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Although the Lewis and Clark Expedition missed Wyoming on their 1805-1806 journey to the Pacific Ocean and back, one of their members, John Colter, entered the state in 1807. Others followed, particularly with the growth of the Oregon Trail and the eventual arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, which was pushed across southern Wyoming in the years after the Civil War. It was admitted to the Union in 1890. After statehood, Wyoming became known for other resources besides the traditional cattle ranching, particularly petroleum exploration.
Perhaps the most famous landmark in Wyoming is Yellowstone National Park. There are fewer than 1,000 known geysers in the world, and more than half of them are in Yellowstone, including Old Faithful. Yellowstone became the first US National Park in 1872 -- 18 years before Wyoming became a state. 34 years later, in 1906, Devil's Tower National Monument became the first US National Monument. This 1267-foot igneous stump with its trademark hexagonal columns is a favorite with climbers, 5,000 of whom scale it each year.
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VIACOM HIRES GREY TO LEAD PARAMOUNT
Bloomberg NewsTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL
Viacom Inc. said Thursday it had hired Hollywood talent manager and producer Brad Grey to turn around the Paramount Pictures movie studio, which is flagging at the box office.
Grey, 47, will run Paramount as chairman and chief executive officer after managing the careers of stars including Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and producing TV shows such as The Sopranos, Viacom said.
He replaces Sherry Lansing, who has run Paramount since 1992.
Paramount ranked seventh among major film studios in 2004, with ticket sales of $625 million for 17 films, according to Nielsen EDI. Grey's two-decade-long career representing actors may help lure talent to Paramount and bolster Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone's plans to improve its performance.
Paramount failed to have one film among the 10 top-grossing movies of 2004, according to Nielsen EDI.
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Swift Trade Inc. (continued as 7722656 Canada Inc.) /
Statement of Allegations: In the Matter of Peter Beck et al.
THE SECURITIES ACT,
PETER BECK,
SWIFT TRADE INC. (continued as 7722656 Canada Inc.), BIREMIS, CORP.,
OPAL STONE FINANCIAL SERVICES S.A., BARKA CO. LIMITED,
TRIEME CORPORATION and a limited partnership referred to as "Anguilla LP"
STATEMENT OF ALLEGATIONS
OF STAFF OF THE ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION
1. Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission ("Staff") make the following allegations with respect to Peter Beck ("Beck"); Swift Trade Inc. (continued as 7722656 Canada Inc.)("Swift Trade"); Biremis, Corp. ("Biremis"); Opal Stone Financial Services S.A. ("Opal Stone"); Barka Co. Limited ("Barka"); Trieme Corporation ("Trieme"); and a limited partnership referred to as "Anguilla LP" (collectively, the "Swift Trade Group" or "Group").
I. Overview of Allegations
2. Beck is the directing mind of the Swift Trade Group which operates a high-volume, multi-national, securities day-trading business with a culture of regulatory non-compliance. Beck and his family incorporated or otherwise constituted each of the members of the Group, and organized their business operations using a complex, repeatedly changing structure. The organization of the Group's business operations inhibits transparency and impedes regulatory oversight of the Group's trading activities. The Group has operated with a deficient system of controls and supervision, and in breach of the requirement to be registered under Ontario securities law. Members of the Group have also failed to comply with other obligations applicable to them as registrants under Ontario securities law.
3. The Swift Trade Group has, according to Swift Trade, rapidly expanded the size of its day-trading operations. Beck started his day-trading operations in 1998, from a single office in Toronto. In 2008, the Group traded approximately 22 billion shares on global markets, using 4,500 (unregistered) individuals as its traders, operating from 190 offices around the world (including Canada, China, Europe, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Panama, and Russia). The Group directs its trading activities through technology located in Toronto. Key personnel in Toronto facilitate and support trading activities of the Group.
4. The lack of transparency in the Swift Trade Group's trading operations was exemplified in Swift Trade's interactions with Staff in connection with a compliance review by Staff (the "Compliance Review") and a review (the "Consultant's Review") by a consultant retained by Staff (the "Consultant"). Swift Trade failed to produce, or facilitate the production of, complete and accurate records pertaining to the trading operations of the Group, in response to repeated requests by Staff, and by the Consultant, even though it had been given lengthy periods of time to do so.
(i) The Compliance Review occurred in and around March, 2009 and related to compliance by Swift Trade, in 2008, with Ontario securities law. During the Compliance Review, Staff identified a number of significant deficiencies related to Swift Trade's compliance, many of which had the effect of obscuring Staff's regulatory oversight of Swift Trade's securities trading operations. These deficiencies included: instances where Swift Trade's records of fund transfers conflicted with Swift Trade's contractual arrangements for the flow of funds between members of the Swift Trade Group; failures by Swift Trade to reconcile its accounting records with the records of third-parties; and business transactions of Swift Trade that were incorrectly recorded.
(ii) The Consultant's Review was initiated in response to deficiencies identified in the Compliance Review and the lack of transparency in the Swift Trade Group's operations. The purpose of the Consultant's Review was to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the Group's business operations and affairs. The nature and scope of the Consultant's Review was specified in terms and conditions (the "ST Terms and Conditions") that were imposed on Swift Trade's registration by Staff, on December 21, 2009, for an aggregate period of 12 months. Pursuant to the ST Terms and Conditions, the Consultant repeatedly requested certain critical information about the Group's operations (detailed below) -- but this information was not produced.
5. In December 2010, Swift Trade participated in a series of corporate actions that resulted in its dissolution one week prior to the expiry of the ST Terms and Conditions. It did so without giving Staff advance notice -- and without completing the production of information requested by the Consultant pursuant to the ST Terms and Conditions.
6. The results of the Compliance Review, the Consultant's Review and the investigation conducted by Staff have disclosed that Beck and other members of the Swift Trade Group operate with a culture of non-compliance, in breach of Ontario securities law and contrary to the public interest as follows:
(i) Since at least 2008, and up to its dissolution, Swift Trade failed to establish, maintain and enforce policies and procedures necessary to establish a system of adequate controls and supervision to provide reasonable assurance that it complies with Ontario securities law, and to manage its risks in accordance with prudent business practices. The following deficiencies were specifically noted:
(a) In 2008, Swift Trade was deficient in the management of its financial affairs in that it failed to record its business transactions and financial affairs completely and accurately.
(b) Swift Trade failed to perform adequate monitoring of client trading activities for possible abusive or deceptive trading.
(c) Swift Trade failed to maintain or produce, upon request, complete and accurate financial records, including records which were necessary for Staff and the Consultant to complete their respective reviews.
(d) Swift Trade failed to implement adequate supervisory controls over the activities of its successive Directors of Finance, its designated compliance officer and its Chief Compliance Officer.
(ii) Since at least 2007, members of the Swift Trade Group have been engaging in extensive day-trading activities in breach of the dealer registration requirement (the "Dealer Registration Requirement") contained in section 25 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended (the "Act"){1}.
(iii) Since September 28, 2009, certain members of the Swift Trade Group have repeatedly extended credit or provided margin to their clients, contrary to section 13.12 of National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements and Exemptions ("NI 31-103").
II. The Respondents
7. What follows is a description of each of the members comprising the Swift Trade Group:
8. From December, 2009 up until Swift Trade's dissolution in December, 2010, Beck was registered under the Act as the ultimate designated person (the "UDP") and dealing representative for Swift Trade.{2} Before that, Beck had been registered under the Act as the trading officer for Swift Trade since September, 2002, and he was also the designated compliance officer of Swift Trade from November 2004 to August 2006. Beck resides in Ontario.
9. Since 1998, Beck has been registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") or its predecessor, the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD"). Beck has been registered as a General Securities Representative and General Securities Principal of Biremis since 2004.
10 Beck has been the subject of two regulatory proceedings in the U.S. The first proceeding related to the involvement of Beck and an affiliate of Swift Trade (Swift Trade Securities USA Inc.) in certain "wash trading" activity. The second proceeding related to Beck's failure to investigate the employment history of an individual who was employed as the Controller for Biremis and who was subsequently convicted for crimes committed in Ontario. This individual also served as the Director of Finance for Swift Trade in 2008 (the "2008 Director of Finance").
Swift Trade Inc.
11. Swift Trade was a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario in 2002. Swift Trade was registered under the Act as an "exempt market dealer" (an "EMD") from September 28, 2009 until its dissolution in December, 2010. Before that, Swift Trade had been registered under the Act as a "limited market dealer" ("LMD") since September 18, 2002.
12. In December 2010, Swift Trade dissolved. Immediately prior to its dissolution, Swift Trade participated in a series of corporate actions which resulted in its continuation as 7722656 Canada Inc. On December 13, 2010, 7722656 Canada Inc. dissolved itself.
13. Until its dissolution, Swift Trade facilitated extensive day-trading operations from its office in Toronto (the "ST Toronto Office").{3} Since at least March, 2007, Swift Trade has had only two clients, Barka and Trieme (collectively "ST Related Clients"), neither of whom was at arm's-length with Swift Trade. Swift Trade is a subsidiary of a holding company, BRMS Holdings Inc. ("BRMS"). Beck is the Director and majority shareholder of BRMS. Beck was also the President and Director of Swift Trade.
Biremis, Corp.
14. Biremis is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 2004. It does not maintain a functioning office in the U.S. Instead, Biremis operates out of the ST Toronto Office.{4} Biremis is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a "broker-dealer" and is a licensed member of FINRA. Biremis day-trades large volumes of securities for its only client, Opal Stone, on Canadian marketplaces (the "Canadian Marketplaces"), and on marketplaces located outside of Canada (the "International Marketplaces"), which are predominantly located in the U.S. Swift Trade was a client of Biremis up until May, 2009. Biremis was an affiliate of Swift Trade prior to Swift Trade's dissolution. Biremis is a subsidiary of BRMS. Beck is the President and Director of Biremis. Beck and other senior officers of Biremis, including the current Controller and the current Chief Compliance Officer of Biremis, all reside in Ontario and maintain offices at the ST Toronto Office.
15. From 2008 to 2010, inclusive, Biremis has been the subject of four regulatory proceedings in the U.S. where it settled allegations made by FINRA. One of the proceedings related to the failure to investigate the employment history of its Controller as referred to in paragraph 10 above. The other three matters related to deficiencies in Biremis' transmission of certain electronic trade related data that it was required to send to FINRA.
Opal Stone Financial Services S.A.
16. Opal Stone is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Uruguay in 2007. It facilitates securities day-trading by clients who trade from locations in Ontario, across Canada and in countries around the world. Opal Stone is not registered under the Act or with any securities regulatory authority. Although it has an office located in Costa Rica, it retains the services of three non-arm's length administrative services companies that operate out of the ST Toronto Office (and also other locations): Orbixa, Omira Corporation S.A. (an affiliate of Biremis, incorporated in Costa Rica) and BlueChive. Swift Trade was a client of Opal Stone from May, 2009 up until its dissolution in December, 2010. Beck's father settled a private family trust which wholly owns Opal Stone. In or around 2007, Beck was the President of Opal Stone.
Barka Co. Limited
17. Barka is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Cyprus in 2004. Beck established Barka for his father. Barka was a non-arm's length client of Swift Trade. The sole purpose of Barka is to engage in the business of securities day-trading. In 2009, Barka retained 355 (unregistered) individual traders to trade on its behalf from 18 trading offices located in Ontario and across Canada. Beck's wife was the sole beneficial shareholder of Barka upon its incorporation. Since then, beneficial ownership of Barka has been held, at different times, by Beck's father, a trust that had no beneficiaries, and the estate of Beck's father.
Trieme Corporation
18. Trieme is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario in 2005. Trieme was incorporated for the sole purpose of trading securities on its own behalf. It was a non-arm's length client of Swift Trade. Trieme has operated at least two trading offices and retained at least 24 individual (unregistered) traders to trade on its behalf. Trieme ceased all trading activities on November 30, 2010. Beck is the Director and sole shareholder of Trieme.
Anguilla LP
19. Anguilla LP is a limited partnership organized under the laws of Anguilla.{5} Barka is a limited partner. Anguilla LP has retained the individual traders in Ontario who previously traded on behalf of Barka and Trieme, to trade on its behalf.
III. Breaches of Ontario Securities Law and Conduct Contrary to the Public Interest
20. The Swift Trade Group's culture of non-compliance exposes parties with whom it trades, and the capital markets in which it trades, to potential harm. In this regard, the results of the Compliance Review, the Consultant's Review and Staff's investigation have disclosed that, since at least 2008, members of the Swift Trade Group have operated contrary to Ontario securities law.
A. Financial Management Deficiencies
21. Since at least 2008, and up to its dissolution, Swift Trade failed to establish, maintain and enforce policies and procedures necessary to establish a system of adequate controls and supervision to provide reasonable assurance that it complies with Ontario securities law, and also to manage its risks in accordance with prudent business practices. In failing to establish, maintain and enforce such system of controls and supervision, Swift Trade breached Ontario securities law and acted contrary to the public interest.
22. Swift Trade's conduct was contrary to the requirements of Ontario securities law and in particular, sections 1.2, 1.3 and 3.1 of the then applicable OSC Rule 31-505 Conditions of Registration ("OSC Rule 31-505"). Since September 28, 2009, requirements for registered firms to establish, maintain and enforce adequate policies and procedures that establish a system of controls and supervision have been set out in section 11.1 of NI 31-103. Swift Trade's conduct was also contrary to the public interest.
23. In 2008, Swift Trade failed to properly record its business transactions and financial affairs completely and accurately and thereby inhibited regulatory oversight. These failures included:
(i) Failure to reconcile its accounting records with those of third-party service providers. In particular, the 2008 Director of Finance failed to reconcile:
(a) Its records of settlement amounts for trades executed by it for its ST Related Clients with its own bank statements;
(b) Records of amounts actually paid to the individual traders, and their trade location managers, for ST Related Clients with internal records showing amounts owed to such traders and their managers;
(c) Its records of ST Related Client security deposits with the actual amounts shown in its bank statements;
(d) Bank balances recorded in its general ledger with the actual balances shown in its bank statements.
(ii) Incorrect accounting entries. In particular: investments totalling approximately $550,000 actually belonging to Swift Trade's parent company, BRMS, were recorded in Swift Trade's accounting records as belonging to Swift Trade.
24. Until its dissolution, Swift Trade had a high rate of turn-over in its finance personnel. In the six years prior to its dissolution, Swift Trade had four different Directors of Finance.
25. In 2009 and 2010, Swift Trade's policies and procedures and supervisory controls remained deficient. In those two years, Swift Trade had two successive Directors of Finance. Neither of these Directors of Finance was able to provide complete or satisfactory responses when questioned about the Swift Trade Group's structure and operations by Staff and the Consultant during the Compliance Review and the Consultant's Review.
26. With respect to the matters referred to in paragraphs 23 to 25 above, Swift Trade and Beck also failed to adequately supervise Swift Trade's Directors of Finance.
27. Beck also failed to adequately supervise Swift Trade's process for hiring the 2008 Director of Finance, who had resigned from his previous employment where his conduct had been under investigation by his employer. This individual was subsequently convicted in Ontario of two counts of breach of public trust and one count of theft. At the same time, Beck also hired this individual to act as the Controller for Biremis, without adequately investigating his employment history.
28. Beck's failure to investigate this individual's employment history before hiring him as Biremis' Controller was the subject of FINRA's proceedings against Beck in late 2010. FINRA alleged that Biremis, acting through Beck, failed to establish, maintain and enforce a supervisory system and/or written supervisory procedures that were reasonably designed to investigate the background of prospective employees, follow-up on any red flags and achieve compliance with its registration and reporting obligations.
B. Failure to Perform Adequate Trade Reviews
29. In 2008, Swift Trade failed to perform adequate reviews of trading by ST Related Clients for possible instances of manipulative or deceptive trading activities, contrary to the requirements of Ontario securities law, and in particular, the then applicable OSC Rule 31-505 -- sections 1.2, 1.3 and 3.1 of the Rule -- and contrary to the public interest. In particular:
(i) In 2008, Swift Trade's compliance personnel were inadequately staffed to monitor trade orders involving billions of shares submitted by hundreds of individual traders for execution on Canadian Marketplaces and International Marketplaces. The compliance personnel consisted of only two individuals, each with limited compliance experience. One of these individuals served as the designated compliance officer (the "2008 CCO") of Swift Trade, and also as the Chief Compliance Officer for Biremis.
(ii) Swift Trade's 2008 CCO performed inadequate trade reviews for potential illegal trades known as "wash trades".{6} She relied upon reports with incorrect time stamps, despite the fact that such time stamps are critical for a wash trade analysis. She also limited her reviews by examining possible illegal trade patterns occurring within one trading day, instead of over multiple trading days.
(iii) Swift Trade's compliance personnel maintained unclear and insufficient records of trade review findings, including findings that may have suggested the occurrence of "spoofing", "layering"{7} or other questionable trading being executed by Swift Trade on behalf of the hundreds of individual traders trading on behalf of its ST Related Clients.
30. Swift Trade had a high rate of turn-over in compliance personnel. In the six years preceding its dissolution, Swift Trade had six different individuals act as its designated or registered chief compliance officer.{8}
31. During the Compliance Review, the 2008 CCO (who continued in that role during the Compliance Review) could not demonstrate to Staff that she possessed adequate knowledge about the complex structure and operations of the Swift Trade Group or the trade supervision issues noted above.
32. For the period from 2009 to 2010, compliance personnel in Toronto performed certain trade reviews for Swift Trade and Biremis and, in some instances, Opal Stone. Again, these trade reviews were inadequate for the purpose of identifying possible illegal and abusive trading on Canadian Marketplaces. By failing to perform adequate trade reviews, Swift Trade was in breach of the requirements of Ontario securities law, and in particular, the provisions of the then applicable OSC Rule 31-505 (referred to in paragraph 29 above) and/or section 11.1 of NI 31-103.{9} By failing to perform adequate trade reviews, Swift Trade also acted contrary to the public interest. Similarly, by failing to perform adequate trade reviews, Biremis and Opal Stone also acted contrary to the public interest.
33. In particular, in response to certain complaints received by Staff, Staff identified for Swift Trade patterns of irregular trading activity in relation to 11 securities originating from the Swift Trade Group on Canadian Marketplaces which occurred in the period from January, 2009 to March, 2010. This activity included possible spoofing and layering.
34. The compliance personnel in Toronto had failed to detect these patterns of irregular trading activity in 10 of the 11 securities identified by Staff. In the one instance where the compliance personnel had detected irregular trading, they limited the scope of their enquiries and also failed to adequately record the results of these limited enquiries.
35. Swift Trade was unable, upon the request of Staff, to demonstrate that it performed adequate trade reviews for specific periods in 2009 and 2010.
36. With respect to the matters referred to in paragraphs 29 to 35 above, Swift Trade and Beck also failed to supervise Swift Trade's designated compliance officer and registered compliance officer from 2008 to 2010.
37. By failing to perform adequate trade reviews, Swift Trade, and other members of the Swift Trade Group increase the risk that they also failed to detect and prevent possible abusive and illegal trading activity in the billions of shares that were traded annually, by the thousands of (unregistered) traders, on behalf of their clients. This risk, in turn, undermines the integrity of the capital markets in Ontario and elsewhere.
C. Failure to Maintain or Produce Complete and Accurate Records
38. Swift Trade was unable to produce any of the following records that were requested by Staff in their Compliance Review or by the Consultant in the Consultant's Review (the "Missing Records"):
(i) Any brokerage statements pertaining to trades on European and Asian Marketplaces, and certain brokerage statements pertaining to trades on Canadian Marketplaces;
(ii) Documents supporting or explaining fund transfers from and to bank accounts of the Swift Trade Group and payments to individual traders;
(iii) Records relating to the performance of accounting reconciliations of trading profits attributable to the individual traders and their trading office managers, who act on behalf of the ST Related Clients and clients of Opal Stone, as detailed above; and
(iv) Certain financial statements and general ledgers for Swift Trade, Barka, Trieme, Opal Stone, Orbixa and BlueChive.
39. By failing to produce the Missing Records, which it was required to keep under section 19 of the Act, Swift Trade failed to comply with subsection 19(3) of the Act.
40. Under the ST Terms and Conditions, Swift Trade was required to provide and facilitate access to the books, records and documents of the Swift Trade Group and also Orbixa and BlueChive. During the Consultant's Review, the Consultant was limited by Swift Trade's failure to provide the Missing Records that were requested by the Consultant.
41. With respect to the matters referred to in paragraph 38 above, during the corresponding periods from 2008 to 2010, Swift Trade and Beck also failed to supervise Swift Trade's designated compliance officer and chief compliance officer in the performance by these officers of their regulatory obligations.
D. Breach of the Dealer Registration Requirement in Section 25 of the Act
42. Since at least 2008, the Swift Trade Group has engaged, and certain members of the Group continue to engage in, the trading of billions of shares based on trade orders submitted by thousands of (unregistered) individual day-traders located around the world. All trade orders of these individual traders are transmitted and received electronically through servers in Toronto and routed for execution on Canadian Marketplaces and on International Marketplaces.
43. The allegations below concern the transmission and execution of sale orders by members of the Swift Trade Group on International Marketplaces, where such sale orders were not transmitted and executed through appropriately registered dealers under the Act. Such trading activity continues to be conducted by certain members of the Group. None of the members of the Group were then -- or are now -- appropriately registered under the Act to engage in these trading activities.
Changing Trade Flows
44. Members of the Swift Trade Group have entered into agreements setting out the relationships and responsibilities for the transmission and execution of trade orders (the "Trade Flows") on Canadian Marketplaces and on International Marketplaces. Through the technology involved, these Trade Flows happen on a virtually instantaneous basis. The diagrams below depict the Group's repeatedly changing Trade Flows.
Prior to September, 2007
45. Prior to September, 2007, all trade orders were transmitted by the individual traders for each client to Swift Trade (operating from the ST Toronto Office) and then by Swift Trade to Biremis (also operating from the ST Toronto Office) for execution on International Marketplaces, as follows:
Trade routing technology operating in Ontario
September, 2007 to May, 2009
46. Between September, 2007 and May, 2009, the Trade Flows involved Opal Stone, and included trades that were executed on Canadian Marketplaces, as follows:
May, 2009 to December, 2010
47. Between May, 2009 and December, 2010, the Trade Flows changed again, as follows:
48. In or about December, 2010, the ST Related Clients terminated their trading relationship with Swift Trade and entered into direct relationships with Opal Stone.
49. In or about December, 2010, Barka discontinued using individual traders to trade on its behalf and its former traders began trading on behalf of a new limited partnership, Anguilla LP. As noted above, Barka is a limited partner in Anguilla LP. Trieme also ceased its trading activities, and its former traders were retained by Anguilla LP to trade on its behalf.
50. Staff understands that, as of December, 2010, the Trade Flows changed again, as follows:
51. In all of the above Trade Flows, regardless of the location of the traders submitting the trade orders, the trade orders were transmitted by traders to servers located in Ontario used by Biremis. Biremis then routed these trade orders for execution on either Canadian Marketplaces or International Marketplaces. In each case, Biremis attached its electronic identification marker on the trade orders.
Breaches of the Dealer Registration Requirement in Particular
52. The nature of the breaches of the Dealer Registration Requirement by the various members of the Swift Trade Group associated with the various Trade Flows are as follows:
(i) Biremis
(a) Since at least 2007, Biremis has been receiving sale orders from clients, including clients with trading offices located in Ontario, using electronic day-trading systems located in Ontario. Biremis has then been executing these orders on International Marketplaces in circumstances for which it had no exemption from the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(b) Biremis is not and has never been registered under the Act. By engaging in these trading activities, Biremis is in breach of the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(ii) Opal Stone
(a) Since at least 2007, Opal Stone has been receiving sale orders from its clients, (including, since May, 2009, clients with trading offices located in Ontario), using electronic day-trading systems located in Ontario. Such sale orders have then been processed through Biremis in Ontario for execution over International Marketplaces in circumstances for which Opal Stone has had no exemption from the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(b) Opal Stone is not and has never been registered under the Act. By engaging in these trading activities, Opal Stone is in breach of the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(iii) Swift Trade
(a) From May, 2009 until its dissolution in December, 2010, Swift Trade was a client of Opal Stone. Swift Trade received and transmitted orders to sell securities from ST Related Clients for execution on International Marketplaces. Swift Trade then processed these orders through Opal Stone and Biremis for execution on International Marketplaces in circumstances for which it had no exemption from the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(b) By engaging in these trading activities, Swift Trade acted outside the scope of its registration and breached the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(iv) ST Related Clients: Barka and Trieme
(a) From May, 2009 (when Swift Trade became a client of Opal Stone) until just prior to Swift Trade's dissolution in December, 2010, the ST Related Clients transmitted to Swift Trade orders to sell securities which were executed on International Marketplaces. Swift Trade processed these orders through Opal Stone and Biremis for execution on International Marketplaces in circumstances for which neither the ST Related Clients nor Swift Trade had any available exemption from the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(b) Neither Barka nor Trieme has ever been registered under the Act. By engaging in these trading activities, these ST Related Clients breached the Dealer Registration Requirement.
(v) Anguilla LP
(a) Since December, 2010, Anguilla LP has been transmitting orders to sell securities which are eventually executed through Biremis on International Marketplaces. Staff understands that Opal Stone has been processing these orders for execution through Biremis on International Marketplaces in circumstances for which Anguilla LP has no available exemption from the dealer registration requirement in the Act.
(b) Anguilla LP has never been registered under the Act. By engaging in these trading activities, Anguilla LP is in breach of the Dealer Registration Requirement.
E. Prohibited Conduct in Extending Credit or Providing Margin to a Client
53. During the period from September 28, 2009 to November 30, 2010, shortly before Swift Trade's dissolution, Swift Trade, while registered as an EMD, extended credit or provided margin to clients on a frequent and daily basis. Such conduct is contrary to section 13.12 of NI 31-103, which prohibits a registrant from lending money, extending credit or providing margin to a client. This prohibition came into effect on September 28, 2009 and is intended to prevent registrants from exposing themselves to associated solvency risks. These solvency risks may detrimentally impact clients, counterparties and the integrity of the capital markets.
54. It is Staff's position, as detailed above, that Biremis and Opal Stone were required to be registered under the Act and, as such, were subject to the prohibition against extending credit or providing margin to clients contained in section 13.12 of NI 31-103.{10} Since September 28, 2009, Biremis and Opal Stone have extended credit or provided margin to clients in breach of section 13.12 of NI 31-103.
55. For certain trades that were directed in accordance with the Trade Flow depicted in paragraph 47, above, Biremis extended credit to its client, Opal Stone, in breach of section 13.12 of NI 31-103. Opal Stone, in turn, extended credit to its client, Swift Trade, in breach of section 13.12 of NI 31-103. Swift Trade, in turn, extended credit to the ST Related Clients, in breach of section 13.12 of NI 31-103. They did so by allowing their respective clients to engage in trading activities that resulted in exposure to open security positions for each firm. In each case, this exposure was in excess of the value of amounts held on account of each of their respective clients.
F. Beck's Non-Compliance with Ontario Securities Law
56. Beck has not complied with Ontario securities law because:
(i) as a director or officer of each of Swift Trade, Biremis and Trieme, Beck authorized, permitted or acquiesced in the non-compliance with Ontario securities law by these companies in the circumstances described above, and as such is deemed by section 129.2 of the Act to also have not complied with Ontario securities law; and
(ii) as the registered UDP of Swift Trade, in the period from December, 2009 until the dissolution of Swift Trade in December, 2010, Beck failed to adequately supervise the activities of Swift Trade and each individual acting on its behalf to ensure their compliance with Ontario securities law, contrary to section 5.1 of NI 31-103.
57. By reason of the foregoing, Beck, Swift Trade, Biremis, Opal Stone, Barka, Trieme and Anguilla LP engaged in significant breaches of Ontario securities law and engaged in conduct contrary to the public interest.
58. Staff reserve the right to make such other allegations as Staff may advise and the Commission may permit.
DATED AT TORONTO this 23rd day of March, 2011
{1} Effective September 28, 2009, subsection 25(1) of the Act prohibits a person or company from engaging in the business of trading in securities unless the person or company is registered in accordance with Ontario securities law. Before that, subsection 25(1) of the Act prohibited a person or company from trading in a security unless the person or company was registered.
{2} The registration category of UDP came into effect on September 28, 2009 with the coming into force of NI 31-103. Swift Trade was first registered under its previous name, "Biremis Corporation", but subsequently changed its name to "Swift Trade Inc."
{3} Swift Trade uses equipment located at the ST Toronto Office and elsewhere in Toronto. Swift Trade retained the services of two Ontario companies that also operate out of the ST Toronto Office: an affiliate, Orbixa Management Services Inc. ("Orbixa"), and BlueChive Processing Corporation ("BlueChive"). Orbixa is a subsidiary of BRMS Holdings Inc. Beck is the Director and the majority shareholder of BRMS Holdings Inc. Although his mother-in-law is its President and owner, Beck controls BlueChive.
{4} Biremis used and continues to use equipment located at the ST Toronto Office and elsewhere in Toronto. Biremis retained and continues to retain the services of Orbixa, which operates out of the ST Toronto Office.
{5} The General Counsel for members of the Swift Trade Group has referred to this entity as "Anguilla LP".
{6} "Wash trade" is the term commonly used to describe a trade where, following the trade, there is no change in beneficial or economic ownership of the securities traded, resulting in a misleading appearance of trading activity.
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ADDING MULTIMEDIA FDA Approves TRIKAFTA
Written by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TRIKAFTA™ (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people ages 12 years and older who have at least one F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, the most common CF-causing mutation. With this approval, for the first time, approximately 6,000 people with CF ages 12 years and older who have one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation (F/MF) have a medicine that targets the underlying cause of their CF. Additionally, approximately 12,000 people with one or two F508del mutations who are currently eligible for one of Vertex’s three other FDA-approved CF medicines are now also eligible for TRIKAFTA.
“Today marks a milestone for CF patients, their families and Vertex. After a 20-year journey together, we have received FDA approval of TRIKAFTA: a single breakthrough medicine with the potential to treat up to 90% of all people with CF in the future. For approximately 6,000 people with CF in the U.S., TRIKAFTA is the first medicine that can treat the underlying cause of their disease,” said Jeffrey Leiden, M.D., Ph.D., Vertex's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “I want to personally thank the hundreds of Vertex scientists who have been working on this program for nearly 20 years – many of whom have dedicated their entire careers to changing the course of this disease; the CF Foundation which has provided support, encouragement and help throughout the journey; and most importantly the thousands of patients, caregivers, doctors and advocates who have courageously and persistently worked side-by-side with us to get to where we are today.”
“Today’s approval is a historic moment in cystic fibrosis care, with the potential for more people to benefit from CFTR modulator therapy to treat the basic defect of their disease,” said Steven Rowe, M.D., Director, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham. “In clinical trials, TRIKAFTA was generally well tolerated and demonstrated improvements in multiple outcome measures in CF, including improvements in FEV1, improvements in respiratory symptoms and, in the 24-week F/MF study, a reduced rate of pulmonary exacerbations and improvements in BMI.”
“The incredible speed of this approval underscores our shared sense of urgency with the FDA and the CF community for bringing this medicine to eligible people with CF, particularly those without a medicine targeting the underlying cause of their disease,” said Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Vertex. “We remain committed to relentlessly pursuing the development of transformative therapies for all people living with this disease.”
Vertex has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor combination regimen. Vertex is currently evaluating elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in people ages 6 through 11 with F/MF and F/F CF mutations in an ongoing Phase 3 study and is committed to evaluating elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in children <6 years of age as part of planned future studies.
For more information on Vertex’s patient assistance program, please visit www.VertexGPS.com.
About TRIKAFTA™ :
TRIKAFTA (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) is a prescription medicine used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients ages 12 years and older who have at least one copy of the F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Patients should talk to their doctor to learn if they have an indicated CF gene mutation. It is not known if TRIKAFTA is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age. TRIKAFTA is designed to increase the quantity and function of the F508del-CFTR protein at the cell surface. The approval of TRIKAFTA was supported by positive results of two global Phase 3 studies in people ages 12 years and older with CF: a 24-week Phase 3 study in 403 people with one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation (F/MF) and a 4-week Phase 3 study in 107 people with two F508del mutations (F/F).
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About Company: Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has four approved medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) - a rare, life-threatening genetic disease - and has several ongoing clinical and research programs in CF. Beyond CF, Vertex has a robust pipeline of investigational medicines in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, such as sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, pain, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and APOL1-mediated kidney diseases.
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Part Time PhD
Doctor of Ministry Program (D.Min.)
Doctor of Ministry Program
The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Biblical Preaching is a program designed to help pastors and church leaders take their preaching and leadership to the next level. Students will participate in a series of seminars and a directed ministry project to enhance their understanding of biblical preaching and to further develop their preaching gifts.
The Doctor of Ministry is a professional doctoral degree focused primarily on the practice of ministry. The educational experiences in the D.Min. program at Anderson University will be delivered through a hybrid approach, involving independent and online study, three week-long seminars (two on campus, one in a selected city), three event-based seminars, and development and implementation of a significant ministry project and subsequent dissertation. The student will be expected to plan, carry out and evaluate the project at a level appropriate for a doctoral degree candidate.
Upon completion of coursework, D.Min. students are required to complete a ministry capstone project that is applicable to the student's ministry setting.
A maximum of 15 students per year will be admitted to the D.Min, in Biblical Preaching, to assure each student of strong guidance and supervision at an appropriate level.
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Anderson University South Carolina
Anderson University is a selective comprehensive Christian university offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees on campus and online. Anderson has received numerous national recognitions, incl ... Read More
Anderson University is a selective comprehensive Christian university offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees on campus and online. Anderson has received numerous national recognitions, including: The Top Tier (#21) of U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges One of "49 Up & Coming Universities to Watch in America" (U.S. News & World Report) The Princeton Review's 136 Best Southeastern Colleges The #2 Regional College in the South for "Excellence in Teaching" (U.S. News & World Report) One of "Americas 100 Best College Buys" OUR HISTORY Anderson University traces its origin to one of the first institutions of higher learning for women in the United States. The Johnson Female Seminary opened in the city of Anderson in 1848. The founder was the Reverend William B. Johnson. The school the Reverend Mr. Johnson founded was forced to close during the Civil War and did not reopen, but in time a new generation carried on what had been begun at that institution. A group of public-spirited citizens, desirous of having an institution of higher learning in Anderson, offered 32 acres of land and $100,000 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention at their meeting in 1910. The convention nominated a group of trustees, and Anderson College was granted a charter in 1911 by the South Carolina General Assembly. In 1912, the College opened its doors and operated as a four-year college for women until 1930. In 1929, the Anderson transitioned to a junior college, the first in the state. The College became a coeducational two-year institution in 1930. In December 1989, the Board of Trustees voted to return the College to its status as a four-year institution, beginning with the fall semester of 1991. This decision was subsequently affirmed by a unanimous vote of the General Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. The first four-year class since 1930 graduated in May 1993. In the spring of 2005, Anderson's Board of Trustees voted for a change to university status for the institution to reflect the new addition of graduate programs and a reorganization of the academic divisions into colleges. On January 1, 2006, Anderson College became Anderson University. The community of Anderson, having given birth to the University, has nurtured and supported the institution throughout the University's history. In turn, the University has provided intellectual, cultural, and recreational opportunities for the citizens of the Anderson area, and has made a significant contribution to the economy of the community. Anderson University has experienced rapid growth under the leadership of President, Dr. Evans Whitaker. Anderson University now enrolls approximately 3,000 students from 38 states and 15 foreign countries. Grounded in a Christian perspective, Anderson offers more than 50 bachelor's, masters and doctoral programs of study. OUR ACCREDITATION Anderson University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and masters and doctoral degrees. Professional accreditation includes the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). OUR FACULTY Guided by a commitment to teaching excellence, Anderson's faculty invest their lives into your personal and intellectual success. Our faculty distinguishes themselves by creating unique opportunities for student engagement and helpful support, especially for AU Online students. Eighty-two percent of AU faculty hold the highest degree in their field. OUR AFFORDABILITY Anderson University has been recognized as one of the most affordable universities in the South. Recently, U.S. News & World Report ranked AU among the top 11 universities in the South (public and private) for students accumulating the least educational debt. OUR MISSION Anderson University is an academic community, providing a challenging education grounded in the liberal arts, enhanced by professional and graduate programs and a co-curricular focus on the development of character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement. This is a diverse community that is Christ-centered, people-focused, student-oriented, quality-driven, and future-directed. OUR VISION Anderson University exists to be a premier teaching university where liberal arts and professional studies thrive within a distinctively Christian community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to learning and service. Read less
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Thirty Philanthropic Institutions File Amicus Brief with US Supreme Court to Halt Census Citizenship Question
This week, 30 philanthropic organizations across the country took the unusual step of filing an amicus brief asking the United States Supreme Court to consider the harm an undercount in the upcoming 2020 Census will have on philanthropy’s mission which relies on a complete census count for data-driven investments and solutions tailored to their communities.
Of greatest concern is whether the census will ask people about their citizenship status, as has been proposed. Available analysis suggests that the effects of adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census would be significant and negative. The inaccuracy that would result from this question is especially problematic because the groups likely to be undercounted are central to philanthropy’s mission, including young children, immigrants, low income families, and people in rural areas.
The signatories include national, regional, state, and community-based institutions, including private foundations, community foundations, philanthropy-serving organizations and a state association of United Ways. These institutions, their partners and grantees support a range of initiatives that are informed by census and census-derived data. These include increasing access to affordable quality health care for underserved individuals and communities; ending homelessness; increasing access to quality early childhood and youth development opportunities and providing opportunities for learning beyond high school; supporting community development and access to affordable housing; providing services to vulnerable communities; and much more.
The amici have a strong interest in ensuring that the census accurately counts all members of the U.S. population, particularly those who have historically been undercounted, often the populations with the greatest need.
Philanthropy California, an association of Northern, Southern and San Diego Grantmakers, is pleased to have signed the brief along with thirty amici representing a broad spectrum of the philanthropic community. Philanthropy California partnered with the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation and the Bauman Foundation, along with pro bono counsel the New York-based law firm Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, to bring philanthropy’s perspective to the Court.
Philanthropy California
Philanthropy California is an alliance of Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers, and Southern California Grantmakers, representing over 600 foundations that give on average $6 billion annually to nonprofits that provide support and services to people across the state and country.
Contact: Emily Katz, Philanthropy California
(m) 415-309-5845 (o) 415-872-1013
Read the Amicus Brief
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600,000 copies of Max the Brave by Ed Vere to be given to children in Bookstart Treasure packs
Today (10 January) BookTrust, the UK's largest children's reading charity, has revealed the two titles for this year's Bookstart Baby and Bookstart Treasure packs.
Ed Vere's Max the Brave, published by Penguin Random House Children's, has been selected for the Bookstart Treasure pack, with 600,000 free copies going out to children aged 3-4, which they'll collect from their nursery, children's centre or early years setting. Bookstart Treasure aims to continue the impact of Bookstart Baby programme (which provides a free book for babies under 12 months), supporting children and families to experience reading and its benefits at a young age.
Max the Brave is the New York Times-bestselling story of a brave kitten who sets out to find a mouse to chase. It is a hilarious and vibrant picturebook, featuring Ed's trademark bold illustrations (as seen recently in The Grumpy Frog).
Commenting on the announcement, Ed said: "It’s an incredible honour for my book to be chosen for BookTrust Treasure from such a high-level field of so many amazing books. I can’t tell you how thrilled and delighted I am that so many children are going to get the opportunity to read Max the Brave!
I think it’s so important to put high quality, entertaining and fun books in front of not only children but the grownups who are going to read the books to them. If a grownup is bored reading to a child, that will transmit to the child and if parents know there are great books out there that are entertaining then children will grow up loving reading because it’s fun. I think that’s essential and it’s what reading is all about. Introducing books to children at an early age like this is exactly what we have to do. If we’re going to encourage children to read, which we must because it’s so important, then we have to do it with good books and I’m thrilled that Max is considered a good book. Thank you BookTrust.”
His editor, Andrea MacDonald, added: "How wonderful to support BookTrust in their amazing work; we’re thrilled that Ed’s gorgeous, funny, and empowering book, Max the Brave is going to be shared with so many pre-schoolers across England. It’s a delight to read and reread, and is a brilliant start on the path to a love of words and pictures.”
Ed Vere is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books. Max the Brave is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller and has spawned sequels Max at Night and Max and Bird. He lives in London, England. Learn more about Ed’s work at edvere.com.
This year's Bookstart Baby programme title was announced as David Melling's 123 Splosh, published by Hodder. To find out more about the programme, visit the BookTrust website.
Max the Brave
Ed Vere
Max the Brave is a brilliant new picture book from Ed Vere.
This is Max. Max the Brave, Max the Fearless, Max the Mouse-catcher...
But, in order to be a Mouse-catcher, Max needs to know what a mouse is, so off he goes to find out.
This hilarious new picture book from the phenomenally-talented Ed Vere introduces a new and lovable character, with Ed's trademark bold illustrations and clever story.
Other Ed Vere titles to look out for:
Banana; Bedtime for Monsters; Mr. Big
Ed Vere studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. He is published in both England and the US. Ed is also a painter, working from his studio in east London and is represented by galleries in London and Los Angeles. After a year and a half living in Barcelona, Ed now lives and works in London.
Ed Vere is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer & illustrator of picture books, including How To Be a Lion and Max the Brave which was named one of The Sunday Times's '100 Modern Children's Classics'. He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. Ed's books are published all over the world. He is also a painter, working from his studio in east London, and is represented by galleries in London and Los Angeles.
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Doctor Who: In the Blood
Imprint: BBC Digital
Jenny T Colgan
All over the world, people are venting their fury at one another on social media. Dropping their friends, giving vent to their hatred, and everywhere behaving with incredible cruelty. Even Donna has found that her friend Hettie, with her seemingly perfect life and fancy house, has unfriended her. And now, all over the world, internet trolls are dying...
As more and more people give in to this wave of bitterness and aggression, it's clear this is no simple case of modern living. This is unkindness as a plague.
From the streets of London to the web cafes of South Korea and the deepest darkest forests of Rio, can the Doctor and Donna find the cause of this unhappiness before it's too late?
An original novel featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
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Steve Cole (Author) Steve Cole is an editor and children’s author whose sales exceed three million copies. His hugely successful Astrosaurs young fiction series has been a UK top-ten children’s bestseller. His several original Doctor Who novels have also been bestsellers. Paul Magrs (Author) Paul Magrs was born in 1969 in the North East of England. He has written numerous novels and short stories for adults, teens, children and Doctor Who fans. He teaches Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Jenny T Colgan (Author) Jenny T. Colgan has written numerous bestselling novels as Jenny Colgan, which have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, been translated into 25 languages, and won both the Melissa Nathan Award and Romantic Novel of the Year 2013. Aged 11, she won a national fan competition to meet the Doctor and was mistaken for a boy by Peter Davison. Jo Cotterill (Author) Jo’s first story at the age of five was a festive one entitled 'Chismas’. After writing a lot of stories about unicorns, she decided at the age of thirteen to become an actress. Her professional acting career was enjoyable but frustrating, so she became a teacher instead, writing stories on the side. Her first book was published in 2004, and she gave up teaching in 2009. Jo now lives in Oxfordshire and fits writing around her young family. She enjoys music and card-making, and is an avid fan of Strictly Come Dancing. Trevor Baxendale (Author) Trevor Baxendale has been a writer since 1998, when his first Doctor Who novel The Janus Conjunction was published by BBC Books. Since then he has written many novels, short stories, comic strips and audio dramas for both BBC Books and Big Finish Productions, plus various adaptations for schools in Pearson’s Bugclub range. His Doctor Who novels include the The Deadstone Memorial, which was voted best novel of 2004 by the readers of Doctor Who Magazine, as well as Eater of Wasps, Prisoner of the Daleks and Deep Time. His acclaimed Fear of the Dark was reprinted in 2013 as part of Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. His first Torchwood novel, Something in the Water, was published in March 2008 and was a national bestseller. He was regular contributor to BBC Magazines' hugely popular Doctor Who Adventures between 2007 and 2012, scripting the further exploits of the Doctor in comic strip form. He has written scripts for Big Finish’s Doctor Who, Robin Hood and Highlander ranges, and most recently full cast audio dramas for Blake’s 7. You can follow him on Twitter @trevorbaxendale Mike Tucker (Author) Mike Tucker is a visual effects designer and author who has written several original Doctor Who novels as well as fiction for other shared universes. He has also co-written numerous factual books relating to film and television, including Impossible Worlds and the TARDIS Instruction Manual.
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THE HISTORY OF PEN-Y-FFORDD TENNIS CLUB
Pen-y-ffordd Tennis Club has stood on the same site for over 100 years - it celebrated its centenary in 2008. Below describes as much as is known about the club's history, but if anyone has any other details or photographs that could be incorporated please get in touch.
During the 19th century tennis was played in Pen-y-ffordd on courts to the rear of the village War Memorial Institute hall. There were also courts in the grounds of Meadowslea, before it became a hospital in 1913 (and long before it was sadly demolished in 2009), and at The Towers, which was demolished in the 1970s.
However, in 1908 a proper tennis club was established in the village. Known at its inception as the Hope and Pen-y-ffordd Tennis Club, it was built on land that was donated by two local men, Mr Ernest Henry Randles (who lived at Craig Alyn, which faces the club) and Mr Joseph Randles. Two grass courts were laid out on this land on what are now courts 1 and 2.
In 1927 the tenancy of the land was given, on a three yearly basis, to Mary Kilvert, Marjorie Swire and Percy Williams, with a covenant to limit its use for tennis courts, and an added restriction on the height of any permanent building that might be used as a pavilion.
The tennis courts at The Towers c.1900, plus members of the
Pen-y-ffordd Ladies Temperance Club
A second piece of land (without any restrictive covenants) was added in 1948 to create Court 3 adjacent to the original two courts at a rental cost of £3 3s per annum, with an option to buy the land for £100. At this time the tenancy held by E H Randles was handed to four tenants named William Parry, Mary Kilvert, Angela Griffiths and Eric Robinson, and a Declaration Of Trust established the principle that the property be vested in the names of four trustees. To this day, the tennis club operates on this basis, the four trustees holding it in trust for the members (any sale, lease or mortgage of the property would be dealt with by the trustees under the direction of the management committee).
A chequered history
Pen-y-ffordd Tennis Club's 100+ years have not always been easy. Although it survived two world wars there were difficult periods in the 1940s and 1960s as membership numbers dwindled. A letter written by Mr W R Parry, the Secretary/Treasurer in the '60s, made for pessimistic reading...
Owing to various factors, such as the 5 day week, television and motor cars, the appeal of tennis seems to have lessened and this year we are making a final appeal to keep the club going, for they are facilities worth preserving.
However during the 1950s it seems that the club was doing well, as in 1954 the original clubhouse was opened. The photograph (right) certainly depicts a celebratory air as the Union Flag was raised in the corner of Court 3!
Despite occasional difficulties, enthusiastic new members have enabled the club's survival, as well as bringing some success in local league competitions. And although times may have been hard for the club, the 1960s still brought some changes. Whilst today members can enjoy unlimited tennis 7 days a week, ever since 1908, at the express wish of Mr Randles, play was not permitted on a Sunday. This was to change in 1963 when, after consultation with the late donor's children and local residents, it was agreed at an extraordinary meeting that Sunday play would be allowed, with two conditions - that there would be no play before 2pm and then only for members aged over 16. These remaining restrictions, thankfully, no longer apply.
A fresh push to develop the club was made following the 1975 AGM, spearheaded by then-chairman Laurie Dempsey, secretary Margaret Holdsworth and Chris Rudkin, the new treasurer, as membership was very low even including a number of non-playing local residents who were keen to help keep the club alive. And their efforts were rewarded by a steady increase throughout the following few years, to around 40 adult members and a similar number of junior members.
The pavilion is opened in 1954 by Mr H G Northcott. He's watched by Mr J Blease, Mr Cliff Parry
(in the tennis kit), Mrs Kilvert and many others
The original grass courts had been converted at some point to more hard-wearing shale, but this surface still required quite significant maintenance, so in the 1980s an epic fundraising mission was launched with the aim of installing an all-weather surface. The campaign, which went on to raise £8000, was spearheaded by committee members Jacky Williams, Laurie Dempsey, Grace Hunter and Margaret Scott, and events included a garden party at Offa's Dyke (then-home of Alec Astbury), a 100 Club lottery fund, and in 1991 an after dinner speech by local lad and Wimbledon umpire John Parry, which was held at Padeswood Golf Club. At an eventual cost of £33,000, aided by Sports Council funding, the new surface was finally laid, with John Parry officially opening the new courts in May 1991.
As the club entered the third millennium, the original pavilion, at nearly 50 years old, was becoming the source of increasing concern, leading members to seek funding from various sources to build a replacement, for which a contract was signed in October 2004. The project did not, unfortunately, go smoothly and was the subject of some lengthy disputes, so it wasn't until 2006 that the new clubhouse was completed. (This should perhaps say mostly finished as a level and properly covered floor was not in place until July 2016!)
And there was further frustration as the new clubhouse was only one part of ambitious plans for the club as funding was also sought for one court to be fitted with floodlights. This looked like it would become a reality, with funding from Sportlot, only for the plans to fall victim to a drop in lottery ticket sales, which resulted in Sportlot withdrawing their support.
The original pavilion in 2003. shortly before it was demolished
Although the club celebrated its centenary in 2008, just a year later in 2009 the club was facing closure when just three trustees and long-standing committee member Karen Glendenning attended the AGM, leaving the club without a management committee. A Special General Meeting was called to decided the club's fate, and the trustees wrote to all members and local residents. The result was a positive one - the meeting was attended by around 25 people, with sufficient numbers of them being happy to help out. The efforts of these new volunteers, including Ian Swain who became chairman and Victoria Rothero who served for several years as the club's treasurer, once again ensured its survival.
2013 saw a change to two of the club's long-standing trustees (Alison Burley and also Chris Rudkin, who was once Club President and worked tirelessly for the club over many years, even to the extent of providing financial support that earned him life membership), with Val Stewart and Kate Barlow stepping in to continue providing this important safeguard of the club's interests. 2013 also brought a new Chairman, as well as the launch of the club's first ever website, created by new Club Secretary Nigel Edwards which, amongst other things, means that for the first time ever it became possible to join on-line and pay by credit or debit card. This and other initiatives paid dividends as the number of members increased by 47%, with the biggest increase being amongst junior members.
2014 continued where 2013 left off with many more new members such that, by the end of that year, the club had increased its total membership numbers by a further 76% to reach 176, quite probably its highest ever number of members. The year also brought significant success in obtaining funding for essential infrastructure maintenance as Nigel Edwards, Val Stewart and Dave Hughes put together an application to local trust fund The Teresa Briggs Trust that resulted in an award of £12,500 towards the cost of resurfacing the club's courts. And the progress made by the club was recognised by Tennis Wales as Pen-y-ffordd Tennis Club was one of three clubs nominated in the category of Club/Centre of the Year at the annual Tennis Wales Awards.
Recognition of our nomination
So 2015 got off to an exciting start as various club representatives headed to the St David's Hotel in Ewloe for the Tennis Wales Awards, and although we had to be content with being one of the two runners up for the award, it was a remarkable achievement to have been nominated, without which the club would not have received a visit from the president of the LTA on the afternoon prior to the awards.
The year continued to show the club moving forward as in June it was confirmed that, for the first time in its history, the club had gained charitable status, and in July the finishing touches were applied to the first new court surfaces in nearly 25 years. By the end of the year the membership record had been broken once again, as the total number broke through the 200 barrier, and the club held its first meeting as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), in place of the usual AGM, at which time Nigel Edwards was confirmed as the new chairman.
2016 had a lot to live up to, but the club continued to move forward apace. Early in the year, in February, a new surface was laid on Court 3, meaning all three court surfaces had been replaced, with its top colour applied when the weather was suitable the following May. And as the year marked a full decade since the clubhouse build ceased with the interior left unfinished, the fundraising target for the floor to be levelled and tiled was surpassed and the work was subsequently carried out, followed by some painting of internal woodwork by the club's Junior Rep Tomos Edwards that meant the clubhouse could at long last be declared complete!
The club also became a little easier to find after Chairman Nigel Edwards successfully obtained agreement from the Community / County councils for road signs to be paid for and fitted at the main road junction and at the junction of Vounog Hill and Park Lane, which should mean that passers by will no longer be surprised to discover that there's a tennis club in Pen-y-ffordd. And the year ended with yet another record number of members, up a further 11% to 222, whilst Lead Coach Michael Herd continued to develop his coaching programmes, including Saturday sessions that attract 30-40 youngsters year-round.
One of the new road signs
Perhaps the stand-out event of 2017 was when the club received a little bit of recognition of progress made when it received Tennismark status, the LTA's way of recognising good standards and best practice at tennis venues in Britain. Beyond this, the club continued to ensure its facilities were maintained to a high standard as all three courts were professionally cleaned and, as the paint surface was starting to lose adhesion on Court 1 and 2, they were repainted. And in another first, the club made its first ever promotional film, courtesy of CreativeJigsaw, who also created a new up-to-date version of the club website with full mobile accessibility. To finish off the year the club received notification from Tennis Wales that its chairman, Nigel Edwards, is one of two finalists in the running for the Volunteer of the Year award; the overall winner will be announced at Tennis Wales's annual event in January.
2018 saw the club continue with good membership levels and there was another first. Ever since its inception, club memberships ran for a membership season starting 1 April and ending 31 March. The problem with this approach was that potential new members thinking about joining in late spring or summer would sometimes be deterred from taking up a membership when they realised that they'd missed a portion of the membership year. This was mitigated in part by a reduction in membership fees in late summer and by offering a winter membership, however a better solution presented itself when the club ceased issuing membership shoetags (which related to a particular membership year) and switched all communication with members to the email facility within the ClubSpark membership system. The system automatically knows which members are currently active (and also only allows court bookings to be made by current members), which meant that membership years could be specific to each member and all members now have a full year's membership for their fees.
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Halifax council to decide fate of potential CFL expansion team Atlantic Schooners on Tuesday
Dan Barnes, Postmedia
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Published on: December 6, 2019 | Last Updated: December 6, 2019 2:37 PM EST
Anthony LeBlanc, Founding Partner, Schooners Sports and Entertainment, Randy Ambrosie, CFL Commissioner, and Greg Turner, Councillor-at-Large and Deputy Mayor, City of Moncton pose for a photo at a press conference in Moncton, N.B., on March 29, 2019. Ron Ward / The Canadian Press / Files
The fate of the Canadian Football League’s expansion-team-in-waiting is now in the hands of Halifax regional councillors and Mayor Mike Savage.
On Tuesday, they will debate a motion from Halifax Regional Municipality staff recommending a one-time contribution of $20 million toward construction of a stadium that would house the Atlantic Schooners, if and when CFL governors approve expansion.
The stadium as proposed by Schooner Sports and Entertainment (SSE) calls for a building with 12,000 permanent seats, 10,575 semi-permanent seats and standing room for 2,000. An inflatable dome would allow year-long use of the facility by community sports groups. Construction is estimated to cost between $100- and $110-million.
“We welcome the recommendation received from HRM staff today to support the development of a community stadium,” SSE said in a statement released Friday. … “We look forward to receiving Council’s decision on whether to approve this recommendation and we stand ready to work diligently with staff and the community to ensure the success of this game-changing community development.”
If the staff recommendation passes as proposed, HRM would not pay to own, operate or maintain the building, would not provide a loan guarantee to SSE, and would not share in any ticket surcharge revenue generated. Nor would there be tax increment financing involved in the project.
The recommendation also opposes the Shannon Park construction site chosen by SSE. However, a source said SSE had previously identified several potential sites in the Halifax area and is prepared to move on from Shannon Park if regional council votes against a financial contribution tied to that particular site.
Source confirms there are as many as four stadium sites in play in Halifax, but two are viewed as potential frontrunners when or if regional council votes against contributing financially to construction at the Shannon Park site. #CFL
— Dan Barnes (@sportsdanbarnes) December 6, 2019
“We appreciate the due diligence HRM staff have exercised in this process and support the considerations raised regarding site selection for this important community project,” SSE said in its statement.
Those considerations expressed by staff included the potential for “extensive public transportation infrastructure investment,” as well as a possible need for a new ferry terminal and three ferries, an expense estimated at $60- and $80-million.
The $20-million, one-time contribution that will be debated on Tuesday was actually part of SSE’s original funding proposal in August, and a source called the recommendation “good news” for SSE, which is also expected to ask the government of Nova Scotia to double the province’s tax levy on hotel rooms from 2% to 4%, with the additional revenue used to support the stadium.
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Have You Heard of EcoBlitz?
Pacific Parklands Foundation
Protect & Preserve
Metro Vancouver introduced EcoBlitz in 2014 as an environmental stewardship event with the goal of restoring, enhancing, and protecting Metro Vancouver Regional Parks.
EcoBlitz events focus on stewardship activities that protect park plants, waterways and wildlife from the threat of invasive species and habitat loss.
For example, in past events volunteers created a pollinator meadow for butterflies and bees, and established an ephemeral wetland habitat for blue herons, ducks, and amphibians. How’s that for making a difference?
In two short years, EcoBlitz has grown to include over 1337 participants, seven schools, five park associations, as well as 12 community groups! In fact, 2015 expanded EcoBlitz to ten Regional Parks – a total of 23 events Metro Vancouver-wide!
In past years, simultaneous EcoBlitz events were held at:
Crippen Regional Park, Bowen Island
Boundary Bay, Delta
Iona Beach, Richmond
Pacific Spirit, Vancouver
Campbell Valley, Langley
Burnaby Lake, Burnaby
Tynehead, Surrey
Minnekhada, Coquitlam
Kanaka Creek, Maple Ridge
What happens at an EcoBlitz event?
Well, it’s simple, really. Thousands of EcoBlitz volunteers come together to help plant native trees, shrubs and ground covers. They also remove invasive plants, garbage, and litter from our parks!
Last year alone, 6,578 native trees and shrubs were planted in our Regional Parks! Our goal for EcoBlitz 2016 is 12,000!
How can you get involved with EcoBlitz?
October is fast approaching! With so much ground to cover Metro Vancouver and EcoBlitz still need you – Volunteers – to help restore our gorgeous Regional Parks. Leave your own personal legacy by planting native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers!
You can also get involved through Pacific Parklands Foundation. This year we are supporting our friends at Metro Vancouver with our “Give a Gift That Keeps on Growing” Campaign!
Help protect and preserve our lush Regional Parks by buying trees and shrubs through Pacific Parklands Foundation which will be planted at the event – a gift that keeps on growing! The trees provide birds and other park critters with crucial spots to safely rest in shade and nest!
$20 – 1 Tree
$50 – 3 Trees
$100 – 8 Trees
Just remember, EcoBlitz is not just about planting trees, it’s about making like a tree and leaf-ing our parks better for future generations.
EcoBlitz 2016 is here, Vancouver! Let’s join Metro Vancouver Regional Parks to help our parks flourish!
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Janet Antonio
For over 20-years Janet has been engaged in community building and not for profit leadership. A graduate of Simon Fraser University Janet began her career in Community Economic Development at the Vancity group of companies and with the Vancity Community Foundation. This was followed by raising funds for scholarships, bursaries and research at BCIT and SFU. As the Director of Development for the BC Region at the Salvation Army Janet worked with a team of fundraisers throughout the province working with donors to plan legacy gifts. Janet was also the Executive Director of Western Canada at Cystic Fibrosis Canada supporting an inspired community of volunteers determined to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
Inspired by the stories of volunteers and donors, Janet recently returned to school determined to discover how nonprofits can better use technology to tell stories with impact. As a graduate of BCIT’s New Media and Web Development program Janet continues to seek out new ways to inspire positive change.
Janet has been married to her best friend and college sweetheart since 1990. Together they have raised their son and daughter in Metro Vancouver and have many fond memories of camping, hikes, and picnics in our local regional parks.
RON MCLAUGHLIN
Ron McLaughlin has been a 40-year resident of the Village of Lions Bay and has served the Community as a two-term Councillor from 2011-2018 before becoming Mayor in 2018. The Village of Lions Bay, located in supernatural Howe Sound is rural in nature and has a vibrant residential community of 1,350 friends and neighbours.
After graduating from UBC Ron worked for CIBC’s Corporate Banking Group for 32 years before retiring. Ron was also a 10-year advisory board member of The Salvation Army and during this time was the Chairman of its largest corporate fundraiser, The Hope in the City Breakfast. Ron is the proud dad of 3 adult sons, the husband of Mary, and the notional alpha male to 2 independent-minded cats. He is also an avid winter skier and summer boater and golfer.
As a member of an outdoor-minded Community that is bounded by forest and ocean, it is easy to take nature for granted when this is not the case for many. Ron looks forward to bringing attention to our regional parks and garnering support through the Pacific Parklands Foundation to make them even better.
Ryan is a partner in the litigation group at Watson Goepel LLP. He grew up in Toronto where he was fortunate to go to school on the Toronto Islands. As a youth Ryan camped and canoed through many parts of Southern Ontario.
Ryan obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) from the University of Toronto. Ryan moved to Vancouver to attend law school at UBC (Peter A. Allard School of Law) and never looked back. He has practiced for more than a decade in a broad litigation practice.
Ryan and his family enjoy all aspects of the outdoors and have a family cabin on Gambier Island. Ryan is intimately familiar with the importance of green spaces in and around urban environments. He looks forward to working with Pacific Parklands Foundation.
MIKE REDPATH
Mike has a passion for the outdoors and has had the privilege to work with many others to advance parks initiatives from concept to reality. Mike worked with the City of Richmond, British Columbia for 27 years, leading an award-winning team of Parks professionals that planned, developed and protected parks and open spaces and natural areas. Mike is currently the Director of Regional Parks for Metro Vancouver with a mandate to protect and connect residents to the regional park system.
