate in the form of the Yak Track. Only the coming year, however, can tell us whether this success will continue and if Jagex can meet Ward's long term goal of becoming "where the industry looks for answers and solutions" for monetisation systems, with Jagex viewed as "the shining example of the gaming industry".
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Pamesa Valencia kept pace as co-leader at the top of Group D when it swarmed Azovmash Mariupol early on the way to a 95-77 home victory in Spain on Tuesday. Pamesa raised its record to 4-0, but must still share first place in Group D with Khimki of Russia, which won in overtime on the road at Anwil Wloclawek. Pamesa visits Khimki in Week 5 to resolve their first-place tie. Azovmash, meanwhile, dropped to 2-3 and now shares a fourth-place tie with Anwil. Pamesa rolled up huge early leads and held them until Azovmash made a sudden charge in the fourth quarter. With the score showing 78-71 with under 3 minutes left, however, Shammond Williams buried 3 consecutive three-point shots in less than a minute to finish the job for Pamesa. Ruben Douglas was Pamesa's big gun in the first half and finished with 21 points, while Williams ended up with 20 after his late-game barrage. Victor Claver added 13 points for the winners and Dejan Milojevic 12. For Azovmash, Rodney Buford and Kris Lang finished with 15 points, while Tyus Edney added 13 and Tomas Delininkaitis 10.
Pamesa went almost 3 minutes with only one basket and fell behind 4-8 on a fastbreak drive by Liadelis before taking over the scoreboard in an impressive blast. Milojevic started a 10-0 run that Mindaugas Timinskas ended with a triple. Then, after Azovmash hit a couple free throws, Pamesa was off on another 10-0 run that Douglas ended from the arc. Delininkaitis tried changing things with his own triple for Azovmash, but 4 seconds remained in the first quarter, enough for Douglas to slingshot another three-pointer from 9 meters, making it 27-13 after 10 minutes. When Claver came out and nailed a triple to open the second quarter, Pamesa was racing to a new high lead, 34-15. Azovmash strung together three-pointers by Delininkaitis and Robert Archibald while getting within 38-23, but Claver answered from the arc and the baseline, while Stanko Barac downed a jumper for another high lead, 47-26, at halftime. Azovmash came out gunning after the break, and tried to match the hosts basket for basket, but Pamesa still entertained leads as high as 59-36 midway through the third quarter. That started to change as Edney, Yahor Meshcharakou and Buford started filling the basket late in the quarter, but Pamesa still was in command by 67-50 as it ended. Azovmash kept charging with Buford and Delininkaitus landing triples early in the final quarter. Still, no danger lurked for Pamesa until less than 6 minutes remained, when Azovmash rattled off a quick 3-11 run as Edney kept feeding inside to Meshcharakou, Lang and Buford, who slammed back a rebound to make it 78-71 with under 3 minutes left. Williams owned the rest of that time, however, as came out of a late timeout and rained 3 consecutive triples to make it 89-74 and end all doubt in the matter.
Frank Lawlor, Valencia
Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; MAESTRE, NICOLA; ANASTOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS
Pamesa Valencia 27 20 20 28
Azovmash Mariupol 13 13 24 27
Pamesa Valencia
4 OLIVER, ALBERT 23:37 6 3/3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 6
5 DOUGLAS, RUBEN 28:00 21 5/6 2/5 5/6 3 2 1 4 24
6 AVRAMOV, BOZHIDAR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 WILLIAMS, SHAMMOND 28:57 20 4/9 3/6 3/3 1 4 5 3 5 1 4 2 12
13 MIRALLES, ALBERT 19:05 8 4/6 3 3 3 1 1 12
21 HOUSE, FRED 20:03 5 1/5 1/1 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 3
31 MILOJEVIC, DEJAN 17:25 9 4/5 0/1 1/1 1 4 5 3 1 3 2 13
33 URTASUN, ALEX DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 19:23 5 1/3 1/1 0/1 1 5 6 2 1 2 1 8
42 BARAC, STANKO 21:37 8 4/6 0/1 3 3 3 3 1 3 6
55 GONZALEZ, IGNACIO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Totals 200:00 95 28/46 9/18 12/15 4 26 30 20 6 17 5 1 21 16 103
Head coach: KATSIKARIS, FOTIS
Azovmash Mariupol
4 REESE, AUBREY 6:19 2 0/1 2/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
5 EDNEY, TYUS 33:41 13 5/13 1/2 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 12
6 LIADELIS, PANAGIOTIS 17:17 4 2/3 3 1 2 2 2 5
7 ARCHIBALD, ROBERT 27:29 9 1/5 1/1 4/6 2 4 6 3 4 6 1 1 3 6 13
8 SKUTYELNIK, OLEKSANDR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 DELININKAITIS, TOMAS 29:24 10 0/4 3/3 1/2 2 3 1 2 2 2 7
10 LANG, KRIS 24:56 15 6/11 3/5 2 8 10 4 1 4 25
11 LOKTIONOV, IGOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 PODORVANNYY, YEVGENIY 3:36 1 1 2
14 MESHCHARAKOU, YAHOR 27:35 9 4/6 0/2 1/1 4 4 1 3 4 2 5
16 BUFORD, RODNEY 29:43 15 3/8 3/7 0/1 2 4 6 1 1 1 2 2 12
Totals 200:00 77 21/51 8/15 11/17 7 22 29 21 11 13 1 5 16 21 83
Head coach: BRAZYS, ALGIRDAS
KATSIKARIS, FOTIS
"It was a good game. We played well, during most of the game. There were a few moments in the second half when we lost the concentration.But we have a quality team and we can find solutions. Azovmash is a good team, with players who know how to play and could come back in the game. That made us scared a bit in the second half, but in the end we pulled it out, and now we have some tough road games coming up , at Barcelona in the Spanish League, and then at Khimki next week in the ULEB Cup."
BRAZYS, ALGIRDAS
"Good evening. We want to congratulate Pamesa for their vistory. We came here after a very bad game in France last week. And we hoped that this game would be better. Unfortunatley, our game wasn't as good as we wanted today. We will work out ourselves why it was so. But generally we failed in the first part of the game. I have to speak generally and say that this year's team is completely new. We have a new team, new players, and there's not enough understanding between the players during the offensive and defensive possessions. This is the biggest problem we have now, communication between the players."
DOUGLAS, RUBEN
"We played in a good way almost all the game, we started in a high level, making good shots, but maybe we fell in relax during the last quarter. Anyway, we've always been in a 17-18 points difference. I try to be productive for the team. Maybe, this season I don't have the ups and downs I had last year but my goal is helping the team to be better."
ARCHIBALD, ROBERT
"It was very difficult to play this game because we know that Pamesa is one of the best teams in the competition. We tried but it is difficult to find our best picture in this short time. We had 10 games to try to do our best and improve but we did a lot of mistakes. We need to focus and improve very quickly in the future. Pamesa is a great team because they have many dangerous players, they move the ball and is difficult to defend them. I think is one of the favourite."
Besiktas Cola Turka 100
Hemofarm Stada 102
Khimki 102
Benetton Fribourg 78
Antwerp Giants 74
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Walter Spies
Walter Spies (15 September 1895 – 19 January 1942) was a Russian-born German primitivist painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art in the 1930s and he influenced the direction of Balinese art and drama. Mexican artist and anthropologist Miguel Covarrubias, who lived and researched in Bali with his wife Rose at that time, wrote: "Walter Spies, Bali's most famous resident, was the son of a German diplomat in Moskow at the outbreak of the World War. Spies was already well known in Europe as a painter in 1923. (...). As fine a musician as he was a painter (...), after the war he ran away from disorganized Europe to the East until he reached Java, where he was called by the Sultan of Djokjakarta to organize and lead a Western orchestra. He lived for years in the Sultan's court learning their music. Then one day he went to Bali on a visit and has remained there ever since".Covarrubias and Spies became very close. In narrating his life in Bali, Covarrubias wrote about his friend: "The months went by as Rose and I roamed all over the island with Spies, watching strange ceremonies, enjoying their music, listening to fantastic tales, camping in the wilds of West Bali or on the coral reefs of Sanur. Walter loved to collect velvety dragonflies, strange spiders and sea-slugs, not in a naturalist's box, but in minutely accurate drawings. For days at a time he would be in his tent drawing them, because once dead, their beautiful colors disappeared. He was temperamental when he went into seclusion to paint, he would work incessantly for months on one of his rare canvases. (...). He also painted dreamlike landscapes in which every branch and every leaf is carefully painted, done with the love of a Persian miniaturist, a Cranach, a Breughel or a Douanier Rousseau".The knowledge of every aspect of Balinese culture that Spies provided for Covarrubias' research was well-acknowledged by the later. "In his charming devil-may-care way, Spies was familiar with every phase of Balinese life and was the constant source of disinterested information to every archaeologist, anthropologist, musician or artist who has come to Bali. His assistance was given generously and without expecting even the reward of credit". "Spies was the first to appreciate and record Balinese music, he collected every pattern of Balinese art, contributed to Dutch scientific journals -the Dutch were the colonial power in Bali since 30 years earlier-, he created the Bali Museum of which he was the curator, and built a splendid aquarium".In 1937, Spies built what he described as a "mountain hut" at Iseh in Karangasem. Adored by the Balinese, Spies was the co-founder of the Pita Maha artists cooperative, through which he shaped the development of modern Balinese art and established the Westerner's image of Bali that still exists today.After living for nine years at the confluence of two rivers in Campuan(Ubud), Spies grew weary of his increasingly hectic social life, and retired to the tranquil mountain retreat that was to become the setting of some of his most beautiful and atmospheric paintings, including "Iseh im Morgenlicht 1938" Despite his desire to escape from a constant stream of visitors, Spies still used to receive guests at Iseh, including the musician Colin McPhee and his wife, anthropologist Jane Belo, the Swiss artist Theo Meier and the Austrian novelist Vicki Baum. Vicki Baum accredits Walter Spies with providing her the factual historical information and details on Balinese culture for her historical fiction novel "Love and Death in Bali" - dealing with the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906), and first published in German in 1937.In December 1938, Spies was arrested as part of a crackdown on homosexuals. With the influence of people such as Margaret Mead, he was released in September 1939.As a German national in the Dutch East Indies during World War II, Spies was arrested and deported. However, a Japanese bomb hit the ship that was carrying him to Ceylon, and because the crew were reluctant to evacuate the Germans without a corresponding order, most of the prisoners on the ship, including Spies, drowned.
Items by Walter Spies
Der Abschied (1921) | Walter Spies
Spies, Walter, Der Abschied
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Tour Recap: Good Eggs Food Hub
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New York City–often portrayed as a world capital of takeout–has seen a boom in recent years in cooking at home as the “foodie” craze has ramped up. Still, New Yorkers have ways of keeping their favorite part of takeout–the delivery–as a central feature of home cooking. Grocery delivery services have become a major force in New York’s food distribution system, an increasingly crowded field dominated by companies like Fresh Direct, Amazon’s Amazon Fresh, Instacart, and Peapod.
On August 3rd, Open House New York organized a tour of Good Eggs, a Brooklyn-based online food delivery service in East Williamsburg operating at the opposite end of the scale. Good Eggs bills itself as a “farmers’ market meets online grocery,” and has taken on the mission of connecting smaller regional and local farmers and food producers to the urban market.
Good Eggs’ Brooklyn food hub was located in a warehouse in East Williamsburg, near the Newtown Creek. (Photo: OHNY)
As Open House New York learned on an earlier tour to the Hunts Point Produce Market, the scale of operations at the city’s food distribution center in the Bronx is such that many smaller producers cannot compete; they simply cannot provide their products in large enough quantities to do business with the wholesalers that supply so much of the New York’s food. As Produce Market manager Myra Gordon lamented at the time, this is despite the fact that produce wholesalers are seeing soaring public interest in purchasing locally produced food—a greater priority for more people, Gordon observed, than organics.
Good Eggs was founded in 2011 to take advantage of the connectivity that the internet makes possible. After establishing a foothold in San Francisco, the company expanded, opening local food hubs in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. The Brooklyn outpost had a markedly youthful feel, especially compared to more established, large-scale distribution centers like those in Hunts Point. The space, large and bright, was designed for maximum flexibility, with very few fixed features.
The humble plastic bin is the central organizing unit of organization within Good Eggs’ distribution system. (Photo: OHNY)
The tour, led by Good Eggs’ marketing director Summer Rayne Oakes, began in the morning, shortly before deliveries began coming in. As things picked up, employees began to rearrange metal racks containing hundreds of plastic bins, rapidly transforming the open central area of the warehouse into a temporary repack room. Before long, the bins were filling up with everything from fresh produce to locally manufactured frozen foods. Good Eggs kept almost no food at the warehouse on a long-term basis; the facility served only as a distribution center, taking in perishable goods that had already been sold, packing items together to fulfill orders, and sending the food right back out as quickly as it came in.
Over the course of the tour, employees rapidly transformed the open central area of the warehouse into a temporary re-pack room. (Photo: OHNY)
Oakes noted that Good Eggs’ model was very hands-on, and that the operations team at the Brooklyn food hub worked closely with the vendors that sold on the company’s online site to ensure that the platform was a good fit. Once a vendor had established an online presence, Good Eggs then helped them to expand their reach, both through the sale of new products and through growth beyond the immediate area. The company was committed to minimizing food waste, and a surplus or shortage at one food hub could mean an opportunity for a vendor to think bigger. “Every food hub goes through cycles,” Oakes said, “so we do trade things with other [Good Eggs] hubs. We also try to give food makers opportunities to spread their wings and test out expanding into different markets.”
“The idea of moving from a technology company to a food distribution company, as the business evolved, was a huge shift,” explained marketing director Summer Rayne Oakes, center. (Photo: OHNY)
Face-to-face interaction is as a cornerstone of the food industry, and it was no different at Good Eggs. Even for a technology company focused exclusively on online sales, Good Eggs relies heavily on these same kinds of direct relationships with their vendors on the back end. “The idea of moving from a technology company to a food distribution company, as the business evolved, was a huge shift,” Oakes explained.
Sadly, despite its best efforts, Good Eggs had difficulties making this shift successfully—at least in New York. Just two days after the tour, the company’s founder announced the abrupt closure of the food hubs in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and New Orleans, refocusing efforts on Good Eggs’ home market of San Francisco. According to founder Rob Spiro’s blog post explaining the decision:
What we didn’t fully understand when we started was that we were creating a new category that required a different approach to supply chains, logistics, and commerce – all of the pieces of getting food from local producers to the kitchens of our customers…The single biggest mistake we made was growing too quickly, to multiple cities, before fully figuring out the challenges of building an entirely new food supply chain. We were motivated by enthusiasm for our mission and eagerness to bring Good Eggs to more people. But the best of intentions were not enough to overcome the complexity. Today we realize that in order to continue innovating in San Francisco, our original market, in order to continue figuring out all the complexity that is required to achieve our mission, we cannot productively maintain operations in other cities.
Insulated packs allowed Good Eggs to deliver food kept in its huge industrial refrigerator directly to customers’ doors without breaking the cold chain. (Photo: OHNY)
With Good Eggs gone, a creative link between customers and vendors has been severed, reducing access to locally produced food despite surging demand. This will inconvenience customers but, as Eater detailed in an article shortly after the news broke, it will have an outsize impact on the vendors that came to rely on Good Eggs’ platform—especially the small producers that scaled up their operations at Good Eggs’ suggestion. It further underscores the high level of risk involved in running a food business, especially at smaller scales.
For these businesses, the high costs of the ‘final mile’ in the urban food distribution chain can often prove prohibitive, and there’s not likely going to be a simple solution. As with many systemic challenges facing the city, the answers to the question of how to connect New Yorkers to local and regional food will necessarily be as varied and complex as the city itself.
Tour Recap: Union Square Greenmarket
“These two acres,” says Greenmarket director Michael Hurwitz, standing in the center of Manhattan’s Union Square Greenmarket, “represent 18,000 across the region.” Hurwitz, who was addressing a group that gathered at the market on July 29 as part of Open House New York’s The Final Mile series, was referring to the footprint of agricultural land taken up by the farmers who sell their wares at the largest of the city’s Greenmarkets. That footprint, illustrated on a map in the market info tent that morning, stretches 250 miles to the north, 175 miles from east to west, and 120 miles to the south. Within it are produced more than 13,000 varieties of products on sale at the Union Square Greenmarket on any given market day.
Greenmarket director Michael Hurwitz (center, in the black shirt) started the tour off near the market info tent bright and early, at 8am, so that people could observe the market just as things were getting into swing. (Photo: OHNY)
The offerings weren’t always so complex. As the city’s main produce distribution center migrated to Hunts Point in the Bronx starting in the 1950s, New York increasingly relied on large-scale industrial agriculture and manufacturing for its food supply. Within just a few decades, there was enough concern over the widening disconnect between the city and its agricultural hinterland that the first Greenmarkets were created in 1976 to improve access to the urban market for regional farmers.
“These two acres,” says Hurwitz, “represent 18,000 across the region.” (Photo: OHNY)
The very first market was located in Midtown, on 59th Street, and featured just twelve farmers. By 11:00 in the morning, Hurwitz told the group, the market was sold out. That this happened so quickly surprised even the organizers. The farmers on site asked, half-jokingly, if there was some kind of famine in the city that they hadn’t heard about.
Peaches were in season, and the Greenmarket team gave a fresh, juicy peach to everyone on the tour—a welcome treat in the July heat. (Photo: OHNY)
Over time, the Greenmarket system, which is administered by the non-profit GrowNYC, has grown to encompass more than fifty markets at sites in all five boroughs. While most are not as robust as the one at Union Square, the network represents a critical piece of the city’s food system, as it provides small and mid-sized farmers and other producers with affordable access to the booming urban market. While interest in local food is soaring, the scale at which many of the wholesalers in places like Hunts Point operate is prohibitive for many local producers, which has created a gap between demand and supply. The Greenmarket system is playing a significant role in filling that gap.
Radishes and carrots stacked high at a produce stand near the 15th Street entrance to the square. (Photo: OHNY)
To do so, though, requires a great amount of attention to detail. Hurwitz and his team work hard to create a sense of balance in their markets, allowing for a healthy amount of competition without creating a situation where one market or another is flooded with too-similar products. Different vendors are selected for in-demand spots at Union Square with an eye toward variety as much as quality. Once vendors are in place, the Greenmarket team works closely with the proprietors to help them navigate the demands of selling in a sophisticated urban market.
“To do well here, you need to be a good farmer, a good marketer, your own distributer; you have to offer great customer service. There’s a lot to keep on top of.” (Photo: OHNY)
“To do well here,” according to Hurwitz, “you need to be a good farmer, a good marketer, your own distributor; you have to offer great customer service. There’s a lot to keep on top of. The display of a stall has to be strong—that’s their storefront, right there.”
Andrew Coté speaks to the group about his business, Andrew’s Honey, which has apiaries across the city. (Photo: OHNY)
Hurwitz introduced the group to several of the vendors throughout the market, including Andrew Coté, of Andrew’s Honey fame. A fourth-generation beekeeper, Coté spoke with enthusiasm about the recent completion of a rooftop apiary just a few blocks north of Union Square, within sight of the market. Andrew’s Honey has apiaries across four of the five boroughs, and the jars displayed at the market stall featured decorative covers proudly displaying the name of the honey’s neighborhood of origin. An employee offered samples on tiny spoons, encouraging passersby to taste the difference between Bedford-Stuyvesant and the East Village.
Passersby are encouraged to taste the local flavor. (Photo: OHNY)
Coté also explained the infrastructural reasoning behind the lack of full five-borough coverage: bridge tolls. As it turns out, the cost of a ride over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is just high enough to make the transportation of honey uneconomical.
Jars of locally produced honey are labeled by neighborhood. (Photo: OHNY)
Hurwitz also took the group to the market stall that houses Ronnybrook Dairy Farm. This third-generation family farm (83% of Greenmarket farmers own farmland) sells milk, ice cream, yogurt, and butter at Greenmarkets around the city. While discussing the ins and outs of life at the market with Ronnybrook’s Tom Toigo, Hurwitz impressed upon the group the importance of that age-old real estate maxim in the way that the market is laid out: location, location, location. “The number one thing [that influences a market’s success] is existing foot traffic. Nothing can beat that,” Hurwitz explained. Toigo agreed, noting that his booth was once relocated slightly while the city worked on the renovation of the north end of Union Square and had a measurable drop in business that week. “People were coming up afterward and asking, ‘Where were you last week? I missed you,’” Toigo chuckled. “Well, we were right there! All you have to do is make a left!”
Ronnybrook Dariy Farm’s Tom Toigo speaks to the group at the end of the tour. (Photo: OHNY)
The ephemeral nature of the city’s Greenmarkets—the rapidity with which they appear and then disappear on market dates, the way that they shift, grow, and contract with the seasons—is part of their charm. But don’t let their human scale and social nature fool you; these markets are a significant economic force, collectively doing more than $200 million in business each year. They are also helping to strengthen regional and local agriculture by creating reliable access for farmers. “These are vital places of business,” Hurwitz told the group. “The children of our farmers see that they have a real economic future here.”
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Milena Anatchkova
PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Patient-Centered Research
Milena has over 15 years’ experience in the design, analysis, and interpretation of studies in health outcomes research with a focus on the development of patient-reported outcome measures, using both classical test theory and item response theory. Her responsibilities include the direction, design, management, and reporting of projects related to the development, validation, and interpretation of clinical outcomes measures in support of successful patient-centered drug development strategy. She has training in both qualitative and quantitative methods and has worked in multiple therapeutic areas, including asthma, chronic pain, diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, HIV, obesity, osteoarthritis, dermatology, rare disease, and multi-morbidity.
Milena has special interest in the impact of health states on role participation and social functioning. Her research prior to joining Evidera has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Institute, the PhRMA Foundation, and Jacob’s Foundation. Additionally, the quality of her work has been recognized in award by several professional organizations such as the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the International Society for Quality of Life Research.
Prior to joining Evidera, Milena was a faculty member of the department of quantitative health sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she now serves as an affiliate faculty. Milena also gained consulting experience during her years as a research scientist at QualityMetric Inc., where she led both consulting projects and exploratory research supported through the Small Business Innovation Research program of the National Institutes of Health. Her publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Quality of Life Research, Circulation, Clinical Trials, Journal of Pain, Medical Care, American Journal of Medicine, and Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, among others.
Milena received her PhD in behavioral science from the University of Rhode Island and her MA degree in organizational psychology from Sofia University.
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Water and electricity don't often go together, but PhD student Damon Howe has spent the last four years finding a way to make them work together. The Australian Maritime College student is hoping to make his mark on climate change by studying a wave energy converter at the model test basin. An ocean engineering graduate, Mr Howe and his research colleagues have designed and built a breakwater wave converter device, capability of harnessing the power of the waves and converting it into energy. The fluorescent yellow breakwater model has been subject to barrages of waves, conducted by the model test basin's wave-maker paddles, to test how the structure responds to marine environments. Mr Howe shared his story and research for The Examiner's Under the Surface investigative series. "We started looking at wave energy converters in isolation, to get an idea of how the devices operated," he said. "Then we introduced a breakwater, like you would see at Bridport or similar, a stationary seabed and we found we were able to double the power production." Mr Howe said it was the facilities, along with a desire to do practical work, that led him to study at the AMC, after growing up on the North-West Coast at Shearwater. "I probably would have been a builder otherwise," he said. He said he hoped to provide an alternative to power generation and help address climate change. However, it will also provide more certainty for industries like aquaculture, which is looking to move offshore. "What we're trying to do is to couple two important structures together, to provide offshore storage and the potential for power generation," he said. "We are hoping to try and integrate wave energy devices into other marine structures such as breakwaters and harbours." Mr Howe has been researching tidal and wave technology for the past four years and is using the model test basin to test different wave environments out on the structure. The model test basin at the AMC is unique in its ability to create different wave scenarios - it has 16 wave panels at one end of the basin and controlled by a central computer. Wave scenarios, to simulate the real world environment, can be input into the computer so data can be recorded. While it might seem simple to some, Mr Howe said the model test basin at the AMC was one-of-a-kind. "I have been helping out another student on a research trip, where he was tasked to find a similar basin somewhere else in the world," he said. What they found, as part of the research, was that Tasmania is home to a model test basin that has the capacity to record large wave scenarios. "We found one in Northern Ireland that was similar, but it still couldn't replicate the height of the waves we can here," Mr Howe said. He said one of the ways the model test basin was unique was in its ability to replicate focused waves on a model, to simulate waves that build on one other. "So then, we're looking at the survival capability of the model," he said. Being able to test a model's survival in the model test basin, as well as how it held up to other wave scenarios was invaluable research. The model test basin attracts international attention, with some researchers at the facility moving to Tasmania just because of the facility. It is also used for commercial purposes, such as port design. Mr Howe said Tasmanians should be proud that the AMC is based here because of the breadth of facilities on offer. "For undergrads, myself I came through here as an undergraduate, and a lot of the units incorporate not only this facility but all of the facilities. We get the opportunity to explore it." "All of the facilities, not just the model test basin, are all in such close proximity, it should attract people."
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February 27 2019 - 7:00AM
Under the Surface: AMC PhD student Damon Howe is researching wave converter technology
Caitlin Jarvis
UNIQUE: Tasmanian PhD student Damon Howe is hoping to offer an alternative power generation source with his research into a wave energy converter. Picture: Scott Gelston
Water and electricity don't often go together, but PhD student Damon Howe has spent the last four years finding a way to make them work together.
The Australian Maritime College student is hoping to make his mark on climate change by studying a wave energy converter at the model test basin.
An ocean engineering graduate, Mr Howe and his research colleagues have designed and built a breakwater wave converter device, capability of harnessing the power of the waves and converting it into energy.
The fluorescent yellow breakwater model has been subject to barrages of waves, conducted by the model test basin's wave-maker paddles, to test how the structure responds to marine environments.
Mr Howe shared his story and research for The Examiner's Under the Surface investigative series.
"We started looking at wave energy converters in isolation, to get an idea of how the devices operated," he said.
"Then we introduced a breakwater, like you would see at Bridport or similar, a stationary seabed and we found we were able to double the power production."
Mr Howe said it was the facilities, along with a desire to do practical work, that led him to study at the AMC, after growing up on the North-West Coast at Shearwater.
"I probably would have been a builder otherwise," he said.
He said he hoped to provide an alternative to power generation and help address climate change.
AMC Lecturer Dr Jean-Roche Nader tests a craft built and designed by students as part of a challenge held at the model test basin.
However, it will also provide more certainty for industries like aquaculture, which is looking to move offshore.
"What we're trying to do is to couple two important structures together, to provide offshore storage and the potential for power generation," he said.
"We are hoping to try and integrate wave energy devices into other marine structures such as breakwaters and harbours."
Mr Howe has been researching tidal and wave technology for the past four years and is using the model test basin to test different wave environments out on the structure.
The model test basin at the AMC is unique in its ability to create different wave scenarios - it has 16 wave panels at one end of the basin and controlled by a central computer.
Wave scenarios, to simulate the real world environment, can be input into the computer so data can be recorded.
While it might seem simple to some, Mr Howe said the model test basin at the AMC was one-of-a-kind.
"I have been helping out another student on a research trip, where he was tasked to find a similar basin somewhere else in the world," he said.
What they found, as part of the research, was that Tasmania is home to a model test basin that has the capacity to record large wave scenarios.
"We found one in Northern Ireland that was similar, but it still couldn't replicate the height of the waves we can here," Mr Howe said.
He said one of the ways the model test basin was unique was in its ability to replicate focused waves on a model, to simulate waves that build on one other.
"So then, we're looking at the survival capability of the model," he said.
Being able to test a model's survival in the model test basin, as well as how it held up to other wave scenarios was invaluable research.
The model test basin attracts international attention, with some researchers at the facility moving to Tasmania just because of the facility. It is also used for commercial purposes, such as port design.
Mr Howe said Tasmanians should be proud that the AMC is based here because of the breadth of facilities on offer.
"For undergrads, myself I came through here as an undergraduate, and a lot of the units incorporate not only this facility but all of the facilities. We get the opportunity to explore it."
"All of the facilities, not just the model test basin, are all in such close proximity, it should attract people."
The next instalment of Under the Surface will show how education at the AMC will be transformed by the defence precinct.
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Kirklees Magistrates Court
Drink-driver complained he was only just over the limit
Ian Farr claimed that police told him that if his reading had been slightly lower they wouldn't have prosecuted him
Emma Davison
Dewsbury, Police Station.
A drink-driver reported to police after leaving a pub in his car complained that he was only just over the limit for prosecution.
Ian Farr was pulled over by police as he drove along Old Bank Road in Earlsheaton shortly after 8pm on October 6.
Prosecutor Vanessa Jones said that the officers were looking out for his black Skoda Koroq following reports that he had been drinking at the nearby Wellington Tavern.
The officers approached the 48-year-old and he immediately admitted that he'd drunk before getting behind the wheel.
He was arrested and taken to Dewsbury Police station where breath tests showed that he had 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
Farr, also of Old Bank Road, pleaded guilty to driving while over the prescribed limit.
He had a previous drink-driving conviction dating back to 2006.
Farr, who was not represented, told magistrates: “I'm guilty, I apologise. I had two pints then drove home.
“At the time police said that they don't prosecute people under 40 microgrammes. It was 50 so I wasn't even a quarter over the limit.”
Booze related crimes made up a quarter of prosecutions in a week at Kirklees magistrates court
He added that he needs a car to drive to his work as a mechanic.
Magistrates banned the me from driving for 14 months. He was fined £120 and will have to pay £85 costs plus £30 victim surcharge.
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Farleys secure £1million compensation for victim of Local Authority neglect
Home » Farleys secure £1million compensation for victim of Local Authority neglect
Farleys secure £1million compensation for victim of Local Authority neglect.
On 16 May 2018 Manchester County Court approved settlement in the case of JJ v Lancashire County Council. The award of £1 million is thought to be the largest ever award for a claim of this nature.
Client JJ was born in Lancashire in the early 1990’s. He was one of six siblings and was raised by his step mother and father. The Defendant was the Local Authority with jurisdiction for the area in which the Claimant and his family resided.
The Defendant had dealings with the Claimant’s family throughout his childhood. Shortly after birth Emergency Protection Orders were obtained in relation to the Claimant and two siblings. The Claimant’s social services records revealed a catalogue of interventions and interactions with the family.
Farleys successfully argued that the Defendant had failed in its duty to JJ. Anonymous referrals of injury and mistreatment were ignored. There was a failure to act on referrals from health visitors and schools.
The claim was brought on the basis of the alleged negligence, breach of duty and breach of the Human Rights Act by the Defendant. All relevant records were obtained and carefully reviewed. An Independent Social Work expert was instructed. Liability was resolved in the Claimant’s favour and Judgment entered.
Quantification of the claim was far from straightforward. Client JJ has a mild learning disability. The Claimant therefore had to establish the extent to which this pre-existing condition was worsened by his childhood experiences.
It was established that the Claimant had endured a terrible childhood. His siblings were given preferential treatment. He suffered physical and emotional abuse. He was neglected. He was described as having had a “barren, loveless and warped existence”.
Medical evidence was accordingly sought from adult psychiatrists with a specialism in learning disability. Claimant JJ successfully argued that but for the abuse, and notwithstanding his learning disability, he would in all likelihood have secured employment at a minimum wage level. The abuse suffered resulted in JJ developing PTSD. He suffers mood swings, flashbacks and depression. These psychiatric problems now make paid employment impossible.
The settlement was achieved following work by Farleys over a 10 year period. A substantial volume of records had to be obtained from various sources and carefully reviewed. Expert evidence was sought. The Court of Protection were ultimately involved. The settlement included awards for Pain and Suffering, Past and Future Earnings Loss, Court of Protection Fees, Future Treatment Costs and Loss of Support through adoption.
Farleys also acted in the previous biggest case in this area of law when an award of £650,000 was made. The same team acted for JJ namely Jonathan Bridge (solicitor) and Justin Levinson (Counsel).
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Fox News: As 3D-printed weapons row escalates, gun rights activists post blueprints online
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Amid the row over the release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns, a coalition of gun rights activists has posted plans for 3D-printed weapons online, citing the First Amendment.
A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns. President Donald Trump also questioned whether his administration should have agreed to allow the plans to be posted online.
Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, a non-profit defense firm, was behind the plans. In June Defense Distributed reached a settlement with the federal government allowing it to make the plans for the guns available for download on Wednesday.
However, the restraining order from U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik in Seattle puts that plan on hold for now. "There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made," he said.
Nonetheless, plans for a number weapons have appeared on CodeIsFreeSpeech.com, which describes itself as “a publicly-available website for truthful, non-misleading, non-commercial speech and information that is protected under the United States Constitution.”
“The purpose of this project is to allow people to share knowledge and empower them to exercise their fundamental, individual rights,” it added.
The Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, the Calguns Foundation and the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees are involved in the project, according to the website. “A number of individuals who are passionate about the Constitution and individual liberties,” are also involved, it says.
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Isolated and Insecure
Proverbs 18:1—One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Hail is mentioned 36 times in the Bible. The majority (16x) are recorded in the book of Exodus. Thirty-one times hail is used as an instrument of God’s anger and judgment. We see this particularly evident when God devastated Egypt with hail as one of the ten plagues to force Pharaoh to release the Israelites from captivity. Forty some years later, God used hail to wipe out the armies of five Amorite kings who attacked Israel.
John George graduated into heaven recently. He was a man for whom I will eternally be grateful. At a time when I was a cocky senior at West Point, he accurately confronted me about pride and forever changed my life. John knew that the Bible warns us in Proverbs 16:18 that “Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.” His exhortation scared me to death that God would not use me for His kingdom.
Pray Like This: And Do Not Lead Us Into Temptation
I’m convinced that prayerlessness is a major factor when I give into temptation. If I’m tempted and I run to the Lord in prayer immediately my will is altered and I’m fortified to do what I know I ought to do. When I neglect seeking His help every fiendish aspect of rationalization works to my detriment. But even in praying for God’s help to resist evil there is a responsibility on my part to be committed to God’s truth and will. Jerry Bridges notes in The Discipline of Grace, “There’s no point in praying for God’s help in the face of temptation if we haven’t made a commitment to obedience without exception.”
James 4:13-17--Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.
If You See the Donkey
Exodus 23:5—If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.
If I see that my enemy, Joe, is in trouble, my natural reaction is to think, “He is getting what he deserves for his poor behavior and attitude!” and to walk past him without providing assistance. Basically Joe’s misfortune is deserved because of past, poor behavior and I should not interfere with his karma.[1]
Vladimir--The Atrocious Leader
General Vladimir Sukhomlinov was the Russian Minister of War from 1909-1915. He was a cavalry officer and a war hero during Russia’s war with Turkey in the 1870s. Unfortunately, Sukhomlinov decided that he knew everything that there was to know about warfare. His decorations, record and position bolstered his self-importance despite the fact that Russia lost territory and huge numbers of dead and wounded to the Japanese from 1904-1905.
Michael "Mikey" Weinstein allegesthat while a cadet at the Air Force Academy (AFA) he was psychologically harassed, faced anti-Semitic slurs, death threats, and “two incidents of hazing where he was ambushed, beaten, and in one case hospitalized.”[1] Both of his sons who also attended the AFA, also experienced Christian proselytizing and derogatory statements directed at their Jewish heritage. Weinstein decided that the best approach to eliminating anti-Semitism and Christian proselytizing was to launch the Military Religious Freedom Foundation(MRFF),“formed as a watchdog organization to protect religious freedom in the military in accordance with Department of Defense Directive 1300.17, Accommodation of Religious Practices Within the Military Services.” MRFF was nominated on five occasions for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A Gentle Answer
You could hear them screaming at each other five offices away. Heads poked out to see what was going on—I was afraid words would escalate to blows, but fortunately that did not happen. Don looked like he was going to have a heart attack, his face was beet red and he was shaking. Rich’s jaw was clenched and his palms rolled into fists but with three of us coaxing we managed to get them separated and back into their own offices.
I asked Rich what happened. He said he went into Don’s office to ask how Allie was doing on the project she was working with him. Don told him she was worthless and to get out of his office, he was sick of taking Rich’s broken employees and felt like Rich deliberately was out to make his life miserable. Rich said the way Don spoke penetrated his brain and hit his anger button. He knew Allie had her weak areas but he was proud of her hard work and resented Don’s judgmental attitude. Furthermore he didn’t appreciate the way the older manager always blamed people instead of trying to get along. So instead of finding a response to deescalate the tension, he spoke the first thought that raced across his brain, “Don you are a loser and I’m sick of trying to help you.” Those words brought Don out of his chair and began a two-minute shouting match.
Gospel of Accommodation
Imagine if a few influential leaders suggested that traffic lights are too restrictive. They offend a percentage of drivers who feel trapped and forced to conform to other motorists. Three-way lights are insensitive to the needs of the color blind and old fashioned. Either do away with them or give each driver leeway to determine whether to brake or accelerate. Of course, if this really happened there would be an outcry by safety-minded drivers for the ruckus and accidents that would ensue.
Behind Your Back
Robert Lawless was born February 10, 1949 in Wheatland, Wyoming. His parents abandoned him when he was six months old along with his 18 month-old sister and 3 year-old brother. They were left in an apartment alone for two weeks and near death when Child Services found them. After spending several weeks in a hospital a Nebraska family named Lawless adopted Bob and his brother. He would never see his sister again. His new parents moved them to Salem, Oregon and then they divorced. At the age of fourteen, Bob went to live with an aunt and uncle. As a teenager his life was full of wildness, jail time and repeated failures.
Help Me Understand . . .
Job 6:24—Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.
As the manager of a midsize division, Lu was responsible for millions of dollars of merchandise and about a hundred employees. The CEO was impressed by her tenacity and creative mind in fixing problems. The board saw her as a rising star so almost everyone was shocked when she resigned. She gave her new boss Calvin virtually no advance notice of her intentions and left at a time of major restructuring. Lu had accepted the offer of a smaller division within the same company but located in another state. She felt the job, though less prestigious, was a better fit for her skill set and it was much closer to her family.
Across the parade field spanning more than the length of a football field, flags of every unit fluttered in the breeze. Though the July temperature was chilly, the sun broke through as if to announce this was a joyous occasion. Soldiers moved in unison to snappish bugle commands. The crisp roar of measured cannon fire honored the presence of I-Corps' three-star commander. When the band played it was not hard to sit up straighter and admire the formations of men and women sworn to defend their nation's Constitution.
Down to Hades
Luke 10:15—And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades!
In his book, Follow Me, Pastor Jan Hettinga wrote, “Has your ‘right to yourself’ felt the ax? That’s what salvation is designed to accomplish. True repentance and faith ego-proof us. Our independent self-rule is broken at the cross.” Humility can be measured by the air we exhale. Self-focused leaders constantly inflate their glory balloons. If they are not puffing up, they blow away any who might disagree or question them. Their need for grandeur is always tethered to insecurity.
There is a slang term in the English language, brown nose. It means to seek favor in a fawning manner. For example, someone may pay you a compliment to make you feel good about yourself while in reality what that person wants is simply to gain your favor. People brown nose to gain a higher standing. Those who observe people brown nosing, often ridicule them directly or behind their back because the action smacks of flattery and a lack of genuineness.
Brian came over and sprayed Crossbow on the Rubus fruticosuson the field behind my house. About two thirds of the plants died. So I sprayed the remaining plants three weeks later, waited a few more weeks, then rented a brush beater to cut the dried stalks at their base. Later I raked the dead plants off the hill. Incredibly, there are new shoots growing and it is apparent my work is not done! Because of their thorns, deep root system and amazing rate of growth, I have to destroy those blackberry plants or they will take over the hill.
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day in the history of the United States. On September 17, 1862, 23,110 casualties littered the ground fought between Confederate and Union Armies. Antietam is a small river in the state of Maryland close to West Virginia and Pennsylvania. As I walked the battleground today, I could not help but think of all of the lives lost and the folly of a leader who could have ended the Civil War but instead prolonged it.
In twelve years of living in Tigard I don’t ever recall a snowfall that lasted more than two days. This is day five and the yard is still covered! Roads are slushy and in parts treacherous. Of course our cousins in Minnesota and North Dakota laugh at our frailty. They live with such conditions for months at a time. In the newspaper I read a woman’s bewildered commentary. Her husband was cursed and mocked by many passersby for shoveling the driveway—a time honored tradition in the Midwest. Evidently snow and ice bring out the best and worst in Oregonians.
A small crowd of perhaps a hundred gathered for the tree lighting. Four strands of multicolored lights ran up the 40-foot fir. The air was festive and the mood light. Christmas songs were sung off-key while boys and girls eyes roved frantically for Santa. One after another dignitaries walked forward and gave their remarks. Then the emcee asked the Chaplain to give the blessing.
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Russia ban from Paralympics confirmed after doping scandal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed Russia's ban from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program.
CAS announced its urgent verdict Tuesday to dismiss the Russian Paralympic Committee's appeal against exclusion from the Sept. 7-18 games in Rio de Janeiro. A hearing was held in Rio on Monday.
The court said its judges ruled that the International Paralympic Committee "did not violate any procedural rule" in banning the Russian team two weeks ago.
"(The) decision to ban the (Russian team) was made in accordance with the IPC Rules and was proportionate in the circumstances," the court said in a statement.
The Russian appeal "did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on which the IPC decision was based," the panel of judges ruled.
The world Paralympic body used evidence from a World Anti-Doping Agency-appointed inquiry into a Russian state-orchestrated program of doping and cover-ups which ran from 2011 to 2015.
Russian authorities also corrupted results at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and Winter Paralympics by swapping tainted doping samples for clean ones at the official WADA-accredited laboratory, the inquiry said.
The IPC said in Rio two weeks ago it had evidence of manipulated doping tests relating to 44 Russian athletes, including 27 from competitors in eight sports that are part of the Paralympic program.
Then, IPC President Philip Craven said of Russia that: "Their medals over morals mentality disgusts me."
Craven is also a member of the International Olympic Committee which declined to use similar evidence to take the toughest sanction against Russia.
Instead, the IOC asked individual sports governing bodies to decide if Russian teams and athletes could compete at the Rio Olympics which ended Sunday. Russia's weightlifting team was banned and only one track and field athlete was ruled eligible.
Russia ended the Rio Olympics in fourth place in the medal table. Its athletes won 56 medals, including 19 gold.