CRAIG HODGE
Craig Hodge is a long-time Coquitlam resident and is currently serving his second term on city council. He chairs the city’s Riverview Lands Advisory Committee and the Coquitlam Sports Council. He is also a director of Metro Vancouver and serves on its regional park and zero waste committees.
A retired photojournalist, Craig began his career at the Columbian Newspaper in New Westminster when he was still in high school. He went on to become a staff photographer at the Vancouver Sun and The Tri-City News.
During his career, he covered some of the biggest stories of the past four decades including Expo 86 and the 2010 Olympic Games. He has also photographed the Stanley Cup playoffs, Grey Cup, NBA and Vancouver Whitecaps games as well as visits by U.S. presidents, the Queen, Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
In addition, Craig documented Terry Fox and every Canadian prime minister since Pierre Trudeau. His work with local newspapers earned him 42 international, national and provincial awards for photojournalism.
In his community, Craig has served as a director of the Coquitlam Foundation, president of the Tri-Cities’ Chamber of Commerce and president of the Coquitlam Heritage Society; he was also elected to three terms as director of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce.
Craig and his wife, Darla, have three school-aged children — Robbie, Brandon and Dawson — and he volunteers as an assistant coach for their soccer and ball hockey teams as well as a Scout leader.
COUNCILLOR HEATHER DEAL
Councillor Heather Deal was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in 2002 and Vancouver City Council in 2005. She served as the Deputy Mayor of Vancouver for 2016 and is the Chair of the City Finance and Services Committee.
Councillor Deal focuses on Vancouver’s livability, bringing her passions for supporting arts and culture, animated public spaces, safe active transportation, and heritage to City Hall. She also spearheaded the food cart program and has served as a Vancouver Public Library trustee.
At the regional level, Councillor Deal chairs the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Committee and the Fraser Basin Council’s Watersheds and Water Resources Committee.
Councillor Deal received her BA in biology from Oberlin College in 1982 and her M.SC. in immunology from UBC in 1988. She did cancer research before changing careers to focus on environmental issues and has a long history of working on healthy ecosystems. She has worked for UBC, the provincial government and most recently, the David Suzuki Foundation.
Councillor Deal is an avid cyclist, camper, hiker, and reader, and enjoys gardening on her Kitsilano balcony. She also loves to enjoy the great local arts and food that Vancouver has to offer.
ELEANOR O’CONNOR
Eleanor is the President of Studios, Lighting and Grip Divisions of Sim. Eleanor is a key contributor to the development and implementation of the company’s overall strategic and operational direction. Eleanor is a Director with the Derby Reach Brae Island Park Association (DRBIPA). She has volunteered her time on many projects, including the Langley Bog Viewing Platform.
LINDSEY FRYETT JERKE
Lindsey would say it was her many hours spent by the Grand River and Elora Gorge while growing up in small-town Ontario that fostered her love for landscapes and stewardship for the environment.
While pursuing her bachelor degree in Montreal she studied painting and drawing at Concordia University where she focused her practice on the relationship between people and landscapes. Following graduation and feeling restrained by the confines of the canvas, she began to look towards landscape architecture and urban design as a means for a creative outlet. She headed westward, landing in British Columbia. Her background in fine art was well suited to her pursuit of landscape architecture and with it, she brings a blend of hand drawing and technical abilities to her work.
Since graduating from the University of British Columbia Master of Landscape Architecture program in 2014 she has worked in many scales and typologies. She has participated in the visioning of neighbourhood plans, downtown action plans and public realm master plans; and, she has designed playgrounds and residential landscapes from concept through to detail design.
As a master student she was recognized for her dedication to her practice and received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, the Sharp and Diamond Ecological Design Scholarship, Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award, and Graduate Project Design Excellence Award. Since graduating, she was a member of a team that was awarded a Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation Grant.
Lindsey is active in the local community and can be seen volunteering on construction sites building playgrounds and demonstration gardens with Projects for Public Space, joining in on Vancouver Public Space Network events, and attending the SALA, SFU and AIBC lecture series. She is currently working towards full registration with the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architecture.
In all of her work is a reflection of her appreciation for ecology, experience of nature and vibrant public spaces.
MARK VAN DER ZALM
Mark van der Zalm is the founding principal of van der Zalm + associates inc. He is a fully licensed Landscape Architect in several states and provinces within North America including BC, Ontario, Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, Oregon, Arizona and Minnesota. Mark is also a Member of the Green Building Council of BC and a LEED Accredited Professional.
He attended Simon Fraser University and attained a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1994. He then went on to Utah State University where he earned a Master of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning in 1997.
Mark is committed to the improvement of the natural and built environment through planning and design solutions that respect living things and protect natural resources. With extensive experience in the planning, design, and management of a variety of land-use and landscape architectural projects, he has completed projects both internationally and in Canada. Examples of his work include Rocky Point Park in Port Moody, BC and Haida Gwaii Community Park Master Plan in Queen Charlotte Islands, BC.
Mark is also a frequent speaker at recreation planning events and national symposiums related to park design and development. His personal interests include adventure racing, cross-country running and basketball.
Richard Hankin
Richard Hankin has 35 years of experience in local and regional planning. Most notably, Rick was the Manager of Metro Vancouver Regional Parks for 25 years until his retirement in February 2003. During his tenure, Rick spearheaded the expansion of Metro Vancouver regional parks from 5,500 acres to 28,600 acres, an increase from 4 to 25 parks and greenways.
Along with this growth, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks evolved from essentially a land acquisition agency to a full-fledged park and recreation operation with an enhanced conservation focus. Rick also oversaw the introduction of linear parks known as Greenways and the Parks Partnership Program designed to foster shared decision-making and park activities with community groups.
STEVE HNATIUK
Steve is one of the founding directors of the Pacific Parklands Foundation. Immersed in private equity and venture capital for more than twenty-five years, Steve is an entrepreneur and investor with a career-long passion for building innovate private businesses and supporting industry and community endeavours.
Through his firm Lighthouse Equity Partners, Steve is focused on private equity investments in growth-oriented small and mid-sized businesses based in Western Canada operating across a diversity of industries. Previously, Steve co-founded Vancouver-based venture capital firm Yaletown Venture Partners, led TD Bank’s technology banking group on the west coast, was director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Group, and began his career as a software engineer with Accenture designing systems for the energy and communications industries.
Active in industry and community, Steve has been on the boards of numerous private companies, one Crown Corporation, several private capital funds, industry associations and charitable organizations. He currently serves on the executive committee for BC’s Minister of Innovation and is a past executive committee member to the BC Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier. Steve is currently Editorial Board Chair for Canadian Private Capital Magazine, a director of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), is past Vice President of the board of directors for the Canadian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and past-Chair of the Canadian Private Equity & Venture Capital National Conference.
Steve is a graduate of UBC and BCIT, magna cum laude. He is proud husband and a father of four great kids. He is an avid waterskier, downhill skier, outdoorsman, and volunteer coach of youth sports teams – where he is rewarded by seeing confidence grow and constantly reminded how much can be accomplished through the power of encouragement and teamwork.
JOHN C. SCOTT
Metro and urban centres, that are considered great, are defined as much by the parks and green space they embrace, as to how they were shaped and where they place in history. Our region certainly deserves to be included but we are growing and encroaching at an incredible pace putting us at risk of losing what makes us great.
John Scott is the Chief Executive Officer at Scott Construction Group. The company built its first high rise in 1987 and has gone on to build many landmark commercial and high rise projects in the City. The Scott companies are known for personal service, integrity, top management and a Best Employer in Canada. Over the last decade, the company has expanded into healthcare, industrial and institutional buildings.
John is a leader in numerous industry and community organizations. He was a founding director of the Construction Round Table in British Columbia and was instrumental in establishing the Construction Chair at the University of British Columbia. He is currently involved with the Pacific Parklands Foundation as a director and Past President and sits on the cabinet for the Junior Achievement of British Columbia. In 2008, he was an Ernst & Young finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year.
John is a keen golfer and is a Past President of Point Grey Golf & Country Club.
Sarah Marsh is an Associate Partner in the Audit and Assurance Group with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Vancouver Assurance practice, bringing over 12 years of experience in the provision of external and internal audit services, as well as advisory projects. She currently leads a team of 100 people taking responsibility for the communication to staff around people, learning and education, resourcing and profitability.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) from York University, UK and a CA designation from England and Wales with specialization in the areas of external audit, internal audit and operational reviews.
She worked in the UK public sector practice for six years and now continues that specialization in the Government and Not-for-Profit practice in BC. In that capacity, she has served a wide variety of government and not-for-profit organizations. Sarah’s extensive professional experience in the not-for-profit area will be invaluable to the Foundation as well as her keen interest in community work. She is very enthusiastic about promoting the activities of the Pacific Parklands Foundation.
ANASTASE MARAGOS
Anastase Maragos was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1964 and grew up in Gibsons, British Columbia. He attended the University of Windsor and attained his Bachelor of Commerce Degree and then went on to the University of British Columbia, attaining an LL.B. in 1990. After joining Watson Goepel Maledy in 1992, he became a partner in the firm in 1999.
The primary focus of Mr. Maragos’ practice is representing claimants in personal injury litigation and disability insurance matters. He has been featured as a speaker at the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia on disability claims and has extensive experience in representing personal injury claimants in matters before the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Anastase is married and has two children. He is active in the Hellenic community, proudly serving as President of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver from 2003 to 2004 and as a director and member of Pacific Parklands Foundation.
KEVIN O’CALLAGHAN
Kevin O’Callaghan is a partner at the law firm Fasken Martineau and the chair of the Aboriginal Law Practice Group. He is also a founding member of the firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Group. He conducts a litigation practice that involves complex commercial litigation that focuses mainly on aboriginal, regulatory and environmental issues.
Kevin attended Queens University and attained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 and then went on to the University of Western Ontario and attained an LL.B in 1999. He was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 2000.
His experience stretches throughout Western Canada, and north to the Northwest Territories. Kevin has appeared before courts in BC, Alberta, and the NWT, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Kevin provides ongoing advice to resource companies on obligations to First Nations and agreements with First Nations. He has also advised clients on a myriad of environmental matters including cost recovery actions, environmental assessment, off-site migration, ground water contamination, and regulatory offences.
Kevin lives in North Vancouver with his wife and three children. Kevin and his family spend as much of their free time in the outdoors as possible – much of it running and walking in Capilano River Regional Park.
A Message from our President
With the advent of a new year, it’s timely for those of us who support and believe in the work of Pacific Parklands Foundation to step back and take stock of our accomplishments in 2015, look ahead to plans unfolding in 2016 and, most importantly, recognize the efforts of our amazing volunteers on behalf of Metro Vancouver’s Regional Parks.
As you may know 2015 marked this organization’s 15th anniversary. Appropriately, given this milestone, we wrapped up our largest capital campaign ever to build the Stewardship Centre at Kanaka Creek Regional Park Watershed. The Stewardship Centre, which includes the George Ross Learning Centre, will be completed this year. Pacific Parklands Foundation played a leadership role in this campaign with the help of Metro Vancouver, KEEPS (Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society), the Pacific Salmon Foundation, a legacy gift from Mr. George Ross and the support of many other individual and corporate donors.
A key goal in 2016 is to introduce a legacy giving program and to organize 100 monthly donors by year’s end. We believe monthly donors will allow us to better forecast our ability to provide financial support to worthwhile endeavours such as Catching The Spirit and other youth programs.
For more than a decade RBC Foundation has provided Catching The Spirit with financial support totalling more than $300,000. Through Catching the Spirit, hundreds of kids from 12 to 18 years of age volunteer to enhance our parks and environment through creative programs developed by peer leaders. These kids go on to become our community leaders.
I am proud to have served as President of the Pacific Parklands Foundation for almost half of its 15-year lifespan. I credit our dedicated volunteer Board of Directors, past and present, for achieving so many of our goals over the years and honouring the trust placed in the foundation by our donors and supporters. To our volunteer leadership team, our staff and our many loyal volunteers I offer the sincere gratitude of the entire Board. Together we are fulfilling the critical mission entrusted to us 15 years ago of enhancing and protecting one of our region’s most priceless assets, its regional parks.
David Pohl,
DAVE L. POHL
David Pohl was formerly the Vice President, Commercial Markets for Royal Bank of Canada. He held many positions within the bank over a career that spanned 30 plus years and is now retired, living in North Vancouver. Most of his career has focused on Commercial Banking and he also has considerable experience in retail and international banking.
During most of the 90’s, he headed the bank’s marketing efforts focused on Asian Banking during the major migration flows from Hong Kong and Taiwan. He was also the General Manager for RBC in South Korea which gave him many business-related experiences throughout Asia.
David is National President of Hong Kong Canada Business Association – he has held several executive positions within HKCBA and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1996. David is a registered member of the Certified Management Accountants Association of Canada.
In 2015 David was a recipient of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award and he is also an owner of a small business with his wife, Coleen and son, Jeff.
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Being a little different than the norm can often leave a person feeling isolated and confused. And, for a young Billy Elliot, who is living in a British mining town in the mid 1980s, those feelings are amplified. His story was first featured on film in 2000 and then it was successfully transferred to the stage as Billy Elliot The Musical. Featuring the music of Elton John and the book and lyrics of Lee Hall, the productions follows Billy's life -through his attempt at taking charge in the boxing ring to discovering his hidden talent and growing passion for dance. Producer Louise Withers talks about the show. Q: Why did you choose this project, what drew you to it? A: From the first time we ever saw the show, we were in love with its message, its inspiration, its heart and its ability to take people on a journey from laughter to tears and back again. It is the perfect musical. Q: Does the storyline resonate even more so now than when the movie/musical was first presented? A: The show certainly resonates as much today, if not more, than it did when it was first released as a film, and then again from when the musical was written and produced. Not only are there communities coming together and fighting to survive still now, but there are people all over the world pursuing their dreams against the odds, and making them happen. These are universal themes and challenges and everyone in the audience can look at the characters on stage and relate to one or more of them regardless of age. That's special. Q: There is the saying "never work with animals and children" - how are you finding working with so many kids? A: ...This is not our first time working with young actors. They inspire the adults, and the adults inspire them. It's like a huge mentoring program and provides the young actors with invaluable skills which can set them up for their future careers whether in performance or elsewhere. Q: With four young actors in the main role, do you find the chemistry of the performances are different? A: Each cast member brings something special and unique to their performance regardless of age. So while the footprint of the show is the same, and the dialogue and music, there will always be slight nuances which are individual. But that is also what the show is all about - celebrating individuality. We have audience members return to the show four times, so that they can see each different Billy perform and see what they individually bring to the show. But overall every show delivers a special experience and one which truly does reach in and capture your heart. Billy Elliot The Musical is set to hit the stage in South Australia for the first time, with a limited season beginning on December 29 at the Adelaide Festival Centre. For your chance to win one of 15 double passes to see Billy Elliot The Musical at the Adelaide Festival Centre on December 29, fill in the form and tell us who wrote the music for the theatre production. Enter by 11.59pm on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
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Billy Elliot: An inspiring, heart-warming tale
Sharon Hansen
In training: Mrs Wilkinson (Lisa Sontag) helps Billy (Jamie Rogers) with his ballet work. Photo - James D Morgan
Being a little different than the norm can often leave a person feeling isolated and confused.
And, for a young Billy Elliot, who is living in a British mining town in the mid 1980s, those feelings are amplified.
His story was first featured on film in 2000 and then it was successfully transferred to the stage as Billy Elliot The Musical.
Featuring the music of Elton John and the book and lyrics of Lee Hall, the productions follows Billy's life -through his attempt at taking charge in the boxing ring to discovering his hidden talent and growing passion for dance.
Producer Louise Withers talks about the show.
Q:Why did you choose this project, what drew you to it?
A: From the first time we ever saw the show, we were in love with its message, its inspiration, its heart and its ability to take people on a journey from laughter to tears and back again. It is the perfect musical.
Q:Does the storyline resonate even more so now than when the movie/musical was first presented?
A:The show certainly resonates as much today, if not more, than it did when it was first released as a film, and then again from when the musical was written and produced. Not only are there communities coming together and fighting to survive still now, but there are people all over the world pursuing their dreams against the odds, and making them happen. These are universal themes and challenges and everyone in the audience can look at the characters on stage and relate to one or more of them regardless of age. That's special.
Q: There is the saying "never work with animals and children" - how are you finding working with so many kids?
A: ...This is not our first time working with young actors. They inspire the adults, and the adults inspire them. It's like a huge mentoring program and provides the young actors with invaluable skills which can set them up for their future careers whether in performance or elsewhere.
Q: With four young actors in the main role, do you find the chemistry of the performances are different?
A: Each cast member brings something special and unique to their performance regardless of age. So while the footprint of the show is the same, and the dialogue and music, there will always be slight nuances which are individual. But that is also what the show is all about - celebrating individuality. We have audience members return to the show four times, so that they can see each different Billy perform and see what they individually bring to the show. But overall every show delivers a special experience and one which truly does reach in and capture your heart.
Billy Elliot The Musical is set to hit the stage in South Australia for the first time, with a limited season beginning on December 29 at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
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What every aspiring inventor needs to know
Technology 27 March 2009
By Stephanie Pain
This crackervac is just one of the strange inventions showcased by the new exhibition, which includes a mix of the fictional and the real
AS a student, Nick Park, creator of Oscar-winning characters Wallace and Gromit, spent hours poking about the Science Museum in London, fascinated by the products of other people’s ingenuity. This week, his brainchildren and some of their most eccentric contraptions take up residence at the museum to begin a brand new adventure.
See some of the best inventions in our gallery
Wallace & Gromit Present A World of Cracking Ideas does exactly that. Anyone who enters the door of 62 West Wallaby Street can see some of Wallace’s crazy inventions, but as in their other adventures Wallace and Gromit are on a mission: this time it’s to generate the next generation of inventors.
If this was an Aardman film, visitors would enter a hatch at one end of some loopy device and a few seconds later pop out the other end with light bulbs flashing on their heads. This being a museum, and subject to health and safety regulations, it’s a slightly longer, more subtle process.
Interspersed with Wallace’s weird widgets are objects from the Science Museum’s own collection – things that were once someone else’s cracking idea. Some changed the world, some made pots of money and others – well, they seemed like a good idea at the time.
Cracking inventions
Coming up with brilliant ideas isn’t the whole story. Ideas have to be developed. Products evolve and designs change: the shocking pink Croc wellie is a direct descendant of the original patent leather Wellington boot, and the forerunner of the latest morphing Nokia was what now seems a cumbersome monster of a scarcely-mobile phone.
This show is a rare thing: a fun day out sponsored by the government, in this case the UK’s Intellectual Property Office. Its aim is to highlight the need to develop and protect new inventions, and its own brilliant idea was to hook up with the perfect role models.
The message that ideas are valuable and should be valued comes across loud and clear, not least because of the contraption that’s the star of the show: the Thinking Cap. Anyone who finds themselves inspired as they wander the hallowed halls of West Wallaby Street can jot down their ideas and send them via the Eureka Brainwave to the priceless Thinking Cap. I don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun so I won’t say any more…
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How the light gets in
Two ambitious photography exhibitions reviewed.
By Thomas Calvocoressi
Seduced by Art
National Gallery, London WC2
William Klein + Daido Moriyama
Tate Modern, London SE1
If Britain ever lagged behind the US and Europe when it came to exhibitions of photography, in recent years the academic art world seems to have seen the flash and is taking the medium much more seriously. The is-it-art-or-just-aphoto debate has been definitively silenced and left in a very dark darkroom.
In London you can currently go to see the US legend Ansel Adams’s epic American landscapes at the National Maritime Museum; “Everything Was Moving”, a survey of 1960s and 1970s photography at the Barbican; Cecil Beaton’s deeply personal “Theatre of War” photos at the Imperial War Museum; while the Photographers’ Gallery has “Shoot!
Existential Photography”, “photo-shooting” images from funfairs, as well as Tom Wood’s “Men and Women” – evocative shots of Brits from the 1970s to the early 2000s. At Somerset House there’s the excellent “Cartier-Bresson: a Question of Colour”, showing his lesser-known monochrome street scenes alongside work by photographers such as Joel Meyerowitz and Helen Levitt, his technicolour successors.
Elsewhere, there are the German 20th-century photographer August Sander’s socialdocumentary portraits at the New Walk Museum in Leicester, modern street-culture shots by Ewen Spencer at the White Cloth Gallery in Leeds and the Czech photographer Jitka Hanzlová’s post-cold war images at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.
“Seduced by Art” is the National’s first big foray into photography and, almost gingerly, it remains rooted firmly in the traditions of its permanent collection. Divided into three strata – Old Master painting, early photography and contemporary photos – it academically positions fine-art photography as a direct descendant of the master painters and sculptors, holding that historical art was the “engine for photographic innovation”. From the advent of photography, in 1839, far from seeing themselves as merely craftsmen or second-class artists, its earliest practitioners were undaunted by traditionally “high-art” subjects.
The gallery displays clusters or family trees of related works that stretch down through the years. There’s a painting of the photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron by George Frederic Watts (1850-52) alongside Cameron’s 1866 sepia photograph of a young girl, Kate Keown. Along from that hangs the contemporary portrait Jasmin by Nicky Bird. Both were taken on the Isle of Wight, with long exposures, making them blurry yet intense. Cameron’s startlingly handsome photograph Iago (1867) is shown alongside Craigie Horsfield’s eerily similar Hernando Gómez (2006); but both can be traced back to Van Dyck and his pointy beards.
Other pairings include Gainsborough’s landed gentry Mr and Mrs Andrews (1750) with Martin Parr’s awkward “Signs of the Times” couple (1991) in their suburban semi. Tina Barney’s photo “The Ancestor” (2001) depicts its subject beneath an ancestral family portrait, while Thomas Struth’s The Smith Family, Fife (1989) has more than a little resemblance to anonymous Victorian family snapshots.
A striking contrast is drawn between Émile- Jean-Horace Vernet’s painting Battle of Jemappes (1821), with its uniformed cavalry and victorious young duke, and Luc Delahaye’s 2001 photo US Bombing on Taliban Positions – a barren, unpeopled landscape near the beginning of a long war of attrition with a far less quantifiable enemy. Roger Fenton’s image of sepia-tinted hussars in the Crimea is next to Simon Norfolk’s 2011 soldiers in Helmand.
There are many beautiful works here by contemporary artists such as Rineke Dijkstra, Helen Chadwick and Richard Learoyd, as well as early nudes by Oscar Gustave Rejlander, but together I found their power diminished. The constant, sometimes arbitrary game of compare and contrast distracted from the purity of the images. Next time I hope the gallery will be braver and ditch the Old Masters altogether to hold up photography as a master art form in its own right.
Completely different and yet similar in terms of artists influencing one another is Tate Modern’s parallel retrospectives of the American photographer and film-maker William Klein and the Japanese Daido Moriyama. The show is the fruition of a ramped-up photography programme that began with the appointment of Simon Baker in 2009 as the gallery’s first dedicated photography curator. The show is a largely monochrome, moody sprawl across one of the gallery’s largest exhibition spaces. It examines the relationship between the two men, taking as its central theme the cities of New York and Tokyo. From the older Klein, we get joyous New York street portraits, rebellious Parisian students and stylised fashion plates, giggling geishas and toothy Italian nuns.
Moriyama’s imagery is more noirish and disturbing, depicting postwar Tokyo in a powerfully fresh way. The influence of Klein’s photos of Tokyo and Paris is clear in Moriyama’s grainy, confrontational shots and his depiction of life on the streets, protests and performers. Yet there are fewer smiles here: it’s a rainsoaked, edgy, run-down Tokyo that you don’t see very often: alienating and seductive. I guess when it comes to photography, I’m a purist.
Thomas Calvocoressi is a sub editor at the New Statesman and writes about visual arts for the magazine.
This article first appeared in the 19 November 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The plot against the BBC
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Emerging markets: what’s your excuse?
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Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid confusion with two other Tiananmen Square protests) were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in the People's Republic of China (PRC) between April 15 and June 4, 1989. They were mainly led by Beijing students and intellectuals. The protests occurred in a year that saw the collapse of a number of communist governments around the world.
The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy official, Hu Yaobang, whom protesters wanted to mourn. By the eve of Hu's funeral, it had reached 100,000 people on the Tiananmen Square. While the protests lacked a unified cause or leadership, participants were generally against the government's authoritarianism and voiced calls for economic change and democratic reform within the structure of the government. The demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, but large-scale protests also occurred in cities throughout China, including Shanghai, which stayed peaceful throughout the protests.
The movement lasted seven weeks from Hu's death on April 15 until tanks cleared Tiananmen Square on June 4. In Beijing, the resulting military response to the protesters by the PRC government left many civilians dead or injured. The reported tolls ranged from 200–300 (PRC government figures) and to 2000–3000 (Chinese student associations and Chinese Red Cross).
1 Naming of incident
3 Protest development
4 Protests escalate
4.1 Nationwide and outside mainland China
5 Government crackdown and deaths
5.1 Number of deaths
6 Aftermath
6.1 Arrests and purges
6.2 Media coverage
6.3 Impact on domestic political trends
6.4 Economic impact
6.5 History deleted inside mainland China
6.6 Compensation
6.7 UN report
Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress protesters and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, banned the foreign press from the country and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the PRC press. Members of the Party who had publicly sympathized with the protesters were purged, with several high-ranking members placed under house arrest, such as General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the PRC government.
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In the Chinese language, the incident is most commonly known as the June Fourth Movement (Simplified Chinese: 六四运动; Traditional Chinese: 六四運動), the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件), or colloquially, simply Six-four (June 4) (Chinese: 六四). The nomenclature of the former is consistent with the customary names of the other two great protest actions that occurred in Tiananmen Square: the May Fourth Movement of 1919, and the April Fifth Movement of 1976. Other names which have been used in the Chinese language include June Fourth Massacre (Chinese: 六四屠城; pinyin: Liù-Sì Túchéng or Chinese: 六四屠杀; pinyin: Liù-Sì Túshā). The government of the People's Republic of China has referred to the event as the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989 (Chinese: 春夏之交的政治風波).
Tiananmen Square as seen from the Tiananmen gate in 2004.
Since 1978, Deng Xiaoping had led a series of economic and political reforms which had led to the gradual implementation of a market economy and some political liberalization that relaxed the system inherited from Mao Zedong.
Some students and intellectuals believed that the reforms had not gone far enough and that China needed to reform its political system. They were also concerned about the social and iron-fist controls that the Communist Party of China still had. This group had also seen the political liberalization that had been undertaken in the name of glasnost by Mikhail Gorbachev, and wanted for China a comparable reform. Many workers who took part in the protests also wanted democratic reform, but opposed the new economic policies.
The Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 were in large measure sparked by the death of former Secretary General Hu Yaobang: Hu Yaobang's resignation from the position of Secretary General of the CPC had been announced on January 16, 1987. His forthright calls for "rapid reform" and his almost open contempt of "Maoist excesses" had made him a suitable scapegoat in the eyes of Deng Xiaoping and others, after the pro-democracy student protests of 1986–1987.[1] Included in his resignation was also a "humiliating self-criticism," which he was forced to issue by the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Hu Yaobang's sudden death, due to heart attack, on April 15, 1989, provided a perfect opportunity for the students to gather once again, not only to mourn the deceased Secretary General, but also to have their voices heard in "demanding a reversal of the verdict against him" and bringing renewed attention to the important issues of the 1986–1987 pro-democracy protests and possibly also to those of the Democracy Wall protests in 1978–1979.[2]
Protest development
Small voluntary civilian gatherings started on April 15 around Monument to the People's Heroes in the middle of the Tiananmen Square in the form of mourning for Hu Yaobang.
An anonymous drawing posted in a pedestrian walkway underneath Chang'an Avenue caricatures Deng Xiaoping (Simplified Chinese: 邓小平; Traditional Chinese: 鄧小平) (seated behind the lectern) as an old Chinese emperor.
On the same date of April 15, many students in Peking University and Tsinghua University expressed their sorrow and mourning for Hu Yaobang by posting eulogies inside the campus and erecting shrines, some students joined the civilian mourning in Tiananmen Square in a piecemeal fashion. Organized student gatherings started outside of Beijing on a small scale in Xian and Shanghai on April 16.
On the afternoon of April 17, in Beijing, 500 students from China University of Political Science and Law marched to the eastern gate of the Great Hall of the People, which is part of the Tiananmen Square, and commenced the mourning activities of Hu Yaobang. The gathering in front of the Great Hall of the People was soon deemed obstructive to the normal operation of the building, police intervened and attempted to disperse the students by persuasion, but the attempts failed. By nightfall, more students from various universities and more civilians in Beijing had joined the mourning activities. The gathering featured speakers of various background giving public speeches (mostly anonymous) commemorating Hu Yaobang, expressing their concerns of social problems.
Starting midnight on April 17, 3000 students from Peking University marched from campus towards Tiananmen Square, and soon nearly a thousand students from Tsinghua University joined the rank. Upon arrival, they soon joined force with students and civilians who were in the Tiananmen Square earlier. As its size grew, the gathering of mourning gradually evolved into a "petition" nature, as students began drafting a list of pleas and suggestions (list of seven demands) they would like the government to listen to and carry out.
In the morning of 18 April, students remained in the square, some gathered around the Monument to the People's Heroes singing patriotic songs, listening to impromptu speeches by the student organizers. There were another group of students staging a sit-in in front of the Great Hall of the People, the office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; they demanded to see members of the Standing Committee and offered a list of seven demands. Meanwhile, a few thousand students gathered in front of Zhongnanhai building complex, the residence of the government, demanding to see government leaders and answers to their earlier demands. Students tried to muscle their way through the gate by pushing, but securities and police locking arms formed a shield that eventually deterred students' attempts to enter through the gate. Students had to reverse course to the method of sit-in. Some government officials did unofficially meet with student representatives. Unable to see official response, there was a growing frustration among students; protest was brewing.
On April 20, police finally dispersed the students in front of the Zhongnanhai with force to ensure proper function of the building complex. Police employed batons and minor clashes were reported. The protests in Tiananmen Square gained momentum after news of the confrontation between students and police spread; the belief by students that the Chinese media was distorting the nature of their activities also led to increased support (although one national newspaper, the Science and Technology Daily (Simplified Chinese: 科技日报; Traditional Chinese: 科技日報), published, in its issue dated April 19, an account of April 18 sit-in).
On the night of April 21, the day before Hu's funeral, some 100,000 students marched on Tiananmen Square, gathering there before the square could be closed off for the funeral. On April 22nd, they requested, in vain, to meet Premier Li Peng, widely regarded to be Hu's political rival. On the same day, protests happened in Xi'an and Changsha.
From April 21 to 23, students from Beijing called for a strike at universities, which included teachers and students boycotting classes. The government, which was well aware of the political storm caused by the now-legitimized 1976 Tiananmen Incident, was alarmed. On April 26, following an internal speech made by Deng Xiaoping, the CPC's official newspaper People's Daily issued a front-page editorial titled Uphold the flag to clearly oppose any turmoil, attempting to rally the public behind the government, and accused "extremely small segments of opportunists" of plotting civil unrest. The statement enraged the students, and on April 27 about 50,000 students assembled on the streets of Beijing, disregarding the warning of a crackdown made by authorities, and demanded that the government revoke the statement.
In Beijing, a majority of students from the city's numerous colleges and universities participated with support of their instructors and other intellectuals. The students rejected official Communist Party-controlled student associations and set up their own autonomous associations. The students viewed themselves as Chinese patriots, as the heirs of the May Fourth Movement for "science and democracy" of 1919. The protests also evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 which had eventually led to the ousting of the Gang of Four. From its origins as a memorial to Hu Yaobang, who was seen by the students as an advocate of democracy, the students' activity gradually developed over the course of their demonstration from protests against corruption into demands for freedom of the press and an end to, or the reform of, the rule of the PRC by the Communist Party of China and Deng Xiaoping, the de facto paramount Chinese leader. Partially successful attempts were made to reach out and network with students in other cities and with workers.
While the protests lacked a unified cause or leadership, participants were generally against the authoritarianism and voiced calls for economic liberalization[3] and democratic reform[3] within the structure of the government. Unlike the Tiananmen protests of 1987, which consisted mainly of students and intellectuals, the protests in 1989 commanded widespread support from the urban workers who were alarmed by growing inflation and corruption. In Beijing, they were supported by a large number of people. Similar numbers were found in major cities throughout mainland China such as Urumqi, Shanghai and Chongqing; and later in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese communities in North America and Europe.
Protests escalate
On May 4, approximately 100,000 students and workers marched in Beijing making demands for free media reform and a formal dialogue between the authorities and student-elected representatives. A declaration demanded the government to accelerate political and economic reform..[3]
Chinese: 六四事件
Literal meaning: June Fourth Incident
- Hanyu Pinyin: Liù-Sì Shìjiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese: 天安門事件
Simplified Chinese: 天安门事件
Literal meaning: Tiananmen Incident
- Hanyu Pinyin: Tiān'ānmén Shìjiàn
The government rejected the proposed dialogue, only agreeing to talk to members of appointed student organizations. On May 13, two days prior to the highly-publicized state visit by the reform-minded Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, huge groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square and started a hunger strike, insisting the government withdraw the accusation made in the People's Daily editorial and begin talks with the designated student representatives. Hundreds of students went on hunger strikes and were supported by hundreds of thousands of protesting students and part of the population of Beijing, for one week.
Protests and strikes began at colleges in other cities, with many students traveling to Beijing to join the demonstration. Generally, the demonstration at Tiananmen Square was well-ordered, with daily marches of students from various Beijing area colleges displaying their solidarity with the boycott of college classes and with the developing demands of the protest. The students sang "The Internationale," the world socialist anthem, on their way to and within the square.[4] The students even showed a surprising gesture of respect to the government by helping police arrest three men from Hunan Province, including Yu Dongyue, who had thrown ink on the large portrait of Mao that hangs from Tiananmen, just north of the square.[5][6]
The students ultimately decided that in order to sustain their movement and impede any loss of momentum a hunger strike would need to be enacted. The students' decision to undertake the hunger strike was a defining moment in their movement. The hunger strike began in May 1989 and grew to include "more than one thousand persons."[7] The hunger strike brought widespread support for the students and "the ordinary people of Beijing rallied to protect the hunger strikers…because the act of refusing sustenance and courting government reprisals convinced onlookers that the students were not just seeking personal gains but (were) sacrificing themselves for the Chinese people as a whole."[8]
On May 19 at 4:50 A.M., General Secretary Zhao Ziyang (Simplified Chinese: 赵紫阳; Traditional Chinese: 趙紫陽) went to the Square and made a speech urging the students to end the hunger strike. Part of his speech was to become a famous quote, when he said, referring to the older generation of people in China, "We are already old, it doesn't matter to us any more." In contrast, the students were young and he urged them to stay healthy and not to sacrifice themselves so easily. Zhao's visit to the Square was his last public appearance.
Partially successful attempts were made to negotiate with the PRC government, who were located nearby in Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party headquarters and leadership compound. Because of the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev, foreign media were present in mainland China in large numbers. Their coverage of the protests was extensive and generally favorable towards the protesters, but pessimistic that they would attain their goals. Toward the end of the demonstration, on May 30, a statue of the Goddess of Democracy was erected in the Square and came to symbolize the protest to television viewers worldwide.
The Standing Committee of the Politburo, along with the party elders (retired but still-influential former officials of the government and Party), were, at first, hopeful that the demonstrations would be short-lived or that cosmetic reforms and investigations would satisfy the protesters. They wished to avoid violence if possible, and relied at first on their far-reaching Party apparatus in attempts to persuade the students to abandon the protest and return to their studies. One barrier to effective action was that the leadership itself supported many of the demands of the students, especially the concern with corruption. However, one large problem was that the protests contained many people with varying agendas, and hence it was unclear with whom the government could negotiate, and what the demands of the protesters were. The confusion and indecision among the protesters was also mirrored by confusion and indecision within the government. The official media mirrored this indecision as headlines in the People's Daily alternated between sympathy with the demonstrators and denouncing them.
Among the top leadership, General Secretary Zhao Ziyang was strongly in favor of a soft approach to the demonstrations while Li Peng was seen to argue in favor of a crackdown. Ultimately, the decision to forcefully intervene on the demonstrations was made by a group of Party elders who saw abandonment of single-party rule as a return of the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Although most of these people had no official position, they were able to control the military. Deng Xiaoping was chairman of the Central Military Commission and was able to declare martial law; Yang Shangkun (Simplified Chinese: 杨尚昆) was President of the People's Republic of China, which, although a symbolic position under the 1982 Constitution, was legally the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The Party elders believed that lengthy demonstrations were a threat to the stability of the country. The demonstrators were seen as tools of advocates of "bourgeois liberalism" who were pulling the strings behind the scenes, as well as tools of elements within the party who wished to further their personal ambitions.
Nationwide and outside mainland China
At the beginning of the movement, the Chinese news media had a rare opportunity to broadcast the news freely and truly. Most of the news media were free to write and report whatever they wanted due to lack of control from the central and local governments. The news spread quickly across the land. According to Chinese news media's report, students and workers in over 400 cities, including cities in Inner Mongolia, also organized and started to protest.[9] People also traveled to the capital to join the protest in the Square.
University students in Shanghai also took to the streets to commemorate the death of Hu Yaobang and protest against certain policies of the government. In many cases, these were supported by the universities' Party committees. Jiang Zemin (Simplified Chinese: 江泽民; Traditional Chinese: 江澤民), then-Municipal Party Secretary, addressed the student protesters in a bandage and expressed his understanding, as he was a former student agitator before 1949. At the same time, he moved swiftly to send in police forces to control the streets and to purge Communist Party leaders who had supported the students.
On April 19, the editors of the World Economic Herald, a magazine close to reformists, decided to publish, in their April 24, #439 issue, a commemorative section on Hu. Inside was an article by Yan Jiaqi, which commented favorably on the Beijing student protests on April 18 and called for a reassessment of Hu's purge in 1987. On April 21, a party official of Shanghai asked the editor in chief, Qin Benli, to change some passages. Qin Benli refused, so Chen turned to Jiang Zemin, who demanded that the article be censored. By that time, a first batch of copies of the paper had already been delivered. The remaining copies were published with a blank page.[10] On April 26, the People's Daily published its editorial condemning the student protest. Jiang followed this cue and suspended Qin Benli. His quick rise to power following the 1989 protests has been attributed to his decisive handling of these two events.
In Hong Kong, on May 27, 1989, over 300,000 people gathered at Happy Valley Racecourse for a gathering called "Democratic songs dedicated for China." Many famous Hong Kong and Taiwanese celebrities sang songs and expressed their support for the students in Beijing. The following day, a procession of 1.5 million people, one fourth of Hong Kong's population, led by Martin Lee, Szeto Wah and other organization leaders, paraded through Hong Kong Island.
Across the world, especially where Chinese lived, people gathered and protested. Many governments, such as those of the USA, Japan, etc., also issued warnings advising their own citizens not to go to the PRC.
Government crackdown and deaths
Although the government declared martial law on the 20th of May, the military's entry into Beijing was blocked by throngs of protesters, and the army was eventually ordered to withdraw.[11] Meanwhile, the demonstrations continued. The hunger strike was approaching the end of the third week, and the government resolved to end the matter before deaths occurred. After deliberation among Communist party leaders, the use of military force to resolve the crisis was ordered, and a deep divide in the Politburo resulted. General Secretary Zhao Ziyang was ousted from political leadership as a result of his support for the demonstrators. The military also lacked unity on the issue, and purportedly did not indicate immediate support for a crackdown, leaving the central leadership scrambling to search for individual divisions willing to comply with their orders.
Soldiers and tanks from the 27th and 28th Armies of the People's Liberation Army were sent to take control of the city. The 27th Army was led by a commander related to Yang Shangkun. In a press conference, US President George H. W. Bush announced sanctions on the People's Republic of China, following calls to action from members of Congress such as US Senator Jesse Helms. The President suggested intelligence he had received indicated some disunity in China's military ranks, and even the possibility of clashes within the military during those days. Intelligence reports also indicated that 27th and 28th units were brought in from outside provinces because the local PLA were considered to be sympathetic to the protest and to the people of the city. Reporters described elements of the 27th as having been most responsible for civilian deaths. After their attack on the square, the 27th reportedly established defensive positions in Beijing–not of the sort designed to counter a civilian uprising, but as if to defend against attacks by other military units. Entry of the troops into the city was actively opposed by many citizens of Beijing. Protesters burned public buses and used them as roadblocks to stop the military's progress. The battle continued on the streets surrounding the Square, with protesters repeatedly advancing toward the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and constructing barricades with vehicles, while the PLA attempted to clear the streets using tear gas, rifles, and tanks. Many injured citizens were saved by rickshaw drivers who ventured into the no-man's-land between the soldiers and crowds and carried the wounded off to hospitals. After the attack on the square, live television coverage showed many people wearing black armbands in protest of the government's action, crowding various boulevards or congregating by burnt out and smoking barricades. Meanwhile, the PLA systematically established checkpoints around the city, chasing after protesters and blocking off the university district.
Within the Square itself, there was a debate between those who wished to withdraw peacefully, including Han Dongfang, and those who wished to stand within the square, such as Chai Ling.
The assault on the square began at 10:30 P.M. on June 3, as armored personnel carriers (APCs) and armed troops with fixed bayonets approached from various positions. These APCs rolled on up the roads, firing ahead and off to the sides, perhaps killing or wounding their own soldiers in the process. BBC reporter Kate Adie spoke of "indiscriminate fire" within the square. Eyewitness reporter Charlie Cole also saw Chinese soldiers firing AK-47s into the crowd, killing and wounding many that night.[12] Students who sought refuge in buses were pulled out by groups of soldiers and beaten with heavy sticks. Even students attempting to leave the square were beset by soldiers and beaten. Leaders of the protest inside the square, where some had attempted to erect flimsy barricades ahead of the APCs, were said to have "implored" the students not to use weapons (such as molotov cocktails) against the oncoming soldiers. Meanwhile, many students apparently were shouting, "Why are you killing us?" Around four or five the following morning, June 4, Charlie Cole reports to have seen tanks smashing into the Square, crushing vehicles and people with their tank treads.[12] By 5:40 A.M. June 4, the Square had been cleared.
The suppression of the protest was immortalized in Western media by the famous video footage and photographs of a lone man in a white shirt standing in front of a column of tanks which were attempting to drive out of Tiananmen Square. Taken on June 5 as the column approached an intersection on the Avenue of Eternal Peace, the footage depicted the unarmed man standing in the center of the street, halting the tanks' progress. As the tank driver attempted to go around him, the "Tank Man" moved into the tank's path. He continued to stand defiantly in front of the tanks for some time, then climbed up onto the turret of the lead tank to speak to the soldiers inside. He reportedly said, "Why are you here? You have caused nothing but misery." After returning to his position blocking the tanks, the man was pulled aside by secret police. Eyewitness reporter Charlie Cole believes that "Tank Man" was probably executed after being taken from the tank by secret police, since the Chinese government could not ever produce him to hush the outcry from many countries.[12] TIME Magazine dubbed him The Unknown Rebel and later named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. British tabloid the Sunday Express reported that the man was 19-year-old student Wang Weilin; however, the veracity of this claim is dubious. What happened to the 'Tank Man' following the demonstration is not known for certain. In a speech to the President's Club in 1999, Bruce Herschensohn—former deputy special assistant to President Richard Nixon—reported that he was executed 14 days later. In Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now, Jan Wong writes that the man is still alive and hiding in mainland China. In Forbidden City, Canadian children's author William Bell, claims the man was named Wang Ai-min and was killed on June 9 after being taken into custody. The last official statement from the PRC government about the "Tank Man" came from Jiang Zemin in a 1990 interview with Barbara Walters. When asked about the whereabouts of the "Tank Man," Jiang responded that the young man was "I think never killed."[13]
After the crackdown in Beijing on June 4, protests continued in much of mainland China for several days. There were large protests in Hong Kong, where people again wore black in protest. There were protests in Guangzhou, and large-scale protests in Shanghai with a general strike. There were also protests in other countries, many adopting the use of black arm bands as well. However, the government soon regained control. Although no large-scale loss of life was reported in ending the protests in other cities, a political purge followed in which officials responsible for organizing or condoning the protests were removed, and protest leaders jailed.
Number of deaths
The number of dead and wounded remains unclear because of the large discrepancies between the different estimates. According to initial reports from the Chinese Red Cross, there were 2600 casualties.[14] Following pressure from the Chinese government this number was soon revoked. The Chinese government released a casualty count of 241, but did not release a list of the deceased.
According to Nicholas D. Kristof "The true number of deaths will probably never be known, and it is possible that thousands of people were killed without leaving evidence behind. But based on the evidence that is now available, it seems plausible that about a dozen soldiers and policemen were killed, along with 400 to 800 civilians." One reason the number may never be known is suspicion that Chinese troops may have quickly removed and disposed of bodies.[15]
The Chinese government has maintained that there were no deaths within the square itself, although videos taken there at the time recorded the sound of gunshots. Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and State Council claimed that "hundreds of PLA soldiers died and more were injured." Yuan Mu, the spokesman of the State Council, said that a total hundreds of thousands of people died, most of them soldiers, along with a number of people he described as "ruffians."[16] According to Chen Xitong, Beijing mayor, 200 civilians and several dozen soldiers died.[17] Other sources stated that 3,000 civilians and 6,000 soldiers were injured. In May 2007, CPPCC member from Hong Kong, Chang Ka-mun said 300 to 600 people were killed in Tiananmen Square. He echoed that "there were armed thugs who weren't students."[18]
However, foreign journalists who witnessed the incident have claimed that at least 3,000 people died. Some lists of casualties were created from underground sources with numbers as high as 5,000.[19]
Ambassador James Lilley's account of the massacre notes that State Department diplomats witnessed Chinese troops opening fire on unarmed people and based on visits to hospitals around Beijing a minimum of hundreds had been killed.[20]
A strict focus on the number of deaths within Tiananmen Square itself does not give an accurate picture of the carnage and overall death count since Chinese civilians were fired on in the streets surrounding Tiananmen Square. And students are reported to have been fired on after they left the Square, especially in the area near the Beijing concert hall.[15]
Statistics and estimates generated from different groups of sources would indicate:
4,000 to 6,000 civilians killed, but no one really knows - Edward Timperlake.[21]
2,600 had officially died by the morning of June 4 (later denied) - the Chinese Red Cross.[17] An unnamed Chinese Red Cross official estimated that, in total, 5,000 people were killed and 30,000 injured.[22]
1,000 deaths - Amnesty International[17]
in excess of 3,700 killed, excluding disappearance or secret deaths and those denied of medical treatment - PLA defector citing a document circulating among officers.[21]
186 named individuals confirmed dead as at the end of June 2006 - Professor Ding Zilin.
According to the Chinese government, the "official figure is 241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded".[14]
A declassified NSA document indicated early casualty estimates of 180-500.[23]
Arrests and purges
During and after the demonstration, the authorities attempted to arrest and prosecute the student leaders of the Chinese democracy movement, notably Wang Dan, Chai Ling, Zhao Changqing and Wuer Kaixi. Wang Dan was arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, then allowed to emigrate to the United States on the grounds of medical parole. As a lesser figure in the demonstrations, Zhao was released after six months in prison. However, he was once again incarcerated for continuing to petition for political reform in China. Wuer Kaixi escaped to Taiwan. Chai Ling escaped to France, and then to the United States. In a public speech given at the University of Michigan, Wang Dan commented on the current status of former student leaders: Chai Ling started a hi-tech company in the U.S. and was permitted to come back to China and do business, while Li Lu became an investment banker in Wall Street and started a company. As for himself, Wang Dan said his plan was to find an academic job in the U.S. after receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard University, although he was eager to return to China if permitted.
Smaller protest actions continued in other cities for a few days. Some university staff and students who had witnessed the killings in Beijing organized or spurred commemorative events upon their return to school. At Shanghai's prestigious Jiazotong University, for example, the party secretary organized a public commemoration event, with engineering students producing a large, metal wreath. However, these were quickly put down; those responsible were purged.
Chinese authorities summarily tried and executed many of the workers they arrested in Beijing. In contrast, the students—many of whom came from relatively affluent backgrounds and were well-connected—received much lighter sentences. Wang Dan, the student leader who topped the "most-wanted" list, spent seven years in prison. Many of the students and university staff implicated were permanently politically stigmatized, some never to be employed again.
The Party leadership expelled Zhao Ziyang from the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (PSC), because he opposed martial law, and Zhao remained under house arrest until his death. Hu Qili, the other member of the PSC who opposed the martial law but abstained from voting, was also removed from the committee. He was, however, able to retain his party membership, and after "changing his opinion," was reassigned as deputy minister of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry. Another reform minded Chinese leader, Wan Li, was also put under house arrest immediately after he stepped out of an airplane at Beijing Capital International Airport upon returning from his shortened trip abroad; The official excuse given was "health reasons." When Wan Li was released from his house arrest after finally "changing his opinion" he was transferred, like Qiao Shi, to a different position with equal rank but with a largely ceremonial role.
The event elevated Jiang Zemin—then Mayor of Shanghai—to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Jiang's decisive actions in Shanghai, in closing down reform-leaning publications and preventing deadly violence, won him support from party elders in Beijing. Members of the government prepared a white paper explaining the government's viewpoint on the protests. An anonymous source within the PRC government smuggled the document out of China, and Public Affairs published it in January 2001 as the Tiananmen Papers. The papers include a quote by Communist Party elder Wang Zhen which alludes to the government's response to the demonstrations.
State media mostly gave reports sympathetic to the students in the immediate aftermath. As a result, those responsible were all later removed. Two news anchors who reported this event on June 4 in the daily 1900 hours (7:00 P.M.) news report on China Central Television were fired because they showed their sympathy for those slain. Wu Xiaoyong, the son of a Communist Party of China Central Committee member, and former PRC foreign minister and vice premier Wu Xueqian were removed from the English Program Department of Chinese Radio International. Editors and other staff at the People's Daily (the newspaper of the Communist Party of China), including its director Qian Liren and Editor-in-Chief Tan Wenrui, were also removed from their posts because of reports in the paper which were sympathetic towards the students. Several editors were arrested, with Wu Xuecan, who organized the publication of an unauthorized Extra edition, sentenced to four years' imprisonment.
Rob Gifford, a National Public Radio journalist, said that much of the political freedoms and debate that occurred post-Mao and pre-Tiananmen ended after Tiananmen. For instance, some of the authors of the film River Elegy (He Shang) were arrested, and some of the authors fled Mainland China. Gifford concluded that "China the concept, China the empire, China the construct of two thousand years of imperial thinking" has forbidden and may always forbid "independent thinking" as that would lead to the questioning of China's political system. Gifford added that people under the age of 37 as of 2007 had "near-complete depoliticization" while older intellectuals no longer focus on political change and instead focus on economic reform.[24]
The Tiananmen Square protests damaged the reputation of the PRC in the West. Western media had been invited to cover the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev in May, and were thus in an excellent position to cover some of the government crackdown live through networks such as the BBC and CNN. Protestors seized this opportunity, creating signs and banners designed for international television audiences. Coverage was further facilitated by the sharp conflicts within the Chinese government about how to handle the protests. Thus, broadcasting was not immediately stopped.
All international networks were eventually ordered to terminate broadcasts from the city during the crackdown, with the government shutting down the satellite transmissions. Broadcasters attempted to defy these orders by reporting via telephone. Footage was quickly smuggled out of the country, including the image of "the unknown rebel." The only network which was able to record some images during the night was TVE.
CBS news correspondent Richard Roth (b. 1949) and his cameraman were imprisoned during the crackdown. Roth was taken into custody while in the midst of filing a report from the Square via mobile phone. In a frantic voice, he could be heard repeatedly yelling what sounded like "Oh, no! Oh, no!" before the phone was disconnected. He was later released, suffering a slight injury to his face in a scuffle with Chinese authorities attempting to confiscate his phone. Roth later explained he had actually been saying, "Let go!"
Images of the protests—along with the collapse of Communism that was occurring at the same time in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe—would strongly shape Western views and policy toward the PRC throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. There was considerable sympathy for the student protests among Chinese students in the West. Almost immediately, both the United States and the European Economic Community announced an arms embargo, and China's image as a reforming country and a valuable ally against the Soviet Union was replaced by that of a repressive authoritarian regime. The Tiananmen protests were frequently invoked to argue against trade liberalization with mainland China and by the United States' Blue Team as evidence that the PRC government was an aggressive threat to world peace and US interests.
Among overseas Chinese students, the Tiananmen Square protests triggered the formation of Internet news services such as the China News Digest and the NGO China Support Network. In the aftermath of Tiananmen, organizations such as the China Alliance for Democracy and the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars were formed, although these organizations would have limited political impact beyond the mid-1990s.
Impact on domestic political trends
The Tiananmen square protests dampened the growing concept of political liberalization in communist countries that was popular in the late 1980s; as a result, many democratic reforms that were proposed during the 1980s were swept under the carpet. Although there has been an increase in personal freedom since then, discussions on structural changes to the PRC government and the role of the Communist Party of China remain largely taboo.
Despite early expectations in the West that PRC government would soon collapse and be replaced by the Chinese democracy movement, by the early twenty-first century the Communist Party of China remained in firm control of the People's Republic of China, and the student movement which started at Tiananmen was in complete disarray.
In Hong Kong, the Tiananmen square protests led to fears that the PRC would not honor its commitments under one country, two systems in the impending handover in 1997. One consequence of this was that the new governor Chris Patten attempted to expand the franchise for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which led to friction with the PRC. There have been large candlelight vigils attended by tens of thousands in Hong Kong every year since 1989 and these vigils have continued following the transfer of power to the PRC in 1997.
The protests also marked a shift in the political conventions which governed politics in the People's Republic. Prior to the protests, under the 1982 Constitution, the President was a largely symbolic role. By convention, power was distributed between the positions of President, Premier, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, all of whom were intended to be different people, in order to prevent the excesses of Mao-style dictatorship. However, after Yang Shangkun used his reserve powers as head of state to mobilize the military, the Presidency again became a position imbued with real power. Subsequently, the President became the same person as the General Secretary of the CPC, and wielded paramount power.
In 1989, neither the Chinese military nor the Beijing police had adequate anti-riot gear, such as rubber bullets and tear gas commonly used in Western nations to break up riots.[25] After the Tiananmen Square protests, riot police in Chinese cities were equipped with non-lethal equipment for riot control.
A memorial depicting a destroyed bicycle and a tank track—symbol of the Tiananmen Square protests—in the Polish city of Wrocław
In the immediate aftermath of the protests, some within the Communist Party attempted to curtail free market reforms that had been undertaken as part of Chinese economic reform and reinstitute administrative economic controls. However, these efforts met with stiff resistance from provincial governors and broke down completely in the early 1990s as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Deng Xiaoping's trip to the south. The continuance of economic reform led to economic growth in the 1990s, which allowed the government to regain much of the support that it had lost in 1989. In addition, none of the current PRC leadership played any active role in the decision to move against the demonstrators, and one major leadership figure Premier Wen Jiabao was an aide to Zhao Ziyang and accompanied him to meet the demonstrators. Today there are economic "sectors" in which business can thrive and this has opened up economic freedom and access to goods.
The protest leaders at Tiananmen were unable to produce a coherent movement or ideology that would last past the mid-1990s. Many of the student leaders came from relatively well-off sectors of society and were seen as out of touch with common people. A number of them were socialists. Many of the organizations which were started in the aftermath of Tiananmen soon fell apart due to personal infighting. Several overseas democracy activists were supportive of limiting trade with mainland China which significantly decreased their popularity both within China and among the overseas Chinese community. A number of NGOs based in the U.S., which aim to bring democratic reform to China and relentlessly protest human rights violations that occur in China, remain. One of the oldest and most prominent of them, the China Support Network (CSN), was founded in 1989 by a group of concerned Americans and Chinese activists in response to Tiananmen Square.[26]
History deleted inside mainland China
Following the protests, officials banned controversial films, books and shut down a large number of newspapers. Within one year, 12 percent of all newspapers, 7.6 percent of publishing companies, 13 percent of social science periodicals and more than 150 films were banned or shut down. In addition to this, the government also announced it had seized 32 million contraband books and 2.4 million video and audio cassettes.[27]
Due to strong Chinese government censorship including Internet censorship, the news media is forbidden to report anything related to the protests. Websites related to the protest are blocked on the mainland.[28] A search for Tiananmen Square protest information on the Internet in Mainland China largely returns no results apart from the government-mandated version of the events and the official view, which are mostly found on Websites of People's Daily and other heavily-controlled media.[29]
In January 2006, Google agreed to censor their mainland China site, Google.cn, to remove information about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre,[30] as well as other topics such as Tibetan independence, the banned spiritual practice Falun Gong and the political status of Taiwan. When people search for those censored topics, it will list the following at the bottom of the page in Chinese, "According to the local laws, regulations and policies, part of the searching result is not shown." The uncensored Wikipedia articles on the 1989 protests, both in English and Chinese Wikipedia, have been attributed as a cause of the blocking of Wikipedia by the government in mainland China. The ban of Wikipedia in mainland China was lifted recently, but the link to this incident in Chinese Wikipedia remained dead.
In 2006, the American PBS program "Frontline" broadcast a segment filmed at Peking University, many of whose students participated in the 1989 protests. Four students were shown a picture of the Tank Man, but none of them could identify what was happening in the photo. Some responded that it was a military parade, or an artwork.
Although the Chinese government never officially acknowledged wrongdoing when it came to the incident, in April 2006 a payment was made to the family of one of the victims, the first publicized case of the government offering redress to a Tiananmen-related victim's family. The payment was termed a "hardship assistance," given to Tang Deying (唐德英) whose son, Zhou Guocong (Simplified Chinese: 周国聪; Traditional Chinese: 周國聰) died at the age of 15 while in police custody in Chengdu on June 6, 1989, two days after the Chinese Army dispersed the Tiananmen protestors. The woman was reportedly paid 70,000 yuan (approximately $10,250 USD). This has been welcomed by various Chinese activists, but was regarded by some as a measure to maintain social stability and not believed to herald a changing of the Party's official position.[31]
UN report
On November 21, 2008, the U.N. Committee against Torture urged China to apologize for the incident, release dissidents still held, and conduct an investigation of the events surrounding the protest.[32]
Kent State shootings
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By Max Norman
“Transfiguration,” a wall-size painting of the transfiguration of Jesus, was the Renaissance artist Raphael’s final work.
Art work by Rafaello Sanzio da Urbino / Alamy
Rafaello Sanzio da Urbino, the painter and architect known more commonly as Raphael, died almost exactly five hundred years ago. He was thirty-seven years old. The cause of his death was not infirmity, suicide, or garden-variety plague but, rather, a consuming fever brought about, as the Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari delicately put it, in the particularly vigorous pursuit of “piaceri amorosi”—carnal pleasures. The fever burned for eight days, which gave Raphael enough time to insure that his mistress would be able to “live honorably,” to divide his possessions among his students, and to attend to the other mundane chores of dying responsibly. After confessing his sins, the artist expired on his birthday, April 6th, in 1520, bringing his life—and Vasari’s narrative arc—to a neat conclusion.
Raphael’s last work was a wall-size painting of the transfiguration of Jesus, and, for Vasari’s purposes—in his “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects”—the artist couldn’t have chosen a better way to end his career. “Transfiguration” depicts the moment when, on a mountaintop, with three of his disciples, Jesus rose into the air and spoke to the Hebrew prophets Moses and Elijah; then, from a cloud above Jesus’s head, a voice said, “This is my beloved son.” The refulgent link between humanity and divinity, Jesus glows in the center of Raphael’s gigantic canvas, his robes as white, as the Gospel of Mark puts it, “as no fuller on earth can white them.” Unusually, Raphael renders below the transfiguration a seemingly unrelated episode, which comes next in the Gospels: the suffering of a boy, taken captive by demons, whose cure would be one of Christ’s miracles. The possessed youth reaches up toward Jesus, his frenzied eyes spinning, unwittingly pointing to his savior in a crazed contrapposto. The utterly human Raphael proves himself the most divine of painters, capturing in a single image the miraculous proof of Christ’s holiness and why we need it.
As the art historian Carel Blotkamp writes in his new book, “The End: Artists’ Late and Last Works,” Raphael’s “Transfiguration” is the first last work in the history of Western art—the first piece of art discussed, and celebrated, as the ultimate creation. After Raphael’s death, his body was laid out beneath the painting in his studio, and Vasari tells us that “the sight of his dead body and this living painting filled the soul of everyone looking on with grief.” The “Transfiguration” was more alive, in the end, than its maker—a visual testament to the life of the artist. Vasari’s “Lives,” first published in 1550, inspired countless visual treatments of the death of Raphael; in 1968, even Pablo Picasso tried his hand, in the “347 Suite,” with cartoonish prints of the painter in flagrante delicto. In the nineteenth century, paintings of the deaths of Raphael and other famous artists became something of a micro-genre. Its literary counterpart was the artist’s novel: books such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship,” Honoré de Balzac’s “The Unknown Masterpiece,” and, later, Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus,” which, in a way not unlike Vasari’s “Lives,” presented the life of the artist as the inevitable unfolding of innate genius. Despite all of our post-postmodern sophistication, we have yet to shake fully this Romantic trope.
“There is nothing ambiguous about the end of an artist’s creative activity,” Blotkamp writes, “and we could, conceivably, treat his last work just like any other work. Yet somehow, things are different.” Lateness sometimes makes perfect sense: something clearly changed for J. M. W. Turner, for example, toward the end of his life, when his paintings started to look like portals into the world of dreams. Picasso famously started working faster and faster, painting in a kind of allusive shorthand, his brushwork more sketch-like and gestural as he rushed against the clock. “I have less and less time, and yet I have more and more to say,” he is reported to have said. Blotkamp discerns late style in Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Max Beckmann, Alberto Giacometti, Lucian Freud, and Louise Bourgeois—artists who kept innovating over long lives. Others—Blotkamp suggests Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst—seem either to exhaust themselves or to veer from the aerie of lateness into the lower realms of the predictable, old-fashioned, and, perish the thought, commercial.
In the nineteen-twenties, the German art historian A. E. Brinckmann brought together the late paintings of the Old Masters under the rubric of what he called “old-age style” (Altersstil)—the probing, introverted counterpart to the dynamism and extroversion of youth. But the phrase “late style” (Spätsstil) is Theodor Adorno’s, invested with its beguiling mystery in a 1937 essay on Beethoven. Adorno—and, more recently, Edward Said, whose own last book was on late style—argued for an altogether different, more unsettling lateness. (Both Adorno and Said are notably absent from Blotkamp’s book.) For Adorno, regularity and cohesion no longer matter when an artist is faced with death. Late art is “catastrophic,” driven by an unruly subjectivity with nothing to lose. “The maturity of the late works,” Adorno wrote, “does not resemble the kind one finds in fruit. They are for the most part not round, but furrowed, even ravaged. Devoid of sweetness, bitter and spiny, they do not surrender themselves to mere delectation.”
Blotkamp’s second major case study in “The End” is the Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian, an artist not frequently celebrated for his late style. Mondrian came to America in 1940, already an old man, and brought with him little besides the unfinished canvases that would come to be known, appropriately, as the Transatlantic Paintings. According to Blotkamp’s tally, Mondrian finished only two new works before his death, in 1944—paintings radically different from anything he had done before. The first was “New York City” (1942), in which, for the first time since he developed his trademark Neo-Plastic style, in Paris, in the late nineteen-tens and early twenties, Mondrian painted his gridlike lines in primary colors, not just bold black. In “Broadway Boogie-Woogie,” completed the next year, there isn’t a black line in sight. No longer isolated in discrete planes, color pulses across the grid in small, staccato units, like traffic moving across town, or notes on a musical score.
Mondrian’s final work, the unfinished “Victory Boogie-Woogie,” vibrates with even more energy. The canvas is turned forty-five degrees, deactivating the vertical and horizontal edges that Mondrian had so often used as the fixed framework for his paintings. Although recognizable axes span the lozenge-shaped plane, they aren’t quite dividing lines but color fields in their own right, concatenations of small blue, yellow, red, and black squares. If you look closely, you can see that these are pieces of painted tape, easily moved and rearranged; Mondrian would have eventually fixed these colors in paint if he had not run out of time. There are other hints, too, that the painting wasn’t fully realized: the unsettling asymmetry of the painting’s corners, and the not-quite-coherent geometry of the grays in the background—“areas where Mondrian had not yet reached a convincing solution,” Blotkamp suggests.
“Victory Boogie-Woogie,” by Piet Mondrian, from 1944.
Art work by Piet Mondrian / Photo 12 / Getty
What problem was Mondrian trying to solve? It seems to be partially a problem of his own invention, for these last paintings reflect a reversion, a departure from the glacial abstraction of his mature work and toward something more sensual, more emotional—seemingly the opposite of Brinckmann’s old-age style. There is an unmistakable whiff of impressionism about “Victory Boogie-Woogie,” and not just in its evocative representation of the rhythms of city life; the very unit of color recalls the divisionism of Mondrian’s early Post-Impressionist works, such as “Sun, Church in Zeeland” and his first playful forays into geometrical abstraction, including the 1916 “Composition,” at the Guggenheim. In his very last months of activity, Mondrian sensed that he was metamorphosing. “Only now (43),” he wrote to a friend, “I become conscious that my work in black, white and little color planes has been merely ‘drawing’ in oil color.” Now, he continued, he would move beyond the line, the “principal means of expression” in drawing, and focus instead on color. Two steps forward, one step back.
Raphael’s “Transfiguration” and Mondrian’s “Victory Boogie-Woogie” offer two very different senses of an ending: on the one hand, saintly perfection, on the other, prophetic vision lying just out of reach. Blotkamp’s juxtaposition of the two is stimulating but inevitably tenuous, demonstrating the productivity of lateness as a critical category while also pointing to its limits. “In the end, the last work is a rather elusive phenomenon,” Blotkamp admits. Late style may be the visual expression of what it feels like to face the end—or it may be nothing more than a critic’s fantasy, a by-product of our hunger for hidden meanings, narrative closure, and valedictory statements. More likely, it is both at once: the subjective expression of an artist, viewed subjectively. That’s why lateness means something, if it means anything at all, only in our time-bound experience of late works. There is a specificity—a fragility—to lateness.
Since reading “The End,” I keep returning to a painting that Blotkamp mentions in passing, a self-portrait by the astonishing Dutch painter Charley Toorop, made shortly before she died, in 1955. The artist stands at a window that is half covered by an inky black curtain; she turns back and looks at us with enormous, knowing eyes. The folds on her simple painter’s jacket and the deep creases in the flesh of her neck counterpoint the leafless geometry of the tree visible through the window. Despite Toorop’s halo of nearly white hair, and the expanses of her wrinkled face, black dominates. Yet the black is a nighttime darkness, more presence than absence, and we never doubt that Toorop is in control. The painting is dramatic but not frightening. As we look at the artist through her own late eyes, we respond to something not altogether different from the lonely quiet of dusk.
Max Norman is a freelance writer and critic.
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I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?
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Annals of Inquiry
The Equality Conundrum
We all agree that inequality is bad. But what kind of equality is good?
By Joshua Rothman
We can share an objection to inequality without sharing a conception of equality.Illustration by Monica Garwood
Michael and Angela have just turned fifty-five. They know two people who have died in the past few years—one from cancer, another in a car accident. It occurs to them that they should make a plan for their kids. They have some money in the bank. Suppose they were both killed in a plane crash—what would happen to it?
They have four children, who range in age from their late teens to their late twenties. Chloe, the oldest, is a math wiz with a coding job at Google; she hopes to start her own company soon. Will, who has a degree in social work, is paying off his student debt while working at a halfway house for recovering addicts. The twins, James and Alexis, are both in college. James, a perpetually stoned underachiever, is convinced that he can make it as a YouTuber. (He’s already been suspended twice, for on-campus pranks.) Alexis, who hopes to become a poet, has a congenital condition that could leave her blind by middle age.
At first, Michael and Angela plan to divide their money equally. Then they start to think about it. Chloe is on the fast track to remunerative Silicon Valley success; Will is burdened by debt in his quest to help the vulnerable. If James were to come into an inheritance, he’d likely grow even lazier, spending it on streetwear and edibles; Alexis, with her medical situation, might need help later in life. Maybe, Michael and Angela think, it doesn’t make sense to divide the money into equal portions after all. Something more sophisticated might be required. What matters to them is that their children flourish equally, and this might mean giving the kids unequal amounts—an unappealing prospect.
The philosopher Ronald Dworkin considered this type of parental conundrum in an essay called “What Is Equality?,” from 1981. The parents in such a family, he wrote, confront a trade-off between two worthy egalitarian goals. One goal, “equality of resources,” might be achieved by dividing the inheritance evenly, but it has the downside of failing to recognize important differences among the parties involved. Another goal, “equality of welfare,” tries to take account of those differences by means of twisty calculations. Take the first path, and you willfully ignore meaningful facts about your children. Take the second, and you risk dividing the inheritance both unevenly and incorrectly.
In 2014, the Pew Research Center asked Americans to rank the “greatest dangers in the world.” A plurality put inequality first, ahead of “religious and ethnic hatred,” nuclear weapons, and environmental degradation. And yet people don’t agree about what, exactly, “equality” means. In the past year, for example, New York City residents have found themselves in a debate over the city’s élite public high schools, such as Stuyvesant and Bronx Science. Some ethnicities are vastly overrepresented at the schools, while others are dramatically underrepresented. What to do? One side argues that the city should guarantee procedural equality: it should insure that all students and families are equally informed about and encouraged to study for the entrance exam. The other side argues for a more direct, representation-based form of equality: it would jettison the exam, adopting a new admissions system designed to produce student bodies reflective of the city’s demography. Both groups pursue worthy egalitarian goals, but each approach runs against the other. Because people and their circumstances differ, there is, Dworkin writes, a trade-off between treating people equally and treating them “as equals.”
The complexities of egalitarianism are especially frustrating because inequalities are so easy to grasp. C.E.O.s, on average, make almost three hundred times what their employees make; billionaire donors shape our politics; automation favors owners over workers; urban economies grow while rural areas stagnate; the best health care goes to the richest. Across the political spectrum, we grieve the loss of what Alexis de Tocqueville called the “general equality of conditions,” which, with the grievous exception of slavery, once shaped American society. It’s not just about money. Tocqueville, writing in 1835, noted that our “ordinary practices of life” were egalitarian, too: we behaved as if there weren’t many differences among us. Today, there are “premiere” lines for popcorn at the movies and five tiers of Uber; we still struggle to address obvious inequalities of all kinds based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and other aspects of identity. Inequality is everywhere, and unignorable. We’ve diagnosed the disease. Why can’t we agree on a cure?
In January of 2015, Jeremy Waldron, a political philosopher at New York University’s School of Law, delivered a series of lectures at the University of Edinburgh on the fundamental nature of human equality. He began by provoking his audience. “Look around you,” he said, “and look at the differences between you.” The crowd included the old and the young, men and women, the beautiful and the ugly, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the infirm, the high-status and the low. In theory, Waldron said, the audience could contain “soldiers as well as civilians, fugitives and convicts as well as law-abiding citizens, homeless people as well as property owners”—even “bankrupts, infants, lunatics,” all with different legal rights.
In a book based on those lectures, “One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality,” Waldron points out that people are also marked by differences of skill, experience, creativity, and virtue. Given such consequential differences, he asks, in what sense are people “equal”? Waldron believes in our fundamental equality; as a philosopher, however, he wants to know why he believes in it.
According to the Declaration of Independence, it is “self-evident” that all men are created equal. But, from a certain perspective, it’s our inequality that’s self-evident. A decade ago, the writer Deborah Solomon asked Donald Trump what he thought of the idea that “all men are created equal.” “It’s not true,” Trump reportedly said. “Some people are born very smart. Some people are born not so smart. Some people are born very beautiful, and some people are not, so you can’t say they’re all created equal.” Trump acknowledged that everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law but concluded that “All men are created equal” is “a very confusing phrase to a lot of people.” More than twenty per cent of Americans, according to a 2015 poll, agree: they believe that the statement “All men are created equal” is false.
In Waldron’s view, though, it’s not a binary choice; it’s possible to see people as equal and unequal simultaneously. A society can sort its members into various categories—lawful and criminal, brilliant and not—while also allowing some principle of basic equality to circumscribe its judgments and, in some contexts, override them. Egalitarians like Dworkin and Waldron call this principle “deep equality.” It’s because of deep equality that even those people who acquire additional, justified worth through their actions—heroes, senators, pop stars—can still be considered fundamentally no better than anyone else. By the same token, Waldron says, deep equality insures that even the most heinous murderer can be seen as a member of the human race, “with all the worth and status that this implies.” Deep equality—among other principles—ought to tell us that it’s wrong to sequester the small children of migrants in squalid prisons, whatever their legal status. Waldron wants to find its source.
“She doesn’t want to see you, man.”
Cartoon by Ellie Black
In the course of his search, he explores centuries of intellectual history. Many thinkers, from Cicero to Locke, have argued that our ability to reason is what makes us equals. (But isn’t this ability itself unequally distributed?) Other thinkers, including Immanuel Kant, have cited our moral sense. (But doesn’t this restrict equality to the virtuous?) Some philosophers, such as Jeremy Bentham, have suggested that it’s our capacity to suffer that equalizes us. (But then, many animals suffer, too.) Others have nominated our capacity to love. (But what about selfish, hard-hearted people?) It would be helpful, on a practical level, if there were a well-defined basis for our deep equality. Such a basis might guide our thinking. If deep equality turned out to be based on our ability to suffer, for example, then Michael and Angela might feel better about giving their daughter Alexis, who risks blindness, more money than her siblings. But Waldron finds none of these arguments totally persuasive.
In various religious traditions, he observes, equality flows not just from broad assurances that we are all made in God’s image but from some sense that everyone is the protagonist in a saga of error, realization, and redemption: we’re equal because God cares about how things turn out for each of us. He notes that atheists, too, might locate our equality in the idea that we each have our own story. Waldron himself is taken by Hannah Arendt’s related concept of “natality,” the notion that what each of us share is having been born as a “newcomer,” entering into history with “the capacity of beginning something anew, that is, of acting.” And yet Arendt herself was pessimistic about the quest for a proof of equality; in her view, the Holocaust had revealed that there was “nothing sacred in the abstract nakedness of being human.” If that’s true, then equality may be not a self-evident fact about human beings but a human-made social construction that we must choose to put into practice.
In the end, Waldron concludes that there is no “small polished unitary soul-like substance” that makes us equal; there’s only a patchwork of arguments for our deep equality, collectively compelling but individually limited. Equality is a composite idea—a nexus of complementary and competing intuitions.
The blurry nature of equality makes it hard to solve egalitarian dilemmas from first principles. In each situation, we must feel our way forward, reconciling our conflicting intuitions about what “equal” means. Deep equality is still an important idea—it tells us, among other things, that discrimination and bigotry are wrong. But it isn’t, in itself, fine-grained enough to answer thorny questions about how a community should divide up what it has. To answer those questions, it must be augmented by other, narrower tenets.
The communities that have the easiest time doing that tend to have some clearly defined, shared purpose. Sprinters competing in a hundred-metre dash have varied endowments and train in different conditions; from a certain perspective, those differences make every race unfair. (How can you compete with someone who has better genes?) But runners form an egalitarian community with a common goal—finding out who’s fastest—and so they have invented rules and procedures (qualifying heats, drug bans) that allow them to consider a race valid as long as no one jumps the gun. By embracing an agreed-upon theory of equality before the race, the sprinters can find collective meaning in the ranked inequalities that emerge when it ends. A hospital, similarly, might find an egalitarian way to do the necessary work of giving some patients priority over others, perhaps by adopting a theory of equality that ignores certain kinds of differences (some patients are rich, others poor) while acknowledging others (some patients are in urgent trouble, others less so). What matters, above all, is that the scheme makes sense to those involved.
Because maintaining such agreements takes constant work, egalitarian communities are always in danger of disintegrating. Nevertheless, the egalitarian landscape is dotted with islands of agreement: communes, co-ops, and well-organized competitions in which a shared theory of equality is used for some practical purpose. An individual family might divide up its chores by agreeing on a theory of equality that balances quick, unpleasant tasks, such as bathroom-cleaning, with slower, more enjoyable ones, such as dog-walking. This sort of artisanal egalitarianism is comparatively easy to arrange. Mass-producing it is what’s hard. A whole society can’t get together in a room to hash things out. Instead, consensus must coalesce slowly around broad egalitarian principles.
No principle is perfect; each contains hidden dangers that emerge with time. Many people, in contemplating the division of goods, invoke the principle of necessity: the idea that our first priority should be the equal fulfillment of fundamental needs. The hidden danger here becomes apparent once we go past a certain point of subsistence. When Fyodor Dostoyevsky went to military school, he wrote home to ask his land-owning but cash-strapped father, Mikhail Andreevich, for new boots and other furnishings, arguing that, without them, he would be ostracized. Mikhail Andreevich recognized his son’s changed needs and granted his request; he died soon afterward, under mysterious circumstances, and Dostoyevsky came to believe that he had been murdered by the serfs he had overworked. The episode, which helped inspire “The Brothers Karamazov,” also illustrates a core problem that bedevils egalitarianism—what philosophers call “the problem of expensive tastes.”
The problem—what feels like a necessity to one person seems like a luxury to another—is familiar to anyone who’s argued with a foodie spouse or roommate about the grocery bill. It applies not just to material goods but to societal ones. To an environmentalist, protecting the spotted owl is a necessity; to a logger who stands to lose his job, it’s a luxury. The problem is so insistent that a whole body of political philosophy—“prioritarianism”—is devoted to the challenge of sorting people with needs from people with wants. It’s difficult in part because the line shifts as the years pass. Medical procedures that seem optional today become necessities tomorrow; educational attainments that were once unusual, such as college degrees, become increasingly indispensable with time. In a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, four economists evaluated the success of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. They found that, judging by a modernized version of the definition of “poverty” which Johnson used, the poverty rate in America fell from 19.5 per cent in 1963 to 2.3 per cent in 2017. Still, they note in their paper, “expectations for minimum living standards evolve.” Today, taking advantage of the social safety net that the War on Poverty put in place—food stamps, Medicaid, and so on—is itself a sign of poverty. A new, more robust safety net—free college, Medicare for All—becomes, for some, an egalitarian necessity.
Some thinkers try to tame the problem of expensive tastes by asking what a “normal” or “typical” person might find necessary. But it’s easy to define “typical” too narrowly, letting unfair assumptions influence our judgments. In an influential 1999 article called “What Is the Point of Equality?,” the philosopher Elizabeth Anderson pointed out an odd feature of our social contract: if you’re fired from your job, unemployment benefits help keep you afloat, while if you stop working to have a child you must deal with the loss of income yourself. This contradiction, she writes, reveals an assumption that “the desire to procreate is just another expensive taste”; it reflects, she argues, the sexist presumption that “atomistic egoism and self-sufficiency” are the human norm. The word “necessity” suggests the idea of a bare minimum. In fact, it sets a high bar. Clearing it may require rethinking how society functions.
Perhaps because necessity is so demanding, our egalitarian commitments tend to rest on a different principle: luck. The philosopher Richard Arneson explained the idea a couple of decades ago: “Some people are blessed with good luck, some are cursed with bad luck, and it is the responsibility of society—all of us regarded collectively—to alter the distribution of goods and evils that arises from the jumble of lotteries that constitutes human life as we know it.” Anderson, in an influential coinage, calls this outlook “luck egalitarianism.”
Instead of dividing things up by asking what people need, a luck-egalitarian system tries to equalize the distribution of misfortune. If you’re born on the wrong side of the tracks, or if your house is destroyed in an unpredictable natural disaster, luck egalitarianism suggests that you deserve help. If you screw up—by squandering your savings, launching a failed business, and so on—you’re on your own. It’s to luck egalitarianism that we owe the metaphors of the “level playing field” and the “social safety net.” The first equalizes the bad luck we’re born with; the second, the bad luck that finds us as adults.
As Americans, we are charged with recognizing two conflicting values: individualism and egalitarianism. By smoothing out the unlucky differences while accepting those for which people are responsible, luck egalitarianism promises to help us be individualists and egalitarians simultaneously, But, as Anderson and others have argued, doing this is harder than it sounds. One problem, Anderson writes, is that luck egalitarianism condescends to those it helps: by seeing them as hapless victims of circumstance, it denies them the “equal respect” they’re due as citizens of a democracy. (It’s perhaps for this reason that the people who might benefit from the extension of government programs so often vote against them.)
Another problem, which the political theorist Yascha Mounk explores in “The Age of Responsibility: Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State,” is that the distinction between choice and luck is hard to sustain. If you sleep in instead of coming to work every day and then get fired, you’re clearly making bad choices. But what if you’re born into a family with an income just north of the poverty line, then drop out of high school to get a dead-end job? In all likelihood, you’ve suffered from bad luck and made bad choices. Suppose you turn down a place at your state university to take a job at the auto plant where your parents work, and the plant then closes. The closing of the plant was out of your control, but the decision to work there rather than go to college was yours to make. If you’d acquired more skills, would you be more employable? Or would the forces of globalization that led to the closure of the plant have narrowed your job prospects no matter your training? You might lie awake night after night mulling such questions without settling on answers; it’s absurd, Mounk writes, to expect “a real-world state bureaucracy to answer such intricate hypothetical questions about millions of citizens.”
The distinction between choice and luck, he argues, is a matter not of fact but of perspective. Explanations of human behavior have traditionally been divided into two groups: those which focus on the forces that push us around and those which emphasize how, as individuals, we can choose to resist them. The same phenomenon can be viewed from either side of the so-called structure-agency distinction. For most of the twentieth century, Mounk writes, criminologists looked at crime from a structural perspective: they urged politicians to fight it by reducing poverty—its root cause. Later, however, they changed tack: they began examining the motivations of individual criminals and asking how potential wrongdoers, as “agents,” might be dissuaded from committing crimes. The criminologists weren’t repudiating their prior insights about poverty, Mounk says; they were just looking at crime from a different perspective. The agent-based perspective was more useful to police officers, who couldn’t lift a neighborhood out of poverty but could change the way they patrolled it.
Mounk thinks that most people understand, intuitively, that the distinction between structure and agency is—like the distinction between “nature” and “nurture”—an artifact of explanation, not a part of reality. All explanations are limited, we know, and tell only part of the story. This, he writes, is why we are so ambivalent about luck egalitarianism and the politicians who see the world through its lens. Conservatives, hoping to constrain the size of the welfare state, overstate how much control people have over their lives; liberals, hoping to expand it, overstate our powerlessness. But both positions are unconvincing. “While voters are receptive to the idea that it is deeply unjust for some public schools to have better funding than others, they balk when they are told that students who do well in school are merely lucky,” Mounk writes. “And while they recognize that the explanation for the stagnating living standards of average people lies in larger structural transformations of the world economy, they are skeptical when they are told that the choices of specific individuals don’t play any role in determining their particular economic fate.”
There’s a problem with finding problems with egalitarianism. The head fights the gut; complexities can’t drown out the moral law within. Reading Waldron, Anderson, Mounk, and other thinkers on egalitarianism, I found myself remembering a time that started when I was eleven or twelve years old. My parents were divorced and rarely spoke; I went to three middle schools in three years, one bad, one middling, one good. The bad school was near my mother’s house, where we lived in the basement, having rented out the main floor. The good school was in a wealthy suburb. I attended it by claiming to live at the address of a family friend who had a small apartment, above a commercial space, on its edge. (So-called enrollment fraud is common across the country, especially in places where rich and poor school districts border each other.)
For a while, I took the bus home to the apartment, hanging out there until late in the evening. When this arrangement grew untenable, my mother devised a plan. She’d struck up a conversation with a cabdriver and taken his card; she called him and asked if, for a flat monthly fee, he’d pick me up at school each day and drop me at my father’s house, a short drive away. There weren’t many fares at two-thirty in the afternoon in the Maryland suburbs, and he said yes.
Peter, the cabdriver, began picking me up from a hidden spot past the soccer fields, under some trees. He was from West Africa, with an accent I sometimes struggled with. We talked about his home town, his girlfriend, the books I was reading—Stephen King, for the most part—in which he sweetly expressed an interest. Eventually, two of my friends, who were also picked up after school, discovered my secret spot and joined me there. As Peter and I drove away, everyone waved.
One day, Peter was agitated when he arrived. “I have to make a detour, O.K.?” he said. “Don’t tell your mom.” He didn’t wave to my friends, and we took a left instead of a right, eventually entering a neighborhood of small, unkempt row houses. As we drove, Peter told me how the taxi business worked. He didn’t own his cab; he rented it from the cab company, in a rent-to-own arrangement. If he missed his monthly payment, the company took the cab back. The payment was extremely high. “I drive and I drive and I drive,” he said. “But I can’t make it. I can’t make it!” As we pulled up in front of his cousin’s house, he sobbed. I watched from the back seat as he returned to the cab, weeping, with borrowed cash in his hand.
“Some are born to meet, some achieve meetings, and some have meetings thrust upon them.”
Cartoon by Avi Steinberg
I wasn’t a sheltered kid; I knew about economic hardship. A few times that year, my mother had fallen behind on our bills, and our power had been cut off; we’d showered and eaten dinner in the dark. She’d hidden her despair, but Peter had shared his. For him, the bottom could fall out faster and more completely. More than a decade later, in a Dickensian coincidence, Peter, who was still driving cabs, picked my father up from the airport and gave him a business card. Peter started driving him, too; that year, on a trip with my dad and his family, Peter and I were reunited, to our great delight. But not long afterward he died. He suffered from diabetes and hypertension, and had no health insurance; he went too long before seeking treatment for an infection in his toe. It got into his bloodstream, and he died of septic shock.
Injustice isn’t cerebral. Peter and I were two equal people on the same earth. What’s so complicated about that?
The gap between intuition and argument—between outrage and the best response to that outrage—is the subject of Robert Tsai’s “Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.” Tsai, a law professor at American University, places great weight on the intuition that we are “one another’s equals”—and yet, he writes, it’s inevitable that, “in a diverse democracy, people will disagree about what equality means.” Hashing out questions of equality, he concludes, can be so fraught, so confusing, that the wisest course is sometimes to circumvent them. Inequality can be resisted, and equality pursued, by other, less tangled means.
Tsai, a constitutional litigator, is intimately familiar with how arguments about equality have unfolded in the courts. Often, he writes, the moral magnetism of equality backfires. To crusade for it is to be on the side of justice, and so there is no choice but to accuse those obstructing it of being racists, misogynists, élitists, or oppressors. Tsai tells the story of City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc., a Supreme Court case from 1985. A private company proposed opening a group home for thirteen intellectually disabled residents in the small city of Cleburne; it was thwarted by a local ordinance that required a permit for the opening of facilities for the “feeble-minded.” City officials opposed to the home cited a variety of concerns: the preservation of the neighborhood’s “serenity,” the danger to nearby elderly people, the possibility that bullies from a nearby junior high school would torment their new neighbors. Advocates for it pointed out that the ordinance’s origins lay in the country’s eugenicist past. (In 1927, a Supreme Court decision permitted the sterilization of the intellectually disabled “for the protection and health of the state.”)
When the case reached the Supreme Court, the arguments against the ordinance were mostly framed in terms of equality. Some people likened it to an apartheid law: it was no different, they argued, from a rule barring the construction of hospitals for people of a particular religion or ethnicity. The Reagan Administration, defending the law, argued that, since the disabled did have “distinctive needs and abilities,” treating them differently need not reflect “invidious and derogatory aims.” The table was set for an intractable egalitarian debate. A morally charged yet abstract question had been raised about the place of intellectual disabilities within a society committed to equality; the answer would concretely affect millions of disabled people. And that discussion, in turn, had been connected to the accusation that those who objected to the home were closed-minded bigots—a charge sure to rally many of their fellow-citizens to their defense. The likelihood of the Court coming to a universally convincing conclusion seemed remote.
In the end, Tsai writes, the Justices decided to avoid thinking in terms of equality. Instead, they applied the “rule of reason,” asking whether the citizens’ concerns had any rational basis, and concluding that they did not. By taking this approach, the Court avoided entirely the question of whether the citizens who objected to the home were motivated by bigotry; it also skirted the Waldronesque question of what it might mean to treat intellectually disabled people equally. And yet, Tsai writes, the Court still created a basically egalitarian outcome, and “placed discriminatory action based on damaging cultural stereotypes off-limits.”
The Court used the same approach in other equality-enhancing decisions. In United States v. Virginia, from 1996, a female high-school student filed a complaint against the Virginia Military Institute (the so-called West Point of the South), which excluded women. The arguments on her behalf, which leaned heavily on equality, soon got bogged down in the question of what it might mean for the Institute to treat male and female cadets equally. Instead of weighing in on that issue, the Court ruled that there was no rational basis for denying women admission.
These cases and many others, Tsai believes, show that it’s often more practical to pursue “equality by other means” than to sail into the crosscurrents of egalitarian debate. Reasonableness, or rationality, is one test to which we can subject inegalitarian systems or rules. One can also ask whether they are fair, whether their specific consequences are cruel, whether all relevant voices have been heard. Answering these questions isn’t always easy, but it’s easier than generating consensus about what “equal” means. We make more progress, Tsai argues, when we “shift the focus of moral outrage.”
Language itself may be misleading us. Appalled by inequality, our minds turn immediately to its opposite. Sidestepping that impulse, as Tsai advocates, requires giving up a satisfying rhetorical clarity, but it may bring us closer to our moral common sense. The philosopher David Schmidtz explains why in a 2006 book titled “Elements of Justice.” Schmidtz begins by asking us to contemplate what makes a neighborhood a good place to live: a thriving community might have a grocery store, a fire station, a library, a playground. Similarly, a system of justice must have a few different structures to be livable. It’s easy to imagine justice as a unitary thing—a single, imposing building, a Supreme Court. But it’s more like a collection of buildings, each with its own function.
In the neighborhood of justice, Schmidtz identifies four structures: equality, desert, reciprocity, and need. We consult these in different contexts, to solve different kinds of problems. Citizens are owed equality before the law. Workers, by contrast, should be compensated differently, depending on what they have accomplished. In relationships with our partners, we favor reciprocity. In trying to do right by our children, we ask what they need. (Michael and Angela, in considering their will, might focus on necessity more than the other concepts: instead of asking “What do they deserve?” or “What have they done for us lately?,” they might ask, “What do our kids need?”) None of these principles are capacious enough to serve in every situation; in fact, they are often in tension with one another. And they can be used inappropriately. No one wants a merit-based marriage. A workplace that operates by reciprocity is a dysfunctional one.
In real life, therefore, we amble around the neighborhood of justice. A coach doesn’t run her team on egalitarian principles alone; to win, she must field the best players more often. But she doesn’t run a ruthless meritocracy, either. On a good team, players get the help they need, they assist one another reciprocally, they’re rewarded for their individual accomplishments, and they are treated similarly enough that they feel connected in a common enterprise.
The frustrations and complexities of egalitarianism reflect the hidden complexity of equality. It looks simple and self-evident, as though one could proclaim it into existence. But achieving it requires a willingness to recognize, and to shift among, many different conceptions of what’s right—a kind of moral egalitarianism. Even equality itself, as an ideal, is insufficient. No one version of the good can rule the rest. ♦
Published in the print edition of the January 13, 2020, issue, with the headline “Same Difference.”
Joshua Rothman, the ideas editor of newyorker.com, has been a writer and an editor at the magazine since 2012.
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By Ian Brodie
Film in New Zealand
New Zealand's popularity as an international film making destination means movie buffs are spoiled for choice when it comes to film locations to visit.
It's New Zealand's breathtaking landscapes and scenery that are the silent stars of the films, not only attracting film makers from around the world, but truly bringing the films to life.
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Discover the movie magic when you visit the Lord of the Rings locations for filming. Find out where is the shire, take guided tours of the stunning film locations.
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The Hobbit Trilogy was filmed entirely in New Zealand, throughout locations in both the North and South Islands. Ever asked yourself "where is Mount Doom or the Hobbit locations" ? Well now you can find out.
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Oscar-winning Kiwi director Peter Jackson recreated New York in his home town of Wellington, New Zealand, for his 2005 remake of the film classic King Kong.
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Filming for The World's Fastest Indian movie took place in Southland’s main centre - Invercargill, which played host to the film crew during the New Zealand portion of the film.
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Drummer Nick Scheuble, a disciple of the hard bop school, "pulls out all the stops" on his debut CD as a leader, featuring his latest quintet comprised of young lions of the New York Jazz scene. Produced by Andy Farber. Engineer, Dave Kowalski. George Petropoulis (trumpet), Andy Farber (alto & tenor saxophones), Isaac ben Ayala (piano), Nick Scheuble (drums).
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In the summer of 2012, Jazz great Dr. Lonnie Smith gave a 10 yr. old girl a Hammond organ after hearing her on youtube. A year later, Rudy Van Gelder recorded her w/ Miles Davis’ star drummer, Jimmy Cobb. She was on fire! It's all captured here on "Debut" Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Rudy Van Gelder Assisted by Maureen Sickler. Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio Englewood Cliffs, NJ - 2013
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Helping to Clean Up a Disaster Inside the Chernobyl ‘Mega Tomb’
It’s been used for everything from bridge construction to paint-stripping aircraft, and NASA once even considered basing an all-terrain lunar rover on it. But the most important role ever assigned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s RoboCrane ultra-stable platform is the job of helping clean up the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine.
On April 26, 1986, a power surge resulted in a core explosion and fire in Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor. The disaster shot a plume of highly radioactive materials into the atmosphere and made it necessary to evacuate nearly 340,000 people from the surrounding regions. The International Atomic Energy Association and the World Health Organization estimate that 4,000 cancer deaths since that date may be attributable to the radiation released.
Credit: International Atomic Energy Association (via Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0)
Chernobyl Unit 4 reactor after the core explosion and fire of April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history.
A few weeks after the accident, the destroyed reactor was covered by a quickly built concrete and steel “sarcophagus.” In 1997, the G-7 nations, the European Commission and the Ukraine government began a program to convert the disaster site into an environmentally safe zone. More than 40 governments committed more than $1.5 billion, along with $600 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, for the cornerstone of the remediation plan, a significantly more stable containment facility known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure. Expected to be commissioned in early 2018, the arch-shaped NSC, nicknamed the “Mega Tomb,” stands 110 meters (361 feet) tall, 165 meters (541 feet) long and 257 meters (843 feet) wide, and could easily enclose the Statue of Liberty.
Credit: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The arch-shaped New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure, also known as the “Mega Tomb,” will cover the concrete and steel sarcophagus now encasing the radioactive Chernobyl disaster site. Remediation efforts inside the NSC will include the use of the NIST-designed RoboCrane technology.
Designed to last at least a century, the shelter isolates the cleanup of the hazardous reactor area. The workhorse of the remediation effort is a computer-controlled, RoboCrane-inspired platform created by PaR Systems, a company based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, that licensed the NIST technology in 2010. Called TensileTruss, the platform is suspended from a bridge crane-and-trolley system that spans the entire NSC structure.
The RoboCrane design, incorporated in TensileTruss, was developed in the early 1990s by NIST engineer and robotics expert James Albus, who expanded on the principle of the Stewart platform used in aircraft flight simulators. That device uses three pairs of hydraulic jacks to move a platform with six degrees of freedom (x-, y- and z-axes, along with roll, pitch and yaw). What Albus did was turn the Stewart platform upside down, manipulating it from above using motor-driven winches rather than from below with jacks.
Credit: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The TensileTruss robotic platform suspended from a bridge crane-and- trolley system that spans the entire length of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) facility at Chernobyl. A variety of remotely operated tools will be attached to the ultra-stable platform during cleanup of the disaster site, including a robotic arm, drill, jackhammer and high-powered vacuum.
Because of this innovation, RoboCrane lifts five times its own weight, suspends a platform much farther than possible with hydraulics, holds loads rigidly in place even at an angle, and provides a precision-controlled base for remote operation of various attachments. For its long-term duties at Chernobyl, PaR Systems will affix a variety of interchangeable, remotely operated tools, including a robotic arm, drill, jackhammer, high-powered vacuum system and closed-circuit television system.
“The first order of business is dismantling the original sarcophagus, so the TensileTruss system will be used to sever welds, cut concrete and lift away materials for disposal,” said Rob Owen, a senior program manager at PaR Systems. “Next, the mobile platform and its attached tools, such as jackhammers and blow torches, will assist in the removal of the destroyed reactor building. Finally, our system will be highly involved in the Chernobyl remediation’s most challenging task—removal and disposal of the highly radioactive fuel debris in the reactor’s melted core.”
Credit: Graphic by M.E. Newman with TensileTruss image provided by PaR Systems
The TensileTruss robotic system in place at Chernobyl (left) is based on NIST’s RoboCrane technology (schematic on right) developed in the early 1990s. The design uses three sets of hydraulic jacks to move a platform with six degrees of freedom and remarkable stability.
Chernobyl is not the only nuclear disaster site benefitting from the RoboCrane technology. The PaR Systems TensileTruss also serves as a remotely operated, submersible platform delivering tools for the cleanup of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan damaged in a 2011 tsunami.
RoboCrane was named by both Popular Science and Construction Equipment magazines as one of the top 100 technologies for 1992. It will be working at Chernobyl for some time; experts predict that the site will not be completely dismantled until 2065.
James Albus, who conceived the RoboCrane technology, and British neuroscientist David Marr, together created one of the leading hypotheses on brain functioning and learning known as the Marr-Albus theory of the cerebellum.
– Michael E. Newman
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'I still hate the glow of the setting sun': Hiroshima survivors tell their stories
May 26, 2016 · 4:30 PM EDT
By Agence France-Presse
Hiroshima survivor Sunao Tsuboi is seen at a French nuclear test site in In-Ekker near Ain Meguel, February 16, 2007.
Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
For survivors of the world's first nuclear attack, the day America unleashed a terrible bomb over the city of Hiroshima remains seared forever in their minds.
Though their numbers are dwindling and the advancing years are taking a toll, their haunting memories are undimmed by the passage of more than seven decades.
On the occasion of Barack Obama's offering of a floral tribute on Friday at the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park — the first ever visit by a sitting US president — some of them share their stories with AFP.
Emiko Okada
Emiko Okada, now 79, was about 1.7 miles from ground zero and suffered severe injuries in the blast. Her sister was killed.
"All of a sudden a flash of light brightened the sky and I was slammed to the ground. I didn't know what on earth had happened. There were fires everywhere. We rushed away as the blaze roared toward us.
"The people I saw looked nothing like human beings. Their skin and flesh hung loose. Some children's eyeballs were popping out of their sockets.
"I still hate to see the glow of the setting sun. It reminds me of that day and brings pain to my heart.
"In the aftermath, many children who had evacuated during the war came back here, orphaned by the bomb. Many gangsters came to Hiroshima from around the country and gave them food and guns.
"President Obama is a person who can influence the world. I hope that this year will be the beginning of knowing what actually happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki under the mushroom clouds."
An atomic cloud billows, following the explosion of the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare in Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum/Reuters
Keiko Ogura
Keiko Ogura, now 78, has devoted her life to keeping alive the memory of the devastating day.
"Shortly after (the bomb exploded) it rained. It was a sticky black rain and made my clothes wet.
"I saw a line of seriously burnt people, like silent ghosts.
"Suddenly, a girl grabbed my leg and said in a weak voice: 'Give me water.' Others also said: 'Water. Water.'
"I brought water to them, but some died right after they drank it. I regretted giving it to them.
"I saw smoke from a nearby park where bodies were being cremated. Sometimes I could smell the bodies burning.
"We faced the horror (of nuclear weapons). I tell everybody that it was hell. But they don't understand.
"There is no peace in Hiroshima. There is horror here."
Park Nam-Joo
Park Nam-Joo, now 83, is an ethnic Korean, who has suffered from breast and skin cancer because of the radiation she was exposed to that day.
An estimated 20,000 Koreans were among the dead in Hiroshima. Many had been taken to Japan as forced labourers during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean peninsula:
"Everything was broken to pieces. Everywhere was rubble. It's beyond description. It was inhumane.
"Hiroshima was a sea of fire. People bled from everywhere on their bodies: 'I'm burning. I'm burning. Please help,' they cried.
"The wounds of the living were infested with maggots. There was no medicine for it.
"People say human life is to be revered but the lives of those who died in the atomic bombing were just like those of insects.
"I still shed tears when I recall the scene. Many people don't want to remember that.
"I want people to know that not only Japanese but Korean, Chinese and others also suffered in the atomic bombing.
"I'm Catholic. Wearing a rosary and with a statue of the Virgin Mary next to me, I pray at night for a peaceful passage to heaven."
Destroyed houses and buildings are seen after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.
Shigeo Hayashi/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum/Reuters
Misako Katani
Misako Katani, now 86, is one of the rare survivors of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When her mother and sister were killed in the Hiroshima bomb she took their ashes to the ancestral graveyard in Nagasaki — only to be caught up in the second atomic blast.
"My father told me 'Your mom and Tamie (Katani's sister) should be there.' So I removed the rubble and found my mother's ashen bones.
"I put them into a box. And then I found bones which were too fragile to pick up. My father said: 'Those are Tamie's.' I guess my mother tried to escape while holding my sister. And then the house collapsed on them and they burned to death.
"I still vividly remember the scene. It's unforgettable. I almost cry when I revisit the past.
"I suffered from a lot of lung afflictions such as pneumonia. Whenever I sit at our family Buddhist altar, I tell my late mother, 'Hi mom, please take me to your place.' but she never does.
"The color of my memories is grey.
"I don't dislike America although I hated it in the past. I want to meet (President Obama) and tell him, 'Please do not wage war anymore'."
Survivor Shigeaki Mori, 77, smiling at his home in a suburb in Hiroshima November 30, 2014. Mori was eight when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, incinerating the city. He continues to suffer health problems caused by exposure to radiation to this day.
Thin Lei Win/Reuters
Shigeaki Mori
Shigeaki Mori, now 79, is known for his study of the fate of US prisoners of war who were in Hiroshima. He now researches the fate of Australian POWs in Nagasaki.
"I was blown into a river while walking on a bridge. I was under the mushroom cloud. I decided to stay in the river for a while.
"I crawled up out of the water and saw a woman tottering toward me. Blood was everywhere on her body, and internal organs hung from her abdomen. While holding them, she asked me where she could find a hospital. Crying, I ran away, leaving her alone.
"People who were still alive were collapsed all around me. I escaped by stamping on their faces and heads. I heard screams from a broken down house. But I ran away as I was still a child with no power to help."
Sunao Tsuboi
Sunao Tsuboi, now 91, is co-chairperson of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations. He suffered serious burns and developed cancer and other diseases, but remains active in his lifelong campaign for a nuclear free world.
"I suffered burns all over my body. I had a terrible experience. Naked, I tried to run away for about three hours on August 6 but finally could no longer walk. I then wrote on the ground (with a small rock), 'Tsuboi dies here.'
"I lost consciousness several times and eventually came to on September 25.
"I can tolerate hardships for the sake of human happiness. I may die tomorrow but I'm optimistic. I will never give up. We want zero nuclear weapons.
"An apology doesn't matter. I just want (President Obama) to come and visit Hiroshima and see real things and listen to the voice of survivors."
This is part of a multimedia series on Hiroshima survivors that AFP is running ahead of US President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima.
Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted A-bomb dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 2010.
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New Year: Time to Review Your Meds
WA Bill Would Extend Health Coverage to One Year After Birth
Unlike TX, Uninsured Rates See Major Drop in Medicaid Expansion States
Texas has had 14 rural hospitals close their doors since 2010. (astig23/Twenty20)
AUSTIN, Texas – States that have expanded their Medicaid programs have seen a drop of more than three times in the number of uninsured rural residents, compared to states like Texas that opted not to expand coverage, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
Patrick Bresette, executive director of the Children's Defense Fund in Texas, sees this report as a wake-up call.
He says his organization is able to sign up rural Texas children for health insurance through federal programs like the Children's Health Insurance Program, but not their parents.
"You're dealing with families who have very little in the way of an infrastructure around them to access care,” he points out. “In some urban areas, there may be more hospitals that they can access. There are free clinics, and we see people who have to drive miles and miles, just to get the kind of basic services that they need."
Prior to the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the uninsured rate for Texans in rural areas and small towns was 40 percent. In 2016, it was 36 percent – still among the highest in the nation, and lagging far behind metro areas of Texas, with a 29 percent rate.
In neighboring New Mexico, which expanded Medicaid in 2013, the uninsured rate has dropped from 46 percent to 21 percent.
Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, says expanding coverage to more residents of rural areas that already struggle with higher rates of unemployment and poverty makes economic sense.
"When there's a real option here on the table to take these Medicaid dollars, really, it's a wiser use of taxpayer dollars to provide them with the primary preventive care that comes with having health insurance up front, so they don't get sicker and wind up in the emergency room," Alker points out.
Bresette notes that rural hospitals are economic drivers and sometimes, the single largest employers in those communities. He adds that Texas leads the nation in the number of rural hospital closures.
"You do see the ripple effect, because then you don't have pharmacies nearby that are getting as much business. You don't have all the kind of ancillary health support systems that gather around a hospital when it's working,” he states. “So, it's definitely a multiplier and every time you lose one, you're hollowing out part of that rural community."
According to the report, 25 percent of those without coverage also are parents. Numerous studies have shown children's well-being improves when their parents have health insurance.
Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service - TX
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1. You just moved back to indy after living in New York for many years where you worked as an actor and then a nurse (probably other things too, but those are the two big ones, right?)... what was your favorite project to work on in NYC?
My favorite project, oddly, was a dark musical comedy where I played a clown. Sound familiar? This show was based on Dante's "Inferno", and everyone died at the end and was eaten by another clown. Totally a family show!
2. You've mentioned to me that it's been 5 years since you performed in a show. What has been the hardest thing about jumping back in the water? What has been the best thing about it?
The hardest thing has been feeling those 5 years in my knees and back. I'm no longer a spring chicken. (what the hell is a "spring chicken"?) The best thing has been working with all the people I've seen perform in various other Q Artistry shows. I get to play!!!
3. What is your favorite Brothers' Grimm tale?
Rumpelstiltskin, I think. Did I even spell it right?
4. Your character in the show, Konig, is the leader of the "Klowns" in ZirkusGrimm. Do you like clowns? If so, what is your favorite "clown act"... if not, what is the thing you dislike the most about them.
I used to say that I'm afraid of clowns, but after playing one several years ago, and playing one again, I think I kinda sorta like them now. What I used to dislike about them is that they kinda look like they're gonna come kill me in my sleep. What I like about them now is that they kinda look like they're gonna come kill me in my sleep.
5. Assuming that you're having a good time :) what have you enjoyed most about the rehearsal process for ZirkusGrimm?
I love love love the collaborative and improv-esque feel of this rehearsal process. Being given permission to play and just have fun and try things is so freeing and gives me an immense amount of joy.
6. What originally attracted you to the idea of being a part of ZirkusGrimm?
Being able to work with Q Artistry. Period.
7. You just recently moved back to Indy from NYC. What has been the most "culturally shocking" thing so far?
PEOPLE ARE SO NICE! Like, too nice...
8. As a nurse, I know you've seen a lot of REALLY weird stuff... how do you think that has affected you as an actor and performer?
I definitely am able to keep a straight face much better. Cuz if people saw the face I'm making in my head when I'm shoving a finger.... you get the picture.
9. If you were a circus animal, what would it be? (and you can't have Dancing Bear because I'm taking that one... I was going to be an ostrich and then an Elephant but I've changed my mind so both of those are free if you are inclined.)
I would totally be a seal balancing a ball on his nose.
Matt Hussong
I met Matt Hussong many years ago and thought he was the funniest person I had ever met. Even though I was very young at the time I assure you I had a well developed sense of humor (I developed very early... peopled stared). He was also charming and friendly, which I'm sure didn't hurt, but I'm not going to put any stock in my young mind's judgement on those characteristics. But, then I saw him perform for the first time in INTO THE WOODS at Mainstage Theatre in Anderson, IN and I knew that he was someone I would continue to see thrive in the arts. A few years ago when I was made aware that he was becoming a nurse via facebook, I admit that I was saddened by the idea that anything would be stealing time away from what I considered paramount: that he continue to work on his craft and bring joy to others through laughter and theatre. But, I soon could tell that this was exactly what he was doing...in a different venue... one that needed laughter and joy very badly.
So, as you can imagine, I was thrilled and delighted to hear that, having moved back to Indy and now working during the day in the medical field, he was interested in being a part of ZirkusGrimm for this remount. His positivity, comedy and musicality have been a fantastic addition to the show and it has been fantastic having him along for this crazy ride...
— Ben Asaykwee
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March 2016 Regulatory Update
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USA Proposes Lithium Battery Safety Act of 2016 View Story
On February 10, 2016, the US Senate proposed the Lithium Battery Safety Act (Senate Bill 2528), which repeals Section 828 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.
Section 828 prohibited the FAA from imposing more stringent restrictions on lithium-ion batteries than international rules created by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and promoted the safe manufacture, use and transportation of lithium batteries and cells. The proposed senate bill states that the president shall establish a Lithium Battery Safety Working Group not later than 90 days after the bill has entered into force.
The working group should be composed of at least 1 representative from each of the following:
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Institute on Standards and Technology
Also, a maximum of 4 experts may be included as additional members of this group. Subcommittees shall be established to focus on specific issues related to the safe manufacture, use or transportation of lithium batteries and cells.
This bill also addresses that the working group shall establish a report not later than 1 year after the bill has entered into force. The report shall include research in additional ways or new technologies to lower the fire and explosion risk from lithium batteries and cells.
CPSC Addresses Self-Balancing Scooters View Story
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 50 cases of self-balancing scooter fires were reported during the period from December 1, 2015 to February 17, 2016, resulting in over $2 million of property damage. In view of this information, the CPSC wrote a letter to urge manufacturers, importers and retailers of self-balancing scooters to ensure their products comply with certain voluntary safety standards.
In the letter, the CPSC addressed the need for self-balancing scooters to comply with UL 2272 – Outline of Investigation for Electrical Systems for Self-balancing Scooters. Although compliance to the standard is not mandatory under Federal law, detention or seizure of products is still possible if the self-balancing scooters pose any substantial hazard under Section 15(a) of the CPSA ,15 U.S.C. 2064(a) or imminent hazard under Section 12 of the CPSA 15 U.S.C. 2061. In addition, all lithium batteries in the self-balancing scooters must also comply with test requirements under UN/DOT 38.3 Transport of Dangerous Goods for Lithium Metal and Lithium Ion Battery.
CPSC Approves Enforcement Discretion on Adult Wearing Apparel View Story
On February 24, 2016, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved an enforcement policy regarding Adult Wearing Apparel. The new policy, which enters into force March 25, 2016, eliminates the requirement for manufacturers, importers or private labelers of adult wearing apparel to provide a General Conformity Certificate (GCC) for their product which meets the test exemption criterion in 16 CFR 1610.
The CPSC has determined which fabrics will always meet the requirements in the Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA), including:
Plain- or raised-fiber surface acrylic
Modacrylic
Any plain surface fabric weighing 2.6 ounces per square yard or more
Adult apparel that is made of these fabrics is exempt from flammability testing and no GCC is needed to certify for the compliance to the relevant rules according to the new policy. However, although a GCC is not required for such product mentioned above, the CPSC emphasized that the product is still required to comply with flammability requirements under the FFA.
Updates of ASTM Standards View Story
Below is a summary of updated ASTM standards that may be of interest to our clients for the first quarter of this year:
CPSIA / CFR Reference ASTM Standard No.
16 CFR 1220 / 1221 ASTM F406-15 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards
Covers testing requirements for structural integrity and performance requirements for non-full-size cribs/play yards, both rigid sided and mesh/fabric assemblies.
Durable Nursery Goods with no CPSIA rule yet ASTM F1004-16 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
Covers minimum safety performance requirements, test methods, and requirements for labeling and instructional material to minimize hazards to young children resulting from the normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gates and expandable enclosures.
16 CFR 1225 ASTM F 2050-16 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Hand-Held Infant Carriers
Establishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of a hand-held infant carrier by an occupant and caregiver.
New Jersey State Proposes Prohibition on Sale of Certain Children’s Products Containing Lead, Mercury or Cadmium View Story
On January 27, 2016, Assembly Bill 626, 2014 prohibiting certain children’s products (intended for use by a child under 6 years of age) from containing lead, mercury or cadmium was re-introduced as Assembly Bill 731, 2016.
The re-introduced bill is identical to the previous bill and proposes an act to prohibit manufacturing, importing, distributing and selling of any children’s product that is made with lead, mercury or cadmium. The act also requires the immediate recall of a children’s product that is discovered to be composed of the above heavy metal elements.
This act will be effective seven months after the bill is passed.
Washington State Publishes Enforcement Guidelines for Lead, Cadmium and Phthalates Violations in Children’s Products View Story
On February 12, 2016, Washington State’s Department of Ecology (DOE) published a guidance document that details the state’s enforcement of lead, cadmium and phthalates violations in children’s products not covered by Federal regulations.
The State’s Children’s Safe Products Act (CSPA) includes RCW 70.240.020 “Prohibition on the Manufacturing and Sale of Children’s Products Containing Lead, Cadmium or Phthalates. This regulation is mutually exclusive to the Federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Where the product is covered by CPSIA, the Washington State DOE will not enforce the limitations in CSPA and will refer the enforcement to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). On the other hand, if the product falls within the definition of a children’s product in RCW 70.240.010 and it is not limited by CPSIA, the state limitation will be enforced. For example:
The scope of children’s products between CPSIA and CSPA overlaps. However, the definitions are not identical according to 16 C.F.R. 1200.1-2 and RCW 70.240.010. Car seats are one of the examples that are not covered by CPSIA but covered by CSPA.
Cadmium:
CPSIA incorporates the ASTM F963-11 standard which includes limits for cadmium in the surface coatings or accessible substrates of toys intended for use by children ages 12 and under. However, the CSPA limit prohibiting children’s products from containing more than 40 ppm cadmium applies to a broader range of children’s products than the Federal law, such as clothing, footwear, jewelery, childcare articles and cosmetics.
Phthalates are restricted by both CPSIA and CSPA in children’s toys and child care articles. However, Washington State’s CSPA applies to a broader range of products than the federal laws such as children’s clothing, footwear and cosmetics.
Denmark Restricts N-nitrosamines in Soother and Teats View Story
On January 15, 2016, a new regulation, Denmark Order No. 5 of 01.05.2016, restricting N-nitrosamines and establishing labeling requirements for soother and teats entered into force. The previous Order having same subject was repealed by the Environmental Protection Agency of Denmark.
In general, the regulation restricts the sale of soothers and teats that are made of rubber or elastomer containing not more than 10 μg/kg N-nitrosamines or 100 μg/kg nitrosatable substances. Any producer or importer of the products must provide pre-sale evidence of compliance.
Secondly, to comply with the requirements, a legible, visible and indelible label must be provided by manufacturers, importers or retailers on the packaging indicating:
Name or business name of the company
Address or registered trademark of the company
Batch number or any equivalent information
France Publishes Notice on Deckchair and Transatlantic Chair View Story
On February 5, 2016, the French government published a notice (NOR: EINC1530221V) which provides a reference standards list for Decree No. 99-777 of 9 September 1999 on the prevention of risks related to the use of deckchairs and transatlantic chairs.
This notice superseded the previous notices in 2014 (NOR: EFIC1404040V) having the same subject. The significant change is that new standard NF D 61-062 (December 2015) replaces its previous version, NF D 61-062 (July 2004), for adjustable deckchairs while the other standards remain unchanged.
To summarize for the notice, three standards are applicable to deckchairs:
NF EN 581-1 (June 2006)
Outdoor furniture - Seating and tables for domestic, collective and camping - Part 1: General requirements for safety
NF EN 581-2 (October 2009)
Outdoor furniture - Seating and tables for domestic, collective and camping - Part 2: Mechanical requirements and seat safety tests
NF D 61-062 (December 2015)
Outdoor furniture - adjustable deckchair - General Requirements for Safety - Mechanical tests and specifications
Note that deckchairs complying with version 2004 of NF D 61-062 can still be placed in the market until one year after the notice publication (February 5, 2017). Also, other standards for deckchairs or transatlantic chairs are still required to satisfy the Decree No. 99-777.
New Zealand Proposes Adoption of New Safety Standard for Children’s Nightwear View Story
On January 13, 2016, New Zealand proposed a new regulation, namely "Product Safety Standards (Children’s Nightwear and Limited Daywear having Reduced Fire Hazard) Regulation 2016". The new regulation adopts new standard AS/NZS 1249:2014 and addresses flammability and safety issues related to children’s nightwear.
The new regulation classifies garments in relation to flammability characteristics and requires appropriate warning labels to be fixed on each garment according to the adopted standard AS/NZS 1249:2014 Children’s Nightwear and Limited Daywear having Reduced Fire Hazard.
The consultation of the newly proposed regulation ended in February of this year and the proposed adoption and enforcement date is March 21, 2016. Once the new regulation has entered into force, the current Regulation 2008, adopting previous version of AS/NZS 1249, will be superseded.
Japan JISC Issues New Voluntary Standard for Cords and Drawstrings on Children’s Clothing View Story
In response to accidents caused by clothing cords and drawstrings among children, the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) drafted a voluntary safety standard for such components in children’s clothing (see Regulatory Recap: Issue 2, May 2015). The new voluntary standard, JIS L4129 Safety Standard for Cords and Drawstrings on Children’s Clothing, was then issued officially and entered into force in December 2015.
The standard requires related industries to meet its specification in restricting the properties of cords and drawstrings according to age grading and body parts of children’s clothing. It is applicable to cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing for children up to age 13 years and the general requirements are similar to those stated in EN 14682 with some modifications.
Japan Regulation Restricting Azo Dyes in Household Products Comes Into Force View Story
In December, 2014, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan designated azo dyes as harmful substance under the Control of Household Products Containing Harmful Substances Act (No. 112 of 1973) and restricted the presence of 24 aromatic amines generated from azo dyes (see Regulatory Recap: Issue 2, May 2015).
This regulation will be effective on April 1, 2016. All textile products (including but not limited to diapers, sleepwear, bedding) and leather or fur products (including but not limited to underwear, gloves, outer garments) shall not contain each of the 24 specified aromatic amines at greater than or equal to 30 mg/kg when analysed by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry.
Japan Adopts New Textile-Care Labeling Code View Story
In March, 2015, the Consumer Affairs Agency in Japan adopts the care label system in standard JIS L 0001 (2014). This standard will replace the current system in JIS L 0217 (1995) under the Household Products Quality Labelling Law as of December 1, 2016.
The symbols used in the care label will align with the international standard ISO 3758:2012 which applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end users. Therefore, the new standards increase the graphic care symbols from 22 to 41 types to provide information on severe treatment that does not damage the article during care process.
After the effective date, only textile products with new care labeling symbols are allowed to be sold in the Japanese market.
Japan JTA Issues New Toy Safety Standard View Story
On February 1, 2016, the Japan Toy Association (JTA) issued a new version of Toy Safety Standard, ST 2016 that will be effective from April 1, 2016. A 2-year transition period is given to the previous version, ST 2012 (5th Edition), and it will remain valid until March 31, 2018. Therefore, during this period, ST certification will accept toys that comply with either one of the two standards.
In the new standard ST 2016, following changes have been made:
ST 2016 Changes
General revisions for projectiles
New requirements for fastener of toys
New requirements for bath toys
Clarification for the requirements of battery (button cell etc.)
Part 2 Clarification for the requirements of flammability with reference to ISO 8124 Part 2
Part 3 Identical to ST 2012 (5th Edition)
China National Standard for Children’s Footwear, GB 30585-2014 In Force View Story
On January 1, 2016, the China national standards for children’s shoes (up to 14 years of age), GB 30585-2014 entered into force. The standard specifies safety requirements, including:
Physical and mechanical properties
Restricted substances
Hazardous aromatic amines derived from azo colorants
Formaldehyde content
Heavy metal content
Dimethyl fumarate content
Nitrosamines content
Phthalates content, etc
Odor and other requirements
(See Regulatory Recap: Issue 1, March 2015).
China Mandatory Standard for Infant and Children’s Textile Products, GB 31701-2015 to be Enforced View Story
In June 2016, China national standards for infants and children’s textile products, GB 31701-2015 will become mandatory. The standard specifies safety requirements, including:
Phthalate content
Colorfastness to wet rubbing
Accessories requirements
Stuffing and other requirements
(See Regulatory Recap: Issue 3, July 2015)
Once the standard is effective, a 2-year transition period will be given to products manufactured before June 1, 2016. The sale of these products in the China market will still be allowed if relevant standards are complied with. In addition to GB 31701-2015, textile products are still required to comply with GB18401-2010.
China Issues Administrative Measures for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Product (China RoHS 2) View Story
On January 21, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China issued China RoHS 2 in order to reduce and control the pollution from electrical and electronic waste. It will replace the current version of China RoHS (version 2006) starting from its effective date, July 1, 2016.
Compared to current version, China RoHS 2 changes its scope from electronic information products to electrical and electronic products, which are defined as:
All equipment and related products that relies on electric current or electromagnetic fields to work.
Equipment and related products that designed to produce, transmit and measure current and electromagnetic field. The use of voltage shall not exceed 1000 Volt for alternating current (a.c.) and 1500 Volt for direct current (d.c.)
Apart from changes in scope, China RoHS 2 prohibits the importation and sale of products containing following hazardous substances:
Lead and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds
Cadmium and its compounds
Chromium and its compounds
Poly-Brominated Biphenyls (PBB)
Poly-Brominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)
Other hazardous substances that regulated by national standard
To satisfy the requirements in China RoHS 2, relevant information of the above hazardous substances must be present in the label with Environmentally Friendly Use Period (EFUP) marking according to standard SJ/T 11364-2014, Marking for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products.
Hong Kong Updates Safety Standards for Toys and Children’s Products View Story
On January 10, 2016, the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2016 was published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette to update the safety standards for toys and some children’s products. The new law will come into force on October 1, 2016.
The updated standards for toys and children’s products are summarized in the table below:
Item Children’s Product Standard Current Standard (Repeal) New Standard (Substitute)
1 Toy British / European BS EN 71-1:2011+A3:2014 BS EN 71-1:2014
2 Toy British / European BS EN 71-3:2013 BS EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014
3 Toy International - ISO 8124-5:2015 “Safety of toys – Part 5: Determination of total concentration of certain elements in toys”
4 Toy British / European - BS EN 71-14:2014 “Safety of toys – Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use”
5 Babies dummies Australian AS 2432:2009 AS 2432:2015
6 Child care articles - Carry cots and stands. British / European BS EN 1466:2004+A1:2007 BS EN 1466:2014
7 Children’s high chairs and multi-purpose high chairs for domestic use American ASTM F404-14 ASTM F404-14a
8 Children’s paints British / European BS EN 71-3:2013 BS EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014
This summary is not intended to be exhaustive nor should it be construed as legal advice.
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How To Try YouTube Music in the Philippines and Asian Countries
YouTube Music is not yet available in the Philippines and other countries in Asia. You can however opt for beta or for early access if you are a developer. Or send a message to YouTube to get notification when this arrives, you can use the Twitter account TeamYouTube to get in touch with them.
YouTube launches YouTube Music, the web platform has announced that next Tuesday, May 22, 2018, will be active a new paid service of streaming music similar to Spotify and Apple Music.
The new service will allow you to watch videos without ads, to listen to music even by turning off the screen and creating personalized playlists.
The Liverpool-Real Champions League final on Saturday, May 26th will be streamed on YouTube through the BtSport channel.