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Native American tribe wins custody of child in controversial dispute
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KTVU) - A couple in Santa Clarita, near Los Angeles, broke down in tears, when social workers took away their foster child, who is part Native American.
Foster parent, Rusty Page, said 6-year-old Lexi, cried and said, "don't let them take me. I'm scared. Don't let me go."
Page and his wife started taking care of Lexi, when she was just 17-months-old.
But Lexi is 1.5% Choctaw Native American, which allows the tribe to gain custody of her, under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
Lexi is going to a family in Utah, that's not Native American, but is related by marriage to her birth dad.
"This outrageous abuse of power must stop now," said Page. "Let me speak directly to the people who took our daughter and who have her now. Please search deep in your heart and soul and do what's best for Lexi."
A court ruled that the Page family had not proven clear and convincing evidence that Lexi would suffer emotional harm with the transfer.
The Choctaw tribe says it is only doing what's best for her.
Social workers took the girl from her birth parents, because her mother was battling substance abuse, and her father had a long criminal record.
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Germany says reviving G-8 with Russia 'not up for debate'
The German government says there are no plans to invite Russia to return to the club of leading industrialized nations.
Russia was kicked out of the G-8 after its 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and assistance for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
A spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel says "a change to the G-7 format isn't up for debate at the moment."
Steffen Seibert spoke to reporters Friday ahead of Merkel's upcoming trip to Russia.
The chancellor meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Tuesday to discuss the situations in Ukraine, Syria and Libya.
Germany hosts a summit of the broader G-20 club of leading and emerging economies, of which Russia is a member, in July.
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Lingley Mere
Map of Lingley Mere, 1923
Scale: 1:50,000. Ref: POP756379
Ordnance Survey Popular Edition Series
Lingley Mere, 1896
Buy this map of Lingley Mere as a print, or have it mounted, framed or prepared on canvas.
Explore the Popular Edition Map Series
Surveyed between 1912-1923 and first published 1919-1926. Scale is 1:50,000.
The original Ordnance Survey Popular Edition series was conceived before, but published just after, the First World War. It was the first of Ordnance Survey’s series to be conceived from the outset as a mass-market product, and the first to be produced in full colour. The new technology was put to the test in catering for a wholly new market. These Popular Edition maps show England and Wales on the threshold of great change, capturing the point at which the motor car began to define not only the landscape but also the way in which map-makers represented it.
A sample from a 1:50,000 scale Popular Edition Map
The original impetus behind the creation of the Ordnance Survey and the original Old Series maps had been one of military necessity. Although the maps had soon assumed a more civilian aspect and market, the Ordnance Survey continued to fulfil an important wartime role. During the First World War its normal activities were suspended and over 5,000 people were engaged on military work, producing more than 32 million maps for the war effort.
The end of the conflict co-incided with another revolution, as dramatic as that which had swept the country three generations earlier with the advent of the railways – the increased use of the motor car. By the 1920s, this new and independent means of transport had helped create an entirely new market for maps. In 1909, 53,000 cars were registered in the UK: twenty years later there were over a million. Many who could not afford (or did not dare) to use a car cycled instead. Britain already had over 280,000 miles of roads on the eve of the First World War and although these were not of a consistent quality, they were fast being improved. For the first time, the train companies were faced with a real competitor.
A sample of a Popular Edition Map
The post-war years also saw increased social mobility, prosperity and leisure time which helped to encourage Britain’s fledgling tourism industry. Many of the posters and publicity material produced at this time by resorts and transport bodies to attract these travellers rank amongst the finest achievements of British graphic art. More people were travelling than ever before – and all of them, particularly the motorists, needed maps.
Responding to this, the Ordnance Survey, under the Director-Generalship of Colonel Charles Close, began re-surveying the country in 1912 with a view to producing maps that were both accurate and eye-catchingly designed. After the war, and guided by the results of public consultation, the one-inch Popular Edition was launched, with its iconic cover of a cyclist sitting on a hillside studying a map; a separate 92-sheet Popular Edition series was created for Scotland and published between 1924 and 1932. Some one-inch district or tourist maps focussing on specific towns or attractions were produced from the early 1920s with eye-catching pictorial covers in an attempt to find a wider market.
Above key for Popular Edition Maps, as displayed on Folded Sheet Maps.
Popular Edition Maps capture the ever-changing landscape of Britain at a crucial time in its history. The inter-war years arguably saw the emergence of ‘modern’ Britain. The patterns of development and transport links these maps reveal are in many cases familiar to the contemporary eye. Much, however, was about to change, in particular the suburban encroachment into the countryside and the further expansion of the road network. The Popular Edition is a potent record of the Britain that was about to be traded for the motor car. By an irony, it also provided the British with their first motoring maps.
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Home > Articles > What the watchdogs see
What the watchdogs see
Marc Schultz
For a number of reasons, it’s become more critical than ever for nonprofits to be aware of the agencies that keep tabs on our efforts. In particular, we should be prepared to meet more stringent donor standards (spurred by easy online access to our financial and governance data) and a better-equipped IRS unit.
At GCN’s free October member event, Nonprofit Watchdogs: Who are the nonprofit evaluators and what are they looking for?, Mauldin & Jenkins CPA partners Jeff Fucito and Aleisa Howell revealed how sector oversight works today: what the watchdogs look for and how they find it, the trends influencing their present and future concerns, and what nonprofits can do to make the best impression.
The priorities of each watchdog can be different, said Fucito and Howell, but can largely be answered with the same two working principles: transparency and accountability. “The board is responsible for that – not only maintaining financial accountability, but also the results of the mission, and getting them out into the public,” said Howell. “That’s a concern which is becoming more and more prevalent.”
That’s why, said Fucito and Howell, lack of board training is often at the top of the list when the Secretary of State gets involved. One simple, effective strategy for transparency and accountability that boards should be practicing: Documenting the minutes of every board meeting, including in all committees. (“You can always go into a closed session, it just needs to be indicated in the minutes,” said Fucito.)
One simple, effective strategy for transparency and accountability: Documenting the minutes of every board meeting, including in all committees.
If you do get into trouble with the state, said Fucito, “What they’ll be looking for is proper governance, controls, stewardship of money, and that the organization is doing what they said they’d be doing.” The secretary’s office will refer your nonprofit to the state attorney general’s office, which will work as the head of the investigation in close coordination with the IRS; if you’re receiving federal funding, further agencies will be involved. “It’s definitely not a pleasant experience to go through but, on the positive side, they are easy to work with.”
In Georgia, Howell noted, there is a state statute regarding reviews and audits, depending on the size of the organization: Contributions over $1 million must prepare audited financial statements prepared by an independent assessor, while those with between $500,000 and $1 million must submit reviewed financial statements. “A lot of people aren’t aware of this requirement,” said Fucito.
For years, budget cuts at the IRS meant that its tax-exempt unit was severely limited in its ability to investigate and audit nonprofits. Starting this year, said Fucito and Howell, that’s changing: The IRS tax-exempt unit has been allocated more resources for conducting audits, and now has the ability to run each 990 through a 200-point query to determine whether an audit is appropriate.
The IRS tax-exempt unit has been allocated more resources… and now has the ability to run each 990 through a 200-point query to determine whether an audit is appropriate.
Donors and members themselves serve as watchdogs as well: “Remember that you’re under an obligation to satisfy donors’ wishes, and that’s really what the financial statements are all about,” said Howell. As the basic standard of information on each nonprofit, the 990 is a constant among all the watchdogs out there, including the increasingly-popular donor-facing rating services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. Not only do they base their ratings systems in large part on what they find in the 990 – especially the ratio of mission-related spending to other costs – they make the last several years of 990s available to download for anyone with a free account. (Many more years of 990s can be accessed by anyone who pays for a “professional” account.) In addition, these services check federal audit reports, and make them available, for any organizations that receive federal funds.
Your nonprofit’s web page is another major source of information for each of these evaluators. For instance, the IRS might check your website for:
advertising, a possible source of non-mission-related income (now taxed at the corporate rate);
your board structure, to check for multiple instances of the same name, which could indicate a family-run organization and a subsequent conflict of interest; and
your mission, to check whether it lines up with the information they have on file.
How are accountability and transparency rated?
Accountability means explaining your actions to stakeholders; transparency means publishing and making available critical data about your organization. Though standards and priorities differ, here are a few typical indicators:
• Board independence, allowing for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other matters.
• Material diversion of assets, meaning resources are used only for authorized purposes.
• Audited financials prepared by independent accountant with an audit oversight committee.
• No loans to or from related parties, such as key officers, staff, or board members. (Not illegal, but a red flag.)
• Documented board meeting minutes, including committee meetings.
• Provided copy of Form 990 to the organization’s governing body in advance of filing.
• Conflict of interest policy in place.
• Whistleblower policy in place.
• Process for determining CEO compensation in place.
• CEO listed with salary.
• No board compensation. (Not illegal, but a red flag.)
Besides enforcement, however, the IRS is also making a strong good-faith effort to ensure tax-exempt standards are clear and accessible, which is part of their new strategic plan. Currently, reported Fucito and Howell, they’re putting together toolkits that explain requirements for nonprofits and help them apply best practices for meeting them.
Private services like Guidestar are also becoming more transparent about their assessment criteria, providing a lot of guidance about how expenditures are classified (program costs vs. fundraising costs vs. overhead), how they calculate scores like “fundraising efficiency” and “program expense growth,” and more. They’ll also work with organizations to clear up discrepancies or mistakes, should you determine you’ve been rated unfairly. Another helpful development: Guidestar now allows nonprofits to add information to their profiles detailing aspects like the mission, board governance principles, and impact.
“More and more donors are going to be using these resources, and there’s a lot you can do to be proactive and improve your rating,” said Fucito. In addition, they pointed out, the changes you make to improve your score can actually improve conditions like governance – and you can use both (improved governance and higher ratings) to market yourself.
Mauldin & Jenkins is an accounting firm that’s served nonprofits and other businesses across the Southeast for 100 years. For more information on nonprofit watchdogs or any aspect of them, contact Mauldin & Jenkins here.
Marc Schultz is communications editor at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits.
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The Royal Bank of Canada reports ‘Humans wanted’ and some thoughts on the future of work, robots, and artificial intelligence
It seems the Royal Bank of Canada ((RBC or Royal Bank) wants to weigh in and influence what is to come with regard to what new technologies will bring us and how they will affect our working lives. (I will be offering my critiques of the whole thing.)
Launch yourself into the future (if you’re a youth)
“I’m not planning on being replaced by a robot.” That’s the first line of text you’ll see if you go to the Royal Bank of Canada’s new Future Launch web space and latest marketing campaign and investment.
This whole endeavour is aimed at ‘youth’ and represents a $500M investment. Of course, that money will be invested over a 10-year period which works out to $50M per year and doesn’t seem quite so munificent given how much money Canadian banks make (from a March 1, 2017 article by Don Pittis for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC] news website),
Yesterday [February 28, 2017] the Bank of Montreal [BMO] said it had made about $1.5 billion in three months.
That may be hard to put in context until you hear that it is an increase in profit of nearly 40 per cent from the same period last year and dramatically higher than stock watchers had been expecting.
Not all the banks have done as well as BMO this time. The Royal Bank’s profits were up 24 per cent at $3 billion. [emphasis mine] CIBC [Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce] profits were up 13 per cent. TD [Toronto Dominion] releases its numbers tomorrow.
Those numbers would put the RBC on track to a profit of roughly $12B n 2017. This means $500M represents approximately 4.5% of a single year’s profits which will be disbursed over a 10 year period which makes the investment work out to approximately .45% or less than 1/2 of one percent. Paradoxically, it’s a lot of money and it’s not that much money.
Advertising awareness
First, there was some advertising (in Vancouver at least),
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You’ll notice she has what could be described as a ‘halo’. Is she an angel or, perhaps, she’s an RBC angel? After all, yellow and gold are closely associated as colours and RBC sports a partially yellow logo. As well, the model is wearing a blue denim jacket, RBC’s other logo colour.
Her ‘halo’ is intact but those bands of colour bend a bit and could be described as ‘rainbow-like’ bringing to mind ‘pots of gold’ at the end of the rainbow. Free association is great fun and allows people to ascribe multiple and/or overlapping ideas and stories to the advertising. For example, people who might not approve of imagery that hearkens to religious art might have an easier time with rainbows and pots of gold. At any rate, none of the elements in images/ads are likely to be happy accidents or coincidence. They are intended to evoke certain associations, e.g., anyone associated with RBC will be blessed with riches.
The timing is deliberate, too, just before Easter 2018 (April 1), suggesting to some us, that even when the robots arrive destroying the past, youth will rise up (resurrection) for a new future. Or, if you prefer, Passover and its attendant themes of being spared and moving to the Promised Land.
Enough with the semiotic analysis and onto campaign details.
Humans Wanted: an RBC report
It seems the precursor to Future Launch, is an RBC report, ‘Humans Wanted’, which itself is the outcome of still earlier work such as this Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (BII+E) report, Future-proof: Preparing young Canadians for the future of work, March 2017 (authors: Creig Lamb and Sarah Doyle), which features a quote from RBC’s President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) David McKay,
“Canada’s future prosperity and success will rely on us harnessing the innovation of our entire talent pool. A huge part of our success will depend on how well we integrate this next generation of Canadians into the workforce. Their confidence, optimism and inspiration could be the key to helping us reimagine traditional business models, products and ways of working.” David McKay, President and CEO, RBC
There are a number of major trends that have the potential to shape the future of work, from climate change and resource scarcity to demographic shifts resulting from an aging population and immigration. This report focuses on the need to prepare Canada’s youth for a future where a great number of jobs will be rapidly created, altered or made obsolete by technology.
Successive waves of technological advancements have rocked global economies for centuries, reconfiguring the labour force and giving rise to new economic opportunities with each wave. Modern advances, including artificial intelligence and robotics, once again have the potential to transform the economy, perhaps more rapidly and more dramatically than ever before. As past pillars of Canada’s economic growth become less reliable, harnessing technology and innovation will become increasingly important in driving productivity and growth. 1, 2, 3
… (p. 2 print; p. 4 PDF)
The Brookfield Institute (at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) report is worth reading if for no other reason than its Endnotes. Unlike the RBC materials, you can find the source for the information in the Brookfield report.
After Brookfield, there was the RBC Future Launch Youth Forums 2017: What We Learned document (October 13, 2017 according to ‘View Page Info’),
In this rapidly changing world, there’s a new reality when it comes to work. A degree or diploma no longer guarantees a job, and some of the positions, skills and trades of today won’t exist – or be relevant – in the future.
Through an unprecedented 10-year, $500 million commitment, RBC Future LaunchTM is focused on driving real change and preparing today’s young people for the future world of work, helping them access the skills, job experience and networks that will enable their success.
At the beginning of this 10-year journey RBC® wanted to go beyond research and expert reports to better understand the regional issues facing youth across Canada and to hear directly from young people and organizations that work with them. From November 2016 to May 2017, the RBC Future Launch team held 15 youth forums across the country, bringing together over 430 partners, including young people, to uncover ideas and talk through solutions to address the workforce gaps Canada’s youth face today.
Finally, a March 26, 2018 RBC news release announces the RBC report: ‘Humans Wanted – How Canadian youth can thrive in the age of disruption’,
Automation to impact at least 50% of Canadian jobs in the next decade: RBC research
Human intelligence and intuition critical for young people and jobs of the future
Being ‘human’ will ensure resiliency in an era of disruption and artificial intelligence
Skills mobility – the ability to move from one job to another – will become a new competitive advantage
TORONTO, March 26, 2018 – A new RBC research paper, Humans Wanted – How Canadian youth can thrive in the age of disruption, has revealed that 50% of Canadian jobs will be disrupted by automation in the next 10 years.
As a result of this disruption, Canada’s Gen Mobile – young people who are currently transitioning from education to employment – are unprepared for the rapidly changing workplace. With 4 million Canadian youth entering the workforce over the next decade, and the shift from a jobs economy to a skills economy, the research indicates young people will need a portfolio of “human skills” to remain competitive and resilient in the labour market.
“Canada is at a historic cross-roads – we have the largest generation of young people coming into the workforce at the very same time technology is starting to impact most jobs in the country,” said Dave McKay, President and CEO, RBC. “Canada is on the brink of a skills revolution and we have a responsibility to prepare young people for the opportunities and ambiguities of the future.”
‘There is a changing demand for skills,” said John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, RBC. “According to our findings, if employers and the next generation of employees focus on foundational ‘human skills’, they’ll be better able to navigate a new age of career mobility as technology continues to reshape every aspect of the world around us.”
Canada’s economy is on target to add 2.4 million jobs over the next four years, virtually all of which will require a different mix of skills.
A growing demand for “human skills” will grow across all job sectors and include: critical thinking, co-ordination, social perceptiveness, active listening and complex problem solving.
Rather than a nation of coders, digital literacy – the ability to understand digital items, digital technologies or the Internet fluently – will be necessary for all new jobs.
Canada’s education system, training programs and labour market initiatives are inadequately designed to help Canadian youth navigate the new skills economy, resulting in roughly half a million 15-29 year olds who are unemployed and another quarter of a million who are working part-time involuntarily.
Canadian employers are generally not prepared, through hiring, training or retraining, to recruit and develop the skills needed to ensure their organizations remain competitive in the digital economy.
“As digital and machine technology advances, the next generation of Canadians will need to be more adaptive, creative and collaborative, adding and refining skills to keep pace with a world of work undergoing profound change,” said McKay. “Canada’s future prosperity depends on getting a few big things right and that’s why we’ve introduced RBC Future Launch.”
RBC Future Launch is a decade-long commitment to help Canadian youth prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. RBC is committed to acting as a catalyst for change, bringing government, educators, public sector and not-for-profits together to co-create solutions to help young people better prepare for the future of the work through “human skills” development, networking and work experience.
Top recommendations from the report include:
A national review of post-secondary education programs to assess their focus on “human skills” including global competencies
A national target of 100% work-integrated learning, to ensure every undergraduate student has the opportunity for an apprenticeship, internship, co-op placement or other meaningful experiential placement
Standardization of labour market information across all provinces and regions, and a partnership with the private sector to move skills and jobs information to real-time, interactive platforms
The introduction of a national initiative to help employers measure foundational skills and incorporate them in recruiting, hiring and training practices
Join the conversation with Dave McKay and John Stackhouse on Wednesday, March 28 [2018] at 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EDT at RBC Disruptors on Facebook Live.
Click here to read: Humans Wanted – How Canadian youth can thrive in the age of disruption.
RBC Economics amassed a database of 300 occupations and drilled into the skills required to perform them now and projected into the future. The study groups the Canadian economy into six major clusters based on skillsets as opposed to traditional classifications and sectors. This cluster model is designed to illustrate the ease of transition between dissimilar jobs as well as the relevance of current skills to jobs of the future.
Six Clusters
Doers: Emphasis on basic skills
Transition: Greenhouse worker to crane operator
High Probability of Disruption
Crafters: Medium technical skills; low in management skills
Transition: Farmer to plumber
Very High Probability of Disruption
Technicians: High in technical skills
Transition: Car mechanic to electrician
Moderate Probability of Disruption
Facilitators: Emphasis on emotional intelligence
Transition: Dental assistant to graphic designer
Providers: High in Analytical Skills
Transition: Real estate agent to police officer
Low Probability of Disruption
Solvers: Emphasis on management skills and critical thinking
Transition: Mathematician to software engineer
Minimal Probability of Disruption
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 81,000+ employees who bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada’s biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our 16 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 34 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.
We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at http://www.rbc.com/community-sustainability/.
The report features a lot of bulleted points, airy text (large fonts and lots of space between the lines), inoffensive graphics, and human interest stories illustrating the points made elsewhere in the text.
There is no bibliography or any form of note telling you where to find the sources for the information in the report. The 2.4M jobs mentioned in the news release are also mentioned in the report on p. 16 (PDF) and is credited in the main body of the text to the EDSC. I’m not up-to-date on my abbreviations but I’m pretty sure it does not stand for East Doncaster Secondary College or East Duplin Soccer Club. I’m betting it stands for Employment and Social Development Canada. All that led to visiting the EDSC website and trying (unsuccessfully) to find the report or data sheet used to supply the figures RBC quoted in their report and news release.
Also, I’m not sure who came up with or how they developed the ‘crafters, ‘doers’, ‘technicians’, etc. categories.
Here’s more from p. 2 of their report,
CANADA, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. [emphasis mine] We’re hurtling towards the 2020s with perfect hindsight, not seeing what’s clearly before us. The next generation is entering the workforce at a time of profound economic, social and technological change. We know it. [emphasis mine] Canada’s youth know it. And we’re not doing enough about it.
RBC wants to change the conversation, [emphasis mine] to help Canadian youth own the 2020s — and beyond. RBC Future Launch is our 10-year commitment to that cause, to help young people prepare for and navigate a new world of work that, we believe, will fundamentally reshape Canada. For the better. If we get a few big things right.
This report, based on a year-long research project, is designed to help that conversation. Our team conducted one of the biggest labour force data projects [emphasis mine] in Canada, and crisscrossed the country to speak with students and workers in their early careers, with educators and policymakers, and with employers in every sector.
We discovered a quiet crisis — of recent graduates who are overqualified for the jobs they’re in, of unemployed youth who weren’t trained for the jobs that are out there, and young Canadians everywhere who feel they aren’t ready for the future of work.
Sarcasm ahead
There’s nothing like starting your remarks with a paraphrased quote from a US movie about the Apollo 13 spacecraft crisis as in, “Houston, we have a problem.” I’ve always preferred Trudeau (senior) and his comment about ‘keeping our noses out of the nation’s bedrooms’. It’s not applicable but it’s more amusing and a Canadian quote to boot.
So, we know we’re having a crisis which we know about but RBC wants to tell us about it anyway (?) and RBC wants to ‘change the conversation’. OK. So how does presenting the RBC Future Launch change the conversation? Especially in light of the fact, that the conversation has already been held, “a year-long research project … Our team conducted one of the biggest labour force data projects [emphasis mine] in Canada, and crisscrossed the country to speak with students and workers in their early careers, with educators and policymakers, and with employers in every sector.” Is the proposed change something along the lines of ‘Don’t worry, be happy; RBC has six categories (Doers, Crafters, Technicians, Facilitators, Providers, Solvers) for you.’ (Yes, for those who recognized it, I’m referencing I’m referencing Bobby McFerrin’s hit song, Don’t Worry, Be Happy.)
Also, what data did RBC collect and how do they collect it? Could Facebook and other forms of social media have been involved? (My March 29, 2018 posting mentions the latest Facebook data scandal; scroll down about 80% of the way.)
There are the people leading the way and ‘changing the conversation’ as it were and they can’t present logical, coherent points. What kind of conversation could they possibly have with youth (or anyone else for that matter)?
And, if part of the problem is that employers are not planning for the future, how does Future Launch ‘change that part of the conversation’?
RBC Future Launch
Days after the report’s release,there’s the Future Launch announcement in an RBC March 28, 2018 news release,
TORONTO, March 28, 2017 – In an era of unprecedented economic and technological change, RBC is today unveiling its largest-ever commitment to Canada’s future. RBC Future Launch is a 10-year, $500-million initiative to help young people gain access and opportunity to the skills, job experience and career networks needed for the future world of work.
“Tomorrow’s prosperity will depend on today’s young people and their ability to take on a future that’s equally inspiring and unnerving,” said Dave McKay, RBC president and CEO. “We’re sitting at an intersection of history, as a massive generational shift and unprecedented technological revolution come together. And we need to ensure young Canadians are prepared to help take us forward.”
Future Launch is a core part of RBC’s celebration of Canada 150, and is the result of two years of conversations with young Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
“Young people – Canada’s future – have the confidence, optimism and inspiration to reimagine the way our country works,” McKay said. “They just need access to the capabilities and connections to make the 21st century, and their place in it, all it should be.”
Working together with young people, RBC will bring community leaders, industry experts, governments, educators and employers to help design solutions and harness resources for young Canadians to chart a more prosperous and inclusive future.
Over 10 years, RBC Future Launch will invest in areas that help young people learn skills, experience jobs, share knowledge and build resilience. The initiative will address the following critical gaps:
A lack of relevant experience. Too many young Canadians miss critical early opportunities because they’re stuck in a cycle of “no experience, no job.” According to the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., 83 per cent of educators believe youth are prepared for the workforce, but only 34 per cent of employers and 44 per cent of young people agree. RBC will continue to help educators and employers develop quality work-integrated learning programs to build a more dynamic bridge between school and work.
A lack of relevant skills. Increasingly, young people entering the workforce require a complex set of technical, entrepreneurial and social skills that cannot be attained solely through a formal education. A 2016 report from the World Economic Forum states that by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill-sets of most occupations will be different from today — if that job still exists. RBC will help ensure young Canadians gain the skills, from critical thinking to coding to creative design, that will help them integrate into the workplace of today, and be more competitive for the jobs of tomorrow.
A lack of knowledge networks. Young people are at a disadvantage in the job market if they don’t have an opportunity to learn from others and discover the realities of jobs they’re considering. Many have told RBC that there isn’t enough information on the spectrum of jobs that are available. From social networks to mentoring programs, RBC will harness the vast knowledge and goodwill of Canadians in guiding young people to the opportunities that exist and will exist, across Canada.
A lack of future readiness. Many young Canadians know their future will be defined by disruption. A new report, Future-proof: Preparing young Canadians for the future of work, by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, found that 42 per cent of the Canadian labour force is at a high risk of being affected by automation in the next 10 to 20 years. Young Canadians are okay with that: they want to be the disruptors and make the future workforce more creative and productive. RBC will help to create opportunities, through our education system, workplaces and communities at large to help young Canadians retool, rethink and rebuild as the age of disruption takes hold.
By helping young people unlock their potential and launch their careers, RBC can assist them with building a stronger future for themselves, and a more prosperous Canada for all. RBC created The Launching Careers Playbook, an interactive, digital resource focused on enabling young people to reach their full potential through three distinct modules: I am starting my career; I manage interns and I create internship programs. The Playbook shares the design principles, practices, and learnings captured from the RBC Career Launch Program over three years, as well as the research and feedback RBC has received from young people and their managers.
More information on RBC Future Launch can be found at www.rbc.com/futurelaunch.
Weirdly, this news release is the only document which gives you sources for some of RBC’s information. If you should be inclined, you can check the original reports as cited in the news release and determine if you agree with the conclusions the RBC people drew from them.
Cynicism ahead
They are planning to change the conversation, are they? I can’t help wondering what return they’re (RBC) expecting to make on their investment ($500M over10 years). The RBC is prominently displayed not only on the launch page but in several of the subtopics listed on the page.
There appears to be some very good and helpful information although much of it leads you to using a bank for one reason or another. For example, if you’re planning to become an entrepreneur (and there is serious pressure from the government of Canada on this generation to become precisely that), then it’s very handy that you have easy access to RBC from any of the Future Launch pages. As well, you can easily apply for a job at or get a loan from RBC after you’ve done some of the exercises on the website and possibly given RBC a lot of data about yourself.
For anyone who believes I’m being harsh about the bank, you might want to check out a March 15, 2017 article by Erica Johnson for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Go Public website. It highlights just how ruthless Canadian banks can be,
Employees from all five of Canada’s big banks have flooded Go Public with stories of how they feel pressured to upsell, trick and even lie to customers to meet unrealistic sales targets and keep their jobs.
The deluge is fuelling multiple calls for a parliamentary inquiry, even as the banks claim they’re acting in customers’ best interests.
In nearly 1,000 emails, employees from RBC, BMO, CIBC, TD and Scotiabank locations across Canada describe the pressures to hit targets that are monitored weekly, daily and in some cases hourly.
“Management is down your throat all the time,” said a Scotiabank financial adviser. “They want you to hit your numbers and it doesn’t matter how.”
CBC has agreed to protect their identities because the workers are concerned about current and future employment.
An RBC teller from Thunder Bay, Ont., said even when customers don’t need or want anything, “we need to upgrade their Visa card, increase their Visa limits or get them to open up a credit line.”
“It’s not what’s important to our clients anymore,” she said. “The bank wants more and more money. And it’s leading everyone into debt.”
A CIBC teller said, “I am expected to aggressively sell products, especially Visa. Hit those targets, who cares if it’s hurting customers.”
Many bank employees described pressure tactics used by managers to try to increase sales.
An RBC certified financial planner in Guelph, Ont., said she’s been threatened with pay cuts and losing her job if she doesn’t upsell enough customers.
“Managers belittle you,” she said. “We get weekly emails that highlight in red the people who are not hitting those sales targets. It’s bullying.”
Some TD Bank employees told CBC’s Go Public they felt they had to break the law to keep their jobs. (Aaron Harris/Reuters)
Employees at several RBC branches in Calgary said there are white boards posted in the staff room that list which financial advisers are meeting their sales targets and which advisers are coming up short.
A CIBC small business associate who quit in January after nine years on the job said her district branch manager wasn’t pleased with her sales results when she was pregnant.
While working in Waterloo, Ont., she says her manager also instructed staff to tell all new international students looking to open a chequing account that they had to open a “student package,” which also included a savings account, credit card and overdraft.
“That is unfair and not the law, but we were told to do it for all of them.”
Go Public requested interviews with the CEOs of the five big banks — BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank and TD — but all declined.
If you have the time, it’s worth reading Johnson’s article in its entirety as it provides some fascinating insight into Canadian banking practices.
Final comments and an actual ‘conversation’ about the future of work
I’m torn, It’s good to see an attempt to grapple with the extraordinary changes we are likely to see in the not so distant future. It’s hard to believe that this Future Launch initiative is anything other than a self-interested means of profiting from fears about the future and a massive public relations campaign designed to engender good will. Doubly so since the very bad publicity the banks including RBC garnered last year (2017), as mentioned in the Johnson article.
Also, RBC and who knows how many other vested interests appear to have gathered data and information which they’ve used to draw any number of conclusions. First, I can’t find any information about what data RBC is gathering, who else might have access, and what plans, if any, they have to use it. Second, RBC seems to have predetermined how this ‘future of work’ conversation needs to be changed.
I suggest treading as lightly as possible and keeping in mind other ‘conversations’ are possible. For example, Mike Masnick at Techdirt has an April 3, 2018 posting about a new ‘future of work’ initiative,
For the past few years, there have been plenty of discussions about “the future of work,” but they tend to fall into one of two camps. You have the pessimists, who insist that the coming changes wrought by automation and artificial intelligence will lead to fewer and fewer jobs, as all of the jobs of today are automated out of existence. Then, there are the optimists who point to basically every single past similar prediction of doom and gloom due to innovation, which have always turned out to be incorrect. People in this camp point out that technology is more likely to augment than replace human-based work, and vaguely insist that “the jobs will come.” Whether you fall into one of those two camps — or somewhere in between or somewhere else entirely — one thing I’d hope most people can agree on is that the future of work will be… different.
Separately, we’re also living in an age where it is increasingly clear that those in and around the technology industry must take more responsibility in thinking through the possible consequences of the innovations they’re bringing to life, and exploring ways to minimize the harmful results (and hopefully maximizing the beneficial ones).
That brings us to the project we’re announcing today, Working Futures, which is an attempt to explore what the future of work might really look like in the next ten to fifteen years. We’re doing this project in partnership with two organizations that we’ve worked with multiples times in the past: Scout.ai and R Street.
The key point of this project: rather than just worry about the bad stuff or hand-wave around the idea of good stuff magically appearing, we want to really dig in — figure out what new jobs may actually appear, look into what benefits may accrue as well as what harms may be dished out — and see if there are ways to minimize the negative consequences, while pushing the world towards the beneficial consequences.
To do that, we’re kicking off a variation on the classic concept of scenario planning, bringing together a wide variety of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives and ideas to run through a fun and creative exercise to imagine the future, while staying based in reality. We’re adding in some fun game-like mechanisms to push people to think about where the future might head. We’re also updating the output side of traditional scenario planning by involving science fiction authors, who obviously have a long history of thinking up the future, and who will participate in this process and help to craft short stories out of the scenarios we build, making them entertaining, readable and perhaps a little less “wonky” than the output of more traditional scenario plans.
There you have it; the Royal Bank is changing the conversation and Techdirt is inviting you to join in scenario planning and more.
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Nigeria plans special economic zones to double manufacturing
Women work in a fiber hair factory in Ikeja district in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
Nigeria announced a target to double its manufacturing output to 20 per cent of GDP within six years and will set up production hubs across the country in partnership with regional aid banks.
Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy but it lacks a strong manufacturing base, which contributes less than 10 per cent to its total gross domestic product (GDP). The country has maintained a strong currency to ensure it can keep imports pouring in, with a growing proportion coming from China.
“Project MINE’s (Made in Nigeria for Export) strategic objectives are to increase (the) manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP to 20 per cent and generate over $30 billion annually by 2025,” the ministry of industry, trade and investment said in a statement.
The government has set up Nigeria SEZ Investment Company, which will finance industrial parks in special economic zones in the commercial capital of Lagos, southeastern state of Abia and northern state of Katsina.
The government is currently raising capital of $250 million for Nigeria SEZ Investment Company. It plans to double its equity to $500 million over four years, the ministry said.
Lenders such as African Development Bank, Afreximbank, African Finance Corporation and Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority have shown interest in co-investing with the Nigerian government, which would own a 25 per cent stake. Two Chinese groups have also shown interest, the ministry said.
The West African country’s manufacturing and agricultural sectors have been neglected since the 1970s oil boom, when Nigeria began making easy money from crude oil sales.
Nigeria, where the vast majority of the population lives on less than $2 a day, recently emerged from a recession but growth is fragile and the government is trying to diversify its revenue away from its reliance on oil.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is due to start a second four-year term next month, has pledged to revive the economy and is focused on building roads and expanding the railway network to lower production costs.
The ministry said that the new investment company would facilitate investment into the special economic zones. However, some lawmakers have questioned government’s investment in the company, which is meant to be private-sector led.
Critics point to lacklustre interest in some other free trade zones around Nigeria, such as the $300 million Tinapa resort in the southeastern state of Cross Rivers, which was set up in 2007 and envisaged as a tourist resort and duty-free shopping area.
In 2010, Lagos state, touted plans to set up a free trade zone with Chinese investors to develop local manufacturing but little production has been set up there. South African lender Absa is aiming to make a start on its investment bank-focused expansion into Nigeria in the second half of this year, chief executive of the division, Charles Russon, told Reuters.
Absa, trying to make its name as a stand-alone bank after separating from Britain’s Barclays, has been touting Nigeria as a market central to its growth strategy since last year, but has given scant details on its plans.
Russon said the Nigerian expansion would be focused on Absa’s corporate and investment bank (CIB), and that he had requested his team develop a strategy within the coming months.
“I want the strategy nailed down and approved with our board pretty much at the end of Q2, so that we can start to action that in the second half,” he told Reuters in an interview.
He reiterated former CEO Maria Ramos’s view that the bank was unlikely to make acquisitions. But Absa would have to be clear on how to fund its activities without a retail deposit base, he said, adding that building from scratch can be slow.
Absa has a representative office and securities licence in Nigeria, but needs to up the ante in one of Africa’s most promising banking markets in order to meet its ambitions.
The bank, which has lagged competitors such as FirstRand or Standard Bank, wants to double its share of revenues on the African continent to 12 per cent - a target the CIB is central to achieving.
As well as planning its own expansion in Nigeria and other markets, such as Angola and Egypt, Russon said the lender would look to offer some services in such countries in partnership with French investment bank Societe Generale.
Absa and SocGen agreed to cooperate on the continent last year, but a lack of details left some investors sceptical.
Russon said teams of staff from both banks were putting together proposals that Absa hoped to disclose by the end of the second quarter.
Absa is also setting up offices in London and New York, both with securities licences, to replace some of the global reach it lost with the Barclays divorce.
Anti-trafficking campaign 'I am not for sale' grabs global attention
Thousands of women and girls are lured to Europe each year by the promise of work, but end up trapped in debt bondage and forced to sell sex, the United Nations says.
'I am not for sale' say Nigerian women in anti-trafficking campaign
Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency is trying a new approach to preventing women's exploitation abroad by sharing inspirational stories of women who made it at home, it said on Monday.
Suicide bomb attack kills 3 in Nigeria
Three people died and more than 30 injured in a twin suicide blast in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, militia sources and residents said on Sunday.
AD CP, president of Nigeria discuss bilateral relations
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria discussed bilateral ties across multiple sectors, and exchanged views on issues of common interest.
Renault expects car market drop
Renault expects a slight decline in the car market in Europe, Russia and China this year after the French carmaker reported a 3.4% fall of worldwide sales in 2019 as China and Iran weighed.
Sinopec to review $16 billion gas deal
China’s Sinopec, expected to be the next major Chinese buyer of US liquefied natural gas (LNG), is planning to review terms of a potential $16 billion supply deal with Cheniere Energy after a sharp drop in LNG prices.
ENBD signs agreement with DLD to offer trust account services
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has signed an agreement with Dubai Land Department’s (DLD’s) Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), to become an escrow agent to provide banking services for jointly owned properties
Pakistan set to reduce fiscal deficit to 4 per cent, says minister
Pakistan Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar has said the government has set the target of reducing fiscal deficit to four per cent in the next one or two years.
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Downton Abbey music composer John Lunn to speak to fans in Bracknell tonight
Mr Lunn will be holding a relaxed interview on stage with South Hill Park Chief Executive Ron McAllister this evening
Caroline Cook
John Lunn, composer of the score for Downton Abbey
The composer who created the dramatic score for Downton Abbey will speak in Bracknell tomorrow.
Musician John Lunn will be appearing as part of a new series of In Conversation events at South Hill Park.
Ron McAllister, chief executive of South Hill Park, will be hosting a relaxed interview with John in front of a small, invited audience in the Recital Room.
Ron will be asking John about his career, which has included composing music for a BBC adaptation of Dickens’ Little Dorrit and work on Downtown Abbey – for which he won an Emmy award for Outstanding Music Composition.
Those who are not lucky enough to secure a seat at the event will still be able to watch the talk, thanks to the SHPLive service.
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Home AMERICAN DUPLICITY Russia’s Middle East Strategy: “Balance” vs. “Betrayal”?
Russia’s Middle East Strategy: “Balance” vs. “Betrayal”?
by Patrice de Bergeracpas October 11, 2019
Putin’s Russia is not anti-Zionist, says the author, to the certain chagrin, and even confusion, of millions who look upon Moscow, often with plenty of reason, as a righteous avenging force in international affairs. The name of the game seems to be Realpolitk, albeit of the 21st century sort, and with healthy limits dictated by the ways the Russian people see themselves in this period of complex transition to a new world equilibrium. The dream of an ethics-driven great power recedes.
Netanyahu as guest of honor in Russia’s May 9, 2018 Victory Day celebration.
There’s an intense debate raging within the Alternative and Independent media over whether Russia’s contemporary Mideast strategy amounts to “balancing” or “betraying” the Resistance given the Eurasian Great Power’s extremely close military cooperation with “Israel” in Syria.
The Freakish Fusion Of Anti-Zionism and Russophilia
There’s perhaps no political entity more reviled in the Independent Media Community — which refers to the collection of publicly financed non-Western media outlets, independent/self-funded ones, and their community of followers who all reject the Mainstream Media — than “Israel” owing to the strong anti-Zionist sentiment that the vast majority of its members embrace.
Many of them are well-intended folks who are outraged by the injustices that the self-professed “Jewish State” carries out against the occupied Palestinians with impunity, to say nothing of “Israel’s” destabilizing role in the Mideast at large. Their view is that “Israel” is one of the main forces of evil in the world, which by default makes it the enemy of all responsible international actors and their supporters. About the latter, the Alt-Media Community lionizes Russian President Putin as the real leader of the free world because they truly believe that his efforts at actively resisting American Hybrid War aggression in Georgia, Crimea, and Syria make him a modern-day hero who has profoundly altered the course of history for the better.
It’s therefore impossible for them to ever believe that the Russian leader would willingly cooperate with “Israel” on anything whatsoever unless he was secretly playing “5D chess” with the intent to eventually undermine it, but this popular dogma of the Alt-Media is actually nothing more than the freakish fusion of its members’ equally passionate anti-Zionism and Russophilia into a false projection of their own wishful thinking expectations onto Russian foreign policy.
As “politically unpalatable” as it is to the many people who practically worship President Putin as the ultimate force for good in the world, he actually has nothing against “Israel” and is on record praising it far and beyond whatever one might argue that he “has to say” for “diplomatic reasons” as proven by the author’s collection of quotes from the official Kremlin website that was published in May 2018. Not only that, but it’s an uncontested fact as revealed by the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman last September and reported by RT that Russia’s military coordination with “Israel” in Syria is real.
“Putinyahu’s Rusrael”
The unofficial alliance between the two (elaborated on by the author in his piece half a year ago provocatively titled “Putinyahu’s Rusrael“) goes further than “passively facilitating” “Israel’s” hundreds of strikes against the IRGC and Hezbollah in the Arab Republic since the onset of Russia’s 2015 anti-terrorist intervention there to include carving out an anti-Iranian buffer zone 140 kilometers beyond the occupied Golan Heights in southern Syria at Tel Aviv’s request and even dispatching Special Forces to dig up “IDF” remains in the middle of an SAA-ISIS firefight.
These details aren’t the figments of an “overactive imagination” but were officially confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry in RT’s aforementioned hyperlinked report. As if that wasn’t enough proof of the closeness of Russian-“Israeli” relations, President Putin spoke last week at the “Keren Heyesod Foundation’s” annual conference that was hosted this year in Moscow and gave what might perhaps be one of the most important speeches of his career that’s a must-read for anyone remotely interested in the truth about their ties.
The notion of a world driven only by naked self-interest and not higher principles is anathema to those who, justifiably, see morality in politics as a component neglected by humanity at its own peril.
According to the transcript published by the official Kremlin website (with a video link to the Russian original here for those who doubt that he truly said what’s attributed to him), he “said with pride that probably there has never been such a high level of relations between Russia and Israel”, confidently asserting that he regards “Israel” as a “Russian-speaking country”, and even boldly saying that the two are “a true common family”, the latter description of which he immediately proceeded to say was said “without exaggeration”. It’s important to point out that the “Keren Heyesod Foundation” describes itself as the “fundraising arm of the Zionist movement” and is an extremely influential organization lobbying on behalf of that ideology’s interests all across the world, so President Putin’s words of about a familial bond between Russia and “Israel” and full endorsement of the organization’s activities were spoken to a group that embodies everything that the Alt-Media Community’s most zealous anti-Zionists oppose.
Debunking The “Betrayal” Narrative
The less mature of the community’s members insist that President Putin is secretly an anti-Zionist just like they are because they can’t overcome the cognitive dissonance that’s triggered by the factual evidence of his extremely close ties with “Israel” and now recently even the global Zionist movement given the freakish fusion of their anti-Zionist views and “hero worship” of the Russian leader as being the ultimate force of good in the world opposed to what they consider to be its ultimate evil, though the more mature among them are naturally wondering what’s driving his strategic calculations.
There are two prevailing schools of thought explaining this, namely that it either amounts to “balancing” or “betrayal”, the first-mentioned of which refers to what the author earlier wrote about Russia’s 21st-century grand strategy to become the supreme “balancing” force in Afro-Eurasia while the second simply claims that he stabbed Syria and the rest of the Resistance in the back by selling out to their enemies.
The Kremlin’s “Balancing Act”: Russia’s Ties with both Israel and Iran
It’s that version of events that will be tackled first and debunked before explaining why President Putin is indeed “balancing”, whether the most opinionated of his supporters approve of it or not. Contrary to what many in the Alt-Media Community wishfully thought, Russia isn’t a part of the Resistance, though it’s veritably assisted them with fighting terrorism in Syria and that’s probably where the misconception comes from. Therefore, Russia can’t “betray” the Resistance since it was never allied with it in a traditional sense to begin with beyond the short-term convergence of anti-terrorist interests that they currently share. It was wrongly thought by many that this automatically translated into anti-Zionism because of how “Israel” unsuccessfully tried to apply the Yinon Plan to Syria through these means but was stopped by Russia’s intervention, but that narrative doesn’t account for the two parties reaching their military cooperation agreement a little over a week prior to the onset of that anti-terrorist campaign during Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow on 21 September, 2015.
Bearing in mind that Russia unofficially allied with “Israel” before officially beginning its intervention in Syria, it can be said that those two have been on the same side since the mission formally started despite their public differences over the future of the democratically elected and legitimate government of President Assad. That doesn’t, however, mean that Russia intervened in Syria because of “Israel” (though the outcome was nevertheless that Iran’s role in filling the growing security void there was countered by Russia and is progressively being replaced by it in a manner that does indeed work out to “Israel’s” modified regional benefit), but that it saw the opportunity to unprecedentedly expand their nascent partnership by taking advantage of Moscow’s pressing security interests in saving the Arab Republic from ISIS and eliminating nationals from the former Soviet Union who were fighting there in support of the terrorists before returning to their home countries to replicate the “caliphate” model that they spent years training to create.
Meanwhile, Russia keenly understood that “Israel’s” pressing security interests rested in pushing back Iran’s strategic advance towards the occupied Golan Heights and preventing the Islamic Republic and its Hezbollah allies from entering into a position to launch rocket attacks against it as part of a forthcoming liberation offensive there. Accordingly, that’s why Moscow entered into the Machiavellian pact with Tel Aviv to allow its new unofficial allies the freedom to bomb their adversaries whenever they’d like as long as they notified Moscow ahead of time to prevent midair collisions and collateral damage despite Russian troops cooperating with those same targets on the ground in fighting terrorism. With their newfound and deeply trust-based military relations, Russia and “Israel” were able to take their comprehensive ties to an altogether higher level that’s approaching the point where the latter might soon enter into a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Union according to President Putin when he was speaking to the “Keren Heyesod Foundation”.
Midwifing Multipolarity In the Mideast
It’s not just that President Putin is a philo-Semite positively inclined towards “Israel” as a result of his lifelong experiences growing up with Russian Jews (some of whom still remain his very close friends), but that this judo master understands that his country can only succeed with its ambitions to “balance” the Mideast if it’s on excellent terms with the self-professed “Jewish State”. This is even more so the case if Russia can succeed in one day replacing America’s role as “Israel’s” protector like it’s evidently trying to do after having carved out the 140-kilometer-deep anti-Iranian buffer zone last summer in a stunning geopolitical feat that not even Washington under its extremely pro-“Israeli” President was capable of pulling off. The way that Russia sees it, certain “sacrifices” must be made in and by Syria so as to accelerate the emergence of the Multipolar World Order and Moscow’s supreme “balancing” role in maintaining it, which the Eurasian Great Power believes serves grander, longer-term, and more “collective” interests than returning to the USSR’s anti-Zionist policy.
It shouldn’t ever be forgotten that Russia’s military mandate in Syria is strictly to fight terrorism and not defend the state’s internationally recognized borders, which is the “loophole” “justifying” the deal that it struck with “Israel” and debunking the claims that it “betrayed” Damascus as a result. Speaking of which, Lavrov put Russia’s relationship with Syria’s leader into perspective when remarking in 2016 that “Assad is not our ally, by the way. Yes, we support him in the fight against terrorism and in preserving the Syrian state. But he is not an ally like Turkey is the ally of the United States.” What was probably meant by that provocative clarification is that Russia does not have a conventional mutual defense agreement with Syria and therefore isn’t responsible for defending it from “Israeli” or even Turkish attacks, with Russia’s top diplomat even saying as recently as last month that Ankara’s envisaged buffer zone in northern Syria is “absolutely legal” despite Damascus condemning it as “a flagrant violation of international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.”
Russia’s Senior Foreign Policy Planner Schools The Fools
Earlier in the summer, Senior Advisor of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Khodynskaya-Golenischeva published an article in Russia’s top think tank, the Valdai Club, about “How Bloc-Free Mentality Helps Russia Be a Welcome Foreign Actor in the Middle East” and in which she criticized those who claim without any evidence whatsoever that her country is allied with Iran against the latter’s regional enemies. The words of this high-ranking official deserve to be republished in full so as to preemptively avoid any unfounded allegations from the Alt-Media Community that they’re being misportrayed for the sake of “pushing an agenda”, so without further ado, here’s what she said that adds further credence to the argument being made in this analysis:
“Incidentally, the emphasis of some colleagues (primarily from the West) on some ‘other side of the medal’ as regards the Russia-Iran cooperation on Syria (in the bilateral format and the Astana venue) makes no sense. They are trying to present this cooperation as some Russia-Shia axis that is alienating the Arab world from Moscow, primarily the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf and the Sunni opposition in Syria.
However, this view is contrary to hard facts. Russia has become the only country involved in the Syrian conflict to preserve contacts with all players in Syria without exception: the Syrian Government, political and armed opposition’s organizations (except those classified as terrorist) and the states involved in the Syrian settlement. There are examples of joint action by Russia and the armed Sunni opposition “on the ground”, for instance, the participation of the Shabab Al Sunnah in the operation to free the valley of the Yarmouk River from ISIS, in which the Russian Aerospace Forces were involved.
The same is true of Russia-Israel interaction, which has not been marred by Moscow-Tehran cooperation. In the framework of Syrian settlement, Russia and Israel not only discussed “deconflicting” initiatives but also cooperated “on the ground”. Importantly, it was Russia that ensured the withdrawal of the pro-Iran forces from the Golan Heights and the Russian military police ensures security in this area, thereby creating the conditions for the mission of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)…Russia is trying to avoid alliances with these or other groups of players in order to ensure freedom of action for itself, in part, in developing bilateral relations with each of these states.”
Iran Ignores Russia’s Unofficial Alliance With “Israel”
Just because Russia isn’t allied with Iran doesn’t mean that it’s allied against it in general despite its unofficial alliance with “Israel” to that effect in Syria. In fact, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif told his Russian counterpart earlier this month that “Relations between Russia and Iran are at the highest level over the past decades” and that “Cooperation between Russia and Iran has a strategic character and is especially successful in the energy and transport sectors, and in the area of maintaining peace and security”, which is certainly true. This somewhat surprising pronouncement made in spite of Russia’s “passive facilitation” of literally hundreds of “Israeli” strikes against the IRGC and their Hezbollah allies in Syria, as well as the carving out of the 140-kilometer-deep anti-Iranian buffer zone beyond the occupied Golan Heights is due to Iran separating its interactions with Russia in the wider region from their bilateral ties and apparently accepting the existence of “indirect kinetic competition” between them in Syria.
Whether willingly or compelled out of an increasingly desperate strategic situation motivated by the carrot of some form of future sanctions relief, Iran recognizes the reality that Russia is unofficially allied with “Israel” in Syria but doesn’t allow that “politically inconvenient” fact in a third party state to interfere with their bilateral ties. After all, one of the reasons why Russia partnered with “Israel” in the first place is because Iranian influence was on the regional rise following the interlinked but delayed disasters of the US’ 2003 War on Iraq and the 2011 theater-wide Color Revolution popularly known as the “Arab Spring”, but Moscow’s purely interests-driven “balancing” act could conceivably shift against Tel Aviv one day if it comes to be regarded as too powerful once again sometime in the future. One way that “Israel” is seeking to preemptively offset that scenario, however, is to encourage Russia to fill the security voids left in the region following the US’ so-called “Pivot to Asia” (or rather, to the “Indo-Pacific”) to “contain” China and Iran’s recent setbacks in Syria.
Russian foreign policy isn’t formulated based on morals, ethics, or principles, but on cold, hard interests in full alignment with the Neo-Realist paradigm of International Relations despite sometimes being disguised by Neo-Liberal rhetoric touching upon the three aforementioned themes when selling a certain decision to the masses or criticizing a rival’s. Never, however, has contemporary Russian foreign policy — and especially under President Putin — ever even remotely hinted at being allied with the Resistance against “Israel”, let alone out of shared anti-Zionist sympathies. To the contrary, the practice of Russian foreign policy as evidenced by Moscow’s unofficial alliance with Tel Aviv in allowing the latter to bomb the IRGC and their Hezbollah allies literally hundreds of times with impunity and then carving out a 140-kilometer-deep anti-Iranian buffer zone to protect the self-professed “Jewish State” at its request proves that it not only doesn’t share the Resistance’s commitment to destroying “Israel”, but that it’s actually committed to protecting their enemy instead.
All of this is common knowledge to any objective observer, but unfortunately it seems to be the case that most of the Alt-Media Community is full of overly enthusiastic wishful thinkers who freakishly fused their deeply held anti-Zionist and Russophilic beliefs together and then projected that ideological monstrosity onto President Putin in imagining him to be the “knight in shining armor on a white horse” who’s destined to destroy what they regard as the global evil of “Israel” just like how St. George is depicted slaying the dragon on the Russian coat of arms. It’s regrettable that so many people bought into this false narrative that it’s practically become dogmatic at this point and enforced by a wide array of gatekeepers committed to keeping this lie alive, but that’s precisely why the author felt it necessary to carry out a comprehensive analysis of Russia’s Mideast strategy at this time. Everyone’s entitled to their own views about whether Moscow is “balancing” or “betraying” the Resistance, but their conclusions should be based on facts and not on fake news.
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Gollnest & Kiesel: "No. 1 Specialist Trade Partner"
In the toy industry, there are still a few large manufacturers as opposed to a large number of small or medium-sized producers, especially in Germany, the heartland of toys. In contrast to many other industries, trade is also still quite fragmented. In recent years, however, an increasing concentration process has also been observed in the toy industry.
This concentration is taking place at the expense of the diversity of toys, something which was previously a key feature of the industry. In the future, Gollnest & Kiesel will continue to take account of the individual development of children and to support the (specialist) retail trade with a wide variety of products. The synergy between specialist retailers and responsible, sustainable toy production is important for young parents who want to purchase products for their children with confidence and a sense of responsibility.
The readers of the industry information service "markt-intern" have repeatedly honoured the company's orientation with top marks in a large-scale reader survey. Most recently, Gollnest & Kiesel was voted the number one toy manufacturer and awarded the title of "No. 1 Specialist Trade Partner".
The toy company from the far north of Germany set itself the goal of making things better: seeing the world of children holistically, creating diversity in the product world, promoting the brick and mortar retail trade, planting new forests and building schools. "We want to open up opportunities," says Gerhard Gollnest, co-founder and managing director of the company.
Significant sales growth once again
Once again, sales expectations for the past year were exceeded. Gollnest & Kiesel was able to increase its sales by around nine percent, again outperforming the market as a whole by far. The company is Europe's innovative wooden toy manufacturer and the largest toy company in northern Germany.
The brands goki, HEIMESS and Holztiger contributed in particular to this success. The life-affirming play figures of Holztiger again grew by almost 20 percent. Production capacities were not sufficient to achieve even higher growth. The goki brand increased its sales by 14 percent. This is undoubtedly also a result of the new series "Peggy Diggledey", "Susibelle" and "goki nature", which were successfully introduced in recent years.
Exceptional sales growth was achieved in France (11.5%), Belgium (27.5%), the Netherlands (32%), Poland (24%) and the United Kingdom (83%). Gollnest & Kiesel generates approximately 51 percent of its sales in Germany and exports to 72 countries all over the world, of which France (with its own branch office), the United Kingdom, Spain, Austria and the Scandinavian countries have particularly strong sales. Business with South American countries is currently developing very promisingly.
The brand world of Gollnest & Kiesel
Four brands have gathered under the umbrella of Gollnest & Kiesel – but the most traditional is 135 years old and has only been a member of the parent company for the last seven years.
Anker Stones were invented by the Lilienthal brothers in 1876. They baked building bricks made of chalk, quartz sand, linseed oil and colour pigments with which children can try their hand as architects. The houses, churches or castles built are stable without gluing due to a combination of their own weight and gravity. The stone building sets are considered to be the first system toy in the world, with billions of stones in circulation. They are made in Rudolstadt in the state of Thuringia.
Heimess is a roughly 60-year-old brand for baby toys made of high-quality wood. Dummy chains and touch rings are produced in Vaihingen an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg.
Holztiger is over 16 years old. There are more than 400 play figures such as cows, pigs, dogs, dragons, monkeys and even humans for eight different worlds, made of sturdy maple.
goki is the in-house brand of the company. The toy brand now enjoys a good reputation all over the world.
With imagination and creativity
Gerhard Gollnest and Fritz-Rüdiger Kiesel began manufacturing toys 36 years ago. Even now, the two founders and managing directors devote their attention to every single one of the company's products. Gerhard Gollnest comes up with ideas for new toys and discusses these with the product developers and designers. Fritz-Rüdiger Kiesel turns the designs into products and supervises the company's production facilities all over the world.
Gerhard Gollnest and Fritz-Rüdiger Kiesel have been business partners for more than 30 years. Before they formed their own company, they both trained as wholesale and export merchants with the same company. "Back then we thought that we could put our ideas into practice," says Fritz-Rüdiger Kiesel. That is how the young company was formed under an archway in the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg. The company has grown constantly since then, and for the last twenty years it has enjoyed strong growth in Güster, a small town not far from Hamburg. Since last year, Frank Jungclaus has strengthened the management as commercial director.
Today the company founders, who have their roots in families of specialist retailers, have more than 500 employees worldwide in the company's various production facilities and at its headquarters, where the toy-maker's ideas are born.
For the past thirteen years, Gollnest & Kiesel has placed a very special emphasis on forestation. "Whoever takes something from nature must give something back to it," Fritz-Rüdiger Kiesel believes. Every year, Gollnest & Kiesel donates a new forest to Germany's least wooded state, Schleswig-Holstein. A tree is planted for every newborn child in the northernmost federal state. In this way, well over 300,000 new beech, maple and oak trees have been planted over the past years. In the spring of last year, 50,000 new trees were planted in Satrup in the Angeln region, and in the late autumn 25,000 trees were planted in Ahrensbök, north of the old Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
Partner to the specialist trade
This concentration is taking place at the expense of the diversity of toys, something which was previously a key feature of the industry. In the future, Gollnest & Kiesel will continue to take account of the individual development of children and to support the (specialist) retail trade with a wide variety of products.
The readers of the industry information service "markt-intern" have repeatedly honoured the company's orientation with top marks in a large-scale reader survey.
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Escondido is a large suburb of San Diego which is located in the northeastern corner of the metropolitan area. Named after the Spanish word for “hidden,” Escondido is nestled in a valley among a circle of hills. The city was incorporated in the year 1888. Escondido was mostly agricultural in the early years of existence, with an emphasis on citrus and muscat grapes, but as the San Diego region experienced a massive population boom in the 20th century, the city adopted a much more suburban flavor.
For fishermen local to the San Diego area, Escondido is popular because there are three large lakes in the vicinity—Lake Hodges, Lake Wohlford, and Dixon Lake. Cities near Escondido include Valley Center, Hidden Meadows, San Marcos, and Del Dios. Though not in the city limits, one of the most popular attractions near Escondido is the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, which has massive open spaces which allow animals to roam freely in their enclosures. Other cool places to visit in Escondido are the Roynon Museum of Anthropology, the Elfin Forest Recreational Preserve, Orfila Vineyards, and the EcoVivarium.
All About Escondido, California Geographic Area
Escondido ( /ˌɛskənˈdiːdoʊ/ ES-kən-DEE-doh; Spanish for "hidden") is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating budget limit of $426,289,048 for the fiscal year 2010-2011. The city is known as Eskondiid in Diegueño. A 2005 nationwide study of the most conservative cities in America ranked Escondido #11 out of 25.
The Escondido area was first settled by the Luiseño, who established campsites and villages along the creek running through the area. They named the place "Mehel-om-pom-pavo." The Kumeyaay migrated from areas near the Colorado River, settling both in the San Pasqual Valley and near the San Dieguito River in the southwestern and western portions of what is now Escondido. Most of the villages and campsites today have been destroyed by development and agriculture.
Spain controlled the land from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, and established many missions in California to convert the indigenous people. When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, the local land was divided into large ranchos. Most of what is now Escondido occupies the former Rancho Rincon del Diablo ("Devil's Corner"), a Mexican land grant given to Juan Bautista Alvarado (not the governor of the same name) in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena. Alvarado was a Regidor of Los Angeles at the time, and the first Regidor of the pueblo of San Diego. The southern part of Escondido occupies the former Rancho San Bernardo, granted in 1842 and 1845.
In 1846, during the Mexican-American War, the Battle of San Pasqual was fought southeast of Escondido. This battle pitted Mexican forces under Andrés Pico (brother of then-California-governor Pío Pico) against Americans under Stephen W. Kearny, Archibald Gillespie, and Kit Carson. A park in Escondido is named for Carson.
In 1853, pro-Southern Copperheads proposed dividing the state of California to create a new Territory of Colorado (at this time the territory that would become the state of Colorado was named "Jefferson"). San Diego Judge Oliver S. Witherby suggested placing the capitol of the new territory in Rancho Rincon del Diablo. He envisioned a railroad connecting San Diego to Fort Yuma through an area about two miles (3 km) south of the current Escondido site, heading east through San Pasqual. He planned to profit from the town that he believed would be established from the dividing point on the railroad below the eastern hills.
With a series of deeds in 1855 and 1856, the rancho was transferred from the heirs of Juan Bautista Alvarado to Witherby.
The proposal for splitting the state and creating the new territory passed in the California legislature, but died in Congress in the run-up to the Civil War. It was effectively killed in 1861 when Congress organized the Territory of Colorado in the area previously occupied by the Jefferson Territory. With Witherby's vision of owning a bustling state capitol unrealized, he set up a mining operation on the rancho instead.
In 1868, Witherby sold the rancho for $8000 to Edward McGeary and John, Josiah, and Matthew Wolfskill. McGeary owned half the rancho, while the three Wolfskill brothers each owned an equal share of the other half. John Wolfskill farmed sheep, horses, and cattle on the rancho for a number of years. Wolfskill had frequent conflicts with the Couts family, owners of the neighboring Guajome, Buena Vista, and San Marcos ranchos, over grazing lands and watering holes.
The city was home to a large Spanish-speaking population in the first census, in 1850, but after the U.S. won the war, non-Hispanic settlers came to Southern California in increasing numbers. The decade of the 1880s is known as the "Southern California Land Boom" because so many people moved to the state.
In October 1883, a group of Los Angeles investors purchased Rancho Rincon del Diablo. This group sold the land to the newly formed Escondido Company in 1884. On December 18, 1885, investors incorporated the Escondido Land and Town Company, and in 1886 this company purchased the 12,814-acre (52 km2) area for approximately $100,000. Two years later, in 1888, Escondido was incorporated as a city; the vote was 64 in favor of cityhood with 12 votes against. Railroads such as the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific were laid in the 1880s. The opening of U.S. Route 395 in 1930 boosted economic growth in Escondido.
Escondido was primarily an agricultural community, growing muscat grapes initially. After a dam was built in 1894-5 to form what is known today as Lake Wohlford, orange and lemon trees were planted in large numbers, as were olive and walnut trees. By the 1960s, avocados became the largest local crop. Since the 1970s, Escondido has lost most of its agricultural land to housing developments.
Escondido is located at 33°7'29" North, 117°4'51" West (33.124794, -117.080850).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.0 square miles (96 km2). 36.8 square miles (95 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) of it is water. The total area is 0.48% water.
The city contains several neighborhoods including:
The Escondido Creek bisects the city. It originates at the Lake Wohlford Dam in the northeast, passes through downtown and leaves the city through the Harmony Grove area in the southwest before eventually emptying into the San Elijo Lagoon. The creek path through the city was developed into a concrete flood control channel in the 1960s. A Class I bicycle path runs along most of the channel's length.
The community of Valley Center is located just north of Escondido. Valley View Casino, owned by the San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, is located in Valley Center.
Escondido tends to have a typical Mediterranean climate with warm summers and cool wet winters. Owing to its inland proximity it is considerably warmer than coastal cities like San Diego, Carlsbad or Oceanside. Yearly precipitation averages around 15 inches (380 mm) and can vary considerably from year to year. More than 80% of all precipitation takes place from November through March. Snow is virtually unheard of though occasionally Springtime thunderstorms will drop small hail. The climate is mild enough to allow widespread cultivation of avocados and oranges. Escondido is located in a plant hardiness zone 9.
Three lakes are located in or near Escondido, all of which allow boating and fishing:
In the 2010 United States Census, Escondido had a population of 143,911. The population density was 3,890.7 people per square mile (1,502.2/km²). The racial makeup of Escondido was 60.4% White (40.4% non-Hispanic white), 2.5% African American (2.1% non-Hispanic black), 1.0% Native American, 6.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 25.4% from other races, and 4.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 48.9% of the population.
The population was spread out with 39,778 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 15,455 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 41,043 people (28.5%) aged 25 to 44, 32,551 people (22.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 15,084 people (10.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.5 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.
There were 48,044 housing units at an average density of 1,298.9 per square mile (501.5/km²), of which 23,759 (52.2%) were owner-occupied, and 21,725 (47.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.0%. 70,936 people (49.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 70,856 people (49.2%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there are 133,559 people, 43,817 households, and 31,153 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,421.4/km² (3,680.9/mi²). There are 45,050 housing units at an average density of 479.4/km² (1,241.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 67.82% White, 2.25% African American, 1.23% Native American, 4.46% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 19.19% from other races, and 4.81% from two or more races. 38.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 43,817 households out of which 39.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% are married couples living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% are non-families. 22.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.01 and the average family size is 3.50.
In the city the population is spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $42,567, and the median income for a family is $48,456. Males have a median income of $32,627 versus $27,526 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,241. 13.4% of the population and 9.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 17.9% of those under the age of 18 and 5.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
The city can be divided into two demographically distinct areas. Peripheral hilly areas to the north, southeast, and southwest are relatively wealthy and populated by non-Hispanic whites, and flat areas adjacent to the downtown are predominantly Hispanic. As of 2006-07 school year, non-Hispanic white children comprised 71.7% of all students in Bernardo Elementary School (southwest), 60.8% of all students in L.R. Green Elementary School (southeast), and 54.7% of all students in Reidy Creek Elementary School (north); on the other hand, Farr Avenue, Pioneer and Lincoln Elementary schools (three large schools just north of the downtown) all have more than 85% of Hispanic and less than 6% non-Hispanic white students.
In 2007, the city ranked #65 by violent crimes per capita and #58 by property crimes per capita among 165 cities in California with populations greater than 50,000. Compared with the 12 largest cities in San Diego County, it ranked 6th in both categories. Its crime rate was lower in both categories than San Diego, El Cajon, and National City; higher in both categories than San Marcos, Carlsbad, Encinitas, and Santee. Escondido had a higher violent crime rate but lower property crime rate than La Mesa and Chula Vista; it had a lower violent crime rate but higher property crime rate than Vista and Oceanside.
In 2009, 629 violent crimes and 3,880 property crimes were reported in Escondido. There were four murders and non-negligent manslaughters, 42 rapes, 249 robberies, 334 aggravated assaults, 779 burglaries, 2,402 larceny thefts, 699 vehicle thefts, and 23 arsons.
In 2010, Escondido saw a 5 percent drop in violent crime, with only 597 reported violent crimes according to the Escondido Police Officer's Association. However, there was a 3.9 percent increase in the number of property crimes, including residential and commercial burglaries, from 3,880 in 2009 to 4,033 in 2010, according to FBI statistics.
Residents work in a range of industries. Out of the approximately 64,000 employed civilian residents over the age of 16, 15% work in educational, health care and social services; 13% in retail trade; 13% in construction; 12% in professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services; 11% in arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services; 11% in manufacturing; and 11% in other services.
Realty Income is among the companies based in Escondido.
According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
Downtown has become more active in the past few years with the opening of restaurants, cafes, and galleries. Every Friday night from April through September, Steve Waldron and a handful of friends host the popular "Cruisin' Grand", where the public can show and view hot rods and historic cars. A different car club and/or featured attraction (for example, antique fire trucks, nitro night, midget and sprint cars) is highlighted each week. Cruisin' Grand also features a DJ, hula hoop contests for children, and the awarding of trophies.
In addition to the many art galleries on Grand, a branch of the Mingei International Museum recently opened there.(now recently closed) This museum displays handcrafts from around the world. One block off Grand Ave. is Grape Day Park with the civic center and the California Center for the Arts, which features two theaters, a visual arts museum, an educational complex, and a conference center. The Escondido Children's Museum and the Escondido History Center, two independent non-profit museums, are located in Grape Day Park. The Children's Museum features hands-on exhibits and programs for children up to 10 years of age, with an authentically regional perspective on natural and social science. The History Center features the city's original Santa Fe Depot, first library, Victorian house, barn, and blacksmith shop. The Pioneer Room of Escondido Public Library (located in the Mathes Center building next to the Main Library) offers photographs, maps, oral histories, genealogical collections, directories and yearbooks documenting Escondido's history.
From 1964–1968, the San Diego Chargers held training camp in Escondido.
In 1981, Escondido National Little League became the 19th team to make it to the Little League World Series from the state of California. The team was first District 31 champions, then District 8 champions. They then won the Southern California Divisional Tournament at Youth Athletic Park by beating San Bernardino Civitan 3-2 in the quarterfinals, then beating Granada Hills American 5-1 in the semifinals and then beating Ladera National 7-5 in the finals to earn a trip to the Western Regional. At the Western Regional in San Bernardino, the Escondido team won four straight games to earn the trip to Williamsport.
In October 2010, Merritt Paulson, owner of the AAA Portland Beavers franchise, announced that the team was being sold to the North County Baseball ownership group, led by Jeff Moorad, part-owner and CEO of the Beavers parent team, the San Diego Padres. The ownership group is in discussions to build a stadium in Escondido to become operational for the 2012 baseball season at the earliest. In December 2010, the Escondido city council voted to go ahead with the ballpark. The stadium is slated to open in April 2013.
However, the plan to move the team fell through in January 2012 and the current Tucson Padres are left on their own. It's possible a relocated team of the class A California League most likely a San Diego Padres affiliated team will play in Escondido next year.
Escondido has fifteen parks.
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park (also called by its former name, "Wild Animal Park") is located near Escondido, in the San Pasqual Valley. It is the sister park to the San Diego Zoo. The Safari Park shows animals in open habitats.
In 2006, Stone Brewing Company moved its headquarters and brewery from San Marcos, California to a new, much larger facility in the Quail Hills area of Escondido.
Deer Park Monastery is a Buddhist sanctuary that occupies 400 acres (1.6 km2) in the hills north of Escondido and west of Daley Ranch. It is one of two monasteries in the United States under the direction of a well-known Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Deer Park Monastery is home to 27 Buddhist monks and nuns; it frequently hosts events and retreats that bring people from all over the western United States and from abroad.
Escondido is governed by a mayor-council system. The city council consists of a mayor and four City Council members. Along with the City Treasurer, they are elected at large to four-year terms. The current mayor is Sam Abed. Current City Council members are Olga Diaz, Marie Waldron, Ed Gallo, and Michael Morasco. The current City Manager is Clay Phillips. The current City Treasurer is Kenneth Hugins. The most recent election was held on November 2, 2010.
Due to the public outcry and legal challenges to the aforementioned housing ordinance, and the election of Olga Diaz to the City Council, it has since ceased any overt attempts to lower the illegal immigrant population in the city (which, council member Sam Abed's estimates is as much as 35,000, or 25% of the city population in 2006), and focused on "quality of life" issues instead. Periodic police checkpoints are instituted to catch unlicensed drivers. An active area of debate is an overnight parking ordinance that would limit the number of cars each household can legally park on city streets. The city is estimated to have lost as much as a quarter of its non-citizen population between 2006 and 2007. Latino activists attribute this to a perception of the city as hostile to immigrants.
The City of Escondido is a member of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
In the state legislature Escondido is located in the 38th Senate District, represented by Republican Mark Wyland, and in the 74th and 75th Assembly District, represented by Republicans Martin Garrick and Nathan Fletcher respectively. Federally, Escondido is located in California's 50th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +5 and is represented by Republican Brian Bilbray.
In the United States presidential election of 2008, 53.3% of voters residing in incorporated Escondido voted for John McCain, 44.9% voted for Barack Obama, and 1.8% voted for one of the third-party candidates. Unincorporated areas were considerably more conservative: among voters in neighborhoods of Rincon Del Diablo, Hidden Meadows, and Valley Center, 62.3%, 65.5%, 66.9% of voters respectively cast their votes for John McCain. In a survey conducted by The Bay Area Center for Voting Research, it found that Escondido was the 11th most conservative city in the United States.
Escondido is served by the Escondido Union School District, the Escondido Union High School District, and the San Pasqual Union School District. The city has 19 elementary, five middle, and seven high schools.
Public high schools:
There is a wide range of API scores for Escondido schools, reflecting the demographic diversity of the city. As of 2009, two elementary schools in the district scored above the 80th percentile of all schools in the state, and nine elementary schools scored below the 20th percentile.
The Escondido Public Library system consists of the Main Branch, the East Valley Branch, Pioneer Room, Computer Center, and a bookmobile.
Two highways serve Escondido: Route 78 and Interstate 15. Route 78 enters from the west as a freeway which ends at Broadway. The highway follows surface streets and leaves the city heading east into the San Pasqual Valley.
The North County Transit District (NCTD) operates local bus service, with the Escondido Transit Center serving as a hub. The transit center has connections to both the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and the Riverside Transit Agency.
The Sprinter light rail line, operated by NCTD, links the transit center to Oceanside using the existing 22-mile (35 km)-long Escondido Branch trackage of the San Diego Northern Railroad. The rail line opened in 2008, making Escondido one of the first cities in the United States to operate Desiro-class diesel multiple units manufactured by Siemens in Germany. At the Oceanside Transit Center, the Sprinter connects to three commuter rail lines (the Coaster, the Metrolink Orange County Line, and the Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County Line) and Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner regional rail line.
The California High Speed Rail Authority listed Escondido as a stop along the proposed high-speed rail system running from Southern to Northern California. A section of the line between San Francisco and Los Angeles was approved by voters in the November 2008 elections.
San Diego Gas & Electric is the electric utility for the city. The City of Escondido Water Utilities serves most customers within the City while Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District serves potable and recycled water to the greater Escondido valley and some portions of the incorporated city.
Palomar Medical Center is a hospital located east of downtown. It is the only designated trauma center in northern San Diego County. A second hospital, Palomar West, is under construction southwest of the interchange between Interstate 15 and State Route 78. It is scheduled to open in 2012.
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2016 IIHF World Championship: Michigan’s ‘CCM’ trio learns from the pros
By Derek O'Brien
Photo: Former University of Michigan forwards Tyler Motte (L) and Kyle Connor (R) are competing for Team USA at the 2016 IIHF World Championship along with their former linemate, JT Compher (courtesy of Pavel Bednyakov/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Team USA’s 25-man roster at this year’s IIHF World Championship includes six players who played college hockey this season. Three of those were linemates with the No. 7-ranked team in the nation and the Big Ten tournament champion – the University of Michigan Wolverines.
“We were all called at the same time and were really excited,” said Tyler Motte, the right winger on the line. “It had been mentioned before and we had an idea it might happen.”
Having an entire forward line chosen to the Men’s World Championship, which includes some of the best hockey players in the world, is quite unusual, but the way the ‘CCM Line’ tore up NCAA hockey this year was quite unusual, too. Kyle Connor, J.T. Compher and Motte finished first, second and fourth in NCAA men’s ice hockey scoring this season with 71, 63 and 56 points respectively in 38 games.
“We’re all really excited and honored to be here. This is the first World Championship for all of us,” said Compher.
For Compher and Motte, the connection is stronger as the pair has been playing together for three seasons now at Michigan.
“I’ve played with Tyler for a long time now in university, and along with Kyle this past year things went pretty well.”
To say things went pretty well is an understatement. Compher’s and Motte’s statistics ballooned, while Connor put up phenomenal numbers as a freshman – scoring almost a goal and an assist per game to lead all of college hockey in scoring. He was named Big Ten Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and all three were finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, which ultimately went to Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey.
“Those are nice awards, but at the end of the day it doesn’t mean anything if the team doesn’t win,” Connor figures, noting that the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
While upset about the loss, he didn’t want to dwell on it, stating, “I have to look at what the next challenge is and work hard at it.”
At the start of the current challenge, the World Championship, U.S. head coach John Hynes did the expected and kept the trio together, but after dropping two of their first three games, changes were bound to be made.
“For the first couple games we (played together) but you know there are so many talented players here that they’re going to shake things up a little bit now and again,” said Motte. “It’s nice playing with guys you’re used to, but at the same time, it’s also really good experience to get the chance to play with some different guys. It’s important to be able to make those adjustments.”
For three games, Motte and Compher played with versatile 34-year-old Matt Hendricks, the captain of Team USA for the second straight year.
“He’s been around the block,” Compher said of Hendricks. “He’s a great guy to learn from, and as the tournament goes on I’ve been able to pick up little things from him.”
In the USA’s 4–0 win over France, it was Hendricks and Motte who set up Compher for his first-ever goal for the U.S. national senior men’s team – it was a bit of a reversal from the norm, as usually Compher is the playmaker and Motte is the shooter.
“Yeah that’s the way it seemed to go this year,” chuckled Compher, who racked up an NCAA-leading 47 assists this season. “But in the past couple years it was more even. This year, Tyler became a real sniper.”
In fact, after scoring nine goals in each of his first two seasons at Michigan, Motte’s total jumped to 32 this season. That ranked second in all of college hockey behind only Connor’s 35.
While the other two played with Hendricks, Connor played with a few different linemates and was a healthy scratch for a couple of games. Finally, the trio was re-united for the last game of the group-stage against Slovakia, with a berth in the quarterfinals at stake.
“I’ve played with them all year so we’re used to each other. It was good to get back into the lineup,” Connor said after the U.S. team earned a single point to advance to the next round. “We knew it was going to be a hard game. Both teams had their lives on the line. We still made some mistakes but at least we got the job done and we’re going to the next round.”
It hasn’t been easy, but all three players are learning from the veteran players around them and getting used to life as professionals, which will serve them well as they embark on their pro careers. Motte has already played a handful of games in the AHL for the Rockford IceHogs after the college season, and all three will be attending their first NHL training camps this fall – Connor with the Winnipeg Jets, Compher with the Colorado Avalanche, and Motte with the Chicago Blackhawks.
“You just learn a little more about being a professional,” Compher explained. “I’m going into my first year as a pro so I want to see what I can do to be a professional player on the ice and the work ethic it takes to be successful.
“This is my first experience with professionals and I’m just trying to do what I can to help the team win hockey games and gain experience heading into my first professional training camp.”
Motte agrees. “It’s the same thing with getting the eight games in in Rockford. It’s getting used to the pace and understanding the lifestyle and what goes into being a professional hockey player. I was excited to get the opportunity to come over here and play, and I’m just trying to learn along the way.”
So does Connor. “It’s a good chance to get familiar with pro players and the pro game and what it takes to get to the next level.”
And just like the Frozen Four, the World Championship is now down to a single-game knockout bracket. After seven games in St. Petersburg, the rest of Team USA’s tournament will be in Moscow, starting with Thursday’s quarterfinal against the Czech Republic. The Michigan trio hopes that they don’t go out in the elite eight again.
“Anything can happen once you get into this kind of single-game elimination round,” Connor said looking ahead. “We’ve got a good team here and we’ll just take it one game at a time.”
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The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is observed by over one billion people worldwide who forgo food and drink from dawn until dusk each day. As the fasting period begins and ends about 11 days earlier each year, Ramadan’s effects on businesses vary in timing and impact from year to year, unlike holidays like Christmas and Chinese New Year.
The fasting period can be particularly disruptive to producers of seasonal products when it overlaps with their peak season, as they will not have the chance to recover lost sales.
Ramadan’s movement around the calendar can lead to complications for investors when it extends over two financial quarters.
Investor misunderstanding and temporary stock mispricings can result from Ramadan’s nuanced effects on companies’ earnings.
Sergey Dubin and Babatunde Ojo discuss Ramadan’s effects on businesses and investments.
During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims forgo eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. In Muslim-majority countries, sales of many food and beverage items plummet, while others, such as quick-to-prepare powdered drinks and instant soups, fly off the shelves. During the daytime, fewer people visit stores while restaurants are shuttered or sit empty. Many businesses, however, make up for lower daytime sales—or even exceed them—by extending shopping hours late into the night. In workplaces, activity falls due to shorter work hours and employee lethargy. One economist found that worker productivity dropped by as much as 50% during the observance.1
Ramadan’s effects on businesses in Muslim-majority countries, as well as in countries with significant Muslim minorities such as Tanzania, Ethiopia, and India, can be significant and therefore important for investors in these markets to understand. But its impact is not as easy to predict as that of Christmas, the Hindu festival of Diwali, or the Chinese New Year because the month-long celebration is not pegged to the same season each year. The Islamic calendar, which determines the dates of Ramadan, is based on the lunar cycle, but unlike other moon-based calendars does not use corrective leap periods to keep dates in line with seasons over time. As a result, Ramadan—along with every other holiday in the Islamic calendar—moves 10–12 days earlier relative to the Gregorian calendar each year, taking about 32 years to cycle around completely.
“Understanding Ramadan’s various effects, and how these effects change from year to year, is essential for investors in frontier markets, as over a third of these economies are Muslim-majority countries,” says Harding Loevner Frontier Emerging Markets Analyst Babatunde Ojo, CFA. “But factoring Ramadan into financial models can be a relatively complicated process. There’s a lot to think about.”
Ramadan’s slow movement across the calendar carries a range of ramifications for businesses. For one, when Ramadan falls in summer, as it did in the Northern Hemisphere from 2010 to 2016, fasting hours are hotter and longer. Fasters who abstain from drinking water are more tired, and therefore less inclined to shop. When Ramadan falls in winter, however, the hours of daylight fasting are shorter and nights are cooler—factors conducive to more spending. “As Ramadan moves into spring and then winter over the next 10 to 15 years, the fast’s negative impacts on some products should be less pronounced,” says Ojo.
RAMADAN’S SLOWLY SHIFTING SEASONALITY
Timing of Ramadan relative to Northern Hemisphere seasons, 2010-2030
Ramadan can have a particularly detrimental effect on sales when it coincides with a seasonal product’s peak period. One example is the Moroccan brewer Brasseries du Maroc. As beer sales normally spike in the hotter months, the overlap of Ramadan with summer over most of the past decade has been a significant headwind for the North African brewer. Not only are daytime sales lost due to bar and restaurant closings, nightly consumption declines as well due to the month’s encouragement of personal purity and piety. Many would-be drinkers heed Islam’s ordinance against alcohol consumption, at least temporarily. “These types of companies are hit hard as they lose a large portion of their peak sales due to Ramadan, but unlike other companies, they don’t get the same chance to recover them later in the year,” explains Ojo. The result can be a lost decade, of sorts. “As Ramadan moves away from summer, we expect some of these companies to return to growth mode.”
On the other hand, products that have higher sales during Ramadan as well as in the hotter months have enjoyed particularly lucrative summers in the past few years due to the overlap. For instance, Almarai, a dairy company in Saudi Arabia, produces beverages that are both popular summer refreshments and a traditional way to break the Ramadan fast each evening. As a result, Almarai has enjoyed high summer sales of its drinks as people turned to its products for relief from the day’s fast—and from the heat.
Surging Ramadan Sales
Five food and beverage products that have higher sales during Ramadan
Parent company: Mondelēz (USA)
Tang is a powdered beverage available in multiple fruit flavors. According to Mondelēz, approximately half of Tang’s annual sales in the Middle East occur around Ramadan.
Parent company: Nichols (UK)
Sales of Vimto, a blackcurrant drink, surge during Ramadan across the Middle East. According to Nielsen, three-quarters of Vimto’s annual sales in the UAE occur during the festival.
Parent company: PepsiCo (USA)
Quaker Oats are a popular Ramadan food, often eaten during sahur, the pre-dawn meal. Advertisements during the period promise long-lasting energy to fasters.
Maggi Bouillon
Parent company: Nestlé (Switzerland)
As observers typically eat more meals prepared in homes during Ramadan, Maggi bouillon, a flavoring used in many home-prepared dishes, enjoys higher sales during the period.
Almarai Laban
Parent company: Almarai (Saudi Arabia)
Laban is a fermented milk drink popular throughout the Middle East and often consumed with dates during iftar, the post-sunset meal. Almarai is the most popular brand in the Gulf.
More subtly, Ramadan’s slow march through the seasons can mask the underlying demand growth of seasonal products. Brasseries du Maroc again provides a case in point. Ojo explains: “Beer has been growing in popularity in Morocco. However, much of this growth occurred while Ramadan moved from autumn into summer over the last decade or so, creating a greater drag on beer sales each year. As a result, the underlying rise in demand was, to an extent, canceled out by the downward trend produced by Ramadan’s shift further and further into peak beer season. As Ramadan moves away from peak beer season and into spring, Brasseries du Maroc’s revenue growth should be driven by the underlying increase in beer popularity as well as the diminishing drag of Ramadan on summer sales.”