Youtube Music will currently only be available in Australia, Mexico, South Korea, New Zealand and the United States. In the coming weeks it will also arrive in Italy.
The new streaming music service like Spotify, but YouTube, will be paid, at a cost of 10 dollars a month, but there will be an initial free trial period.
With YouTube Music it will be possible to watch music videos without the interruption of advertising and you can listen to music even by turning off the screen, thus overcoming the limit between the biggest of the music platform.
Spotify instead in the last period has canceled all accounts that used the premium version for free by circumventing the system through an unofficial application. On the market, however, there are free alternatives that allow you to listen to music for free: without advertising, choosing songs as you like, but especially offline.
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CHP: Salinas man dies dies in tractor crash
A man died after crashing his tractor down an embankment Wednesday morning.
CHP: Salinas man dies dies in tractor crash A man died after crashing his tractor down an embankment Wednesday morning. Check out this story on redding.com: http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2017/10/19/chp-salinas-man-dies-after-being-thrown-tractor/782155001/
Joe Szydlowski, Salinas Californian Published 3:59 p.m. PT Oct. 19, 2017
California Highway Patrol(Photo: The Salinas Californian)
Carlos Alberto Tinoco-Pamatz, 36, of Salinas, was pronounced dead at the crash site, near the intersection of Chualar Canyon Road and Old Stage Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Tinoco-Pamatz had been driving a New Holland tractor eastbound on a dirt road when he reached a 'T' intersection at about 5:45 a.m., CHP officers said in a press release.
He was going too fast for the foggy, early morning conditions, officers said. When he reached the intersection, he didn't stop and went through the "T" intersection and down an embankment, officers said.
The crash threw him from the tractor, according to the CHP.
He died at scene from his injuries, officers said. Neither drugs nor alcohol appear to have played a role in the crash, officers said.
Cal OSHA is also conducting its own investigation, the CHP said.
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Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc.
Submission to GMA re 2020
In Victoria alone, over 65,000 cases of family violence are reported to the police each year. It is not only women who are victims of this violence, children are also victims, either directly or indirectly by being exposed to the abuse.
In environments of family violence, children’s development of concern for others, empathy and remorse is disrupted. Empathy serves as a bridge to the emotional states of others. Humans are a social species for whom perspective taking and concern about others’ distress are central to healthy functioning since they promote interpersonal responsibility and inhibit harmful acts.
Children who lack empathy or concern for others are those most likely to grow into antisocial adults, and to continue the cycle of violence into the next generation. This often begins with the family companion animals since they are small enough for children to abuse. It can then graduate to other children and, in adulthood is likely to include other adults.
Research in several different countries, including Australia, has documented a relationship between family violence, child abuse and animal abuse. Abusive families expose children to abusive and cruel behaviours. Research has shown that children exposed to abuse are more likely to abuse animals compared to children in healthy families.
There is strong agreement between researchers and professionals that there is a “link” between violence toward people and violence toward animals (see:
http://nationallinkcoalition.org/
http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/pets/care-and-welfare/animals-and-people/the-link-between-animal-abuse-and-human-violence).
Animal abuse flags the strong likelihood that there are other forms of abuse occurring within the family, including sexual and physical abuse.
Whilst families play a central role in fostering or suppressing the development of empathy and compassion, societal and cultural factors are also important. The aggressive and antisocial behaviours of adults who have compromised empathy and who find pleasure in harming others are reinforced through legalised forms of cruelty, such as hunting or “recreational” shooting.
Killing animals in the form of hunting for purely recreational purposes is no less than a demonstration of compromised empathy and compassion. How could it be otherwise since deriving enjoyment from a behaviour that causes suffering and harm must be devoid of compassion. Suffering is an inevitable part of hunting. There are few quick deaths. For example, however at least one in four waterbirds shot, will not be killed but will die a slow and painful death elsewhere (see:
http://www.rspcavic.org/issues-take-action/duck-shooting/).
Legalising cruelty in the form of hunting only further exacerbates aggression and violence in families and in the greater community. It is particularly concerning that in Victoria, children as young as 12 years are encouraged to hunt since for them, confusing messages are communicated when certain cruel and aggressive behaviours are described as “normal” and even as “recreational” or “fun” whilst others are considered crimes and described as animal cruelty.
If governments are serious about curbing family violence, child abuse, and indeed all aggressive and violent behaviour, they will ban legalised forms of aggression and violence such as hunting. Instead, it is recommended that they introduce programs aimed at fostering the development of empathy and compassion such as humane education programs that teach children kindness toward all sentient beings and the environment (e.g.,
https://teachheart.org/).
It is through such interventions that cycles of violence can begin to broken.
Children, Hunting, Animal Cruelty and Violence in Society
Dr Eleonora Gullone is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at Monash University. This article is based on her work (see:
https://eleonoragullone.wordpress.com/)
including her 2012 book: Animal cruelty, Antisocial Behaviour and Aggression: More than a link. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Hampshire.
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The European Union’s Plan to Tackle Money Laundering
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Body-Worn Cameras: The Smart Technology Response to Retail Crime
Shocking new figures show that attacks on retail workers in the UK are on the rise, with over 42,000 violent incidents recorded in the last year alone. These attacks are costing retailers a staggering £900 million, at the same time placing the mental health of retail workers and...
£100 million Account Freezing Orders “largest granted” to National Crime Agency
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been granted Account Freezing Orders (AFOs) on eight bank accounts containing a total of more than £100 million which is suspected to have been derived from bribery and corruption in an overseas nation. The AFOs were obtained at Westminster...
Are Bribery and Corruption Being Overlooked by UK Authorities?
A new report published by the Fraud Advisory Panel alleges that the authorities are overlooking bribery and corruption in the UK. Syedur Rahman argues that, while some criticism is justified, the real picture isn’t quite so clear cut. According to the Fraud Advisory Panel,...
NHS Counter Fraud Authority outlines four priority action areas for 2019-2020
Each year, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) sets a number of priority areas for action based on the organisation’s latest evaluation of available intelligence on the fraud risks facing the NHS. The Authority’s strategic intelligence assessment based on data for the...
TrustArc research details privacy attitudes 12 months on from GDPR enforcement
TrustArc has unveiled the findings of an online study conducted by Ipsos MORI, the global research and consulting firm, on behalf of the data privacy management business. The survey polled individuals aged 16-75 in the UK about a number of issues surrounding the EU’s...
“Data privacy fines increased by £2 million in 2018” finds PwC’s Enforcement Tracker
Figures from PwC’s 2018 Privacy and Security Enforcement Tracker show the sum of monetary penalties issued to UK organisations for breaching data protection laws in 2018 totalled more than £6.5 million. That’s over £2 million more than in the previous year. In the fifth...
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Rowing Coaching Staff
The coaches and staff of the USRowing National High Performance Center are among the best in the nation – and all are focused on training the nation’s top rowers for international competition.
Reilly Dampeer, Head Coach and High Performance Program Director
USRowing National High Performance Center
Beginning her fourth season at the Oklahoma City High Performance Center and twelve year coaching rowing, Coach Dampeer continues to build a strong development program for rowing in the United States. Coach Dampeer has coached various national team athletes since 2010, at events including Senior, U23 and U19 World Championships, Pan American Games, and World Cups. In 2019, Dampeer coached Katelin Gildersleeve to a bronze medal finish in the women’s single at the U19 World Championships in Toyko and Privel Hinkati, of Benin, to qualification in the men’s single for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Dampeer came to Oklahoma in 2016 from Washington, DC, where she was the coach of a high performance club rowing program for eight years. She has also coached many athletes to the podium at National Championships, National Selection Regattas and other international events like Henley Royal Regatta and the Australian National Championships. Coach Dampeer is a participant in the U.S. Olympic Committee National Team Coach Leadership and Education Program. The goal of this program is to develop leadership skills in National Team coaches which, in turn, will help enhance the performance of National Team athletes and lead to sustained international competitive excellence. Dampeer’s expertise is in training program development, technical coaching and innovation in integrating emerging science in rowing.
As an athlete, Dampeer rowed for Santa Clara University for four years, and after college trained at several clubs around the country. She won a National Championship title in the Single, and represented the U.S. at the 2007 Pan American Games in the Single and Quadruple Sculls, taking silver in the Quad.
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Banking Update: Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA v. Khan and others [2013] All ER (D) 195 (Mar)
This case concerns a debt and possession action brought by Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA (“DB”) against various Defendants, both individuals and corporates, but essentially one large, prominent family in Pakistan (the “Khan family”).
DB had advanced over £50,000,000 to the Khan family between August 2007 and May 2008, taking conventional mortgages over various high value properties in London. Following the onset of the financial crisis in September 2008, however, property prices in London dramatically declined and, during 2008 and 2009, the Khan family failed to service the loans and/or provide alternative collateral to the satisfaction of DB. In March 2011 DB commenced proceedings for recovery of its debt and for possession of the charged properties.
The Khan family defended DB’s claim arguing that, amongst other things, DB had breached both the express and implied terms of the facility agreement entered into between the Khan family and DB (the “Facility Agreement”). The Khan family claimed that they would have borrowed more monies in 2007 had DB allowed them to draw down the maximum loan offered: such funds would have allowed certain properties to be developed and those properties could have been sold for a large profit and satisfied the debt.
The Commercial Court was asked to examine, amongst other things, the terms of the Facility Agreement in order to determine whether DB had indeed breached its terms.
Discussions commenced in June 2007 between the parties for DB to provide mortgage finance secured over some of the Khan family’s existing properties.
DB offered a facility of £66,000,000 to be drawn in various tranches secured against various properties, representing a 75% LTV. DB’s obligation to make the facility available to the Khan family was conditional (pursuant to clause 12 of the Facility Agreement (“Clause 12”)) upon DB receiving, prior to the date on which any tranche was to be drawn, in form and substance satisfactory to it, certain documents, including a report or valuation on each property addressed to DB and signed by a chartered surveyor and expressed to be for mortgage purposes.
A valuation of a particular property called “Dryades” was carried out in order to support the drawing of a particular tranche of £33,700,000. This valuation “had regard to the value of the site with the benefit of the existing planning consent for the single housing as well as the potential to achieve planning consent for the larger, more valuable apartment scheme”. The valuer valued the property:
(1) at £36,000,000, on the basis of the current planning permission for a substantial house (ignoring alternative development potential); and
(2) at £54,000,000, on the basis that planning permission was obtained for a scheme of substantial apartments.
In light of the above figures, the valuer concluded that the current market value of Dryades was £45,000,000. This was calculated as £36,000,000 plus 50% of the difference between (1) and (2) above on the basis that a purchaser would not pay the entire £54,000,000 in case planning permission was not obtained. A purchaser would, however, pay an additional £9,000,000 to reflect this “hope value”.
Pursuant to the terms of the Facility Agreement, the Khan family was able to draw down a tranche of £33,700,000 providing Clause 12 had been satisfied prior to drawdown. DB’s Credit Risk Management team was concerned about the ‘hope value’ in the valuation as it had an element of uncertainty and speculation; whilst it wanted to lend on the strength of £45,000,000 if possible, it was not prepared to do so without certain conditions being satisfied in order to protect its position. A retention was therefore suggested: DB offered to advance funds on the basis of the £45,000,000 valuation providing that the Khan family retained £10,000,000 until a formal legal and detailed planning consent had been issued by the Local Planning Authority. It later became apparent that the requested planning consent would not be obtained and so DB did not release the retention of £10,000,000.
One of the key issues that arose during the trial was whether Clause 12 of the Facility Agreement had been satisfied or, alternatively, whether Clause 12 would have been satisfied if DB, when exercising the discretion conferred upon it in Clause 12, was not capricious, irrational, arbitrary and/or perverse (NB it was an implied term of the Facility Agreement, arising from the case of Socimer Bank v. Standard Bank [2008], that DB would not exercise its discretion in such a way).
The Khan Family argued that prior to entering into the Facility Agreement, DB knew that Dryades had a market value of £45,000,000 which included a hope value of £9,000,000. DB could not therefore exercise its discretion under Clause 12 by reference to matters known before the Facility Agreement was entered into. Hamblen J disagreed. He commented that whilst all the indications were that the valuation in the final report would be £45,000,000 and that some people within DB were aware of the hope value issue prior to execution of the Facility Agreement, at the time of the Facility Agreement the final valuation had not been produced and it had not been considered by DB’s Credit Risk Management team. He held that the speculative and uncertain nature of the hope value element was a reasoned ground for DB’s decision and it was not capricious, perverse, irrational or arbitrary. DB was therefore not obliged to advance the £10,000,000.
This case is of interest, not because it established any ground breaking legal precedent, but for the fact that it is typical of the ferocity with which defendants on similar cases are defending themselves when lenders are seeking to take enforcement action. The interpretation of Clause 12 was just one of a myriad of defences raised by the defendants in this case. Various other defences were raised throughout the course of what started off as a simple debt and possession action, including arguments concerning whether the relationship between the parties was unfair within the meaning of the Consumer Credit Act, whether the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 were applicable and rendered certain terms of the Facility Agreement unfair, how to interpret default interest provisions and whether DB had made pre-contract misrepresentations to the borrower. All these defences were ultimately either dropped by the defendants before or during the trial or dismissed by Hamblen J.
This case also serves as a useful reminder of the Socimer implied term which requires parties not to act capriciously, irrationally, arbitrarily or perversely when exercising any discretion under the terms of a contract.
For further information, please contact James Walton or the Partner with whom you usually deal.
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About UsNews & Media The Rockefeller Foundation Names Louise Shea…
The Rockefeller Foundation Names Louise Shea as New Managing Director for Human Capital Management
NEW YORK — The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Louise Shea has been named managing director for the Foundation’s Office of Human Capital Management. Ms. Shea comes to the Foundation from the New York Public Library, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources since 2008. Over the past decade, Ms. Shea redesigned the NYPL’s human resources services to support the strategic direction of the institution and its mission for the future, including the creation of centers of expertise devoted to staff and professional development. At The Rockefeller Foundation, Ms. Shea will align the talent, culture, and values of the Foundation with the new strategic vision and direction of the organization.
Prior to joining NYPL, Ms. Shea led human resources for several global organizations, including as Vice President of Human Resources for the International Rescue Committee, serving a global workforce of 10,000 employees. As Acting Vice President of Human Resources at CARE, she managed the organization’s relocation from New York City to Atlanta. In addition, she has held management positions at Hipp Waters, the American Institute for Foreign Study, and Save the Children. She is a graduate of Syracuse University.
“Louise brings a deep level of experience in talent recruitment, management and building the systems and processes that will help our people and partners thrive in their work. She brings passion for human development and humanitarian assistance as well as expertise within the non-profit sector. As The Rockefeller Foundation charts a new path forward to ensure the benefits of progress and prosperity are shared by all, we are grateful to welcome Louise Shea as a key member of our leadership team,” said Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation.
As managing director for Human Capital Management, Ms. Shea will lead a team that builds and implements strategies to attract, develop, engage, and support a high-performing, results-driven and collaborative culture of continuous learning, transparency, and accountability.
“I’m so grateful to join The Rockefeller Foundation team,” said Louise Shea. “The Foundation has always attracted extremely talented, mission-driven people who want to make a better world. It’s an honor to take on this new role and lead a team focused on building a twenty-first century foundation that will continue to lead the field of philanthropy long into the future.”
Over the course of her career in non-profit and humanitarian-focused human resources and talent management, Ms. Shea’s work has focused on aligning human resources functions with the overall business strategy of each organization.
Michele Coleman Mayes, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for the New York Public Library, said, “Louise Shea is the type of human resources professional that forward-thinking organizations wish they had on their team. She is curious, optimistic, courageous and empathetic. She brings these attributes to bear when she confronts any situation. As a result, the positive changes the library has undergone with respect to talent management can be traced back to Louise. Indeed, some of these changes were difficult to make, but she was determined, demonstrating that she is a leader who embraces change not simply by reacting to it, but by making it happen.”
“Louise has a deep knowledge of all expects of human capital improvement and has an uncanny sensitivity to the critical issues that need focus,” said Philip Berry, President of Philip Berry Associates LLC. “Her results orientation when coupled with her attention to the details of process make her an extremely valuable player in any organization. She is astute at focusing on actions that yield results and when combined with her superb relationship building skills, ensures that she is a consummate professional.”
Ms. Shea begins her position on Monday, July 30.
The Rockefeller Foundation: Matt Herrick, mherrick@rockfound.org
About The Rockefeller Foundation:
For more than 100 years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Together with partners and grantees, The Rockefeller Foundation strives to catalyze and scale transformative innovations, create unlikely partnerships that span sectors, and take risks others cannot – or will not. For more information, please visit www.rockefellerfoundation.org
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4.30.2019 New Music
New Music: BURNS, A$AP Rocky, & Sabrina Claudio – ‘Energy’
BURNS, A$AP Rocky, and Sabrina Claudio bring all the feels on their new collaboration “Energy.”
Over the house-inspired beat, produced by BURNS, Rocky flexes his vocal chops as he shows off his chemistry with Sabrina, who adds her ethereal vocals. “Oh, it’s not just me / Don’t deny all this energy,” she sings.
During an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1, BURNS revealed how the track came together. “It was a beat that I made maybe a year ago,” said the British producer. “When I made it, I knew that it was something kind of special. It was in that house-y world, but it also had this urban feel to it too, and I wanted to do something crazy with the feature on there. I knew that it needed something very special to kind of bring it to life, and to bring it into this… I guess, it’s the American climate. I feel like we’re ready to dance now.”
Added Sabrina, “We would like to say we’re honored to have A$AP singing for the first time on our song. It’s super amazing…I was just so excited about it because I don’t normally write to dance, house music, but I was like, ‘Oh, I like this one.'”
Sabrina, who released her latest project No Rain, No Flowers in August, is now working on a new album. “I’ve been writing for about six months on my own stuff,” she revealed. “Definitely some sort of project album is in the works. But also a lot of collaborations.”
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Singer’s Statue Map
Exhibition: Casting the World: The Story of J.W. Singer & Sons, Frome
29th June – 28th July, Monday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm (closed Saturday 13th & 20th July). Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Frome, BA11 1DN. Free entry
Casting the World tells the story of J.W. Singer & Sons and the iconic monuments and statues made in Frome. The exhibition is based on years of research, at the centre of which are large-scale reproductions from the conserved Victorian glass plate negatives from the Singer’s archive. The images were nearly lost to history but for the quick thinking of one Singer’s employee who, in the 1970s, stopped boxes of glass plate negatives from being thrown into a skip and arranged for them to be donated to Frome Museum. Over 3,000 glass plate negatives and photographs survive, holding images of hundreds of artworks, large and small, produced at the foundry, and of some of the local people involved in their production. The exhibition will bring to light the incredible archive of images and tell the fascinating story of John Webb Singer and the legacy he created in Frome and beyond.
Exhibition: Son of Frome, Father of Design – Frome Museum
Until mid-November, Monday – Saturday & The Frome Independent market Sundays 10am – 2pm. FREE North Parade, Frome BA11 1AT
Workshops: Casting the World – Casting Studio Workshop at Black Swan Arts
5th – 14th July, Saturday & Sundays 10am | 11.30am | 1.00pm | 2.30pm at Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome, BA11 1BB
A year of exhibitions and events celebrating the life of John Webb Singer and the iconic sculptures, statues and civic works cast at J.W. Singer & Sons foundry in Frome.
Casting the World is a Rook Lane Arts Trust project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It is delivered with key partner Frome Museum Trust. The project is also supported by Frome Town Council, Frome Society for Local Study, The Alan Powell Trust and Johnson Controls and delivered with Frome Festival, Home in Frome, Frome Carnival, Black Swan Arts and Frome Learning Partnership.
© All content copyright Rook Lane Arts Trust 2019
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THE ROSE VALLEY CENTENNIAL FOUNDATION
A Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation
(Nonmembership)
1.1 The Rose Valley Centennial Foundation is organized, and shall be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes as may qualify it for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Laws). More specifically, the primary purpose of the RCVF is the preservation of buildings and land for historic, recreational, scenic or open space opportunities. The other purposes of the RVCF, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, shall be limited as not to impair its eligibility for, or the continuation of, its tax exempt state, as aforesaid.
2.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be at such location in Pennsylvania as the Directors may from time to time determine.
2.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Directors may select and the business of the Corporation shall require.
3.1 Membership Corporation. The Corporation shall have no members.
3.2 Honorary Titles. The Bylaws or the Board may create such classes of “membership,” such as contributing members or honorary members, as the Directors see fit, but such persons shall not have the rights of members under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the “Act”).
4.1 Powers. The Directors shall have all powers and duties for the conduct of the activities of the Corporation except as otherwise required by these Bylaws or a resolution duly adopted by the Board.
4.2 Qualifications of Directors. Each Director shall be an individual of at least 18 years of age, who must maintain a home in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.
4.3 Number, Election, Term. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than (3) or more than thirteen (13) persons as determined by the Board. Directors shall be chosen annually by the Directors at the annual meeting of the Directors and shall serve for terms of two (2) years. A Director may serve an unlimited number of terms. As nearly as possible, an equal number of terms shall expire each year.
4.4 Removal. Any Director may be removed from office, with or without the assignment of any cause, by a vote of a majority of the Directors in office at any duly convened meeting of the Board, provided that written notice of the intention to consider removal of such Director has been included in the notice of the meeting. No Director shall be removed without having the opportunity to be heard at such meeting, but no formal hearing procedure need be followed.
4.5 Quorum. A majority of all Directors shall constitute a quorum of the Board, and the acts of a majority of the Directors present at a duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board, unless a greater number is required by the Act or these Bylaws.[1]
4.6 Vote. Each Director shall be entitled to one (1) vote.
4.7 Unanimous Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the Directors in office and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.
4.8 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Directors shall be held on the third Thursday in October of each year at the registered offices of the Corporation upon ten (10) days notice or at such other time and place as the Directors shall determine.
4.9 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Directors shall be held as determined by the Board.
4.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President or by one-quarter of the Directors at any time. At least five (5) days notice stating the time, place and purpose of any special meeting shall be given to the members of the Board.
4.11 Teleconference Meetings. Any Director may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
4.12 Evaluation. The Directors shall at least every other year evaluate their own performance and the composition of the Board in terms of the skills, experience, diversity, and contributions of its members to identify ways it may improve its effectiveness by selection of new Directors and otherwise.
5.1 Positions, Election, Term. The officers of the Corporation shall include a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, if any, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Directors from among the Directors at the annual meeting of Directors and shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Directors may elect such other officers or assistant officers, who need not be members of the Board, as they deem appropriate from time to time.
5.2 Consecutive Terms. Officers may be elected for consecutive terms.
5.3 Duties. The duties of the officers shall include the following:
(a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Directors and Executive Committee; shall generally supervise the business of the Corporation; and shall execute documents on behalf of the Corporation. The President shall be an ex-officio member of every Corporation committee.
(b) A Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe or as the President may delegate.
(c) The Secretary shall assure that minutes are prepared and maintained for all meetings of the Board; shall assure that appropriate notice is given for all meetings of the Board; and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or by the President.
(d) The Treasurer shall assure that accurate accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the Corporation are maintained; shall cause financial reports to be provided to the Board as requested, but not less than once a year; and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or by the President.
5.4 Removal of Officers. Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation may be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of any person so removed.
6.1 Establishment. The Board may establish one or more committees to consist of one or more Directors of the Corporation. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board forming the committee, shall have and may exercise any of the powers and authority of the Board, except that no committee shall have any power or authority as to the following:
(a) The filling of vacancies on the Board.
(b) The adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws.
(c) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board.
(d) Action on matters committed by the Bylaws or by resolution of the Board to another committee of the Board.
If any person who is not a Director is appointed to any committee of the Board, such non- Director shall have no right to vote on any question that would create a binding obligation of the Corporation.
6.2 Appointment to Committees. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the President shall have the power to appoint and remove members and chairs of all committees and Advisory Boards.
6.3 Creation and Composition of Advisory Boards. The Corporation may, in its discretion, establish one or more Advisory Boards that may include persons who are not Directors. Such Advisory Boards shall have no power to bind the Corporation and shall have only such responsibilities and duties as may be delegated to them by the Board or the President.
RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
7.1 Resignations. Any Director or officer may resign such position at any time, such resignation to be made in writing and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the Corporation, unless some later time may be fixed in the resignation, and then from that date. The acceptance of the resignation shall not be required to make it effective.
7.2 Filling Vacancies.
(a) If a vacancy exists among the positions available for Directors, by virtue of a desire to fill unfilled positions, or by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, the Directors in office may choose a person or persons who may serve as a Director for the remainder of the applicable term(s).
(b) If the position of any officer becomes vacant, by an increase in the number of officers, or by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, the Directors may choose a person or persons who shall hold office for the remaining term.
MEETINGS AND NOTICE
8.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings may be held at such place within or without Pennsylvania as the Board may from time to time determine.
8.2 Notice. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person either personally or by sending a copy thereof by first class or express mail, postage prepaid, or courier service, charges prepaid, or by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, to that person’s address (or facsimile number or e-mail address) appearing on the books of the Corporation, or in the case of Directors, supplied by that person to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or courier service, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail, or deposited with a courier service for delivery to such person or, in the case of facsimile or electronic mail, when dispatched. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and any other information which may be required by the Act or these Bylaws.
8.3 Waiver of Notice. Any required notice may be waived by the written consent of the person entitled to such notice either before or after the time for giving of notice, and attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
8.4 Electronic Mail. Any action which may be done, or is required to be done, in writing under these Bylaws or the Act, including agreement to a unanimous written consent, shall be valid if sent and received by electronic mail.
LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 General Rule. A Director shall not be personally liable for monetary damages as a Director for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, unless:
(a) the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of Director in accordance with the standard of conduct contained in Section 5712 of the Act and any amendments and successor acts thereto; and
(b) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness;
Provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not apply to (a) the responsibility or liability of a Director pursuant to any criminal statute or (b) the liability of a Director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, state or federal law.
9.2 Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any officer or Director who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, (and whether or not by, or in the right of, the Corporation) (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a representative of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for-profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reason to believe such conduct was illegal, provided, however, that no person shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article in any instance in which the action or failure to take action giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness; and provided, further, however, in instances of a claim by or in the right of the Corporation, indemnification shall not be made under this section in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the registered office of the Corporation is located or the court in which the action was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court of common pleas or other court shall deem proper.
9.3 Procedure. Unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under Section 9.2 or otherwise permitted by law shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth under that section. Such determination shall be made:
(1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to the action or proceeding; or
(2) if such a quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
9.4 Advancement of Expenses. The Corporation shall advance expenses incurred by an officer or Director who may be eligible for indemnification pursuant to this Article in defending a Proceeding unless such Proceeding is brought against the person by or in the right of the Corporation, and may advance such expenses in any case in which it decides indemnification may be appropriate, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
9.5 Continuing Right to Indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided pursuant to this Article shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be an officer or Director of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
9.6 Other Rights. This Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which the Corporation may have to indemnify any person as a matter of law.
10.1 The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and the Bylaws may be amended only by a majority of all Directors at any duly convened meeting of Directors after notice of such purpose has been given, including a copy of the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected thereby.
11.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December.
11.2 Policies. The Board shall adopt policies dealing with conflicts of interest, whistleblower protection, and document retention and destruction.
11.3 Headings. In interpreting these Bylaws, the headings of articles shall not be controlling.
11.4 Bond. If required by the Board, any person shall give bond for the faithful discharges of his or her duty in such sums and with such surety as the Board shall determine.
11.5 Subventions. The Corporation shall be authorized, by resolution of the Directors, to accept subventions on terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Act and to issue certificates therefor.
11.6 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in circular form and shall bear the name of the Corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Pennsylvania 2012.
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Striker deal completed
Rovers have secured their second signing of the day with the capture of highly-rated striker Bangaly-Fodé Koita.
Hot on the heels of the arrival of Sacha Petshi, the midfielder is joined at Ewood Park by fellow Frenchman 'Fodé' on a two-year deal.
"I'm very happy to be here, it is my dream to play in England and now my dream has come true," Koita told Rovers Player.
"I want to work hard and I hope I win many games for my new team.
"In France the game is more technical, but here it is physical, it is very strong. I am here to learn and to do my best.
"I am really excited because I have waited to be here and now I am, I want to be happy."
A former France Under-21 international, the 24-year-old started out at Montpellier, before enjoying successful loan spells at Lens and Le Harve.
In 2013, the exciting Paris-born striker joined fellow Ligue 1 side Caen, where he scored seven goals in 59 appearances during a two-year spell.
Rovers Player subscribers will be able to see our interview with Fode shortly.
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"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience." - Ludwig van Beethoven
Facebook Chatbots May Change the Way You Communicate
April 11, 2016 By Amanda Blankenship 1 Comment
The F8 conference, Facebook’s annual developer conference, will be held later this week and the company seemingly has a lot of plans in store for the social media website and app. Evidently, the Facebook developing crew is looking into ways to lure back the younger crowd. It plans to explore the ideas and ways to do this in San Francisco later this week.
One of the biggest things Facebook is used for is for its chat feature. Facebook developers are looking into ways to make this feature more appealing to the younger crowd as well as keep it user friendly.
The company’s Messenger app is one of its most widely-used features. Facebook developers are looking into developing a chatbot for the Messenger app. This “chatbot” will essentially be an artificial intelligence within the app.
This new feature will essentially simulate conversations with real-life human beings. The ultimate goal of the company is to completely change how people communicate. Whether it be with your friends, business partners or your family, Facebook wants you to think of its Messenger app as a way to communicate.
“Bots are conversational so they are a natural extension of how we like to communicate and what we like to do,” said Julie Ask, an analyst. It is “like having an assistant. You can chat with the bot, ask the bot to do things for you, like order take-out or get a new lipstick.”
The chatbots will offer some interesting new things to Facebook’s Messenger app, but that is not the only thing Facebook is talking about changing at the F8 conference this week.
Because it’s a developer’s conference, they will be talking about a number of other things as well. They will likely be talking about chatbots and how businesses will be able to use them to better communicate with other businesses as well as clients and customers. The bots could potentially do away will 1-800 numbers for businesses altogether (if they are implemented to their fullest extent).
Another analyst, Patrick Moorhead, said that he expected to only see the bots in Messenger to start, however, it will likely be expanded to the website’s search tool as well. It will also give Facebook a chance to keep people on the website versus being redirected. For instance, with advertisements, many people click on the ad and are taken away from Facebook. The chatbot would be able to interact with the user and get them to stay on Facebook versus leaving and going to something like Amazon.com.
The new feature will make things like restaurant reservations on short notice easy to do. Stores and restaurants will be able to benefit from the feature as well. Many people who answer the phones at these establishments answer the same questions all night long. The chatbots will also be able to provide easy information to people without having to get off Facebook to do so.
Many analysts believe that Facebook will come out strong after the F8 conference this year. Not only are they making strides to appeal to a younger audience, but the social media website (which is the largest in the world) is also making strides to make life a little easier for its user. They will help businesses as well as help the transition between the site and other content work more seamlessly.
It is not yet certain whether these changes will be implemented or (if they are approved) when they will be implemented, but be on the look out for changes within your Facebook apps in the coming months.
Flickr: Photo: Sarah Marshall
Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, chatbot, F8 conference, facebook, Facebook chatbots, Facebook developers, Facebook messenger app, San Francisco Facebook conference
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Summerset Retirement Villages' 200th Lifemark home
Saturday, 27 November 2010, 5:52 pm
Press Release: Summerset
Summerset Retirement Villages constructs its 200th Lifemark home
Summerset Retirement Villages has demonstrated its commitment to Lifetime Design with the completion of its 200th Lifemark home.
Consumer advocate David Russell presented a Lifemark certificate to Jude Keown, daughter of homeowner Aileen Harper, at Summerset by the Lake in Taupo. The Lifemark ambassador and former head of the Consumers’ Institute was joined at the ceremony in Wharewaka Road by Rick Cooper, Mayor of Taupo.
The building sector’s equivalent to Tourism New Zealand’s Qualmark, homes awarded the Lifemark have 33 design features including a level entry, widened doors and passageways, all aimed at making the house accessible for everyone and easy to adapt as residents’ needs change over time.
Research by the Ministry of Social Development shows that the housing sector could save up to $60 million a year by choosing this new design and build approach for new housing.
Andrew Olsen, general manager of Lifetime Design, which administers the Lifemark, said: “Summerset is committed to designing and building homes that are fully accessible and useable by all people including friends and family who visit. It’s evident that a cultural shift is occurring and while transforming New Zealand’s housing stock is a long-term process, the change has started. I would like to think it will be just part of the way we do things in New Zealand.”
Norah Barlow, chief executive at Summerset, said: “Summerset was the first retirement village operator in New Zealand to be awarded the Lifemark and we are of course delighted to reach this important milestone at Summerset by the Lake. Lifemark offers new retirees additional peace of mind about their lifestyle investment. There are very few “old people” in our villages, but there are many senior folk getting the very best out of life with Lifemark helping them get the best out of their homes, too.”
David Russell added: “My congratulations to the Summerset and Lifemark teams. Summerset identified early on the need for, and the benefit of, the Lifemark. Designing homes to last a lifetime is crucial because the demand for housing suitable for all ages and all stages of life is set to rise significantly over the next 30 years as the population ages.”
Summerset’s recent work in developing high quality retirement housing has been recognised at an award ceremony honouring the best providers in the industry.
The company has recently won a top accolade at the 12th Australasian Over-50s Housing Awards at a ceremony held in Melbourne, Australia, on 5th November 2010 for its ground-breaking work in the sector in recent years.
Summerset won the highest award in the "Most Outstanding Retirement Village Management Company in Australia and New Zealand 2010" category, beating off competition from numerous other organisations in the sector.
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Council Member Randy Walton's Biography
Randy Walton was elected to his first term on the San Marcos City Council in November 2018.
A resident of San Marcos for 20 years, Randy holds a bachelors degree from the University of California San Diego and a law degree from California Western School of Law. He is also a member of the California Bar.
Randy has been an active volunteer in the community for more than a decade, working with organizations such as San Marcos Youth Baseball, San Marcos High School Surf Team, Valley of Discovery Education Foundation, and the Ridgeline Protection Taskforce. Currently, he is a board member for The San Marcos Promise, which strives to guide and support San Marcos students on their journeys to college and career.
Prior to serving on the San Marcos City Council, Randy served as a governing board member of the San Marcos Unified School District for ten years.
Randy’s top goal as an incoming City Council Member is to protect, preserve and improve the high quality of life resident enjoy by living in San Marcos, and to maintain a healthy economic environment for those who do business here.
On the City Council, Randy plans to focus on fire prevention and action plans to ensure that the San Marcos Fire Department has what it needs to prevent and fight fires, update and improve evacuation plans, and—under the guidance of the San Marcos Fire Department—educate residents about being prepared, having a plan and helping to keep the community safe.
In addition to public safety, Randy will work to continued partnerships with the San Marcos Unified School District to build solutions so that San Marcos schools continue to be top rated in North County.
Randy has been married to Kristen for 25 years and together they have two sons, Redmond and Ryan. Redmond is a senior at UC Santa Cruz (and San Marcos High School alum), and Ryan is a senior at San Marcos High School.
In addition to serving on the City Council, Randy owns Walton Law Firm, a personal injury law firm based here in San Marcos. He and his wife are also the proprietors of Walton Lemon Farm, a commercial citrus grove that produces certified organic lemons here in San Marcos.
In his free time, Randy enjoys surfing around North County beaches and currently coaches the San Marcos High School surf team, reigning state champions.
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New Zealand Ministry of Social Development
New Zealand Ministry of Social Development • A Data for Good Story
We have a golden opportunity in the social sector to use advanced analytics to transform the lives of New Zealanders, and that’s what we're doing. Paula Bennett Minister of Social Development in 2014
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The New Zealand Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a government agency responsible for providing citizens with social services. It spends $22 billion a year providing child protection and youth, family and employment services to more than a million New Zealanders in need. Visit its website at msd.govt.nz.
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The MSD knew its system was due for an overhaul, but first it needed to understand more about the people who were on welfare – and that's where SAS technology comes in. SAS Analytics not only helped MSD learn more about its social welfare dependents, it also helped the agency predict the probability of citizens becoming dependent in the future.
Transforming welfare helps people who need it most, while minimizing long-term dependencies.
Spending public funds responsibly was a priority for this agency, so it knew it needed to target services where they were needed and reduce costs as much as possible.
Learning more about who was on welfare – and why – became an integral first step to making changes to the system, but gaining that type of insight from data is impossible without analytics.
Predicting who might become dependent on welfare was key to creating a strategy to minimize future dependencies. MSD needed technology that could perform predictive risk modeling.
Focusing efforts on those who need it most remained a key initiative. It was made possible when SAS Analytics helped the agency understand its clientele and develop strategies to target high-risk groups.
SAS® helped MSD learn more about welfare recipients, and ultimately improve services.
By analyzing its big data, MSD learned more about who needed social services – and then created a plan to address those needs.
New Zealanders are becoming less reliant on the welfare system: Benefit figures are at a five-year low, with projected savings of $1 billion over four years.
Employment increased 9.3 percent for young adults.
8,000 single parents came off benefit, representing a 9.4 percent drop.
SAS® technology became an integral tool for welfare transformation.
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Transforming social welfare with analytics
New Zealand Ministry of Social Development uses big data to profoundly improve the lives of citizens
Social welfare accounts for nearly a quarter of New Zealand’s gross domestic product. Tasked with improving services while spending these funds responsibly, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is transforming its welfare system with the help of SAS Analytics.
MSD is New Zealand’s largest government agency. It spends $22 billion a year providing child protection and youth, family and employment services to more than a million New Zealanders in need. But with data showing that a startling 13 percent of the working population is on an adult benefit – many of whom had been on benefit for a decade – the agency knew a change was needed. “The welfare system was not providing people with the support they needed to build a better future for themselves,” says Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Development in 2014.
The agency began examining ways of reducing long-term benefit dependency. MSD’s research uncovered that a third of its total liability was attributable to those who entered the welfare system under the age of 18, and a further 40 percent was attributable to those who entered between 18 and 20 years old. It became clear if MSD was going to significantly reduce benefit dependency, it needed to focus its efforts on struggling young people.
A smarter strategy
Out of these findings emerged what MSD refers to as the “investment approach,” a strategy designed to achieve better social and fiscal outcomes through smarter targeting of services. As with a commercial marketing campaign, the key objective is to optimize spending on various initiatives to achieve the best results. But while the private sector provides a more targeted service to increase customer retention, MSD aims to use better targeting to improve outcomes and decrease retention – that is, support New Zealanders to be less reliant on the welfare system.
“By taking the same approach to data analytics that the corporate sector has been doing for decades, MSD saw a huge opportunity to learn more about who receives benefit and to make better decisions about the support and investment they need,” Bennett says.
The first step was creating a data model to estimate the risks of welfare dependency among the most vulnerable group: teen parents and young people unable to live with their families. By matching and analyzing data across several government agencies using SAS Data Management, MSD was able to predict the probability of this population going on to an adult benefit and, in turn, offer targeted services intended to reduce their long-term benefit dependency. Such services included being matched with a personal mentor, learning budgeting skills and receiving more education or training.
The strategy worked, as findings revealed that those who received the extra investment moved onto an adult benefit at the lowest level in five years, with employment rising 9.3 percent.
I now hear from single parents every week who are grateful for the support they receive from case managers … people who are often the first to ask them what they want to do with their lives and then help them find work. Paula Bennett Minister of Social Development in 2014
Better targeting, better outcomes
MSD decided to take its investment approach a step further and performed a baseline valuation of the entire welfare system. The agency used 20 years of historical data to calculate the lifetime cost of everyone in the welfare system. What it found was astonishing. The valuation showed that future unemployment benefit payments – where MSD’s interventions had been focused – made up only 5 percent of the country’s overall welfare costs. With the total lifetime cost of all beneficiaries at $78 billion, there was clear value in extending the investment approach to other groups.
This insight led to a greater focus on identifying and targeting these high-risk groups. Using campaign management capabilities from the SAS Customer Intelligence suite, MSD can run real-time trials to determine what works fast and track the impact of different initiatives.
MSD also turned its attention to single parents. Through targeted investments in education and job placement, 8,000 single parents came off benefit – a 9.4 percent drop.
“This is light years away from how it was in the past … with every person on benefit getting the same support,” Bennett says. “I now hear from single parents every week who are grateful for the support they receive from case managers … people who are often the first to ask them what they want to do with their lives and then help them find work.”
Protecting the vulnerable
Looking ahead, MSD is exploring the use of predictive risk modeling to help anticipate and curtail child abuse. Data shows that two-thirds of people on benefit at age 16 or 17 first came to the attention of MSD’s Child, Youth and Family unit as children. Moreover, 90 percent of those recipients lived in benefit-dependent homes at some stage in childhood. A high correlation has been shown between child abuse and being in an environment that is welfare-dependent. “These programs are interlinked,” Bennett says. “If we don’t protect these vulnerable children, chances are extremely high they will end up trapped on welfare later in life.”
One form of support for these young adults is MSD’s Youth Service, a program designed to help them gain skills for employment through education, training and work-based learning. “Prior to Youth Service, most of these young people were disconnected from school and had no qualifications,” Bennett says. “Now four out of five young people enrolled in Youth Service are in education or training. This is a great result, particularly when you consider the backgrounds of most of these young people. Many have come from dysfunctional or abusive families.”
Signs of success
With analytics at the heart of welfare reform, MSD is using its huge amount of information to provide better support to those who need it. It has transformed the way MSD targets its service-based investments and has enabled the agency to concentrate efforts on those who need it most. This translates to greater savings of taxpayer money as well as better futures for people and their families.
After just a few years, early results of the investment approach have been positive. Benefit figures are at a five-year low, and with projected savings of $1 billion over four years, other government agencies are looking to follow in MSD’s footsteps.
With technology as the tool for transformation, much of the program’s success can be attributed to cooperation across government. Laws have been changed to facilitate the sharing of data between agencies, a move that has allowed MSD to see beyond case-by-case issues and gain a lifetime view of its clients.
“We have a golden opportunity in the social sector to use advanced analytics to transform the lives of New Zealanders,” Bennett says. “And that’s what we’re doing.”
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tv Book Discussion on The Selected Letters of Willa Cather CSPAN August 11, 2015 6:24pm-6:35pm EDT
time. he said to the judge, in a very loud voice, is a term project, that that hand is not the color of yours. but if you pierce it, you sh all feel pain. the blood that port for my hand is the same color as yours. i am a man. the same god made us both. talk he got done with his about it was so eloquent, then , women began to cry in the back of the courthouse. even the brigadier general was so moved my standing bear's oratorical powers and by the heartfelt message that he was trying to deliver to the courtroom that the defendant in from the he got it
defense table and went over and shook standing bear's hand. that was not all that common in the 1870's either. but from all accounts, it was a pretty magical moment on the corner of 15th and the corner of 15th and dodge on may 2, 1879. i think if you have the proper people what is standing bear there are many answers, but there are many who kin toe that he is a the martin luther king of native americans. he was, in the minds of many , the and native americans first civil rights hero this country has ever produced. ponca see him in that vein. they see him as a civil rights hero,r, is a civil rights who went into the white man's
court and be the white man at his own game. thehis freedom, and started native people on the path that eventually led to indian rights indian citizenship and becoming a part of the dominant culture. >> up next, on the c-span cities to her, the letters of will encounter, the university of nebraska graduate and novelist who wrote about frontier life on the great plains. >> will encounter is one of the most apparent in writers of the american century. she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime before she died except for the nobel prize. when the first american won the nobel prize he went around telling everybody will account or really should have one. she was known for some of her
masterpieces like my aunt in the comes for the archbishop, the last lady, and many others. also really important to nebraska, to lincoln and tumor hometown of red cloud nebraska because she went to the university of nebraska lincoln from 1895. she wrote about the risk that in many deaths nebraska in many of her works. influence ona huge literature, both in the united states, and abroad as well. many well-known writers continue to cite her as one of the primary influences. she died in 1947, and in 1943 she had made a well which had a few restrictions in it. one of which was she did not want her letters to be published or quoted in full or in part. that was in the same part of the well which did not want her books adapted into films, plays,
etc.. she wanted to control to some degree how people experienced her work. she wanted her novel to be the way she was known to the public. this meant for years that people do not know about her letters. if they did know about it, and they had the opportunity, they could not write about it very clearly. they could summarize her letters, but they could not ever quote them. and has been a huge problem barrier and understanding who she was, what she was about. she left behind at least 3000 letters that we know about now. those letters are all over the world in different repositories. but we are fortunate that it is collections are here in nebraska. in her well she also left one more important thing. she left it to the soul discretion of her executors whether or not she -- they enforce her preference.
now the executor of her estate is the will encounter trust. it is a partnership of two educational organizations. the university of nebraska foundation and the weather calendar -- will it gathered foundation. she believes that she belongs to our shared heritage and that we should know more about her. we respected her wishes for overseas to five years, and now we letters the through herself through her letters, and others what she says. let them be available. when we first came at the archives, and i worked her, i was able to read some words that had never been available to anybody before onset of her family, outside of those who received the letter originally. i thought these words should be part of what we know about how
, she beegulated herself famous and well known because they will mean something to people, beyond me, beyond specialist. we have many letters. one that i particularly like that i think gets to the pweower of letter writing as a genre, it has the ability to communicate certain things emotionally because there is an immediateness to it. sometimes there is a roughness of language. some of her letters are quite refined, but this one has a roughness to it. she writes to her brother roscoe about being a writer, and about what has given her the strength, what makes her style something
that people like. i'll read a passage. she writes it from jeffrey, new hampshire, near where she is buried today. in 1938, on the heels of the death of her brother douglas and isabel,h of her friend she is a lot of pain and she is at the place where she has written so much. alone at this hotel in the woods where i have done most of my best work and where the proprietors are so kind to me. andnished anotntonia here begin the archbishop. the best part of all my books was here. elizabeth came four months after douglas's death. no other living person cared as much about my work as she did. as for me, i care too much about people and places.
it made me as a writer but what will break me in the end. i feel as if i cannot go another step. people say have a classic style. a few of them know it is the simple words that come. i really learned if you love your theme enough you can be as mild as a main morning and make people care. the one thing, that simple caring for an old cat, an old anything, and margie was a woman they loved dearly, i never cultivated it. from the age of 20 on, i did all i could to repress it. that effort did give me a fairly good style. the person himself, would he was born with and what he has done for himself o." there are also different tones in her letters. and this one is a different ti me of her life, when she is feeling the first rush of success as a writer, as an
artist. right after the novel "my tonia" came out in 1918. she loved to tell a family about all the things going well for her ph you wrote this on thanksgiving day. oe, i'md, my dear roscie so glad that you and father and mother like this book. most of the critics seem to find this the best book i have done. all of the critics find it so ours to take -- so artistic. it exist in an atmosphere of its own, and atmosphere of pure bea uty. nonsense. it is the atmosphere of my grandmother's kitchen, nothing else. are lots of people who cannot write anything to themselves, yet recognize it when they see it. and whatever is really true is true for all people. as long as one says, will people stand this or that? one gets nowhere appeared you
have to be utterly commonplace or do the same people don't want. no really new and original thing is wanted. things have to learn to like new things. -- people have to learn to like new things. when she was a little girl, she did not want to wear the frilly centuryof the late 19th she cut her hair short and called himself a encounter -- and called herself william cap other -- cather m.d. we arranged aok, chronologically so people could read it somewhat like an autobiography and letters. and we wanted people to get a sense of this person. but also what it is like to be a woman who was an independent artist in the late 19th and early 20th century when that was not a common thing to be. anu
Book Discussion on The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
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International teaching and learning award for Professor Wyn Morgan
Professor Wyn Morgan, our Vice-President for Education, has been honoured with an award for outstanding contribution to teaching and learning.
The prestigious award from the Agricultural Economics Society (AES) was presented at the AES official dinner yesterday (Tuesday 25 April) in Dublin. The dinner forms part of the AES annual conference, at which society members from across the world come together to discuss ground-breaking research and crucial current affairs.
Wyn said: “I am deeply honoured to receive this award. Thank you to the Agricultural Economics Society and to my colleagues at Bournemouth and Nottingham for nominating me. And thank you to everyone I work with – it’s your team work and dedication that makes any of these achievements possible.”
Wyn was nominated for this award by colleagues at the Universities of Bournemouth and Nottingham who have high praise for his progressive teaching and learning and his pioneering contribution to e-learning. The nomination also refers to the research-led nature of Wyn’s teaching; he is an established scholar in the agricultural economics profession with over 80 academic works to his name including a leading textbook of microeconomics that is the preferred undergraduate text in economics departments across the world.
During his first year in post here in Sheffield, Wyn led the development of our new Learning and Teaching Strategy to shape the next five years of provision at the University, which involved consultation with over 600 staff and students. This strategy has recently been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017.
I am deeply honoured to receive this award...thank you to everyone I work with – it’s your team work and dedication that makes any of these achievements possible.
professor wyn morgan
Wyn regularly holds learning and teaching forums for colleagues to discuss current learning and teaching priorities, tackle problems and explore potential future developments. He has also recently begun to hold open door sessions for staff, and also convenes director of learning and teaching forums as well as leading Ask Your University sessions in collaboration with the Students' Union.
The current work on digital innovations and developments here at Sheffield demonstrates Wyn’s passion for how we might use technologies to enhance learning, spaces for learning and ways in which students learn.
In September Wyn, along with colleague Louise Woodcock, will be representing Sheffield at the European University Association Forum, contributing to a research and teaching thematic peer group. We are one of only two UK universities to be successful in securing a place and this is testament to Wyn’s focus on research-led teaching.
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About the Agricultural Economics Society
With over 300 members across 65 countries, the AES is an internationally renowned association of agricultural economists. Its work promotes the study and teaching of agricultural economics along with related disciplines, such as food marketing, environmental studies and statistics. Combining expertise from around the world, the society applies crucial research to advance the food and environmental industries.
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"I've got a story to tell you," Ricki Tarr says. "It's all about spies."
I fell into a familiar comfort zone this past weekend, and watched Smiley's People again. I needed something reliable and even stately, after the random disturbances of late.
George Smiley was introduced in Call for the Dead (filmed in 1967 as The Deadly Affair), but he slips out from the wings, almost apologetically, and takes center stage in the Karla trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; and Smiley's People. He has a couple of curtain calls later on, but they're essentially cameos.
Smiley's been played by James Mason, Denholm Elliott, and Gary Oldman. For most of us, including John le Carre, Alec Guinness holds the crown. Nor has le Carre been poorly served, for the most part, by the movies. Deadly Affair and Spy Who Came in from the Cold are both excellent. On the down side, the feature film iterations of The Little Drummer Girl, The Russia House and Tinker, Tailor aren't as successful - probably due to the necessities of compression. A Wanted Man and The Tailor of Panama fall somewhere in the middle. The books work better as TV miniseries, when they're given room to breathe. Not that the long form is foolproof. A Perfect Spy and The Night Manager both suffer from being over-faithful and leaving in too much.
Which is where the BBC/Guinness versions of Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People seem so exact, rigorous narratives that still allow for silence, melancholy, inhalation, even the appearance of accident, although no detail is accidental in George Smiley's world. "Topicality is always suspect," he says, in Tinker, Tailor. In other words, when you buy intelligence product, it pays to be skeptical if the product fits your needs too perfectly. And he's of course proven right: the Witchcraft material is manufactured, it's been carefully massaged to send all the wrong signals.
My particular weakness for Smiley's People is I think due to its structural integrity. It doesn't have, for example, anything like the extraordinary supporting turn by Ian Richardson as Bill Haydon - although Bernard Hepton as Toby Esterhase comes close. It simply seems all of a piece.
Originally, the producers meant to follow the story arc of the complete trilogy, starting with Tinker, Tailor, following with Honorable Schoolboy, and wrapping with Smiley's People. Schoolboy apparently presented production difficulties, and they skipped it. Quite honestly, Schoolboy is the weakest of the three books, but more to the point, Smiley isn't in fact the lead actor. It makes dramatic sense to move on to book three. (It actually took five years in between.)
When it was first shown on the BBC, radio guy Terry Wogan ran a weekly feature called, "Does anybody know what's going on?" Let's storyboard Smiley's People out.
The old lady in Paris writes the General in London. He, in turn, takes a bullet in the face on Hampstead Heath. George, the old man's former vicar, is called in to clean up the mess and put the whole thing to bed. George smells a rat. What is it Toby Esterhase tells him? Karla is looking for a legend for a girl (a legend, in the jargon, is a manufactured biography, a cover story). And with only this to go on, George begins to tease out the plot.
The plausible back-story, the collateral. Otto's pal in Hamburg, the sex-club owner. The spymaster's mistress, and her hidden child. The secret Swiss bank account and the fumbling Russian diplomat in Bern. The long coat-tails of KGB's foreign operations, and why in this particular instance the organs themselves can't be trusted.
Of course it's a tangle. How not? The method is that we learn only as much as George learns, although he might very well be a step ahead of us, from habit and his larger experience. But how he proceeds has a firm logic. Toby, then Connie Sachs, which leads him to Claus at the club in Hamburg, to the kids house-sitting Otto's place, and the campground, with Otto's boat moored in the shallows and the music unbearably loud, to drown out the torment.
The formality, the inexorability, makes it all the more satisfying. Smiley gathers his resources, and closes his hand. The title is a pun, not simply Smiley's crew, his favored inside team, but his people in the sense that Kipling used it, Mine Own People, Great Britain and the British. There isn't much of the moral relativism le Carre is sometimes faulted for. Smiley's defeat of Karla isn't ambiguous, in spite of the cigarette lighter Karla discards on the cobblestones. The win is personal.
Smiley, then, represents a certain kind of Englishness. Decent and disciplined. The war generation, We Happy Few. They took on Hitler, and then fought the Cold War. "Survivor of every battle since Thermopylae," Connie Sachs says. Le Carre himself might smile, and shake his head, to imagine George characterized that way. But he's said in the past that a country's spy services reflect the nation's character. Mossad, KGB, MI-6, CIA. The way they conduct operations reveals their inner nature and their calculation of political gain or loss.
Smiley is also betrayed by his wife (with his best friend, who's also of course a Soviet asset), and you could make the case that British SIS, once dominant, is the cuckold of the intelligence world, abandoned and orphaned by its CIA stepchild. Or perhaps that's too fanciful. Let's just say that Smiley, like Alec Guinness, is emblematic of his time and class. We might even be allowed to think of class as the key to Smiley, his protective coloration. He navigates the currents, eddies in still waters, and waits his turn.
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The Mighty Wurlitzer
Lara Prescott's novel The Secrets We Kept is about CIA's successful efforts in the late 1950's to bootleg Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, which Novy Mir had refused to publish in the USSR. The manuscript was smuggled out, and translated into Italian. CIA arranged for the first Russian-language edition, hoping to embarrass the Kremlin. They got more than they hoped for when Pasternak won the Nobel Prize but was discouraged (to put it mildly) from accepting. For the Soviet Union, it was a public-relations disaster, the engines of terror fearful of a poet.
The Secrets We Kept is deliciously juicy, on any number of levels, and terrifically serious. The catty asides, on the one hand, the abyss of the Gulag on the other. The voices carry the story, and the sense of period is absolutely convincing. I highly recommend it, as a fiction - although I don't imagine Lara Prescott needs my help, she's getting a lot of good press - but also in the documentary sense, as a corrective. The history is genuine.
White propaganda, so-called, is basically information, although it may well be slanted in your favor. Think, for example, the Voice of America, or Radio Moscow. You know the source. Grey, though, is more along the lines of a false-flag operation, where a story, pro or con, might be planted in a supposedly neutral (or even hostile) media environment. Black propaganda is deniable. The provenance isn't traceable.
Back in the 50's and 60's, this effort was managed with a certain sophistication, as well as brute force. The legendary Frank Wisner, one of CIA's clandestine chiefs, called it "the Mighty Wurlitzer," and it was an instrument Wisner played well. The coordination of underlying narrative is a tool of spycraft, generally, as in the development of a legend, using false background material or selective truths, but Wisner wasn't just selling ice to Eskimos, he was developing a brand. He was mythologizing America, and American virtues, as dedicated countermeasures against Stalinist myth and methodology.
This exemplifies and defines the Cold War. The crazy thing to me is how it's redefined itself, and metastasized, in the present day. Obviously, you can blame the Internet, or social media, but there seems to be something more afoot. We've internalized this Wall of Noise. One of the standard practices of Intelligence is discrimination. All information isn't equal. The phenomenon we're seeing now is that everything has the same weight, that it deserves a hearing. Which gives rise to dense constructions of unreason, hysteria, alternative realities. You have to wonder if it's a symptom, or the disease itself. It's like the Black Death, in the Middle Ages. It made no sense, it struck down the evil and the virtuous alike, the young, the old, the hale, the sick. It didn't matter. There was no explanation, other than the Hand of God. This is like some willed, mass brain death, a plague of information noise. What will the post-Apocalyptic world be like? One thing we might wish for is a large, empty silence.
Labels: Boris Pasternak, David Edgerley Gates, Doctor Zhivago, Frank Wisner, Lara Prescott, the Cold War
Our Discontents
Edward Snowden has a book out, called Permanent Record, wherein he explains himself, and his betrayal of his country's secrets. Jonathan Lethem gives it a very sympathetic and thoughtful reading in The New York Review of Books:
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/10/24/edward-snowden-labyrinth
I've never pretended to have much sympathy for Snowden, myself. He's a defector in all but name, and did make love to this employment. Esli igrat' ovsta, vstretit' volk blizko, Russian folk wisdom has it. "If you act the sheep, you'll meet a wolf nearby."
I SNOWDEN
Snowden's storyline is different from, say, Daniel Ellsberg's. Ellsberg knowingly put himself in jeopardy. After the NY Times and Washington POST began publication of the Pentagon Papers, he was indicted for the theft and unauthorized release of classified documents. The judge in the case dismissed all charges and declared a mistrial on the grounds of government misfeasance - the Plumbers are one part of the picture, while Nixon's people offered the judge himself an appointment as FBI Director - and Ellsberg walked.
Snowden never showed this kind of willingness to take responsibility for his actions. He shopped the information around, and he was canny with his tradecraft. When he jumped ship, he took care to reformat all the hard drives on his old computers, and he took four new laptops with him on his way to Hong Kong, one for secure comms, one for normal comms, one as a decoy, and the last with what's called an air gap, meaning physically isolated from insecure networks and in fact never connected to any network at all. Let's accept that this is a sensible precaution - for somebody going over to the enemy. Snowden's explanations ring hollow. I'm sorry. You can embrace paranoia, you can say, look what happened to Ellsberg. (You can of course go further. Gordon Liddy, one of the Plumbers, famously said he'd willingly stand on a street corner, and they could whack him. One way not to be subpoenaed by a grand jury.) Snowden is taking steps to protect himself, but at the same time, he's playing to the cheap seats.
He sees himself as some kind of James Bond. Do we really imagine he's concerned with the privacy of American citizens, or NSA's abuse of civil rights? Gimme a break. This is a guy with an over-inflated sense of his own importance. He imagines himself in the lead part, but in truth he's nothing more than a cameo. He moves some of the furniture around, and exits.
II PHILBY
Spy memoirs are a subset of the political or campaign biography, and the defector memoir is even narrower and more specific, being in practice targeted disinformation, self-serving and untrustworthy. Kim Philby's My Silent War is a canny business model.
Philby was the foremost of the Cambridge Five, arguably the most successful KGB penetration of Western intelligence during the Cold War. He was recruited in the 1930's, and maintained his cover for almost thirty years, before escaping to Moscow. He betrayed sources and methods, and compromised an uncounted number of assets. There's no way of knowing how many of them were tortured and executed. Not least, he poisoned the relationship between the UK and US security services for years afterwards - the Americans thought the British spy world was riddled with poofs and Pinkoes - and led to a fury of counterintelligence investigations and an abiding institutional mistrust.
Philby's memoir, published five years after his defection, is a fascinating study in misdirection, not to mention settling old scores. Massaged by his Russian handlers, if not entirely ghostwritten under KGB discipline, My Silent War captures something of Philby's own voice, preening and petulant, completely self-absorbed. His justifications are without irony, maintaining a Stalinist fiction. He's impervious to his own contradictions, to his personal history, let alone the historical confusions of his own time. The point of the exercise seems to be embarrassing as many of his professional contemporaries as he can, Angleton at CIA, his MI5 interrogators, who never managed to catch him in a lie. More importantly, from the point of view of an analyst or debriefer, Philby's account leads even a more careful reader away from certain observable evidence, plants false flags, creates suspicion, upsets the commonly accepted, and afflicts the comfortable. It's intentional mischief.
III UN-AMERICAN
When he heard from MI6 that Philby was a proven traitor, J. Edgar Hoover is supposed to have said, "Jesus Christ only had twelve, and one of them was a double." There have been serious spy-hunters, and there have always been fools. Hoover may have seen Reds under the bed, and he inflated the FBI's successes, but he wasn't the hysteric many people take him for. We've got other contenders for that office.
Joe McCarthy stands in for a lot of the excesses of the Red Scare, and he bullied plenty of people, both in and out of government, until he made the mistake of going after the U.S. Army, and Eisenhower quit tip-toeing around him. Not that Ike disagreed with McCarthy on principle, most like, and Nixon owed his vice-presidency to Republican leadership brokering a deal with the party's Right, but Ike wouldn't countenance an attack on the military, his family, and the architect of his own wartime victories. McCarthy's day was done.
McCarthyism, though, casts a long shadow. It was the kiss of death for many a Democratic candidate to be labeled soft on Communism. David Halberstam makes a good case that it kept Jack Kennedy from pulling the plug on American support for South Viet Nam. And in a very real sense, Nixon's engagement with China was only possible in light of Nixon's track record as an anti-Communist.
On the other hand, we have the enormous damage done by smear campaigns, gossip, fear-mongering, and the blacklist. Public shaming, livelihoods destroyed, suicides, families broken apart. It was a cover, too, for Jew-baiting and union-busting, the fluoridation scare, the polio "monkey" serum, the mongrelization of white people. It was all them godless Commies behind it.