Ramadan can lead to further complications when it extends over two financial quarters, as occurred from 2014 to 2016 (second and third quarter) and will next occur in 2023 and 2024 (first and second quarter). In these years, Ramadan can distort earnings reports for two quarters instead of one, making year-on-year company performance comparisons particularly tricky for investors.
Differing observance rates and degrees of government enforcement among countries are other variables for investors to consider. Observance is thought to be over 90% among Muslims in Gulf countries such as the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, where the governments require businesses to adhere to religious customs. Participation is lower in Lebanon and Turkey, where there are fewer Ramadan-related restrictions on commerce. Different proportions of non-Muslim residents also need to be factored in. Lebanon, for example, is over 40% Christian, and though all UAE citizens are Muslim, the vast majority of the country’s residents are foreign workers, many of whom are Hindu and Christian.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2012
“Frontier markets tend to be less efficient than developed markets, creating opportunities for investors who have a more comprehensive understanding of available information to outperform,” says Ojo. Because Ramadan’s various effects change over time, alert investors may be more likely to find mispriced stocks in these markets. “Investors who don’t have an understanding of Ramadan’s nuances might be surprised when they buy or sell stocks based on the assumption that unusually high or low earnings will continue, not realizing this is a temporary effect,” Ojo says.
Harding Loevner Analyst Babatunde Ojo, CFA contributed research and viewpoints to this article.
1James Melik, “How Does Ramadan Affect Businesses?,” BBC News, August 17, 2012.
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Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic, currently as a platform inside the Google Marketing Platform brand. Google launched the service in November 2005 after acquiring developer Urchin.
Google Analytics is the most widely used web analytics service on the web. Google Analytics provides an SDK that allows gathering usage data from iOS and Android app, known as Google Analytics for Mobile Apps.
Google Analytics Management
Google analytics is used to track the website activity of the users such as session duration, pages per session, bounce rate etc. along with the information on the source of the traffic. It can be integrated with Google AdWords[6], with which users can review online campaigns by tracking landing page quality and conversions (goals). Goals might include sales, lead generation, viewing a specific page, or downloading a particular file. Google Analytics' approach is to show high-level, dashboard-type data for the casual user, and more in-depth data further into the report set. Google Analytics analysis can identify poorly performing pages with techniques such as funnel visualization, where visitors came from (referrers), how long they stayed on the website and their geographical position. It also provides more advanced features, including custom visitor segmentation. Google Analytics e-commerce reporting can track sales activity and performance. The e-commerce reports shows a site's transactions, revenue, and many other commerce-related metrics.
On September 29, 2011, Google Analytics launched Real Time analytics, enabling a user to have insight about visitors currently on the site. A user can have 100 site profiles. Each profile generally corresponds to one website. It is limited to sites which have traffic of fewer than 5 million pageviews per month (roughly 2 pageviews per second) unless the site is linked to an AdWords campaign. Google Analytics includes Google Website Optimizer, rebranded as Google Analytics Content Experiments. Google Analytics' Cohort analysis helps in understanding the behaviour of component groups of users apart from your user population. It is beneficial to marketers and analysts for successful implementation of a marketing strategy.
Google Analytics History
Google acquired Urchin Software Corp. in April 2005. Google's service was developed from Urchin on Demand. The system also brings ideas from Adaptive Path, whose product, Measure Map, was acquired and used in the redesign of Google Analytics in 2006. Google continued to sell the standalone, installable Urchin WebAnalytics Software through a network of value-added resellers until discontinuation on March 28, 2012. The Google-branded version was rolled out in November 2005 to anyone who wished to sign up. However, due to extremely high demand for the service, new sign-ups were suspended only a week later. As capacity was added to the system, Google began using a lottery-type invitation-code model. Before August 2006, Google was sending out batches of invitation codes as server availability permitted; since mid-August 2006 the service has been fully available to all users – whether they use Google for advertising or not.
The newer version of Google Analytics tracking code is known as the asynchronous tracking code, which Google claims is significantly more sensitive and accurate, and is able to track even very short activities on the website. The previous version delayed page loading, and so, for performance reasons, it was generally placed just before the body close HTML tag. The new code can be placed between the ... HTML head tags because, once triggered, it runs in parallel with page loading. In April 2011 Google announced the availability of a new version of Google Analytics featuring multiple dashboards, more custom report options, and a new interface design. This version was later updated with some other features such as real-time analytics and goal flow charts.
In October 2012 another new version of Google Analytics was announced, called 'Universal Analytics. The key differences from the previous versions were: cross-platform tracking, flexible tracking code to collect data from any device, and the introduction of custom dimensions and custom metrics
In March 2016, Google released Google Analytics 360, which is a software suite that provides analytics on return on investment and other marketing indicators. Google Analytics 360 includes five main products: Analytics, Tag Manager, Optimize, Data Studio, Surveys, Attribution, and Audience Center.
In October 2017 a new version of Google Analytics was announced, called Global Site Tag. Its stated purpose was to unify the tagging system to simplify implementation.
In June 2018, Google introduced Google Marketing Platform, an online advertisement and analytics brand. It consists of two former brands of Google, DoubleClick Digital Marketing and Google Analytics 360.
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Breaking down barriers for a career in broadcasting
Last month, NEP UK opened its doors to students, showcasing the world of outside broadcast with experts from across the industry offering career advice.
Panel speaking during the NEP UK open day
The purpose of the open day was to attract new talent and break down the barriers for entry into the industry.
Hosting students from across the region at its headquarters in Bracknell, England, NEP UK showcased job opportunities, new technologies and industry partnerships to highlight the career potential in the broadcast sector.
A line-up of experts from across the industry, with varying years of experience and points of entry, offered insight and advice, and outside broadcast trucks were open for inspection while kit was set up for filming a live football game for hands-on experience.
The rapid pace of change and adoption of new technology, from cloud-based tools to the advent of IP, has had a profound effect on the creation and delivery of content.
As such, a challenge faced by the industry is where the next generation of suitably qualified engineers and operators will come from, explains NEP UK President Steve Jenkins during the open day.
“I’m looking for people with talent and not just great qualifications” - Steve Jenkins
Jenkins explained the purpose of the day: “Creating awareness of our industry, promoting it to increase more interest for students and opening up the doors for opportunities and to give the opportunity to learn.”
New technologies including the IP, 4K, Dolby Atmos, high-dynamic range (HDR) and high definition (HD) has changed the broadcasting environment and the requisite skillset for employees across industry as well as creating new opportunities.
NEP UK has recruited half of its new staff for 2017 through traineeships and entry level opportunities Jenkins explained. He said: “The channels which people are coming to our industry are from a broader spectrum.
“We require that talent, to keep up with that technology and keep up with our clients needs and what our clients are delivering to the consumer and to make it happen.”
Creative Broadcast Solutions Founder and Technical Producer Chris Bretnall spoke about the increased refresh rate of broadcast technology. He said: “In the very early days it was analogue, then digital, then wide screen, terrestrial delivery to satellite.
“These technologies were 4 to 8 years to take off and progress but now every week there is a new capture, delivery, distribution or platform technology and I can’t keep up with it anymore.”
Bretnall, who was the technical producer for the 4K cinema screening of War Horse from London’s National Theatre, said grasping the new technology faster and more efficiently is the best way to progress in the industry and make a name for yourself.
He said: “With the democratisation of production and lack of emphasis on linear TV and the rise of many channels across platforms there is the possibility to do so many roles in broadcasting.”
Sky Production Services Director Darren Long said the broadcaster is ”looking for people who innovative and love looking at technology and getting immersed in it”.
He said: “We are looking at VR, AR, 3D and how we deliver that content to our customers in the home.
“The only skillsets you need going forward are an open mind and an open mind that is like a sponge that can take that technology and see how you can apply it.”
Long explained the application of great ideas and formalising solutions across the technology is where success lies.
Tom Giles, Technical Broadcast Manager, All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said: “There are so many roles that make up a broadcaster you need passion and drive for personal development and that is all you need to get into the industry.”
”It’s an incredible time to be working in the industry. I have never seen the industry so dynamic and the skillsets are vast” - Tom Giles
Giles detailed the scale of change, from higher frame rates to the introduction of IP and new distribution models, mixed with the consumption and appetite of consumers, all of which is part of the challenge faced by broadcasters.
He said: “It’s an incredible time to be working in the industry. I have never seen the industry so dynamic and the skillsets are vast.
“It is an exciting time to join the industry and as a consequence you will change as the industry changes; it’s almost impossible to predict the future.”
Discussing the opportunities, Jenkins said that with changing job responsibilities there is an expectation of transferable skills, and that NEP looks for people with a diverse skillset.
The panel concurred the most important offering is enthusiasm, tenacity and a passion for broadcasting.
Jenkins added: “I’m looking for people with talent and not just great qualifications.”
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The OTT and broadcast experience get closer with latest latency and quality tech advances, with the quality of experience gap is closing as needs for faster speeds take hold in sports, gambling and even military video.
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Avid doubles down on cloud at opening NAB press event in Las Vegas
By George Bevir2017-04-22T20:14:00+01:00
Avid kicked off NAB with a customer and press event that focused on the company’s roll out of cloud-based apps and services.
With the cloud expected to be one of the dominant themes of this year’s Las Vegas trade show and conference, Avid hailed the flexibility and agility of the cloud which Chief Executive and Chairman Louis Hernandez Jr described as “big for our industry, community and for Avid too.”
“Moving workflows onto the cloud means that you will be able to rethink your business model at a rate that you are comfortable with,” he said.
“You can reconsider your operational plans and reimagine what is possible and ultimately realise the path to participate in the future of media in a fully digitised state.”
Speaking at the Avid Connect customer, partner and press event that precedes the NAB exhibition and conference, Hernandez said Avid would take its “entire suite of applications to the cloud”.
More on the cloud: Cloud Computing and Broadcasting
To support its move to the cloud, Avid has entered into a strategic alliance with Microsoft to develop and market services aimed at the media and entertainment industry.
As part of the deal, Avid has selected Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud hosting platform for the development and launch of a range of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
Avid’s MediaCentral Platform, including video and audio editing software Media Composer and Pro Tools, will be available as on premises, private data centre or public cloud offerings.
Media Composer Cloud will be available from June, the company said.
Alongside a host of announcements about enhancements and additions to Avid’s range of software and storage products the company also announced that Media Composer First, a free version of the non-linear editing software that was first announced at NAB two years ago, will also be available in June.
The Storyteller’s Dilemma
Copies of Avid Chief Executive and Chairman Louis Hernandez Jr’s latest book The Storyteller’s Dilemma were handed out to attendees of the Avid Connect event.
Hernandez at Avid Connect
After the product announcements Hernandez signed copies of the book, which explores how media organisations can try to “overcome the challenges of the digital media age”.
The book also covers Hernandez’s efforts to change the way that Avid operates as a business and how it develops tools for the media industry.
Source: Avid
“The Storyteller’s Dilemma illustrates the effects of a technology revolution on the media industry and will help guide our community to build an innovative, creative and lucrative future that benefits everyone across the media ecosystem – from the large global media companies all the way down to the individual artists,” Hernandez said.
“In telling Avid’s own transformation story, I’m also hopeful that the complicated, challenging lessons we learned can be applicable to others in the media industry and serve as a lesson to other companies facing these same challenges.”
Oscars 2020: A closer look at the VFX award nominees
With the 2020 Academy Award nominations now announced, IBC365 looks at who is leading the way for a gong in the VFX category.
Joker and 1917 lead Oscar nominations
The full list of nominees for the 92 nd Oscars has been announced with box office hit Joker leading with 11 nominations and Sam Mendes’ first world war drama 1917 following with 10.
Industry innovators: Garrett Brown
In the latest of our Industry Innovators series looking at those who have had a major impact on the media and broadcast industry, IBC365 speaks with Garrett Brown, the inventor of Steadicam.
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album review guidelines
ALBUM: COVER TO COVER
BAND: PEZBAND
1979 (oRIGINAL RELEASE)
9/18/2019 (RE-RELEASE)
JEM RECORDS
Reviewed by nadja dee
HOP ON POWER POP ALBUM REVIEW GUIDELINES
HOP ON POWER POP does not use a Grade or Star rating system. Meaning, you won’t see an album getting 5 Stars or a B Grade.
We have decided that assigning a rating to an album is inaccurate at best. Our review of an album is highly subjective and can change over time. For example, if we listen to an album after a long exhausting day, we may not be in the mood for its particular style. But if we heard it at a party or after a delicious meal, we might rave about it because it’s hitting the spot.
How many albums have you changed your mind about over time? Do you still like the same music you listened to as a teenager? Probably not.
We wouldn’t want a give a low grade which might deter you from listening to a band’s album. If we give an album a B- or 2 & 1/2 ️️stars, you may decide to skip it. But your take on the album might be different from ours.
On the other hand, if you read our written review, then decide to skip it, you now have a
more educated assessment. Hopefully, over time, our expanded opinion is less likely to change as much as assigning it a simple grade.
We will write a written review for every album we choose to review. In addition, some albums will get spoken reviews on our HOP ON POWER POP PODCAST RADIO SHOWS, -aka- H.O.P.P. RADIO. But we can’t feature every album on our podcast as there just isn’t time. If we decide to review an album, there will always be a written review on our website.
WHAT ALBUMS WILL YOU REVIEW?
The biggest qualifier for a HOP ON POWER POP ALBUM REVIEW is the album has to be in the Power Pop genre. That means all the songs or at least a great majority of the tracks on the album must fall into the Power Pop style of music. If it doesn’t, or if there’s only one or two Power Pop songs on the album we probably won’t review it. This is a Power Pop website and not a multi-music style website.
DO YOU GIVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS?
That’s a difficult question because I personally wouldn’t trust a website that gave all glowing rave reviews. Would you? To us, it doesn’t seem honest. But while most of our reviews are favorable we are going to be honest. If we don’t care for an album we simply won’t review it. No band needs negative publicity. This could change down the line, but why would we waste our time and energy on an album we dislike? We wouldn’t be doing you or the band any good by giving them a negative review. It’s a waste of everyone’s time.
WHAT ALBUMS WON’T YOU REVIEW?
Any album in the Power Pop genre is open for review. There’s no limit to the year of its release. However, that being said, HOP ON POWER POP has decided to focus on album releases by independent bands or bands not assigned to major labels. Bands on huge, corporate labels have an entire promotional machine behind them. They don’t need our help. We are here to help shed some light on smaller bands who are trying to make good music. That doesn’t mean we won’t review an album on a major label, it just means we’re trying to help the little artist.
WHO REVIEWS THE ALBUM?
That depends on how long the queue is. In most cases, Nadja Dee, the creator behind HOP ON POWER POP will review your album. Nadja Dee tries to take an objective view of an album and make observations based on many years of listening experience. It could also be reviewed by Jessica, the co-host of the HOP ON POWER POP PODCAST. Jessica brings a young, fresh perspective to her take on music. She keeps current on what's out there in the music universe, not just in the Power Pop bubble but also other genres that criss-cross this particular category. In the future we may enlist other outside reviews to help keep up with the ever increasing demand, but for now it's just Nadja Dee & Jessica.
HOW CAN I GET MY MUSIC REVIEWED?
Send us a CD (preferred) or VINYL album. If you only have a download link, that’ll work but we prefer a physical copy, especially one with liner notes and a band bio.
In the old days, like in the times when Caveman Ringo Star rode on the backs of the dinosaurs, people used to buy vinyl, these licorice pizza looking albums. Those albums came with a huge 12” picture on the cover and inside you could read liner notes, song lyrics and even a thank you section from each member of the band. All of that, helped create an immersive environment for the listener. Today, in our modern world of music, we only get cold 1s and 0s in the form of digital downloads. Sometimes, we don’t even see a picture of the album or if we do get a picture, it’s the size of a postage stamp.
So we like CDs and we like albums. We also like to have a download so we can take your music on the road with us and see how it feels in the car, on our headphones as well as on our home stereo system.
But here’s the BIG WARNING:
We get so many requests for album reviews and promotion and it’s not easy to keep up with the demand. At the moment there’s only 2 of us running HOP ON POWER POP, myself and my partner Jessica. We both have full time jobs and lives outside of H.O.P.P. There’s only so much time and energy in a day so it’s getting less and less feasible to stay on top of all the requests.
We can take your album request, but we cannot guarantee your music will get featured or reviewed. We want to promote every Power Pop musician but it’s just not possible. If we can promote your music we will, but it may not be as speedy a turnaround as you’d like.
We will do the best we can. Remember we don’t get paid for this work, we do it for the love of Power Pop.
Let us know if you have questions and keep on Power Popping!
Nadja Dee
Purveyor of Power Pop
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Sustainable Digitization of Cultural Heritage Through CSR: Exploring Matryoshka Effects in Virtual Museum
Paolo Esposito (Sannio University, Italy) and Paolo Ricci (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Source Title: Corporate Social Responsibility for Valorization of Cultural Organizations
The enhancement of artistic and cultural heritage has been a recurrent theme in the scientific and cultural debate. It has also been in the political agenda of many countries over the past few decades. This chapter aims at highlighting the complex relationship existing between digitization aimed at improving the management and enjoyment of museums' cultural heritage. In essence, the research question (RQ) is as follows: Is the digitization of museums only an economic activity or is it rather a new form through which social responsibility can materialize? Keywords: CSR, Virtual, musealization, digital, Heritage, accountability
The research uses a case study method, which can help understand the complexities of digital heritage management, also characterized by different forms of heritage rationing that affect both current and future communities. In general, the case study method (Yin, 1995) has the dual aim of detailing the main characteristics of a phenomenon and of understanding the dynamics of a given process. From a methodological point of view, the development of a case study represents a “strategy of research that is concentrated on the comprehension of the dynamics that characterizes specific contexts” (Eisenhardt, 1989, p. 532). Qualitative approaches and forms of research in action (Fayolle, 2004; Esposito, Ricci 2014) allow the researcher to describe, explain and understand situations in context. The case study method is a valuable tool to capture different dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility in the digital heritage management, and to suggest criteria for further action (Craig, 2003).
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Hotspot In The Hot Seat: New Seismic Imaging Hundreds Of Kilometers Beneath Hawaii Alters The Picture
The Hawaiian archipelago, and its chain of active and extinct volcanoes, has long been viewed as a geological curiosity. While most volcanoes arise at the boundaries of shifting tectonic plates, the Hawaiian chain lies smack in the middle of the Pacific plate, nowhere near its borders.
Image: The National Geophysical Data Center
Now a study by researchers at MIT and Purdue University, published this week in Science, paints an unexpected picture of what’s beneath Hawaii. Using a new imaging technique adapted from uses in oil and gas exploration, MIT’s Robert van der Hilst and colleagues produced high-resolution images that peek hundreds of kilometers below the Earth’s surface.
They found a hotspot — but not where many scientists had thought it would be. Instead, the MIT team found evidence of hot mantle activity some 600 kilometers deep and 2,000 kilometers wide, in an area far west of the “Big Island” of Hawaii.
Many geologists had thought the Hawaiian Islands resulted from a stationary plume of white-hot material rising from the Earth’s lower mantle, spewing out masses of magma in fits of volcanic eruption. This theory held that the massive Pacific plate, moving slowly northwestward, carries newly formed volcanoes away from the hotspot, forming the Hawaiian island chain seen today.
According to the theory, the Big Island, the newest formation in the chain, sits directly over the blistering plume. Scientists have attempted to characterize this hotspot for decades, believing that if a plume exists, it may be a window into the Earth’s deep processes that could help quantify how the Earth loses heat from its core.
“The implication [of this new work] is that there is no simple, deep plume directly beneath Hawaii,” says Van der Hilst, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at MIT, and director of the Earth Resources Laboratory. “So the textbooks on Hawaii will have to be rewritten.”
The team developed a new deep-Earth imaging technique using seismic- and mineral-physics data to determine the temperature of the Earth at various depths. Extreme temperature profiles, they reasoned, might suggest plumes or hotspots.
Seismic waves travel through the Earth’s interior at speeds that are primarily influenced by temperature: The higher the temperature, the slower the waves. For years, seismologists have used seismic wave speeds to create — much like CAT scans — 3-D views of the Earth’s internal structure. This tomographic technique works well near earthquake sites or below vast networks of seismographic sensors. But Hawaii, as Van der Hilst observes, is in a no-man’s land of seismic data, far from any tectonic upheaval and adequate seismograph arrays.
Van der Hilst — along with co-authors Qin Cao, an MIT graduate student; mineral physicist Dan Shim, associate professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences at MIT; and Maarten de Hoop of Purdue University — came up with a new technique, combining seismic data and mineral physics to map temperatures in the Earth’s mantle. The team first collected all available seismic data from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Data Management Center, based in Seattle, which collects and distributes seismic information to the research community. This amounted to more than 100,000 records of seismic waves from more than 5,000 earthquakes in the last 20 years. Much of the data came from the so-called “Ring of Fire,” a massive horseshoe of seismic and volcanic activity surrounding the entirety of the Pacific Ocean.
The team then modified a technique used in the oil and gas industry. Typically, companies such as Shell and Exxon Mobil create seismic shocks, and then listen to the echoes that bounce back. The seismic reflection creates a map of the underlying rock compositions, and clues to where oil and gas might lie.
Instead of creating shocks, Van der Hilst’s team took advantage of Earth’s natural shocks — earthquakes — and analyzed seismic waves as they reflected off the rocks underneath Hawaii. By analyzing seismic reflections, the team determined mineral compositions at various depths, noting the boundaries at which minerals changed. Knowing at which pressures and temperatures such boundaries occur in laboratory simulations, they were able to map out the temperatures deep beneath Hawaii.
Seismic shift
Cao, the lead author of the study, developed an algorithm that worked the massive amount of seismic data into deep-Earth temperature maps, revealing the newfound hotspot west of Hawaii. Van der Hilst says the discovery of this 2,000-kilometer-wide anomaly refutes the popular theory of a narrow, pipe-like plume rising straight up to Hawaii from the core-mantle boundary — a finding he anticipates will shake up the geodynamical and geochemical communities studying mantle convection.
Yang Shen, a professor of seismology and marine geophysics at the University of Rhode Island, says the new imaging technique provides much higher-resolution images of the Earth’s mantle than previous techniques, and may change the conventional wisdom on Hawaii’s hotspots.
“The observation is intriguing because it does not fit nicely within the current plume model,” Shen says. “So I think the paper will force us to rethink … mantle plumes and convection.”
Cao is now refining the mapping algorithm, and plans to make it accessible to other researchers in the next few months. As countries set up more earthquake monitors in the coming years, Van der Hilst says the new imaging technique will allow seismologists to draw up higher-resolution images of deep-Earth processes.
“I think this could be the technique of the future,” Van der Hilst says. “The receiver networks are exploding, and in the next five to 10 years we can probably do even more spectacular things.”
Source: Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
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Martin Jetpack Soars to 5000 Feet With Jetson, The Crash Dummy
To demonstrate flight high above the ground and the concept of the ballistic parachute as an emergency safety system, the Martin Jetpack was flown to around 1500m (5000ft), brought down from this height and an off-the-shelf ballistic parachute was deployed.The aircraft was flown by James Bowker via radio control in a chasing helicopter - also demonstrating the ability of the technology to apply to UAV applications. Glenn Martin spent 30 years working on the Martin Jetpack, which is now in the final stages of research and development.
Jetson, Martin Aircraft Company's weighted dummy was on board, and the parachute was placed out front for visibility and weight balancing.The video features inventor Glenn Martin and RC pilot James Bowker. The jetpack ascended initially at 4m/s (800ft/min) and the climb took about 6 minutes. The parachute was deployed at around 3000ft above ground level. The aircraft sustained some damage on impact, but we would expect that it is likely a pilot would have walked away from this emergency landing. The total flight was just under 10 minutes.
James flies the Martin Jetpack by radio control. This is part of a flight that lasted more than 7 minutes, a record for the jetpack.
They use Jetson, their weighted dummy in the aircraft to provide the mass to represent a pilot. The control system of the jetpack has been computer limited to slow speeds and climb rates at this stage of testing.
Source: Martin Aircraft Company
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Lucerne's bid for 2021 Winter Universiade presented to the media
Lucerne’s bid for the 2021 Winter Universiade has been presented to the media ahead of its evaluation by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) next month.
The presentation was made by a delegation including the Swiss city’s councillor Ursula Stämmer-Horst and cantonal councillors Guido Graf and Niklaus Bleiker.
Completing the line-up was Andreas Csonka, President of the Swiss University Sports Federation, and Urs Hunkeler, head of the Bidding Committee, which presented its slogan: "Welcome home!".
It is claimed the slogan refers to the hospitality that is said to have made Central Switzerland internationally famous and to the fact that winter sports have a long tradition in the region.
As early as 1900, people from throughout Europe met in Central Switzerland to ski and the Bidding Committee is looking to continue that tradition.
With a budget of CHF33.5 million (£23 million/$32.7 million/€30.2 million) and an expected added value of approximately CHF70 million (£48 million/$68.4 million/€63.2 million), the bid is considered an investment in the national promotion of sport, the local trade as well as in Central Switzerland's tourism.
It is also hoped it will enhance the city’s reputation as a centre for education and culture.
The Lucerne 2021 Bidding Committee presented its slogan: "Welcome home!" ©FISU
Lucerne appears extremely likely to become the first Swiss city to host the Winter Universiade for 59 years as they are currently the only bidder.
FISU plans to evaluate the bid, which was officially lodged earlier this month, during a special visit from February 10 until 12.
Providing it meets all of FISU's criteria, the ruling Executive Committee are expected to formally award the Games to Lucerne at its meeting in Brussels on March 5.
There will be nine sports on the programme under Lucerne's proposal including Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, freestyle snowboarding, ice hockey and short track speed skating.
Alpine skiing would be held at Stoos, which is located at the foot of the Fronalpstock mountain on a sunny Alpine plateau of the same name about 1,300 metres above Lake Lucerne.
The last time Switzerland hosted the Winter Universiade was in Villars in 1962 when 332 athletes from 23 countries took part.
The next Winter Universiade is due to take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in 2017.
The 2019 edition has been awarded to Krasnoyarsk in Russia.
January 2016: Switzerland set to host Winter Universiade for first time in 59 years as Lucerne submit official bid for 2021
September 2014: Lucerne pin hopes on financial support from Swiss Government for 2021 Winter Universiade bid
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Judicial Fortitude
The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State
Peter J. Wallison
Published: New York: Encounter Books. 2018
Pages: xxv, 189
Reviewed by: Michael C. Munger, Duke University
Kindle Hardcover
At its most fundamental level, this is a book about judicial review. There is always a conflict in conservative writing about jurisprudence, where “judicial activism” is decried, while at the same time there are calls for vigorous (meaning judicially active) policing of legislative and administrative overreach. One can reconcile this apparent contradiction by saying that judicial activism is when the court extends legislation beyond the intent of the Congress, and judicial review simply strikes down the constitutionally proscribed actions of Congress, but both kinds of judicial pursuits are “active.”
Wallison’s thesis is that agencies systematically expand the mandate they receive in enabling or chartering statutes. He argues (as Justice Clarence Thomas has claimed) that the nature of the delegation of authority should be understood as the letter of those statues, not what bureaucrats (or, for that matter, courts) believe they can divine about the nebulous larger “intent” of the legislature. Of course, the Congress could always slap down the agency, or clarify what was meant in the original statute. But it is implausible to expect the ponderous (and in recent years, largely broken) process of lawmaking to be the source of adjudication of the narrow specifics of disputes over statutory language that may be decades old.
We do have a constitutional venue for dispute resolution: the courts. And when there is a dispute over the meaning of a statute, the process of resolving the disagreement, or the protest about overreach, is handled by the courts. But what about disputes over the meaning of regulations promulgated by federal entities themselves created by statute and exercising delegated authority? Administrative law courts created by those agencies provide only a limited forum for such appeals, because those courts take the regulations as given and adjudicate disputes over whether the rules have been violated. What if you think the rules themselves are illegitimate?
Wallison calls for the courts to exhibit the “fortitude” (as in his title) to exercise their constitutional authority and hold back “runaway bureaucracy.” A word of explanation: runaway bureaucracy is not a quote from Wallison, but rather from such literature as Barry Weingast and Mark Moran, “The Myth of Runaway Bureaucracy: The Case of the FTC,” Regulation May/June 1982, 33–36, Matthew McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz, “Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms,” American Journal of Political Science, February 1984, 165–179, and Mathew McCubbins, Roger Noll, and Barry Weingast, “Politics and the Courts: A Positive Theory of Judicial Doctrine and the Rule of Law,” Southern California Law Review, 1995, 68: 1631. This topic was thoroughly discussed in the administrative law and political science literatures in the 1980s and 1990s. Wallison is quite fair in his treatment of this literature, as he ignores absolutely all of it. It’s as if this is an entirely new question. I suppose one can excuse this because the conclusion of the “runaway bureaucracy” literature was that the system benefits elected officials, but does not benefit voters. Since Wallison is looking for a general solution, it is fair to focus on the courts. Still, I found the omission jarring.
In any case, the solution Wallison looks to is judicial review. Of course, the origins of judicial review are complex; John Marshall managed to establish the doctrine that the court could nullify statutes that violated the legislative jurisdiction set out by Constitution, but just what that meant has never been clear. One famous version was written out by Loius Boudin:
[The Supreme Court] has no general power of declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional, and ... the source of that power lies in ... the necessity of doing justice to individuals and of securing to them their rights against the tyrannical acts of Congress and other legislatures. But the stream cannot rise above its source; the power cannot extend beyond the necessity which creates it. That much the Supreme Court ... [must] vehemently assert. As they must, in order to escape the charge of usurpation. (Government by Judiciary, Louis Boudin, New York: William Godwin, 1932; p. 21. Emphasis in the original).
Courts check the elected branches of government. In the U.S. system, the judicial check is in some ways balanced by powers possessed by the other branches, so that the power of the courts is far from absolute. But there is a paradox, identified by John Hart Ely (Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review, 1980; Cambridge: Harvard University Press, pp. 4–5):
When a court invalidates an act of the political branches on constitutional grounds, however, it is overruling judgment [of the Congress], and normally doing so in a way that is not subject to “correction” by the ordinary law-making process. Thus, the central function, and the central problem, of judicial review: a body that is not elected or otherwise politically responsible in any significant way is telling the people’s elected representatives that they cannot govern as they’d like.
The paradox is this: if unelected judges can prevent elected representatives from governing “as they’d like,” then why can’t judges rule as they’d like? A big part of the answer is deference; the courts must defer. One notion of deference is the “rational basis” doctrine, famously articulated by Oliver Wendell Holmes in his “lost-the-battle, but-not-the-war” dissent in Lochner. Holmes said:
“the word ‘liberty,’ in the 14th Amendment, is perverted when it is held to prevent the natural outcome of a dominant opinion, unless it can be said that a rational and fair man necessarily would admit that the statute proposed would infringe fundamental principles as they have been understood by the traditions of our people and our law.”
Since, as Holmes is at pains to make clear, all that is necessary for a basis to be “rational” is that a majority happens to have that view, this is hard to square with language like that in the First Amendment— “Congress will make no law ...” It doesn’t say, “Congress will make no law ... unless a majority happens to support the law, and then Congress can do whatever it wants.”
There has been an analogous, though even more strained, doctrine of deference to rules and administrative law promulgated by the main bureaucratic departments and “independent” federal agencies of the U.S. government. After all, far and away most of the rules and regulations that govern our lives are the (possibly toxic) emissions of the administrative state, not elected officials. The authority to make administrative law is delegated, with an enabling or chartering statute giving instructions, but also transferring what in Europe is called “competence,” meaning the legal authorization, to make binding rules.
The question then is, what is the status of these rules? Can they be challenged? And if so, on what basis? Wallison notes (and his chapter on this is the best explanation I’ve seen) that since 1984 the courts have adapted “Chevron deference” (after the Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council decision). Chevron deference is the principle that courts, including the Supreme Court should (under the doctrine, must) avoid questioning interpretations of statutes by administrative agencies as long as those interpretations are “reasonable.”
As I noted above, Chevron deference is analogous to the “rational basis” deference the courts have adopted with respect to review of actual statutes, but now applied to administrative procedures. Such a view is on the opposite end of the spectrum from “strict scrutiny.” The Chevron deference doctrine in effect places the burden on anyone who would want to challenge a rule. Provided the rule was promulgated in a way that is procedurally valid, the courts defer. All the agency has to show is that the law is reasonable. Yes, there are many reasonable interpretations of the enabling statute, and in the case of a vague or incomplete statute these interpretations may contain new powers that were never mentioned in the statute. But the agency can choose from among all the reasonable interpretations, and then according to Chevron (which Wallison says should be called the “easy delegation” rule) that interpretation is legally privileged, and presumptively correct.
Wallison’s point is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Congress could be clearer (but as the McCubbins, Noll, and Weingast’s work has shown, this is not actually in the interest of particular members or even party leadership), or the courts could limit or overturn Chevron deference, and all the other accumulated constitutional midrashim that is used to protect agency discretion. And, to be fair, it’s not either/or. Wallison is providing a sensible, and well-argued, case for at least a marginal reevaluation of federal judicial attitudes toward the presumptive wisdom of the administrative state. I really can’t argue with that.
Michael C. Munger
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The Tale of a Dog (Paperback)
By Tom Geddes, Lars Gustafsson, Tom Geddes (Translated by)
New Directions, 9780811213950
The judge and protagonist of this roman noir is Erwin Caldwell. The year is 1992, and the rivers in and around rain-soaked Austin are flooding their banks. The life of the city is thrown into confusion, and Judge Caldwell, a comfortably married man for thirty years, has an affair with the owner of a small bookstore. His stepdaughter returns home after being denied tenure at Harvard, her little boy in tow, and Judge Caldwell learns of the death of drowning of the Dutch philosopher-semanticist Jan van de Rouwers, revered by a generation of Texas university students. Murder or suicide? Van de Rouwers has been discovered to have been not a World War II Resistance fighter as supposed, but a Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite apologist. Caldwell, who is Jewish, ponders the disconcerting turns of history and life in Texas. And what does this all have to do with a dog? Thereby hangs the tale...
Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific poets.
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Three Book Sebald Set (Paperback)
The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Vertigo
By W. G. Sebald, Michael Hulse (Translated by)
New Directions, 9780811226424, 816pp.
The masterworks of W. G. Sebald, now in gorgeous new covers by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund
New Directions is delighted to announce beautiful new editions of these three classic Sebald novels, including his two greatest works, The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn. All three novels are distinguished by their translations, every line of which Sebald himself made pitch-perfect, slaving to carry into English all his essential elements: the shadows, the lambent fallings-back, nineteenth-century Germanic undertones, tragic elegiac notes, and his unique, quiet wit.
W. G. Sebald was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Vertigo, Austerlitz, After Nature, On the Natural History of Destruction, Unrecounted and Campo Santo.
Michael Hulse is an English translator, critic, and poet. Hulse has translated more than sixty books from the German.
Praise For Three Book Sebald Set: The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Vertigo…
Think of Sebald as memory’s Einstein.
— Richard Eder
Sebald is a thrilling, original writer. He makes narration a state of investigative bliss.
— W. S. Di Piero
One of contemporary literature’s most transformative figures: utterly unique. His books combine memoir, fiction, travelogue, history, and biography in the crucible of his haunting prose style to create a strange new literary compound. Susan Sontag, in a 2000 essay in the Times Literary Supplement, asked whether ‘literary greatness [was] still possible’. She concluded that ‘one of the few answers available to English-language readers is the work of W. G. Sebald.’ The books are fascinating for the way they inhabit their own self-determined genre, but that’s not ultimately why they are essential reading. There is a moral magnitude and a weary, melancholy wisdom in Sebald’s writing that transcends the literary and attains something like an oracular register. Reading him feels like being spoken to in a dream.
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Pipe being used for the Trans Mountain pipeline. Undated. (Trans Mountain Corp.)
B.C. First Nations drop out of court challenge, sign deals with Trans Mountain
Upper Nicola Band says deal represents a ‘significant step forward’
Two First Nations in B.C.’s Interior that had been part of a court challenge against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have reversed course and signed deals with the Crown corporation.
The Upper Nicola Band and Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc dropped out of the Federal Court of Appeal litigation, leaving four B.C. First Nations to fight the case.
The Upper Nicola says in a joint news release with Trans Mountain on Friday that its deal represents a “significant step forward” toward addressing environmental, archaeological and cultural heritage concerns.
It says the agreement provides resources to support its active involvement in emergency response and monitoring while also helping avoid and mitigate impacts on the band’s interests and stewardship areas.
A news release from Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc says its leadership came together and determined an agreement could be a tool used as part of a larger strategy to protect its cultural, spiritual and historical connections to the land.
WATCH: Protesters lock themselves to Washington port to block Trans Mountain pipeline shipment
Trans Mountain spokeswoman Ali Hounsell says the two bands dropped out of the court challenge last week after continued discussions with the corporation.
“The conversations we had, understanding what their concerns were, seeing where we could address them, ultimately led to their decision to withdraw their participation in the Federal Court of Appeal,” she says in an interview.
Upper Nicola Chief Harvey McLeod says in the news release the band’s negotiating team came up with the “best deal” possible under the circumstances.
“The bottom line is that the consultation process needs to change,” he says. “We still have a number of significant issues that must be addressed directly with Canada.”
The band continues to hold Canada to a consent-based approach consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, he adds.
The four remaining Indigenous groups involved in the court challenge against Trans Mountain are the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Nations in Metro Vancouver, the Coldwater Indian Band in Merritt and a coalition of small First Nations in the Fraser Valley.
The court has ruled that upcoming arguments can only focus on whether the latest round of Indigenous consultation was adequate.
Last week, the Tsleil-Waututh and three environmental groups sought leave to appeal that ruling in the Supreme Court of Canada, claiming the Federal Court was wrong to refuse to hear arguments about the risk of an oil spill or threats to endangered southern killer whales.
William Griffin arrested in Houston homicide
B.C. wildlife experts urge hunters to switch ammo to stop lead poisoning in birds
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Measuring Calcium Buildup Is a Better Way to Predict Heart Disease in Those With Chronic Kidney Disease, Study Finds
Calcium buildup in the coronary arteries of chronic kidney disease patients may be a strong indicator of heart disease risk, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health assert that coronary calcium outperforms two other commonly used measures of subclinical atherosclerosis in predicting the risk of heart disease among individuals with kidney disease.
Approximately 50 percent of all patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) die from cardiovascular disease, but some previous studies concluded that conventional risk factors for predicting heart disease — such as blood pressure and lipid levels — were not as useful in CKD patients.
Kunihiro Matsushita, MD, PhD, an assistant scientist in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Epidemiology, and his colleagues, decided to investigate whether other tests might be more helpful in predicting cardiovascular disease in those with CKD. They compared three measures of atherosclerosis — calcium levels within blood vessel walls, the thickness of the carotid artery walls, and narrowing of arteries in the legs. Although the amount of coronary calcium is a potent predictor of heart disease in the general population, Matsushita says it wasn’t clear whether it would be as useful in people with CKD. The kidneys help regulate the body’s calcium levels, and individuals with CKD often have an altered calcium metabolism, which researchers were concerned could influence the usefulness of calcium in the coronary artery walls as a predictor of heart disease. Coronary calcium levels are determined by computer tomography (CT).
The study included 6,553 adults in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis between the ages of 45 and 84 years who did not have prior cardiovascular disease; 1,284 of them had CKD. After eight years, 650 cardiovascular events (coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and peripheral artery disease) occurred, with 236 of the events occurring in those with CKD. Looking back, the researchers determined that calcium buildup was more accurate in correctly determining CKD patients’ risk of cardiovascular disease (especially coronary heart disease and heart failure), than measures of thickening of the carotid artery walls or narrowing of arteries in the legs.
“Our research is important since it assures the usefulness of coronary artery calcium for better cardiovascular disease prediction in persons with CKD, a population at high risk for cardiovascular disease but with potential caveats for the use of traditional risk factors,” noted Matsushita.
“Subclinical Atherosclerosis Measures for Cardiovascular Prediction in CKD” was written by Kunihiro Matsushita, Yingying Sang, Shoshana Ballew, Michael Shlipak, Ronit Katz, Sylvia E. Rosas, Carmen A. Peralta, Mark Woodward, Holly J. Kramer, David R. Jacobs, Mark J. Sarnak, and Josef Coresh.
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was supported by contracts with the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and grants from the NIH’s National Center for Research Resources (UL1-RR-024156 and UL1-RR-025005).
Media contacts for Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Jonathan Eichberger at 410-502-5494 or je@jhu.edu and Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-7619 or sdesmon1@jhu.edu.
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Epigenetic study bolsters understanding of Alzheimer's
Epigenetic changes affect the expression or activity of genes without changing the underlying DNA sequence and are believed to be one mechanism by which the environment can interact with the genome. Importantly, epigenetic changes are potentially reversible and may therefore provide targets for the development of new therapies.
Globally, more than 26 million people are currently affected by Alzheimer’s disease. As this number grows in line with an increasingly aging population, the need to identify new disease mechanisms is more important than ever. Post-mortem examinations have revealed much about how Alzheimer’s damages the brain, with some regions, such as the entorhinal cortex, being particularly susceptible, while others, such as the cerebellum, remain virtually unscathed. However, little is yet known about how and why the disease develops in specific brain regions.
The current study found that chemical modifications to DNA within the ANK1 gene are strongly associated with measures of neuropathology in the brain. The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, found that people with more Alzheimer’s disease-related neuropathology in their brains had higher levels of DNA modifications within the ANK1 gene. The finding was particularly strong in the entorhinal cortex, and also detected in other cortical regions affected by the disease. In contrast, no significant changes were observed in less affected brain regions or blood.
Professor Jonathan Mill, from the Psychiatric Epigenetics Group at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London, and the University of Exeter Medical School, who headed the study, said: “This is the strongest evidence yet to suggest that epigenetic changes in the brain occur in Alzheimer’s disease, and offers potential hope for understanding the mechanisms involved in the onset of dementia. We don’t yet know why these changes occur – it’s possible that they are involved in disease onset, but they may also reflect changes induced by the disease itself.”
Dr Katie Lunnon, first author on the study, from the University of Exeter Medical School, added: “It’s intriguing that we find changes specifically in the regions of the brain involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Future studies will focus on isolating different cell-types from the brain to see whether these changes are neuron-specific.”
Dr Simon Ridley, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, who also provided funding for the study said: “We know that changes to the DNA code of certain genes are associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Investigating how epigenetic changes influence genes in Alzheimer’s is still a relatively new area of study. The importance of understanding this area of research is highlighted by the fact that epigenetic changes have been associated with development of other diseases, including cancer.
“This innovative research has discovered a potential new mechanism involved in Alzheimer’s by linking the ANK1 gene to the disease. We will be interested to see further research into the role of ANK1 in Alzheimer’s and whether other epigenetic changes may be involved in the disease.”
The international research team used cutting-edge technology to examine brain tissue from different areas of the brain across three cohorts – the MRC London Brain Bank for Neurodegenerative Disease at King’s, the Oxford Thomas Willis Brain Bank, and the Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease and Schizophrenia Brain Bank. They analysed three cortical regions, cerebellum, and blood obtained from several hundred individuals representing the spectrum of disease; from those with no evidence of dementia and neurodegeneration, through to patients with very advanced disease.
The research was primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of its Epigenomics Roadmap Initiative.
Paper reference: Mill, J. et al. ‘Methylomic profiling implicates cortical deregulation of ANK1 in Alzheimer’s disease’ published in Nature Neuroscience doi: 10.1038/nn.3782
For further information, please contact Seil Collins, Press Officer, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, tel: (+44) 0207 848 5377 or email: seil.collins@kcl.ac.uk
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Christmas parades coming to town
By Jerrie Whiteley, Herald Democrat
Nov 28, 2019 at 12:01 AM Nov 28, 2019 at 2:55 PM
Now that December has arrived, Christmas is just around the corner and area cities and towns are getting into the spirit of the holiday with parades and other city-wide events. Please find below some information on a few of the area parades and other events planned to welcome the season of cheer and joy.
On Dec. 3. Collinsville’s annual tree lighting and Christmas on the Square will feature a chili supper, live music, and pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
On Dec. 5, the city of Denison will host its 85th Christmas parade. The theme for the parade will be “Winter Wonderland, A Christmas Celebration.” The parade begins at 6:15 p.m. A post by the Denison Chamber of Commerce says that Denison’s first Christmas parade was held on Dec. 7, 1934.
Denison Chamber President Diana Theall said there will be approximately 100 entrants in the parade including a number of bands. She said the parade route will change a little bit this year due to the fire in downtown in October. The route will jog around that block and end up back on track. People, she said, will still be able to get to Heritage Park, but the 300 block will be blocked off to vehicle traffic.
Whitesboro will also hold their annual salute to Christmas on Dec. 5. Whitesboro Chamber of Commerce Executive Director LaDonna Milner said the event will begin with live music in the median on Main Street with Southern Sonlight Quartet, Mary Faye Jackson, Bev McCann, Jim Sheldon and Trumpter Paul Terrell. There will be seating available. At 5:30 p.m. the free carriage rides will begin. The tree lighting starts at 6 p.m. and the parade begins at 6:30 p.m. The theme for this year’s parade is Merry and Bright and the line up will be at Otis and College streets. The Whitesboro Community Choir will provide seasonal music at the First United Methodist Church starting at 7 p.m. At that same time, the live nativity will take place at the corner of Center and Main streets. Downtown stores will be open late for shopping and Santa will be on hand for visits and refreshments. There will be a free gift drawing at 7:30 p.m.
The city of Sherman’s parade will take place on Dec. 7 and this year’s theme is “Christmas in the Movies” and it promises to bring out a memories and feels from the crowd. Sherman Tourism Manager Sarah McRae said there are generally about 100 entrants in the city’s Christmas parade and that will include a number of bands. She said the parade will begin at 6 p.m. and the line up will start at 4 p.m. In between, she said, judges will be faced with the arduous task of picking the best float and other awards which will be announced during the parade. She said this year the announcers for the parade will watch from the deck at Fullbelli’s.
The city of Pottsboro will welcome the holiday season with a tree lighting event on Dec. 12. The fun will start in Friendship Park at 5:30 p.m. with a tree lighting and a visit from someone who lives way up North and dresses all in red. Those who attend the event will have the opportunity to purchase hot chocolate and coffee from a gourmet food truck and several businesses in the city will be open late for shopping.
Howe’s Christmas Parade and Rockin Around the Christmas Tree celebration will take place on Dec. 14 starting at 4:30 p.m.
Van Alstyne will also toast the holiday season with its Christmas parade on Dec. 14. The event will start at 2 p.m. This year’s theme is “Christmas Town.” The parade line up will begin at 1 p.m.
Tom Bean’s parade also takes place on Dec. 14, but is a morning event. Line up at 10:30 and parade starts at 11 a.m.
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The Jewish Town that Was Destroyed
by Yerucham HaLevi–Kopiec of Tel Aviv
Translated from Hebrew by Jerrold Landau
There are fruits that ripen in the middle of the summer, and there are fruits that ripen only in the late autumn. There are flowers that blossom in their full beauty during the spring, and there are flowers that display their beauty when the breath of winter can already be felt.
So too the garden of childhood, from which we have already been expelled, opens its gates for us with childhood memories that are always precious to us. Now, they elicit great love from us in our era, the era of the worst atrocities within the history of martyrology of the People of Israel.
We are the children and siblings of those who suffered the tortures of hell and who were murdered with hellish deaths; those forced into ghettos and death camps and who were cast into pits and bushes poisoned with the venom of the snakes of Europe; those into whom the human beasts of the land of Germany – the land in which the cradle of culture and spirit stood – stuck their monstrous talons.
From the time that news of the annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe began to arrive, the thought arose to set up a memorial monument to both the great ones of the nation and the simple folk; to a Jewish town in which we saw pure
warmhearted people of pure faith – people with pious souls, souls that we all know, and with whom we were raised.
In those day, the childhood years – we lived in the era of the Garden of Eden. Our childhood cradle stood in the Jewish town before we ate of the Tree of Knowledge and discovered that we were naked, before we knew the stormy sea of life. At that time, did we know to pay attention and understand the life in the small town? During difficult days, childhood memories rooted in a Jewish town float before us. At that time, how great are the rays of light and warmth that penetrate our hearts!
Then, when we were children, our small world was full of content and change. Now, we see those days with their full splendor and glory, with the power to awaken within us deep experiences and strong longing.
The cheder in which we studied, in which we were raised and spent the days of our childhood – how many pleasant feelings enter our hearts as we remember it.
The new generation that did not know the cheder, the romanticism in it, and only looks at the external form, the “shell” rather than the “content” is astonished with us as we speak of these “strange” things and express these “unusual” feelings of our hearts.
If we look at the Jewish family life of the town, we uncover love, dedication, wholesomeness, and the ideal life. Unconsciously, the call bursts forth from your heart: How much light, joy, and festivity exalts the soul.
It is difficult for us to portray on paper the full image of the Jewish town. It is impossible to describe in a plastic manner the town; whose soul was greater than its body and whose content exceeded its externals. The joy of commandments in the town, how much sublime beauty can one find there. When we look into it, we see a broad portrait of local Jewish life. The simple, natural life of the Jewish street had not yet been disrupted by inter–generational battles.
After we survey it and see the special importance and greatness f the Jewish town in various realms of life, we understand that we have exited from one world into another, from the world of the past to the word that is springing forth from the ruins
of the previous world, the world of yesterday. This exit was not due to a rebellion against the former, the old, but rather due to the paths of life that opened before us.
This is like a person who leaves his parental home to go afar. On the porch, he turns around and gives a final glance, a long, focused glance, a glance of longing, a glance suffused with pain and grief over the house inside, in which the memories of early childhood remain, for imprints of life that once was, and is no longer.
Czyzewo – One Among Many
By Pinchas Frydman of Ramat Gan
It was a pure Jewish town, one of many in the Diaspora of Poland.
Before me pass the days of my youth, the time that I spent among all those noble personalities who placed their stamp upon the character of the town.
I wish to recall two unique individuals who influenced me and others like me. The first is Reb Yechiel Asher Prawda, may G–d avenge his blood.
He was my teacher and guide in the doctrine of Zionism. He was one of the few progressive people in our town and our generation, “the final generation of slavery, and the first for redemption.” He was a scholarly Jew, a scion of a Hassidic family. He observed the commandments of G–d faithfully, and with a pure heart. He was the first founder and chief spokesman of Mizrachi in our town. He gathered around him Beis Midrash youth who were seeking new horizons, and brought them into the concept of Zionism. He had a strong belief in the justice of his path. He was the living example of an activist with many activities. He was of clean hands and upright heart. He gathered crowds in public and preached to them on the topic of the redemption of the Land. He comported himself in the manner of the early Hassidim who never concerned themselves with their private affairs. He neglected all his private affairs and dedicated himself to communal needs with no thought of receiving remuneration. He was always ready to help and guide, even when he was overly busy. His opponents caused him pain on more than one occasion, and he accepted everything with love. He was revered by his friends who expressed love and appreciation to him. He dreamed all his days of aliya to the Land of Israel, and did not merit… He remained in the vale of murder. May G–d avenge his blood.
Reb Moshe Herszman, may G–d avenge his blood.
The Tzadik, the young son of my revered teacher Reb Baruch Melamed, should be remembered eternally. He was a noble young man graced with a progressive spirit. A mysterious spirit covered his face. He went into seclusion, dreamed, and prophesied discretely. He was a Hassid of Kock. His entire essence spoke, “G–d is the L–rd, and there is no other than Him.”
We worshipped together in the Hassidic House. His preparation for prayers took longer than the entire public prayer service. He would mention the elder Admor of Kock with awe during his conversations. It was as if he stripped off his materialism and fluttered in the
heights. His face was pale even without this. He would become even more pale as he overflowed with Hassidic words. In his opinion, this is what brought the fire to ignite the hidden point in the heart of every Jew, so that he will sense the truth of “There is none other than He.”
I wanted to know other paths…
I did not add understanding… but I always revered that noble soul from previous generations that dwelled in the pure body of that youth.
My Town on Weekdays and Festivals
By Aharon Jablonka of Tel Aviv
The town of Czyzewo is situated on the railway line from Warsaw to Vilna, 70 kilometers from Białystok, and not far from the vale of murder in Treblinka, the furnace of destruction and annihilation.
As a neighbor of tens of similar towns scattered along the bustling railway line, Czyzewo was also connected to all those who found their paths to the central cities of the country such as far–off Warsaw, Łódź, and Danzig, as well as to the Jewish centers such as Białystok, Baranovich, and Vilna on the other side of the line.
Only two kilometers separated between the houses of the town and the railway station – between the quiet, idyllic town and the railway tracks upon which trains led by engines plied the lines day and night, with their echoing, elongated whistles. They frightened the town and left black billows of smoke in the air that could have affected the lungs of the townsfolk, had it not been for the fresh winds that blew them in all directions.
Czyzewo was a small town. Most of its houses were wooden, built in the village style of that day. Most were one story high. Their ample gardens were covered with wooden shingles handmade by the expert in that craft in the town
and the district, Reb Yankel Pesha–Yutes, or as he was called by others, “Yankel the Dreier” or “Yankel the Rebbe's.”
The houses were crowded and paired up next to each other. Their common walls embraced each other. When we would look up to the rows of houses and buildings, it would seem to us that even the few that were built on the streets surrounded by fences with spaces between them were leaning over in order to connect to each other, as if they wanted to move themselves by force, to crowd together more, and to close up the breaches, thereby leaving no empty space between them, to live together in accordance with the adage “two are better than one”[1]. It was as if they wanted to join forces in the wake of the storms and thunder, to put up a strong stand, so that they will never be uprooted from the world of the living. It was as if the walls felt sensed some sort of mysterious sense of the future – of the destruction that would take place.
Several new, modern, two or three story, stone houses stood up straight among the low houses in the center of the city. They stood out as children of giants, as Nephilim[2]. They prided themselves in a haughty manner above all the houses of the town.
The house of Reb Zevulun Grosbard stood at the corner of the railway station (Kalia Gasse) at the end of the row of houses. He ran his coffee house and inn from that house.
The wagon drivers and porters of the town set up their place in it and around it. Reb Zevulun was a quiet, modest man, and a scholar. He was the town administrator, and in the final years before the Holocaust, also the head of the community. He was held in honor and appreciation by all strata of the town population. Fate fell specifically to him to be the one who ran an inn that catered primarily to the wagon drivers and porters. It was specifically him who was forced to listen to the words of their mouths throughout the day until a late hour at night, and to pretend that he was “not listening.”
Two covered towers in the middle of the marketplace in the center of town formed the business center. The bustle due to an abundance of business was not particularly great. The shopkeepers were free to stand outside alone or in small groups to wait for a customer, or to engage in a brief conversation on some topic between customers – on daughters who reached marriageable age and for whom a match must be found, on sons studying in Yeshivos in far–off towns and who have already reached marriageable age. From family matters, they would move on to general world matters, current events of the town, commentary on the days news of the country or of the world – to didactic discussions on Torah, Hassidic stories, one of the jokes of Reb Yudel Wapniak with the sense of humor, or, a witticism of Reb Mendel Yisrael–Shlomo's, the wise man of the town. The latter was a professional arbitrator who would straighten out and resolve all the disputes of the townsfolk. However, when a customer appeared from afar, the conversation would end, and the group would immediately disband.
Our town appeared as a small, grey community during the six weekdays. However, in truth, a special feeling could be felt, of tradition and piety along with alertness to what was taking pace in the study halls. In later years, the worshippers of the Hassidic prayer halls also opened a large window in the heavy, rusty iron gates that closed them off. They carefully followed the national struggle that was taking place and had conquered thousands of Jewish communities throughout Poland in its storm. Many of their sons later became the builders and actualizers within the young, national camp that arose within this bustling Jewry. Despite the constant dispute between the Hassidim and Misgagdim [opponents of Hassidism], as well as internal struggles within Hassidism, the residents lived
under one roof, with one city rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel David Zabludower, whose influential personality intervened and solved every dispute and struggle.
The Jews of the community of Czyzewo forged a well–rooted Jewish way of life for themselves. Aside from the study of Torah, they occupied themselves in benevolent deeds, giving of charity in a discrete fashion, and especially in tending to guests.
Tens of poor guests from the scattered towns always appeared at the Beis Midrash and Hassidic houses of worship on Sabbath eves. They would stand silently around the porcelain ovens or lean against the western wall, with thoughts about their family members whom they were forced to leave behind, for they did not have enough money to buy them even a dry morsel of bread. They were wondering if they would be invited to a Sabbath meal. In the end, however, these suspicions were for naught, for the gabbaim [trustees] concerned themselves with this matter while it was still day. While there was still time, they recorded the number of guests in the Beis Midrashes and shtibels. This endeavor was a full partnership, natural and devoid of any anger. It broke down the barriers between Hassidim and misnagdim, and between Hassidim of Gur, Aleksander, and others. A single, unified spirit pulsated in the hearts of everybody.
The service of welcoming of the Sabbath concluded, and the worshippers would return to their houses. The Jews of Czyzewo strolled peacefully though the quiet streets of the town, with their children and guests accompanying them at their side. Almost every householder was accompanied by a guest. They appeared as children of angels, as literal angels – for “this day is honored about all days, for the Rock of the Worlds rested on it.”[3]
The two dear, sublime images of Reb Zanwil Edelsztajn and Reb Berish Frydman, may their memories be a blessing, stood out above them all. They were always the last to exit from the house of worship after the Sabbath eve service. This was due to the concern lest a guest be forgotten and left behind without being invited to a Sabbath meal. Then, they would be prepared to host them in addition to their other guests. The number of guests was no issue at all. It was as if the walls of the houses expanded themselves at the beginning of the Sabbath to enable the hosting of any number of guests. It was as if the walls were making efforts to take part in the commandment of hosting guests, thereby exalting the Sabbath Queen.
Apparently, Czyzewo was a town like hundreds of other such towns in the country, devoid of horizons and depth. It did not have a Yeshiva or a gymnasja [high school]. Therefore, many of the youth left and wandered to distant places of Torah, whereas those who remained were forced to acquire knowledge through their own initiative through various groups and correspondence. Despite the lack of conditions and means for organized education, the town was blessed with youth of natural, rooted intelligence.
This youth, educated in the Beis Midrashes and Yeshivos for the most part, without recognized degrees or external crowns, had been forged through the internal, glowing flame, and were graced with a constant desire for spiritual elevation.
They left the Beis Midrash and the shtibel due to the storms of the years, however, they did not abandon the Hassidic spark. It was carried inside of them and accompanied them on all their paths.
Wherever they wandered, the always carried the memory of their youth and connection to their hometown on the tablet of their hearts. Even with a distance of thousands of kilometers and after several decades, and especially after the terrible destruction, the town still stands before their eyes as in previous times.
These are not just blurred memories, but living memories of the childhood landscape. They arise anew from beneath the threshold of our daily lives, and shine before our eyes with their colors. Decades have already passed, and the hidden source of memories, experiences, and childhood and youthful impressions that have been hidden as if forever open to us. Excavations, excavations, each of which raises pages of love and disappointment, wounds that healed and were forgotten, and once again… we feel their pain.
The town of Czyzewo stands out among tens of medium size villages surrounding it on all sides. Since it was close to the railway line, it served in a natural fashion as a center of marking the produce of the villages, and provided them with all their needs. The business connections and friendly relations between the Jews of the town and their gentile neighbors were conducted for many generations in simplicity, as if the matter was established from the six days of creation. It never entered the mind of any of them that this ancient order would ever change.
A picture is drawn before my eyes – containing my father and brother Yaakov of blessed memory, and at times even my elder brothers, may they live, Botsha and Yisrael. They would be meeting a landowner or farmer with a farm on Friday afternoon, whom would be treated with delicacies for the Sabbath, and especially with a respectable glass of liquor after the gefilte fish prepared by our late mother of blessed memory, the diligent and dedicated wife. They warmed up so much that their stuffed faces reddened from great pleasure, as their mouths did not cease to utter words of praise for the taste and aroma of the Jewish Sabbath delicacies.
From this perspective, our house was not alone, but rather one of the many who acted in such a fashion.
The rainbow of livelihood of the Jews of Czyzewo was variegated. There were merchants, shopkeepers, tradesmen, small–scale industrialists, wagon drivers, porters, and laborers – simple people of dark toil who served each other to the extent of their ability and talents, in accordance with their trades and employers. Most of them inherited their trades from grandfather to father, and from father to son.
They would often go out to the villages of the area and even farther afield for commerce or labor. They would often remain in the villages for the entire week. On Fridays, one could meet tradesmen returning home, resting at the side of the road or in a field after a week of backbreaking work and a journey by foot of tens of kilometers with their thick knapsack (a gift from the farmer, his employer) on his bent back.
The two regular market days, Tuesday and Friday, served for the merchants who went outside the town for livelihood as a sort of early meeting place with the farmers. The farmers would come to the town market with their produce. Immediately after exchanging good morning greetings with the farmer, the Jew would be invited up to the wagon, and the business would be conducted as they traveled. If they did not succeed in concluding the business before they arrived at the edge of the town, the Jew would not leave the farmer, but would accompany him to the market as they discussed business.
The merchants of the town, especially the small–scale ones, were never wealthy. They struggled hard for their day–to–day existence. Most of them only managed thanks to the charity and the loans that they received from friends, acquaintances, or the town bank. They always struggled to obtain the sums to pay back loans or to pay for necessary purchases.
Those who were more firmly based tended to their livelihoods by anticipating what was to come. They conducted themselves as merchants with a developed sense, who understood the need to invest a long time with a perspective requiring patience.
As in all aspects of life, the adage “cast your bread upon the waters”[4] applied in commerce.
Different eras passed over the Jews of Czyzewo in their difficult struggle for existence for their staff of bread. However, the final period before the Second World War, from 1936–1939, was more severe than the previous eras. The anti–Semitism that spread throughout Poland at that time, and was supported overtly or covertly by the authorities throughout the entire country and in all aspects of life; the persecutions; the general boycott; and the deliberate displacement of Jews from their sources of livelihood – none of this, of course, passed over Czyzewo. The evil winds of hatred and disparagement toward the Jews of the town began to blow among the gentiles – both among those in town and the farmers of the region. The boycott and terror increased constantly. Guards were placed outside Jewish businesses and shops to prevent the gentiles from having any business contact with Jews.
In response to the appeal of the Jewish Sejm representatives to the interior minister of Poland, the minster declared loudly to all the elected officials:
“To physically strike, no; to boycott, of course.”
Thus, the boycott in Poland received public affirmation from the elected officials of the state.
This declaration, “to boycott, of course,” spread as quickly as lightening and ripened the seeds of poison that had found fertile ground on the soil of Poland. The Jews of Czyzewo felt its stringent meaning on their skin and flesh.
The transition from this declaration to actual violence did not take long. An attack against the Jews broke out on the market day of January 5, 1937. The results were one casualty and many injuries. Hillel Zelig Yellin, may G–d avenge his blood, fell on that day.
He was one of the powerful men of the town. He was the first victim in the town during the era before the outbreak of the Second World War – before the approach of the terrible, bloody storm.
In effect, this was a hint to the nearby western neighbor. A clear hint with an obvious echo:
“The soil of Poland is a sure ground for your Satanic plans!”
Indeed, the enemy, may their names be blotted out, understood the call correctly. After the conquest of 1939, it chose the soil of Poland as the comfortable stage to carry out its plans – as the central place for the death camps, the crematoria, and the burning of the bodies of its victims.
For many decades, through many generations, the Jews of the town forged a modest way of life with a populist bent. They were always whole in their body and calm in spirit, until the troops of Hitler arrived and destroyed everything with the wipe of a murderous hand.
Czyzewo my town, they washed the stones of your roads with rivers of pure blood.
The traditional friendship and business relations that existed with their gentile neighbors for many generations did not stand up for the Jews of Czyzewo on the day of trial and test, just as they did not stand for all the Jews in the hundreds and thousands of other communities of Poland and in the other lands of Nazi occupied Europe. Our town was wiped off the face of the earth without any remnant and memorial of what was. It was destroyed and uprooted completely. It was destroyed to its foundation, along with all its multi–colored, lovely, and bustling life. It once was…
It was the 8th of Av, 5701 (1941).
That night, shortly after midnight, the Jews of the town were summoned together with their elderly, women, and children. They were hauled and beaten, as they were accompanied by tens of armed S.S. men to the central market square. Rabbi David Zabludower, may G–d avenge his blood, the rabbi of the community, was among them, paralyzed and bedridden. Approximately 1,800 Jews stood in the square, subdued and in despair. They stood and waited, forlorn, for their final moments, until they were hauled by the murderers to the communal pit of death that had been prepared from them along the road from Czyzewo to Zromow in the village of Szulborze.
The communal death pit in the village of Szulborze on the main Czyzewo–Zromow road swallowed up everything. It is not possible for us to come to supplicate over this mass grave and to pour out our bitter words.
Indeed, there is no stone or marble monument over you, the martyrs of Czyzewo. It is not stone or marble that will perpetuate
the holy memory of our parents, siblings, relatives and friends that are dear to us. The pages of this memorial book are dedicated to all of you as a community and to each of you as individuals, as limbs of a family – of a single family that unified its life together and gave up its soul in holiness and purity.
Let the pages of this Yizkor Book serve as a monument and memorial candle burning in the “Holocaust chamber”[5] in our hearts. It will be a monument and eternal flame for many generations to lament over the small, wonderful community that was and is no more.
Translator's Footnotes:
Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] 4:9. return
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim return
From one of the Sabbath hymns. return
Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] 11:1. return
This is a play on words, as Martef Hashoah (Holocaust Chamber or Cellar) is a Holocaust memorial institution in Jerusalem that preceded Yad Vashem. See https://www.martefhashoah.org/ return
By Eliahu Gora of Tel Aviv
Twenty years ago, we both stood on the bridge and took photographs for the eternal memory of us and those that will come after. This was the last time that we walked upon it.
I recall our house, the last and the first in the town, that stood next to the bridge over the small, clear river that wound over several kilometers and poured into the large Bug River.
For the small handful of Jews who lived in Czyzewo, our town was a small fortress in the midst of a large forest of many villages populated by Polish–Christian farmers. The bridge was the boundary.
The bridge reminds me of many fine, pleasant memories, as well as difficult, gloomy memories.
I recall before Passover, when the rabbi of blessed memory went out with the communal notables in the evening to draw water[1] for the matzo shmura for Passover. How lovely and pleasant was this ceremony, which was an honor to all of us. I will never forget the splendid procession on Rosh Hashanah for Tashlich. The entire town, from young to old, women and children, walked with machzorim [festival prayer books] in their hands to pour out their prayers to G–d, that He forgive their sins and grant them a good, fortunate year.
I recall how the entire neighborhood went every day with their kitchen utensils and pots in their hands to wash and clean the dishes. They also went to the river with their laundry. Everyone would choose a stone for themselves to beat the laundry with a wooden handle.
I recall how groups of children and adults went in the summer to bathe in the river via the bridge and the fields
far from the town so that they would be safe from the gentiles who would attack us from time to time.
I will never forget the groups of children and women who would gather the sorrels (szczaw) in the fields. Who can describe the beautiful evenings and nights when the older youth would stroll in groups or couples over the bridge between the two rows of trees, to the road to the grove leading to the house of the landowner of our area. They called it: the valley of kisses… The intimate conversations on lovely moonlight nights while sitting on the roots of tree stumps. The murmur of conversation was swallowed in the sound of the trees surrounding us.
We will not forget the classes that we studied over a long period: Spinoza's Ethics. The clear, fresh air around us helped. We absorbed many secrets amongst the avenues and trees behind the bridge along the route that led to the house of the landowner. It was life, grace, joy, happiness, love, and disappointment. All this was uprooted by the cruel hand of the Nazi enemy with the assistance of Polish anti–Semites. All this was erased forever.
How can I not recall the songs that we sang in groups and pairs – songs of love, songs of the homeland, Polish songs, in Hebrew and Yiddish. Their echoes could be hard afar, and blended with the nature and the songs of the birds around.
Similarly, I recall the time when I saw together with my friends, as we read books and debated about entire worlds and sublime ideas, about how to step out to greet the life of the future.
Translator's Footnote:
Literally “Mayim Shelanu” which means “Water that has remained” i.e. water that has remained overnight. According to Jewish law, the preferred way to bake matzos is with water drawn in the evening, and left overnight to cool. return
The Footsteps of the Early Ones
By Yerachmiel Eliasz of Moshav Chibat Zion
A monument to my late sister Esther of blessed memory As I recall my small town of Czyzewo, with it streets and alleyways, the Zionist youth, and especially the fathers of the youths with warm Jewish hearts, happy to hear any greeting from the Land. And who did not have at least one family member in the Land?
My heart pines inside of me, in which today only a memory of all that was good and precious remains. I further recall when Esther of blessed memory became connected with the Zionist youth chapter of Czyzewo despite the opposition of Uncle Yaakov–Pinchas, despite his promise that he would send her soon to the Beis Yaakov teachers' seminary in Krakow. Despite the charm of this promise, it was not attractive to her, and she chose something “actual.” The connection with this Hashomer Haleumi youth movement stemmed from the Zionist idea. This concept existed with all the youth, including Esther.
The principal activists among the General Zionist youth movement at that time were: Dov Gozlachni, Yitzchak Szlaski, and Aryeh Gozlachni (all in Israel). The best of the youth of the town were gathered in this movement. The counselors gave the best of their time during the days and nights. They also did not spare their money, especially to maintain the headquarters where the people would gather every evening to learn and teach.
During the evenings, when I went out to the street and heard the rejoicing and song bursting forth from the headquarters, I would find myself inadvertently standing next to the windows, peering in and being jealous of those who merited to be inside that building. I followed in Esther's footsteps not long after she joined the movement. I joined the Zionist youth movement.
Esther Eliasz
Thus, I too merited to be guided, and, within a brief period, to be a counsellor.
As a member of the Zionist youth, I was faithful to the movement. The opposition was very so strong that it did not make sense. However, honoring our parents remained our chief concern. Every younger or older youth with self–respect would be very careful to avoid angering and vexing their parents. This was especially expressed by going to the Beis Midrash on the Sabbath and festivals. All the youth from all factions would fill the synagogues and shtibels only out of concern for the honor of their mothers and fathers. After the festive Sabbath meal, the youth would go out to the streets bedecked in their shiny uniforms – each movement with its own colors.
It is too much to describe today.
My great dedication to the youth movement can be seen from the following story:
One day, the Hashomer Hadati chapter of Czyzewo set itself up. Out of fear that the new chapter would attract members from our ranks, we decided to perform a brazen act: to steal the flags of Hashomer Hadati. This is what happened:
All the members of Beitar were invited to a large celebration organized by the chapter of Hashomer Hadati, but the members of Hanoar Hatzioni were not invited. We knew that the main point of this celebration was the inauguration of the flags of the groups. We decided to steal the flags and destroy them, so that there will not be much value to the celebrations (or so I thought in my naivete). One night, Hershel Belfer of blessed memory, Alter Landau, and I broke into the chapter and carried out the activity fully. At that time, I felt that I had performed a daring and “patriotic” act.
My sister Esther of blessed memory made aliya to the Land shortly after I did. We remained faithful to our Zionist and pioneering education that we received in the chapter of Hanoar Hatzioni in Czyzewo. We spent our first years on a Kibbutz. This was a time of disturbances in the Land. A difficult life of toil and defense activities were the lot of every lad in the Yishuv. We too went through all this with strength and pride, thanks to the nationalist ideals that we absorbed into out blood there in our small town of Czyzewo… Honor to its memory.
My Small town
By Dalia Schneiderman of Tel Aviv
It was the warm hours of the afternoon. The sun was in the center of the sky, beating down with heat. Nobody was seen on the streets, aside from the postman. He brought me a large, brown envelope that was sent to me, as it was to all the natives of Czyzewo, and seemed somewhat strange. It contained the request to write a composition on a specific topic about the town in which I lived many years ago, until I made aliya to the Land.
Suddenly, I forgot where I was. I forgot that was I was in my residence. Everything seemed dim, grey, stormy, and unclear. I was no longer in a room of my house, but rather in a small town somewhere in the expanse of Poland: I was a young girl, smiling and joyous, and strolling leisurely on the streets of our town Czyzewo. Oh, how I loved it. Everything was bustling and quaking, enthusiastic and vibrant. I know; indeed I know that my ancestors who lived there experienced disturbances and pogroms. However, this did not stop them from continuing with their lives, the life of the Jewish people in the Diaspora with its experiences and common way of living.
I then left my house. The sun peeked out of the clouds with a mischievous smile and melted the white snow that covered the roofs. The flowers and trees began to blossom, and their green color beautified the streets. I continued to stroll leisurely and arrived at the synagogue. The elders of the city could be seen through the window sitting in ne of the corners, bent
over thick volumes of Gemara, as their white, splendid beards swayed with the swaying of their head. In another corner one could see the young lads, bent over books as the rebbe warns them to study and not occupy themselves with meaningless pursuits.
A winter day. The home of Reb Avraham Szwarc
I continued along my way and arrived the town market. Here we see the female hawkers shouting to the heavens, debating, bargaining, and announcing their merchandise with great noise. In the houses, the housewives were sitting, cleaning, washing, fixing, and polishing the old silver vessels that they had inherited from their grandmothers.
In the evening, when everyone was washed, clean, and calm after a day of work, the youth began to meet here, in the center of town, for discussion about the problems of the world. Since our youth was progressive, gaining world culture along with their own culture, with all its storms, battles, and spiritual and economic upheavals; they would arrange social gatherings and performances in the evenings. They would organize their lives on the fine side, lives of experiences, interesting culture, and contentment.
Then the Sabbath arrived. Oh! This was the wonderful day for everybody, the day when everything was clean, shiny, and sparkling. The marketplace was clean, and the sounds of the hawkers were no longer heard. The booming voice of the rebbe with his young students was no longer heard in the cheder. Everyone was joyous, happy, and content on the day of rest. This was a day that was full of splendor and holy grace. Even the trees laughed, and it was as if the color of the flowers became more beautiful, festive, and joyous.
The entire town participated in weddings. Everyone rejoiced with the joy of the bride who was wearing the traditional white gown given to her by her mother, for she too got married in the same dress. Everyone was happy when the bride became betrothed under the chupa. The entire town came to rejoice in her grace, for everyone was brethren, brethren in heart and soul to one nation, one religion, one town, and a common aspiration for the homeland.
This was what life was like in our town, the life of traditional Jews rooted in the land for generation after generation, a life of happiness and joy at times interrupted with sorrow and weeping.
Despite all this, everyone aspired to leave, to leave the place where generation after generation had lived, for the Jewish spark was never quenched, and the hope to return from the Diaspora to the Holy Land continued to burn. Indeed, many left the town. Then, the terrible enemy came, murdering women, children, and men without mercy, and without leaving a survivor. These people fell
upon the altar of their nation without any fault on their part. These were people whose full desire was to make aliya to the Land of their fathers, and they did not merit to do so – good, upright people whose place of burial we do not even know – people who had warm, pure, Jewish hearts.
Again, the same silly, grey, stormy, non–understandable vision returned to me. I again found myself in my room sitting next to the table, writing the musings of my heart, memories, thoughts and wonderful pictures that seemed to me as literally from a dream – about the wonderful days that we had during our childhood in the small town somewhere in the expanse of Poland, a place that will never rise up again. These wonderful childhood days will never return.
Father!
By Rachel Wengosz (Gorzalchani) of Tel Aviv
This took place on a day in October 1944. Snow, shiny in its whiteness, already covered the fields of Siberia. Our family consisted of three people. We lived in an old, creaky, train wagon that stood on a side railway track. My father was a political prisoner somewhere. It had already been two years since we last heard from him, and our hope of seeing him again was dwindling.
A strong wind blew outside. I was busy with housework. Suddenly, we heard the whistle of an approaching train. The children outside raised a great tumult. As would any curious 12–year–old girl, I too went outside and joined the groups of noisy children. The train stopped, and we spread out over the platform as we peppered the travelers with hundreds of questions, hoping to receive something from them.
Suddenly a bearded man wearing worn out clothing exited from one of the cars. He stopped the children one after the other and asked them if they knew where the Gozlachni family lived. I pointed to the wagon in which we lived and returned to the group of children on the platform. Something pushed me to return and look at this man. When I turned backward, I saw the beard, and noticed that he had wrinkles under his forehead. Suddenly he stretched out his arms to me and asked in a choked voice: “My daughter, do you not recognize your father?
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Recipients of the Dan Fenn Award, 1987-2001
New Frontier Award® Criteria and Eligibility
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John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards®
Read the New Frontier Award® announcement
In 2000, then a 19-year-old sophomore at Yale, Jennifer Staple-Clark took a summer work position as a clinical researcher of glaucoma in the office of her childhood ophthalmologist in New Haven, Connecticut. She was shocked by what she saw there: scores of low-income and homeless patients whose glaucoma had needlessly progressed into blindness. Over and over, she would hear the regret of patients who wished they had visited an eye doctor sooner. She felt compelled to do something.
Staple-Clark formulated two main objectives: educating people about eye disease, and assisting the less-fortunate in obtaining affordable or free eye care. She started Unite for Sight, and began sending college volunteers into the New Haven community to educate people about the importance of regular eye exams and the availability of free screening programs. Within a couple of years, Staple-Clark expanded the model to other universities across the country. Unite for Sight now supports over 1,000 volunteers in more than 50 university chapters throughout North America, each of whom serves as a community advocate for underserved patients.
Staple-Clark then envisioned and brought to fruition partnerships with local ophthalmologists in Africa, Asia and Latin America to coordinate outreach to rural communities for patients unable to find or afford eye care. Unite for Sight now provides vehicles to transport patients, offers grants to hire additional nurses, and pays the clinic bills for those who can't. It also trains volunteers to assist international medical professionals by administering eye tests and distributing medications.
In addition to its direct work in communities around the world, Unite for Sight has become a leading voice in the field of global health. It convenes an annual conference of more than 2,200 thought leaders, change-makers and practitioners from across the spectrum of international development, public health and social entrepreneurship. Participants come from all 50 states and more than 55 countries to share ideas and best practices.
To date, Unite for Sight has provided eye care for more than 1.2 million people, including nearly 50,000 sight-restoring surgeries. Jennifer Staple-Clark holds a B.A. from Yale University.
Remarks by Caroline Kennedy
Thank you, Trey and thank you, Dean Ellwood. It’s an honor for me to be here with both of you and with so many who are answering the call to public service which animates this institution named for my father.
This year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of my father’s presidency, and during the past year we have celebrated many accomplishments. Among them, the founding of the Peace Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Development, two institutions established by President Kennedy to put American innovation and ideals to work solving public challenges around the world.
This evening, we recognize two young Americans who embody that spirit. The New Frontier Awards are especially meaningful because they unite two organizations – the Institute of Politics and the Kennedy Library Foundation – dedicated to the proposition that none of us are too young or too old to make a difference in the lives of others.
It is fitting to be here in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, where my brother spent a lot of time and did so much to carry forward my father’s legacy and his belief that all Americans should be participants, not spectators, in our public life. I know he would have great admiration for our two honorees.
Luke Ravenstahl and Jennifer Staple-Clark are leaders on the newest frontiers of public service. In a time of great economic challenge, Luke Ravenstahl is helping to create a sustainable future for the citizens of Pittsburgh. Jennifer Staple-Clark is mobilizing ordinary people all over the world to conquer the scourge of unnecessary blindness. By demonstrating that great opportunities are often disguised as unsolveable problems, they are inspiring a new generation to improve our world.
I am pleased now to recognize Luke Ravenstahl, who became Mayor of Pittsburgh in 2006 at age 26. When cities across this country are struggling to preserve essential services in a brutally unforgiving economic climate, Luke has helped Pittsburgh transform from a community dominated by a vanishing steel industry to one that supports good jobs in education, health care and other industries.
Mayor Ravenstahl’s belief in public service extends far beyond his own office. In 2009, shortly after President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, Luke pledged that the City of Pittsburgh would help the country achieve the goals of the Act by joining with mayors from around the country to launch the Cities of Service coalition. Pittsburgh’s program servePGH has harnessed the power of volunteerism to positively impact neighborhood development and youth engagement.
Luke is also a co-founder of Pittsburgh Promise, a remarkable public-private partnership that provides scholarships, promotes public school reform, and leverages economic development. Today, the Promise offers $40,000 dollars in college scholarship money to every graduate of Pittsburgh’s public schools with a GPA of 2.5 to attend any college in the state of Pennsylvania.
For his commitment to educational opportunity and his innovative service to all the people of Pittsburgh, I am happy to present Mayor Luke Ravenstahl with the 2011 New Frontier Award.
In 2000, as a 19 year old sophomore at Yale, Jennifer Staple-Clark made a discovery that changed her life and the lives of more than a million other people (so far). During a summer job in a doctor’s office, she learned that many cases of blindness could be prevented with routine screening and inexpensive medication. So she founded Unite for Sight to send volunteers from Yale into the community to educate people about the importance of regular eye care and free screening programs. Now Unite for Sight has university chapters throughout North America, including here at Harvard.
Jennifer’s vision reaches far beyond the United States. With Jennifer serving as CEO, Unite for Sight has become a worldwide leader in providing cost-effective eye care to more than 1.3 million of our planets poorest citizens, including more than 49,000 sight-restoring surgeries. Unite for Sight has also trained more than 7,900 Fellows to eliminate preventable blindness in their local community and abroad and nurtures the next generation of global health leaders through the Global Health University. For her leadership and dedication, please join me in welcoming Jennifer Staple-Clark to the stage to accept the 2011 John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award.
Remarks by Caroline Kennedy as prepared for delivery.
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U.S. white nationalist Augustus Sol Invictus arrested on kidnapping charge in Florida
'Unite the Right' speaker ran against Marco Rubio for Senate
Online: Jan 02, 2020
Last Modified: Jan 02, 2020
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – A white nationalist who ran for the U.S. Senate in Florida and was a featured speaker during the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, domestic violence and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Augustus Sol Invictus, 36, was arrested Monday at a Florida mall by Brevard County Sheriff’s deputies on a warrant issued out of South Carolina, the Miami Herald reported. Jail records described him as an “out-of-state fugitive.”
The Herald noted that news of the arrest was first reported on Twitter by the journalist Nick Martin, who focuses on covering “hate and extremism” in the U.S.
Invictus, an Orlando-area attorney, has called for violent uprisings. During his 2016 Senate bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, he got widespread attention for claiming that he killed a goat and drank its blood as part of a pagan ritual. He failed, however, to win the nomination from Florida’s Libertarian Party to challenge Rubio.
White nationalist Richard Spencer, who organized the deadly Charlottesville rally that refocused attention on the country’s frayed race relations, had credited Invictus with drafting the core tenets behind the rally.
Jail records show that Invictus is being held without bond and is to appear before a judge on Jan. 15.
Invictus was taken into custody Monday afternoon by deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s fugitive unit, public information officer Tod Goodyear said Wednesday.
Invictus had been under surveillance since Christmas Day, when South Carolina authorities notified officials in Florida that Invictus may be in the area.
Florida officials began tailing Invictus after tracking him down at a relative’s home, Goodyear said. Invictus was taken into custody without incident after leaving a gym.
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James Bond car sold for £2.6m
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:00 AM
A James Bond Aston Martin dubbed the most famous car in the world has been sold at auction in London for £2.6m (€2.96m).
The silver DB5, which was driven by Sean Connery as the super-spy in 'Goldfinger' and 'Thunderball', had been expected to go for more than £3m (€3.4m).
A spokesman for the auctioneer said: "It's still a lot of money and I don't think anyone's disappointed."
American broadcasting boss Jerry Lee bought the 1964 car for $12,000 (€8,665) in 1969, and since then it has spent much of its time in the United States.
He has said he plans to donate proceeds from last night's sale to his charitable foundation.
He said previously: "The James Bond car has brought me much enjoyment for some 40 years.
"Even as I sell it and use the proceeds to fund the Jerry Lee Foundation, the car will continue to give me great pleasure as it furthers the mission of the foundation to do good around the world."
Mr Lee set up his foundation more than 10 years ago to support education and anti-crime projects internationally.
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Austin Gleeson ready for a new test after league heroics
By Michael Moynihan
Austin Gleeson has an appointment with an exam paper tomorrow morning, so the Waterford defender may have to put celebrating the county’s NHL title win on hold for a few days.