IV THE RUSSIANS
Given that McCarthy was a blowhard and an opportunist, it's easy to forget that the Soviet Union mounted a determined espionage effort against the U.S., aimed specifically at the atom program, but more generally at targets of opportunity, whether they were Communist sympathizers or just somebody in a position of compromise. Both the Rosenbergs and the Alger Hiss case drew enormous attention, protests that they were being railroaded, on the one hand, and people wanting their scalps, on the other. With the declassification and release of the VENONA intercepts, two things show in bold relief: first, that Hiss and the Rosenbergs were in fact guilty of spying for the Russians, and secondly, that much of the agitation in their favor was orchestrated by the Kremlin.
This is not a settled argument, by the by. You can still get a lot of grief and ridicule from the uninformed or conspiracy-minded, who'll label it deviant history, and accuse you of being a provocateur or a CIA stooge. It's an orthodoxy practiced by both sides, Left and Right, that only the pure of heart deserve a hearing. It's essentially Stalinist revisionism.
Of course there was a climate of hysteria. There was also a genuine Russian spy presence. Or more than one. KGB, state security, and GRU, military intelligence, ran compartmentalized operations. Historically, they've been rivals. KGB is generally acknowledged to have better tradecraft, GRU has been know to trip over its own feet, but whether they've worked in harness or at cross-purposes, we're talking about their cumulative score.
They've made their mistakes, they've had their successes. From penetrations (Ames and Hansen), to Wet Work (the Skripal poisonings, Litvinenko), disinformation campaigns, false flag attacks - the techniques vary, over time, as the technical resources develop. The constant, or throughline, is disruption.
V TRUMP
Which brings us to the present day. The conflicting narratives about Russian interference in the 2016 election are about whose ox is being gored, but a lot of the vocabulary sounds familiar. Witch hunt, whistleblower. and so forth. I'm not going to try and sort it out.
Whether you believe there's a Deep State conspiracy (or slow-motion coup), or if you've decided the guy's a dangerous moron, is completely irrelevant. The point is that the Russians have succeeded beyond any and all expectations. Nobody could possibly imagine this would bear such poisoned fruit. I have friends on the Right who are utterly convinced that the Trump opposition is an attempted coup, and these people aren't knuckle-draggers, they're by and large intelligent, articulate people. In equal measure, I'm not alone in entertaining the idea Trump could be in the pocket of the Russian mob, or the Mexican cartels, or whoever - or that the chaos alone is reason to shit-can him. But nobody in the Kremlin is enough of a Satanic genius to have come up with this scenario. The end result is happy accident. They can't believe their luck.
I have one last comment, though. Looking at the historical record, we might call Ellsberg a hero and Snowden a dupe, even a traitor. Or it could be the other way around. The question is, what do you do? If you're trapped in this situation, if you begin to wonder whether you're the Good German, or an enabler, where do you go? Nixon demanded Cox be fired. Richardson, his AG, resigned. Where do you draw the line, and quit, when do you fall on your sword? It's no easy or obvious choice. We like to think we'd do the right thing, that we'd choose the moral high ground. Which is where, exactly?
"You'll die on the gallows, or of the pox," Lord Sandwich once remarked to John Wilkes, and Wilkes answered, "That depends on whether I embrace your lordship's principles, or your mistress."
Labels: David Edgerley Gates, defectors, disinformation, GRU, KGB, Philby, Snowden, the Cold War, Wet Work
Red Dawn was released 35 years ago this August. I think it's aged pretty well. The silly stuff is just as silly as it was back then, and the good parts still hold up.
If you don't know the premise, here it is: Russia invades the U.S. Proxy forces from Cuba and Nicaragua come boiling up the middle of the country, between the Rockies and the Mississippi, the Soviets reinforce across the Bering Strait and down into the Great Plains. Caught by surprise, small pockets of resistance spring up, and in a small Colorado town, a bunch of high school kids learn evasion and ambush techniques, and take the fight to the occupying troops. If it all sounds faintly ridiculous, it is.
The writer/director John Milius got raked over the coals for what was widely seen as a Red-baiting, loony Right fantasy, but in spite of the fact that Gen. Al Haig loved it, Red Dawn is deeper than it seems, at first blush. It's not really about Colorado teenagers at all. To me, it was obvious from the get-go that Milius was making a picture about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the kids were stand-ins for the mujahideen.
Aside from that, or in spite of it, or any and all of the above, I'm always drawn in by the sheer exhilaration of the movie-making. Once you swallow the set-up, the rest of it is inevitable, fated and austere. It's beautifully shot, by Ric Waite, the New Mexico locations framed in wide ratio. The score, Basil Poledouris. The rigorous structure, and the kinetic pacing, but at the same time a sense of natural rhythms, the movement of the seasons, the shape of silence. For an action picture, it's got its fair share of stillness and melancholy.
And for all that it's about the kids, it's actually the grown-ups who put it in sharper relief. Powers Boothe, the American pilot who bails out over occupied territory. "Shoot straight for once, you Army pukes," has got to be one of the great exit lines. Bill Smith, the Spetsnaz colonel brought in to exterminate the Wolverines. "You need a hunter. I am a hunter." (Bill Smith speaking his own Russian, a bonus.) Ron O'Neal, the Cuban revolutionary who loses his faith. "I can't remember what it was to be warm. It seems a thousand years since I was a small boy in the sun."
Corny? You bet. Affecting? Absolutely.
Red Dawn wears its heart on its sleeve. Its innocence, or lack of guile, is suspect, even embarrassing. But it has an unnervingly specific authenticity. It respects the conventions, and yet - I can't quite put my finger on it. The picture is subversive. It's not about glory, that's for damn sure. It's about loss, although it might be about redemption, too, but it doesn't promise us much comfort.
Some years later, I wrote a spy story called The Bone Harvest, set in the early onset of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I have to wonder, the way we do, how much was I influenced by Red Dawn? Which might seem like a dumb question, but let's be honest, we pick up all kinds of stuff, attracted by its texture or reflection, like beach glass or bottle caps. Hemingway once said no decent writer ever copies, we steal.
If in fact I took something away from Red Dawn for my own book, I hope it was a certain naive muscularity, the notion that you can will something to happen. I don't mean this in the meta-sense of getting a book written, I mean that the story I wanted to tell was how raw determination could put boots on the ground. Stubbornness a virtue, not playing well with others. If that's the lesson, it's not just the story arc of Red Dawn, it pretty much defines John Milius' career, but you could have a worse role model.
Labels: Alternate History, David Edgerley Gates, John Milius, Powers Boothe, Red Dawn, Ron O'Neal, the Cold War, William Smith
Trabismo
My pal Michael Parnell alerted me to an event this past Saturday, the 11th Annual Parade of Trabants, held at the International Spy Museum in DC. What's the significance of this? Funny you should ask.
Trabis were churned out in East Germany for a little over thirty years, from 1957 to 1990 and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It had a two-cycle engine with 26 horsepower, zero to 60 in 21 seconds. You had to add oil to the gas, like a lawnmower or an outboard motor. They coughed and choked, and blew smoke. They didn't have a fuel pump, the gas tank was in the engine compartment, on top of the engine, the fuel was gravity-fed. 3 million of them were manufactured, and the basic design never changed.
Trabis are kind of like currywurst. The nostalgia element is tempered by the reality. They were cheap, they were crappy, they were a necessary fact of life for those East Germans who could even afford them, crappy as they were. They turned into the punchline of a joke that wasn't funny the first time it made the rounds. Then that world shifted on its axis. In mid-1989, the dominant Cold War paradigm began to collapse of its own weight, a suffocating inertia that just puddled on the floorboards. Thousands of Ossis packed up their household goods and drove their loaded, laboring vehicles through Hungary or Czechoslovakia, to get to West Germany. Like the Joads escaping the Dust Bowl, it was a leap of faith.
A lot of Trabis fell by the wayside on this journey to a better life. Abandoned, derelict, giving up the last gasp. The ones that made it had to be granted exceptions from pollution standards, they burned so dirty. And they were representative, they became proxies for everything that had gone wrong in Eastern Europe, behind the Iron Curtain.
This is an interesting transformation, or perhaps transubstantiation - the specific to the generic, water into wine - technically, I think it's an example of metonymy, where a part stands in for the whole. More than that, it's evolved. Language isn't static. Trabis are emblematic of an era, but they're a moving target. They're shorthand for the Cold War, yes, and at the same time, for Reunification and its discontents. Germans can be very thin-skinned. Like most of us, they don't like being reminded of past humiliations, especially when they've been self-inflicted. Trabants smell of failure. Not only failed history, and the failed state of East Germany, but the failure of West Germany to effectively assimiliate those former East Germans, those Ossis.
This is very much about the present, not the past, although dark echoes of the past are ready to hand. Too many Ossis were unskilled labor, not at a premium in a high-tech labor market. A lot of industry in the East was smokestack, and couldn't be retooled. West Germany was trying to integrate a territory, an infrastructure, and a population half of its own size, which had been economically and politically paralyzed since Berlin fell to the Russians in 1944. There were dislocations and disappointments. It shouldn't come as a surprise that there was a boiling point, a surge in anti-immigrant incidents, skinhead violence, scapegoating, a little too reminiscent of the Germany of the 1920's, with its pervading sense of grievance.
Ossis are still underrepresented in the German business and political establishment (although Angela Merkel herself is an Ossi). In last September's elections, the far-right Alternative for Germany polled at 21.9 percent in the former East - they were at 12.6 nationally. This phenomenon, this alienation, is fueled by a perceived 'cultural colonialism,' an institutional condescension on the part of West Germans. The structural weaknesses of the East are abiding and genuine.
Twenty-eight years ago tomorrow, November 9th is the anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell.
Labels: David Edgerley Gates, East Germany, German Reunification, the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, Trabants
My pal Michael Davidson, himself a thriller writer and a former career CIA officer, remarks of John le Carré's new novel Legacy of Spies that it's up to his usual high literary standards, while going on to say, "...the work of MI6 is portrayed as exceedingly cynical and inhuman." I don't know about 'inhuman,' but 'cold-blooded' fits the bill, many of the characters all too slithery and reptilian, even for public school Brits with upper lips shot full of Novocaine. The book's dark heart is the chill of moral frostbite.
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A Legacy of Spies is something of a swan song, or a curtain call. George Smiley takes his last bow. And a good many ghosts gather at his elbow. Alec Leamas, for one, the original Spy Who Came In From The Cold, along with Bill Haydon (Kim Philby's avatar), and Peter Guillam, one-time head Scalphunter and later Paris station chief, and even a cameo from Jim Prideaux. It's fair to say that if you're unfamiliar with Spy, and Tinker, Tailor, and in fact the earlier Call for the Dead - which first introduced the East German Steel Mission and Hans-Dieter Mundt - then this story's going to fall on deaf ears. Then again, it's unlikely you're going to push old ladies and small children into oncoming traffic to get hold of Legacy if you haven't already inhaled the ozone at the top floor of the Circus, and you need the icy rush it promises. Fear not. The old spook hasn't lost his tradecraft, and he can still wind the clock, before he starts shaking the tree.
It's ill-advised, as a rule, to conflate a writer with his characters, but you suspect that George Smiley, if not le Carré's exact double, or even his reflection, does on occasion speak for him. There's the moment in Smiley's People when George, chasing an old asset in Hamburg, casts his mental eye East, along the shores of the Baltic, and imagines a prison empire and its subject peoples, a horizon empty of hope. This is the closest we ever get, if I'm remembering it right, to any kind of rationale on George's part, in any of the books. Is this le Carré's voice? Hard to pin down. Yes, it sounds right for George, the war generation, first Hitler, then Stalin. "One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic." Then again, we know better than to trust in absolutes, or orthodox certainties. Smiley doesn't. He's lived through a damaged century.
What about loyalties, though? Bill Haydon betrays the Service, and his country, and - perhaps most unforgivably - his friends. He sleeps with George's wife Ann, first because he can ("Love to Ann - everybody's love to Ann"), but under instructions from Karla. Curiously, too, everybody involved in Operation Windfall, and the Testify cock-up, give their loyalty personally to Control, or to Smiley, cutting out the Witchcraft circle, the tainted and suspect. And for the Mustache Petes, like Guillam, their institutional loyalty isn't to the present-day Service, the glassy cubicle farm on the Thames, but to the Circus of old, not just the ill-lit corridors but its habits of mind, its Druid impenetrability.
Le Carré uses Legacy of Spies to post his epitaph on the Cold War. Or more exactly, he has Smiley do it, and we can't be entirely sure who's speaking. But when Smiley tells Peter Guillam that it was all an exercise in futility, that the clandestine wars had no real result, no satisfying narrative coda, it rings false to me. It doesn't sound like Smiley. It sounds like le Carré. And this is where I have to part company with him. I know a few other people who were once in the secret world (the above-mentioned Michael Davidson, for one) who don't buy into this, either. I think that what we did in those years, not to put too fine a point on it, kept the Cold War from getting hot. Your mileage may differ.
This isn't to say that le Carré hasn't made his bones. For sheer operational skills, he's hard to top. I still think Little Drummer Girl is extraordinary, even if you take it purely as a roadmap on how to mount covert. Legacy of Spies doesn't disappoint, I don't want to give that impression at all. In fact, I wish the book were three hundred and fifty pages long, instead of two-fifty. I'm only saying that le Carré and I take different lessons away from our own histories, our own private fictions.
Labels: Call for the Dead, David Edgerley Gates, John le Carré, Legacy of Spies, MI6, Michael R. Davidson, the Circus, the Cold War, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Wet Work
All this talk of spies, and Russian manipulation, plots divers and devious, is enough to make more than a few of us nostalgic for the Cold War. My pal Carolyn sent me a link to a recent Dexter Filkins piece in The New Yorker which speculates 'nostalgic' ain't the half of it, the body count going up as scores are settled.
We're on shaky ground here, in the Twilight Zone between coincidence and conspiracy. The politically suspect have been raw meat for years, inside Russia, journalists a favorite target, but the received wisdom has always been that the security organs don't operate with impunity in the U.S. I'm not so sure. Historically, we've got the murder of Gen. Walter Krivitsky, in 1941. His death was ruled suicide, but informed opinion agrees that NKVD rigged it to look that way. (Krivitsky died six months after they got to Trotsky, in Mexico.) Then there's Laurence Duggan, who fell out of a 16th-story window in New York in 1948. He had a meeting scheduled with his Soviet control that day. You think to yourself, Okay, but that was Stalin, this isn't the old days, when Yezhov and Beria could conjure up triggermen like dragon's teeth. Then again, who exactly is Vladimir Putin if not a wolf in wolf's clothing?
What we're talking about is the possibility, at least, that Russian state security is fielding hit teams on American soil. In the past, these were proxy killings, and they took place in client states or satellites. Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia. Very seldom, if ever, would you take out the pros on either team, the agent-runners, KGB, CIA, the Brits, the Israelis. You compromised their assets, you sowed discord and misdirection, you put them at cross-purposes, but you didn't knock 'em off like gangland rivals. And we didn't go after targets in the Soviet Union, they didn't come after targets Stateside. That seemed to be the unspoken agreement, anyway. Professional courtesy. Elsewhere was fair game. Berlin, or Vienna. Helsinki, Athens, Istanbul. And the Third World? You couldn't even trust the water.
It all changed in late 2006, with the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko. We'd had the killing of Georgi Markov, the Bulgarian dissident, in the UK. This was back in 1978, the notorious poisoned pellet in an umbrella tip - Bulgaria's secret service, the DS, borrowed the toxin from KGB, it's thought. Nobody ever made the case, though. Markov was a one-off. (Not exactly. There was another Bulgarian, in Paris, ten days earlier.) Or maybe the DS operation was rogue? (Not that, either. There's good collateral KGB sponsored it.) In the event, the trail went cold. This isn't to say nobody cared about Markov, but it was a story that flared briefly, and petered out. We're talking about Bulgaria, after all. How many people can find it on a map? More to the point, Markov's murder didn't indicate a pattern. It was an anomaly. And then, almost thirty years later, Litvinenko. Another exotic poison, in this instance, polonium. A defector, a known enemy, a slanderer, and a personal insult to Vladimir Putin that the son-of-a-bitch is still walking around.
The issue for the Kremlin seems to be that people like Litvinenko, and the opposition politician Sergei Yushenkov, and the reporter Anna Politkovskaya, just won't shut up. The three of them are now dead, of course. The bone that got stuck in their throat appears to have been Chechnya. Chechen terrorists were blamed for the apartment bombings in Moscow and two other cities in 1999 that gave Putin political cover to jump-start the Second Chechen War. In a fourth city, Ryazan, a team of FSB covert operatives were arrested after planting explosives, and the story went round that all of the apartment bombings were a security service provovcation, a false-flag attack. Then there's the Moscow theater siege in 2002, which people have also suggested was a provocation, and there's the Beslan school hostage massacre in 2004. Three events pinned on Islamic jihadis from the Caucasus, and used to prosecute the war with increasing brutality - scorched earth, in effect - and three events possibly orchestrated or abetted by federal security agencies. The stories aren't going to stop, but they've become whispers and hearsay, their voices have been lost, along with Litvinenko, Yushenkov, and Politkovskaya.
Using state security, or the Mafia, or freelance private contractors, to settle up your debts can be habit-forming. You get a taste for it. And quite possibly, you get bolder, or maybe you just don't care if you leave your handwriting. When you come down to it, what's the point of intimidation, if you don't sign your name?
In his New Yorker piece, Dexter Filkins floats a few possibilities, U.S. targets, ex-pat critics of the Kremlin who wound up in the hospital, or dead. If targeted they were. It's a tough call. Guy gets drunk and chokes on a piece of chicken? Could happen. Guy gets beaten to death in a hotel room? Seems less like a happy accident. What about the guy who had a gun put to his head? Nobody murmured in your ear, "Michael Corleone sends his regards." There's nothing solid to go on. All we can say is, This happened before, and such-and-such didn't. We're left with supposition and suspicion.
Here's a supposition. Putin thinks he can get away with murder because he has, it's that simple. As for the niceties, or the courtesy, well. Chert vozmy. The devil take it. This is somebody who doesn't even have to pretend to courtesy. Still. It presents an uneven risk-benefit ratio. My guess is that it's more about, Who will rid me of this tempestuous priest? In other words, it isn't Putin's express bidding. He doesn't have to put pen to paper, or even raise his voice. Oligarchs and Mafia bosses kiss his ring. The thought is father to the deed.
One other thing. Rules of engagement aside, it seems awfully petty to put so much energy into hunting down a few loudmouths, mostly nuisance value, sticks and stones. You have to take yourself pretty seriously to take them so seriously. Which is I guess the point. We imagine that Power is the great engine, the dynamic that shapes men, and history. What if it's just vanity, or hurt feelings?
Labels: Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya, David Edgerley Gates, Dexter Filkins, FSB, Georgi Markov, KGB, Laurence Duggan, NKVD, Russian Mafia, Sergei Yushenkov, the Cold War, Vladimir Putin, Walter Krivitsky
Gone, No Forwarding
Having put THE BONE HARVEST up on Amazon, I added the following note.
"You don't necessarily have any specific object in mind when you start a book, but I knew going in that THE BONE HARVEST would be about the nuts and bolts – the gear, the manpower, the physical resources – what it takes to mount an actual spy operation. My model was a now-abandoned listening post on the outskirts of Berlin, in Marienfelde, near the sentry wire where the East German guard posts once stood. There was a time when the world seemed divided into two armed camps, static and unyielding, written in stone, but these days that's become the fossil record."
I could go on, although this is fine, for the here and now. Or more to the point, the there and then.
None of this is my invention, or reinvention. The Cold War was real. And there were times when it just missed getting hot.
I'm not nostalgic for the climate of fear. I'm talking about revisiting a physical place in memory, because the place itself is physically lost. Gone, no forwarding.
We might see the footprints, but that's an act of imagination. The archeological evidence is thin on the ground.
Back in the day, the Army Security Agency and the USAF Security Service each had operational sites in Berlin. Teufelsberg, the ASA facility, began monitoring Soviet and Warsaw Pact communications in 1961, and the Air Force commissioned Marienfelde in 1967. Both listening stations, as it happens, were built on landfill, rubble from the ruins of Berlin. It gave them artificial height, the better to intercept signals.
I remember going out to Marienfelde at the beginning, when the move was just starting, the equipment being transferred from Tempelhof to the site. All the ELINT gear first, the Voice stuff last. It was spooky, tell you the truth, the perimeter fence lit up, and secure access, but the building almost empty. I was assigned to a ghost ship. Over the next couple of weeks, the whole business ramped up, and pretty soon we were 24/7. It's instructive to look back on the logistics, the heavy lifting, how it was purposed. I don't think we got a lot of outside help, I think it was all more or less in-house. Some of it must have been
flat-out improvisation. Then again, we had experienced Operations people on board. They'd set up in remote places, without immediate or close support, and even hostile environments. The best part, you really want to know, is how quickly and effectively we got it going. There must have been wasted motion. I mean, seriously – it's the military. But there wasn't any loss of coverage. The mission never went dark. We didn't even brake for the turn. That's the most amazing thing. That it came out right. Somebody should take a bow.
There's nothing left of it. T-berg's a ruin, Marienfelde's overgrown.
Berlin Brigade, along with the other occupation forces, the British, French, and Russian, were decommissioned twenty years ago, and they had a parade. All in marching order. History turns the page.
I guess the lesson is not so much things slipping out of our grasp, or whether memory is reliable or not, but what we might like to think we hold in trust. Maybe it didn't actually happen quite that way, and the facts were messier. That's usually the case. We clean things up. We allow as how there's a moral to the story. Or we settle old scores. It's always going to be something. You leave part of it out, or you adjust the seasoning, or you come up with a better punchline, twenty years too late. But this is one of those instances where I didn't have anything to lose. I wanted to make outfitting Camp Hector as accurate as I could, and I had the example of the installation at Marienfelde to keep me honest. Credit where credit is due.
(And some of it, yeah, I made up.)
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Plain Style: A Guide to Written English
by Christopher Lasch
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only... Read more
Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic—a lively, witty, and historically minded alternative to the famous volume by William Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style. Now available for the first time in published form, Plain Style is fundamentally a clear, readable, practical guide to the timeless principles of effective composition. At the same time, however, in ways that Stewart Weaver explains in his critical introduction, it is a distinctive and revealing addition to the published work of an eminent American thinker. No mere primer, Plain Style is an essay in cultural criticism, a political treatise even, by one for whom directness, clarity, and honesty of expression were essential to the living spirit of democracy. As the teachers and students who have for years benefited from its succinct wisdom will testify, Plain Style is an indispensable guide to writing and, indeed, Christopher Lasch's least-expected but perhaps most serviceable work.
Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States:...
Edition: 2011st
Publisher: West
Constitutional Law 6e
Property, 7th Edition
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OSHA Proposes Rule Clarifying Record Retention Requirements for Injury and Illness Logs
One of the questions often asked by employers is “how long do I have to keep a given record?” Record retention requirements vary from law to law and many companies struggle with the question of how long to keep certain records when there is no clear legal requirement to do so.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires that certain records must be maintained for five years. These include injury and illness records, commonly known as OSHA 300 and 301 logs. For the most part, OSHA 300 and 301 logs involve work-related injuries and illnesses that result in death, medical treatment beyond first aid, days away from work, or restricted work activity or job transfer. These reports must be made available to employees, OSHA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics upon request during the record retention period.
However, a federal appeals court held in 2012 that employers can only be cited for failing to maintain such records for up to six months after the date of the injury or illness that led to the report. As a practical matter, this significantly decreased the record retention period related to OSHA 300 and 301 logs and led to confusion among employers.
On July 29, 2015, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which the agency asserts that it can cite employers for recordkeeping violations for up to six months after the five-year OSHA retention period expires. This proposed rule change is based on OSHA’s long-held position that an employer’s duty to record an injury or illness continues for the full duration of the general OSHA record retention period (i.e., five years after the end of the calendar year in which the injury or illness became recordable). The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has previously upheld OSHA’s position.
The agency is accepting comments on the proposed rule through Sept. 27, 2015. In the meantime, employers would be well advised to maintain such records for the full five year period.
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Solidarité sans frontières | Solidarity Across Borders | Solidaridad sin fronteras
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Information and Resources for Migrants Before and After their Arrival in Canada
Download (updated) flyer as PDF.
UPDATE: The law in Canada changed in June 2019. Now, asylum-seekers who have already made a refugee claim in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. are no longer able to apply as refugees in Canada. If they cross irregularly, they will only be able to put in a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA). There is also a higher risk of being detained in this situation. Almost all PRRAs are refused, especially if you do it without the help of a lawyer. If the PRRA is refused, you will be deported to your country of citizenship and not to the United States.
Canadian politicians are making a lot of misleading statements about migrants coming to Canada from the United States. This information sheet tries to provide accurate information about how people living in the United States come to Canada and what happens to them when they arrive. It also lists some resources in Montreal where people can get support.
If you have further questions, we encourage you to get in touch and we will do our best to put you in touch with a lawyer to answer them, though that may take a little time.
PLEASE NOTE: the situation is changing rapidly, so make sure this information is still up to date. Updates will be posted here.
Quick Facts (see FAQ section below for the details)
People who make a refugee claim at a regular border post are turned back and banned from ever applying for refugee status in Canada. There are exceptions for people with family in Canada and people under 18 who are alone (no parent or legal guardian in either the US or Canada).
People who entered Canada “irregularly” (that is, not at a border post), have usually been allowed to make a refugee claim once they are inside Canada. There are exceptions. Notably, people who have already applied as refugees in the United States and a few other countries are not allowed to apply in Canada. See below for other exceptions.
People who are inside Canada but are not allowed to make a refugee claim are usually given a “pre-removal risk assessment” which can delay the deportation for several months; in some cases, this allows for other plans to be made.
Canada has suspended deportations to a few countries. Once you are inside Canada, you usually cannot be deported to that country, even if you are refused as a refugee. (But there are exceptions for ‘criminality’ and ‘security’.)
It is important to get legal help to make a refugee claim. Everyone in Quebec is eligible for a free lawyer if they can’t pay for one themselves, whatever their immigration status.
While waiting for their refugee claims to be accepted or refused, people have access to healthcare, education, social assistance and eventually work permits.
Refugee claims are not always accepted in Canada. In 2015, for example, only 60% of claims were accepted.
People whose refugee claims are refused are ordered deported to their country of citizenship, not to the United States.
Some people whose refugee claim has been refused stay in Canada, even though they are ordered deported and it is illegal under Canadian laws to stay. Similarly, people who entered Canada “irregularly” and were not picked up by police and don’t make a refugee claim live in Canada without legal permission (they are “undocumented”). Hundreds of thousands of people live in this situation in Canada, including in Montreal.
Montreal is not a Sanctuary City. Police cooperate with the Canadian Border Services Agency to deport undocumented migrants. Undocumented migrants do not have access to many public services.
People who are undocumented can apply for permanent residence on humanitarian grounds. This works for some people and not for others.
I want to claim refugee status in Canada. What will happen if I just go to a regular Canadian border post?
If you come to the regular Canadian border post and ask to apply for refugee status in Canada, you will be turned back to the United States.[1] Worse, you will never be allowed to make a refugee claim in Canada again.
In addition, the Canadian border agent may decide to give you an “exclusion order”. Under an exclusion order, you will not be allowed to legally enter Canada for one year.
Carlos (not the real name) came to the Canadian border post and asked to apply as a refugee. He was given a one year exclusion order and returned to the United States. With bad advice from a lawyer, Carlos went back to the Canadian border post after one year. He asked for a PRRA (see below), was not given one, and was returned to the United States. By that time, he could no longer apply as a refugee in the United States because of the one year bar (see below).
Will EVERYONE be turned back from a regular Canadian border post? Are there any exceptions?
If you have a valid visa or permit to enter Canada (or Canada doesn’t require a visa from your country of citizenship), you may be allowed to enter Canada.
Otherwise, the exceptions are if:1) you can prove you have a family member with legal status[2] currently in Canada; or 2) you are under 18 and alone (no parent or legal guardian in either Canada or the United States); or 3) you can prove that you face deportation to a country where you are at risk of the death penalty.
If you fit these exceptions, you will not immediately be turned back. Instead, an agent will question you and decide whether you can make a refugee claim.[3]
It is extremely important to be prepared to give accurate and complete information about your fear of returning to your country of citizenship because the information you give will be used as evidence in your refugee hearing. (See the resources listed below that can help you prepare.)
The border agent can also decide to detain you if, for example, you don’t have valid ID to prove your identity.
American law prevents people from applying for refugee status after they are in the United States for one year. (This is called the “one year bar”.)
I see in the news that many people have come into Canada without going through an official border crossing. What happened to them?
People who enter Canada without going through a regular border post are generally (with some important exceptions, such as having already made a refugee claim in the United States [3]) allowed to claim asylum as soon as they are on Canadian soil.
If the police picked them up after they crossed ….
If the police or border agents picked them up after they crossed the border into Canada, they immediately told the agents that they were in danger in their country of citizenship and wanted to make a refugee claim. They were then arrested, sometimes questioned about who helped them cross the border, and then brought to a border office.
At the border office, they were interviewed by a border agent to see if they were eligible to make a refugee claim. They also had to fill out several forms asking a lot of personal details.[4] They should have access to an interpreter if they need one. This process can take several hours.
If the border agent then decided they could make a refugee claim, they were given an important form (called the Basis of Claim (BOC)) to fill out later with the help of a lawyer. If there was no problem with their identity (that is, they had papers proving who they are), they were then released.
Everything you write in your forms and everything you say to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers, and possibly police, will be part of your refugee file. You may later be questioned about it in your refugee hearing. Try to give complete and accurate answers to their questions about why you are afraid to go back to your country of citizenship. Providing information that is found to be false, leaving key elements out of your answers, and even minor contradictions can lead to your claim being refused. It is important to be prepared. See resource list below.
If the police did not pick them up after they crossed …
Some people who cross the border without going through an official post do not get picked up by the police.
Those who wanted to make a refugee claim went to a reliable lawyer as soon as possible and asked them for help preparing a refugee claim. In Quebec, if they couldn’t pay for a lawyer, they were eligible for a free lawyer through the Legal Aid programme (see below in resource section). After the claim was prepared, they had an interview at Immigration Canada to decide if they are allowed to make a refugee claim.
Some people who crossed in this way did not make a refugee claim, either because they were not eligible to make a refugee claim[3] or because they were afraid of being refused. They live in Canada without state permission. There are an estimated half-a-million people living in Canada without official authorization. You can read more about the conditions of “undocumented people” who live in Montreal in the section below.
What happens to people who are not allowed to make a refugee claim?
A few people who enter Canada without going through an official post and ask to make a refugee claim once they are inside Canada may not be allowed to do so.[3] In this case, they are given a deportation order to their country of citizenship (not back to the United States). However, if deportations to their country are temporarily suspended because of war, etc. (for example, Syria), they can usually stay and can get help to try to get permanent residence in Canada (see resource section below), unless they have problems with criminality or security.
Before being deported, people who are not allowed to make a refugee claim will generally[5] be allowed a “Pre-Removal Risk Assessment” (PRRA). If it is the first time they are given a PRRA, their deportation will be stopped temporarily until an agent evaluates the risk to them. This usually takes several months. However, if they are detained, the decision can be made in just a few days.
It is very important to immediately get a good lawyer to help fill out a PRRA form. But, even with a lawyer, very few people (less than 3%) are accepted on a PRRA. For most people, a PRRA just buys a few months to try to work out another solution.
A border agent has the power to arrest people if he believes they will not leave Canada when they are ordered to leave. People must be clear that they are afraid to return but at the same time not give the agent any reason to suspect that they will not return if Canadian officials order them to. Otherwise they could be detained.
If someone is allowed to make a refugee claim after they are inside Canada, what happens next?
People who are released from the border office may have been given a deadline (at the moment in Quebec it is fifteen days) to return the Basis of Claim form. It is very important to get a good lawyer to help fill it out and get it in on time and then prepare for the hearing. In Quebec, anyone (no matter what their immigration status) can get a free lawyer through the public Legal Aid programme, as soon as they are inside Quebec, as long as they can prove that they don’t have enough money to pay for a lawyer themselves.
After they make their claim, a process will start to decide whether to accept or refuse them. This includes a hearing where they will tell their story to a “judge”.[6]
Are refugee claimants inside Canada eligible for social services?
As soon as it is decided that they are eligible to make a refugee claim, they will be given a “Refugee Protection Claimant Document”. They can use this to get free social services (for example, healthcare, education for children, and social assistance) while waiting for a decision on their refugee claim. They may also be able to apply for a work permit to allow them to work legally.
What happens to people if their refugee claim is refused?
Not all refugee claims inside Canada are accepted. In 2015, for example, only 60% of claims were accepted.[7] The outcome can depend on the “judge”, the lawyer, whether it is possible to find proof to back up the story, whether Canada considers the country the person is coming from to be “safe”, etc.
This means that, after about six months or so in Canada (a refugee claim is normally heard within a few months; it can then generally be appealed, which can take a few months), a refugee process may end in a refusal.
If a person is refused, they face deportation. They are legally obliged to return to their country of citizenship (not to the United States).
However, some people remain in Canada without legal permission, despite the deportation order. An arrest warrant is issued against people (“undocumented people”) who remain despite a deportation order.
I have seen in the news that Montreal is a sanctuary city. Is that true?
No. Despite recent announcements by its Mayor, Montreal is not a sanctuary city. People who come to Canada irregularly and don’t make a refugee claim, people who stay after a visa has expired, and people who remain in Canada after a deportation order are at risk of arrest/detention/deportation and are excluded from many social programmes.
In sum,
If the Montreal police stop an undocumented person who is under an arrest warrant because they have missed a deportation, they could be arrested and handed over to the CBSA, detained and deported.
Undocumented people are not eligible for a work permit in order to work legally (anywhere in Canada).
In Quebec, it is still difficult (but possible) for undocumented children to get access to free public education.
Undocumented people do not have access to free public healthcare (anywhere in Canada).
It is only possible to open a bank account with valid Canadian papers (anywhere in Canada).
It is not possible to maintain a drivers’ license.
Is there anyway for someone living in Canada without legal permission to regularize their status from inside Canada?
Undocumented people in Canada can try to regularize their status through an application on humanitarian and compassionate grounds (this is the same all across Canada). However, this is a costly and very lengthy process (generally, it takes a few months to put together a good file; and then generally at least two years before getting permanent residence; total costs are currently at least CAD$1255 per adult, just for administration fees). While they are waiting for an answer on this application, they will not be protected against being arrested, detained and deported and will have no access to social programmes or over-the-table work.
Resources in Montreal
Here is an online resource that can help you prepare to make a refugee claim: http://refugeeclaim.ca/
Legal Aid office in Montreal. Anyone can access Legal Aid in Quebec, even if they have no legal status in Canada and have stayed after a deportation order or before they have made a refugee claim, as long as they can show that they cannot afford to pay a lawyer. ADDRESS: 440, boul. René-Lévesque West, Suite 1001, Montreal. PHONE: 514 849-3671. EMAIL: immigration@ccjm.qc.ca
Just Solutions Legal Clinic in Montreal offers free legal advice. They can answer your questions about preparing a refugee claim and about regularizing your status if you have stayed after a deportation order. They can also help put you in touch with reliable lawyers including some who work on legal aid basis. It is important to note that, because of their workload, Just Solutions may take a long time to get back to you. ADDRESS (but you MUST call or e-mail to make an appointment before coming to the clinic): 1435 rue City Councillors, 3rd floor, Montreal. PHONE: (514) 844-9128, ext. 201 or ext. 204. EMAIL: justes@gmail.com
Solidarity Across Borders maintains a list of reliable lawyers often willing to work on the basis of legal aid (that is, free for you if you qualify for legal aid). SEE LIST HERE.
A list of Quebec immigration lawyers can be found here. BUT, not all lawyers are reliable. It is important to get a recommendation from a community member or community organization.
If you are detained, Action Réfugiés Montréal takes calls from the detention centre and visits the detention centre twice a week. They can help ensure your legal rights are respected. PHONE: 514-935-7799 EMAIL: info@actionr.org
After submitting a refugee claim, and while waiting for a response, people have access to free public healthcare.
Médecins du Monde runs a free drop-in clinic for migrants without access to free public healthcare. Clinics are Wednesday 1pm to 4pm for pregnant women; Thursday 1pm to 4pm for everyone. ADDRESS: 560 Crémazie St. East (Crémazie metro).
While waiting for a response on their refugee claim, children have access to free public education.
The Collectif éducation sans frontières fights for access to education for all kids, whatever their immigration status. They may be able to help individual families with undocumented children. EMAIL: solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com
The Immigrant Workers Centre supports migrants fighting for their labour rights, whatever their immigration status. PHONE: 514 342 2111.
Fight Borders
Solidarity Across Borders fights against deportations and detentions, for status for all, and to make Montreal a solidarity city. To join in the collective struggle, EMAIL: solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com. PHONE: 514-809-0773. www.solidarityacrossborders.org. Please see www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/support for more resources in Montreal.
Toronto: No One Is Illegal Toronto, toronto.nooneisillegal.org
Winnipeg: Welcome Place, 204-977-1000
Vancouver: No One Is Illegal Vancouver, https://noii-van.resist.ca
[1] This is because of an anti-immigrant Canadian law. There is more detailed information about this law here: http://ccrweb.ca/en/safe-third-country
[2] Who counts as a “family member” and having “legal status” is complicated. Also, keep in mind that you have to prove it (providing contact information of the family member, proof of your relationship to them, proof of their legal status in Canada, and proof that they are currently in Canada). You can find more information about this here. In addition, it is a good idea to consult a Canadian immigration lawyer before trying, to make sure that you fit into this exception.
[3] Some reasons that people may not be allowed to make a refugee claim are: (a) they have already made a refugee claim in the United States, England, Austrialia or New Zealand, whether or not the claim was already heard; or (b) they have refugee status in another country they can return to; or (c) they already made a refugee claim in Canada and they were not allowed to make one, or it was refused or abandoned, etc.; or (d) they are considered ‘inadmissible’ (for example, as a security threat or having been convicted of serious crimes (i.e. carrying a maximum sentence of ten years in Canada)).
[4] These forms can be consulted on Immigration Canada’s website in English and French: IMM0008, Schedule A, Schedule 12. All necessary forms can be downloaded for free here.
[5] There are exceptions. For example, people will not always be given a PRRA if they have been refused as a refugee in Canada or done a PRRA in Canada less than a year ago (3 years in some situations). In addition, if they are from a country like Syria, where Canada has suspended deportations, they will not be given a PRRA but will be allowed to stay.
[6] Immigration and Refugee Board Members – who decide on refugee cases – are either bureaucrats or political appointees and often do not have any legal training.
[7] See report here.
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Moon Hee Joon Honestly Talks About The Difficulties Of H.O.T Reunion
by C. Hong
On November 11, Moon Hee Joon held a showcase for his special anniversary album marking 20 years since his debut.
At the event, he talked about his former idol group H.O.T, who disbanded in 2001.
“It’s been over five years,” he said. “The hope that began when Jae Won was discharged from the army is still continuing today, but people are starting to wonder if we’re leading them on. The fans are tired now too. I can’t even say anything because nothing has been decided.”
He added, “The 20th anniversary was a special day that can’t come again. It won’t be any easier to get the 30th anniversary. There are a lot of things that need to be discussed. All the members have gotten together before and we even met with Lee Soo Man. We thought everything would be decided but now it’s like this again. I can’t share any details. If I talk about those, I might have to go on the run. But right now discussions are at a standstill.”
Finally, he said that the frustrations he’s feeling have come out in the lyrics for the title track of his anniversary album. “I have a lot of regrets,” he said. “It’s not something that can be done by fighting. We all want to do it, but there are a lot of obstacles in the way. I feel apologetic even saying things like this.”
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Scholes: I don't see United getting closer to City
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Cape Town - Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has slated the Premier League side and believes Liverpool and cross-town rivals Manchester City are favourites to lift the title.
The Jose Mourinho-lead side started their campaign off with a 2-1 home win over Leicester City but looked sub-par in comparison with Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's side.
Scholes, who made over 700 appearances for the Red Devils, says that United do not have the quality to compete for the Premier League crown.
"When you look at Manchester City, possibly Liverpool, I don't think they (United) have the quality of those two teams at the minute," said Scholes as quoted by Sky Sport News website.
"Liverpool have made some really good signings. United finished above them last season.
"I just don't see United getting closer to City. City are a really good side, great manager, some great players, a way of playing that they all know about.
"United seem to be not too sure what's going on. You don't really know the team, you don't really know the players, you don't know how they're going to perform from one week to the next.
"I don't see them challenging for the league this year."
United are back in action on Sunday, August 20 against Brighton at the The American Express Community Stadium.
Kick-off is at 17:00 (SA time).
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Man Utd dominant in Europe? England kings of the world? How Munich changed football as we know it
Written By Kris Voakes
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The Munich air crash of February 6, 1958 left an indelible mark on the football world. The Busby Babes had given so much to so many that 60 years on the thought of what they could have been remains at the forefront of the minds of Manchester United fans from that era.
Of course, we all know the remarkable story that followed. Manchester United somehow regained its feet against the backdrop of the immense pain, reaching the FA Cup final within three months and going on to win the competition five years later. And then there were the incredible league championships of 1965 and 1967 before the ultimate European glory in 1968 which provided a lasting legacy to Sir Matt Busby’s incomparable reign at Old Trafford.
Busby had already built one squad in his vision prior to the devastating events in Munich which claimed the lives of Duncan Edwards, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Mark Jones, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan. Survivors Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower never got to be a part of the great Scot’s rebuild either, both of them being forced to retire due to injuries sustained in the crash.
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On Wednesday night in Manchester an event entitled ‘Munich 60 years on: How British sport changed’ will discuss the multitude of ways in which United, England and the footballing world were affected by what took place as the team headed back from Belgrade that day.
One of the speakers at the event will be Dr Guy Hodgson, a sports historian at Liverpool John Moores University and lifelong United fan, and he told Goal that there are several household names, including Pele, George Best, Bobby Moore and Nobby Stiles, whose careers were directly and indirectly changed by the Munich tragedy.
“Busby became obsessed with building another set of Busby Babes,” explains Dr Hodgson. “If it had not been for Munich, would he have bought players like Mike England and Alan Ball? Because if you look at the 1968 European Cup side, eight of them are home-grown players as he wanted to get the same home-grown thing again. Would he have changed his mind-set had he been building on success?
“Other things might have happened, like would Nobby Stiles have gone with his brother-in-law Johnny Giles to Leeds, because would he have got a game if Duncan Edwards and Eddie Colman had been around? He might never have got to play for United and might have had to go elsewhere for a position.
“Would United have been so enthusiastic in their search for youth, as they might have missed out on George Best? Wolves were interested in George Best, but United had this passion to go and get these young players and to rebuild the Busby Babes. Would they have had that same urgency and hunger to do it again if they’d won the European Cup and won the championship a few more times?”
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It is not just on a club level that there was a significant knock-on effect either. Edwards, Byrne and Taylor were England regulars until their deaths, stripping the national side of three key players a matter of months before the 1958 World Cup in Sweden which heralded the beginning of the dominance enjoyed by the great Brazil team led by a young Pele.
Dr Hodgson takes up the story: “In ’58 England went there and didn’t lose a game in the actual group stages, they drew with the USSR, Brazil, the eventual winners, and Austria, who had finished third in 1954.
“In that England team they would have had Roger Byrne, Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor, also Bobby Charlton went to that World Cup but never played. He was dropped because England had played a friendly against Yugoslavia in Belgrade and he had a bad game. And where had United been flying from at Munich? Belgrade, of course. So Bobby Charlton was probably being haunted by ghosts, had a bad game and didn’t play in the World Cup.
“So you’ve basically taken four players from the England first team. Tommy Taylor had scored 16 goals in 19 appearances! If they had won two of those games with those players in, they’d have been in the easier side of the draw and there’s a fair chance they would have won the World Cup. I’m not convinced they would have won it in ’62 as it was away from Europe, but they would have had a really good chance of winning the World Cup in ’58. So there’s every chance that by ’66 we would have won it twice and gone far a third time.
“As it was, Brazil became the first team to win outside their own continent in 1958, but they were lucky because England were severely debilitated and so were the Mighty Magyars of Hungary after Honved’s great side had broken up amid the revolution of 1956.”
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Besides Brazil’s rise to dominance, another world power may have seen their early successes curtailed had the Busby Babes lived on, with the crash coming in the midst of five straight European titles for Real Madrid.
“United would almost certainly have won the European Cup that year, Bobby Charlton thinks they may well have done,” adds Dr Hodgson. “And if you look at the comparative ages of the United squad with Real Madrid at that time I think there’s about a five-year difference, and Real Madrid won in 1958, 1959 and 1960. I think if they hadn’t won it in ’58, United would also have won it in either ’59 or ’60 as they were a young side maturing whereas Real Madrid were slightly over the hill. With that, we would have had a very different perspective of European football and British success because United would have had a couple of European Cups.”
Of course, since the days of Busby and the Holy Trinity of Charlton, Best and Denis Law, United have become a behemoth of the modern game. But the club might not have been what it is today without the incredible response of everybody involved in the weeks and months which followed Munich.
“They became the world’s favourite club because everybody felt sorry for them. That helped propel United’s success, but the fact that they got to the FA Cup final in ’58 itself was astonishing. You had Jimmy Murphy doing a fantastic job, taking over from Busby when he was in hospital and getting them to the FA Cup final with reserves and two players they brought in. They had been given special dispensation by the FA to bring in players who had already been cup-tied to come in and play for United.
“That FA Cup run must have given them real belief going forward because they had managed to do that. But Busby was bold. They signed Denis Law for a world-record fee, which complemented the side. They got David Herd and Pat Crerand. But between winning the league in ’65 and the European Cup in ’68 they signed John Connelly and that’s all. They relied very much on home-grown talent because he was trying to rebuild his Busby Babes. And only five years after Munich they won the FA Cup against Leicester in 1963.”
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Charlton, of course, would eventually be a winner not just with his club in Europe but also with his country on the biggest stage of all in the 1966 World Cup, just eight years on from the emotional trauma of losing so many of his best friends and team-mates.
And there will forever be the question of what part Edwards might have played in Sir Alf Ramsey’s team had he not lost his life 15 days on from the crash.
“It’s intriguing to think who might not have been in the ’66 team but for Munich. If Duncan Edwards had been dropped back to the back four, would Bobby Moore have been in the team?” asks Dr Hodgson. “The person who symbolised the ’66 victory might not have been in the side! Alternatively, if Edwards had stayed in midfield, Nobby Stiles probably wouldn’t have been there. Eddie Colman was only 21 when he died, so he would have still been around in ’66 as well.
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“There might have been a significant improvement in that England side. It was still quite a raw side, and Ramsey had still been chopping and changing his team until quite late, looking for that winning formula.
“I spoke to Jimmy Armfield a couple of times and he described Duncan as a colossus, and he was adamant that he would have been in the ’66 World Cup side. When you think that Bobby Charlton played with players like George Best and against someone like Pele, yet he says Duncan Edwards is the only player that made him feel inferior, he must have been absolutely outstanding.”
Sixty years ago, Manchester United lost the heart of their football team and somehow rose again to become one of the greatest clubs of the modern world. But the sport’s history might have been so different.
Imagine a world in which the all-conquering Real Madrid team of Puskas, Gento and Di Stefano had met their match. Imagine a world in which England were spoken about in the same terms as the greatest of all Brazil sides. That is the world we lost when the Munich tragedy robbed 23 people of their lives, and Manchester United and England of their most treasured of teams.
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1 God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride.
11 A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by sin.
20 The judgment of Zidon.
24 The restoration of Israel.
the prince.Josephus states, on the authority of Menander, who translated the Phoenician annals into Greek, and Philostratus, that this prince was Ithobal.
Because.
5,17; 31:10; De 8:14; 2Ch 26:16; Pr 16:18; 18:12; Isa 2:12; Da 5:22
Da 5:23; Hab 2:4; 1Ti 3:6; 1Pe 5:5
6,9; Ge 3:5; Ac 12:22,23; Re 17:3
I sit.
12-14; Isa 14:13,14; Da 4:30,31; 2Th 2:4
in the midst. Heb. in the heart.
27:3,4,26,27; *marg:
9; Ps 9:20; 72:6,7; Isa 31:3
thou set.
6; 2Th 2:4
thou are.
Da 1:20; 2:48; 5:11,12; Zec 9:2,3
no secret.
1Ki 4:29-32; 10:3; Job 15:8; Ps 25:14; Da 2:22,27,28,47; 5:12
29:3; De 8:17,18; Pr 18:11; 23:4,5; Ec 9:11; Hab 1:16; Zec 9:2-4
thy great wisdom. Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom.
Pr 26:12; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16
and by.
27:12-36; Ps 62:10; Isa 23:3,8; Ho 12:7,8; Zec 9:3; Jas 4:13,14
and thine.
2; 16:49; De 6:11,12; 8:13,14; 2Ch 25:19; 32:23-25; Job 31:24,25
Ps 52:7; 62:10; Pr 11:28; 30:9; Isa 10:8-14; Da 4:30,37; Ho 13:6
Lu 12:16-21; 1Ti 6:17
2; Ex 9:17; Job 9:4; 40:9-12; 1Co 10:22; 2Th 2:4; Jas 1:11
26:7-14; Isa 23:8,9; Am 3:6
the terrible.
30:11; 31:12; 32:12; De 28:49,50; Isa 25:3,4; Da 7:7; Hab 1:6-8
defile.
shall bring.
32:18-30; Job 17:16; 33:18,28; Ps 28:1; 30:9; 55:15; 88:4,5; Pr 1:12
Pr 28:17; Isa 38:17
are slain.
27:26,27,34
say.
2; Da 4:31,32; 5:23-30; Ac 12:22,23
thou shalt.
Ps 82:7; Isa 31:3
slayeth. or, woundeth.
the deaths.
31:18; 32:19,21,24-30; 44:7,9; Le 26:41; 1Sa 17:26,36; Jer 6:10
Jer 9:25,26; Joh 8:24; Ac 7:51; Php 3:3
by the.
7; 11:9; Jer 25:9
take up.
2; 19:1,14; 26:17; 27:2,32; 32:2,16; 2Ch 35:25; Isa 14:4
Jer 9:17-20
Thou sealest.
2-5; 27:3,4; Ro 15:28; 2Co 1:22
Pr 21:30; Isa 10:13; Jer 9:23; Lu 2:40; Ac 6:3; 1Co 1:19,20; 3:19
Col 1:9; 2:3; Jas 3:13-18
in Eden.
31:8,9; 36:35; Ge 2:8; 3:23,24; 13:10; Isa 51:3; Joe 2:3; Re 2:7
27:16,22; Ge 2:11,12; Ex 28:17-20; 39:10-21; Isa 54:11,12; Re 17:4
Re 21:19,20
sardius. or, ruby. beryl. or, chrysolite. emerald. or,chrysoprase. the workmanship.
26:13; Isa 14:11; 23:16; 30:32
thou wast.
15; 21:30
the anointed.
16; Ex 25:17-20; 30:26; 40:9
and I.
Ex 9:16; Ps 75:5-7; Isa 10:6,15; 37:26,27; Da 2:37,38; 4:35
Da 5:18-23; Joh 11:51; Re 9:17
upon.
2,16; 20:40; Isa 14:12-15; 2Th 2:4
stones.
13,17; Re 18:16
3-6,12; 27:3,4
till iniquity.
17,18; Ge 1:26,27,31; 6:5,6; Pr 14:34; Ec 7:29; Isa 14:12; La 5:16
Ro 7:9; 2Pe 2:4
the multitude.
27:12-36; Isa 23:17,18; Ho 12:7; Lu 19:45,46; Joh 2:16; 1Ti 6:9,10
filled.
8:17; Ge 6:11; Am 3:9; Mic 2:2; 6:12; Hab 2:8,17; Zep 1:9
therefore.
Ge 3:24; Le 18:24-28; Isa 22:19; 23:9; Mic 2:10; 2Pe 2:4-6; Re 12:9
O covering.
2,5; 16:14,15; 31:10; Pr 11:2; 16:18; Lu 14:11; Jas 4:6
thou hast.
Isa 19:11-13; Jer 8:9; Ro 1:22-25; 1Co 1:19-21
I will cast.
Job 40:11,12; Ps 73:18; 147:6
I will lay.
16:41; 23:48; 32:10; Isa 14:9-11
defiled.
2,13,14,16
by the iniquity.
Mr 8:36
5:4; Jud 9:15,20; Am 1:9,10,14; 2:2,5; Re 18:8
I will bring.
Mal 4:3; 2Pe 2:6
27:35,36; Ps 76:12; Isa 14:16-19; Re 18:9,10,15-19
26:14,21; 27:36; Jer 51:63,64; Re 18:21
a terror. Heb. terrors.
6:2; 25:2; 29:2
Zidon.Tyre was a colony of the Zidonians (see on Isa 23:12;) and consequently Zidon was a more ancient, though a less considerable city than Tyre; and it is probable that it was taken by the Chaldeans soon after the destruction of the latter. It was afterwards burnt to the ground by the inhabitants, to prevent it falling in the hands of Ochus.
27:8; 32:30; Ge 10:15
Sidon.
Isa 23:2-4,12; Jer 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Joe 3:4-8; Zec 9:2
I am against.
5:8; 21:3; 26:3; 29:3,10; 38:3; 39:1-3; Jer 21:13; 50:31; Na 1:6; 2:13
Na 3:5
25; 39:13; Ex 9:16; 14:4,17; 15:21; Le 10:3; 1Sa 17:45-47
Ps 9:16; 21:12,13; 83:17; Isa 5:15,16; 37:20; Re 19:1,2
shall be.
20:41; 36:23; 38:23
I will send.
5:12; 38:22; Jer 15:2
and they shall.
25:7,11,17; 26:6
a pricking.
Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; Jud 2:3; Isa 35:9; 55:13; Jer 12:14; Mic 7:4
2Co 12:7; Re 21:4
and they.
23,26; 36:36-38; 39:28
11:17; 20:41; 34:13; 36:24; 37:21; 39:27; Le 26:44,45; De 30:3,4
Ps 106:47; Isa 11:12,13; 27:12,13; Jer 30:18; 31:8-10; 32:37
Ho 1:11; Joe 3:7; Am 9:14,15; Ob 1:17-21; Mic 7:11-14; Zep 3:19,20
be sanctified.
22; 36:23; 38:23; Isa 5:16
then shall.
36:28; 37:25; Jer 23:8; 27:11
to my.
Ge 28:13,14
and they shall dwell.
34:25-28; 38:8; Le 25:18,19; De 12:10; Jer 23:6-8; 33:16
Ho 2:18; Zec 2:4,5
safety. or, with confidence.
38:11; 1Ki 4:25; Pr 14:26
build.
Isa 65:21,22; Jer 29:5,6,28; 31:4,5; 32:15; Am 9:13,14
when I.
24; 25:1-32:32; 35:1-15; Isa 13:1-21:17; Jer 46:1-51:64
Zec 1:15
despise. or, spoil.
39:10; Isa 17:14; 33:1; Jer 30:16; La 1:8; Hab 2:8; Zep 2:8,9
22,24; 34:31; 36:22,23; Ex 29:46
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Women in Focus: An evaluation
Burgess C, Malloch M & McIvor G (2011) Women in Focus: An evaluation. South West Scotland Community Justice Authority. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Women_in_Focus_FINAL_REPORT.pdf
First paragraph: The development and operation of Women in Focus resulted from the concerns that many practitioners, policy-makers and others have expressed in relation to the increasing imprisonment of women in Scotland (and internationally). There is evidence of considerable innovation and insight in the development of recent initiatives and actions which have emerged in Scotland; for example the 218 service in Glasgow (Loucks et al, 2006; Easton and Matthews, 2010) the Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee on Female Offenders (Equal Opportunities Committee, 2010). However, innovative attempts, while making a significant difference to the individual women who are able to access them, are introduced and required to operate within, a wider social, political and economic context that can influence how services operate (i.e. short-term funding imposes its own constraints) and how ‘effective' these innovative services can be seen to be.
women and justice; community justice
Burgess, Cheryl; Malloch, Margaret; McIvor, Gill
Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/…FINAL_REPORT.pdf
Professor Margaret Malloch
Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Professor Gillian McIvor
Emeritus Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
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Spend an Intimate Evening with Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley offers a rare opportunity to gain access into a world few have entered as State Theatre New Jersey presents Elvis & Me - An Evening with Priscilla Presley on Fri, October 27. E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg moderates an open conversation with Priscilla where she will answer audience questions, spark discussion, and provide special insight into the life of Elvis
From the moment Priscilla met Elvis in Germany in fall of 1959, her life was changed forever. Elvis and Priscilla were married for six years and had daughter Lisa Marie Presley before their divorce in 1973. Despite their divorce, the two remained close until his death. She became co-executor of the Presley Estate following the death of Elvis' father, Vernon, and brought the estate from the brink of bankruptcy into a phenomenally successful organization. Priscilla continues to serve as a steward of the Elvis Presley legacy.
Join the original first lady of Rock n’ Roll as she recalls her fascinating life and talks about being romanced by Elvis, their Las Vegas wedding, their marriage, and life inside the gates of Graceland. Learn how she raised a daughter during the rise of the tabloids, how she coped with Elvis’ passing, and how she created a career and identity for herself as an actress on the hit television series Dallas and The Naked Gun film trilogy.
The show will be moderated by Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, and former bandleader for talk show host Conan O’Brian on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Inspired to pursue his own rock n’ roll career after watching Elvis’ drummer D.J. Fontana perform on The Milton Berle Show, Weinberg is the perfect host for the journey of Priscilla’s incredible life.
Audience members will feel like guests invited into Priscilla’s living room as she shares personal stories, answers questions, and presents hand-picked pieces from her private collection of home movies and photos. “It’s an intimate conversation that’s going to be honest.” Priscilla vows. “I want to put the truth out there.” She welcomes audience members to share their own memories as well.
Elvis & Me is part of Priscilla Presley’s effort to keep Elvis' memory alive, a mission she has taken on as part of her life's work. She hopes people will leave with a better understanding of her time with Elvis. “There’s a lot about our lifestyle and what want on behind the scenes and it gives people a closer look at our relationship,” she promises.
Elvis & Me - An Evening with Priscilla Presley will deliver a once in a lifetime look into the life of the King of Rock n’ Roll. Do not miss the opportunity to share this intimate conversation at State Theatre New Jersey on Fri, October 27, 2017 at 8pm. Buy your tickets now!
By Susan Malanka
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Discovery Prize
Video: Why Discovery Prize
Stony Brook Research
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
Discovery Prize 2019 Winner
Il Memming Park, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
"Personalized Landscape of Unconsciousness"
Il Memming Park aims to understand how information is represented and and computations are implemented in the brain in milliseconds to seconds time scale. He designs interpretable statistical models and machine learning methods specialized for neural time series. He earned his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Florida (2010), and trained with Jonathan Pillow at University of Texas at Austin as a postdoctoral fellow (2010-2014). He tightly collaborates with experimentalists who record from animal and human brains to uncover the hidden internal state dynamics underlying normal and abnormal cognition.
Discovery Prize 2019 Finalists
Melanie Chiu, PhD
"Self-reproducing Nanocapsules"
The Chiu research group studies how chemical reactions work in order to devise ways to make molecules and arrange them into larger constructs. Just as the design of a building ideally reflects its functions, the Chiu group studies how the architecture of molecules and molecular assemblies can be harnessed to achieve new or desired properties. For example, Melanie’s proposed project seeks to construct self-reproducing nanocapsules, which could lead to new generations of self-healing materials and have implications for studying the origins of life. Other work in the Chiu group utilizes light to control polymerization reactions, which can then be used to tailor the polymers’ material properties.
Melanie is a native of San Diego, California, and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2004 with an A.B. in Chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. in 2009 as a National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich (2009–2011, ETH Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship) and Stanford University (2012–2014) before joining the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University in 2014. Melanie especially values the privilege of pursuing some of science’s biggest mysteries as a member of the Stony Brook community because of its tremendous diversity, collaborative environment, and commitment to education as an engine of social mobility. When she’s not in the chemistry lab, Melanie enjoys training for triathlons, climbing, and playing violin.
Sandeep Mallipattu, MD
DCI-Martin Liebowitz Professor,
School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
"Combinatorial Approach to Building a Kidney"
Sandeep Mallipattu’s laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms that mediate the development and progression of kidney disease. He will be working with a multidisciplinary team of researchers to pursue a combinatorial approach to building a whole kidney. The team will utilize novel stem cell technology in combination with biological and nonbiological scaffolds to promote whole kidney regeneration. Building an artificial kidney from patient-derived cells will have a profound impact in the medical field, as well as the addressing the rising burden of kidney disease, health care expenditures, and organ shortage in the United States.
Dr. Mallipattu is the chief of Stony Brook Medicine Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and a tenured associate professor in medicine, with a special interest in the area of the molecular mechanisms, prevention and innovative treatment of kidney disease. Before joining Stony Brook University, he initially received training in biomedical engineering from the University of California, San Diego with a subsequent medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and conducted Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai.
Ming-Yu Ngai, PhD
"Using Sunlight to Convert Greenhouse Gas into Valuable Chemicals"
Ming-Yu Ngai received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Hong Kong and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2009, he moved to Stanford University as the Croucher postdoctoral fellow and then to Harvard University as a postdoctoral associate. In 2013, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on the development of novel and practical chemical processes to address unmet challenges in organic synthesis and to synthesize functional molecules that find applications in the fields of life sciences, materials, and energy research.