Gleeson chipped in with two great points on Sunday but it was back to the books yesterday.
“I have an exam this morning so I had to study yesterday,” he said..
“We’re back with the clubs for two weeks and then we’ll drive on again and hopefully get the same result in five weeks’ time. Please God it works out for us.”
Gleeson has rejected claims the Déise are a defensive side, saying their approach is based on “pure workrate” above all.
“Everyone was saying we were defensive but to be honest, we’re not.
“It’s just pure workrate out of all of us and that is getting us where we are.
“Brick (Michael Walsh), last year he was centre-back and midfield and he was thrown up at wing forward this year and he doesn’t care. He’s just there for the team and it’s the same for everyone. It’s all team, it’s no individual. It’s heart and togetherness.”
Waterford’s workrate and fitness have been remarked upon by many observers, and Gleeson was quick to give credit to the backroom team for their work with the players over the last few months.
“Fergal (O’Brien) has been great coming in, no disrespect to Keith Hennessy who was with us last year. He was also very good, but the way Fergal has us we’re bouncing off the ground. It’s working for us so far.
“The first couple of nights (back training), everyone in the dressing room was blowing. There were fellas stepping out and getting sick, as expected, in pre-season.
“But after a couple of weeks, because it was so hard, everyone took to it. It worked for us and it is still working for us.”
The support is rowing in behind Waterford, particularly when compared to some of the crowds during their early league games, such as the opening fixture against Limerick.
“Waterford is kind of down and it’s lot of money for parents if a family of four people are going — that’s nearly €200 for the day, like, between tickets, petrol, food, everything. It takes a lot but thankfully they’re starting to get behind us again.
“After last year, we’re happy that they’re getting behind us again.
“Last year we just weren’t ourselves. As Paudie (Mahony) said during the week, we were fed up with ourselves. We didn’t know what was going on.
“It was Derek (McGrath)’s first year and he was seeing where he was taking us. With Fintan (O’Connor) coming in this year, he’s been great as well. We’re happy with the way things are going.
“We’ll just take it in our stride and drive on for Cork in five weeks.
“At the start of the year, we probably deserved to be ninth favourites, the way we were going after last year. But in November we said we’ll have a go at it and see where it takes us.
“We never thought this would happen but in the back of our minds we knew we were as good as anyone in the country.”
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Giants wheeling, dealing as Opening Day nears
The Giants’ roster continued to come into focus on Saturday, as two more players learned that they would not be breaking camp with the club, while a newcomer was brought in to potentially fill a pressing need.
Sunday, March 24th 2019, 9:00 PM HST
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Giants’ roster continued to come into focus on Saturday, as two more players learned that they would not be breaking camp with the club, while a newcomer was brought in to potentially fill a pressing need.
The Giants released catcher Rene Rivera and traded outfielder Matt Joyce to the Braves in exchange for cash considerations. They subsequently restored some outfield depth by acquiring Michael Reed from the Twins in exchange for outfielder John Andreoli and cash considerations.
Left-hander Steven Okert was designated for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Reed, who will report to the Major League club.
The flurry of moves left 32 players in big league camp as the Giants departed Arizona following their 3-2 win over the D-backs in their Cactus League finale at Scottsdale Stadium. Non-roster invitees Yangervis Solarte, Gerardo Parra and Nick Vincent were informed Friday that they’ve made the team, but the Giants have held off on making any other official announcements regarding roles that were up for grabs this spring.
“You’re seeing a lot of transactions right now, so I can’t say anything because I don’t know what’s going to happen the next two or three days,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “I think we’ll wait and see once we get through the Bay [Bridge] Series.”
The Giants’ decision to cut Rivera will likely clear the way for rookie Aramis Garcia to open the season as Buster Posey’s backup. Rivera, who came into camp as a non-roster invitee, enjoyed a solid spring, batting .258 over 14 games, but unlike Garcia, he can’t be optioned and would have forced the Giants to clear another spot on the 40-man roster.
“We talked about his situation, and he just decided it was time to get his release,” Bochy said. “That’s all I can tell you. It was a mutual deal. He had a nice spring, did a great job. I like Rene a lot. I talked to him this morning on the phone. But he elected to look elsewhere.”
The Giants also have another veteran option in Stephen Vogt, who will begin the season in Triple-A Sacramento as he works his way back from shoulder surgery. Vogt will remain in Arizona and continue to play in Minor League games while the rest of the team heads back to the Bay Area for the final exhibition series against the A’s.
Reed, 26, is a right-handed hitter who could back up Steven Duggar in center field and has a career .382 on-base percentage in the Minors. A fifth-round Draft pick of the Brewers in 2011, Reed has batted .229 with a .527 OPS in 22 Major League games.
“I haven’t had a chance to spend a lot time with our scouting reports,” Bochy said. “I do know he’s a right-handed bat that can play all three outfield positions. He gives us some coverage in center field. Good athlete. He has nice discipline at the plate. He’s more of a gap-type hitter.”
Okert was unlikely to make the Opening Day roster, as Rule 5 Draft pick Travis Bergen appeared to be ahead of him in the battle to be the third left-hander in the bullpen, behind Will Smith and Tony Watson.
Panda on the bubble?
Pablo Sandoval continued to make his case for a spot on the roster, going 2-for-2 from the right side on Saturday to raise his batting average to .262 this spring. A switch-hitter, Sandoval has historically been better from the left side over his career, but he’s been crushing lefties this spring and ripped a double to left field off the D-backs’ Robbie Ray in the second inning.
“Hasn’t he swung well? He really has,” Bochy said. “Off one of the best left-handers in the game, I’ll say. Two quality ABs.”
Sandoval said he hasn’t felt this good swinging from the right side since 2009, when he batted .379 with a 1.028 OPS. Sandoval’s future with the Giants is a bit unclear, as they may not have room for him on their bench if they want to keep Rule 5 Draft pick Connor Joe and Alen Hanson, who is out of options and helped his cause with a home run off Archie Bradley on Saturday.
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Kayla Reefer
Save Yourself
Growing up, my dad was a pastor and a bishop. I would just go to church ‘cause they were telling me to go to church to be honest with you. I wasn’t going to church because of my personal faith, ‘cause I feel like I really didn’t have that as a kid.
One day when I was at church, I remember at that time, I was just kinda running the streets, running around with my friends doing crazy stuff, not really caring what happens to me. I always wanted more and I knew that, but I was just so caught up into what the people around me were doing that I let that influence me. I remember one day when I went to church, it was a guest preacher there that my father had let speak. My father had never met him before, never knew him. He actually let him speak on behalf of another pastor that was supposed to be there that couldn’t make it. That pastor referenced this guy to speak. He was a prophet and came to my church.
So I’m in the back, I’m working the sound. ‘Cause when you’re a pastor’s kid, they kinda make you do something in the church. So I was young and I was the audio guy. I was back there, we were wrapping up the service. Mind you I never caught the Holy Ghost in my life. I used to see the people catching the Holy Ghost, I used to think it was either fake or something was wrong with me. But now, I remember, I’ll never forget, the pastor looked in the back and he pointed at me, he called me by my first name and I was like whoa, because that’s never happened to me. I’ve never met this guy, my mom, my dad never met this guy. So I just stop. I just freeze.
Then I walk up to the front, he calls me to the front and he like lets me know, “You’re existence on this earth still, the reason why you’re still here is through the prayers of Rebecca.” Rebecca’s my mom. At that point in time, I knew, ok, I have a bigger purpose. This is bigger than me. I didn’t know what I was going to do in life or what God had in store for me, but I knew that this life and everything, my whole purpose and existence on earth was bigger than me. I felt like ok, I’m here for a reason.
From there, I was able to break out of the life I was living. I started to pave my own path and stay out of trouble. Instead of running with the wrong crowd, I turned my energy and attention to music. Through that encounter with God, I was able to save myself.
That’s what brought me to come up with the title of my new project, “Save Yourself.”
Mac Miller was really a great influence behind this project as well. I was a huge Mac Miller fan and the day he died, it really hit me hard. It really sparked that title “Save Yourself” because I feel like unfortunately he wasn’t able to save himself with everything that he was going through, even as successful as he was. He wasn’t able to save himself from the dangers of the industry and how these substances can really take ahold of your life. It’s possible to get out because I know and I’ve seen people get lost in that and then escape it. So when he passed it was like a real reality shock not only to me but to the world.
At the time, I was looking for inspiration for my music and it’s unfortunate that it had to come in at the expense of someone else’s life. But it really spoke to me. When he passed away, I feel like it was put in my heart to speak on these things that people are going through on an everyday basis. People are going through it whether we know it or not. And the people around us that we know are going through it and we might not even know. A lot of times some people, they don’t wanna speak on what they’re going through. They don’t wanna be “preached to.” Or they don’t wanna feel like they’re exposed or feel like they’re weak, which they’re completely not. Because at the end of the day, we all have things that we go through. We all go through ups, we all go through downs. That’s really what drove and sparked me to wanna speak about that within this new body of work.
When you listen to “Save Yourself,” the first song is “Heaven and Hennessy” and then it’s kinda like you either choose heaven or hell type of thing. I’m speaking about my friend and how he doesn’t want to die young, but if he does, will he see them pearly gates? If he goes out young, he hasn’t gotten the chance to redeem himself. Will he get a chance to see those pearly gates? It’s kinda like you make a choice, what are you going to choose? At the end, which is the title track, “Save Yourself,” I chose heaven. That’s pretty much the journey from the beginning, how it kind of gives an overview of choice and what am I gonna choose? Going through the project, what am I gonna do in my life? At the end, where I describe the encounter with the prophet, I chose life. But I feel like I didn’t even really make the choice. I feel like a bigger being made the choice for me for my own good.
At the end of the day, I think that’s the most powerful thing that was given to us is the power of choice. You choose the life that you wanna live. You create your own reality through the power of choice. If you don’t go to work, you’re not gonna make no money and you end up on the street. You know that if you work hard and you set your mind to something, you can accomplish it. I’ve seen it happen over and over and over and over. That’s what life is, life is about choice. You choose how you wanna live. You choose the decisions you make. Nobody chooses that for you. You are the master of your own decisions and thoughts.
Growing up, I had to save myself from the dangers of the environment, drugs, gangs and just getting influence from those dangers that I grew up around. I had to do that, I had to find a way how to save myself. It was kind of each man on his own. So in that survival mode, you had to save yourself as well. At the end of the day, I was blessed to be able to find music as an outlet to save myself. Unfortunately, a lot of the people that I grew up around, that I seen grow up with me, they weren’t able to save themselves. So it’s important to tell not only my story, but their stories as well.
That’s what I did on my first EP with the song “No Way Out.” The first verse is influenced by my homegirl. Sometimes women feel like they need to stick around messed up situations because they feel indebted to whoever it is that they’re in a relationship with. That’s never the case. I feel like once things get bad, you should leave. Once things get bad as to domestic abuse or violence, definitely leave for sure. There’s no reason to stick around. Because it could be worse and it could turn worse and I’ve seen it turn worse. At the end of the day, it’s life or death and your life is at stake. And you have people that love you. And sometimes I feel like that person that’s being abused, I don’t know, I feel like they think that they love that person so much to where they feel like they’re deserving of whatever that person is doing to them, which is sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes. And that’s never the case.
Then the second verse is about my homie who I grew up doing music with and his mom passed away. He kinda felt like his life was over ‘cause he was kinda stuck working the 9-5 and he felt like he didn’t really have anything to really live for. He got so much caught up into work and his passion for music was always there, but it wasn’t as present as it was when we were younger or whatnot. But he would always see me and be like, “Aw man, I see you out here doing your thing, blah, blah, blah. I’m proud of you.” And I’m like man, if music is still your passion, you’re young, man. We still have time while we’re still young. We still have time. Your life isn’t over. I know that you’re kinda going through the motions of life and your mom just passed away. But never forget what it is. Because music is a gift. Not everybody is able to or has the gift of music that’s put into them. I feel like he had that gift and he kinda strayed away by I guess just life happening naturally, which is normal. But the song was a message for not only him, but people that were in a similar situation to him. Never forget, do what you love while you still can. We have to do what you know in your heart you’re put on this earth to do.
Honestly, I’ve kind of always just known, just felt that music was my purpose and gift to give to the world. It really hit me when I played “No Way Out” for one of my friends and they just broke down and cried. I was just like damn, just seeing how what it is that I say can affect and touch somebody and the way that it is that I put it together, how it can really touch somebody to that point. That’s what all the great speakers of this thing that we call music were able to do. From Tupac to Michael Jackson to Prince, they were able to strike you with emotion. Even like Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, that’s very important.
So when I played that song and I seen how my friend reacted to what it is that I was saying, they related to that so much to where it struck a chord with them. I was like damn, this is deep. I feel like that’s one thing that people underestimate. Not only the power of words, but the power of influence. Which is why it can be great or it can be dangerous what you’re putting out into the world. That’s something that I feel like if you have any sort of care in your heart, you should take into account. Because what you say could really have an influence over somebody’s life, especially kids. That’s another topic, but in terms of me, myself, when I saw my friend react how they reacted, I was like wow, the power of words is extremely powerful and I don’t take that for granted. I don’t take that for granted at all. So at that moment, I kinda knew like wow, ok, I know for sure, not even I think, I know for sure that I’m put on this earth as a vessel to speak to people. And that’s what I’m going to do.
Stream "Save Yourself" below.
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Informationen for PostDocs
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With the goal of recruiting innovative minds, independent of already established research fields and existing Institutes, calls for applications for Max Planck Research Groups have also regularly been initiated on an open-topic basis since 2004. Candidates for these posts can put forward their own individual project proposal and apply to work at Max Planck Institutes of their own choice. These calls for applications meet a strong international response. They cover all sections and generally take place in the autumn of each year.
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News6 Investigates
6 Investigates: Packery Channel has a history of failures
The collapsed walls of the Packery Channel are part of a pattern of problems that trace back to its construction.
While the most recent damage was caused by Hurricane Harvey, city leaders are asking what can be done to prevent it from happening again. And that includes criticism of the design.
"We know it doesn’t work,” said Greg Smith, Corpus Christi City Councilman in District 4. “I think it’s in the design. This is not a typical design for a gulf jetty that you see."
Twelve years ago Packery Channel opened. It was a project that was decades in the making and cost taxpayers about $30 million to build.
Area leaders hailed it as an engineering marvel.
But that engineering has been tested.
Last year, a 6 foot storm surge from Hurricane Harvey dealt another big blow to Packery Channel. Now, much of the south end is in disrepair: washed out sidewalks, sunken walls.
Those problems fetch a huge price tag – as much as $7.9 million to repair.
But over the years, the walls have suffered similar damage.
In 2008, storm surge from Hurricane Ike washed out sections of the walls – known as the concrete revetment system.
The repairs back then cost the city about $2 million.
But the problems go back even farther – to 2005 – when Packery Channel was under construction, according to archived KRIS 6 News reports.
The storm surge from Hurricane Emily washed out sections of the walls.
“The city was out about $800,000 dollars,” Smith said.
The concrete revetment system is made out of a series concrete blocks, which interlock like a puzzle. The pieces fit together through a cable support system, which is supposed keep in place the sand underneath it. But in several places the sand has washed away and the walls have failed.
"I certainly would have preferred to have something that held up better in these storm events,” said Jeff Edmonds, director of city of Corpus Christi Engineering Services.
To this day, it’s unclear exactly how Packery Channel was built.
All the city has is the approved set of design drawings. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction of Packery Channel.
In an email exchange, a spokesperson for the Corps referred KRIS 6 News questions about the construction and design back to the city. The city is responsible for maintenance.
North Padre Island residents also want to know what went wrong. They are paying for the repairs out of fund known as a Tax Increment Finance Zone (TIRZ). Since it was created, the fund has collected property tax revenue from island properties as they increase in value. There’s about $11 million in the fund – most of which is obligated to other projects including the Park Road 22 bridge. But before that money is spent on repairs, island residents want answers.
"I think it’s a shame,” said Joe Minervini, after an Island Strategic Action Committee (ISAC) meeting earlier this month about the cost to repair Packery Channel. “It should have been done right the first time."
And that sentiment has pushed Jay Gardner, an ISAC member, to dig for answers.
He has sifted through hundreds of field notes on file with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The notes include details about changes made to the Packery Channel design during construction. Gardner, who works in the engineering field, wants to know exactly how the channel was built.
"I’m not looking through this information as a witch hunt,” he said. “I’m looking through this information to help us move forward in a positive light."
The information could help the city figure out the best way to repair it, he added.
When it comes to repairs, the city isn’t working from scratch. It has been able to test how repairs from Hurricane Ike worked.
"The repair that was done after (Hurricane) Ike – the areas that were repaired with the large stones – they worked,” Smith said.
He would like to see the city repair the entire system based on what has worked in the past.
To pinpoint exactly how the system failed – the city has hired HDR Engineering to conduct a root cause analysis, Edmonds said. That information should be ready within the next 30 days.
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Draft in Music City: Former NFL GM talks biggest winners of the 1st round
Posted: Apr 26, 2019 / 01:12 PM MDT / Updated: Apr 26, 2019 / 01:12 PM MDT
Former NFL General Manager Floyd Reese joined Cory Curtis and JB Biunno Friday and talked about the winners from round one of the draft, and the New England Patriots first round choice and team needs.
Among some of the winners in the draft, Reese liked the Jaguars’ selection of former Kentucky defensive lineman Josh Allen. Allen was projected as a top three pick but fell to the Jaguars with the seventh pick.
Reese says the team got a steal.
“That was a gift. And that was a nice gift for them, you know. They continue to bolster that defensive line, which is exactly what we don’t want to see.”
Reese wasn’t a huge fan of the Giants’ picks, however. The Giants had three picks in the first round, taking Daniel Jones with the sixth pick, Dexter Lawrence with the 17th pick, and Deandre Baker with the 30th pick.
“I’m not a big fan of any of the guys the Giants drafted, but they’re all going to be players. They’re all going to come in, start, they’re going to play for a while. They’ll be good players in the NFL.”
Both Cory Curtis and Floyd Reese agreed that the Patriots got a premium talent at the 32 spot.
“I thought N’Keal Harry was a steal and a great pick for them at 32,” said Cory.
Reese said the Patriots got exactly what they wanted in Harry.
“He is one of their kind of guys. Which they do a great job of every year. They bring in the guys that are going to help them the most. He is a bigger, stronger (Julian) Edelman, or a bigger, stronger Wes Welker.”
The Draft in Music City continues Friday night, as players hope to hear their names called in rounds two, three, and four.
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JaVale McGee Calls 2019-20 Lakers ‘One Of The Most Talented Teams I’ve Played On’
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Lakers News: LeBron James Calls Staples Center ‘Biggest Winner’ Of 2019 NBA Offseason
Corey Hansford
Over the last few seasons, JaVale McGee has been able to change the perception surrounding him as he was a contributor on two Golden State Warriors championship teams and had the best season of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Now after 11 seasons in the league, McGee is a respected veteran and has been through all kinds of situations throughout his time in the league. He has also been a part of some very good teams and McGee believes the 2019-20 Lakers are right up there in terms of talent.
“Yeah, I definitely could say this is one of the most talented teams I’ve played on of course besides Golden State,” McGee said during 2019 Lakers Media Day. “But I feel like Golden State really had mostly just starters as All-Stars and a couple of All-Stars on the bench also, but they were really focused on that.”
“But I just feel like this team is really well put together. Definitely the people upstairs put the team together well and got a good conglomerate of great players that are all just going to work as one unit and really come together.”
Coming together will be key for this Lakers team as there are a number of new players on the roster who have to gel with all of the returning players.
Head coach Frank Vogel will have his work cut out for him in figuring out the right combination of players, lineups, and rotations that will help the Lakers reach their potential. But as McGee noted, the talent is there.
Of course, it all starts at the top with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, arguably two of the best five players in the NBA, but the rest of the team has potential as well.
Kyle Kuzma could turn the corner and possibly become an All-Star player in his third season while Danny Green, Avery Bradley, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can bring defense and shooting.
McGee and Dwight Howard bring rim protection and rebounding and Rajon Rondo is still one of the best playmakers in the league.
Whether or not it all comes together still remains to be seen and Vogel must find a way to help this team build chemistry. Regardless, the talent on this team is there and McGee is someone who has seen plenty of it throughout his career. He believes this Lakers team is as good as any and now they’ll have to show it.
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Appearances Matter If Jurists Want To Talk Justice Reform
By Emma Cueto | December 8, 2019, 8:02 PM EST
Ethics officials in Texas recently issued a public warning to now former Judge Michael McSpadden over comments on the topic of bail and criminal justice reform. (AP)
In March of 2018, Judge Michael McSpadden of Houston told a reporter working on a story related to bail reform that defendants were usually “tainted” by the time they arrived in court.
The judge, who is white, also opined that he was concerned about young black men not getting good advice from their parents and called Black Lives Matter a “ragtag” group that encouraged contempt for police and the criminal justice system.
In a letter to the editor that later ran in the Houston Chronicle, the judge defended his comments, criticized those who called him racist, and concluded by saying, “What I said was true whether you like it or not.”
But in a decision publicly released this month, a state ethics commission issued a public warning to McSpadden, who lost his 2018 bid for re-election, and said that his statement cast doubt on his impartiality and violated rules against casting “public discredit” on the judiciary.
Though McSpadden himself is no longer on the bench, his case raises questions about judicial bias and the role of judges in conversations around criminal justice reform.
There are hard cases with extrajudicial comments; this is not one of them.
Deborah Rhode
“There’s a role for judges who are informed about the justice system to make statements about its effectiveness and fairness,” said professor Deborah Rhode, who teaches legal ethics at Stanford Law School. “But we try to be sure that those [statements] are not ones that will compromise public perception of their impartiality.”
Judges in both state and federal courts are bound by a series of ethical rules. Though the rules vary from state to state, they typically include requirements that judges maintain not only their impartiality, but also the appearance of impartiality, and not undermine public trust in judges and the courts.
In practice, this often means judges should avoid politics altogether. When judges do stray into politics, the results are often messy — as they were with McSpadden.
McSpadden made his initial remarks when asked about bail procedures in Harris County. Advocates had been pushing the courts to reduce or eliminate the use of cash bail, and instead either deny bail altogether or release people on their own recognizance.
He confirmed to the reporter that he did instruct the magistrate judge that handled the first appearance for defendants in his court not to grant bail so that McSpadden could make those decisions himself, and then apparently began discussing the lack of respect for the criminal justice system that he saw in his courtroom.
McSpadden blamed the problem in part on black parents not giving young black men “good advice” and on Black Lives Matter messaging.
He reiterated these same opinions in his letter to the editor, though he also added that race was not a factor in his decisions around bail.
In response to the ethics inquiry into his remarks, McSpadden told the committee that he does believe racial disparities in the criminal justice system are a “serious issue” but that he does not think calling someone a racist will help solve the problem. He could not be reached for comment last week.
“There are hard cases with extrajudicial comments; this is not one of them,” Rhode said. “It’s hard to feel like an African American defendant would feel he was on a level playing field in a court where this judge was presiding.”
Professor Ray McKoski, a retired judge who now teaches legal ethics at John Marshall Law School, said that the “sweeping generalizations” McSpadden made in his comments were just not appropriate.
McSpadden is not the only judge to have been reprimanded in recent years for political statements.
Utah Judge Michael Kwan was suspended earlier this year for making anti-Trump statements. Earlier in 2018 in Texas, Judge Daniel Burkeen was publicly reprimanded for sharing Islamophobic meme on his Facebook page and in another post calling liberals “hateful, intolerant, arrogant, and divisive.”
But McSpadden’s comments, notably, were made in the context of an ongoing public conversation related to criminal justice reform.
Though that reform process is also political, experts say that judges voices should be part of the conversation. After all, McKoski said, judges have a unique perspective on the criminal justice system, and can provide key information to the public on whether it is functioning properly.
Judges should be talking about ... procedural and substantive aspects of the law that they think can be improved.
Ray McKoski
Retired judge and
John Marshall Law School
“Judges should be talking about ... procedural and substantive aspects of the law that they think can be improved,” McKoski said.
If judges do engage in that process, however, he said, they should keep a few key things in mind. First and foremost, he said, judges should be aware of the “tenor of their statements,” and take care to come across as calm, reasonable and thoughtful. They should also ensure that their statements are based on facts, not on personal speculation.
And judges should also offer a disclaimer, he said, to help make clear that the judge will set aside their personal opinions if those opinions conflict with the law, and that they do not let politics guide their legal decisions.
There are examples, McKoski said, of judges who have walked this line well. He pointed to former Chief Judge Jeffery Kremers of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin, who spoke to the media in 2015 in response to claims by local law enforcement that judges let criminals off with an easy sentence.
In a televised interview, Judge Kremers, who retired in 2018, explains why he did not consider that a fair criticism and lays out the factors that judges consider when deciding sentences. He also defended the judges in Milwaukee as dedicated to their jobs and always trying to find the most just result.
Some experts also believe that prohibitions on judges’ political speech should be reevaluated.
In a 2017 paper titled, “Seen and Heard: A Defense of Judicial Speech,” professor Dmitry Bam of the University of Maine Law School used political remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the 2016 presidential campaign as a way to discuss why he believes prohibitions on judges’ speech may be outdated.
“Legitimacy of the court does not depend on appearance that it is completely apolitical,” Bam argued. “The court has a reservoir of goodwill, and its legitimacy is judged by its decisions and processes.”
He also argued that the prohibition on political speech for judges only causes judges to hide their beliefs, rather than encouraging them to make them known so that the public can better evaluate the judges’ ability to rule impartially.
Others, however, worry that such a move would undermine public faith in the courts.
“The public will never separate what judges do inside the court from incendiary statements they make outside,” Rhode said.
Where exactly that line might lie, however, between reasonable political statements and those that might genuinely undermine faith in the courts, however, can be hard to parse.
Both Rhode and McKoski, however, agreed that McSpadden was well on the other side of it.
Have a story idea for Access to Justice? Reach us at accesstojustice@law360.com.
--Editing by Katherine Rautenberg.
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Don’t let your IP address be compromised
Julie Perrin
Christine McMillan, a Canadian grandmother, has been accused of illegal downloading of first-person shooter Metro 2033.
And when this 86-year-old from Ontario has been warned that she could have to pay up to $5,000 for illegally downloading a game she’d never heard of, she was quite shocked.
Thousands of Canadians have indeed received, just like her, notices to pay up such fine, whether they are guilty or not.
Last May, this grand-mother received two emails forwarded by her Internet Service Provider (ISP) coming from a private company called Canadian Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement (CANIPRE). They were claiming that she had illegally downloaded Metro 2033, a first-person shooter game where nuclear war survivors have to kill mutants.
Indeed, McMillan’s IP address had been used to download the game. And even though McMillan has an adult grandson, he does not have access to her computer.
At first, McMillan thought it was a scam. “They didn’t tell me how much I owed, they only told me that if I didn’t comply, I would be liable for a fine of up to $5,000 and I could pay immediately by entering my credit card number.”
McMillan contacted Cogeco, her ISP, and discovered that the emails were indeed legal under the Canadian federal government’s Notice and Notice regulations introduced in 2015 under the Copyright Modernization Act.
What the law requires is that ISP forward copyright infringement notices to customers who are suspected of illegally downloading content like video games and movies.
These federal government’s rules on internet copyright seems to be, for many internet users like McMillan as she stated herself “a very foolish piece of legislation”.
Customers are often identified and spotted by ISP only through their IP address, as the ISP does not disclose any personal information to the copyright enforcers.
The goal is to give copyright holders an easy way to notify users of alleged copyright infringement occurring at their internet address.
This resulted though in massive notifications to suspected offenders from anti-piracy companies requiring them to pay a fee.
What is important to know is that copyright holders, i.e. movie studios or video game developers, work with third-party companies like CANIPRE to collect settlement money for alleged illegal downloads.
CANIPRE’s owner explained that he got 400 calls and emails from people on a busy day and that “most of them” settle.
“Ultimately, we are helping our clients get their educational message out about anti-piracy and theft of content and how it harms them and their rightful marketplace,” Barry Logan said.
A smaller Canadian-based ISP, TekSavvy, which has fewer than 300,000 subscribers reported earlier this year to have sent out around 5,000 notices a day.
As in the case of McMillan, as she lives in an apartment, someone could have accessed her unsecured wireless connection to download the game using her IP address.
Some critics say the law needs to be revised so that Canadians can better understand their rights.
David Fewer, director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, says the legislation should include a form letter that doesn’t demand cash. He also added that what is even more tricky, is determining legitimate penalties, since no cases involving the Notice and Notice regime have been settled in court yet.
There is no legal obligation to pay any settlement offered by a copyright owner.
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The Launch and Evolution of EXPLORE BIRDS
EXPLORE Birds is a pop-up bird education program developed by Washington Square Park Eco Projects and the Uni Project. The collaboration between the two organizations began during fall 2016. A selection of Eco Projects' nature books were shelved with a Uni READ cart.
The following year, Eco Projects was looking for a partner for its new program about urban birds. The Uni Project offered to exhibit the program. The first iteration of the bird education program was launched with the READ cart in fall 2017 and funded with a grant from the Blake-Nuttall Fund.
In 2018, Eco Projects received its federal and state permits to build its education collection of bird specimens. The collection has grown from one species (two donated European Starlings) to nine species including a Red-tailed Hawk and two American Kestrels. (Thank you to two mentors at the American Museum of Natural History.)
The program has also expanded in terms of its components. Birds and books remain the core offerings but we've included listening and biological illustration stations. Binoculars are also provided and we encourage hyper-local bird watching.
We plan to grow the program by offering bird walks where possible and to record participants bird tales. People of all ages engage with the EXPLORE Bird cart and without fail, we hear stories of their interactions with birds. We've even spoken with an elected official who is an advocate for bird-friendly architecture.
You can make a financial contribution to EXPLORE Birds by donating to the Uni Project. We welcome in-kind contributions such as volunteering to lead a local bird or plant walk. If you are a camera, binocular, compass and/or microscope company, we accept gear donations.
Locations and dates shown: 1, 5 - Albee Square, April 21, 2018; 2, 10, 11 - Union Square Park, June 2, 2018; 3, 4 - Washington Square Park, October 15, 2016; 6, 7 - Jacob H. Schiff Playground, August 3, 2018; 8, 9 - Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Hester Street, September 16, 2018. All photographs owned by the Uni Project and used here with permission.
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Dr John Cater CBE with LJMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Weatherill
Presented by Sir John Murphy
Honourable Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, I have pleasure in presenting Dr John Cater for the award of an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
John is the Vice Chancellor of Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Appointed in 1993, he is the longest serving head of any UK education institution.
He has transformed Edge Hill University from a college faced with closure to a thriving university campus acclaimed for high levels of student satisfaction and enhancement of social mobility. Through 20 plus years of exceptional leadership, it has become a diverse university teaching 16,000 students, financially the best-performing full university in the country, and undertaking world-leading research. His vision of education as a force for social good has benefited thousands of students and had immeasurable impact on the national workforce, particularly in the public sector.
Completing a degree in Geography in 1974 at the University of Wales, he joined Liverpool Polytechnic as a Research Assistant, before holding Lecturer and Research Fellow posts.
As a social geographer, he has published extensively on race, housing, economic development and public policy and co-authored major research studies for the Social Science Research Council, the Commission for Racial Equality and their successor bodies.
He has been a Director of the Higher Education Careers Service since 1994 and was Chair of Liverpool: City of Learning from 2003-2005. He was a Director of the Teacher Training Agency and its successor body, the Training and Development Agency for Schools.
He is also the Chair of UUK’s Teacher Education Advisory Group. He was a member of Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Panel on Nurse Education and Training and has sat on Universities UK’s Health and Social Care Committee since 2004. He also represents all Vice-Chancellors on the Joint DH/DfE Social Work Reform Board.
Dr Cater has played an integral role to the success of Edge Hill University. Under his inspiring leadership, he has overseen the University’s development over the last two decades.
His dedication to higher education and teacher training led to him being appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List.
John continues to steer the University in the right direction, with “excellent and strategic leadership” and leads by example remaining true to his personal commitment to the transformational power of education.
Thus, it is with great pleasure that I present Dr John Cater, alumnus of our institution, for admission to our highest honour, as an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University.
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Public-Private Collaboration is Key to Building Africa’s Digital Future
By Robert Kayihura
Over the past four decades, three key barriers prevented most Africans from benefitting from the technology innovations and services that have changed the world. First, a failure of leadership led to mismanagement and theft of billions of dollars that should have built the healthcare, education, and other infrastructure and services critical to development. Second, Africa’s 54 countries have had highly fragmented trade regimes and weak distribution channels that made the continent an unattractive place to do business. Third, the historically prohibitive cost of access to information technology meant that during the first forty years of the personal computing and internet revolution, only the most privileged entrepreneurs could afford the on-premise hardware, networking, and other capabilities required to build a technology-enabled business. Even after cloud computing substantially reduced the cost of access to world-class IT infrastructure and services, access to the internet was still out of reach for most Africans.
A new and promising era for Africa
The ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area, which creates a single market of over 1.3 billion African consumers, demonstrates a shared vision by African leaders on a complex policy initiative built on free market principles.
This initiative seeks to increase intra-African exports from a current average of 18 percent, to levels comparable to the 59 and 69 percent for intra-Asia and intra-Europe exports, respectively. As Africa builds a more interconnected and prosperous continent through trade, affordable access to modern technology will play a central role in empowering our young people in manufacturing, processing and the creation of value chains across all sectors.
The continent’s internet penetration is now at 36 percent, compared to the rest of the world’s average of 56 percent. While still low, this is a remarkable accomplishment considering it was achieved in the past 10 years. The African Union, with support from the World Bank Group, has set the goal of connecting every individual, business, and government in Africa by 2030, effectively lowering broadband cost by as much 90 percent.
As the world’s fastest-growing mobile region, GSMA estimates that Africa will reach 650 million unique mobile subscribers in the next five years. The mobile ecosystem alone is expected to add more than $150 billion in value to the continent’s economy by 2022. Increased connectivity and access to the cloud through mobile phones and other edge devices will connect us to infinite sources of information, analytics and expertise that enable African innovators and entrepreneurs to envision and shape a new reality.
As a result of these positive developments, governments and businesses from all around the world are rushing to strengthen diplomatic and commercial ties with Africa. The pursuit of new opportunities on the continent is amplified by the fact that leading platform companies are making huge investments to accelerate the digital transformation and the adoption of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning—all readily available through the cloud at a fraction of the initial cost of information technology.
The threat of cybercrime to Africa’s transformation
Cloud-based technologies and services are unrivaled in their ability to offer integrated storage and computing capabilities at economies of scale that substantially increase productivity, while lowering historical capital and production costs. But as we’ve learned with the alarming increase of cyberattacks, the more powerful the tool, the greater the potential to benefit or harm society.
Over 77 percent of the cyber-attacks launched in 2018 were successful, leading to trillions of dollars in economic losses suffered by civilians, companies, and governments. We’ve also seen that these advanced technologies can be misused by terrorists, companies, and governments intent on suppressing fundamental rights like privacy and freedom of expression.
The rising threat of cybercrime is galvanizing many of our clients to strengthen public-private collaboration on the development of enabling and harmonized regulations that affirm international norms on privacy, cybersecurity, and other critical policies and regulations “aimed at promoting an open, secure, accessible and peaceful ICT environment.”
Public-Private partnerships for harmonized and enabling regulations
Technology adoption is at the heart of Africa’s socio-economic transformation agenda at the African Union and other important forums like the Smart Africa Alliance where twenty four (24) African Heads of State, with the support of a talented Secretariat, are providing critical leadership to accelerate development through ICT.
The most effective way to ensure sustainable transformation is to create ecosystems of excellence that are governed by harmonized legal and regulatory frameworks that adhere to global standards. Given the rapidly evolving capabilities of new and advanced technologies, close collaboration between policy makers and the private sector is the key to striking the right balance between the protection of individual liberties, while helping governments obtain the electronic evidence they need to protect us from serious crime and digital terrorism.
Robert Kayihura
Robert Kayihura works closely with Witney Schneidman, the Africa Practice Group chair, and leads the firm’s technology, public policy and global problem solving practice in Africa.
He has extensive experience negotiating with and advising decision makers at leading companies, regional policy…
He has extensive experience negotiating with and advising decision makers at leading companies, regional policy making bodies and national governments on technology, IP transactions and complex business problems and opportunities at the intersection of law and policy.
Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, trade and policy advisor and former legal director at Uber and Microsoft, two of the most prominent global technology corporations, Mr. Kayihura relies on a diverse set of perspectives to help start-up, growth and mature companies effectively navigate legal, compliance, and regulatory issues associated with the launch of new markets, products, and services.
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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is “designing and producing its own device displays,” which is a first for the company. The manufacturing facility which is said to be located at a secret place in California, and is near the headquarters.
More Specifically, Mark Gurman says that Apple has made “a significant investment” in the development of MicroLED displays. And These screens use newer light-emitting compounds that make them brighter, thinner, and less power-intense than the current OLED displays.
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This initiative is said to be code-named T159 and headed by Lynn Youngs, who worked on the displays for the original iPhone and iPad and is currently working on the Apple Watch screen technology. Apple’s Micro-LEDs are in the “advanced stage”, which means it could take up 2 years to first appearing on its Watch products.
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The students were joined by Councillor Mark Bennett, Mayor of Lambeth, children's author Vicki Howie, and Ger Graus, Chief Executive of the Children's University. Certificates were presented by Bev Jullien, Pro Vice Chancellor at LSBU, and Chancellor of Lambeth Children's University.
"I am honoured to show my support to the Children's University", Bev Jullien says.
"The enthusiasm and hard work shown by the young people who have taken part is an inspiration to us all at London South Bank University, and the programme shows that higher education is an attainable dream for people of all backgrounds. We hope to see many of the faces we saw this week studying with us in the years to come!"
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Honorary Doctorate of Sciences
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Peter Mansfield is an inventor who has changed the lives of millions, a scientist who has created revolutionary new pathways for physics, and a role model for people everywhere who want to achieve success from the most humble backgrounds.
Sir Peter's own background did not exactly prepare him for a distinguished scientific career, let alone winning the Nobel Prize, the highest accolade possible. He grew up in Lambeth and his father was a gas fitter, one of nine children. After the war broke out in 1939 when he was just six, he was evacuated twice and he spent some of his childhood in Torquay. When he returned to London, he did not succeed in getting into the local grammar school and was educated instead at a Central School in Peckham, which was later to become William Penn School. However, he left this school at 15 and started work as a printer's assistant. At this point in his life he was judged an academic failure and in particular was told by one of his teachers that science wasn't for him – an all too familiar story and in this case, spectacularly misjudged.
Even before this, as a young boy this fascination with science was sparked by his experiences when the V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets were falling on London – hence Lord Sainsbury's comment on the inspiration of bomb shrapnel of which the 11 year old Peter Mansfield amassed a considerable collection. This fascination became deep rooted and by the age of 19, he had taught himself enough about weapons and explosives to get a job as a scientific assistant in the Rocket Propulsion department, part of the Ministry of Supply, near Aylesbury. After National Service, he took up academic study again and did evening classes to get some A levels at what was then Borough Polytechnic and what is now today, of course, London South Bank University. Peter then won a bursary to study Physics at Queen Mary University as a mature student, a late career trajectory with which so many of our own students recognise. The mature student blossomed and Peter Mansfield graduated in 1959 with a 1st class Honours in Physics, which was followed by a PhD in 1962 under the supervision of Dr Jack Powles.
With his wife Jean, he spent two years as a Research Associate at the University of Illinois, before returning to the UK and a lectureship in Physics at the University of Nottingham, where he was appointed Professor in 1983 and has remained ever since albeit after formal retirement.
Peter Mansfield's work focused on the utilisation of gradients in the magnetic field. He showed how the signals could be mathematically analysed, which made it possible to develop a useful imaging technique. This was a major breakthrough not least because of the speed of the imaging. Within a decade of his developing his theory, the first medical applications were being developed. The commercial development of magnetic resonance imaging in the 1980s provided a breakthrough in medical diagnostics and research from which millions of patients around the world have benefited. There are now more than 22,000 MRI scanners in use worldwide, carrying out over 60 million examinations a year.
The use of MRI of course is expanding exponentially in line with health capacity demands and the increasing use of technology and even in this country, it is estimated that its use will increase by 60% over the next two years.
We, at London South Bank University, have a particular interest in these applications, since we hold a major contract to train diagnostic radiographers in the NHS while our researchers in Electrical Engineering are working with Peter Mansfield's colleagues at Nottingham in using superconductors.
Sir Peter Mansfield's career has been illuminated with honours and distinctions of the highest kind, including the Gold medal of the Royal Society, the Duddell Prize of the Institute of Physics, the Silvanus Thompson Medal by the British Institute of Radiology, the Antoine Beclere medal of the International Radiological Society, The Gold Medal of the European Congress of Radiology, and honorary degrees from universities including Strasbourg, Krakow, Kent and Nottingham. He was also knighted in 1993.
But his highest accolade came in 2003 when he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Professor Paul Lauterbur of the University of Illinois.
Accepting his award at the Nobelfest, Sir Peter expressed the feelings of many patients after their diagnosis, "What comes through to me is the strong sense of relief at knowing the details of their illness and the hope inspired by the vigorous evaluation of their problems using MRI."
For all his services to science and to medicine, for the transformation of the health of so many people, and for providing such a powerful role model for so many, Professor Sir Peter Mansfield was named as Doctor of Science honoris causa from London South Bank University.
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LSC Board to Honor Volunteer Lawyers And Firms at California Pro Bono Event
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Washington, DC—The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on January 19 will honor volunteer lawyers and organizations for their pro bono contributions to LSC-funded legal aid programs in California during the Board’s meeting in San Diego this week.
Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner for the State of California, and Jon Streeter, President of the State Bar of California, will be among the speakers at the event honoring the pro bono volunteers.
Deanell Reece Tacha, Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law, will address the LSC Board’s luncheon on January 20. Dean Tacha previously served as a Judge and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The pro bono service award recipients are:
Ana de Alba, Associate at Lang, Richert & Patch, and a Board member of Central California Legal Services.
Cooley LLP, which has a long history of providing support and pro bono services to the Legal Aid Society of San Diego.
John F. Davis, retired Partner at Lewis, D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard who has volunteered for 11 years at Legal Services of Northern California.