Ming’s Discovery Prize proposal aims to develop resource-efficient, sustainable, and clean chemical reactions that harness renewable and free sunlight to convert a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), into valuable chemicals. An abundant, non-toxic, and inexpensive gas, CO 2 is well-known for its association with anthropogenic climate change and can serve as a versatile and inexhaustible C 1 -building block to produce carbon-based fuels and value-added chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. However, chemical functionalization of CO 2 has been hampered by its high kinetic inertness and thermodynamic stability. To overcome this intrinsic energy barrier, his team will establish a dual catalyst system consisting of visible-light photoredox catalysts to capture, activate and photo-catalytically reduce molecular CO 2 , and harness the resulting •CO 2 ‒ intermediate for further synthetic transformations. Accomplishment of his proposed research will: (i) revolutionize synthetic approaches to the preparation of high-value chemicals from the simple, non-toxic, and cheap feedstock, CO 2 ; (ii) generate the versatile •CO 2 ‒ moiety at ambient temperature and provide a new strategic chemical bond formation; (iii) make better use of both energy and carbon; (iv) store solar energy in the form of carbon-based fuels and chemicals; and (v) create new knowledge in CO 2 capture, reduction, and utilization.
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794
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Getting the Leadership Basics Right
Whether they’re selling concrete or chocolate, CEOs can still look to five steadfast rules.
by Eric J. McNulty
I recently had the opportunity to interview two CEOs on a single day. While the interviews were conducted for two different projects and initially seemed dissimilar, my review of the notes revealed great commonalities in how the two run their businesses. Their insights make a great playbook for the leadership basics from which every executive can learn.
The first was with Sophi Tranchell, CEO of Divine Chocolate. Divine is a privately held social enterprise based in the U.K. that sources fair-trade cocoa beans from farmers in Ghana who are also part owners of the company. The second interview was with Bill Sandbrook, CEO of U.S. Concrete, a publicly held company based in the U.S. that produces ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. Tranchell is a former antiapartheid activist; Sandbrook’s early career was in the military.
In addition to the everyday challenges of being a CEO, each leader wrestles with making a product composed of multiple commodity ingredients subject to fluctuations in price and availability. Each faces tough competition that requires striking a balance between cost and quality. Each has intricate distribution channels where things can go awry. And both are succeeding by getting these five often-overlooked fundamentals of leadership right.
What It Takes to Stay Ahead of the Competition
by Matt Palmquist
A Simple Concept: Lead with a Vision
by George E.L. Barbee
How Howard Schultz’s Angel Poised Starbucks for Success
by Thomas A. Stewart and Patricia O’Connell
Hire people who can find meaning through your business. You may think that because everyone loves chocolate, everyone wants to work for a chocolate company. But it is Divine Chocolate’s social mission, not its product, that makes it distinct and draws talent. Tranchell said she seeks to work with people who are “passionate and curious” and want to change the world for the better. She looks for an entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to see “the mission impact along with the business impact.”
Conversely, you may think that it is tough to find top talent longing for a career in concrete. But in an increasingly digital world, working with a tangible, durable product has appeal, said Sandbrook. He tries to find people who “like to build things and spend time outside.” Sandbrook said that he wants people to grow to love the industry and the company. And that’s how you make concrete as sexy as chocolate.
Provide clear, compelling goals. Sandbrook explained that concrete is “a business of small, incremental improvements. You don't run it with 100 metrics — focus on the key ones.…If you can get your team excited about achieving a goal, what the business is isn't actually that important.” Tranchell noted that as the CEO of a relatively small business, it is incumbent upon her to ensure that everyone knows what they're doing. “You have to get good at telling stories so that people know why we are doing what we're doing. I learned that from my work as an activist,” she said. “Then, be open and transparent with information so everyone knows where we are and where we are going.” She sends employees to Ghana regularly to see how their work affects the farmers with whom they work.
Give people a path for growth and impact. Tranchell said that for many young people, “student debt makes it difficult for them to put their money where their mouths are” with regard to bringing their values to their work. Social enterprises can help fill that gap by paying a wage that allows young people to recognize their impact while still being able to make ends meet and pay off student loans. Furthermore, she hires people in all stages of their careers in each of the geographic areas from which the company distributes, and gives those employees freedom to build that local business.
The CEOs’ insights make a great playbook for the leadership basics from which every executive can learn.
Sandbrook said that U.S. Concrete lays out a clear map for maturing into management. “Expect to make decisions early and be rewarded for performance,” he said. He wants people at all levels to be strategic “chess players,” willing to make decisions and be innovative and creative in the “basic blocking-and-tackling” in the business. Strategic thinkers at a concrete company may have a different kind of impact than they would at a social enterprise, but it can be just as motivating to make a difference in how a company does business as it is to affect society at large.
Foster a positive, supportive culture. Sandbrook said that he encourages an environment of collaboration and respect where “egos are checked at the door” and expressed a high tolerance for low-consequence mistakes as learning experiences. “If you cut people off at the legs for making a mistake, they will work to be the one not to decide,” he said. “That hurts the business.” He also noted that the company’s performance focus means that no one has to watch a clock. “You can succeed here and still have a life.”
Similarly, Tranchell spoke of a culture that is “fair and inclusive that emphasizes sharing,” one in which “we try to stay nimble and have fun.” As a small business, “we can still get everyone in the same room once a month to celebrate success and solve problems.”
Lead with a higher purpose. Tranchell told me that she has trouble with the notion of leadership as an end in itself. “You don't [run an organization] to ‘do’ leadership,” she said. “You do it because you see change that needs to happen and you can make a difference. I believe we need accountable and transparent companies that are willing to address social injustice.” Tranchell clearly draws heavily on her experience as an activist, a time she describes as one in which people wanted to change the world and, in the case of apartheid, actually did. She aims to pass on not simply the passion but also the belief that collective action can have impact. “Lots of people thought Divine Chocolate wouldn’t work,” she said. “We believed it would and it has.”
Sandbrook came into the private sector after cultivating an ethos of service in the military. His higher purpose — “having that team accomplish things they might not have even known were possible” — reflects that heritage. He described his greatest satisfaction and self-actualization as team building. “It's the intangible rewards, not the tangible,” he said. “I thrive when I can motivate them to a higher level.”
The hard (and sweet) truth: Amid the never-ending blizzard of leadership books and talks with the latest advice, it is good to remember that getting the basics right is the first, essential step to building a great organization.
Topics: ceo, communication, culture, effectiveness, employee engagement, leadership, management ideas
Eric J. McNulty
Eric J. McNulty is the associate director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. He is the coauthor of You're It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most (PublicAffairs, 2019). He writes frequently about leadership, change, and organizational culture.
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Behind the Headlines: Israelis Support Democracy
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On October 23rd, 2012 Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an article by Gideon Levy with a sensational headline: “most Israelis support [an] apartheid regime in Israel.” This is an example of the effort to demonize Israel by taking grains of fact and distorting them. In this case, the results of a poll by an Israeli organization called Dialogue were manipulated to make the false claim that Israelis support apartheid. In reality this survey proved the opposite: that Israeli Jews strongly oppose the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel.
Participants in the poll were asked the question, “If Israel were to annex the territory of Judea and Samaria, do you believe 2.5 million Palestinians ought to be granted right to vote in the Knesset?” Most answered “no” and Haaretz used this as the basis for its headline. But shortly after it was published, numerous outlets examined Levy’s article and found its central claims to be false, forcing Haaretz to publish a correction.[i]
Most Israeli Jews do not want Israel to annex Judea and Samaria. This fact is confirmed by the same survey Levy cites in his article. Therefore, the question about giving the Palestinians voting rights refers to a hypothetical situation which Israelis do not want to create.[ii]
What the survey really indicates is that Israeli Jews are committed to living in a Jewish and democratic state. They oppose giving millions of Palestinians voting rights in Israel because this would mean the end of the Jewish state. They oppose annexation because they do not want Israel to become undemocratic.[iii]
Most Israeli Jews disagree with the apartheid libel. According to Levy’s article, 58% of Israeli Jews, “already [believe] Israel practices apartheid against Arabs.”[iv] There are numerous problems with this claim. The word “apartheid” was not defined in the survey and the survey conductors admitted that the definition may not have been clear to interviewees.[v]
The survey reflects Jewish Israeli views on discrimination in their society, not apartheid. According to the survey, 31% of Israelis believe there is no apartheid in Israel, 39% believe there is “apartheid in some areas,” and 19% believe there is “apartheid in many areas”. But by definition, there is no such thing as “apartheid in some areas,” or “many areas.” There is either an apartheid regime or no apartheid regime.[vi] Therefore, interviewees almost certainly took “apartheid” to mean “discrimination”.[vii]
The survey revealed that Jewish Israelis have many positive attitudes towards Arabs and Palestinians. According to the survey, most interviewees have no problem living in the same apartment building with Arab families and sending their children to schools with Arab children. In addition, a large majority want Israeli Arabs to continue to participate in the democratic process.[viii]
The survey also revealed that some Israeli Jews do have discriminatory attitudes toward Israeli-Arabs in some areas. This is why countless Israelis in the government and NGO sector are working to end discrimination and help Israel’s minorities.
[i] Gideon Levy, “Survey: Most Israeli Jews wouldn’t give Palestinians vote if West Bank was annexed,” Haaretz, October 23, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/survey-most-israeli-jews-wouldn-t-give-palestinians-vote-if-west-bank-was-annexed.premium-1.471644?block=true
[ii] Yehuda Ben Meir, “Most of us don’t want apartheid,” Haaretz, October 28, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/most-of-us-don-t-want-apartheid.premium-1.472660
[iii] Yehuda Ben Meir, “Most of us don’t want apartheid,” Haaretz, October 28, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/most-of-us-don-t-want-apartheid.premium-1.472660
[iv] Gideon Levy, “Survey: Most Israeli Jews wouldn’t give Palestinians vote if West Bank was annexed,” Haaretz, October 23, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/survey-most-israeli-jews-wouldn-t-give-palestinians-vote-if-west-bank-was-annexed.premium-1.471644?block=true
[v] Gideon Levy, “Survey: Most Israeli Jews wouldn’t give Palestinians vote if West Bank was annexed,” Haaretz, October 23, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/survey-most-israeli-jews-wouldn-t-give-palestinians-vote-if-west-bank-was-annexed.premium-1.471644?block=true
[vi] Yehuda Ben Meir, “Most of us don’t want apartheid,” Haaretz, October 28, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/most-of-us-don-t-want-apartheid.premium-1.472660; Yishai Goldflam, “Haaretz’s Apartheid Campaign Against Israel,” CAMERA, October 25, 2012, at http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=55&x_article=2311
[vii] Yehuda Ben Meir, “Most of us don’t want apartheid,” Haaretz, October 28, 2012, at http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/most-of-us-don-t-want-apartheid.premium-1.472660; Yishai Goldflam, “Haaretz’s Apartheid Campaign Against Israel,” CAMERA, October 25, 2012, at http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=55&x_article=2311
[viii] Yishai Goldflam, “Haaretz’s Apartheid Campaign Against Israel,” CAMERA, October 25, 2012, at http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=55&x_article=2311
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Over the past 20 years Jon has successfully litigated complex product liability matters in state and federal courts representing clients in over 25 states, Canada and Australia. He has developed a solid reputation for developing successful litigation strategies designed to proactively accomplish our client’s goals throughout the discovery process and at trial.
Jon has extensive experienced representing designers and manufacturers of industrial machinery, motorized vehicles and watercraft, medical devices, outdoor power equipment, tools, electrical switches and components (including medium and high voltage distribution systems) and consumer goods. Over the years, Jon has developed a specialty in investigating fires and explosions to determine their origin and cause defending against allegations that violate the scientific method.
As a founding member of Stanton | Barton LLC, Jon is actively engaged in firm management and leadership driving the cultural development of the firms collaborative and collegial environment which is designed to provide a team based approach to service our clients’ litigation needs.
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Member of the Product Liability Advisory Counsel
Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)
St. Louis Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” recipient.
Super Lawyer in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2011 – 2017
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers named him a Rising Star, 2010.
Missouri Lawyers Weekly as one of the Up & Coming Lawyers in Missouri, 2008.
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
Order of Barristers
Recipient of the American College of Trial Lawyers Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Award for Excellence in Advocacy, 1997 and 1998.
All-American, Intercollegiate Mock Trial, 1994.
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Defended consumer product manufacturer (television) in an $11 million wrongful death case involving 37 year old male in the City of St. Louis— obtained confidential settlement of less than 1% of original demand 2 weeks before trial.
Represented consumer product manufacturer (refrigerator) in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case involving the death of two children ages 4 and 6—reached a confidential six figure settlement prior to trial.
Represented consumer product manufacturer (wood burning stove) in a $5 million personal injury case involving 12 year old boy with burns to 93% of his body—confidential settlement reached at mediation for less than $325,000.
Represented industrial component part manufacturer (control limit switch) in a $4 million personal injury (paraplegic) wrongful death case—obtained dismissal prior to trial.
Defended RV manufacturer in personal injury wrongful death claim involving component product recalled for containing a defect which caused fire—obtained dismissal after mediation.
Defended motorcycle manufacturer in personal injury claim involving recall due to alleged throttle sticking—obtained favorable confidential settlement.
Represented trucking company and driver in $2 million wrongful death case involving 18 year old girl—confidential settlement reached for less than $20,000.
Represented industrial component part manufacturer (control limit switch) in a $4 million wrongful death case involving worker struck in head by a falling crane hook—obtained dismissal prior to trial.
Defended vehicle manufacturer in property damage subrogation claim alleging vehicle fire which allegedly spread and burned down plaintiff’s home damaging same in the amount of $300,000—obtained confidential settlement for less than $15,000.
Represented rental company in a wrongful death case involving contact with power lines while operating a boom lift—obtained confidential settlement for less than $20,000 (paid by co-defendant under indemnification agreement).
Defended manufacturer of marine motor in breach of warranty and property damage claim—tried to verdict—jury awarded damages to plaintiff and fees awarded pursuant to MMWA.
Represented industrial electrical equipment manufacturer (medium/high voltage switch gear) in a $5 million property damage construction defect claim involving an overvoltage event and resulting fire—obtained confidential settlement of less than $25,000.
Defended industrial manufacturer (circuit breaker) in a $1.2 million subrogation claim—obtained settlement during mediation for less than $100,000.
Reported Cases | Notable Decisions
Howard v. Eaton Corporation, No. 16-055 (Sup. Ct. WV 2016). The Supreme Court of West Virginia upheld the lower courts granting of full summary judgment on an electrical shock case involving allegations of strict product liability and failure to warn.
Ace American Insurance Company v. Eaton Electrical, Inc., . 3:11-cv-01741 (USDC Conn. 2015) Trial court granted Daubert motion striking plaintiff’s expert and granted summary judgment.
Merriman v. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-05067 (USDC W.D. Mo.2011). Trial court granted two separate Daubert motions striking both of Plaintiff’s expert witnesses and ultimately granted summary judgment on a complex design defect claim.
Edwards v. Brunswick Corp., (2009). The plaintiff alleged complex design and manufacturing defects resulting in a boat fire. The case was tried to verdict in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County and resolved on appeal.
Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund v. Investors, Ins. Co. of America, 451 F.3d 925 (8th Cir. 2006).
Baskin v. Parkview Housing(2004). The plaintiff alleged wrongful eviction and conversion of personal property seeking over $700,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Jon represented the defendant, Parkview Housing Corporation. The case was tried for three days in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County and resulted in a unanimous defense verdict.
City of St. Louis, et al. v. American Tobacco, Co., et al., 2003 WL 23277277 (Mo. Cir. December 16, 2003).
Grigaitis v. My Way Transportation (2002). The plaintiff alleged personal injury and property damage as a result of a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer. Jon represented the defendant, My Way Transportation. The case was tried for two days in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis and resulted in a unanimous defense verdict.
Schwarzen v. Harrah’s St. Louis Riverport, 72 S.W.3d 223, 224 (Mo. App. E.D. 2002).
State ex rel. MSX International v. Dolan, 38 S.W.3d 427, 430 (Mo. banc 2001).
Publications | Presentations
Missouri Evidence, Chapter 10: Credibility and Impeachment of Witnesses (MoBar 6th 2017).
Missouri Bar Civil Procedure Desk Book, Chapter 20: Statute and Ordnance Violations (MoBar 2015).
Missouri Bar Civil Procedure Deskbook, Rules 52.01—52.05 (MoBar 2012 Supplement).
Prelude to Trial: Mediation in the Modern Age, Trials and Tribulations, DRI (October 2013).
Missouri Damages, Consortium and Derivative Claims, (MoBar 3rd ed. 2011)- Deskbook Reviewer.
Missouri Evidence § 10, Credibility and Impeachment of Witnesses, 2010 Supplement (MoBar 5th ed. 2010).
Missouri Tort Law, 3rd Ed., 2010 Cumulative Supplement Chapter 19—Statute and Ordinance Violations (MoBar 3rd 2010).
Partnering With Your Client: A Recipe for Success in Product Liability Litigation, Corporate Counsel Magazine, (December 2007).
Missouri Civil Procedure, Rule 67: Dismissal of Civil Actions, (MoBar 3rd ed. 2007), Deskbook Reviewer.
Missouri Evidence, Chapter 10, Credibility and Impeachment of Witnesses, (MoBar 5th ed. 2006).
Missouri Tort Law, Chapter 14, Product Liability, (MoBar 3rd ed. 2003) -Deskbook Reviewer.
Jon is a regular speaker to members of the Missouri and Illinois Bar as well as attorneys and general counsel on a national basis. He presents seminars on issues involving integration of technology during the discovery process and at trial as well as advanced trial and deposition skills and techniques. Jon also hosts a yearly webinar on ethics from the litigator’s perspective.
Mitigating Damages: A Framework for Limiting Future Medical Care Losses Based on the Affordable Care Act, Network of Trial Law Firms (April 16, 2015);
Product Liability & Fire Investigations, Client Presentation (September 2014);
The Daubert Conundrum, Network of Trial Law Firms (November 2, 2014);
Handing Objections and Responses to Discovery, SPVG Internal (July 22, 2014);
May it Please the Court, Effective Case Presentation at trial, NBI, Inc. (March 21, 2014);
Sifting Through the Ashes: Using Fire Science in Defense of a Product Liability Claim, Client Presentation (September 12, 2013);
Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy, NBI (May 9, 2013);
Sifting Through the Ashes: Using Fire Science in Defense of a Product Liability Claim, Network of Trial Law Firms (November 9, 2012);
Prelude to Trial: Mediation in the Modern Age, Network of Trial Law Firms (May 2, 2013);
Trial Preparation and Technology: Planning for Attorneys and Paralegals, SPVG Internal (September 20, 2012);
Dirty Litigation Tactics: How to Deal with the “Rambo” Litigator, NBI/West Legal Education (August 9, 2011);
Practical Evidence for Civil Litigators, Missouri Bar CLE (June 3, 2011);
Litigating in an Electronic World-Effective Use of Social Media, Tokio Marine Nichido, Pasadena, CA (March 1, 2011);
Ethics: Effect on Corporate IT Policies on Otherwise Privileged Communications, Network of Trial Law Firms, Kiawah Island, S.C. (November 5, 2010);
Dirty Litigation Tactics: How to Deal with the “Rambo” Litigator, NBI/West Legal Education (September 29, 2010);
Product Liability Litigation From Beginning to End, PLRB/LIRB, Atlanta, Georgia (June 22-23, 2010);
E-Discovery: In-House Counsel’s Reaction to Pension Committee Decision, Network of Trial Law Firms, (April 23, 2010);
Mastering the Art of Taking and Defending Depositions, The Missouri Bar, (February 26, 2010);
Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, NBI/West Legal Education (January 14, 2010);
Emerging Responsibilities for In-House Counsel—E-Discovery: What Other In-House Counsel are Doing, Network of Trial Law Firms, Laguna Beach, California (November 7, 2010);
E-Discovery Overview and the Duty to Preserve and Produce, Louis Missouri (in-house) (August 21, 2009);
E-Discovery Challenges Facing In-House Counsel, Network of Trial Law Firms, New York, NY (August 7, 2009);
E-Discovery Challenges Facing In-House Counsel, Network of Trial Law Firms, Napa, CA (April 26, 2009);
Refining Your Opening and Closing Statements, NBI/West Legal Education (March 20, 2009);
Electronic Document Management in the Trenches, IPE Institute (January 29, 2009);
Winning Your First Civil Trial, NBI/West Legal Education (October 13, 2008);
Ethics from the Litigators Perspective, National Business Institute (June 30, 2008);
Litigating to Win through Advanced Trial Advocacy, NBI/West Legal Education (June 26, 2008);
E-Discovery: A To Z Workshop, West Legal Works (June 17-18, 2008);
Mastering the Art of Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, Missouri Bar CLE (February 8, 2008);
Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, National Business Institute (January 31, 2008);
Ethics in Advocacy: The Litigator’s Perspective NBI/West Legal Education (December 27, 2007);
Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics, National Business Institute (November 30, 2007);
Building Your Civil Trial Skills, National Business Institute (August 29, 2007);
Comprehensive Cross Examination Skills, NBI/West Legal Education (June 21, 2007);
Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy, National Business Institute (May 18, 2007);
Trial Preparation from Start to Finish for Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education (March 28, 2007);
The Art of Settlement, National Business Institute (March 27, 2007);
How to Get Evidence and Expert Testimony Admitted Into Court, National Business Institute (January 25, 2007);
Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy, National Business Institute, (June 28, 2006);
Ethics in Advocacy: The Litigator’s Perspective NBI/West Legal Education (June 26, 2006);
Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients in Missouri (The Defense Perspective), National Business Institute, (August 24, 2005);
Superior Deposition Strategies in Missouri Civil Trial Practice, National Business Institute (November 17, 2004);
State Civil Litigation in Missouri, Lorman Education Services (May 19, 2004);
Ethics and Advocacy: Case Studies and Practical Applications for the Civil Litigator, University of Houston Law Center (January 9, 2004). Presented with Dr. Jeffrey S. Wigand, former VP of Research and Development for Brown & Williamson and the subject of the movie “The Insider.”
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Volunteer: St. Louis Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (2001 to present). Board of Directors (2011 to 2014). Routinely assists artists with questions concerning the law with a special emphasis on intellectual property issues.
Volunteer: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (2001 to present). Frequently serve as a guest judge for the high school mock trial competition.
Adjunct Professor: Washington University. Coach of the national intercollegiate mock trial team – 2003-2005.
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Two new draft Codes of Practice have been published to assist employers in preventing illegal working and avoiding discrimination in recruitment.
One aspect of recruitment that can prove tricky for employers to navigate is in relation to the duty to establish an individual’s right to work in the UK. This duty arises under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, and must be balanced against the individual’s right not to be discriminated against, contrary to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010.
The 2006 Act requires an employer to carry out certain checks in order to establish whether an individual has the right to work in the UK, before the individual commences employment (not on the day they start). This involves checking original documents from an approved list of documents to establish eligibility to work, making copies of those documents and keeping a record of them for the duration of the individual’s employment and for a period of two years after employment has ended. For certain individuals who have limited entitlement to remain in the UK, checks must be carried out every 12 months (with effect from 16 May 2014, checks will only need to be repeated on the expiry of the temporary entitlement).
If an employer negligently employs an individual without the right to work, the employer is liable for a civil penalty (a fine). From 16 May 2014, the maximum civil penalty for illegally employing immigrant workers is doubled from £10,000 to £20,000, per illegal worker. An employer who knowingly employs an individual who does not have the right to work has committed a criminal offence, which can result in an unlimited fine or a prison term of up to two years.
A new draft Code of Practice has been published by the Home Office: Draft Code of Practice on Illegal Working. The new Code explains the process for employers to carry out a “right to work check”, including the lists of acceptable documents to check (List A and List B). The range of acceptable documents has been reduced. It also sets out the factors that will be taken into account by the Home Office in determining the level of the penalty. The penalty is likely to be much higher for those who have committed an offence within the previous three years, compared to those for whom it is a first offence.
The following mitigating factors will also be taken into account in determining the level of the penalty:
Employer reported suspected illegality;
Employer cooperated with Home Office investigation;
Effective document-checking practices in place.
The Home Office has also recently published a further new draft Code of Practice: Avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working, to assist employers in complying with both its duties under the 2006 Act and the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. This draft Code, once finalised, will replace the previous Code issued in 2008. Whilst the Code itself does not impose any legal duties on employers, an employer’s failure to comply with its provisions can be used in evidence in legal proceedings.
The draft Code advises employers, as a matter of good employment practice, to have “clear written procedures for the recruitment and selection of all workers, based on equal and fair treatment for all applicants”. Having such procedures in place (and following them) is likely to assist an employer in the defence of a discrimination claim, not least by demonstrating that it took “all reasonable steps” to prevent discrimination from occurring.
In order to avoid a potential claim of discrimination, the Code advises employers to carry out the checks required by the 2006 Act in respect of all new recruits, not only those who may appear to be of non-British nationality due to their name, accent or ethnicity.
What if the individual does not produce the documents necessary to establish their right to work in the UK? The draft Code cautions against assuming that they are living or working in the UK illegally, and advises employers to keep the job open for as long as possible in order to give the individual the opportunity to demonstrate their right to work. However, the Code also acknowledges that this may not be possible if the requirement to recruit is particularly urgent. An employer who is not satisfied that an individual has the right to work in the UK can lawfully refuse to employ them on that basis.
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Players give mixed reviews halfway through new Davis Cup
Thu., Nov. 21, 2019
France players stand during the national anthem before the Davis Cup tennis match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
By Tales Azzoni Associated Press
MADRID – At the halfway point, the revamped Davis Cup Finals are drawing praise and criticism.
On the one hand, matches have excited and the crowds thrilled. On the other, late night finishes and exploited loopholes in the rules have annoyed the players.
After nearly 120 years of playing the Davis Cup throughout the year and around the world, the event was sold to an investment group to distill it into a one-week championship in one city to make it more lucrative and attractive.
The action hasn’t disappointed. Defending champion Croatia was knocked out in the group stage on day two, and the United States, the Davis Cup’s most successful team, failed to advance on day three. The knockout stage began on Thursday.
But the players have given mixed reviews, and its clear adjustments are needed.
Even with ties reduced from five to three matches, and matches reduced from five sets to three, almost no one has enjoyed the extremely long time needed to complete the ties. The latest post-midnight finish was the Italy-United States tie at 4:04 a.m. local time on Thursday, the second latest finish in major tennis history.
“I don’t even know where we are, what time it is, what day it is,” U.S. captain Mardy Fish said.
Other ties took nearly nine hours to conclude, going well into the later sessions and causing long delays.
“That makes big trouble for us, for the players and the people who are coming to the stadium,” top-ranked Rafael Nadal says. “That makes the thing difficult. For me, that’s the only negative thing.”
Organizers quickly took action, announcing Thursday that they would switch to earlier start times to minimize the chance of late finishes.
The morning and afternoon sessions were brought forward 30 minutes beginning on Friday, with the new start times set for 10:30 a.m. (0930 GMT) and 5:30 p.m. (1630 GMT). In addition, the time between the first and second singles matches will be reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes, and the doubles match has to start within 30 minutes of the second singles.
Andy Murray was among the players who complained of a format flaw that allowed Canada to forfeit its doubles against the U.S. on Tuesday, handing the Americans a 6-0, 6-0 victory that could have affected other teams trying to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Canada decided to skip the match because it had already advanced and some of its players were injured.
“I personally don’t like that,” Serbia star Novak Djokovic says. “I mean, that shouldn’t be allowed, to be honest. I understand that Canada is through already, they won both of their ties … and they wanted to rest their players for the quarterfinals and onwards. But I just feel it’s not fair. I think everyone should be obliged to come out and play.”
On Wednesday, Australia retired from its doubles against Belgium after playing only one game, citing injuring concerns with a player.
“It was an easy decision for me because I’m not risking him before the quarterfinals,” Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt said.
The complex calculations needed to decide which of the best second-place teams advanced from the group stage also was criticized, as they left fans and even teams unsure of what combination of results were needed. The Americans spoke as if they still had a chance to advance after beating Italy on Thursday, but the team had already been eliminated.
There was plenty of excitement in many matches, including Murray rallying from 4-1 down in the third set and 4-1 down in the tiebreaker against Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands on Wednesday. There was also the longest Davis Cup tiebreaker when Germans Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies edged Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Leonardo Mayer 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (18) in 3 hours, 18 minutes.
“You’re playing against a different team the following day with quite different players, game styles. It’s difficult,” Murray says. “There’s not a lot of margin for error, which maybe makes the matches more exciting and a little bit more unpredictable. Maybe a little bit more stressful for the players.”
Critics, including some players, complained that taking ties away from their home countries would diminish the great partisan atmospheres. But although only Spain ties have enjoyed full crowds, the fan atmosphere at most matches has been surprisingly good.
Traveling groups of supporters have made up for their lack of numbers by making plenty of noise on the three courts of the Caja Magica (Magic Box) tennis complex.
Croatians and Spaniards brought marching bands, Canadians and Belgians had drums, Argentines were their usual raucous, singing selves, and the Dutch were prominent, too.
“The sacrifice that had to be made, which is a pretty big one, and a lot of players complain about that, is that you don’t have a chance to play at home,” Djokovic says. “You know, for 99% of the nations, they don’t have a chance to play home ties. But this kind of format change had to create some kind of, I guess, sacrifice. I miss playing at home for Serbia in the Davis Cup.
“But I also support the fact that there had to be a change from the old format because just the old format wasn’t I think generating enough interest in the world of sport, in the world of tennis as well.
“Organizers are doing their best to make this a successful week, a successful event. It’s a lot of responsibility and pressure on them because this is the most traditional, historic team event in our sport, over 100 years. So there’s a tremendous burden of history on them to make it right.”
Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 8:35 a.m.
Tags: davis cup, international-sports, sports, tennis
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Posted on June 2, 2018 by JOSHUA BROWN
Milton’s Bobbitt 6th, Tipp’s Taylor 7th at state meet
Josh Brown/Troy Daily News Milton-Union’s Beyonce Bobbitt competes in the shot put during the Division II state meet Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Josh Brown/Troy Daily News Tippecanoe’s Katie Taylor runs the 3,200 during the Division II state meet Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
By Josh Brown
jbrown@aimmediamidwest.com
and David Fong
dfong@troydailynews.com
COLUMBUS — Beyonce Bobbitt was so busy chasing the Milton-Union school record that she didn’t even notice the thing she did accomplish.
Bobbitt, a senior throwing in her last event ever as a Bulldog, became the first female Milton-Union athlete ever to earn spot on the podium at state in the shot put, throwing a personal-best 39-10.5 to place sixth at the Division II state track and field meet Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
“Oh yeah, I am!” she said after the event. “Dude, I am, aren’t I? I totally didn’t think I was. The girl that has the record didn’t make the podium, got ninth place because everyone else threw 40-feet. That’s awesome!”
Bobbitt — who placed ninth herself at state in the shot put her sophomore year before fouling three times last season as a junior — threw her PR on her second throw of the day, landing her in third place heading into the finals and putting her roughly four inches away from the school record.
And though she was passed up by three competitors during the finals — one by less than a full inch — she was still pleased with the performance.
“This is really big for me, because last year when I came here, no distance, three fouls, it was bad,” said Bobbitt, who was the state runner-up in the discus competition on Friday. “Moving up in the discus and getting on the podium in the shot put, it’s, it’s pretty sweet.
“It’s a great way to go out. ‘Better to burn out than to fade away.’ I’m happy with what I did today. I threw a PR. I wanted to get the record … but I’ll just let somebody else get that. I got the discus one, so I’ll be happy. I’m proud, and I know my coaches are proud of me.”
Bobbitt leaves Milton-Union a four-time state qualifier in the discus and three-time qualifier in the shot put.
“I’m proud of my accomplishments, and I’m grateful for all the people that helped me do this,” Bobbitt said. “(Girls basketball coach Katie) Roose for keeping me in shape for track, (girls soccer coach Andy) Grudich for making me play in the field instead of being in the goal, getting me in shape for basketball so I could stay in shape for track. (Athletic Director Mark) Lane has been really supportive. (Throwing coach Dan) Studebaker for sticking with me — I know I’m a pain in the butt to coach. (Track and field coach Michael) Meredith for keeping everything in perspective for me and not dealing with my whiny butt. I have a great coaching staff, and I’m going to miss them a lot.
“I’m really happy with what ‘ve accomplished this past four years. I hate to go, but I’ve left something behind, left my mark on Milton-Union history. And I’m ready to see what the next level holds for me.”
Taylor places seventh
Making it to the state meet last year, then not making it on the podium, is something that had bothered Tippecanoe junior Katie Taylor for the better part of 365 days.
Saturday, she did something about it at the Division II state track and field meet, placing seventh in 11:20.82 and earning a coveted spot on the podium.
“It feels great,” she said. “For me to make it to state last year and not make the podium is something I’ve been thinking about all year.
“It drove me a lot. Every race, even if I had a PR, I wanted to work harder and improve myself.”
Contact Josh Brown at (937) 552-2132, or follow @TroyDailySports on Twitter.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/06/web1_060218jb_mu_bobbitt_main.jpgJosh Brown/Troy Daily News Milton-Union’s Beyonce Bobbitt competes in the shot put during the Division II state meet Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica takes on Wikipedia
The online version of Britannica to use wiki technology
Britannica goes wiki
In an unexpected move, given its makers much-publicised dislike of Wikipedia, the online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has gone all wiki on us and installed an online editor on its site.
It’s all part of a new overhaul that was recently announced through the website’s blog, on a post titled: ‘Britannica’s New Site: More Participation, Collaboration From Experts And Readers.’
In a statement, the makers of the knowledge book said that they want to create “a welcoming community for scholars, experts, and lay contributors.”
The blog continues: “The Britannica Online site will become the hub of a new online community that will welcome and engage thousands of scholars and experts with whom we already have relationships.”
These changes will be similar to Wikipedia in that any registered user can edit, change and amend an entry to their liking. The big difference, however, is that the editor’s name will be included at the bottom of the article.
Encyclopaedia Britannica has been online since 1994, and this is one of the major changes to the site in its 14-year tenure.
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Big Apple Comedy Club 45
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FOUR COMEDIANS - ONE HILARIOUS NIGHT
Maija DiGiorgio is a comedian, actor, writer, radio personality, filmmaker, musician, and an NY-to-LA transplant. In her first year doing stand up, Maija took the comedy world by storm taping five national TV appearances, receiving a standing ovation at NBC’s Live from the Apollo, and performing at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival. Since her impressive start in comedy, Maija has taken her talents to countless prestigious venues worldwide—including the Beacon Theater, the New Orleans’ Essence Festival, and Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival—as well as TV performances across most major networks— including HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, NBC’s Comics Unleashed, Fox’s Laughs, Uncontrolled Comedy Hour, Bet’s Comic View, and Showtime’s Michael Vick Comedy Explosion. Through her work, she has had the opportunity to perform alongside many industry standouts— including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Wanda Sykes, Mike Epps, and Tracy Morgan. Maija has been described as “Fantastic” by Dave Chappelle and been referred to her as “A f**king star!” by Bill Burr.
Dan Wilson is one of those breezy, gentle types that will hit you like a building collapsing if you’re not paying attention. He is one of the great "class clowns" in the business. This is good-time comedy, clean and inoffensive but still mondo humorous and it’d be a darn good idea to see for yourself. Dan Wilson is a comedic force to be reckoned with. Long a favorite on the college and club circuits, Dan began to branch out with a talked about appearance at Budd Friedman’s American Comedy Convention, held at The Riviera in Las Vegas. With that industry exposure under his belt, he began a string of television appearances including "Star Search," A&E’s "Evening at the Improv," MTV’s "Half Hour Comedy Hour," ESPN, Lifetime and Comedy Central. His rubbery face and keen ear for voices earned him status as a recurring sketch performer on HBO’s "Hardcore T.V." Dan has opened for Dana Carvey, Richard Lewis and Richard Belzer appearing at showrooms in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Reno. He continues to headline Comedy Clubs nationwide as well as entertaining many families aboard Royal Caribbean Cruises. His quirky style mixes keen observations with outrageous physical humor, all delivered in a genial "I’m-only-trying-to-fix-the-world-beforeit’s- too-late" deadpan. Don’t miss the chance to see this great talent action!
Brad Trackman is a national touring comedian who has been featured as a stand up on CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, Star Search with Arsenio Hall, AXS tv's Gotham Comedy Live, MTV's The Buried Life, New Joke City with Robert Klein, NBC's Later, NBC's Friday Night and numerous appearances on Comedy Central. Trackman also had his own commercial campaign on Spike TV where he played the fictitious Presidential Candidate Biff Wolanski. Brad started his career in NYC and is a regular at The Comedy Cellar, Gotham, The Comic Strip Live, Carolines on Broadway and Stand Up NY. Also a regular in Atlantic City at the Borgota Casino and Las Vegas at Brad Garrett's Comedy Club in the MGM casino. Trackman has also opened for such legendary comedians as Joan Rivers, Robin Williams, Dana Carvey and Weird Al Yankovic. Brad has two comedy albums of him headlining The D.C. Improv which were produced by XM Sirius comedy programmer Joel Haas. Both are critically acclaimed and available on iTunes. Most recently Brad became a published author. He acquired a major book deal with Post Hill Press/ Simon & Schuster. He wrote the biography of shock jock Anthony Cumia who was part of the legendary radio show Opie and Anthony. The book, entitled Permanently Suspended, is available in book stores nationwide in November 2018.
Joe Larson started comedy at an early age and has always had a knack for making light of any situation. At 20 he really began to seriously pursue stand-up, comedy acting and improv as a potential career when he was chosen “College Comedian of the Year” at The Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Then the Seattle born and raised Comedian decided he didn’t have enough traffic, smog, and pastrami in his life so he moved to New York City. Working the comedy circuit on the east coast, Larson found early success. He was nominated “Best Up-And-Coming Comedian” at the NYC MAC Awards, and was a finalist in both the prestigious Johnny Carson Great American Comedy Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival. His popular blog, “Man with A Baby” is read and enjoyed by many, and online sketch comedy pieces with “Grandma’s Favorite” are a Youtube favorite. If you haven’t see him killin’ it on stage, you might have heard Joe on the nationally syndicated “The Bob & Tom Show”... or seen him in television appearances on The Tonight Show’s Laugh Squad, “Laughs” on FOX, Gotham Comedy Live and on The Speed Channel. He’s even had the time to fit in an appearance on the film, “Stand-Up 360.” From a colleges to comedy clubs, Joe has been funny everywhere. And he will do his damnedest to continue entertaining the masses. Don’t miss the chance to see this great act in action!
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Lessons from Swift Current: Twenty-one years ago, Joe Sakic lost four teammates in a bus crash. Today, he breaks his silence to Roy MacGregor in hopes of helping those in Bathurst heal.
Roy MacGregor
Published February 2, 2008 Updated April 26, 2018
There is no memorial to mark where it happened on that windy, wintry day so long ago now - though the small yellow road sign with the red thermometer dipping below freezing and the fishtailing car says why it happened.
It is possible to stand on the very first turn in the Trans-Canada Highway heading east out of town and see, on a clear day when the snow isn't blowing, the welcome sign to little Swift Current: 'Where life makes sense.'
Too often, death makes none.
They learned all about death here in Swift Current 21 years ago when the bus carrying the local heroes, the Broncos of the Western Hockey League, caught black ice and whipping wind in the wrong combination coming out of that very first curve, flew off the Trans-Canada and crashed, leaving four young hockey players lifeless.
And they learned it again 21 days ago when, four provinces and two time zones away, a van carrying the Phantoms, a high-school basketball team from Bathurst, N.B., slid in bad weather into a transport trailer, killing seven players and the coach's wife.
"It hit home, that's for sure," says Joe Sakic, the Broncos star who survived that long-ago crash and went on to a spectacular career with the Quebec Nordiques and the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League.
Even today it is difficult for Sakic to talk about that moment, something he has only agreed to do with the thought that there might be lessons for the Bathurst players who survived and for little Bathurst, population 13,000, in what became of little Swift Current, population 16,000.
"Both small towns," says Sakic. "Both involved their teams. You never do forget. They say time heals, and it does, but you remember everything. You never forget."
Sakic can even recall the weather conditions that Dec. 30, 1986: temperature dropping to around freezing, the radio talking about high winds, storm concerns for the game that night in Regina, a 2½-hour ride away on the team's old Western Flyer.
Four of the guys had even arrived early - Scott Kruger and Trent Kresse, the scorers, Brent Ruff, the promising rookie, Chris Mantyka, the enforcer - and had claimed the prized card-playing seats at the very back of the bus.
Sakic, a rookie at 17 and already the team's leading scorer, sat near the front with Sheldon Kennedy, his best friend and fellow billet at the busy McBean house in Swift Current. The third McBean billet, team captain Daniel Lambert, was off playing for the national junior team, the "C" taken over by popular Kurt Lackten, who was going with the McBeans' daughter, Karen.
The old bus pulled out of town and onto the Trans-Canada, rising quickly to pass over the railway tracks in a wide loop to the southeast.
Sakic felt the bus begin to slide as it went into the long turn, then he felt the wind punch it sideways. He heard volunteer driver Dave Archibald yell " Hold on" just as the bus flew off the rise into the bank of an access road and crumbled over onto its right side and slid through the snow.
The driver was thrown out the windshield and, miraculously, pushed to safety by the sliding bus. Sakic and Kennedy were shaken up but that was all.
"Neither of us was hurt," Sakic remembers. "We were both fine. We just walked out where the windshield had been."
As Sakic made it back up the embankment, cars and trucks were already stopping. He was placed in one of the first vehicles - he doesn't remember if it was a truck or a car - and hurried off to the little hospital in town. He didn't even know if anyone had been hurt. Kennedy, who had walked around to the back of the bus, knew otherwise.
The four card players had taken the brunt of the blow. Kruger and Kresse had been thrown out the windows and killed instantly. Ruff, the 16-year-old rookie and younger brother of Lindy Ruff, then captain and now coach of the Buffalo Sabres, was crushed under the bus. Mantyka, the tough guy, was frantically trying to push clear of the weight of the bus that had trapped him. He called out for help, but help was impossible. His teammates had to stand there helplessly, watching their most popular player die.
Sakic was checked at the hospital and declared fine. It was only then that the others came streaming in and he heard what had happened.
"I couldn't believe it," he says. "I was in absolute shock."
Absolute shock - just as was felt three weeks ago in Bathurst when word came in about the van crash.
How, Sakic wondered, could he simply walk out without a scratch and be oblivious to the carnage behind him? He hadn't heard Mantyka's screams. He hadn't seen the trainer and a travelling reporter trying to resuscitate the players. He hadn't noticed the blood on so many of his other teammates.
"It was all sort of dreamlike," he remembers.
And then, nightmare-like.
BUDDING STARS
Colleen McBean was the guidance counsellor at Swift Current Composite High School, but also surrogate mother to most of the team who came from other communities. Sakic, Kennedy and Lambert were all billeted at the McBean house. Her lawyer husband, Frank, was on the community-owned team's board of directors.
Frank McBean had been part of the group that had spearheaded a movement to get a team in town. Swift Current would be the smallest centre in all of major junior hockey and the doubters thought it too small to support such an enterprise, but McBean and others managed to land a franchise that would be moving from Lethbridge, Alta. They had the beginnings of a team; they hired a popular young coach, Graham James, who believed in fast, skilled hockey; and they had young budding stars like Sakic, Kennedy and the kid, 16-year-old Ruff.
To no one's surprise, the first-year team was struggling: by Christmas break an unlikely bet to make the postseason playoffs.
Dec. 30, 1986, had already been circled on Colleen McBean's calendar. She had a dental appointment in Regina. And since she was going there anyway, daughter Karen asked if she might come along and stay for the game. And if she was going to be allowed to watch her boyfriend Kurt play, then would it be all right if the girlfriends of Joe - Debbie, whom he would later marry - and Sheldon also came along?
McBean agreed and headed out with a full carload - a visiting nephew included - and they all met later at Regina's Cornwall Centre shopping mall for coffee. One of the girls came along looking ghostly: She had just heard a radio report in one of the stores that tonight's game between the Pats and the Broncos had been cancelled due to an accident. The girlfriends were frantic with worry.
"This was pre-cellphones," the now-retired teacher remembers, "so I had to go to a payphone. I reached Frank just as he was heading out for the hospital. 'It's bad,' he said, 'some of the boys have been killed.' "
Her first instinct, of course, was that it might be her boys - the billets. But then she realized it didn't matter who it was that had been killed, it was a horrible thing. They were all so young. So seemingly indestructible.
Just before Christmas she had had a long talk with the youngest, Brent Ruff, and heard how excited he was about going home to Warburg, Alta., for the holidays. He had beaten his early homesickness. "I love it here," he told her. "I'm so lucky. I'm playing more than I thought I would. Life is good."
"I never forgot that," McBean says 21 years later. " 'Life is good.' When he first came here and I saw he was so young I told his parents, 'Don't worry: We'll take good care of him.' " No one knew what to do. Should they head for home? Should they go to the Regina hospital where the more seriously hurt might be sent?
"In the end," she remembers, "we all just sat under the bank of payphones and cried."
They eventually made their way to the Regina home of a McBean relative and waited for the call and the list. Kresse... Kruger...Mantyka...Ruff... "The next few days are kind of a blur," McBean remembers.
She immediately put to use her grief training and her own personal experience. Only two summers earlier, Frank and Colleen McBean had lost their two young adolescent sons in a car accident near their country retreat. The boys weren't old enough to drive, and the lake friend at the wheel hadn't been responsible enough to take care. The car crashed, killing the two McBean boys and injuring others.
McBean kept her own emotions to herself and threw herself into working with students at the high school and with players who started hanging out at the McBean residence around the clock, endlessly talking about what had happened and why.
"Colleen helped," Sakic says. "She was definitely a big help to everyone."
However, the team coach, James, elected not to have psychological counselling for the players as a group, the feeling being that they could deal with this as all teams are supposed to deal with adversity: quietly, and by themselves. No one thought for a moment that he might have his own motives for keeping professional help at bay.
"The bus accident sent a great wave of emotion through the school," McBean says. "The shockwaves felt in this little community were immense."
Three weeks ago, when she heard the news coming out of New Brunswick, she felt it all over again.
"You just knew instantly," she says, "what they are going through."
A DEEP CONNECTION
Ryan Switzer's world fell apart that December day in 1986. He was nine years old when word came that disaster had struck the team he worshipped.
The Broncos meant everything to the hockey-mad youngster. He idolized Ruff - "He was like a rock star to me" - partly because of the nifty way Ruff played but also because he was youngest and therefore closest in age.
But the connection ran deeper still. The man Switzer considered his "adopted father" ran the public relations for the junior hockey club. His mother sang the anthem before the Broncos home games. Switzer's own dream was to grow up and go to work for the team.
It was vacation time and the Switzers had gone, as so many Prairie families do, to the West Edmonton Mall, the poor man's Disney World. He was staring into the dolphin tank when another family from Swift Current came along and passed on the news.
"That," says Switzer, now 30, "was my first experience with death. I just went silent. I didn't know at all how I should react. All the adults were breaking down and so I started to cry, too."
Switzer, who has lived all his life in town and did indeed grow up to work for the Broncos - he does colour analysis during the broadcasts - says that crash changed his town forever.
"Strange as this may sound," he says, "it was our 9/11. It became our city's identity. It changed people. Suddenly all the usual animosities in a town didn't seem so important. People seemed friendlier. It was like what you heard happened in New York City. The tragedy had the effect of bringing everyone together. New York changed forever after that. So did Swift Current."
The town staged a packed memorial at the hockey rink: mourners included jersey-clad players from the other teams in the league. They held Scott Kruger's funeral in town and sent off representatives to show a Swift Current presence at the other funerals.
And then they had to decide what to do. Carry on? Cancel the season? Fold the team?
"There was no talk of not going on," Sakic says. "You keep going. We talked, but it was about when do we want to start again? How long do we wait?"
Colleen McBean was anxious, for professional reasons, for them to get back to playing again as soon as possible. The fragile youngsters needed it.
"Difficult as it was for them," she says, "all of those kids kept getting up each morning and getting through the day. I think in hindsight that the fact that they made such an effort to get back on track was good for them. Their days were structured. They were busy.
"I know from our own experience that is what gets you through the day."
"The best thing for us was to get back on the ice," Sakic says. "Once you start playing again, for those few hours you can take your mind off it. You just focus on playing hockey."
They started talking about an appropriate memorial, and today the refurbished rink still features a special window in the lobby dedicated to the four players. "Unchanged forever," the window says. "What we keep in memory is ours."
First game back was an away game, against the arch-rival Moose Jaw Warriors, and the Broncos had something new on their jersey arms: a crest with the four lost numbers - 8, 9, 11, 22 - in a four-leaf clover that trainer Gord Hahn had stitched on.
"It was nice to put the uniform back on and just go out and play," Sakic says.
At Moose Jaw, the visiting Broncos were given a louder cheer than the home side. At every rink throughout the league it was the same: a long, emotional standing ovation to start each match, cheers of salute to end the games.
When they played at home, nearly 3,000 fans would pack into the tiny rink that is supposed to hold only 2,200.
"The rink was where we went for our healing," says Ben Wiebe, the current governor of the Broncos.
"It was pretty amazing," Sakic remembers.
Whatever it was that took hold of the budding 17-year-old rookie at this moment - the luck of the clover, a fierce determination to honour his teammates - Joe Sakic became a far more commanding player and, undeniably, the team's leader.
"He was 17," Colleen McBean recalls. "We had lost our two older star players. It just seemed like all the pressure shifted to him. Everyone knew he had the makings of a great player, but he stepped up in a way that no one could have imagined."
At the time of the accident, the Broncos were out of a playoff berth. There had been no high expectations for that first season in town. Yet Sakic, playing as if possessed, racked up 133 points as a rookie and carried the team into the postseason. He was named the Western League's Most Valuable Player and presented with a new trophy named in honour of the four downed Broncos.
The Little Team that Could had made the playoffs. They would go out in the first round, but they had still made the playoffs. With 10 minutes to go in the final game they would play that spring, not a fan in the stands was still sitting, the ovation continuing long after the buzzer had sounded.
"That was their goal," says Trent McCleary, who at the time was a budding 14-year-old allowed to practise with the team and who would ultimately serve as Broncos captain.
"That was their Stanley Cup."
"I will never be more proud of a group of kids anywhere," McBean says. "After what they had been through, it was such an amazing accomplishment."
Two years later, with Sakic now starring as a 19-year-old rookie with the Nordiques but with six of those original Broncos still in the lineup, they went all the way, winning the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon against the local hope, the Blades. Appropriately, it was the goaltending of Trevor Kruger, Scott's brother, that got them to overtime. And it was a shot from the point by Darren Kruger, another brother, that was tipped in for the victory by Tim Tisdale, who had been on the bus when it crashed.
When the winning goal went in at SaskPlace, Colleen McBean and her daughter Karen didn't even cheer. They threw their arms around each other, hugged and wept.
They were hardly alone. Ryan Switzer was now 12 and even more of a committed fan than he had been at nine.
"The crash was the first time I ever cried over grief," he says. "And then, when they won the Memorial Cup, it was the first time I ever cried out of happiness. Bronco hockey taught me emotion."
REMARKABLE JOURNEY
There has, in the past, been talk of a movie on the Broncos' remarkable journey from tragedy to triumph and, certainly, all the ingredients are there: the raw emotion, the determination to carry on, the amazing victory in the Memorial Cup, the admirable humility of Joe Sakic, the local boy, Tisdale, scoring the winning goal by tipping in a shot from the brother of one of the players who had died...
But the whole storyline is hardly so simple. While no one blamed Archibald for the accident, there were some feelings that they shouldn't even have set out in such conditions, though such risky travel is common experience in the Prairie winter. The Kresse and Mantyka families eventually tried to pursue a civil suit over the accident, but it turned out they were too late for any such claim and the idea was quietly dropped.
As for the coach who wanted nothing to do with psychological counselling for his team, Graham James was, in fact, hiding something. In 1996, a decade after the accident, James - by now part-owner, general manager and coach of the Calgary Hitmen - was charged with sexual assault against minors. Two players who would eventually testify against him had been Broncos, Sheldon Kennedy and another, unnamed player. James would plead guilty and be given a 42-month jail sentence.
An ESPN story last year by Canadian magazine writer Gare Joyce opened some old wounds in Swift Current when some of the people Joyce interviewed wondered how those close to the team could not have known what was happening. There had, after all, long been suspicion and innuendo concerning James and his manipulative hold on certain players.
Kennedy, who has gone through a very public and brave catharsis concerning the damage inflicted on him by his old coach - and who now runs a foundation dedicated to assisting abused children - thought he had been let down by certain people who may have felt winning hockey games was more important than losing innocence.
Trent McCleary, the former NHLer who served two years as team captain of the Broncos while James was still coaching, has often asked himself, "What would I have done?" if he had only known. But he did not know.
"I didn't see it," says McCleary, now a Swift Current investment dealer. "I just did not see it."
McCleary is hardly alone. Almost everyone else close to the team say they missed it, too. Some are haunted by their failure - perhaps not realizing that deception is the predator's greatest tool.
"Was there stuff going on?" McCleary says. "Yeah, plain and simple. Everyone has had to make their peace with that."
Some have; some have not.
When the 20th anniversary of the Swift Current tragedy was approaching a year ago, the board that controls the team held several discussions on what might be done to mark the occasion. Joe Arling, who served as chair, thought it should be humble, as befits the Canadian Prairie personality. They elected to go with a moment's silence before the home game against Medicine Hat that fell on the precise date, Dec. 30, 2006. Nothing else.
Some thought there might have been more but others, including Joe Sakic, thought simplicity the correct route. He could not have come anyway, being involved in NHL play - and, besides, he didn't need to be there.
"You never forget," he says. "So it's not just that one day you want to remember. You remember it every day."
McCleary thinks it should be remembered, and by more than the people of Swift Current.
"It's one of the most amazing hockey stories ever," he says. "A brand-new team, a small town, in the very first year four players are killed in a bus accident and the team continues on to win the Memorial Cup two years later.
"You look at the last 50 years in hockey - what's a better story than that?"
'THEY NEVER FORGET'
At the moment, little Bathurst, N.B., is one story: a highway crash that killed the coach's wife, 51-year-old Beth Lord, five 17-year-olds - Javier Acevedo, Codey Branch, Nathan Cleland, Justin Cormier, Daniel Hains - a 16-year-old, Nickolas Quinn, and 15-year-old Nicholas Kelly.
The rest of the story remains to be written.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who grew up playing street hockey in Swift Current with Scott Kruger, believes Bathurst can take comfort from the Swift Current story. Life has to go on. There is no other option.
"It's what happens in small communities from time to time," Wall says. "These two towns have a lot in common. We're places where everyone knows everyone else. And communities rally. They never forget, but they rally. They have to."
"It's tough," says Joe Sakic from his home in Colorado. "You can't believe what happened. You just don't believe it.
"It's tough to think about it and it's something you never forget. You want to overcome it all, but these are your friends. You can't forget. You don't want to forget.
"All you know for sure is that, in time, things will get better."
Follow Roy MacGregor on Twitter @RoyMacG
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Jeter HR, But Rays Beat Yanks, 3-2
Captain Derek Jeter's solo homer gave the Yankees a two-run lead in a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 18.
NEW YORK — Derek Jeter turned on R.A. Dickey’s fastball, sent it deep into the left-field seats and circled the bases at Yankee Stadium for the first time in 14 months.
With his usual flair, Jeter began his final homestand in dramatic fashion.
Jeter’s solo homer gave the Yankees a two-run lead in a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 18, a game the Yankees won when first baseman Adam Lind let Chase Headley’s ninth-inning grounder bounce through his legs for a game-ending error.
With virtually no chance of reaching the playoffs, Jeter has just seven home games left in his 20-year big league career.
“Obviously this year up until this point hasn’t turned out how I’d like to, but you’ve got to keep fighting. You’ve got to keep battling,” Jeter said.
“It’s another game. I’m trying not to think about it being the last homestand. We still have a week left. We’re trying to win games, and I’m going to go out there and play hard like I’ve always done my entire career until we’re out of games.”
Dickey stretched his scoreless streak against the Yankees to 19 innings before Stephen Drew’s RBI double in the fifth. Jeter sent an 82 mph pitch about 10 rows deep for his 150th Yankee Stadium home run, including 12 in the postseason.
New York’s 40-year-old captain ended a 158 at-bat homerless streak with the sixth-inning drive, just the fourth home run of the season and his first at home since July 28 last year against Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore.
Jeter smiled widely as he circled the bases and exchanged high-fives with teammates when he reached the dugout. Given a standing ovation by adoring fans, Jeter didn’t come out for a curtain call because he didn’t want to interrupt Brian McCann’s at-bat.
“I’m sure he’s trying to soak this up as much as he can,” Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said. “It’s really difficult to take your uniform off. When you’re used to doing something for such a long time, it’s difficult. He understands what’s coming. It’s a big change of life for him, but he loves to play so much that I’m sure he’s going to enjoy it as much as he can.”
Jeter’s average had dipped below .250 during an 0-for-28 slide — the second-longest of his career — before he singled at the Rays on Sept. 17.
Jeter beat out an infield single in the first on a grounder shortstop Jose Reyes double-clutched, and had his first multihit game since Aug. 26. He was robbed of a hit in the fourth by left fielder Kevin Pilar, who made a diving backhand catch.
New York (78-74) moved ahead of Toronto (77-75) for sole possession of second place in the AL East. The Blue Jays started the season 38-24 and led the AL East by six games before play on June 7 but have gone 39-51 since, losing five in a row.
“It’s disappointing for everybody,” Dickey said. “We’ve been a streaky team all year, both bad and good, and right now we’re in the middle of a bad streak.”
While the Yankees closed within five games of Oakland for the AL’s second wild card with 10 games remaining, Fangraphs.com calculates they have just a 0.3 percent of making the playoffs.
” I can’t worry about what I’ve done up until this point. I’m just trying to have one last homestand here,” Jeter said. “Hopefully, we have a few good games left in us.”
Reyes singled with two outs in the eighth and Jose Bautista tied the score when he homered off Shawn Kelley on an 0-2 pitch, slamming his bat as he neared first base. Bautista homered in his fourth straight game against the Yankees and has hit seven of his 33 homers this year against New York.
David Robertson (3-6) came in and pitched a perfect ninth, and Chris Young singled off Aaron Sanchez (2-2) leading off the bottom half. Pinch-runner Antoan Richardson stole second, Brett Gardner sacrificed him to third on a 3-2 pitch and, with the infield in, Headley hit a two-hopper that went under Lind’s glove and through his legs. Richardson, who had held up, trotted home.
“It’s nice to catch a break,” Headley said.
Leaning against the dugout railing, Jeter raised both arms in triumph. “I don’t know how many extra-inning games I’ve got left in me,” he said, ‘so I’m happy we won.”
(RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer)
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Kingdom of Loot Alternatives
Kingdom of Loot developed and published by Epicbeyond Studios. It is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game that is inspired by the classic 16-bit RPGs of the last decades. At the start, the player can choose his character with weapons and get into the game world… read more
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1. 8BitMMO
8BitMMO is a Retro-Style 2D, Free to play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game developed and published by Archive Entertainment. The game takes place in the massive sandbox environment where the aim of the player is created his own castle, manage his city and defeat all evil creatures. Choose his one of various character and start his own town, invite his friends and enjoy the game together. The game offers a massive collection of management tools and item for overseeing his city. It also allows the player to engage himself into the epic player versus player battle to make the game more enjoyable. 8BitMMO offer huge game world to explore, collect items, interact with the other players and defeat evil creatures. Character customization, create his own map, nefarious battle enemies, free to play, realistic music and mega map these are interesting features of the game. 8BitMMO offer an excellent game setting and great mechanics.
2. Aberoth
Aberoth is an Action-Adventure, MMORPG and Fantasy-based video game by Jarbit. The game offers retro graphics and tons of freedom to complete his main objective. The player can start his adventure is an orcish person with no possessions and abilities. At the start, the player can select or create his character and get into the vast game world, explore the different environment of the game, collect items, learn skills and join the team of other players to eliminate the enemy creatures. There is a 60+ quest available to complete as well as lots of side-quest which the player must complete to improve his skills. Just like the other similar game it also offers PvP event to test his skills. After the advance of the game, it allows the player to create his own permanent structure with given items. Aberoth also offers core features such as new content every week, eight unique skills to master, 30+ different monsters to defeat, lots of items to collect and interact with the non-player characters, etc. With impressive game mechanics, simple controls, and beautiful visual details. Aberoth is an excellent Retro-Style MMORPG video game to play and enjoy.
3. Overture
Overture is a Roguelike, Adventure-based and Role-playing video game by Black Shell Games. The game takes place in the retro pixelated world where the player can control one of 24 playable characters with the aim of traveling dungeons, collecting loot and slaying monsters. After choosing his character, the player can explore the vast dungeon environment rescue people and defeat all the enemy creature. There are series of level available in the game and each new level offer new dungeon to explore with more powerful enemies. The player can engage in battle with various beasts in these areas via challenging combat system that consisting of mouse buttons in combination with properly time running. Winning the combat grants the player gold, XP and lots of various items. In addition to the combat, the player can also navigate the world and save his people throughout the game. These NPCs will help the player in gameplay. Overture features quite addictive gameplay, smooth controls, and brilliant graphics. Try it out; you’ll enjoy it.
4. 16 Bit Arena
16 Bit Arena is a Turn-based Massively Multiplayer Battle video game created and published by 16bitalena.com. It is specially made for those players who want to enjoy old school graphics games with his friends. Enter the battle arena as a Warrior, Rogue, Mage or Healer and start his adventure to defeat all the opponent characters. Each character of the game has its own abilities and magical attacks. The game offers impressive 9v9 turn-based battle gameplay where the player must defeat all the opponent characters to proceed the next level. Gain charge during the battle to do more damage improve his skills and save his turns. It also offers unique combo attacks that create with the combinations of multiple characters. Play as Champion, enjoyable soundtrack, update collect gems and unlockable achievements these are core features of the game. 16 Bit Arena offers fantastic game mechanics, simple controls, and great mechanics.
5. NEStalgia
NEStalgia is an Adventure-based, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing and Fantasy-based video game developed and published by Silk Games. The game follows the classic Japanese role-playing game format with challenging turn-based battle, exploration, random encounter and dungeons. Just like other RPG game the player can choose his character with given characters and get into the game world where he can join up to battle with monsters and complete quests. Each class has its own heroes with different abilities. It contains multiple quests, and each new quest will provide more challenging gameplay to complete as compared to previous one. The game also allows the player to interact with the other players during the gameplay, create a team and start his journey against the massive wave of enemies. After completing the few quest, it allows the player to use his XP and unlock new skills that will help the player to progress. NEStalgia offer world chat system, PvP combat, rare item, collect items and different kinds of monsters, etc. With fantastic game mechanics, cool graphics, and smooth controls. NEStalgia is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
6. One More Dungeon
One More Dungeon is another Retro-Style, Adventure-based First-person video game by Staley Snail. The puts the player into the role of a nameless adventurer who has to get to the final level of the dungeon to defeat the evil boss. The game consists of multiple maps, and each map also consists of various levels, and in each level, the player can explore vast environment use his weapons and kill the enemy creatures. During the gameplay, the player must collect all the power-ups and new weapons that will help the player to progress. It is an excellent procedurally generated levels and pixel art graphics game that immersed himself deep into the brilliant game world. One More Dungeon offers prominent features such as permadeath, 30 different kinds of enemies, lots of weapons, collect different kinds of items and upgrades, etc. The game offers superb game setting, smooth controls, and beautiful visual details.
7. Fantasy Tales Online
Fantasy Tales Online is one of the best Game like Kingdom of Loot developed by Cold Tea Studios and published by NA. It is a retro style Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game where the player can parties, collect weapons and fight through the dungeon to defeat the boss. In the beginning, the player can create his character with a different option and get into the game world. The game offers an impressive combination of role-playing and puzzle element, in each level the player can solve the different puzzle that makes the game more challenging. It consists of multiple dungeons, and each dungeon also consists of series of levels which the player must complete to progress. During the exploration, the player can face different kinds of enemies that will try to eliminate the player. The player can use his weapons and kill all the evil creatures. It also allows the player to join his local player town, gather multiple blocks and place it in his home to upgrade his house. The game also offers an epic boss battle experience that makes the game more challenging. Fantasy Tales Online features superb game setting, fantastic controls, and brilliant visual details.
8. Take Thy Throne
Take Thy Throne is an Action-Adventure, Strategy and Massively Multiplayer Online video game created and published by Charyb Games. It is an excellent side-scrolling tower-defense game with the role-playing element. There are four different classes available in the game each one has its own character and skills. Choose one of them and get into the retro-style game world where the player aim is to save his town from the enemies and other players. The player can use different kinds of strategies to make his way towards the enemy castle such as collecting gold, taking different routes and buy various items to craft new towers and maintain his strongholds. It has three different modes such as Take Thy Throne, Dragon Slayer and Captures The Flag. Each mode of the game consists of multiple missions. Different background them, lots of upgrades, smooth controls, unlockable achievements and new classes these are key features such as of the game. With brilliant game setting, enjoyable gameplay, and great mechanics. Take Thy Throne is a best Retro-Style Strategy game to play and enjoy.
9. KWAAN
KWAAN developed and published by Ankama Canada. It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Fantasy-based video game. Take on the role of a Dwaal a tiny agent of nature who starts his journey to take care of the god tree known as the Kwaan in order to save the world. In this game, the ultimate mission of the player is to explore the different level of the game collect resources for the tree and make new friends with the other member of the tribe. The game allows the player to help each other to prevent the end of the world and uncover lots of secrets of the God tree mysterious origin. To make the KWAAN happy, the player must need to create branches, create flowers, summon animals, fight monsters and provide water if the tree is happy the tribe will progress through the event and unlock new secrets of the game. Each complete action will provide a reward that will help the player to unlock a new item. KWAAN offer an impressive game setting with enjoyable background music and simple controls.
10. RPG MO
RPG MO is a Free-to-play, Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online, Browser-based, and Role-playing video game developed and published by Marxnet. The game takes place in a fantasy world where you must gather ingredients and fight against vicious enemies.
The game provides you with a combination of Strategy, Exploration, and Combat gameplay elements and lets you immerse yourself in Open World experience. You can get into the world by selecting and customizing your character, where you must save your world and complete several challenging objectives.
In the game, you can build your own home and decorate it as you want and craft your items to use. You can unlock more than a dozen skills by leveling up and use them against your enemies. During the gameplay, you can interact with other online players, make new friends, chat and play the game together.
The game includes core features such as Expansion World, Dynamic Leveling, Crafting System, Several Skills and House Building, etc. With the stunning visuals, addictive and quite impressive gameplay, and brilliant mechanics, RPG MO is the best game to play and enjoy.
11. Realm Grinder
Realm Grinder is a Free to play, Pixel-Art, Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Divine Games and published by Kongregate. Grown his kingdom, create alliances and explore massive exiting RPG game world. The game puts the player into historical game graphics with the latest style of gameplay. There are multiple factions available in the game, and each faction has its own buildings and powers. At the start of the game, it allows the player to use his money and influence to grow his kingdom with multiple buildings. The game provides an incredible array of choice in how they create his own kingdom. It also allows the player to create defense around his kingdom because different kinds of enemies will try to destroy the player areas. Realm Grinder includes core features such as hundreds of upgrades, tons of contents, unlockable achievements and collects trophies, etc. With quite addictive game mechanics, simple controls, and beautiful visual details. Realm Grinder is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
12. Graal Online
Graal Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game by Eurocenter Games. The game allows the player to play with thousands of online players around the world, explore massive environment use his weapons and eliminate enemy creatures. It also offers character customization system that allows the player to create his own character with various exciting things, chat with the other online player and enjoy the game together. It also allows the player to create his own house, choose his gameplay style and complete series of missions. The major goal of the player expands his area by defeating numbers of enemy creatures. Graal Online also features PvP events, build his guild, and enter the other player house and much more. With immersive and quite addictive gameplay, stunning visuals and fantastic game mechanics. Graal Online is an excellent MMORPG game for all the ages.
13. Endless Online
Endless Online is a Free to play, 2D, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game by Vult-r. It is one of the best game for all those players who want to play an old-school anime graphics video game. At the beginning of the game, the player creates his character with the given classes and get into the game world where he/she is able to freely move in the different environment, interact with the other online players, hunt monster and trade them in order to progress. The game also offers communication option that allows the player to chat with the other online players, makes new friends and enjoy the game together. After the progress of the game is allows the player to unlock new items, maps and upgrade his character by using his experience points. Endless Online offer superb game setting with excellent visual details.
14. Ensemble Online
Ensemble Online is a Free to play Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game by SemiFormal Studios. Build a peaceful farming colony, conquer the most popular land and defend it with a fortress. It is a third-person open-world strategy game that allows the player to explore the different areas of the game, gather resources, find hidden treasures and create his own buildings. Ensemble Online also allows the player to control territory and construct the massive world. Play solo or with his friends to prove himself as a best. The player can start his adventure with few resources and abilities, but after completing the series of missions, it allows the player to unlock more abilities and upgrades his resources by using his experience points. Ensemble Online includes lots of prominent features such as Diplomacy system, lots of map to explore, different kinds of buildings to construct and unlockable achievements. With fantastic game mechanics, simple controls, and beautiful visual details. Ensemble Online is one of the best game as compared to the other same genres.
More About Kingdom of Loot
Kingdom of Loot developed and published by Epicbeyond Studios. It is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game that is inspired by the classic 16-bit RPGs of the last decades. At the start, the player can choose his character with weapons and get into the game world. The game offers an isometric view and allows the player to freely roam in the game world interact with the other online player use his weapons and eliminate all the deadly creatures to progress. The game offer series of quests which the player must complete advancing in the game. During the gameplay, the player can collect tons of items, make new friends, craft weapons and share it with the others. It also allows the player to decide whether doing it on his own with group friends, a guild and join multiple of other players on his quest for epic gear. With superb game setting smooth controls and brilliant visual details. Kingdom of Loot is an enjoyable game for all the ages.
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How long can he keep it up? My Dad Wrote a Porno's Jamie Morton on finding fame
Lunch with
By Karl Quinn
January 3, 2020 — 8.00am
The last time anyone put a figure on it, the podcast Jamie Morton and his old Leeds University pals James Cooper and Alice Levine launched in 2015 had been downloaded more than 200 million times, making it one of the most successful forays yet into this relatively new medium. And it’s fair to say he owes it all to his father.
“I like to think it's nepotism that's gone both ways,” Morton junior says over lunch at the pop-up Pope Joan restaurant at the foot of the Melbourne Sofitel. “We've helped each other. We were both nobodies and we've come up together.”
Jamie Morton at Pope Joan. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
Strictly speaking, his father is still a nobody. A former builder born in Northern Ireland, the author of the erotic fiction that Morton and co read aloud on My Dad Wrote a Porno – 71 chapters to date, plus dozens of “footnote” episodes, many featuring famous fans such as Elijah Wood, Emma Thompson and Michael Sheen – remains known only by his pen(is) name, Rocky Flintstone.
“That was one of the stipulations when we first talked about doing the podcast, and I played the first episode to my whole family and got everyone's consent,” Morton says. “‘Dad's written these books, he's decided to do it under this veil of secrecy. Just respect his privacy within this thing’, which is something that I've always taken quite seriously.”
The books are atrociously bad, betraying a befuddled (mis)understanding of the female anatomy – let alone the female mind – that fuels the ongoing commentary and interjections from Morton’s co-hosts as he reads aloud chapters from the sexual adventures of pots-and-pans sales executive Belinda Blumenthal.
Their frequently hilarious conversation – recorded around the kitchen table, and lubricated by generous pours of wine – has proved winning enough that it has spawned a live show, a recorded special for HBO, and a spin-off book in which they treat Rocky’s words as deserving of serious critical analysis.
Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper have brought their podcast to Australia for a series of live performances.
There’s even talk of a feature film. Do you think there's any way that that could actually happen?
“Um, yeah. Worryingly,” says Morton as we tuck into a selection of salads and smoked trout. “We've certainly had conversations about it, some really exciting meetings. It's just about doing it for the right reason and finding a new reason to tell the story.”
The podcast isn’t the primary job for any of the three – Levine is a TV presenter and weekend host on BBC Radio One and Cooper is a TV producer, while Morton runs a digital spin-off for the UK version of The Apprentice, writing “honest captions” in which he imagines what people are really thinking. But it has become enough of an income generator that, at 32, he is thinking of buying his first home, in an outer borough of London.
The salad platter at Pope Joan. Credit:Luis Ascui
But spare a thought for poor old Rocky. While his mockers are making a motza, the hard-working author has toiled on his knock offs of what he mistakenly calls “50 Colours of Grey”, with little obvious reward.
“He's sold 17 e-books,” says Morton. “I always say, ‘Guys, if you enjoy the podcast, throw him a bone, for God's sake. It's $2.99 on Amazon and it's a free podcast. Help the man out’.”
In truth, Morton senior is intimately (ahem) involved in the operation he inadvertently spawned. “My dad's completely part of this whole thing,” says Jamie. “He's the director of our company now that owns the whole podcast. He's literally the big boss of the whole thing. I mean, kind of.”
Though he may not have sold many books, he’s found an audience all the same. “He's sitting in his garden with a vat of gin and tonic writing crap, and the world loves him for it.”
Cuttlefish. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
Rocky Flintstone is such a perfectly formed comedic figure that I’m sure I’m not the first person who has wondered if he might not have been, well, formed. As in, did you invent the whole thing Jamie?
“I wish,” he says, laughing. “For many reasons. I wish my dad didn't write porn, I wish that he could write about a woman with any sort of knowledge base.
“But also, I wish because it's quite flattering. It's an amazingly brilliant concept. If I'd come up with this whole thing I should be writing for some massive Netflix show. I mean, I wouldn't be doing a little podcast.”
For all that he and his co-hosts mercilessly rag Rocky for the leaden prose and mangled metaphors, Morton thinks his father has produced something genuinely worthwhile – albeit not necessarily by design. “He didn't know what he was doing but he's got such a unique voice as a writer,” he says. “I mean, it's not a good voice, but there's something about it.”
He suspects his father’s intention in sending him the first volume, Belinda Blinked, was “to mess with my head because he’s such a prankster”. And he insists he only took it to the pub to read with his mates because it was so bad, not to mention so physiologically clueless that his mother was able to say after listening to the first episode (the only one she’s ever listened to) that at least she knew he’d never had an affair.
“If it had been good I probably never would have told anyone about it,” says Morton. “It was the fact it was so unbelievably shit that was so brilliant.”
By comparison, the much-maligned works of Rocky’s putative inspiration, E.L. James, suddenly look like top-shelf literary fiction. “She's Jane Austen now, isn't she,” he quips.
At this point a fellow diner approaches our table. “Oh my God, are you Jamie from My Dad Wrote a Porno?” she asks excitedly. “I love you, I love the show.”
Morton chats with her briefly, poses for a selfie, tells her to make sure she comes to the live show. He handles it all with grace – far more grace, I suggest, than some more famous and recognisable people might have done in a similar situation.
One of the best things about the podcast is that it has brought father and son closer together, says Morton. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
“I don't think it can ever get old, someone saying they really like what you make,” he says. “It's actually a really lovely thing that people want to say hi and they want to have a memento of meeting you.
“This was never my life plan – I was very much a behind the scenes guy – so it's a little bit strange in that respect. But these are the people that are listening to your show, buying tickets to see you live, buying your book. That's an incredible thing and you can't be flippant with it.”
The podcast has opened all sorts of opportunities that a digital media worker bee might never otherwise have had. He now co-runs a cabaret night in London. With a writing partner he’s developing a feature film about soccer – “it's quite a social-realist look at football fandom and how that affects people in different ways” – and, of course, there’s the myriad Porno spin-off projects that get thrown his way.
Pornhub wanted to make an actual pornography series. And we were like, 'ah, have you heard the podcast?'
What’s the weirdest one?
“Pornhub wanted to make an actual pornography series. And we were like, 'ah, have you heard the podcast? You don't want to do this, believe me'.”
Still, as Belinda knows, it can be hard to say no. “I hate the phrase 'sell out' but it's tempting to say yes to everything that gets offered to you.” But it’s a trap they’ve learnt to steer themselves out of. “It's never a good reason to do something just because it's been offered to you.”
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Morton doesn’t know how long they’ll be able to keep it up (ooh-er), but with the current season (five) being the first to be based on a book written post-podcast, and with Rocky showing no sign of wilting, there’s surely more to come.
“We always say we'll keep doing it for as long as we find it fun, and it's the most fun,” he says. “I get to hang out with my mates, I get to work with my Dad, I get to travel the world. It's such a privilege.”
He’s aware that nothing else he does is ever likely to have the global reach of Porno, though with any luck it will be the springboard for many more adventures. But if this is as good as it gets, well, that’s OK too.
“I'm so proud of the show, and it's such a personal show because it's my family,” he says. “So if it is the only thing I'm ever known for I'm so happy that it happened.”
My Dad Wrote a Porno live is at the Sydney Opera House on January 8 and 9; Crown Theatre, Perth, on January 11; Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, on January 13; Palais Theatre, Melbourne on January 15 and 16; and The Tivoli, Brisbane, on January 17 and 18. Details: mydadwroteaporno.com/live
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Karl Quinn is a senior culture writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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"That Good, Old-Time, New Age Religion" with Warren Smith (Part Two)
Gary: Welcome to Search the Scriptures 24/7, with T.A. McMahon, a radio ministry of The Berean Call. I’m Gary Carmichael. Thanks for tuning in. In today’s program, Tom concludes series of programs with his guest, Warren Smith as they address the topic: That Good, Old-Time, New Age Religion. And now, here’s Tom.
Tom: Thanks, Gary. My guest today in part 2 of this program is Warren Smith. As I mentioned, he’s a former New Ager and certainly has been a blessing to the church in terms of the insights that he’s brought about the New Age movement. God allowed him to go through those experiences, and I honestly believe he’s using it to the glory of God.
Some of the books that he wrote are The Light That Was Dark: From the New Age to Amazing Grace; Deceived on Purpose, and “Another Jesus” Calling, and he’s written a number of booklets produced by Lighthouse Trails and writes for the Lighthouse Trails blogsite.
Warren, thanks again for joining me in Search the Scriptures 24/7.
Warren: Good to be with you.
Tom: Warren, last week we covered a lot of territory, but I imagine some people were concerned: “What do you mean, you mean we don’t hear from God? Isn’t that what Sarah Young’s all about?” And they might even bring up the scripture – Jesus in John:10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
See All..., in which He said, “My sheep hear my voice.” Now, did Jesus mean what Sarah Young is encouraging?
Warren: Well, what I would quickly say is that along with that passage is the warning about a hireling. And what we learned in the New Age is that there are other voices out there. I heard the channeled voice of Jesus through the channeled teachings of A Course in Miracles endorsed by Oprah Winfrey that are clearly unbiblical. The Jesus of – Oprah’s “Jesus,” the New Age Jesus, says that “A slain Christ has no meaning. The journey to the cross should be the last useless journey. Do not make the pathetic error of clinging to the ‘Old Rugged Cross.’” These are wholly blasphemous statements coming from the mouth of “Jesus” in A Course in Miracles. And I believed that it was really Jesus. So he’s saying he’s Jesus, and he’s giving these false teachings, so is that the voice of the Shepherd, of the Good Shepherd? Of course not! When Jesus said, “My sheep will hear my voice,” He’s already given us His voice in Scripture, and we can compare whatever…
If somebody – of course people can hear from the Lord, and He comes at us in a whole lot of different ways. There’s sort of this premium being put on totally subjective – hearing the audible voice or the impressions coming from God, and we’re not being told by any of these teachers – I don’t care if it’s Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer…
I remember Bill Hybels wrote a book on Whisper. It was hearing the voice of God, and he said in that book, “Make sure it’s not the sushi that you ate last night.”
Well, wait a second: we’ve got 1 John:4:1-3 [1] Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. [2] Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: [3] And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
See All... telling us exactly how we test the spirits, but they’re not warning about testing the spirits. It’s like, “Hey, as Christians, because God loves us so much, He’s just going to give us His voice. We don’t have to worry about deception.”
Well, wait a second: He told His disciples when they asked, “What would be the sign of your return and the sign of the end of the world?”
He said, “Take heed that no man deceive you, for many shall come in my name saying, ‘I am Christ,’ and shall deceive many.” We’ve got the Christ of Jesus Calling saying things that are unscriptural. So I think hearing His voice is many things, but I think, first and foremost, what we’re hearing needs to measure up to Scripture, but we want to make sure that it’s really, truly the Lord, and we need to ask for wisdom.
I always tell people to just pray, “Lord, please don’t let me be deceived.” And then if you do hear something that you think is the Lord and you’re…
Well, let me backtrack: a lot of what Sarah Young hears is prefaced by Scripture, and then all of a sudden it’s kind of like something that’s unscriptural. So you have to go, “Wait a sec, this is not the voice of the Lord. I hear the Lord’s voice because I know Scripture, and this is not the Lord’s voice.”
So I don’t know, maybe you can make a little bit more sense of what I just said, but what I’m trying to say is that you can’t just assume because you’re hearing a voice that it’s who they say it is. If it’s Jesus saying, “Hey, this is Jesus, and I want to tell you something. Now this is a little different; it contradicts Scripture…” Wait a second, no. There is no contradiction of Scripture. That’s our authoritative guide, and the reliance that people are now having on subjective experience is overriding Scripture and putting Scripture way in the background, and that’s the danger.
Tom: Exactly. So when Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice,” in my understanding He’s talking about the written Word of God, the Scriptures. He is the Word, the Word of God. And, you know, as you’re pointing out, Warren, you either have it objectively or you have it subjectively, okay? So what do I mean by that? Well, it’s the written Word. Warren, you and I can have a conversation about interpretation of the Scripture, and I might say, “Well, Warren, this here is how I understand it. This is how I interpret it.”
And you’d flinch and you’d say, “Wait a minute, Tom, Tom, Tom, hold it! You have forgotten the context. You’ve missed the context of what the – what it’s saying here.” Or you might say, “The grammar, Tom. You’ve missed the grammar.” You know, we’re talking hermeneutics here, a way that we interpret Scripture, and it’s very objective.
Now, how can I respond to that, or how should I respond to that? I say, “Warren, you’re right!” So with hermeneutics, you have a way of correcting me on the basis of grammar, on the basis of the context, and so on, and I can respond to that and say, “Warren, you’re right! I’ve blown that teaching. I’ve misunderstood.”
On the other hand, if it comes down to subjective – the subjective aspects – where I say, “Well, Warren, you know, I hear what you’re saying, but you can have your own understanding of that, but that’s not the way I feel about it,” that’s the end…as I mentioned last week, that’s the end of our conversation, because you can’t change my feelings. You have no basis – it’s subjective. And that’s what’s going on here.
So when Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice,” He’s talking about the Word of God, and you pointed out we need to hold everything up to the written Word of God, to the objective presentation of His revelation of His Word. And when we get away from that, hey, “Whatever will be will be.” We’ve lost any way of which we can truly understand what God is saying to us, what He’s speaking to us.
Now, to go back to impressions and so on, certainly God can impress upon us some certain things and so on. But, Warren, if that’s the case with me and I bring my impression to you, what can you do? You can say, “Well, Tom, give me chapter and verse for that.” Or you want to bring me back to the objective understanding of God’s Word, and in my view, Sarah Young is leading us and has led us and has led millions of Christians away from that understanding of the Word of God, and it’s going to create nothing but confusion and trouble for us.
Warren: Yeah, and I think that a lot of people say, “Oh, well you guys, you’re all cessationists. You don’t believe that God can move and can speak to His people.” Of course! God could break in right now on this conversation, on this interview, if He wants to. But there’s a premium being put on this that is not in Scripture. There is no premium being put on people’s sitting, quieting their minds, and waiting to hear what Jesus would tell them. We’re to pray for guidance, we’re to pray for leadings, pray that the Lord would help us to know what to do and what not to do in our lives, but a lot of that is done through Scripture.
One of the things that came to my mind is that one of the criticisms is (and you alluded to it): “You have your interpretation, I have mine.” Well, listen to this – probably one of the most underused Scriptures amongst Christian leaders today is 1 Timothy:4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
See All...: “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times, some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.”
Listen to what Eugene Peterson says in The Message: “The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long they’ve lost their capacity for truth.” Well, the spirit world just exited, doctrines of devils just exited, and the idea of demons just about exited, because they’re just demonic illusions that Peterson’s talking about.
Here it is in a nutshell: the very scripture that skewers what’s going on – seducing spirits like the one that came through the Course in Miracles that Oprah has endorsed, the ones that Sarah Young is listening to in the name of Jesus, because clearly the Jesus that she’s listening to contradicts Scripture – then you’ve got Eugene Peterson rewriting the Bible, reinventing Scripture, and saying that these are just demonic illusions rather than seducing spirits with doctrines of devils. And that’s why The Message is so repulsive to so many of us, because he takes – he…well, we mentioned in the program last week that he put the occult phrase “As above, so below” – Eugene Peterson did – in Jesus’s mouth in the prayer, the Lord’s Prayer. Instead of “…in earth as it is in heaven,” he used this occult New Age saying that means that God’s in everything: “As above, so below.” So it’s pretty amazing what’s going on.
You’ve mentioned that it’s hidden in plain sight, it’s all over. But I guess people are trusting…reminds me of that old line from a song in the ‘60s – I think Bob Dylan did it – he said, “Don’t follow leaders. Watch your parking meters.” And it’s kind of like, “You better…” Jesus said it a lot better warning about the leaders of His time, that they’re wolves in – some of them are wolves in sheep’s clothing that are bringing in…
I don’t think we’re to try to guess who knows what they’re doing, who doesn’t know what they’re doing, who’s just deceived. We have to measure what they’re saying, and it’s either scriptural or it’s not, and we need to pray and make sure that it’s the shepherd and not the hireling.
Tom: Mm-hmm. Warren, since you brought up The Message, Eugene Peterson’s attempt at writing the Bible, my line for that is: you go through it – you know, the Word of God says over and over again, more than 4,000 times in the Old Testament alone, “Thus sayeth the Lord,” or “The word of the Lord came to me.” The only thing you can say about that book The Message is, “Thus sayeth Eugene Peterson.”
Warren: Exactly.
Tom: And that should be enough to put you off. It’s worse than interpretation; it’s man’s imposing his own ideas, his own concepts for whatever reason – for his pride, for his literary esteem, whatever the motivation may have been. It’s “Thus sayeth Eugene Peterson.” And, folks, you’ve got to get rid of it. Sadly, it’s now the Bible in many evangelical churches. I’ve been in churches where, you know, you just pick a Bible out of the pew where it’s put, and it’s just a bad deal.
Now, Warren…
Warren: Tom, let me just interrupt you for a second, because I want to make a point: this is the difference between an authoritative Bible and the word of Eugene Peterson. If you look at 2 Peter:1:16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
See All..., the Bible skewers The Shack. Here’s what it says: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.”
That’s what The Shack is, and we can talk a little bit about that if you want: “cunningly devised fable.”
Listen to what The Message says, and see if this bears any resemblance to cunningly devised fables: The Message for 2 Peter:1:16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
See All... says, “We weren’t, you know, just wishing on a star when we laid the facts out before you regarding the powerful return of our master Jesus Christ.” That sounds more like Jiminy Cricket. “We weren’t, you know, just wishing on a star,” as opposed to “cunningly devised fable.” One is sharp as a two-edged sword – that’s what The Shack is, a cunningly devised fable, and we can talk about how that is so – and then you’ve got this other just mishmash that says nothing, just like chasing after demonic illusions.
So I think there are a number of people that are starting to see that there’s something going on here that is exactly what the Bible warned about, and it’s called “deception in the end days.”
Tom: Without a doubt. This is the apostasy, and as we’ve been talking about Sarah Young’s book, this contributes. And there are many other things out there, but yes, we’ve addressed Sarah Young’s book.
But now, as you point out, let’s talk about The Shack. Certainly the book, when it came out a number of years ago, you know, great controversy surrounded it. And, Warren, you and I looked at it and said, “Hey, come on. Christians, you’re not going to buy into this.” As you know, in terms of its publishing, no reputable – that’s maybe a term I shouldn’t use – but no Christian publishing company would touch it. So he had to self-publish it, and you figure, “Well, where is that going to go?”
For people who know about self-publishing, you know, you order 5,000 books, you put them in your garage, you have no distribution, and after a couple of years your wife is sick of it and wants to have her car returned to the garage, and so they’re hauled off to the dump. That is the norm for self-publishing books. However, not with this book! It went over the top. It even blew the minds of many secular publishers, because the economy was at such a point that many of the major Christian publishers were hurting financially, yet this book went beyond it.
Then we have the movie. Now, my view is, Hey, we’ve dealt with… From my movie writing background, I didn’t even want to go see it. But I did see it, and the thing that stunned me was not only now how the book had a kind of reintroduction and influence, but now the movie pushed it over the top. And many Christian organizations… You know, Warren, you and I have talked about this before, so we don’t have to go over that again, but the influence of this book, just like Sarah Young’s book, just like other things that are out there, they are conditioning not just the world, but the church, to accept the beliefs – whether we call it New Age, or whether we call it the religion of the Antichrist, it is encouraged, induced…you know, as it says in Galatians, it has bewitched many within the church, right?
Warren: Yeah. I used to maybe refer to it as baby steps to Antichrist, and now they’re more like giant steps to Antichrist. It’s becoming more and more obvious as we watch this stuff. They’re becoming more and more blatant.
The thing that disappoints me, I guess, is that I’ve heard so many friends of mine, even ones that used to be in the New Age, saying, “I can’t believe how many of my friends are reading The Shack!”
And it’s like, “Well, what are you doing about it? Are you talking to them about it? Give them some things to think about.” And I think, unfortunately, there’s such a tidal wave going on, a lot of Christians just haven’t kind of, like – they’re not fighting the good fight in terms of…and I know there are lots of your people that are at Berean Call, but so many Christians just feel overwhelmed by what’s going on, and they don’t know what to believe. But there are certain things about The Shack that are just no-brainers. Like when Jesus in The Shack says, “God who is the ground of all beings dwells in and around and through all things.” So we now have Jesus pronouncing the New Age, new spirituality, new world religion – foundational doctrine right in the middle of a 20-million best-selling book.
And then we have most recently – Paul Young in his latest book Lies We Believe about God, he comes out and flat-out says, “Do I believe in universal reconciliation? Yes, I do.” And he just almost puts it right in the reader’s face. And what’s interesting is that he gets a lot of mileage out of saying that he wrote this book originally just for his kids so they’d know what he believed. And what he put in that original book was that he was into universal reconciliation, which would be in line with New Age teachings, which is that everybody not only is going to get saved, he’s saying they’re already saved. Everybody is already saved. But when it came time to think about doing the book for publication, his coauthors, Wayne Jacobsen and others, said, “This isn’t going to fly. We better take that out.” So they took it out. And I guess it was some kind of an explanation that maybe Paul Young was a little bit uncertain about that, or whatever. And so it was taken out. So I’m thinking, What did he teach his kids about what he believes? He teaches them that he’s into universal reconciliation, but when it comes time to publish a book for sales, he’ll take it out, because that might hurt sales is the only conclusion I can come up with.
Tom: Yeah.
Warren: And now when he comes out with his new book 10 years later, 20 million books later, and he’s confident that he has a lot of Christians with him, he didn’t…
And TBN, Trinity Broadcasting Network, has just completed 20 episodes of Restoring “The Shack” with Paul Young having his own program on TBN. And at the very beginning of the program, they were using his new book where he announced that he was into universal reconciliation, they were using it as a fundraiser for TBN, but there was such an outcry, there were so many people that were having trouble with the fact that Young was now saying he’s a universalist, that they stopped advertising the book.
But watch this, Tom – this was really interesting: they had posted, like, the previous episodes with the ads for Lies We Believe aqbout God online. And just on a hunch, I went back and I looked at those previous programs – they removed the ads for Lies We Believe about God from all but the very first show, because they were so concerned that there was going to be this outcry and protest about them featuring a guy who’s saying that everybody’s already saved. But what happened? There was no outcry, there was no continued protest. There were just a few bloggers and people like you and me that were questioning what was going on, and now they’re running the whole series again. They’re running the whole 20 shows again on TBN, and it’s done in a very beautiful Montana landscape; it’s very beguiling. There’s music. Paul Young is just sort of expounding on the success of his book, and all the people that have been affected by it.
Hey, I can give you story after story of how a lot of us had “meant to be” experiences in the New Age. We felt that God was working circumstances to our benefit. But Shack theology, and that’s what it is – he has said more recently that The Shack is theology wrapped in story. Early on in his interviews, he’d say, “It’s fiction! It’s fiction!” when he’d get cornered. Now it’s “theology wrapped in story.” And Shack therapy is based in the “Great Sadness,” which is a term that comes from Kahlil Gibran, who is a New Age pioneer and universalist himself.
So, anyway, I’m going around in circles, but it’s like this book is so utterly unscriptural, but yet it continues to fly high.
Tom: Let me address some of those things: now, we could do six more programs just on all the blatant heresies that are in The Shack, and as you pointed out, the ground doesn’t seem good for him promoting his ideas, he backs away. Then when it looks like it’s good, then he opens up.
But I want to deal with universalism, because that is the heart of, you know, William Paul Young’s teaching. It came out in the movie, it was certainly a major part of his books. Now, universalism – what is that (for folks that are unaware of the term)? You called it “universal reconciliation.” The point of it is everybody gets saved! Everybody ends up in heaven. Now, folks, when major organizations – whether it be Campus Crusade, or people that we have some respect for – promoted The Shack, in my mind, I think, What are they thinking? Because if universalism is true, then the gospel is false. It’s not just false, it’s inane! What’s the point of it? Because if everybody gets saved, why did Jesus go to the cross? Well, you know, why did He do all of these things?
Warren: I’m sorry, but that brings up an interesting point, because Paul Young has gone on record in at least one radio interview where he says he does not believe in the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. In other words, Jesus did not die for your sins.
Tom: And He couldn’t have, because if universalism is true, then the gospel is not only false, it’s a waste of time and energy and so on.
So that said, now I just want to – we’ve got about three minutes left, Warren. I want to go back to just the points that we’re trying to make in these two programs. Sarah Young comes out with a book and influences millions of Christians. It basically conditions them to accept not only New Age concepts, divination, all of these different kinds of things that undermine the Word of God, that draw Christians away from the truth. This is the apostasy, and this is one element of it among multitudes of elements that undermine “the faith, once and for all delivered unto the saints.”
Now we have The Shack, same thing. You know, we talked last week about the New Age movement and its concepts and so on. Now, I don’t think William Paul Young ever mentions [or] uses the term New Age, but it’s there. It’s there blatantly in his book. And again, the bottom line is this is what the religion of the Antichrist is all about: “Hey, there is no substitutionary death. There is no sacrifice on the cross. Those are myths, because we’re all good; we’re all gods; we’re all going to be reconciled in the end through the religion, through the teachings, through the kingdom of the Antichrist,” which is coming. Right?
Warren: Yeah, I think every person that has any inclination to like The Shack needs to ask themselves, “Why didn’t Paul Young ever identify his Jesus as Christ?” The word - name “Christ” is not in The Shack. That Jesus is not Christ. And he proves it by saying there’s no substitutionary atonement. He proves it by the doctrine that God is in everything. He says that evil has no existence on its own and the devil is never mentioned anywhere in there. He’s teaching his kids what he believes, and there’s no warnings about, you know, an adversary who’s going to try to deceive. The whole book just kind of falls apart, but I think what it is is that – you mentioned it earlier – it’s like that scripture about strong delusion has taken hold, and for whatever reason, Christian leaders are just not being very scriptural. They’re being more subjective and they’re getting everybody into this kind of “feeling” thing, which, Tom, is going to lead to a false revival.
Tom: Right. Warren…
Warren: It’s going to be everybody thinking that God’s doing some special thing.
Tom: Now, Warren, we can pray for William Paul Young. We can pray for Sarah Young. No relation, by the way, to one another, except for their belief system. That’s their relationship here. So we can pray for them, but we need to pray for discernment among believers. As believers buy into this stuff, they are, as it says in the warning given in Hebrews 2: “Take heed lest ye slip away, lest ye drift away.” There’s not just a drift, a slipping away, there’s a tidal wave drawing people back. It’s incredible.
So, Warren, we’re out of time here, but I thank you for your input in this. I would encourage people – as I mentioned last week, Warren’s going to be one of the speakers at our conference in the last weekend in August here in Bend, Oregon. So, Warren, I look forward to that. And, folks, if you can’t attend the conference, you can pick up what we’re doing here by livestreaming and so on, which I would encourage.
So, Warren, again, thanks again brother. This is important stuff, and I hope our listeners will take heed, will take the encouragement, really the admonition, that we’ve been giving about not only testing the spirits, but discerning what the Word of God says, being Bereans, checking things out, so that we can not only please God, but we can be fruitful and productive to His glory.
Okay, Warren, God bless you, brother.
Warren: Thanks. Good being with you.
Gary: You’ve been listening to Search the Scriptures 24/7 featuring T.A. McMahon, a radio ministry of The Berean Call. We offer a wide variety of resources to help you in your study of God’s Word. For a complete list of materials and a free subscription to our monthly newsletter contact us at PO Box 7019 Bend, Oregon, 97708. Call us at 800.937.6638; or visit our website at the bereancall.org. I’m Gary Carmichael, we’re glad you could join us, and we invite you back again next week. Until then, we encourage you to Search the Scriptures 24/7.
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Health Benefits and Medicinal Uses of White Willow Bark
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Freedictionary.com defines pain as “an unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.” Pain is a basic human sensation, but probably the most unwanted among all human sensations. For thousand years, humans have been discovering medications to alleviate the pain caused by various injuries, diseases, and disorders. Interestingly most of the medications used for reducing and eradicating pain are plants. The roots, leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, and barks of medicinal plants are used to treat menstrual cramp, muscle pain, back pain, joint pain, stomachache, toothache, headache, etc. One of the medicinal plants used for thousand years is the white willow (Salix alba), a willow species native to Europe and Western and Central Asia.
White willow is a deciduous tree (shed leaves at particular season) growing up to 10-30 m tall, with a trunk reaching up to one meter in diameter. The name “white willow” comes from the color of the leaves, which are covered with very fine silky white hairs, particularly on the underside. The bark of an older white willow is gray-brown and deeply fissured. It is the bark that people gather to prepare medication for pain. In 400 BC, Hippocrates advised patients to chew willow bark to reduce fever and inflammation. Historical records show that ancient Egyptians also used white willow bark to cure inflammation. Throughout the ages, white willow bark has been widely used herbal remedy for pain and inflammation. The herb paved the way for the discovery of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), a popular pain reliever.
The active compound found in white willow bark is salicin, which was first isolated by European scientists in 1829. Public demand for salicin grew rapidly soon after its successful isolation. Salicin extraction from willow bark was considered expensive and time-consuming, so German scientists developed synthetic salicylic acid which rapidly became the treatment of choice for pain. Salicin is converted to salicylic acid in the body.
Salicylic acid is effective pain-reliever but it has side effects: stomach ulcer and bleeding. In 1897, Bayer Germany developed acetylsalicylic acid (marketed as aspirin), a less harsh derivative of salicylic acid. However, aspirin was still found to cause gastrointestinal side effects.
Despite the availability of aspirin and other pain-relievers in the market, some people are still using willow bark as an alternative treatment for pain and inflammation. It is because white willow causes lesser side effects than synthetic pain relievers. Salicin in white willow is only converted to salicylic acid after being absorbed by the body. Unlike salicylic acid, salicin does not irritate stomach linings and cause bleeding. Moreover, white willow bark contains other components (e.g. flavonoids, tannins, and minerals) that exhibit antiseptic, immune-boosting, fever-reducing, and antioxidant properties.
Now, let us look at the various medicinal uses of white willow bark.
White Willow Bark: Medicinal Uses
Treatment for Lower Back Pain
Sigrun Chrubasik et al. (2000) concluded in their study that “willow bark extract may be useful and safe treatment for low back pain.” The researchers enrolled 210 patients with lower back pain in a randomized 4-week double-blind study. They divided the patients into three groups: one group receiving high-dose of oral willow bark extract; one group receiving low-dose extract; and another group receiving placebo. The researchers observed significantly higher number of pain-free patients in the groups receiving oral willow bark compared to the group receiving placebo. Moreover, the number of pain-free patients are greater in the group receiving high-dose of willow extract compared to the group receiving low-dose extract.
Treatment for Arthritis
White willow bark extract can improve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, according to the findings of several studies. Willow extract is more effective in alleviating pain than placebo. B. Schmid et al. (2001) found out in their study that osteoarthritis patients who received willow bark extract had significant pain relief compared to those who received placebo. However, the number of patients who participated in the study was small, about 78 patients only. More studies with higher number of participants are needed to find out if willow bark extract is indeed effective in improving osteoarthritis symptoms.
Treatment for Headache
Several studies suggest the effectiveness of willow bark extract in treating headache. In addition, willow bark extract is less likely to cause gastrointestinal side effects (stomach ulcer and bleeding) compared to aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs sold over the counter.
Other Medicinal Uses
White willow bark extract is traditionally used as alternative treatment for bursitis, tendonitis, flu, fever, and menstrual cramps. Scientific studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of willow extract in improving the symptoms of illnesses just mentioned.[ad#afterpost]
S. Chrubasik et al. 2000. Treatment of low back pain exacerbations with willow bark extract: a randomized double-blind study. The American Journal of Medicine
B. Schmid et al. 2001. Efficacy and tolerability of a standardized willow bark extract in patients with osteoarthritis: randomized placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial. Phytother. Res.
Willow Bark. University of Maryland Medical Center.
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History of The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland
The Donkey Sanctuary UK was founded in 1969 by Dr. Elisabeth Svendsen MBE. The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland was founded by Paddy Barrett in 1987 and then became affiliated with The Donkey Sanctuary UK. The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland registered as an Irish charity in 2011.
Over the past 32 years, The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland has cared for and loved over 5,600 neglected and abandoned donkeys and mules. Today we have in excess of 1,800 donkeys in our care, over 650 of which have been rehomed back into the community to Guardian Homes.
We are also involved in outreach community projects such as our Donkey Welfare Improvement Scheme (DWIS) which provides support to private donkey owners in veterinary improvements such as castration, microchipping, veterinary treatment and farriery for donkeys.
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Our picture shows Paddy Barrett with Dr. Elisabeth Svendsen
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Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II's Gonzo Nose
This radar offers capabilities missing on the newer MC-130Js, which is why the H models remain in service years after their intended retirement date.
USAF capture
The U.S. Air Force's 1st Special Operations Wing has released video footage of various routine maintenance tasks on an MC-130H Combat Talon II special operations transport that includes a look inside the aircraft's giant nose at its powerful AN/APQ-170 radar. The AN/APQ-170 is the reason for the MC-130H's unique snout, which makes it quickly distinguishable from other C-130 variants. It's also offers robust terrain-following and terrain avoidance capabilities that all but two of the newer MC-130J Commando II's lack, a glaring issue the War Zone has reported on in detail in the past, which is why the Combat Talon IIs remains in service at all nearly a decade after the type's original sunset date.
The video, which the 1st Special Operations Wing posted on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website on Dec. 30, 2019, shows members of the 901st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron working on the AN/APQ-170 radar, navigation system, and communications equipment on an MC-130H, serial number 89-0282, at Hurlburt Field in Florida. The 901st's specific job is to train maintenance personnel to work on the Combat Talon IIs, 18 of which remain in service. Those aircraft are assigned to the 15th Special Operations Squadron, an operational unit, and the 19th Special Operations Squadron, which is responsible for training new aircrews for MC-130H and J models, as well as AC-130 gunship variants.
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The highlight of the clip is definitely seeing MC-130H's nose radome open, which is done by unhooking various latches and then sliding it forward along an integral rail assembly inside.
The entire nose assembly is massive compared to one found on a standard C-130H Hercules airlifter, or any other cargo-carrying C-130 variant for that matter, and is much bigger even than the one on its predecessor, the MC-130E Combat Talon. The Combat Talon was the Air Force's first dedicated special operations transport variant of the venerable C-130.
Even with the extra room, the AN/APQ-170 fits snugly inside. The radar has seen a number of upgrades and modifications to improve its performance and reliability, but the general configuration remains largely the same. The system includes an X-band array mounted on top of two oscillating Ku-band arrays. As a mechanically scanned radar, the pair of dishes moving back and forth below helps the entire system scan faster than it would with just a single array. In the video clip, the personnel from the 901st are seen preparing to replace the X-band component.
A complete AN/APQ-170 radar undergoing maintenance. The X-band component on top and the Ku-band components below are clearly visible.
The result is a multi-function radar suite than can provide traditional navigation and weather detection capabilities, as well as terrain following and mapping functionality. That latter of these modes, which allows for low-altitude penetration in any weather, are absolutely critical for the MC-130H's core mission of providing a platform that is able to fly into denied areas in order to insert, extract, or resupply special operations forces.
The Air Force has been exploring the possibility of acquiring a more survivable platform, such as a stealth transport aircraft, to perform this mission in the face of increasingly dense and capable hostile air defenses. The service has also explored major modifications to its various MC-130 variants to ensure they remain as relevant as possible in the future. You can read about these developments in this past two-part War Zone feature.
However, to remain as hidden from hostile air defenses as possible in the meantime, the Combat Talon IIs fly operational missions at night and at extremely low, nap of the earth altitudes, while following routes that exploit terrain features in order to further mask their approach. This requires a very capable and reliable radar with terrain-following and terrain-avoidance capabilities, such as the AN/APQ-170. The MC-130Hs also have a sensor turret with electro-optical and infrared cameras underneath the nose that provides additional situational awareness.
Carlos Menendez San Juan via Wikimedia
An MC-130H Combat Talon II. The aircraft's sensor turret is visible under its large nose radome, which houses the AN/APQ-170 radar.
As important as the AN/APQ-170 is to the Combat Talon II, it almost didn't come to be. The Air Force had hoped to avoid the cost of internally developing a specialized terrain-following and terrain avoidance capable radar, as it had done with the MC-130E. It had gone so far as to stop production of the AN/APQ-122(V)8 found on the Combat Talon, which, by the 1980s, cost between $8 and $10 million apiece, or between $19 and nearly $24 million in 2019 dollars, according to The Praetorian STARShip: The untold story of the Combat Talon, an official Air Force historical monograph.
Adrian Pingstone via Wikimedia
An MC-130E Combat Talon with its own distinct nose radome housing the AN/APQ-122(V)8 radar, which is still notably smaller than the one on the MC-130H.
The Air Force wanted a cheaper radar and hired IBM to build it. IBM, in turn, subcontracted the work to Emerson Electric, who developed what became the AN/APQ-170. The radar program ran into so much trouble it almost scuttled the MC-130H project entirely. With no alternative immediately available, the service decided to push ahead with the Emerson Electric product, delaying the entry into service of the first Combat Talon II until 1991. At that time, each radar cost $20 million, equivalent to nearly $38 million today, according to The Praetorian STARShip. As such, the radar alone accounted for more than a tenth of the each MC-130H's $160 million unit cost.
Difficulties in acquiring AN/APQ-170s and spare parts to go with them, together with continuing reliability issues, plagued the MC-130Hs in their early years. The Air Force initially took delivery of the Combat Talon II seen in the recent maintenance video, serial number 89-0282, in 1994 without a functioning X-band component installed. The radome also presented problems, particularly in not keeping everything warm enough to prevent icing in cold weather.
Despite updates and modifications, including a new radome heating and anti-icing system, by the mid-1990s, Praetorian STARShip says that the Air Force had completely given up on its requirement for the AN/APQ-170 to work for an average of 191 hours without a major failure. By the end of the decade, the service had initiated plans for yet another upgrade program, resulting in what was known as the AN/APQ-170(V)1-425 configuration, which had a so-called "mean time between failure" rate of 75 hours. By around 2000, all MC-130Hs had received this new version of the radar.
Mike Freer via Wikimedia
An MC-130H seen in 1999.
Given this experience, it seems somewhat curious that the Air Force has ended going down a similar route, with similar results, when deciding on the radar for the new MC-130J Commando II. This new special operations transport version of the C-130 uses the same AN/APN-241 multi-function radar as the standard C-130J airlifter, which provides some nominal amount of terrain-following and terrain avoidance capability.
You can read more in detail about the MC-130J's own radar saga in this past War Zone piece, but suffice to say, testing showed that the AN/APN-241 was unsafe to use for the kind of extreme low-level flying the Air Force Special Operations Command conducts with its MC-130Hs. There is now a program in the works to add a dedicated terrain-following and terrain avoidance capable radar, the AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight, to the Commando IIs. As of May 2019, there were only two MC-130Js in testing with the new radar fit.
Lockheed Martin capture
An MC-130J Commando II with the AN/APQ-187 seen with its black radome mounted on top of the aircraft's nose.
The Air Force had planned to retire the Combat Talon IIs entirely by 2012, but has significantly slowed this process in light of the limited capabilities of the Commando IIs. The plan now is to retain at least some MC-130Hs until the Silent Knight-equipped MC-130J proves it can match its capabilities and there are sufficient numbers of those aircraft to meet the demands of the U.S. special operations community.
As such, the MC-130Hs and their complex and expensive AN/APQ-170 radar, which have now been in service for nearly 30 years and are some of the oldest special operations aircraft in U.S. military service at present, look set to continue flying demanding, super-low-level, night-time special operations missions for at least a few more years.
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Nearly all of the Air Force's MC-130Js do not have an adequate terrain-following/terrain avoidance capability to perform their low-level missions.
The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 2
The requirement for this type of aircraft has only become more pressing in the new Millennium, which begs the question, where are the planes?
A labyrinth of programs and initiatives spanning nearly four decades was born out of a disastrous attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Tehran.
Northrop Grumman Is Vying To Give B-52 Bomber A Game-Changing New Radar
The new radar will give the 60-year-old jets totally new capabilities that could drastically change the way they fight during a conflict.
USAF Eyeing New Props and Upgraded Engines To Breathe Extra Life Into Old C-130Hs
The upgrades could expand the capabilities of the aging airlifters and save the service millions in maintenance and fuel costs.
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Sir Mike Tomlinson
Sir Mike Tomlinson CBE is Chief Advisor of London Challenge and former Chief Inspector for Schools, responsible for the work of Ofsted. Sir Tomlinson was recently appointed by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to oversee reform of Birmingham’s state schools for a year.
Sir Tomlinson served as Head of the Independent Expert Inquiry (the Tomlinson Enquiry) into A Level Standards. From 2002 to 2007, he served as the Chair of The Learning Trust, a not-for-profit body responsible for running the education services for Hackney, London. Sir Tomlinson served as a member of the Governing Body of the University of Hertfordshire. He serves as the Chair of the Department for Education and Skills Working Group on Educational Reform. Sir Tomlinson has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of RM PLC since 2004, and he serves as the Chairman and Member of Education Advisory Council at RM PLC.
Sir Tomlinson holds a degree in Chemistry from Durham University.
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Kevin Costner on ‘Black and White:’ Hollywood Wouldn’t Finance Racially Charged Film
August 4, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015
Kevin Costner says that despite his best efforts he couldn’t find financing for the racially charged “Black and White” movie.
“I said it 50 times that we should make this movie and at the end of the day, I had to pay for it,” Costner told the National Association of Black Journalists Convention.
Costner said at the Boston convention that there were a number of challenges to getting the film made.
“I just thought it was an interesting movie … I can’t speak for why [no one would finance it]. I know a lot of people want to make these big, giant movies and I understand … But I thought this movie is just as valid as those movies. So that’s why I made it,” Costner said, reported The Wrap.
The movie was produced under Costner’s Treehouse banner. It was screened for 200 journalists at the convention.
The film follows grieving widower and attorney Elliot Anderson, played by Costner, who is raising his biracial granddaughter Eloise with his wife because their daughter died during childbirth.
But his wife is killed in a car accident, and the other grandmother–black Rowena (played by Octavia Spencer) tries to get custody.
Costner said that there have been struggles getting a lot of movies made that he’s been involved in.
“A lot of movies that I have made in my life have been a struggle for me to make — ‘Dances with Wolves,’ ‘Field of Dreams,’ ‘Bull Durham’ … and in this instance, ‘Black and White,'” Costner told NABJ.
“Sometimes when people are losing an argument, they bring up, ‘well, you’re this, you’re a racist, or you’re something’ and you go ‘no I’m not.’ I found that this movie helped me,” he added.
“This is one of the few movies that actually [deals with race], because people like to skirt around those things. But this is very direct.”
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Photos: Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs. West Des Moines Dowling, Iowa Class 4A state football semifinals
The Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars fall to the Dowling Catholic Maroons 42-6 in their 4A state football semi-final game.
Kennedy’s Cade Parker (35) raises the Family block as he and teammates raise the state participant trophy after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Jaylen Pettus (partially hidden) pulls on the face guard of Kennedy’s Max White for a 15-yard penalty during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s CJ Currie (34) and Kennedy’s Isiah Mally (left) stop Dowling Catholic’s Teagan Johnson during the first quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Jack Meyer (left) gets his fingers in the face guard of Kennedy’s Max White as White is brought down during the first quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Max White looks for a hole as he runs for a first down during the first quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy head coach Brian White looks at the replay of a Dowling Catholic Maroons touchdown during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Max White is brought down by Dowling Catholic’s Jackson Filer after making a first down during the first quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Max White walks away with his helmet after having it come off on a tackle during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy head coach Brian White talks to Gavin Bascum during a stoppage in play of the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Michael Keough (left) closes on Kennedy kicker Austin Vandersee on a punt during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Vandersee got the punt away. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Cairron Hendred (left) pushes off from Dowling Catholic Maroons #76 during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Jay Oostendorp runs on the final play of the first half of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Teammates celebrate the touchdown of Dowling Catholic’s Michael Keough (3) during the first quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Louis Brooks (left) is dragged down by Kennedy’s Isaac Scott near the six yard line during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Gavin Williams (left) is congratulated on his touchdown by Hank Himrich during the second quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Reid Pakkebier(right) hauls in a pass on his way to scoring a touchdown as Dowling Catholic’s Carson Kriegshauser trails during the fourth quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Reid Pakkebier(center) looks to a game official for the touchdown call after hauling in a pass and running for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars players raise the Family block and state participant trophy after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars players gather around the Family block after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Cody Pflughaupt waves to fans in the stands as he walks to the locker room after the Cougars’ class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy head coach Brian White talks to his players about the legacy they are leaving the school and that he is proud of them after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Nolan Jacobs (right) hugs Cade Parker after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Brandtley Koske (left) tackles Dowling Catholic’s Jake Steingreaber during the fourth quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Max White scrambles as he looks to pass during the fourth quarter of their class 4A semi-final state football game against the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars trainer Lynn Groth comforts senior Cade Parker after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kennedy’s Cade Parker (right) hugs Ethan Sullivan as seniors spend time on the field one last time after their class 4A semi-final state football loss to the Dowling Catholic Maroons at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Dowling won 42-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Lessons of the Grenfell blaze: How can Canada’s thousands of aging towers be kept safe?
The unburned lower floors with untouched cladding still in place are pictured, with the burnt out upper floors above, at remains of the Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington, west London on June 22, 2017.
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Alex BozikovicArchitecture Critic
Published June 23, 2017 Updated June 26, 2017
The Grenfell Tower fire in London last week was an unprecedented disaster: A newly refurbished apartment tower turned into a death trap.
Now one prominent architect is asking how Canada – which has thousands of towers similar to the one that burned in London, and that need work – can make sure such a fire never happens here?
"This requires a careful review of building codes, of approved materials," said Graeme Stewart of ERA Architects, a specialist in the renewal of modern apartment towers. "After this incident, we all have to be extra diligent about how we approach retrofits."
In the coming decades, the retrofitting of apartment towers, usually through the sort of "overcladding" that took place at Grenfell, will affect the lives and the safety of more than a million Canadians. The country's cities have thousands of aging high-rise apartment buildings, the bulk of them built between 1950 and 1980. There is a growing effort to refit these buildings to achieve better energy-efficiency and more comfort for the residents.
Among specialists in this area, "the question of fire safety came out of left field," Stewart explains.
On Friday in Toronto, Mayor John Tory met with the city's fire chief and asked him to review the city's emergency procedures; news outlets reported that the city's fire service is reviewing its response plan and the way it deploys resources to high-rise buildings.
For architects, engineers, and construction professionals, Stewart argues, it is equally time to rethink their approach to fire safety while refitting towers. "We assume that building codes have locked this down," he said. Now there needs to be a careful look at how we build."
Investigations into the causes of the London fire – which spread rapidly through the 24-storey tower, killing at least 79 people – have found a faulty freezer is to blame. The cladding system, which was applied to the outside of the tower during a renovation between 2014 and 2016, is charged with allowing the fire to spread. Tests on 600 British buildings have, so far, found six buildings with flammable cladding.
Stewart's concern relates to Canadian towers, which are owned largely by private landlords. Grenfell Tower was built in 1974, with structure and exterior walls of concrete; there are many Canadian buildings of a similar vintage that are constructed with similar techniques. The "overcladding" of such structures to repair façade systems that are failing has already begun, and it will be a common practice in the next 20 years.
In this context, Stewart argues, a careful re-examination of materials and building techniques is important. "We'd strongly encourage the Canadian Standards Association to look at what it classes as 'non-combustible' materials," Stewart argues. "Are our [building] codes up to snuff? There needs to be due diligence to make sure they are in good shape."
The specific genre of façade panels used at Grenfell, which combine aluminum with a combustible foam insulation, is permitted in at least some Canadian jurisdictions; however, they would only be permitted on low-rise buildings. "The Ontario Building Code does not permit this type of cladding on buildings over six storeys in height," said a spokesperson for Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs. "In addition, it's not permitted on buildings over three storeys if the building is not equipped with automatic sprinkler protection."
The type of material typically used for "overcladding" towers in Canada is EIFS, which combines polystyrene foam and stucco. Properly used, it provides fire safety, but its foam component can be combustible. According to Ted Kesik, a professor of building science at the University of Toronto, the Canadian use of such materials offers no cause for alarm. Where the cladding at Grenfell was installed with an airspace behind it, allowing the fire to be ventilated and spread, in Canada such components "are all fully adhered or mechanically fastened with no airspace," he said. "Evidence from real fires does not support banning these materials as they are deployed in Canadian practice."
However, Kesik added, there are now a large number of commercial products for wrapping buildings, and these should be examined carefully. "The wave of innovation in cladding materials and systems does justify a review of our current codes and standards to ensure they are an effective public safety net that can catch any potential risks."
Stewart, who also works with the non-profit Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, is one of Canada's leading authorities on this type of project. He and colleague Ya'el Santopinto were in England when the Grenfell fire broke out, speaking about their work.
"Tower Renewal," as it is called, takes a broad approach to the construction, zoning and planning of tower sites and tower neighbourhoods, which supply a large portion of Canada's purpose-built rental housing.
The effort began in Toronto a decade ago and will be the subject of an international symposium in October in partnership with the United Way and other organizations. The best examples for such projects, Stewart says, are typically in Germany and in Britain. "It's in its infancy in Canada," he says. "As this work is just beginning, how do we make sure that nothing like [Grenfell] can ever happen?
In short, by making sure that building components, engineering and the inspection of building sites do not allow for loopholes.
Now, the need for such diligence is very clear. This week, Stewart was touring Windrush Tower, a publicly owned tower block in Oxford, England, which has recently been – safely – reclad and to which fire sprinklers have been added. "We met one tenant, who told us she's been annoyed to see these ugly sprinkler heads installed on her living room ceiling," Stewart said. "And now, she said, she gets it. Everyone understands the gravity of this now, and I hope that will continue."
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No. 1 Trumbull leads eight teams into FCIAC softball tournament
Published 10:02 am EDT, Saturday, May 19, 2018
The Trumbull Eagles finished off an incredible regular season with records of 19-1 overall and 15-0 in the FCIAC and will be the top seed for the conference tournament, which gets underway on Monday, May 21.
The top four seeds will host quarterfinal games.
After Trumbull at No. 1, the home teams are No. 2 Ludlowe (13-2 FCIAC), No. 3 St. Joseph (13-2), and No. 4 Stamford (11-4).
The road teams for the quarterfinals are No. 5 Norwalk (10-4), No. 6 Danbury (9-6), No. 7 Staples and No. 8 Warde (7-8).
Here’s the complete schedule for the playoffs:
FCIAC Softball Quarterfinals – Mon., May 21
All times are subject to change. Updates will be posted here as soon as they are available
No. 8 Warde (7-8) at No. 1 Trumbull (15-0), 4 p.m.
No. 7 Staples (8-7) at No. 2 Ludlowe (13-2), 4 p.m.
No. 6 Danbury (9-6) at No. 3 St. Joseph (13-2), 4 p.m.
No. 5 Norwalk (10-4) at No. 4 Stamford (11-4), 4 p.m.
FCIAC Semifinals at Sacred Heart – Tues., May 22, 3 and 5 p.m.
FCIAC Final at Sacred Heart – Thurs., May 24, 5 p.m.
The Warde Mustangs were the final team to punch their playoff ticket, as they knocked off the Ridgefield Tigers, 5-3, on Friday. The win gave the Mustangs and Tigers matching 7-8 league records, with Warde earning the head-to-head tiebreaker.
The Ludlowe Falcons and St. Joseph Cadets finished tied for second place with league records of 13-2, but the Falcons took the No. 2 seed based on their 4-3 victory over the Cadets on May 7.
The Stamford Black Knights, who had a seven-game winning streak snapped by Trumbull in their regular-season finale, took the No. 4 seed with an 11-4 league mark.
The Norwalk Bears are 10-4 in the league and still have to finish their conference schedule, as they’re set to face Darien on Sunday. The Bears can match Stamford’s league record but would lose the tiebreaker, so they are set at No. 5 regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s game.
The Danbury Hatters (9-6) took the No. 6 seed, followed by the No. 7 Staples Wreckers (8-7), and the No. 8 Warde Mustangs (7-8).
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You Have To See Chrissy Teigen Slay Her First Post-Baby Bikini Shoot
By Samantha McDonald
Chrissy Teigen is not one to shy away from the spotlight, in any capacity. The model was named “Rookie of the Year” in Sports Illustrated‘s Swimsuit Issue in 2010, an honor that led to more modeling stints as well as an annual appearance in the magazine. It’s only fitting that she return to her bikini-clad roots after giving birth to Luna—but we didn’t expect it to be this soon. Months after having her baby girl, Chrissy slipped into an impossibly tiny two-piece suit for her first post-baby swimsuit shoot, and she looks absolutely radiant. But as the model herself recounted for a Sports Illustrated video, her decision didn’t come without a little struggle.
“She showed up telling me she would only shoot one-pieces, and if I could throw a blanket over the top of her, that would be great,” SI Swimsuit editor MJ Day reveals. “By the end of it, I think she was wearing nothing.”
And, honestly, no article of clothing could’ve covered up Chrissy’s confidence. The new mom even admitted to being “back in [her] element” at the shoot. “It’s so important to my well-being that I come out here and am able to do this and do something I’m proud of,” she says.
Just watch her slay here. We think she looks better than ever.
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Three Rivers helps EU settlement scheme reach one million milestone
One million EU citizens and their families from across the UK have now been granted settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
For the past five months, Three Rivers has been providing information to its EU citizens on how to get granted status.
The EU Settlement Scheme is designed to make it straightforward for EU citizens and their family members to guarantee their rights after the UK leaves the EU. To apply they need to complete three key steps – prove their identity, show that they live in the UK, and declare any criminal convictions.