Diane Dodds, a founding Partner of Jennison & Dodds LLP who provides pro bono assistance to clients of Greater Bakersfield Legal Services.
Derek Milosavljevic, an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a Board member of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.
Michael Soloff, Partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, a volunteer at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
Victor M. Torres, an attorney in San Diego who provides pro bono legal services to clients of California Rural Legal Assistance.
Young Lawyers Division of the Orange County Bar Association, for their pledge to assist the Legal Aid Society of Orange County in providing legal representation to qualified tenants facing eviction.
The LSC Board and its committees will meet January 19-21. The times and locations of the Board and committee meetings may be found in a notice published in the Federal Register. Members of the public who are unable to attend may listen to open sessions of the Board and Board committees by telephone, using the instructions in the notice.
LSC was established by the Congress to provide equal access to justice and to ensure the delivery of high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. The Corporation currently provides funding to 135 independent nonprofit legal aid programs in every state, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
LSC grants help address the civil legal needs of the elderly, veterans, victims of domestic violence, individuals with disabilities and others with pressing civil matters. More than 60 million Americans have incomes at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty line and qualify for civil legal assistance—an income of $13,613 for an individual and $27,938 for a family of four.
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Adding Persuasion & Power With Video
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million.
It is critically important to control the way evidence is presented during trial, and a well-made video will make your argument all the more dynamic. Video presentations speed up trial proceedings, and they appeal to the different learning styles of the judge, the jurors, and others present in the courtroom. A dynamic video makes it easier than ever to capture—and keep—the attention of jurors and judges, and it is a valuable way to enhance your argument.
Senior partner Michael Maggiano will give a presentation on the topic of videotaped depositions at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Central CLEFest. The presentation is scheduled for 10:50 a.m. on Monday, November 24, at the East Brunswick Hilton.
The Videotaped Deposition
“Black ink on white paper” is the most common presentation style for depositions—but is it really the best way to present evidence? A videotaped deposition, while it may open up your client to visual scrutiny that a transcript would not, has several important advantages.
The advantages of a videotaped deposition include the following:
Accurate preservation of testimony: A videotaped deposition is the best way to truly and accurately preserve the witness’ testimony. Experts say that 97 percent of communication is nonverbal—so why omit the nonverbal parts of a witness’ testimony? Tone of voice, mannerisms, eye contact, attitude, facial movements, poise, and tone all tell an important story, and with a videotaped deposition, all of those nonverbal cues are automatically included.
Accurate prediction of trial testimony: A videotaped deposition helps the attorney understand how the witness will act and testify during trial. A written deposition cannot give you proper insight into how the witness will conduct themselves on the stand.
Elimination of vague or obscure answers: The “I don’t know” and “I don’t remember” responses are eliminated in videotaped depositions. When looking into the camera, witnesses tend to give straightforward answers and act like they would in front of a judge or jury. The “I don’t know” and “I don’t remember” responses turn into lengthy attempts to fudge or hedge answers in a regular deposition, which can turn a powerful witness into a liability. (Of course, there are certain situations in which the “I don’t know” and “I don’t remember” responses are perfectly fine. In these cases, a video deposition can still help an attorney get an idea of how the witness will behave in court.)
Elimination of shenanigans: Videotaping a deposition eliminates the possibility of attorneys playing games or engaging in shenanigans. When the lawyer is on camera, he or she is much less likely to misbehave, and the witness is much less likely to look to their advocate for answers.
Judge and juror appreciation: Judges and jurors appreciate the time-saving nature of a videotaped deposition, when compared to the reading of a lengthy deposition. Watching a deposition with your own eyes is far more interesting than having it read aloud—so long as the attorney makes the effort to make the video interesting. There is no use in a video deposition that is just as long and drawn-out as a traditional deposition.
Increased intensity of impeachment: Courts have the discretion/authority to allow counsel to impeach prior deposition testimony by playing excerpts from the video deposition. This is a far more effective approach, and it significantly increases the intensity of impeachment.
Visual representation of witnesses’ activities: Witnesses are often required to do certain things in a deposition, such as point to an area of their body, give a demonstration, draw sketches, or do something else entirely. A lawyer’s description of the witnesses’ activities in a written transcript is nowhere near as compelling as letting the judge and jurors see it for themselves on video.
Visual utilization of evidence: Witnesses can show photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps, charts, medical illustrations, video and computer animations and reconstructions, anatomical drawings, models, and more in a videotaped deposition. Again, this importance of this visual connection among judges, jurors, and witnesses cannot be overstated.
Enhanced preparation by attorneys:Lawyers are more prepared for a videotaped deposition than a traditional deposition—it’s simply a fact. A higher level of preparation will increase the likelihood of settling the case earlier or reveal earlier on that the case will need to go to trial.
Getting the attention of the opposition: When you take a deposition by videotape, opposing lawyers realize you are serious about the litigation and trial of your case. Whether you are dealing with a civil or criminal case, a videotaped deposition shows the opposition you are putting in an all-out effort.
Changing the atmosphere: A videotaped deposition tends to have a more formal, more intense, and more serious atmosphere than a traditional deposition. This formal atmosphere more closely resembles the courtroom atmosphere of trial.
There are a few rules in place regarding videotaped depositions. New Jersey Court Rule 4:14-2 states that the party seeking a videotaped deposition must serve the notice at least 10 days prior to the date of the deposition being sought. Court Rule 4:14-1 states that a videotaped deposition of a treating physician cannot be used at trial until 30 days after the physician has been provided with a copy of the videotape.
New Jersey Court Rule 4:16-1 states that a videotaped deposition may be used to contradict or impeach the testimony of the deponent as a witness as well as for “any other purpose permitted by the rules of evidence.” In other words, where the deposition testimony may be used as evidence, the videotape may also be used.
At the end of the day, a video deposition presents distinct challenges and opportunities for trial attorneys. The best way to ensure the success of a video deposition is to conduct the witness preparation on videotape (before the actual deposition takes place), which allows you time to give feedback and improve the witness’ demeanor on tape.
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Heather Rose: The power of imagination
Heather Rose. Photo credit: Jack Robert-Tissot
Published 30 April 2018. Last Updated 13 June 2018
For award winning writer Heather Rose, Tasmania is where her heart belongs and her source of inspiration.
Author Heather Rose left Tasmania at age 19 to see the world. Over the next two years she travelled through Asia and Europe, planted trees, ran a youth hostel, picked grapes and olives, and became a companion to a concert pianist. She also spent four years travelling 20 000 miles through the mid-west of America. Later she settled in Melbourne, but it was Tasmania that lured this sixth-generation local home again. It is here that her career as an author began. It now spans seven novels.
Heather wanted to be a writer before she could read. ”Writing has always been a passion. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to write,” she says.
It was a poem she wrote at six years old that led her father to say that one day she’d be a great writer. The avid reader spent years comparing what she felt were her own inadequate words with those of the great writers – sensing a canyon so grand she would never bridge the gap. Hitting her thirties, she chose to stop worrying about this and instead to see writing as a craft that you keep working at. So it turns out Dad was right.
These days Heather writes for adults and children, and her books have received awards across literary fiction, crime fiction, fantasy and children’s literature.
Her mesmerising novel The Museum of Modern Love, is inspired by the life and work of Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic, who Heather discovered in 2005 via a photograph at the National Gallery of Victoria. Some 70 drafts, 11 years and numerous rejections later the book was published. Her novel won The Stella Prize 2017 for best book (fiction or non-fiction) written by an Australian woman. It also won the Christina Stead Prize and the Margaret Scott Prize. It was shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society Medal and the Queensland Premier’s Prize. It is currently longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award and will be published internationally this year.
Heather Rose, The Stella Prize 2017 Winner. Photo supplied
For Heather, every book feels like starting anew as a writer. “There’s no doubt I’ve become more comfortable as a writer. I’m a copywriter by trade. I spent a decade in advertising in Melbourne and then when I returned to Tasmania, I co-founded an advertising agency here.”
In 2004 she won the Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year and in 2008 was appointed Chairman of the Festival of Voices event. Heather built the festival from humble beginnings into the major annual festival it is today, and in the process proved that Tasmania could attract visitors in winter.
She has also received two national Australian Business Arts Foundation Awards for her contribution to the arts. Dark Mofo and other winter festivals have followed, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Her next novel, like her first three novels White Heart, The Butterfly Man and The River Wife, is a political satire set in Tasmania. “After all those years writing a novel set in New York, it’s good to be back home in my imagination,” she says. Heather also writes for children with award-winning author Danielle Wood under the pen-name Angelica Banks. Their books are published internationally, with new writing scheduled for 2018.
And while her schedule is always busy, life in Tasmania allows Heather the occasional window to tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Tasmania. ‘I love teaching writing. It’s one of my great joys.’
If words are hard to find, Heather walks by the sea where she lives. “My greatest pleasure has been encouraging other people to explore their creativity. I think imagination is one of the most important gifts we are given. And Tasmania inspires me every day.”
Are you interested in making a move? Make it Tasmania.
Find out more about Heather Rose.
For information on starting a business in Tasmania look through our stories or visit Business Tasmania.
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David Nash and Ea Lassen: From Copenhagen to the hamlet of Franklin, Tasmania
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The World's Maritime Centre
Value of the maritime sector
Maritime UK commissioned the Centre for Economics and Business Research to estimate the value of the UK maritime sector.
The Cebr findings were formally launched in Parliament on Wednesday 13 September 2017 by Maritime Minister, Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Chair of International Trade select committee, Angus MacNeil MP, former Maritime Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP and Maritime UK Chairman David Dingle.
The Maritime sector makes a substantive macroeconomic contribution to the UK through turnover, Gross Value Added (GVA), employment and through the compensation of employees. It is estimated that the sector directly supported just over £40 billion in business turnover, £14.5 billion in GVA and 185,700 jobs for UK employees in 2015. The marine and shipping industries are the largest constituent industries terms of economic activity, contributing £6.5 billion and £4.3 billion in GVA respectively, and directly supporting around 99,500 jobs and 50,800 jobs respectively in 2015.
The substantial direct economic contribution of the Maritime sector exceeds those of other comparable industries. For example, the sectors direct turnover contribution of just over £40 billion compares to £31.1 billion from the entire Aerospace industry in 2015; similarly, the sectors direct GVA contribution of £14.5 billion compares favourably to £10.0 billion from the Aerospace industry.
The direct contribution of the Maritime sector through turnover, GVA and employment has increased since 2010, when turnover, GVA and employment are estimated to have been £35.5 billion, £13.6 billion and 178,800 jobs respectively. Average productivity in the Maritime sector – as measured through the GVA generated by each job – exceeds that of the national average. Average productivity in each maritime industry also exceeded the national average in each year from 2010 to 2015.
The Maritime sector also helped to raise billions of pounds each year to the UK Exchequer and made a sizeable contribution to UK trade through exports of goods and services. The sector contributed an estimated total of just under £4.7 billion in tax revenues in 2015, or 0.7% of total UK tax revenues, spread across Income Tax, NICs, VAT, Corporation Tax and Business Rates. The Maritime sector exported £12 billion of goods and services in 2015, or around 2.3% of the UK total.
After quantifying the indirect economic impacts through the industry supply chains and induced effects on expenditures, it is estimated that the Maritime sector helped to support a total of £37.4 billion of GVA in 2015. This implies that, for every £1 in GVA directly contributed on average by the sector, a further £2.59 in GVA was generated across the UK economy.
These aggregate economic impacts associated with the Maritime sector also extend to turnover, employment and the compensation of employees. It is estimated that the Maritime sector helped to support a total of £91.9 billion in turnover, 957,300 jobs and £21.0 billion through the compensation of employees in 2015.
While the economic contribution of the industry is spread across all UK regions, London contributes the most to GVA and employment, both directly and more widely. In 2015, it is estimated that the industry in London directly contributed £4.3 billion of GVA (29% of the industry) and 35,800 jobs (19%). After indirect and induced effects are considered, the aggregate contribution from London rises to £8.9 billion of GVA (26%) and 236,000 jobs (28%).
Comment on relationship to previous studies
Cebr was eager to produce a consistent set of estimates across a six-year period. This revealed differences between Cebr's estimates for the back years and those previously produced by Oxford Economics. Marine has also been included for the first time, which has impacted other industries due to shared activities. The industry figures making up the broad Maritime sector are however not always additive because some of the reports have been customised to cater for the overlap between certain industries. Simply adding together the industries would therefore produce a degree of double counting. The broad Maritime sector report has had this double counting stripped out. Cebr believes fundamentally in the thoroughness and robustness of its approach and, as such, we stand by our own unbiased and fresh examination of the role of the Maritime sector and its constituent industries in the UK.
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Brian Williams gets punished, why not O'Reilly?
So Brian Williams, justifiably, gets lamb basted for making comments untrue to his standing in a situation in combat, but here is AUDIO PROOF and Bill O'Reilly getting called out for lying LIVE on his show....and I guarantee that FOX News won't fire him anytime soon or punish him at all. Conservatives are the worst!!!!
Who are the Streetfighterz?
On this weeks show (ep. 188), we are joined by Adam hunziker, one of the founders of the Streetfighterz Motorcycle club. They do amazing motorcycle street tricks and this is a video of them and their friends doing some so you can understand how edgy and amazing it is.
NO PROTESTING on day of BROWN'S Funeral...
The funeral for Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. this month, will be held on Monday morning. Michael Brown Sr., the child's father, told a St. Louis radio station that he'd like protestors to take the day off that Monday out of respect for his son.
In an interview with Hot 104.1 in St. Louis, Brown Sr. expressed his desire to have a peaceful day.
"I would like for no protesting going on," Michael Brown Sr. said during an interview on a St. Louis radio station, according to a Buzzfeed report. "We just want a moment of silence that whole day. Just out of respect for our son."
The White House will be sending three officials to attend Brown's funeral, NPR reports:
Broderick Johnson, chairman of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, an Obama initiative to empower boys and men of color. Joining Johnson will be Marlon Marshall, deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and Heather Foster, an adviser for the office.
Brown's funeral will be public and held at a baptist church in St. Louis that holds 2,500 people in its main sanctuary and 2,000 people in overflow sections.
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Lawmakers Urge Internet Governing Body to Block Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital from Taking Over the .ORG Internet Domain Name Registry
Takeover is not in the public interest and ICANN should deny approval
Lawmakers' letter comes as ICANN decision approaches
Text of the Letter (PDF)
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the leadership of global Internet governance body the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), urging them to block the Internet Society's (ISOC) proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry (PIR) and its contract to operate the .ORG internet domain name registry to the private equity firm Ethos Capital. The lawmakers raised concerns that the approval of this transfer could result in increased costs, cuts in service and reliability problems, monetization of .ORG registry data, and censorship of .ORG websites. The lawmakers' letter comes as the Internet community awaits ICANN's impending decision on whether to approve the transfer of the registry.
ICANN manages the operation of the Internet's domain name system (DNS) via contracts with registries, or companies that administer domain names under a top-level domain such as .ORG, .COM, and .NET, and has the power to provide or withhold consent in response to a request for a change of registry control such as this one.
After reviewing documents and information requested by and provided to Congress and ICANN by PIR, Ethos Capital, and ISOC, the lawmakers raised their concerns about whether Ethos Capital will be a responsible steward of the .ORG registry and whether the registry will be operated under meaningful oversight. Their letter also raised concerns that Ethos Capital, a private equity firm established just last year, has no track record of running an operation as large or as critical to the public interest as the .ORG registry, and that private equity buyouts in a range of industries have been shown to result in higher costs and worse outcomes for consumers and other stakeholders.
"The Ethos Capital takeover of the .ORG domain fails the public interest test in numerous ways: it threatens the quality and reliability of .ORG websites, and could severely limit access to these domains via price increases and 'arbitrary censorship,'" wrote the lawmakers. "And the current commitments and agreements made by Ethos Capital fail to mitigate these risks."
The lawmakers described how the private equity takeover will saddle PIR with debt and give an unproven private equity firm substantial authority and virtually unlimited power to raise prices, reduce or modify services, monetize its power over the top-level domain, and fail to run the domain in a manner consistent with the public interest.
"Public interest should be at the forefront of any ICANN decision, but it should be especially so in determining who should be approved to operate the .ORG registry... the proposed sale of .ORG is against the public interest and would violate ICANN's commitment to 'preserve and enhance... the operational stability, reliability, security... and openness of the DNS and the Internet,'" concluded the lawmakers, citing ICANN's bylaws. "We urge you to reject this private equity takeover of .ORG."
Senators Warren, Blumenthal, and Wyden, and Congresswoman Eshoo previously sent a letter to PIR, ISOC, and Ethos Capital asking a series of questions about whether nonprofit groups, free speech and internet users would be harmed by the sale of .ORG domains to a private equity firm.
Senator Warren has been a vocal critic of private equity abuses throughout her time in the Senate and is fighting for reforms that protect consumers, communities, students, workers, investors, and elections. In July, Senator Warren and Representative Pocan, along with a number of Democratic colleagues, introduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, a comprehensive bill to bring greater responsibility to the private equity industry by holding private equity firms responsible for the liabilities of companies under their control and requiring greater transparency in private equity firms' practices.
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Link to individual article 1 August 1999
Angel Voices
By John Brophy, Irish Music
John Brophy finds a suitably spiritual location to ask Mary Black about her new album, Speaking with the Angel.
The hottest day of the year and I'm looking across the street at Christ Church Cathedral, first built at the start of the Millenium (Sigurd, King of Dublin, 1038). For once, the tourists in the open-top buses are not being drowned by thundershowers, and they're busy taking pictures of all the gargoyles and angels around the Norman pile. Sitting next to me is Mary Black who is finishing off the same Millenium on a similarly angelic not, with her album Speaking with the Angel. This is her ninth solo album, and the first one she has worked on with Donal Lunny. "It's something I've always wanted to do", she says, but until now the opportunity never arose. Donal isn't the only known name on the credits. There's the bass player James Blennerhassett, full of stories and good humour, and the name Steve Cooney also features strongly. There's one unfamiliar name though, a bass player called, wait for it, Jabirrunnga Nunnagye, who features on the song Broken Wings. Ah, Mary explains, that's the spirit of an Australian Aboriginal musician who took possession of Steve Cooney during that track, Steve is adamant this happened, and Steve says due credit should be given. I am deeply impressed: it's only long afterwards I wonder how you organise a work permit for a happening like that. The same track also features Liam ó Floinn on pipes, another first-time collaboration, and there's also some cool mean-toned harmonica playing from Brendan Power.
In another track, Fall at your Feet, Frank Gallagher uses violas, which are double tracked. More and more people are appreciating the richness of tone and depth the viola can give, and her own song is an example of that. How did this album start? Well, there's a holiday place beyond Dingle at Cuas, which is where St. Brendan departed and found America. (Only he had sense enough to keep quiet about, say the begrudgers. We were never short of the bitter word.) That part of the world is Steve Cooney's adopted homeland, and when they got a chance to meet and arrange to do an album he brought something special out in her singing.
In general, this is a slower-paced collection than others. I'm emboldened to ask if a lot of the songs aren't about loss, suffering, and resignation? Mary doesn't deny it, but these are the emotions that seem to drive people to write songs. And when you think of it, it's so true, from all the songs of rejected love and emigration right through to material just being penned today.
Steve also has a song of his own on the collection. Bless the Road is a lovely song about farewell and heartbreak, but done with dignity and no rancour. The title track is a song by Ron Sexsmith. It was sound engineer Billy Robinson who introduced her to the material, and she went for it at once. Does it deal with Learning Difficulties (what used to be called mental handicap)? I get the same vibe there as from Phil Coulter's Scorn Not His Simplicity. Actually Ron is playing in town on the very night we're talking, and Mary is busy trying to rearrange a schedule to get to see him - as far as she knows, he isn't aware that she has recorded the song yet. But songs stand apart, and you take from them what you find. In this case, Mary has found a lot, and she is taking to the roads and airways to show it.
There's a short US tour, which will be broken for a homecoming for the album launch; then there's Belgium for a fortnight, and then an Irish tour in September, followed by three weeks in the US. After that, it's Britain and in December she goes to Japan. Somewhere in between all this, there is a Hen Week with friends, unnamed, planned for a quiet spot in Spain, a little inland from the coast: prepare for action, ye paparazzi!
How to survive while on tour is an art in itself. Like many singers she finds the dryer climate and the ventilation systems on aeroplanes can be hard on the voice; the best way is to travel by bus while you're sleeping - as long as there is a hotel room and full facilities waiting at the other end. A bus minus hotel can be stressful, needing the temperament of an angel, but you get to know when someone needs a little space, and you make sure you don't intrude.
All the touring might seem like a lot of time away from home, but Mary likes to have a break between tours, and touch base. With three offspring of her own, plus an add-on from Canada who looks like becoming a semi-permanent feature, keeping in contact is important. Talking of Canada, she says she makes a point of including places like Toronto on tour schedules, but she has never been to Cape Breton or Nova Scotia, and would love to go. When it happens, it will be mighty.
But increasingly she is finding Ireland a wonderful country to come home to; there's such a wealth of scenery and people. She recently tore herself away from the mountains of Kerry for a week on the wide sweeps of water on the Shannon, beautiful in a very different way. They ended up having a great session in Lanesboro with local singer Davy Brennan. What about the island home on Rathlin, where you can see across the sea of Mayle to the Mull of Kintyre? It's still in the family, and she still visits there, even once going by helicopter. But it's about 300 miles between Rathlin and Kerry, and that's where the home of the heart is at the moment.
A couple of weeks earlier she had climbed Mount Brandon, second highest mountain in the Kingdom. "There were even people aged over 60 using hands and knees to get to the top. It was one of the most physically demanding things I've done, but it was also spiritually very rewarding." Any pictures of the event? The day she climbed it, the summit was covered with icy mist and rain: by the time she got down, she was covered in mud to the waist no, no pictures!
The other way she is seeking to become a Kerrywoman is through set dancing. "You could go on for hours, and never feel the bad back. It's like basketball when I was younger." And seeing there was a recent picture of herself and sister Frances with the most noted of Kerrymen, Micheál ó Muircheartaigh, at the Éist album launch, could we ask is she planning any more songs in Irish. She has recorded both Bruach na Carraige Báine and Giolla Mear, and maybe the Kerry influence will work to inspire more.
There was of course, Irish on Rathlin, but Government policies and economics conspired to end it in her grandfather's time, though he could remember the earlier generation speaking it.
The present album is recorded on three labels: Dara, their own label, is for Ireland; Grapevine is for Britain and Europe, and in the US and Canada it's Curb. Dara's own office is in Ship Street (orginally Sheep Street) close by, near Hoey's Court where Jonathan Swift was born, and beside Dublin Castle where can been seen politicians parading from inquiries into sins of the past. It's truly historical, and it's close to Mary's Dublin base in Harold's Cross, where earlier in the Millennium, the Archbishop of Dublin maintained a private gallows. That's gone a while now.
What about what's called the Nashville influence? "Well," says Mary, "I have never claimed to be a traditional singer. I have such a broad interest that I take in whatever influences I need for a particular song. One track could have a very traditional feel and the next could be quite bouncy rock: it's whatever work for the material." And where does the material come from? She has favourite writers like Sandy Denny who wrote the song Moments only weeks before she died in a accident in 1980; that song has lived with her for a good while, until the time was right to record it. Another song is by Dougie McClean, well known in Scotland, who wrote the great Caledonia, which Frances recorded.
There are 11 tracks in all, plus Fields of Gold as a bonus: the old showbiz adage of always leave them wanting more applies here. There were about 15 songs recorded, but some have to wait for another chance. She speaks of other musicians, especially piano player Pat Crowley: if there is any regret, it's that most of the piano work was on tracks that didn't make it this time.
As a producer, she says, she has become less obsessive with total perfection; a little imperfection ensures something unique, it's the mark of hand-crafted individuality: that's why on Broken Wings, she recorded it all on one take, and decided not to retouch it, though she once would have done. Maybe that's mellowing or maturing. And how about the younger generation? The Black clan, like Lunnys, has no shortage of young talent: there are guitars and other things being played all the time, for the love and enjoyment of it. If anyone wants to make a career of it, they will get support, but nobody's under any delusions that it's an easy life. Still, the music has been handed on, and it's safe for the start of the new millennium. And that's a big part of what the tradition is about.
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David Mazie is an acclaimed New Jersey trial lawyer and a senior partner in Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman. Mr. Mazie’s adversaries are acutely aware that he will take his cases to trial if they do not settle for what he demands. His trial record is unprecedented as he won the two largest personal injury jury verdicts in New Jersey history, and he is the only attorney in New Jersey to have ever obtained a personal injury jury verdict in excess of $100 million. Mr. Mazie has more than 65 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million, including many settlements/verdicts in excess of $10 million.
Because of his many accomplishments, Mr. Mazie has received numerous awards from the most prestigious legal publications in the nation. In 2005, the New Jersey Law Journal named Mr. Mazie as its Lawyer of the Year this was followed in 2014 with the New Jersey Law Journal naming Mr. Mazie to its Personal Injury Hall of Fame. Best Lawyers in America has named Mr. Mazie to its Lawyer of the Year list. Mr. Mazie also topped the Super Lawyers list by receiving more votes than any other New Jersey trial attorney on the New Jersey Super Lawyers list for three straight years. He also has been named by Super Lawyers to its “top ten” list on practically every year the list has been published. Super Lawyers Magazine has described Mr. Mazie as a “Warrior” who is “relentless, aggressive and creative.” He has also been selected to Lawdragon’s list of the 500 Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers in the country multiple times. Mr. Mazie has received many other awards such as being named Lawyer of the Year by ACQ Legal and Corporate Live Wire Magazine.
The following are some of Mr. Mazie’s many accomplishments:
$166 million verdict for negligence against New Jersey child protection agency
$135 million verdict for alcohol liability lawsuit involving a multibillion-dollar international food and beverage company that sells beer at Giants Stadium
$38.5 million class action settlement against Honda and Acura for defects in air conditioning systems.
$33.9 Million Product Liability Settlement
$19.2 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death and Burn Injury
$18.5 Million Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict for Delayed C-section
$15.75 Million Settlement of Accounting Malpractice Case
$12.75 million settlement for a man hit by a bus which caused a brain injury.
$12 million medical malpractice verdict for death
$11.24 million settlement
$9 million settlement
$7.8 million settlement of a product liability lawsuit involving a defective ride at an amusement park which resulted in the deaths of two persons
$7.25 Million for Actuarial Malpractice
$5 million settlement for wrongful death resulting from automobile accident
$5 Million Settlement For Truck Accident
Click here to read about many more of Mr. Mazie’s verdicts and settlements.
Mr. Mazie is routinely quoted in newspapers and magazines, and regularly makes television appearances regarding his cases.
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UT MD Anderson Study Finds Acupuncture Can Prevent Radiation-Induced Chronic Dry Mouth
MD Anderson News Release November 10, 2011
When given alongside radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, acupuncture has shown for the first time to reduce the debilitating side effect of xerostomia, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center.
The study, published in the journal Cancer, reported findings from the first randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for the prevention of xerostomia.
Xerostomia, or severe dry mouth, is characterized by reduced salivary flow, which commonly affects patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Most current treatments are palliative and offer limited benefit, according to Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., professor in MD Anderson's Departments of General Oncology and Behavioral Science and director of the Integrative Medicine Program.
The condition impairs quality of life for patients, as it creates difficulties eating, speaking and sleeping, while also increasing the risk for oral infections.
"There have been a number of small studies examining the benefits of acupuncture after xerostomia develops, but no one previously examined if it could prevent xerostomia," said Cohen, who is also the study's principal investigator. "We found incorporating acupuncture alongside radiotherapy diminished the incidence and severity of this side effect."
Cohen and his colleagues examined 86 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, treated at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center. Forty patients were randomized to acupuncture and 46 to the standard of care. Those in the treatment arm received acupuncture therapy three times per week during the seven-week course of radiotherapy. Patients were evaluated before radiotherapy, weekly during radiotherapy, and then again one and six months later.
The results were based on data derived from two self-report questionnaires and measuring actual saliva flow. Patients completed the Xerostomia Questionnaire (XQ), an eight-item survey which assessed symptoms consistent with the condition. XQ scores under 30 corresponded to mild or no symptoms of xerostomia.
The second measure, MD Anderson Symptom Inventory Head and Neck (MDASI-HN), ranked the severity of cancer-related symptoms, other than xerostomia, and their interference with quality of life. The team also measured saliva flow rates using standardized sialometry collection techniques.
Benefits Noticed Quickly
"What was quite remarkable was that we started to see group differences as early as three weeks into radiotherapy for the development of xerostomia, cancer-related symptoms that interfere with quality of life, and saliva flow rates - an important objective measure," said Zhiqiang Meng, M.D., Ph.D., co-principle investigator of the study and deputy chair of the Department of Integrative Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center.
The largest group differences in XQ scores were seen by the end of radiotherapy, but the differences persisted over time. By one month after the end of radiotherapy, 54.3 percent of the acupuncture group reported XQ scores greater than 30, compared to the control group at 86.1 percent. By six months after radiotherapy, the numbers dropped to 24.1 percent in the acupuncture group and 63.6 percent of the control group still reporting symptoms of xerostomia. Saliva flow rates were also greater in the acupuncture group, starting at three weeks into radiotherapy and persisting through the one and six month follow-up.
Acupuncture also helped cancer-related symptoms, other than xerostomia, as measured by the MDASI-HN questionnaire, with differences that emerged in week three and continued through six months.
"The medical implications are quite profound in terms of quality of life, because while chronic dry mouth may sound benign, it has a significant impact on sleeping, eating and speaking," Cohen said. "Without saliva, there can be an increase in microbial growth, possible bone infection and irreversible nutritional deficits."
Additional studies are needed to determine the mechanisms for the benefits of acupuncture, and while the study didn't examine this issue, Cohen said it may have an impact on local blood flux, specifically at the parotid gland.
Further research is planned, including a large trial conducted at MD Anderson in collaboration with Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center. Both centers will enroll 150 patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: 50 will receive acupuncture, 50 sham acupuncture and 50 will be enrolled in a control group. Researchers will also examine saliva constituents and a number of other measures to better determine the mechanisms of acupuncture.
In addition to Cohen, other authors on the study include, from MD Anderson: M. Kay Garcia, Dr. P.H., Integrative Medicine Program; Joseph Chiang, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology; Mark Chambers, D.M.D, Department of Dental Oncology; David Rosenthal, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology; J. Lynn Palmer, Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics; Amy Spelman, Ph.D., and Qi Wei, M.S., both in the Integrative Medicine Program. From Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Hospital: Huiting Peng, M.D., Ying Zhang, Luming Liu, M.D., Ph.D., all in Department of Integrative Oncology, Chaosu Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology. From Fudan University College of Public Health: Qi Zhao, Ph.D. and Genming Zhao, Ph.D., both in Department of Statistics.
Support for the study was provided, in part, through grants from the National Cancer Institute and the Chinese Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. 11/10/11
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Grape / Wine
Olive / Olive oil
Durum wheat / Pasta
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Case studies: Olive / Olive oil
Case studies: Olive / Olive oilFrancesca Conti2018-10-24T11:25:07+01:00
The Olea europaea, or olive tree, has been part of the Mediterranean landscape for millennia, to the point that the unmistakable squat shape of this evergreen tree has become a symbol of the Mediterranean vegetation. Moreover, perhaps nothing identifies more with the concept of Mediterranean diet than the product obtained by pressing its fruit, namely olive oil. This product is deeply rooted in the region’s culture; archaeological investigations evidence have shown that olive oil was already commonly used in ancient Greek and Roman cuisine, with evidence of its production in the isle of Crete dating as far back as 4000 BC.
Nowadays, though retaining its major importance in the Mediterranean food system, olive oil has transcended the region’s boundaries to become a global high value commodity. That is testified by the worldwide expansion of the areas destined to olive’s cultivation, which as fruit crops is second only to those of oil palms and coconut trees. However, the ten largest producing countries of olive oil are all located in the Mediterranean region and produce around 95% of the world’s olives. This is due to the peculiarities of the climate and soils of the region, which match the olive trees’ demand for hot weather, wide sun exposure, and light and calcareous soils.
In particular, such conditions are largely met in the coastal areas of Spain, Greece and Italy, the countries with the most typical Mediterranean diet in the world and – not by chance – by far the largest producers of olive oil, together with Turkey.
Preserving the European Union world leadership in olive oil production is of high economical and cultural importance, but it could become a challenging task in the near future, owing to the effects of climate change and spread of pests such as the olive fruit fly. For instance, regarding the latter issue, in most of the Olea europaea producing areas the fruit fly of the Bactrocera oleae olive tree is considered a major biotic threat for crops.
To face the challenges ahead, MED-GOLD will provide a climate service that will predict the effects of climate change and forecast the influence of pests and olive production in future campaigns. Furthermore, the tools to be developed will support decision making and overall strategy on a long timescale, ultimately leading to increased yields and final products of higher quality.
Questions MED-GOLD will address
Seasonal timescale
When and where apply pesticides to control the olive fly pest in the next campaign?
How much oil will I produce in my farm next campaign?
How much oil is going to be produced?
When do I have to apply fertilizer in my farm for the next campaign?
When do I have to start watering/irrigation in my farms?
Long-term timescale
Which will be the average productivity in a certain region in 10 to 20 years?
Which new pests will I have to fight against?
Will olive trees grow and produce better at higher altitudes/higher latitudes (due to higher temps)
Will olive trees have to be planted at a greater distance one from the other in the future (due to drier conditions?)
What will be the productivity range in the future period and the climate scenarios (lowest and highest productivity in future period compared to the present)?
What will be the irrigation requirements in the future?
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Medieval Lord
Medieval Lords played a significant role in the Medieval Era. They filled an important role in the feudal system of medieval times.
Medieval Lords swore allegiance and paid homage to the king. In recognition of their service, they were granted lands, lived in manor houses and looked after small villages. The villagers, in turn, paid respect and were beholden to the Medieval lord. Their livelihoods were tied to the manor and taxes were levied on them.
Medieval Lords Definition
The Medieval era was best defined by the Medieval lords, who populated the feudal system upon which the social order was structured, under the King’s rule.
While the king sat at the top of the hierarchy, Medieval lords below him were tasked to defend the land from attackers and hostile neighbors. The Medieval lords performed several duties on behalf of the king.
The wife of the lord was referred to as the lady of the manor or castle. Marriages among nobles were mostly arranged by their parents or guardians.
Medieval Lords Costumes
History of the Medieval Lord
The feudal system served as the basic form of government and way of life in Medieval Europe. This system was ultimately responsible for the emergence of Medieval lords and vassals.
Society revolved around this hierarchy, at the center of which was the local Medieval lord and his manor.
The Feudal system first developed after William the Conqueror invaded and conquered England. He gave fiefs (lands) to his Norman vassals in exchange for helping him complete his quest. The system became widespread after the successful takeover of France in 900 AD.
Medieval Lords and Feudal Land
Land was essentially given to those who served their Medieval lord well. The feudal system was all about granting land to the most dedicated individuals, from the king to his vassals to their vassal’s subordinates to ordinary peasants.
The Medieval lord’s territory could cover an entire town and everything within. In exchange for their loyalty and service, the Medieval lord offered villagers protection and safety. One of the Medieval lord’s most important duties was to serve the king and he did so by paying his taxes and supplying him with his finest soldiers.
Medieval Lords and The King
The King was the most powerful man in the feudal system . He basically controlled and owned all the lands in the country. People in the Middle Ages esteemed their kings so much, believing they had the God-given right to rule over everything. The king’s divine right included the power to decide whom to lease the land to.
Every noble was made to swear an oath of fealty and homage to the him, even at the cost of their life. Only the most trusted confidantes were privileged enough to lease land directly from the monarch. Nobles who received the coveted royal fiefs were called barons. Not only did they come into great wealth, but they were also powerful and had total dominion and jurisdiction over the lands leased to them.
What Did Medieval Lords Do on a Daily Basis?
In finer detail, the nobles lived day to day performing even the most mundane tasks. Medieval lords and nobles routinely woke up at dawn to hear mass or pray. After which, they took their breakfast.
They would then handle estate-related affairs by looking into financial (i.e. taxes, rents and other dies), supply inventory and harvest reports. In certain cases, they performed judicial functions over their vassals and the villagers.
They settled complaints and disputed and granted the permission to marry. Medieval lords were active in political discussions and participated in the decision-making process.
As Medieval society became more and more sophisticated, Medieval lords and their ladies started spending more time on artistic pursuits. They patronized music, paintings and literature. Many Medieval lords were well-versed in fencing and wielding broad swords so weapon practice was a regular pastime as well as hunting and hawking.
Medieval Lords said their evening prayers and ate their supper in the halls of their manor or castle. Following supper, the Medieval lords would sometimes call for entertainment. There would be music, acrobatics, minstrels, jesters and dancing. When they retired for the night, the rest of the manor and the village under its wing went to bed as well.
Medieval Lord Robert Dudley of Leicester in official attire
How Did You Become a Medieval Lord?
To become a Lord/baron (the highest position in the feudal system next to the king), one had to earn the trust and confidence of the crown. Barons were once knights, political advisers, members of the council or ordinary individuals who were granted vast lands as a result of their loyalty or valour. The barons reported directly to the king.
Knights earned their place by rendering military service to the king. They received parts of the baron’s land and served as their vassals. Though they did not have a direct relationship with the crown, they were also powerful and wealthy and had the right to apportion lands to the peasants who served them.
As Medieval lords, they lived in manor houses and owned villages and serfs. Since they owed their allegiance to the baron, knights had the duty to protect him and his family.
How Wealthy Were the Medieval Lords?
Wealth and prestige varied among Medieval lords although some were indeed wealthier than the others. Higher-ranked Medieval lords amassed more wealth than those at the bottom of the feudal system. A number of those nobles were privy to the king’s affairs and, in effect, received a significant amount of fief from him.
Barons were wealthier than knights mostly because they had more interactions with and access to the crown. Knights were wealthy but they were only subordinates of the baron. Besides their manors or castles, barons and knights owned everything in the village, from the villeins to the crops they planted.
They had discretion over the amount of tax they wanted to levy and whenever a peasant or serf wanted to marry, he needed to seek permission from his Medieval lord. The peasants were not permitted to leave the manor.
Where Did Medieval Lords Live?
Medieval lords lived in large houses or castles generally called manors. Only the wealthy folks, those who sat at the top of the feudal system, were privileged enough to own manors. Designed to last for centuries, manors were mostly made of natural stones.
The size of a manor usually corresponded with its owner’s status and wealth. By Renaissance standards, however, Medieval manors were considered small.
Operations were spearheaded by the local Medieval lord and nearby villages were sustained through the manor, where Medieval life flowed. The manor was not just a place of residence. During hostile times, people hid inside the gates for protection.
Whenever there was cause for celebration, the manor was also a good venue for mass merry-making. Typically surrounding the manor would be a small village riddled with wide stretches of farms and peasants who plough them. The village would not be complete without a local church if not a cathedral.
Medieval Lords Summary
Aside from managing their estate and the various activities that went on within and outside of their protectorate, the Medieval lords performed duties for the sake of the crown. Lower Medieval lords like the knights provided protection and served as the king’s “muscle," carrying out all kinds of military obligations.
Medieval Lords who had much higher positions levied taxes on the people and sent the amount they collected to the king. Medieval lords rewarded their subordinates with land as they had the power over the fief.
Other functions of barons and their vassals included minting their own coins, setting the amount of tax to be levied, holding court and handing out punishments for crimes committed.
Medieval Nobility
Medieval Baron
Medieval Lady
Medieval Vassal
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Anti-U.S. Profs Targeted
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/7869/anti-us-profs-targeted
Professors "who fan the flames of disinformation, incitement, and ignorance" and "actively dissociate themselves from the United States" are in the cross-hairs of a Web site that monitors their rantings and ravings and publishes them on the Internet.
According to Scott Smallwood of the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Middle East Forum has created a new Web site that lists faculty members it is monitoring and allows students to report on their professors who display an anti-Israel bias and denigrate the U.S.
The Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank, has announced the new site, called Campus Watch (http://www.campus-watch.org), where organizers say they plan to monitor and gather information "on professors who fan the flames of disinformation, incitement, and ignorance." The site targets professors who "actively dissociate themselves from the United States."
Among the eight academics already cited for mention by Campus Watch is Rashid Khalidi, a professor of Near East languages and civilization at the University of Chicago, for dedicating his study of the Palestine Liberation Organization to "those who gave their lives during the summer of 1982 ... in defense of the cause of Palestine and the independence of Lebanon."
Another academic among the eight listed, M. Shakid Alam, was cited by the Boston Herald for shocking Northeastern University with a defense of a suicide bomber
The dossiers of the eight professors include short biographies and reprints of a variety of materials - articles about the professors, as well as letters to editors and essays written by the professors themselves.
In response to Campus Watch, Khalidi said the effort "could have a chilling effect if people allow themselves to be intimidated." Campus Watch, he added is part of a "well-financed campaign of black propaganda."
Another of the listed professors, Hamid Dabashi, chairman of the department of Middle East and Asian languages and cultures at Columbia University, said the project seeks to create fear that students will be spying on professors. That won't affect him, he said, but it could be a "horrible development" for junior faculty members. "In the tenure culture, it could be damaging to the healthy relationship that has to govern the classroom," he said.
Others, including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, suggest that the project is "basically a hate Web site" and that posting "dossiers" on faculty members amounts to a blacklist. And some professors who are listed on the site are denouncing it as hateful and inappropriate.
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Till Lindemann confirms Rammstein return
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Posted by Metal Rock News on June 30, 2015
Etichette: News, Rammstein
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New ORV park in Oakland County coming
Holly Oaks ORV Park will be the second state park in Michigan to be jointly managed by both a state and county recreation agency
After years of planning, Holly Oaks ORV Park in Oakland County is in the works and moving forward. As part of a long-term goal of the Statewide Trail ORV Plan, the DNR wanted to create an opportunity for legal, public off-road vehicle recreation in southeastern Michigan. Oakland County was selected as a prime area to develop a park because it has the highest percent of licensed ORVs in the state, and the county didn't offer legal public riding areas at the time.
The DNR was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to purchase property in Oakland County for Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission to operate an ORV park. In 2017, the DNR purchased 235 acres that will become the park. On April 2, 2019, Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved a 20-year operating agreement (with a 10-year additional option) with the DNR. Under the agreement, OCPR will operate the ORV Park, located in Groveland and Holly townships, in collaboration with the DNR. The park will be a collaboration between the DNR Parks and Recreation Division and the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission.