Sara Bedford, Leader of the Council, said: “We have almost 3,000 EU nationals registered on the current Electoral Register. Three Rivers has a history of welcoming people from all over the world to live or work in the district. We value all our residents equally and wish to support those who have come to live here from the EU to stay here if Brexit goes ahead.”
Three Rivers is part of a network of local authorities, charities and employers across the UK working to help EU citizens apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Home Office figures show that so far the highest number of applications have come from Polish, Romanian and Italian citizens.
The Home Office has 1500 staff working on the Scheme, including a team of people running a dedicated, seven-days a week phone service – The EU Settlement Resolution Centre.
Across the UK, there are also 300 assisted digital locations offering support to those who do not have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to complete the online form. There are also translated materials in 26 languages available.
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IABM conducts training on the cobbles of Coronation Street
Coronation Street – one of the most iconic streets on British television. First broadcast in 1960, the ITV soap opera has undergone significant changes, from script, direction, characters and actors.
Contributor ⋅ Oct 8, 2014
Coronation Street – one of the most iconic streets on British television. First broadcast in 1960, the ITV soap opera has undergone significant changes, from script, direction, characters and actors. However, the cobbles of one of the nation’s best loved dramas have stayed the same. In 2014, production of the show was moved from its home at Granada Studios in Quay Street in Manchester to the MediaCityUK complex some two miles away at Trafford Wharf. The much talked about move was completed in January 2014 after two years spent on perfectly recreating the street, brick by brick.
The new dedicated state-of-the-art studios now deal with the end-to-end production of Coronation Street, from script through to delivery. All the broadcast equipment on site has network capabilities, enabling them to be connected together and operated remotely if needed. The move did, however, present a series of challenges to the new engineering team, with the entire technical operation changing due to the production’s relocation.
“With the move to the new studios, we now have our own technical department. As a result, we recruited six broadcast engineers from both ITV and the wider industry to support the production’s two technical managers. However, due to the nature of the new equipment, particularly its capacity for networking, there was the requirement to get the team up to speed in terms of networking skills,” exaplains Stan Robinson, technical manager Coronation Street, ITV Studios.
“Traditionally broadcast engineers had a certain set of skills and approach to technology. Likewise for the IT world. Now, with the two worlds rapidly converging there is an ongoing need to supplement those skills.”
Robinson turned to the IABM Training Academy to deliver the training through its Networks Essentials for Broadcast Engineers course.
“The IABM is a valuable resource to tap into and is an important element of assisting in overcoming the skills shortage. As part of the planning process during the move, we recognised the need for training and I began investigating our options. I met with the IABM’s Steve Warner at IBC and we began to discuss the possibilities,” says Robinson.
“I attended a pilot course last year on file formats that I gave feedback on as a practitioner. It was a great course and gave me a good idea of what to expect from the training programme in terms of the approach taken and materials presented.”
The networks course was delivered over the weekend to accommodate the production taking place during the week. It covers topics such as the basic principles of networking, security, higher layer network processes, broadcast network infrastructure, and LAN standard Ethernet.
The course was well received by the Coronation Street engineers who were given added confidence in using the equipment correctly.
“Training is playing an increasingly important role in the broadcasting industry today, especially in bridging the skills gap that has come about due the convergence of IT with broadcast and budget issues.
“In the past, during the economic downturn and with the cut backs, training was either deemed unnecessary or as one area that could be cut to save money. Now, however, with the number of people coming into the industry decreasing and current practitioners getting older, bolstering skills is becoming crucial and ITV is taking training very seriously,” explains Robinson.
The IABM and ITV are in discussion for the training academy to deliver additional courses, tailored specially around Coronation Street’s requirements, especially around file formats in light of recent developments around broadcasters moving away from tape-based programme delivery to file-based delivery.
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Turkey Trot Los Angeles Presented by UAE-USA United
Since 2016, the Consulate General of the United Arab Emirates in Los Angeles has been the presenting sponsor of Turkey Trot Los Angeles held on Thanksgiving Day. The race, which takes place annually, brings together thousands of runners and walkers to raise money for The Midnight Mission – an organization that for 100 years has worked to tackle the challenge of homelessness in Los Angeles.
The Midnight Mission offers shelter, emergency services, education programs and job training to thousands of Angelenos each year. “My team and I feel privileged to call Los Angeles our second home,” says UAE Consul General in LA Hazza Alkaabi. “Serving one’s community and helping others are principles deeply instilled in UAE culture. As members of the LA community, we are proud to support The Midnight Mission’s efforts to assist those in need."
In addition to supporting the race itself, students from the UAE volunteer at The Midnight Mission to serve food to the shelter’s clients. The Consulate also provides monetary support for The Midnight Mission’s programs to address homelessness in Los Angeles.
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Jeanine Durning
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Jeanine Durning (NY) is an artist working in dance and performance. Her work has been described by The New Yorker as having both “the potential for philosophical revelation and theatrical disaster.” Her ongoing research is based on a practice she calls nonstopping which has yielded several performance works, including her solo inging (based on nonstop speaking) and the group work To Being (based on nonstop moving). Durning has performed inging more than 40 times across the US, in Europe and Canada. Her choreographic work has been supported by numerous grants and residencies including The Alpert Award for Choreography, The New York Foundation for the Arts, a Movement Research Artist in Residence/NYC, a Dance in Process Residency through Gibney Dance/NYC, and a Viola Farber Residency through Sarah Lawrence College. In support of her new solo project dark matter, selfish portrait, Durning has received residencies at Seoul Dance Center, Korea through Movement Research Exchange and Asian Cultural Council, the Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, and several MANCC residencies, made possible through the Mellon Foundation. As a performer, Jeanine has had the privilege over the years to collaborate with many choreographers, including pioneer Deborah Hay, since 2005. From 2010-2013, she was involved with Hay’s work with Motion Bank (a project of the Forsythe Company). Durning has a dedicated teaching practice and has been guest faculty at SNDO/Amsterdam, HZT/Berlin, Movement Research, New School/Lang College, and WAC/UCLA, among many others. Upcoming projects include commissions for Toronto Dance Theatre (2019) and Candoco/London (2020), and creation of a new ensemble work by Deborah Hay.
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Understand blockchain? Do I have to? Or is it just here, like the internet?
The new information-sharing technology will soon simply seem part of our lives, BIV panel says
Martha Perkins / Vancouver Courier
Very simply put, blockchain is a way of storing and sharing data.
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In the mid-1980s, I answered the phone at the small-town newspaper where I worked.
“Can you please tell me your fax number,” the caller asked.
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“What’s a fax,” I asked.
“It’s a machine that allows me to send a document over a phone line,” he replied, a three-hour drive away. “I have a letter and you will receive a copy of the letter at your office instantaneously.”
I was about to accuse him of trying to pull the wool over my eyes when I paused. Something in his voice sounded genuine. “You can't really do that, can you,” I asked, incredulous.
If I were to travel back 100 years in a time machine, my explanation of how a facsimile machine worked would just about be the same. "There’s this thing called the telephone. It transmits your voice over a wire. A person who lives hours away can hear you speak. And then they invented a way to send words and pictures over that wire, too."
On Thursday afternoon, I thought of that 30-year-old phone conversation as I sat in the audience of Vancity Theatre to listen to Business in Vancouver’s panel discussion on “Understanding Blockchain.”
I realized that I would never fully understand blockchain or bitcoin, just as I would never fully understand fax machines and the internet. But maybe I didn’t need to.
“We don’t’ think any more about the internet works,” said panellist Kelly Samuels, a partner in the EKB law firm in Vancouver. “It’s just there and we use it. Twenty years from now it will be the same with blockchains. Right now it is all so new and we’re trying to find our way. But down the road it will just be, and that’s pretty cool.”
Another panelist, Greg Johnston, the CEO and director of Carl Data Solutions, had an anecdote like my fax machine story. Years ago he was at a conference of people in the travel industry who were being told they should be creating this thing called a website because the internet was about to change the way we do business. “How do we stop it,” a fellow attendee asked.
“Blockchain is here; it exists and it’s a proven technology,” Johnston told the capacity crowd. “Where it goes really depends on the companies that are now well funded and coming up with creative ways of using the technology.”
In six months, Brian Beveridge, a partner with MNP’s Technology Solutions, thinks we won’t even need to even bother with an explanation of blockchain. Everyone will have at least a rudimentary understanding of what it is.
Until then, however, here’s his description: Blockchain is a “distributed ledger technology network that supports information stored in ledger-like format that people can easily view.”
Event sponsor Shayne Nyquwest of Mackie Research Capital put it this way: “By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain has created the backbone of a new type of internet.”
And I like this explanation I found in a BIV story by Silvain Charlebois: "Blockchain is a way of storing and sharing information across a network of users in an open virtual space. The technology allows users to look at all transactions simultaneously and in real time."
Beveridge was almost giddy about the potential of Canada’s potential of being the physical home to the blockchain revolution. Why? Because we’re such a cold country. Cold — as in temperature.
One type of information that’s stored in blockchain is digital, or crypto, currency such as bitcoin. Storing and protecting that information requires massive amounts of server space.
“You’ll see 10,000 to 20,000 servers running for a bitcoin operation,” he said. Those servers generate heat and it takes a lot of air-conditioning to keep them from over-heating. But not in Canada, where there are lots of naturally cold places.
Those servers also require lots of electricity, which is why they tend to be within hundreds of metres of a hydro dam or substation, Beveridge said.
“It sounds like we finally found a use for Site C,” quipped moderator Kirk LaPointe, Site C being the $10 billion massive dam being built near Fort St. John in (cold) northern British Columbia.
Not every business is a suitable user of blockchain, said Samuels, who sees its advantages and dangers.
“The opportunities are largely in the financial transaction sector," she said, and while the healthcare industry would also benefit from the techology, given the privacy isues, “there’s a serious need for records to be moved around seamlessly in an encrypted fashion.”
“What I love and what I see is a distributed data economy,” said Johnston. “We collect billions of pieces of data and serve it up so people can make smart decisions…. I like idea of micro transactions. That just seems like a better way for us to work. We can expand upon it, make better models to give better insight into information.”
A fourth speaker was Christine Duhaime, the founder and CEO of the Digital Finance Institute. She provided fascinating insights into the roughly 1,300 types of crypto-currency currently available. “Fifty per cent are pure hype and people will go to jail [once uncovered]. There are already too many and we’ll see some of them dying off,” she said.
Business in Vancouver has written extensively about blockchain and digital currencies. Here are links to some of their stories for those who want more of an explanation than “There’s this thing called the internet and….”
https://www.biv.com/article/2018/1/gauging-gambles-volatile-blockchain-reactions/
https://www.biv.com/article/2018/1/how-blockchain-technology-could-revolutionize-food/
https://www.biv.com/article/2018/1/could-vancouver-become-global-cryptocurrency-hub/
https://www.biv.com/article/2017/9/regulators-push-fintechs-clean-cryptocurrencies/
mperkins@vancourier.com
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Linda Solomon Wood
Linda Solomon Wood is CEO of Observer Media Group and editor-in-chief of the National Observer.
She was the recipient of the 2015 Vancouver Board of Trade Wendy MacDonald Award for Entrepreneurial Innovation and her most recent interview was on Canadaland with Jesse Brown.
Award-Winning Publisher and Editor-in-Chief:
In 2014 and 2012 the Vancouver Observer team was honoured with a Canadian Journalism Foundation Excellence in Journalism Award (Small Media). The Vancouver Observer was a finalist for the award in 2013. The Excellence in Journalism Award honours an organization that embodies exemplary journalistic standards and practices. In 2010 the Vancouver Observer team received the Canadian Online Publishing Award for “Best Online-Only Articles” (Green Category) for reporting on "Lost Canadians". It was a finalist in categories including Best Overall Site and Best Design. In 2011, the Vancouver Observer was a finalist for Best Overall Site, Best Articles, and won silver for Best Newsletter. In 2012, the Vancouver Observer was honoured as a finalist for Best Articles, again in the Green category.
Award-Winning Journalist:
While working at the Tennessean newspaper in the seventies, Linda won the United Press International Award for Best Public Service Reporting and the UPI Award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series of articles on Industrial Life Insurance (co-authored with Carolyn Shoulders and written under the direction of John Seigenthaler, who was publisher of the newspaper at the time.). US Senate Hearings were held as a result of the series and the committee received testimony from a number of the public housing project residents who were being sold burial insurance policies with fine print that ensured they would never pay off. The hearings, led by the late Senator Howard Meztenbaum, resulted in federal regulations regarding "industrial insurance" being changed to make the sale of it illegal. In 1978, the editors of the Tennessean made a nomination of this body of work for a Pulitzer Prize in the local reporting category.
Linda won the Lincoln University Unity Award for Economic Reporting for a series on life in Nashville's public housing projects produced with Dwight Lewis, also under the direction of Siegenthaler.
A second time Linda's reporting led to federal legislative hearings, this time based on a series she wrote on discrimination against nurse-midwives by doctors (chaired by Al Gore who was then a U.S. congressman, as well as a former Tennessean reporter).
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Short Story Publications: Linda's short fiction and literary nonfiction has appeared in Alabama Literary Review, Cimmaron Review, Gulf Coast Review, St. Anne's Review, Orion and Geist Magazine. Her writing on the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has been anthologized in a collection published by Parallax Press. In 2007 she was short-listed for a CBC Literary Prize for her story about a United Nations media specialist working in Cambodia entitled, "A Point in the Battle".
Web: Linda was an early Internet pioneer, co-founding and co-writing in 1996 thecouch.com, an online comedy about 8 New Yorkers in group therapy. The New York Daily News described thecouch.com as "The New Yorker meets Rent in cyberspace". When she first came to Vancouver, she wrote and reported occasionally for The Tyee. Her 2007 story on a Vancouver therapist who was Googled by customs officials at the U.S.-Canada border and was then refused entry to America became the basis for a Colbert Report.
Radio: Linda briefly produced and was a host on WBAI radio in New York City.
Teaching: Linda has led workshops on many aspects of the reporting and writing process at The Women's Institute of Continuing Education in Paris, Emerson College's European summer program, Hollyhock, and Emily Carr University of Art + Design where she taught "The Art of Blogging". Most recently, Linda taught "The Power of Story" at Island Mountain Arts in Wells, British Columbia.
Education: Linda received an MFA from Vermont College and did her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, where she majored in American Culture.
Linda lived for six years in Paris before moving to New York City in 1994. She immigrated to Canada in 2001 and became a citizen in 2012.
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Christof Van Der Ven and Jed Parsons
Fri Jan 10th, 2020
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Christof van der Ven (UK) and Jed Parsons (NZ) join forces from opposite sides of the globe to bring the ‘Together At Last’ tour to every corner of New Zealand.
Somehow finding time between his busy touring schedule as a member of leading UK band Bear’s Den, and his own solo shows playing alongside the likes of Bon Iver and The Staves, Christof van der Ven is bringing his alternative folk all the way down to NZ. He joins 2018 IMNZ Debut Release of the Year nominee Jed Parsons, who, in his relatively short indie-pop career, is already settling into the dizzying heights of people saying “oh yeah, I think I’ve heard him before”.
Since having both released their debut albums in 2018, between them Christof and Jed have clocked up over 10 million streams online, toured to all corners of the world and played at major festivals - Jed having appeared on stage at Auckland City Limits and Electric Avenue; Christof at Glastonbury among many others.
Throughout January, they will play 14 shows across the country. Jed Parsons is promoting his brand new single ‘Playstation & Porn (releasing on January 24th), while Christof van der Ven continues to tour his latest incredible album ‘You Were The Place’ released in 2019.
Together At Last, they will melt hearts.
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ZIP code 23401 is located in eastern Virginia and covers a slightly less than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 23401 are primarily white. The number of middle aged adults is extremely large while the number of seniors is large. There are also a small number of single adults and a large number of single parents. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 23401 ZIP code is slightly less than average compared to other areas of the country.
94 people per sq mi
Male 5 6 4 8 6 5 3 4 7 7 12 6 10 5 1 6 4 1
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ZIP code 23401 has a large percentage of vacancies.
The majority of household are owned or have a mortgage. Homes in ZIP code 23401 were primarily built in 1939 or earlier. Looking at 23401 real estate data, the median home value of $116,700 is slightly less than average compared to the rest of the country. It is also low compared to nearby ZIP codes. 23401 could be an area to look for cheap housing compared to surrounding areas. Rentals in 23401 are most commonly 2 bedrooms. The rent for 2 bedrooms is normally $500-$749/month including utilities. 3+ bedrooms are also common and rent for $500-$749/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 23401 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
For more information, see Keller, VA real estate.
The median household income of $25,417 is compared to the rest of the country. It is also compared to nearby ZIP codes. While money isn't everything, ZIP code 23401 may not be as nice as other parts of town.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. Pedestrians and cyclists beware. The area has some of lowest percentages of commutes without a vehicle in the country. Compared to other ZIP codes in the country, 23401 has very few people that work at home. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. More commuters in 23401 get to experience these short commute times than most other ZIP codes. It is very uncommon, compared to the rest of the US, for employees to have to travel more than 45 minutes to their place of employment.
The percentage of people that did not graduate high school is among the highest in the nation. The area has a less than average percentage of people who have a college degree.
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Grzegorz Rozenberg
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G. Rozenberg is the head of the Theoretical Computer Science group at Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the scientific director of Leiden Center for Natural Computing (LCNC).
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30 October 2014 Fourth Honory Doctorate for Grzegorz Rozenberg
G. Rozenberg received his Master and Engineer degree in computer science in 1965 from the Technical University of Warsaw, Poland. In 1968 he obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Since then he has held full time positions at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (assistant professor), Utrecht University, The Netherlands (assistant professor), State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A. (associate professor), and University of Antwerp, Belgium (professor). Since 1979 he has been a professor at the Department of Computer Science of Leiden University and an adjoint professor at the Department of Computer Science of University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A. He is the head of the Theoretical Computer Science group at Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the scientific director of Leiden Center for Natural Computing (LCNC).
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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura condemns the continued use of indiscriminate weapons in civilian areas in Syria. "The shelling of Damascus neighborhoods and suburbs, as well as other areas in Syria, which continues to indiscriminately kill and injur civilians, has no justification, but only further terrorizes the population," Mr. de Mistura stressed.
He expresses his sincere condolences to the families of the bereaved and wishes speedy recovery to the injured. Mr. de Mistura renews his call on all the warring parties in Syria to immediately cease attacks affecting any civilian. "Instead, all Syrian efforts should now be focused on finding a political solution to the unacceptable situation in their homeland," he added.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, welcomed the release of human rights activist and journalist Mazen Darwish.
The issue of freedom of the press and media, as well as arbitrary detention of political and human rights activists, remains an important component of the Geneva communique.
"I am aware of reports that many more journalists, human rights and political activists remain in detention often without access to legal and medical services,” Mr. de Mistura said.
“I strongly urge the Syrian government to take further steps and release all those detained or charged for their exercise of the freedom of expression, which is a fundamental human right.”
He added that, “we should all strive to reach a sustainable political solution in Syria on the basis of international human rights standards and freedoms.”
In a press statement issued on 30 May, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, strongly condemned the death of at least 70 civilians in Syria's northern Aleppo province by barrel bombs dropped from government helicopters. "The news of aerial bombing by Syrian helicopters on a civilian market area of the Aleppo neighborhood of Al Shaar deserves the most strong international condemnation," he said. Mr. de Mistura stressed that the protection of civilians during armed conflicts is a cornerstone of international humanitarian law, and applies in all circumstances and without distinction.
On 21 May, Mr. de Mistura received a delegation from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, led by Mr. Nawaf Al Tal, Adviser to the Foreign Minister. Mr. Al Tal shared his Government’s assessments of the situation in Syria, the extent of the humanitarian suffering and its impact on the neighboring countries, as well as ways to end the conflict there through diplomatic efforts. In his separate meeting with a delegation of the European Union, led by EEAS Managing Director Mingarelli, the Special Envoy heard the EU’s emphasis on a search for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Mr. Mingarelli reiterated the EU’s full support for the OSE-led effort to create a conducive environment for the resumption of a meaningful political process. The Special Envoy also met with Ms. Basma Kodmani, Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, Mr. Samir Aita, member of the Syrian Democratic Forum, and Mr. Nabil Kassis of the Al-Waed party. At the end of the day, Mr. de Mistura observed that, “deepening humanitarian and security concerns, as well as the evolving priorities of the people in Syria, are outpacing discussions over a political solution in Syria. The ISIL/Daesh offensive on Palmyra is a stark reminder of that”, he stressed. Mr. de Mistura also took note of calls on the United Nations to redouble efforts to help Syrian and regional actors reach an agreement on a peaceful future Syria.
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Ukraine's Volodymr Zelensky must tread carefully to avoid another uprising
Stefan Wolff & Tatyana Malyarenko
Volodymr Zelensky takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony in the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine on May 20, 2019. File Photo by Ivan Vakolenko/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 11 (UPI) -- It's been six years since the start of the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine, which led to the ousting of then-President Viktor Yanukovych. By the time his successor Petro Poroshenko was elected in May 2014, the domestic political scene in Ukraine and the geopolitical dynamics in the contested EU-Russia neighborhood surrounding it had fundamentally altered.
Today, the country's new president, Volodymr Zelensky, who replaced Poroshenko in April, is facing a series of domestic and foreign policy challenges reminiscent, though not identical, to the events that preceded the 2013 Euromaidan.
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine in April and July created a political situation in Ukraine with an unprecedented concentration of political power. Zelensky and his Servant of the People party have a majority in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, and so complete control over the appointment of the government. The president also separately appointed the prosecutor general, the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of defense.
This unique situation gave Zelensky and his team the opportunity to kick-start an ambitious program of policy and law-making in domestic and foreign affairs. But rather than sustaining popular enthusiasm for his new approach to politics, the so-called turbo-regime of rapid policy and legislative change has had a sobering effect on the Ukrainian public and triggered the first public protests against Zelensky.
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Foreign policy controversy
Zelensky's decision in early October to accept talks with Russia on the future of eastern Ukraine resulted in an outcry from a relatively small but very vocal minority of Ukrainians opposed to any deal-making with Russia. The protests were relatively short-lived, but prospects for a negotiated end to the war in the eastern Donbas region became more remote in light of this domestic opposition.
Ukraine, Russia and the separatists also disagreed over who needed to fulfill which preconditions for negotiations, when and in what sequence.
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Since then, Zelensky has reiterated his commitment to achieving a deal, visiting the disengagement zone and ordering those war veterans who actively oppose the agreed withdrawal to disarm. In another sign of progress, government and rebel forces have also started withdrawing from the village of Petrivske. If this direction of travel continues, a meeting of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in the so-called Normandy format of negotiations could be back on the agenda, and Donbas could be set for elections. However, a recent survey in the east indicates a deep divide remains on what people want for the region's future.
Opinion polls from September show that 23 percent of Ukrainians support military confrontation in eastern Ukraine, up from 17 percent a few months previously. As the prospects of reintegration increase under Zelensky's administration, so does domestic opposition to it.
The supporters for war with Russia are ex-President Poroshenko and two parliamentary factions, European Solidarity and Voice, whose supporters are predominantly located in western Ukraine. Crucially, however, they can also rely on right-wing paramilitary groups composed of veterans from the hottest phase of the war in Donbas in 2014-15.
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The initial motivation of these veterans to protest may have been what they saw as Zelensky's alleged surrender by entering into direct talks with Russia. Zelensky has directly confronted them now by ordering them to withdraw from the disengagement zone, but their opposition to the president's plans continues.
Domestic dissatisfaction
What might prove particularly dangerous for Zelensky is a possible convergence of so far distinct political camps that oppose different policies of the new government. If the veterans who are at odds with Zelensky over his foreign policy choices were to join forces with those who oppose him over a number of controversial domestic policies, the potential for destabilization would significantly increase.
The high public trust that Zelensky still enjoys as president and the hopes that a majority of Ukrainians still have for positive changes under his administration have so far prevented more and growing mass protests. However, the government's program of domestic reform for 2020 could change this.
Proposed budget cuts will particularly affect public spending on healthcare, education, social security and local governance. New labor laws will curtail the rights of employees. A land privatization bill, also planned for 2020, has proved highly unpopular as people fear a repeat of the highly corrupt post-Soviet privatization process in the 1990s when criminal groups (some of them linked to current oligarchs) managed to capture the main Soviet industrial assets at the expense of the population at large.
In our view, these measures may, in the long term, contribute to turning Ukraine into a more stable and better functioning state. However, their short-term consequences include decreasing social standards, higher unemployment and a continuation of Ukraine's brain and skills drain. About 1 million people leave Ukraine every year.
At the same time, "de-oligarchization" is proceeding slowly. The return from self-imposed exile of Igor Kolomoyskiy, Zelensky's principal backer in the presidential campaign, has intensified oligarchic turf wars, pitting Kolomoyskiy against another businessman Rinat Akhmetov and his increasing power base in the east. This power struggle further contributes to continuing instability in Ukraine and decreases the near-term prospects of the political cleanup and economic recovery that Zelensky had promised.
A deteriorating socio-economic situation and lack of visible and tangible progress on "de-oligarchization" will not only affect already radicalized veterans but could also galvanize a much larger cross-section of Ukraine's population into yet another mass protest movement.
Geopolitical reset?
Ukraine's continuing domestic instability is, in part, driven by the larger geopolitical game of competitive influence seeking between Russia and the West in the contested post-Soviet neighborhood.
By being drawn into the domestic politics of the United States and the ongoing impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, Zelensky has exposed Ukraine's vulnerability to external pressure, including from its Western partners. Add to this Trump's personal antipathy to Ukraine (allegedly describing it as a "corrupt country full of terrible people") and the willingness of European leaders to reset relations with Russia, and Ukraine's room for maneuver appears even more diminished.
If Kiev does resist negotiations with Russia over Donbas, this will play well domestically, but it could further strain relations with Ukraine's main backers in the West on whose support it continues to depend heavily, including for the implementation of much-needed domestic reforms.
For the time being, Zelensky still enjoys very high levels of public support of around 70 percent of respondents in one survey published in early October. Worryingly, however, only 42 percent of these respondents trust his government and 47 percent trust his parliamentary faction.
Zelensky's own approval ratings also dropped from their previous high of around 80 percent by 10 percent in early September after he secured a prisoner exchange with Russia. This indicates that political capital may be ebbing away from the reform project with which he is identified because popular expectations of fast and painless change cannot be met by Ukraine's new political class.
Unless Zelensky and his Western partners spend the president's remaining political capital well, a new wave of protests, like those which drove the Maidan Revolution, may yet be possible. If that happens, there will only be one winner from Ukraine's continuing instability: Russia.
Stefan Wolff is a professor of international security at the University of Birmingham and Tatyana Malyarenko is a professor of international relations at the National University Odesa Law Academy.
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China trade deal fails to solve some fundamental issues
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed a trade deal with China on Wednesday intended as a first phase toward a more comprehensive agreement between the two countries.
America must seize the opportunity in Libya
Jan. 16 (UPI) -- As fighting continues in Libya, it is time that America and President Donald Trump unambiguously support a political solution for Libya through its Government of National Accord.
Texas has moved away from George W. Bush's 'compassionate conservatism'
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's latest foray into immigration and human welfare -- deciding the state won't take part in the federal refugee program -- raised expected (Democrats) and unexpected (Catholic bishops) outcries.
Sound bites and slogans don't make good strategy in Iran
BUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The confrontation between the United States and Iran and the controversy over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani are incontrovertible evidence that sound bites and slogans do not make good strategy.
Cyberspace next front in Iran-U.S. conflict; private firms may bear brunt
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Iran and other nations have waged a stealth cyberwar against the United States for at least the past decade, largely targeting not the government itself but, rather, critical infrastructure companies.
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle: Half in, half out isn't an option for royals
Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to step back from royal duties has been described as a crisis for the monarchy, but they are the ones who are most likely to suffer the damage.
'Apocalypse Cow': Film's vision for future of food leaves farming behind
Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Documentary filmmaker George Monbiot's vision is that vast herds of methane-producing cows may no longer be necessary to meet the world's appetite for food, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming.
Aftermath of strike on Qassem Soleimani not the time for U.S. partisan politics
Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The precedent for U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to order the strike against Qassem Soleimani was established during the administration of Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt.
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President Donald Trump failed to appreciate that Iran was operating from a position of weakness, clearly showing Tehran was interested in negotiations. Instead, Trump increased the policy of "maximum pressure."
Iran's Esmail Gaani is the new godfather of terror
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The Iranian mullahs have become willing advocates of the Mafia playbook, replacing their fallen idol Qassem Soleimani, eliminated by an American drone strike, with his deputy, Esmail Ghaani.
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BJ Armstrong: Everything new is old, everything LeBron is MJ
Note: While many NBA fans have said if LeBron James' supporting cast did more, the Cavs would be more competitive. BJ Armstrong, a former member of Jordan's supporting cast, shares his perspective. Armstrong says everything new is old, everything LeBron is Jordan. His take on James and the Cavaliers:
The NBA Finals are giving me a feeling of deja vu. Everyone keeps saying all LeBron James needs is help. Maybe true but, with the greatest respect, he also needs to help himself.
In 1989-90 I became one of the group known as the Jordanaires, a/k/a the Bulls. From the day I arrived in Chicago, I knew what everyone else on the team did: Michael Jordan was a phenomenal talent. Yet, as the team deferred to MJ's talent, we could not get past the hurdle of defeating the "Bad Boys" Pistons in the conference finals. Seeing the Cavs in these Finals, I'm seeing the way we were playing then. It's textbook isolation basketball. Back in the last century, MJ would get the ball and the rest of us on the team would all stand around while he scored. It was a sight to see, but it wasn't team basketball. What it was was all of us enabling MJ to showcase his best individual talent.
At some point, MJ realized that, as great as he was, he alone could not beat the Pistons. That's what the Jordan Rules were all about — employing a defensive scheme with the sole purpose of limiting hero basketball. Similarly, LeBron has to commit to the team's system of play. So far, he's been incredible, but he's not been a willing participant in the team. This is where trust comes in. He has to trust the system.
It reminds me of when everyone was telling Jordan he didn't have enough to win. His teammates just weren't good enough — me being one of them. What was really missing was the trust to win. Once MJ found that trust, we beat the Pistons and went on to win the NBA championship many times over. In doing so, MJ discovered that his teammates WERE good enough, because he was part of the team.
Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it. Everyone has to be committed to this system. The best player on the team has to realize that he needs the team in order to win — and I don't mean passing the ball when he gets double-teamed. He, and everyone else, has to buy into the system. MJ passed me the ball not because he was being double-teamed, but because he trusted we were playing together as a group. Michael's greatness was, in part, knowing how to move the pieces on the board in the triangle offense system of play. Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.
LeBron James has proven he can lead by example. My wish for LeBron is to understand the following: He's an exceptional leader because he leads by example. The next step on the road to Legend, which he's already on, is to trust he's the best player in the best system anywhere in basketball. Then his coach, the system and his teammates — the TEAM — will be good enough to win.
More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball
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“The Surrounding Game” launches worldwide
Starting today, “The Surrounding Game” (2017) is now available worldwide on digital streaming, DVD and Blu-ray. The award-winning documentary tells the story of go, from the four arts of ancient China to modern-day international competition, to the growth of the game in the West.
“I am so proud of everyone who worked on this project and brought their energy, their creativity, and their passion to it” says director Will Lockhart, “and we are all so excited to be able to finally offer the film for home use!” Click here for a short interview with Lockhart by AGA Broadcast Coordinator Michael Wanek.
In addition to the main feature, the filmmakers are releasing six never-before-seen deleted scenes and interviews. “This is some of our favorite material that didn’t quite make the final cut, and we think you’re gonna like it!” says Lockhart. The extras are included on the new DVD and Blu-ray discs, and are also available separately on digital download and streaming.
To meet the demand of an international audience, the film includes subtitle options in ten languages and counting. “We were blown away by all the requests we received from around the globe for translations” reports producer Cole Pruitt. “On the discs there are subtitles available in English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian – and Italian and Portuguese will be available on streaming as well. We want Go players around the globe to be able to use this film as a new way to spread the game, as we have seen firsthand its ability to connect with people outside of the gaming community.”
Available for streaming and download here, and on DVD and Blu-ray here.
Categories: Go Art,Main Page,World
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Welcome Music on Malphrus - an affordable, intimate, family friendly and smoke-free listening room where people can enjoy live performances featuring musicians who tour both nationally and internationally.
Performances are held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry at 110 Malphrus Road in Bluffton, South Carolina. Tickets are $20 (unless otherwise noted) and available at the door. Seating is general admission.
Doors open at 6:00 PM. Performances begin at 7:00 PM.
Music on Malphrus is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry.
Greg Greenway
Saturday, 1/11/20
www.greggreenway.com
“Greg Greenway is one of those artists who is so rich a talent that it is difficult to categorize him. He traverses, combines and mixes up musical genres, and manages to open a window on global events that bring us together as citizens of the world. Like other great performers before him, Greenway’s message is that we can all play a part and make a difference in the course of both our private and public lives. But few musicians can do just this with such style, passion and sheer musicality.” --Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
Greg will also be the speaker at our Sunday January 12, 2020 Service.
In the Name of Love: A Musical Service
Internationally touring singer/songwriter will trace the universality of “Love Thy Neighbor” and connectedness through the lens of his writing. His songs are his journal of journey from his origins in the nostalgia of the South - Richmond, VA - to his full appreciation of the “inherent worth and dignity of all individuals.”
The Levins
https://thelevinsmusic.com/
The contemporary harmony-driven folk duo, The Levins (leVINNS) are a harmony-driven acoustic duo known for their sun-splashed, peace infused songwriting that connects on a universal level. From harmony in voice to harmony for humanity, husband and wife duo, The Levins, seek to uplift and unite with unflinchingly feel-good folk-pop, infectious musicality, sharp songwriting skills, and a unique approach to vocal harmonies that is both soulful and unexpected. The duo’s vocal interlace is perched on a rich bed of guitar and piano instrumentation
John McCutcheon $25
https://www.folkmusic.com/
John McCutcheon folk music's renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author
“John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.” — Pete Seeger
"The most impressive instrumentalist I've ever heard." - — Johnny Cash
Tret Fure
https://tretfure.com/
Tret Fure’s award winning career spans 49 years, including such honors as winning the South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories, the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music, and the “Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician”. In 2017, Tret took 2nd place in the “Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay” song contest with her song “The Fishermen of Bristol Bay” from her 15th CD, “Rembrandt Afternoons”. “Freedom”, from the same album, has been arranged for choir and is being performed widely across the country.
In 2018, with the release of “Roses in November”, her 16th album, Tret was the #2 artist on the Folk DJ charts for the month of June while her song “Lessons From Home Plate” was the #1 song and her CD, “Roses in November” was #4. That CD stayed on the charts for 8 months and she charted 18th for the year.
Kirsten Maxwell
http://www.kirstenmaxwell.com/
Think of your favorite female singer/songwriters and get ready to add Kirsten Maxwell to the list. A Northeast based artist, Kirsten has a dedicated hometown following and a growing presence in the national indie/folk scene. She has a number of awards and achievements under her belt, including opening for Judy Collins and rock icon Melissa Etheridge. This past summer she celebrated the release of her self-titled EP. People often describe Kirsten Maxwell as the “full package”. Come find out why. http://www.kirstenmaxwell.com/
“I never thought I’d ever hear a voice as angelic and mesmerizing as I did when I first started listening to Joan Baez some 50 years ago, but then I heard the voice, the songs and melodies of Kirsten Maxwell,” says Jon Stein, host of Hootenanny Café on WTBQ.
Kyshona Armstrong
http://www.kyshona.com/
Kyshona (KUH-SHAUNA) was named one of NPR's Indie Discoveries of 2017. With a combination of poignant songwriting and one of the most powerful Roots/Soul voices in the industry, Kyshona's star is on the rise.
"Kyshona Armstrong has been called upon to represent for soul and gospel in roots, rock and folk lineups and to bring singer-songwriter sensibilities to R&B bills. But wherever she plants her feet, she does so with righteous conviction and a strong sense of her own voice."
- NPR Music
Sloan Wainwright
Defying standard categorization, singer/songwriter Sloan Wainwright, consistently demonstrates her easy command of a variety of American musical styles — pop, folk, jazz and blues — held together by the melodious tone of her rich contralto, with the end result being a unique and soulful hybrid.
Her family tree (brother and folk-music luminary Loudon Wainwright, nephew Rufus Wainwright, nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche) reads like a who’s who of contemporary folk music. Sloan’s incredible gift is not only her unique songwriting ability but also her dramatically voiced rendition of original songs.
Matt Nakoa
https://mattnakoa.com/
Matt Nakoa grew up on a small goat farm in Smyrna, NY and began composing music as a teenager. Following a formative stint as a classical pianist, Matt won scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. There he studied alongside soon-to-be Grammy winners St. Vincent and Esperanza Spaulding among others. After college, Matt toured with his band, The Fens, and eventually landed in New York City’s vibrant piano bar scene. Matt quickly became a star performer at Manhattan’s Brandy’s Piano Bar, with lines outside the door each Saturday night.
Matt’s first solo album, Light In The Dark (2012), is an eclectic pop opus. In contrast, A Dozen Other Loves (2014), explores a simple acoustic palette. This intimate collection has earned many songwriting awards, including a win at Kerrville Folk Festival’s prestigious New Folk Competition. Additionally, Matt’s piano music has received favorable reviews in publications including The New York Times, and his film scoring has been featured by Disney. Matt now tours internationally, recently performing at The White House, throughout India, and regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush.
http://www.rodmacdonald.net/
Rod MacDonald rose to prominence in NYC’s Greenwich Village in the 1980s, where he headlined Village clubs and co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. A recording and touring artist since 1983, he has performed in The Philadelphia, Winnipeg, Florida, Kerrville, South Florida, Port Fairy (Australia), Trowbridge (UK), Friuli (Italy) Folk festivals. With 11 cds and 100 performances annually throughout North America and Europe, he continues to dazzle audiences with his passionate singing and thought-provoking writing. His songs have been recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, Dave Van Ronk, Happy Traum, David Rowe, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Garnet Rogers, Joe Jencks, and many other singers. His latest cd, Later That Night, reached #3 nationally on the Roots Music Folk charts in February 2015, with the song “Raven” at #1
Tickets $20 (unless otherwise noted) at the door – General Admission
Doors open 6:00 pm, Show at 7:00 pm
At The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry
110 Malphrus Road, Bluffton, SC, 843-837-3330
www.uulowcountry.org; info: MusicOnMalphrus@gmail.com or uucl.office@gmail.com
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A Clockwork Orange - Music from the Soundtrack, Stanley Kubrick's
Year: 1972 Label: Warner Bros., made in Australia 12 inch, 33 1/3 rpm, Stereo LP. Disc Condition...
A Man and a Woman - Music by Francis Lai - OST
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A Star Is Born - Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
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Against All Odds, Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Against The Wind - John English & Mario Millo
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Ain't Misbehavin' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Category: North Brabant - places to visit
Bergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.
Bergen op Zoom was granted city status probably in 1212. In 1287 the city and its surroundings became a lordship as it was separated from the lordship of Breda. The lordship was elevated to a margraviate in 1559. Several families ruled Bergen op Zoom in succession until 1795, although the title was only nominal since at least the seventeenth century.
During the early modern period, Bergen op Zoom was a very strong fortress and one of the main armories and arsenals of the United Provinces. It had a remarkable natural defensive site, surrounded as it was by marshes and easily-floodable polders. Furthermore, it could receive reinforcements and supplies by sea, if the besieging army did not have a fleet to blockade its port.
Due to these features, the city was one of the strategic points held by the Dutch during their revolt in the Eighty Years War. It was at that time besieged by Alessandro Farnese first in 1588, and by Ambrosio Spinola a second time in 1622. Both sieges were unsuccessful and Bergen op Zoom got the nickname La Pucelle or The Virgin as it was never sieged successfully.
In 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession, the French army laid siege to it again. At that time, Bergen op Zoom had fortifications built in the beginning of the 17th Century by Menno van Coehoorn, with three forts surrounding the city and a canalized diversion of the Scheldt acting as a ditch around its walls. However, it had no second line of fortifications, nor any fortress. After seventy days of siege, the city was taken and thoroughly sacked; the garrison was slaughtered.
www.bergenopzoom.nl
Map (Google Maps) of Bergen Op Zoom
Places to visit in North Brabant
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World War II - Life and fire fighting at the Rotherwas Munitions Factory
The Waterworks Museum is home to the only permanent exhibition to World War II in Hereford.
In 2003, the attention of Museum volunteers was drawn to the derelict site of what was the Royal Ordnance Munitions factory at Rotherwas on the outskirts of Hereford. What they found in a windowless bunker was breath taking. In more or less the state it was left at the end of WWII stood, in total darkness, a Blackstone 5-cylinder diesel engine, multi belt drive system and a Mather & Platt two stage centrifugal pump. All the ancillaries were just as they had been left - even the WWII signs were on the walls and the original lighting system in place (albeit power supply had been long since disconnected).
These artefacts are now in the safe custody of the Museum and housed in the purpose built Rotherwas Building, which echoes many aspects of the original bunker. Here, our exhibition tells the story of the Rotherwas Munitions Factory (including the story of the air raid on 7 July 1942), of fire fighting at the munitions factory and of life on the home front in Hereford.
The full story of the recovery and restoration and display of the artefacts from Rotherwas is told in a book: The Blackstone Goes to War (Life and Fire-fighting at the Rotherwas Munitions Factory).
Women in WW2
Each year the Waterworks Museum receives a number of interesting requests for information to support personal or academic research.
In September 2016, Abigail Crowther, a post graduate student at Ruskin College, Cambridge, came to the Museum to interview Emeritus Chairman, Dr. Noel Meeke, about the role of women at the Rotherwas Munitions Factory, and to photograph our permanent WW2 exhibition.
Abigail had made a number of short documentary films as part of a higher degree and we were delighted to see the results from her visit to the Waterworks Museum.
Watch Video: Women in WWII: Fighting Fit
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Woman's body found near wooded area in Columbia
Police find no signs of foul play
Updated: 12:19 PM EST Feb 4, 2019
Developing Story Howard County
Howard County police are investigating the death of a woman found near a wooded area in Columbia.County police said a resident discovered the body Sunday. Officers were called to the 6100 block of Dobbin Road and believe the woman had been exposed to the elements for an undetermined period of time, police said. She was not dressed appropriately for the weather.Preliminarily, there are no indications of foul play, police said.The woman's identity and cause of death will be confirmed through autopsy.
COLUMBIA, Md. —
Howard County police are investigating the death of a woman found near a wooded area in Columbia.
County police said a resident discovered the body Sunday. Officers were called to the 6100 block of Dobbin Road and believe the woman had been exposed to the elements for an undetermined period of time, police said. She was not dressed appropriately for the weather.
Preliminarily, there are no indications of foul play, police said.
The woman's identity and cause of death will be confirmed through autopsy.
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The story of Chicago's saint: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
John R. Schmidt
It's a story they told in the newsroom of the Chicago American, many years ago.
A young reporter named Harry Reutlinger had been sent to get an interview with a patient at Columbus Hospital. The patient was involved in a criminal case, and the police were keeping a tight lid on him.
At the hospital Reutlinger encountered a little old woman mopping floors. "Don't worry. I'm supposed to be here," he told her. "Mother Cabrini sent for me." Frances Xavier Cabrini was the famous nun who ran the hospital.
The cleaning lady wasn't buying that. So Reutlinger snuck around the side of the building and came in through a fire escape. Again he met the old lady. This time she chased him out of the hospital, swinging her mop at him.
Back at the paper, going through some files, Reutlinger came across a picture of the cleaning lady. It was Mother Cabrini herself.
That was Frances Xavier Cabrini. She wasn't afraid of hard work, and she wasn't afraid of taking direct action.
Cabrini was born in northern Italy in 1850. As a young woman she worked as a teacher, and later ran an orphanage. She took religious vows in 1877. Three years later, Cabrini founded a new religious order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
She made her life's mission helping the Italian immigrants who were settling in America. Along with six other nuns, Cabrini came to New York in 1889. Over the next decade, the work of the Missionary Sisters branched out to other cities with a large Italian population.
At that time, Catholic parishes were organized on ethnic lines, rather than geographically--an Irish church might be only a block from a Polish church. Each church was expected to have its own parochial school.
In Chicago, Assumption Church on Illinois Street had become the first Italian parish in 1881. For many years the pastor couldn't afford to build anything else. In 1899 he finally raised enough money to tear down a nearby factory and construct a school. He asked Cabrini to run it, and she agreed.
The school was an immediate success--500 students enrolled the first year. Cabrini now turned her attention to health care. The Italians of the city wanted a hospital the poorest patients could afford. Cabrini found a shuttered hotel on Lakeview Avenue and purchased the building in 1903.
Here Cabrini demonstrated her diplomatic touch. She knew that some Italians were frankly anti-clerical, and might refuse to use a religious hospital. So she chose a name all Italians would appreciate--Christopher Columbus Memorial.
Columbus Hospital opened in 1903. A few years later it was joined by a branch on the West Side. Meanwhile, Cabrini was busy, traveling through the United States and South America, launching a total of 67 institutions. In 1909 she became a U.S. citizen.
Always she returned to Chicago. Cabrini died in her residence at Columbus Hospital on December 22, 1917. She had been preparing Christmas candy for the neighborhood children.
In the years after her death, two miracles of medical healing were attributed to Cabrini. In 1946 she was canonized by the Catholic Church. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American citizen to have that honor.
Back in Chicago, Harry Reutlinger was still writing for the American. Reutlinger and Cabrini had eventually become friends. And now he had a singular distinction--he was the only reporter in the world ever chased by a mop-swinging saint.
From WBEZ Archives:
DEC. 01, 2010: Judge orders last Cabrini-Green residents out early
APR. 08, 2011: Louder Than a Bomb: Remembering Cabrini Green
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Impressions de France
New exhibit to open inside Palais du Cinéma alongside updated Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along
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Palais du Cinéma with new signage for Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along
The France pavilion's Palais du Cinéma will reopen Friday January 17 with an updated Impressions de France movie and an all new “Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along” directed and produced by Don Hahn, producer of the animated and live-action “Beauty and the Beast” films.
Along with the new sing-along and upgrade of Impressions de France to 4K projection is a new exhibit inside Palais du Cinéma. “Tales as Old as Time: French Storytelling on Stage and Screen” offers six distinct gallery cases featuring a collection of costumes, music, artwork and more, all dedicated to the adaptation of French literature in cinema, theater, ballet and opera. The exhibit reinforces how French literature has inspired artists from around the globe, including those who created timeless Disney classics such as “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella” and, of course, “Beauty and the Beast.” Items on display from the Walt Disney Archives include a glass slipper from the live-action “Cinderella” film and Belle’s costume from the live-action “Beauty and the Beast.” Community arts organizations from Florida also contributed pieces to the exhibit.
Article Posted: Jan 13, 2020 / 11:17am ET
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Advocates push for New York emergency medical marijuana
Joseph Spector ~ Press Connects ~
ALBANY – Patients and state lawmakers on Tuesday made a final push for New York to pass a bill that would provide emergency access to medical marijuana for ill patients.
New Yorkers with severe illnesses and legislators urged the Legislature to pass the bill and for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign it as the state Department of Health considers medical marijuana growers and hopes to have a statewide distribution system in place by Jan. 1.
The state Assembly was expected to pass the bill late Tuesday, but it faced an uncertain future in the Senate and with the Democratic governor.
A total of 43 companies are vying for one of five licenses to grow and distribute medical marijuana, according to the state Department of Health. The state posted the list of companies late Tuesday after the applicants dropped off hundreds of boxes of documents ahead of a Friday deadline to apply.
Advocates said the state's timeline is too slow for patients who could benefit from medical marijuana for their illnesses, such as children with severe epilepsy. The state last year approved the legalization of medical marijuana for ill people in non-smokeable forms, but the system is still about six months from being up and running.
"These children and other patients cannot wait until January," said Assembly Health Committee chairman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, who sponsors the bill.
Several families in New York said their children have died over the last year as they waited for medical marijuana to help with their illnesses.
The bill would allow for the state to offer a "special certification" to a patient whose condition is "progressive and degenerative or for whom a delay in the patient's certified medical use of medical marijuana poses a serious risk to the person's life or health."
Some Republicans in the GOP-led Senate are supporting the measure, but it's unclear whether it will pass in the flurry of activity before the legislative session ends June 17, said Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, who is sponsoring the bill.
"This access is critical for these individuals who are enduring such pain and suffering, but also for the families," Griffo said.
Cuomo, though, has indicated that he would prefer to wait until the state system is in place, citing the federal ban on medical marijuana across state lines. The state will issue five medical marijuana licensees that can each have four dispensaries.
In a statement last month, Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said the state is moving as "expeditiously as possible under current federal guidelines" to allow for medical marijuana in forms such as oils and pills to patients.
"The last thing that anyone would want is legal complications to arise from importing marijuana products over state lines without federal approval, or for unnecessary delays with the implementation of the current program to come as a result of layering a separate process on top of it," Azzopardi said.
Gottfried, however, dismissed the governor's concerns, saying states such as Georgia have been able to work around federal laws to get medical marijuana to patients.
"I would think New York could do at least as good as the state of Georgia," Gottfried said.
Meanwhile, patients said they continue to be frustrated by the wait.
"It is a terrible feeling to watch your child suddenly drop and fall down the stairs in front of you," said Julie Kulaway, a Utica-area mother whose 12-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, suffers from a severe form of epilepsy.
Tom Palumbo, a nurse from Waverly, Tioga County, attended Tuesday's news conference at the Capitol along with the patients. He said he's seen a number of cases where medical marijuana could have helped people in his care.
"To see people suffering, as a nurse it does take a lot out of you," Palumbo, 55, said. "And when you know you could do something and you're prohibited, that's a terrible position to be in."
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Remembering 9/11, From a Scrawled Note to a Bit of Fuselage
How Objects Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Help Us Reflect on the Devastation
By Cedric Yeh
Three months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress officially charged the Smithsonian and the National Museum of American History with collecting and preserving artifacts that would tell the story of that day.
But where to start? If you were given the task, what objects would you collect?
Note from Pentagon Worker, September 11, 2001.
Curators working at the attack sites were grappling with those questions. If they tried to collect the whole story, they would have quickly been overwhelmed. Instead they identified three points of focus to guide them: the attacks themselves, first responders, and the recovery efforts.
Fifteen years later, the collection includes more than a thousand photographs and hundreds of objects, among them memorials, thank you letters, pieces of the Pentagon, first responder uniforms from the World Trade Center, personal items such as wallets and clothing, Emergency Medical Technician equipment, parts of fire trucks, and portions of the plane from United Flight 93 recovered from Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The objects in the museum’s September 11 collection show both the ordinary and extraordinary moments in the midst of the devastation, reminding us of the chaos, the bravery, the loss, and the unity that we all felt that horrifying day.
We see it in the handwritten note from Daria to Frank Galliard. Both worked at the Pentagon, and in the chaos after the attack, not knowing one another’s whereabouts or conditions, they each separately made their way to a prearranged emergency meeting spot. Daria arrived first and scrawled a note in black pen on a scrap of yellow paper: “Sweetie I am okay,” with the “okay” underlined three times.
September 11, 2001 Iron Worker Clean-Up Crew Hard Hat, World Trade Center.
We see it in the hard hat of Dennis Quinn, an ironworker from Chicago who journeyed to New York to help clear debris. The skullguard-style helmet is practical—it’s designed to withstand high temperatures and is equipped with welder’s lugs. But it’s also personal—the owner’s name and union affiliation are carefully written in permanent black marker, surrounded by union and 9/11 stickers bearing the American flag, a bald eagle, and the statue of liberty.
And we can see it in the twisted metal and scratched stripes of blue, pink, and orange in the fuselage of Flight 93, whose passengers and crew lost their lives fighting to ensure that no more buildings would be hit.
Flight Attendant Log Book, Flight 93, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
To commemorate September 11, the National Museum of American History is offering visitors the opportunity to interact and respond directly to select objects from our collections. The artifacts will be presented in an unmediated physical display, with no glass or casework between the visitors and the collection. We invite visitors to share their memories and thoughts, either in conversations with staff and other visitors, or by sharing through our Talkback boards, which provide the opportunity for written comments.
As historians, we continue to ask ourselves: How will Americans remember these events 25, 50, or 100 years from now? What questions will future generations ask? We can’t know for sure, but we do know that places like the National Museum of American History enable us to reflect on what it means to be a part of history, to contemplate how historic events affect our lives as individuals and as a nation.
World Trade Center Stairwell Sign, September 11, 2001.
is Deputy Chair of the Division of Armed Forces History at the National Museum of American History.
Primary Editor: Sara Catania. Secondary Editor: Callie Enlow.
*Photos courtesy of National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lead image: Fuselage from Flight 93, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
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How Internet Magic Helped a Quirky Cartoonist Find Success
Author: Laura HudsonLaura Hudson
courtesy Drawn and Quarterly
It's not easy to describe Hark! A Vagrant to someone who hasn't read it. The webcomic by Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton is perhaps best known for riffing hilariously on historical characters from legends like Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar to more obscure and underappreciated figures like Nikola Tesla. In her new book collection Step Aside, Pops, Beaton spins out strips that poke fun at superheroes, use the covers of Nancy Drew novels as creative prompts, imagine Fox Mulder of the X-Files as a Jane Austen heroine, and even riff for 11 pages on the Janet Jackson music video "Nasty."
"This book is just a mixed bag of stuff that I think is cool," Beaton says. Yet, while Step Aside, Pops is undeniably potpourri, there's a distinct through line of humor that cuts across it all, one that betrays a deep knowledge of history and literature, but delights in twisting their familiar (and sometimes unfamiliar) stories into slightly irreverent shapes.
Some of Beaton's most popular comics over the years have focused on unsung figures of history, including not just cult-favorite eccentrics like Nikola Tesla, but also women and minorities who never got their due the history books. While the internet rightly gets a lot of credit for amplifying voices in modern culture that might otherwise not be heard, Beaton's comics demonstrate how this effect can be retroactive as well, reaching back into the past to elevate unsung badasses like Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a turn-of-the-century stunt pilot, and Ida B. Wells, a black investigative journalist and suffragette from the Victorian era.
"People read these comics and say, 'Holy shit, this person is amazing! Why didn't I know about them?'" says Beaton. "And it's because they weren't a white dude. There's only so much room in the history book, but the whole conversation about who gets to be in the history book is changing, and I think that's pretty amazing."
Kate Beaton/Drawn and Quarterly
When Beaton first started making Hark! A Vagrant in 2007, the Nova Scotia native was two years out of college with a degree with history and anthropology, working at a maritime museum in British Columbia. After launching a website for her comics at the insistence of some friends, she returned to her former job in the remote oil fields of Alberta to work off some of the debt from her student loans. Somewhere in the midst of all this, her work went viral and Beaton become an internet phenomenon and one of the first true webcomic stars of the 2000s.
"I would never have thought to go to a publisher," she told me during our first interview in 2008, shortly after the first comics event where she was greeted by crowds of fans. "I didn’t grow up in a place with a comics scene. My town had a thousand and some people, in the middle of nowhere. I would not be anywhere right now if it weren't for the internet." A year later, her first comics collection Never Learn Anything From History became a New York Times bestseller and was named one of Time's top 10 fiction books of the year; between 2009 and 2012 she took home a Doug Wright Award, an Ignatz Award, and three Harvey Awards for her work.
There's only so much room in the history book, but the whole conversation about who gets to be in the history book is changing, and I think that's pretty amazing.
Today, she cites not just internet magic but timing as a crucial part of how she made it big. By the time she hit the webcomics scene, the medium—and the mechanisms for making a living at it—had already been established, but there were still relatively few people trying to break in. The online democratization of comics that opened the door for Beaton has also opened the door for a flood of other aspiring webcartoonists, and making the signal-to-noise ratio more difficult for new creators to penetrate.
"There wasn't the same breadth of material as there is now, on Tumblr and everywhere else," says Beaton. "Things are changing really fast. I have no idea how anybody gets noticed now. People ask my advice about how to get people to read their comics and I'm like, 'I don't know, man.' There's just so much content out there now!"
In the early days of Hark! A Vagrant, Beaton would occasionally post crude, playful MS Paint drawings, as well as autobiographical reflections on her life. Two of those comics, simply titled "internet lady" and "girl," reflected on the sexist and harassing comments she received as her work became more popular.
"It used to be worse early on," says Beaton, who adds that she's stepped back from the internet and social media significantly over the last several years. "My day-to-day isn't as bothered by it now. Maybe it's because I retreated, and now I'm a more private person. In the beginning, you're so excited that people are reading your work, and you're way more open and giving of yourself because you're young and so happy that this comics thing is working out! Then you get a little older and you want to live by the sea in a hut."
Today, Beaton reserves her occasional autobiographical comics for a more curated audience, posting them on Twitter and Tumblr rather than the Hark! A Vagrant website. Still, sometimes even those comics can't help but attract attention; last year, she received widespread praise for "Ducks," a moving look back at her time working at the Alberta oil patch. But her most touching comics by far are the ones she makes about her family whenever she goes home to visit them on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.
Every now and then you see people say things to a creator as if they don't exist, like they're not even a person. That's part of why I make those comics about my parents when I go home to visit. I don't want people to feel like they can just yell at me because I'm just a concept.
"I really strive to be a human being to the people who read me," says Beaton. "Every now and then you see people say [horrible] things to a creator as if they don't exist, like they're not even a person. That's part of why I make those comics about my parents when I go home to visit. I always want to be a person. I don't want people to feel like they can just yell at me because I'm just a concept."
Overall, she says her readers tend to be incredibly kind, and that thanks to years of fine-tuning her relationship with the internet to create more balance—and distance from its ugliest elements—she doesn't come across much animosity online anymore. These days, she worries less about herself and more about the teenage girls who come up to her at comics events, clutching her books to their chests and eagerly handing her their own comics that they made at home.
"You see their shining faces, and meanwhile you've got these lines on your face from looking at the internet for too long," laughs Beaton. "But I look at them and I'm like, oh, I want the world to be better for you! I don't want you to put your work up and get shitty emails and rape threats. I hope a generation from now people will have figured it out."
The next generation of webcartoonists comes up often in conversation with Beaton; she seems curious, even excited to see the work of the new wave of creators starting to emerge, but she sees the distance between herself and them widening.
"Remember when we were young, you and I?" Beaton reminisces, laughing. "We're at the age now where you could cross the line and be out of touch, because the kids in comics now feel like they're like 10 steps ahead of us. They come out of the womb proficient in Photoshop; they know how to use computers and construct humor in ways that so many really great artists I know didn't, at least at their age. I don't know if that'll make them better in the long run, but they come out of the gates like superstars."
While she may have found something approaching peace with the internet—no small feat, to say the least—Beaton has found plenty of new, more adult problems to struggle with in her early 30s, including how to balance the demands of creative work online with a desire for a slightly more stable life. She's worked on a number of different including cartoons for The New Yorker, a children's book about a fat pony, and a few television projects that never made it to fruition, but she isn't entirely sure what the future will hold—or what she wants it to hold.
"When you're younger, [webcomics] is like, "Welcome young people!" But then you get a little older and have to figure out how to make it work for your mature self as well," she says. While her 20s were often consumed with worries about rent and incredibly long hours, "I want to own a house someday, and I don't want to work as hard as I have all the time—I want to be able to relax. But if someone offered me a TV show where I had to work a billion hours I'd be like, yeah sure! What you want and what is right for you becomes a bigger question as you get older. And I'm in the middle of sorting that out."
Kate Beaton/Arthur A. Levine Books
Even for Beaton, one of the most established and recognizable names in webcomics, there's a feeling of tenuousness around her success, a sense the ground could still shift beneath her feet at any moment and change everything. She recalls that last year the typically big sales around the holiday season suddenly dropped off for her and several other webcartoonists. Was it just an off year, or was something more fundamental changing? She still doesn't quite know why it happened, but she's acutely aware that she needs to keep her finger in the wind.
"You can't rest on your laurels. We came of age at time when things were shifting [around the internet] and people were scared, so we're used to that being normal," says Beaton. "But you're only ahead of the curve once when you're young. After that you have to pay attention, to be aware, or it'll be on to the next. Being out of touch can murder your career."
She pauses and laughs for a second. "Even though I want to live in a hut by the ocean."
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Sheffield-born Suzanne Liversidge is Kennedys' new global managing partner
Global law firm Kennedys has appointed Sheffield-born Suzanne Liversidge as the firms first global managing partner.
Greg Wright
Published: 14:42 Tuesday 20 August 2019
THE global law firm Kennedys has appointed Sheffield-born Suzanne Liversidge as the firm’s first global managing partner.
Ms Liversidge will work alongside Nick Thomas, who has been the firm’s senior partner for over 20 years and was re-elected for a fifth term in 2017, following an uncontested ballot.
A spokesman said: “The new role has been created in recognition of the firm’s recent growth and Suzanne, who becomes the first female global managing partner for a UK top 30 law firm, will work closely with Nick on the strategic and operational management of Kennedys’ global network of 37 offices.”
Ms Liversidge, who joined Kennedys as head of the Sheffield office in 2010, qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1993 and built a practice that saw her working with insurers, self-insured corporates and local authorities, and specialising in employers’ liability, public and motor claims, as well as health and safety advice and prosecutions.
She was named Sheffield Businesswoman of the Year for two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008, before becoming the first female president of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce in its 242-year history, in 2011.
She is also actively involved in the women in business regional network. As well as being an ambassador for Welcome to Yorkshire, Ms Liversidge is vice chair of Sheffield United’s Community Foundation and a patron for charities Cavendish Cancer Care and Ashiana Sheffield.
Ms Liversidge said: “Kennedys is a firm with great ambition, and I am looking forward to working even more closely with Nick and colleagues to continue, and improve upon, the excellent work that we are doing in the UK and Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and Bermuda and Latin America and the Caribbean.”
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