The park, consisting of former and active sand and gravel mines, is located off I-75 (at Grange Hall) and Dixie Highway across from Groveland Oaks County Park and Campground. The park will be open to all types of ORVs, including full-size vehicles, side-by-sides, all-terrain vehicles or ATVs and motorcycles. The intent is for the park to be self-supporting.
There will be a daily entry fee (approximately $15-$25 per vehicle) and an ORV license and trail permit will be required. There will be no requirement for a Recreation Passport or a Oakland County Parks and Recreation Annual Vehicle Permit.
Approximately 113 acres are expected to be open in summer 2020 with additional acres coming online as mining is completed on the remaining property. The full 235 acres is expected to be operational by 2023.
Opportunities to help shape park plans
An important aspect of the planning process is public input and feedback. The Holly Oaks ORV Park DRAFT Plan & Standards Manual is now available for public review and comment through Dec. 6. Review draft, take survey.
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CD141 (BDCA-3) antibodies, human
Clone REA674 recognizes the human CD141 (BDCA-3) antigen, which is expressed at high levels on a minor subpopulation of human myeloid dendritic cells (about 0.02% of blood leukocytes). CD141 (BDCA-3)
blood dendritic cells are CD11c
, CD123
, CD4
, Lin
, CD45RO
, and CD16
. They express myeloid lineage markers, such as CD13 and CD33, and have a monocytoid morphology. Unlike CD1c (BDCA-1)
blood dendritic cells, CD141 (BDCA-3)
blood dendritic cells lack expression of CD2 and Fc receptors such as CD32, CD64, or FcεRI. CD141 (BDCA-3) is also present at very low levels on CD14
monocytes, granulocytes, CD303 (BDCA‑2)
CD304 (BDCA-4/Neuropilin-1)
plasmacytoid, and CD1c (BDCA-1)
myeloid dendritic cells. CD141 (BDCA-3)
CD1c (BDCA-1)
myeloid dendritic cells have been designated type-2 myeloid dendritic cells (MDC2s). CD141 is also known as thrombomodulin; thrombomodulin mediates co-agglutination by interaction with thrombin and protein C, though nothing is known about its function on MDC2s.
Thrombomodulin, Fetomodulin, TM
Antigen: CD141 (BDCA-3)
Isotype control: REA Control (S) antibodies
Alternative names of antigen: Thrombomodulin, Fetomodulin, TM
Distribution of antigen: dendritic cells, monocytes, granulocytes
Available conjugates: APC-Vio770, FITC
Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were stained with CD141 (BDCA-3) antibodies or with the corresponding REA Control (S) antibodies (left images) as well as with CD303 (BDCA-2) antibodies. Flow cytometry was performed using the MACSQuant
Analyzer. The Tandem Signal Enhancer has been used to increase binding specificity of tandem-dye–conjugated antibodies. Cell debris and dead cells were excluded from the analysis based on scatter signals and propidium iodide fluorescence or 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) fluorescence, as in the case of tandem conjugates.
Dzionek, A. et al. (2000) BDCA-2, BDCA-3, BDCA-4: Three markers for distinct subsets of dendritic cells in human peripheral blood. J. Immunol. 165: 6037-6046
MacDonald, K. P. A. et al. (2002) Characterization of human blood dendritic cell subsets. Blood 100: 4512-4520
Chehimi, J. et al. (2002) Persistent decreases in blood plasmacytoid dendritic cell number and function despite effective highly active antiretroviral therapy and increased blood myeloid dendritic cells in HIV-infected individuals. J. Immunol. 168: 4769-4801
Jongbloed, S. L. et al. (2010)
Human CD141
(BDCA-3)
dendritic cells (DCs) represent a unique myeloid DC subset that cross-presents necrotic cell antigens.
J. Exp. Med. 207(6): 1247-1260
Mittag, D. et al. (2011) Human dendritic cell subsets from spleen and blood are similar in phenotype and function but modified by donor health status. J. Immunol. 186(11): 6207-6217
van de Ven, R. et al. (2011) Characterization of four conventional dendritic cell subsets in human skin-draining lymph nodes in relation to T-cell activation. Blood 118(9): 2502-2510
Bosco, M. C. et al. (2011)
Hypoxia modulates the gene expression profile of immunoregulatory receptors in human mature dendritic cells: identification of TREM-1 as a novel hypoxic marker
Blood 117(9): 2625-2639
Chu, C. C. et al. (2012)
Resident CD141 (BDCA3)
dendritic cells in human skin produce IL-10 and induce regulatory T cells that suppress skin inflammation.
J. Exp. Med. 209(5): 935-945
Dutertre, C. A. et al. (2012)
Pivotal role of M-DC8
monocytes from viremic HIV-infected patients in TNFα overproduction in response to microbial products.
Blood 120(11): 2259-2268
Gosh, M. et al. (2012) CD13 regulates dendritic cell cross-presentation and T cell responses by inhibiting receptor-mediated antigen uptake. J. Immunol. 188(11): 5489-5499
Vanders, R. L. et al. (2013) Plasmacytoid dendritic cells and CD8 T cells from pregnant women show altered phenotype and function following H1N1/09 infection. J. Infect. Dis. 208(7): 1062-1070
Hémont, C. et al. (2013) Human blood mDC subsets exhibit distinct TLR repertoire and responsiveness. J. Leukoc. Biol. 93(4): 599-609
Jardine, L. et al. (2013) Rapid detection of dendritic cell and monocyte disorders using CD4 as a lineage marker of the human peripheral blood antigen-presenting cell compartment. Front Immunol 4: 495
CD141 (BDCA-3)-APC-Vio770, human
Tandem Signal Enhancer, human
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Tyro, Township of Tyro, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
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Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
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Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA
Township of Tyro, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
80° 22' 22" W
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35.80903,-80.37283
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Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
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New Tariffs Suspended While China Trade Negotiations Continue
During an appearance on Fox News Sunday on May 20, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that around $150 billion worth of proposed tariffs on Chinese goods pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 are on hold as the two countries continue trade negotiations to reduce their deficit.
“We’re putting the trade war on hold, so right now we have agreed to put the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the framework. … We have an agreement with China that they’re going to substantially agree to it.”
Iran Sanctions to be Re-Imposed
On May 8, 2018, the President announced his decision to cease the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and to begin re-imposing the U.S. nuclear-related sanctions that were lifted to effectuate the JCPOA sanctions relief, following a wind-down period.
Departments and Agencies will begin the process of implementing 90-day and 180-day wind-down periods for activities involving Iran that were consistent with the U.S. sanctions relief specified in the JCPOA. At the end of the 90-day and 180-day wind-down periods, the applicable sanctions will come back into full effect.
Renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and GSP Refund Process
On Friday, March 23, 2018, the President signed into law H.R. 1625 (Public Law 115-141), the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,” which in addition to providing full-year federal appropriations through September 30, 2018, extended GSP with retroactivity, for goods entered or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020. The new law, effective April 22, 2018, also provided for the retroactive refund of all duties (without interest) to the importer of record (IOR) on GSP-eligible goods entered during the January 1, 2018 through April 21, 2018 lapse period.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited – Strike Averted
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) announced that a new labor agreement was reached with both the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference – Train & Engine (TCRC) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), averting the potential work stoppage scheduled for 12:01am EDT April 21. CP’s embargoes for shipments routing to and from CP Canadian locations were canceled and CP immediately executed a safe and structured start-up of its train operations in Canada. The CP Customer Service Team is available to answer questions.
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Shanghai Port Delays Continue
The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration has again implemented traffic control measures over the Yangtze River waterway from April 21 through April 23 due to restricted visibility of less than 500 meters. Shanghai arrivals and departures, and sailing schedules will be impacted for the next six days, resulting in a compounding effect on sailing schedules from main ports in China.
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Curtain call: Arrieta writes W in Wrigley finale
Starter hits two-run triple, fans 10 over seven; Cubs above .500 at home
By Carrie Muskat
CHICAGO -- Jake Arrieta picked up the win Wednesday as the Cubs closed the home portion of their schedule with a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals. Who knows? He could be the Opening Day starter on April 6.
Arrieta smacked a two-run triple to spark the Cubs to victory over the National League Central leaders in the final game of Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary. St. Louis remained 1 1/2 games ahead of the Pirates, who lost to trim the Cards' magic number for clinching the division to three.
"He's our ace, and he's been pitching pretty much like an ace," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of Arrieta, who struck out 10 over seven innings, giving up one unearned run on two hits.
This was Arrieta's fourth start against the Cardinals, and he held them to three earned runs over 22 1/3 innings for a 1.21 ERA. Guess who the Cubs face on Opening Day 2015? The Cardinals.
"I think that's a possibility," Arrieta said about an Opening Day assignment. "It's really something that will kind of develop and unfold as that time approaches. ... We've got a lot of good things going on here."
It starts with pitching. Arrieta did walk the first batter of the game, Matt Carpenter, on four pitches, then struck out the side.
"He gave us seven innings of work," Renteria said. "He didn't hurt himself by swinging the bat either."
Luis Valbuena doubled to lead off the Chicago fourth against John Lackey, and two outs later, Logan Watkins was intentionally walked. Arrieta then delivered, lining the ball into the gap in right-center for the first triple by a Cubs pitcher since Chris Rusin did so Aug. 21, 2012. It was Arrieta's 10th career hit in 64 at-bats.
"I just hung in there and was able to put enough on it to find the gap," Arrieta said. "[Third-base coach Gary Jones] said he threw up the stop sign. I was happy to even be running the bases. That was an exciting point in the game."
Lackey blamed himself.
"It was a fastball down," Lackey said. "Probably, if I throw a breaking ball there I don't give up any runs tonight. [Catcher Yadier Molina] actually called a breaking ball. I over-thought it a little bit because that would have been the same sequence I did to him the first time, so I thought I should throw a fastball. It didn't work out."
Arrieta had not given up a hit at that point, and Molina ended any thoughts of a no-hitter with a leadoff single in the fifth. All the baserunning may have affected the Cubs pitcher.
"I had to kind of regain a little composure and calm myself down and breathe a little bit," Arrieta said of the fifth. "I got a little lazy with a couple pitches, found some holes, couple guys on base. They were able to scratch for that one [run]."
The Cardinals had runners at first and third with one out in the fifth and tallied on a throwing error by catcher Welington Castillo.
"Anytime you face a guy with that electric stuff, you kind of feel like you're on defense up there from the get-go," Carpenter said of Arrieta. "Anytime he gets ahead of you, you feel like you're in a bad spot."
A crowd of 33,292 attended the Cubs' last home game of the season at Wrigley Field, and Renteria was already looking ahead to next year, although most likely not ready to pencil in his Opening Day starter.
"This was certainly a great experience for me in my first year," Renteria said. "More than anything, it's been awesome to see a lot of those young guys show up here in the big leagues and everybody gets to see them."
The Cubs drew 2,652,113 for the season and posted a winning record at Wrigley Field (41-40). With three games remaining in Milwaukee, they will still finish with a sub-.500 record, and Renteria knows that won't be acceptable in years to come.
"Do I expect we'll be better next year? Absolutely," Renteria said.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.
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Distributor appoints vice-president of Waterworks division
Burlington, ON – Wolseley Canada has named Richard Ayuen to the position of vice-president of the company’s Waterworks division, where he will be responsible for the strategic direction and performance of the business across Canada.
With over 20 years of experience in leadership, operations and business development, Ayuen joins Wolseley from Guillevin International Co., one of Canada’s largest electrical distributors, where he was general manager of the company’s Commercial Sector in the Greater Toronto Area. Prior to Guillevin, Ayuen was the central region vice-president at Kinecor LP, one of Canada’s largest industrial distributors and now the Industrial Components arm of Wajax Corp.
“I am very excited about joining Wolseley and becoming part of this proud Canadian team that continually strives to be the very best in everything they do. I also look forward to working with all of our customers, partners and employees across Canada,” said Ayuen.
Ayuen reports to Darcy Curran, senior vice-president, Canada, and works out of Wolseley’s head office in Burlington, ON, at 880 Laurentian Drive.
Wolseley Canada is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, engineered pipe, waterworks, fire protection, pipes, valves and fittings, and industrial supplies products. It has about 220 branches across Canada. Its parent company is Wolseley plc.
For more information, visit http://www.wolseleyinc.ca/.
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Portland Choir & Orchestra
Join the Choir
Join the Orchestra
PORTLAND CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
An Oregon Nonprofit Corporation
Revised May 2014
ARTICLE I. NAME AND OFFICES.
1.1 Name.
1.2 Principal Office.
1.3 Other Offices.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSES.
2.1 Mission.
2.2 Charitable Corporation.
2.3 Financial Gain.
2.4 Dissolution.
ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP.
3.1 Members.
3.2 Choir and Orchestra Standards.
ARTICLE IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
4.1 Powers.
4.2 Number.
4.3 Election.
4.4 Term of Office.
4.5 Removal.
4.6 Resignation and Vacancies.
4.7 Fees and Compensation.
ARTICLE V. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
5.1 Officers.
5.2 Elections and Term of Office.
5.3 Removal and Resignation of Officers.
5.4 Vacancies of Officers.
5.5 Chairperson.
5.6 Vice-Chairperson.
5.7 Secretary.
5.8 Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
6.1 Annual Meetings.
6.2 Regular Meetings.
6.3 Special Meetings.
6.4 Notice of Meetings.
6.5 Waiver of Notice.
6.6 Place of Meetings.
6.7 Quorum.
6.8 Action without Meeting.
6.9 Conflict of Interest.
6.10 Parliamentary Procedure.
ARTICLE VII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
7.1 Membership.
7.3 Authority.
ARTICLE VIII. COMMITTEES.
8.1 Finance Committee.
8.2 Governance Committee.
8.3 Personnel Committee.
8.4 Development Committee.
ARTICLE IX. EXECUTIVE, ARTISTIC, AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS.
9.1 Executive Director.
9.2 Artistic Director.
9.3 Development Director.
ARTICLE X. CONTRACTS AND FISCAL PROCEDURES.
10.1 Contracts.
10.2 Checks, Drafts, Etc.
10.3 Deposits.
ARTICLE XI. GENERAL.
11.1 Fiscal year.
11.2 Amendment of Bylaws.
11.3 Dissolution.
11.4 Indemnification.
ARTICLE I. NAME AND OFFICES
1.1 Name. The corporation shall be known as the Portland Choir & Orchestra, also referred to as PECO, an Oregon nonprofit corporation.
1.2 Principal Office. The principal office of PECO shall be fixed and located at such place in the State of Oregon, as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Board is granted full power and authority to change said principal office from one location to another.
1.3 Other Offices. This corporation may also have offices at such other place or places as the Board or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSES
2.1 Mission. The mission of the Portland Choir & Orchestra shall be to perform professional quality concert events that uplift and inspire.
2.2 Charitable Corporation. PECO is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
2.3 Financial Gain. Neither the Directors nor the Officers of the Corporation may receive financial gain from their positions, except as permitted under applicable state law and under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Corporation shall not engage in any activities which tax-exempt organizations are prohibited from undertaking under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 26 U.S.C. Section 170(c)(3).
2.4 Dissolution. In the event the Corporation is dissolved, the Directors shall first use the assets to pay all the liabilities of the Corporation. They shall then dispose of the remaining assets in a manner consistent with the goals of the Corporation and in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code governing tax-exempt organizations. No assets of the organization shall inure to the benefit of any private individual.
3.1 Members. This corporation shall have no members as that term is defined by Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 65, but shall have members for other purposes, referred to hereinafter as “PECO members”. PECO members shall have none of the rights or duties described in ORS Chapter 65 (or any corresponding future statute). Any action which would otherwise require approval by a majority of all members or approval by the members shall require only approval by the Board. All rights which would otherwise vest in the members shall vest in the Directors.
A PECO member shall be defined as any individual who has auditioned and been accepted into the choir and/or orchestra to perform in an upcoming event or has performed with the group within the last year. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or religion.
3.2 Choir and Orchestra Standards. In addition to the requirements of these Bylaws, the Board shall maintain choir and orchestra standards of professionalism as a condition of membership in PECO. The Board shall ensure that such standards are contained in a handbook of instructions for PECO members.
ARTICLE IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4.1 Powers. The business affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by its Board of Directors. The duties shall include financial planning, long-range planning, determining frequency of performances, financial management, coordination of committees and the general management of the Corporation. In addition, the members of the Board of Directors shall provide leadership and advocate support of wholesome musical programming and entertainment to business groups, individuals, government and the community at large. The Board of Directors shall exercise its full authority as granted by the Articles of Incorporation, by these Bylaws and by operation of law in establishing and maintaining such policies as are consistent with the purposes of the Corporation.
4.2 Number. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of not less than 3 members and not more than 15 members.
4.3 Election. The Board of Directors shall elect members to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting of the Board at which the election slate is presented. Nominations shall be made by the Governance Committee and may be made from the floor with the prior consent of the candidate.
4.4 Term of Office. Each Director shall serve for a term of three years, whose terms shall be staggered so that approximately one-third of the Directors shall be elected each year. A director may serve for up to 3 terms (9 years). Upon completion of serving 3 terms, a Director must wait for one year before being re-elected.
A person who has been elected Director to complete the unexpired term of another director is eligible to serve as member of the Board of Directors for a period which includes consecutively the unexpired term of the other Director and for 2 additional terms.
Any person whose term of office as a director has expired or will expire during his or her tenure as an officer, and who is nominated and appointed to serve as an officer of the Corporation, shall continue as a director for that period coinciding with such person’s service as an officer.
4.5 Removal. Any Director may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of two-thirds of the Directors then in office.
4.6 Resignation and Vacancies. Any Director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chair or Vice-Chair. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be selected before such time, to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
Vacancies, resulting from resignation, death, incapacity, removal of a Director, or expansion of the Board, may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The election shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of office.
If any of the Board of Directors is absent in person from three (3) consecutive meetings without good and sufficient reason, the Board of Directors may consider that member to have resigned and shall so notify him or her in writing.
4.7 Fees and Compensation. Directors shall not receive salaries for their Board services but may be reimbursed for expenses related to Board service.
ARTICLE V. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5.1 Officers. The officers of the Board of Directors shall include a Chairperson, a Vice–Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board may also have, at the discretion of the Board, such other officers, including one or more Assistant Secretaries, and Assistant Treasurers, as may be elected by the Board or may be appointed by the Chairperson, as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws or as the appointing authority may from time to time determine.
Officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, and shall hold their respective offices until their resignation, removal, or other disqualification from service or until their respective successor shall be elected. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except as provided in the Articles or in these Bylaws and except that neither the Secretary nor the Treasurer may serve concurrently as Chairperson.
5.2 Elections and Term of Office. The officers shall be elected to a one-year term at the annual meeting to take office immediately after the annual meeting.
Nominations shall be made by the Governance Committee and may be made from the floor by a member of the Board of Directors with the prior consent of the candidate. At each annual meeting, the Board of Directors shall install elected officers to serve until his or her successor has been duly elected and accepts the office, or until the officer has resigned or has been removed in the manner provided herein. Officers shall not be elected for more than three (3) one-year terms without a break in service in that particular office.
5.3 Removal and Resignation of Officers. An officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed from such office by the Board of Directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation shall be served thereby. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein.
5.4 Vacancies of Officers. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for the regular election or appointment to such office, provided that such vacancies shall be filled as they occur and not on an annual basis.
5.5 Chairperson. The Chairperson shall convene regularly scheduled Board meetings. The Chairperson shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board, and shall have responsibility for ensuring that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The Chairperson shall set Board of Directors meeting agendas; appoint the chairs of all standing and ad hoc committees to the Board, assign issues to committees; and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
5.6 Vice-Chairperson. The Vice–Chairperson shall act under the direction of the Chairperson and shall lead meetings and discussions in the absence of the Chairperson. The Vice–Chairperson shall have any other powers and duties of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chairperson, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chairperson and/or Board of Directors from time to time.
5.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept a book of minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors; shall maintain a current roster of all members of the Board of Directors; and be responsible for the custodial care of the Board of Directors meeting records. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, the original or a copy of the Corporation’s Articles and Bylaws, as amended to date. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Board and any committees thereof required by these Bylaws or by law to be given and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
5.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer is responsible for ensuring that adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation are maintained. The books of account shall at all times be open to inspection by any Director. The Treasurer shall oversee the deposit of all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall ensure the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, and shall oversee an account of all transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board. The Treasurer shall be the chair of the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
6.1 Annual Meetings. The Board shall hold an annual meeting for the purpose of organization, election of Directors and Officers, and the transaction of other business. Annual meetings of the Board shall be held in July of each year or at such other date which shall be designated by the Board.
6.2 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be at least quarterly, except that the Board may elect not to meet in a month when a performance is scheduled.
6.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the request of the Chairperson or any three (3) Directors. Notice of such meetings, describing the date, time, place, and purpose of the meeting, shall be delivered to each Director personally, by telephone, mail, or email not less than one week prior to the date of the special meeting.
6.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, in each specifying the date, time, and place of the meeting, shall be given to each director by delivering notice orally, in writing, by facsimile, or electronically, seven (7) days prior to the date of the meeting.
6.5 Waiver of Notice. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director who signs a waiver of notice or a written consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Director. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings.
6.6 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such place and time as may be agreed upon by the Directors. Meetings may be held by phone conference or other electronic means if all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other simultaneously.
6.7 Quorum. A quorum at a Board meeting shall be a majority of the number of Directors prescribed by the Board, or if no number is prescribed, a majority of the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present, action is taken by a majority vote of the directors present, except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws. Where the law requires a majority vote of the directors in office to establish committees to exercise Board functions, to amend the Articles of Incorporation, to sell assets not in the regular course of business, to merge, or to dissolve, or for other matters, such action is taken by that majority required by law.
6.8 Action without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by law to be taken at a meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken or so taken, shall be signed by all the Board members then in office. A written consent may be provided by an electronic transmission.
6.9 Conflict of Interest. Any Board member which has a real or perceived conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, regarding a Board resolution shall abstain from voting on that resolution.
6.10 Parliamentary Procedure. The current edition of Robert’s Rules of Orders shall be the parliamentary procedure to be followed by the Board of Directors at all meetings.
ARTICLE VII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
7.1 Membership. There shall be an Executive Committee composed of the officers of the Board and such other members of the Board of Directors as the Chairperson shall appoint. The Chairperson, or in his or her absence, the Vice-Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee. Except for the power to amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws, the executive committee shall have all the powers and authority of the Board in the intervals between meetings of the Board, and is subject to the direction and control of the full Board.
7.2 Quorum. A majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall be necessary for a quorum. An affirmative vote of a majority of such members acting at a meeting at which a quorum is established shall be necessary for the approval of any matter. The Executive Committee shall also act by the written resolution of a majority thereof, although not formally convened at a meeting. The Executive Committee shall fix its own rules and procedures and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors and it shall also meet at the call of the Chairperson or of any three members of the Executive Committee.
7.3 Authority. During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee shall possess and exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management and direction of the affairs of the Corporation. All actions taken by the Executive Committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors at its next succeeding meeting, and shall be subject to ratification, revision and/or alteration by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no rights of third parties shall be affected by any such action of the Board of Directors. Without intending to limit the foregoing powers of the Executive Committee, it shall have specific authority to: receive, act upon or implement any recommendation made by any other committee of the Board of Directors or by the Chairperson; expend funds of the Corporation in case of an emergency being determined by the Chairperson, or, in his or her absence, the Vice-Chairperson, or by the Chairperson; and to authorize the execution of any contract or other instrument by any officer of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII. COMMITTEES
In addition to the standing committees hereinafter established, the Board of Directors may designate one or more ad hoc committees as circumstances may require. The Chairperson shall designate a Director as Committee Chair. In order to expedite the work of their respective committees, all Committee Chairs shall have the authority to enlist the aid of volunteers who are not Directors, which volunteers shall be members of the respective committees.
There shall be four (4) standing committees of the Board of Directors. Except as hereinafter established, the Chairperson shall designate a Director as Committee Chair.
8.1 Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall be chaired by the Board Treasurer and is responsible to review the Corporation’s operating and capital budgets, ensure the Corporation performs tax filings, and review the Corporation’s cash flow projections on an ongoing basis. The committee will also regularly review the Corporation’s operating results and interim financial statements. At the Board’s direction, this committee shall also oversee the preparation of annual financial statements and such other reports and documents as are necessary to meet the needs of either a financial review or an audit as may be required by various grantors and appropriate regulatory agencies.
8.2 Governance Committee. The Governance Committee shall be responsible to ensure the Corporation is in compliance with all governmental and regulatory requirements. The committee will be responsible for the review and revision of the Corporation’s bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and any other issue involving the governing of the Corporation. The Governance Committee shall also nominate candidates for Directors, Board Officers, and any vacancies among them, as well as the offices of Executive Director, Artistic Director, and Development Director and any other paid position within the Corporation.
8.3 Personnel Committee. The Personnel Committee shall be responsible for the contractual agreements, annual reviews of the music director and orchestra conductor and for the proposal of salaries and wages of any employee of the Corporation.
8.4 Development Committee. The Development Committee shall oversee the development of a plan each year to secure the funds necessary for the operation, continuation and/or expansion of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, obtaining donations and grants, as well as marketing the revenue-generating activities of the Corporation, which plans shall be presented to the Board of Directors for approval.
ARTICLE IX. EXECUTIVE, ARTISTIC, AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS
9.1 Executive Director. The Board shall appoint an Executive Director to carry out the mission of PECO. The Executive Director is responsible for the production of concert events, the administration of venues and rehearsals, communication and marketing of events, and accounting. The Executive Director shall attend all board meetings, report of the progress of concerts, answer questions of the Board members, and carry out all other duties prescribed by the Board.
9.2 Artistic Director. The Board shall appoint an Artistic Director to develop musical programs and events, and recommend the hiring of conductors for the choir and orchestra.
9.3 Development Director. The Board shall appoint a Development Director who shall be responsible for developing a plan each year to secure the funds necessary for the operation, continuation and/or expansion of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, obtaining donations and grants, as well as marketing the revenue-generating activities of the Corporation, which plans shall be presented to the Board of Directors for approval. The development director may be appointed as chair of the development committee.
9.4 Staff. The Executive Director, Artistic Director, and Development Director may appoint or hire additional staff as needed to carry out their respective duties.
ARTICLE X. CONTRACTS AND FISCAL PROCEDURES
10.1 Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize, in writing, any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
10.2 Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer(s) or agent(s) of the Corporation and in such manner as shall be determined by the resolution of the Board of Directors.
10.3 Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited promptly to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may authorize.
ARTICLE XI. GENERAL
11.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on the 1st day of August and end on the 31st day of July of the following year.
11.2 Amendment of Bylaws. The Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office at a meeting duly called, provided that the notice of the nature of change in the Bylaws to be proposed at such meeting shall have been given as prescribed in Section 7.3: Special meetings. The notice shall state that one of the purposes of the meeting is to consider a proposed amendment to the Bylaws and shall contain a copy of the proposed amendment.
11.3 Dissolution. If the Corporation proves unable to carry out the purpose for which it was created, the Corporation shall be dissolved in accordance with law. Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the Corporation to such organization or organizations, as the Board of Directors shall select, which are organized and operated exclusively for charitable, education, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501(c)(3). If the Board of Directors proves unable to agree upon the disposition of the Corporation’s assets, all residual assets shall be surrendered to the Circuit Court in the county in which the Corporation’s principal office is located for disposition by the Court for the benefit of other organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3).
11.4 Indemnification. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the purpose of reimbursing and indemnifying any director, officer, agent, or employee against losses reasonably incurred by him or by her (including, without limitation, judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses) in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be made a party by reason of being or having been a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation. To the extent that any director, officer, employee, or agent reasonably incurs such losses in connection with any such action, suit, or proceeding which are not reimbursed by insurance (whether purchased by the Corporation or by the individual director, officer, agent, or employee), the Corporation shall indemnify such director, officer, agent, or employee against such losses including reasonably incurred expenses pursuant to procedures consistent with Oregon state law.
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Yankees honor Tino Martinez with Monument Park plaque
Tino Martinez's tenure in Yankee pinstripes was honored with a plaque in Monument Park
Yankees honor Tino Martinez with Monument Park plaque Tino Martinez's tenure in Yankee pinstripes was honored with a plaque in Monument Park Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1ivIK26
Chad Jennings, cjennings@lohud.com Published 8:23 p.m. ET June 21, 2014 | Updated 8:38 p.m. ET June 21, 2014
Former New York Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez stands next to a plaque that will be displayed at Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.(Photo: AP)
NEW YORK — When he joined the Yankees in 1996, Tino Martinez was a slumping first baseman charged with replacing Don Mattingly. Fans booed him in the Bronx. Nearly 20 years later, Martinez is among the Yankees greats in Monument Park.
During a pregame ceremony on Saturday, the Yankees honored Martinez and unveiled a plaque that will join the other monuments beyond Yankee Stadium's center field wall. Reliever Goose Gossage will be similarly honored before Old-Timers' Day on Sunday.
"I would never have imagined having a plaque in Monument Park when I was playing," Martinez said. "When they called me, I was still overwhelmed by the whole situation, that I'm actually out there with all those great names and all that, and the names that are about to be put out there as well. It's crazy. I'm honored, I'm humbled by it, but as I say all the time, it's really the result of the success of the team I played on."
After a slow start to his Yankees career, Martinez went on to hit 192 home runs and win four World Series with the team. His plaque notes that Martinez hit two of the most famous home runs in Yankees postseason history: a grand slam in Game 1 of the 1998 World Series and a game-tying, ninth-inning home run in Game 4 of the 2001 World Series.
Former teammates Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Paul O'Neill and David Cone were in attendance to honor Martinez along with former manager Joe Torre, but it was trainer Gene Monahan who seemed to best condense Martinez's legacy as a powerful and hard-nosed player.
"He's a lot like Derek (Jeter)," Monahan said. "There's no sense in going out to the ballpark and changing clothes if you're not going to play. And there's no sense in playing if you don't compete. And there's no sense in competing if you don't win. And that was his attitude."
Acquired in a trade with Seattle before the 1996 season, Martinez was an all-star and finished second in MVP voting during his second season with the team. Although he never won a Gold Glove, Martinez's plaque notes that he was "known for his powerful bat and superlative defense at first base."
"Tino was one of those players that I admire," Rivera said. "I was happy to play with him, and I'm happy that I can call him my friend."
Chad Jennings writes for the (Westchester, N.Y.) Journal News.
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Nearly $200K Seized From Spa at Center of Kraft Case: Police
By Terry Spencer • Published at 8:41 pm on March 12, 2019
Police seized almost $200,000 in connection with a Florida massage parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was accused of paying for sexual acts, court records released Tuesday show.
Search warrants show Jupiter police found $183,000 in bank safety deposit boxes belonging to two women who authorities say owned the spa and an employee. Officers also froze numerous bank accounts belonging to Orchids of Asia Spa owners Hua Zhang and Lei Wang, but the amounts in those accounts were not released. They say they also seized the business's surveillance equipment. The women are charged with numerous felonies involving a prostitution business, while Kraft is charged with misdemeanor solicitation. All have denied wrongdoing.
A multi-jurisdiction investigation closed 10 spas between Palm Beach and Orlando and saw 300 men arrested. While no one has been charged with human trafficking, authorities have said they believe the employees were brought to the U.S. from China.
The search warrants show officers began investigating the spa in late October after receiving a tip from a neighboring county's sheriff's office. Surveillance began Nov. 6. Officers say they observed only men entering the spa and that they would leave after 30 or 60 minutes. Some customers were pulled over for traffic violations after they left and admitted to paying for sex acts, the warrants show.
On Nov. 14, a female health inspector was sent into the spa. She told officers there was evidence that the three female workers were living in the store.
Officers then searched trash bins behind the spa. They say they found evidence of sexual activity.
On Jan. 17, after obtaining a warrant, officers used an undescribed "tactical ruse" to get the employees outside and secretly install surveillance cameras. As officers chatted with the employees, Zhang arrived and told officers she could see their arrival on her cellphone, tipping them off that she had her own camera system installed, the documents show. Officers were able to find those cameras and their recorders, which were later seized.
Police say Kraft, 77, first visited two days after the cameras were installed and again the next morning, shortly before he flew to Kansas City, where he saw his team defeat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.
Investigators say they videotaped him engaging in sex acts during both visits and then handing over cash. Kraft, who is worth $6 billion, handed over a $100 bill and another bill after one visit, records show, and an undetermined amount during the other. Two weeks later, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, their sixth under his ownership.
Kraft was charged in late February and has pleaded not guilty. Most men charged for the first time with soliciting are eligible for a diversion program where they pay a $5,000 fine, perform 100 hours of community service and attend a class where they learn about the dangers of prostitution and how it is often tied to human trafficking.
Zhang's attorney, Tama Kudman, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that the videos will be challenged and that her client is a victim of stereotyping.
"They are saying every Asian massage parlor is part of a sex trafficking ring and that's outrageous," Kudman told the newspaper. "They are making assumptions based on a particular storyline and not taking the time to look at the particular facts about the individual defendants."
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10 Dead, 3 Hurt in Fire at Brazilian Soccer Acadeny
"Flamengo is in mourning" the team said on its Twitter account
By Peter Prengaman and Marcelo Silva de Sousa • Published at 7:20 am on February 8, 2019
Leo Correa/AP
Fire tore through the sleeping quarters of an academy for one of Brazil's most popular professional soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said.
Firefighters were called just after 5 a.m. local time to the sprawling Ninho de Urubu training grounds of the Flamengo soccer club in Rio de Janeiro's western region. Overhead images captured by an Associated Press drone showed a smoky, charred area of the complex.
"We are distraught," Flamengo President Rodolfo Landim said outside the complex, where friends, fans and neighbors gathered, some forming a circle to pray. "This is the worst tragedy to happen to the club in its 123 years."
He did not take questions from reporters who also were outside the complex but added: "The most important thing right now is to minimize the suffering of these families."
"Flamengo is in mourning" the team said on its Twitter account.
The cause of the fire was not known.
Those killed in the fire were not immediately identified by the club but they were athletes, said Beatriz Busch, the public health secretary for the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Two of the injured youths were hospitalized in stable condition and one was in critical condition, she added. The ages of the injured were 14, 15 and 16, according to a fire official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of agency rules.
Several people who appeared to be relatives entered the complex without speaking to reporters. Some were crying.
"These boys suffer so much in pursuing their dreams" of becoming professional players, said Caros Eduardo Araujo, a fan who left a bouquet of flowers at the gate of the complex. "I've been shaking since I heard the news."
Jefferson Rodrigues, who runs a small inn near the club, said he had reached a 15-year-old player he had befriended.
"I am very happy. I just spoke to Caix Suarez and he is alive," said Rodrigues, adding that the youth told him he ran when he saw the flames. "He lost his phone, and all of his things, but the important thing is he is alive."
Joao Pedro da Cruz, a 16-year-old player in the Flamengo youth league, told the G1 news portal that he decided not to spend the night at the facility because the team wasn't going to train on Friday, and he went to a friend's house instead.
"The majority of them (the team) stayed, my friends stayed (at the facility)," he said. "Today I woke up and heard this terrible news."
Like many professional clubs in soccer-crazed Brazil, Flamengo has a development program for promising young players. Many, particularly those who live outside of Rio de Janeiro, stay at the facilities while training.
The dream of many youths in Latin America's largest nation, winner of five World Cup titles, is to make it into the professional ranks. The academies identify talented players at a young age, working with them as they grow, and the best eventually play for Flamengo or other teams in Brazil.
Flamengo is perhaps the most famous club in the country, with an estimated 40 million fans nationwide. Supporters are so attached to their academy team that players have a motto for them: "Flamengo makes legends at home."
Among the most famous players to come through the club are Ronaldinho and Zico, former stars on Brazil's national team; top goal-scorer Adriano, who rose to fame at Inter Milan; and current Real Madrid star Vinicius, Jr., who not long ago was living in the building destroyed by the fire.
As news of the fire broke, several teams and players tweeted their condolences.
"We are extremely sad and shaken by the news of the fire," tweeted Chapecoense, a team in southern Brazil that lost 22 players in a plane crash in 2016.
Associated Press writer Mauricio Savarese contributed.
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NCACL or the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature has a comprehensive collection of material about Australian children’s literature. The collection has books, artwork, ephemera and author and illustrator research files. Equally important is accessibility to these resources. However, none of this would have happened without one woman, Lu Rees.
Lu Rees
Lu Rees began the collection in 1974. Initially the collection was called the Lu Rees Archives. The story of how the collection developed is a tribute to the dedication of many people. Further more, the collection is now valued at over ten million dollars. It holds a unique part of Australia’s cultural and literary heritage. It has a high reputation for excellence and access. Publishers, authors and illustrators, foreign dignitaries and ambassadorial staff, researchers, teachers, students, and the members of the Australian community visit.
In 2012 the Lu Rees Archives became an incorporated body. Its focus turned to a more strategic role in the field of Australian Children’s Literature. It is now known as the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature or NCACL.
The NCACL’s mission is to collect, document and preserve Australian children books and literature. It aims to share the collection with all Australians through outreach activities. In order to reach national and international audiences, resources are available online.
Research support is provided by NCACL’s specialist volunteers and is also available to researchers worldwide. Such expertise enables the NCACL to offer a high level of service to all clients. The NCACL uses social media, Twitter , Facebook and YouTube to highlight collection and to engage in debate about the richness of Australian Children’s Literature and Australian Children’s Book Publishers.
Read what the NCACL Ambassadors, Jackie French AM and Christopher Cheng say about the National Centre at Our Ambassadors.
Become an advocate for a permanent home for Australian Children’s Literature in Canberra.
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LIONEL POPKIN
Lionel Popkin's There is an Elephant in This Dance
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Residency Artist
Lionel Popkin is a choreographer and performer based in Los Angeles. From 2004-2013 Popkin’s work looked at the cross-cultural conversation between his post-modern training and the imagery and iconography of the Indian subcontinent that surrounded his youth. Recent work has focused on the more intimate familial world, questioning conceptions of home from the point of view of the itinerant, the domesticated, and the globalized citizen.
Popkin tours and performs his projects throughout the United States and abroad, including at Danspace Project, Abrons Arts Center, La Mama, ETC, The Getty Museum, REDCAT, Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out Series, ODC, The Place Theater in London, and the Guongdong Modern Dance Festival in Guongzhou, China.
As a dancer, Popkin has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe in the companies of Trisha Brown, Terry Creach, and Stephanie Skura. He has received grants from the National Performance Network's Creation Fund, the National Dance Project Touring Subsidy, the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Puffin Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Durfee Foundation. Popkin is the Chair of the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance and is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique.
Popkin was in residence at NCCAkron in October 2018, researching his work Awkwardly Related: The Oedipus/Antigone Project. The project used immigration forms, navigation systems, topography, and the intersections of story, truth, and myth to follow a fictional journey of Oedipus and Antigone, investigating where civic identity and memory meet. The work premiered in March 2019 in Los Angeles, CA at The Getty Villa.
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Home > Community and Service > Student-Run Microcredit Bank Makes Impact in NIST Community
Student-Run Microcredit Bank Makes Impact in NIST Community
As schools continue to struggle to adapt to the shifting needs of the 21st century, the importance of community development and social change increasingly drive the structure of education. Combined with a focus on inquiry and reflection, students in many progressive schools now shape their own learning, seeking to use the knowledge and skills gained in the classroom in real-life contexts. At NIST, service forms such an integral part of the community that students launch their own NGOs, partner with global organizations and, in the case of the NIST Microcredit Bank (NMB), make a difference in the lives of those who support them every day.
A student-run service group that aims to enrich all members of the NIST community, the NMB offers debt relief, business loans, and scholarships for the children of the school’s support staff, which has become a primary focus. In many cases community service programmes within schools only touch the surface, maintaining a distance between the students and those seen as the recipients of support. The NMB, like other service initiatives at NIST, works at a deeper level by basing its activities in research-based, sustainable economic and social development. This requires a commitment to building relationships and partnerships, and in turn forging a supportive community.
Now in its fifth year, the programme has now awarded over 100 scholarships to more than 50 students ranging from the primary to tertiary levels. In many cases these funds have enabled the children of our support staff become the first in their family to go on to higher education opportunities, and have also provided financial relief for those who are supporting larger families. The students of the NMB do not view this as charity, but rather a responsibility that aligns to the school’s values of integrity, caring, community and growth.
In addition to commending the recipients for their effort in qualifying for the scholarships, Head of School Brett Penny summed up a key part of the school’s vision as he addressed the members of the NMB: “The purpose of education should not simply be to learn math or science, or to go on to a good university. Education should contribute to building a better society. By being a part of the microcredit bank, you have already taken the first step toward making a positive impact in the lives of others.” If this initiative is any indication, all of the participants will go on to make a difference well beyond the walls of the school.
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Nolanville, TX 76559
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Description of Area
Nolanville is located in Bell County, Texas, about an hour north of Austin, and it is part of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies between Belton Lake and Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Nearby Fort Hood military base influences the diversity of residents and the values of the community. Located in beautiful Central Texas, Nolanville is truly “A Great Place to Live.”
Esri’s Tapestry Segmentation classifies the majority of Nolanville’s demographic as a “Crossroads” community. Crossroads communities are small towns with a younger than average population. Most residents within Nolanville work in the manufacturing, retail, construction, and service industries. Housing is fairly affordable and home ownership is higher than the U.S. average.
Historic Background
Around the 1840s pioneers and settlers came to the area where they lived off the land. In the late 1800s, the railroad broke ground and a passenger train came through the town. The railroad then built a depot and named the site "Warren.” In 1961 the City of Nolanville was incorporated. At that time, the town had 200 hard working residents and a thriving economy. They wanted a town to call home and a place to raise their children with no worries. Today, citizens enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Central Texas landscape, the quiet, peaceful and affordable living, and the friendly community feeling. This truly is, “A Great Place to Live!”
Historical Population Trends
The city was incorporated in 1961 and by 1970 it had a population of 902. Population growth remained steady from the 1970s until the 1990s, when it slowed slightly around 2,000 residents. Then the population doubled from 2,150 in 2000 to 4,259 in 2010; this appears to be largely the result of the development of a new 363-lot subdivision within the city limits. The most recent figures indicate that there were an estimated 4,463 people living in Nolanville in 2013.
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